ABORIGINES, disappearance of the, 51
Agriculture in the time of Henry VIII. See
'Fitzherbert'

Albius, Thomas, 106, 108

Aldrich, Dr. Charles, Valuable Library be-
queathed by, 103

America, Vicissitudes of the Early Colonists
of. See Mather.
Ammianus Marcellinus, 291

Anderson, treatment of, by the Scottish Par-
liament, 282

Anecdota Literaria, 97-102; 201-208; 307-
312; 408-420

Anglo-Saxon, Religious Fragment in, 206
Anti-Jacobin Review, publication and sup-
pression of the, 196

Arden, Pepper; Satire on, 195
Aristotelian Philosophy-See 'Glanvill.'
Attwood, Scottish asperity excited by the
'Superiority of England over Scotland,'
of, 282-Fate of the work, ib.

Ballad Poetry of the Olden Time. Effect
produced by the publication of Percy's
Reliques,' 144-Sir Philip Sydney's ad-
miration of 'Chevy Chase,' ib.-Sir Walter
Scott's obligations to the Reliques, 145-
Cause of the failure of Wordsworth's and
Southey's imitations, ib.-Motherwell's
successful efforts, 146 The Yarrow

Poesy, 147-Robert Jamieson's contri-
butions, 148, 227-Allan Cunningham's
spirited Songs, Byron's 'Good Night,'
Shelley's 'Love's Philosophy,' 149-The
Ettrick Shepherd a true Bard, ib.-Per-
sonal Reminiscence of him, 150, 213-
Excellence of Alfred Tennyson's Ballads,
150, 151-Power exhibited in Thomas
Hood's performances, 152-Advent and
influence of Robert Burns, 152-154-
Advantage of studying the old ballads,
155-Character of the earliest efforts at
song, 156-Specimen of modern Ossianic
eloquence, 157, 158-Times when poetry
most flourishes, 158—Triviality of modern
sentimental songs, 159--Wilson the vo-
calist, ib. - Analysis of the metrical
romance of Thomas the Rhymer,' 160-
163-Border war-songs and their fierce
burdens: 'The Fray of Luport,' 209-
'Jamie Telfer,' and auld Wat of Har-
den's heroism, 210, 211-Song of the
outlaw Murray: its audacity, 212—'The
Douglas Tragedy' and its local memo-
I.-4

-

rials, 213-Young Benjie,' his crime and
his fate, 214-Outline of the ballad of
'Græme and Bewick,' 215-217-' Ellen
of Kirkonnel' and its tragical burden,
217, 218-Earl Richard;' fate of his
murderess, 219-'The Dæmon Lover,'
220-Berthram's Dirge,' Johnie Arm-
strong's 'Good Night,' 221-Difference
between the Border minstrelsy and that
of Scotland, 222-Hogg's 'Bonny Kil-
meny,' animated by the old minstrel
spirit, ib.-Causes of the more enduring
popularity of the ballad in Scotland, 223-
225-Specimen of the Cumberland bal-
lad, 225- Excellence of the modern
Scottish minstrelsy, 226-Causes of the
failure of so many imitators, 227-Cha-
racter of Lewis's Tales of Wonder,' 228
-Grammatical peculiarities of the ancient
minstrelsy, 229-Structure of Tennyson's
ballad of Sir Galahad,' 229-230-Un-
premeditated peculiarities of language in
old ballads, 230, 231-Doubtful chastity
of the ballad heroines, 232--Ballad of
'Annie of Lochroyan,' ib.-Bishop Percy's
successful imitations, 233-Eminence of
Sir Walter Scott as a ballad writer, 233-
235-Excellence of Charles Kirkpatrick
Sharpe's metrical performances, 235-237
-Position of the minstrel in the olden
time, 238-Cause of the degeneracy of
his class, ib.-Causes to which the pre-
servation of the ancient minstrelsy is
due, 239-John Leyden's enthusiasm as
a collector of old ballads, 239, 240.
Banks 'ye Vintner,' burlesque bill of fare
sent to, 312

Barante's History of the Dukes of Bur-
gundy, great merit of, 391
Baxter, William, references to erroneous
deductions in the Glossarium Antiquita-
tum Britannicarum,' of, 357 and note, 365
Bede's reference to the landing of the Scots
in Britain, 291

women of fashion, 10-Plot of Sir
Patient Fancy,' 10, 16-Female indul-
gence in drink, 11-The Emperor of
the Moon,' and its treatment of contem-
porary manners, 11, 12-Her pictures of
London citizens, 12-14-Illicit love, as
acted on the stage, 15, 16-Plot of 'The
Lucky Chance,' 17-Personal character
of the authoress, 18

Berkeley, George, Bishop of Cloyne, Origin
of his recommendation of Tar-Water as
a universal medicine, 23-His curious
ascription of opposite qualities to it, 24,
25-His philosophical theories upon the
subject, 26-28-Controversy to which
his disquisitions gaverise, 30-Arguments
and tactics of his opponents, 'Risorius,'
and the late Mr. Benjamin Smith,' 30,
31-Diatribes and digressions of 'a Fo-
reign Gentleman,' 32, 33-Apposite rea-
sonings of further opponents, 33, 34-
Apologists for the bishop, 34, 35.
Bill of fare, a burlesque (1637), 312.
Boece, Hector, questionable character of the

Scottish history of, 277-His doubtful
title to credit, 278.

Borde, Andrew; descent, education, and
semi-ascetic habits of, 163-His unpros-
perous end, 164-Character of his boke
of the introduction of knowledge,' ib.-
His lost 'Boke,' 165-His satirical pic-
ture of an Englishman, 166-His con-
tempt for Cornish men and their love of
litigation, 167-His sarcasm on Welsh
pedigrees, ib.-A good word for Ireland,
168-His dislike of Scotchmen, ib.-His
characteristics of various foreign nations,
169-Account of their eating customs,
170-Treacle, an antidote to poison, 171
-Death of the Pilgrims to Compostella,
ib.-Legend of the dead alive, 172, 173
Boullaye-le-Gouz, qualifications of, as a tra-
veller, 78-His description of a Tuscan
horse-race, 79-His route through the
East, 80, 81-His opinion of the Great
Mogul, 81, 82-His estimate of the Por-
tuguese colonists, 82- The mermaid's
hand; sailors' prejudices relative to mum-
mies, 85-A good word for Englishwomen,
ib.—Apprehended as a spy in Ireland, 86
-His treatment by a blundering Kil-
kenny mayor, 87-Misfortunes of his
companion, Tam Nevel, ib.-His account
of the Irish two centuries ago, 88-90-
Impartiality of his Eastern Sketches, 90
His death, 91

175-His doubt as to Paterson's birth-
place, 176-His eulogium on Paterson, ib.
Byron, Lord, source of the 'Good Night'
of, 149

Canning, George, starting of the Anti-
Jacobin Review by, 196.

Canton, siege and sack of, by the Tartars,
326-Coshinga's harassing movements,

331

Caricatures, Political; period of the general
introduction of, 190-See 'Gillray'
Chatterton, Thomas, merit of the imita-
tions of ancient minstrelsy by, 149, 228
China, popularity of Marco Polo's account
of, 313-Consequences of the conduct of
Portuguese adventurers, 314-Early ac-
quaintance of its people with Christianity,
ib.-Publication of Martinus Martinius's
narrative of the Tartar invasion, 315—
Losses and gains of the invaders, 315,
316-Treachery and ultimate fate of the
Chinese commander Iven, 316, 317-
Overrunning of the northern provinces
by the robber bands, 317-Artful po-
licy of their chief Li-Kong, 318-His
victorious progresses, 319-Hopeless po-
sition of the emperor, ib.-Distressing
end of himself and his faithful adhe.
rents, and fortunes of his daughter,
320- Tyranny and cruelty of the con-
queror Li-Kong, ib.-Avenging conduct
of Woosankwei; heroism of his father,
and defeat of Li-Kong by Tartar aid,
321 -Seizure of the empire by the
Tartars, ib. Their difficulties in the
southern provinces, 322-Proclamation
of Hunquang as emperor; his fate, 323-
Consequences of an attempt to compel the
people to shave their heads, 323, 324—
Wholesale massacres by the Tartars, 325
-Result of the rebellions under Hous
and Kiang, 326-Sack of Canton and
massacre of its people, 326, 327-Chang-
hien-Chung's usurpation and wholesale
atrocities, 327-330-Real cause of the
success of the Tartars, 331-Comparative
merit of the narratives of Martinius and
Palafox, 331, 332

-

Christianity, Captain Davis's economic rea-
sons for the propagation of, 51-Its early
existence in China, 314

Churchill, Sir Winston, heraldic fabrications
of, 119

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, singular Shake-
spearian emendation proposed by, 96
Compass, perturbations of the, in a storm,
66, 67

Cromwell, Oliver, family pride of, 393
Cross-bow, ancient rhymed rules for the
management of the, 206-208
Cunningham, Allan; ballad poetry of, 149
Cuvier, a genealogical student, 393

Dalrymple, Sir James, labours of, in Scottish
history, 283
Darien, impediments offered to the founda-
tion of the Scottish colony of, 174-En-
couragement of and subsequent opposi-
tion to the scheme by William the Third,
177-Rapid filling up of the subscription
list, 178-Specimen of the circumstantial
entries, 179-Proposed operations of the
company, 180-Arrival of the first fleet,
ib. King William's hostile proclamations,
181-Erroneous proceedings of the ma-
nagers, ib.-Break-up of the colony and
sufferings of the colonists, 182-Proposed
renewal of the scheme, 183-Excesses at
Edinburgh on news from Darien, 187-
See Paterson'

Davy, Sir Humphrey, remarkable cure ef-
fected by, 22

Dempster, character of the 'Historia Eccle-
siastica Gentis Scotorum' of, 279-Spe-
cimen of the virulence of his writings,
284 note +

Des Cartes, Glanvill's opinion of, 107
Drake, partisanship of the 'Historia Anglo-
Scotica' of, 282

Drunkenness, alleged cause of the increase
of, in England, 248

Eating, curiosities of, 252—Prodigality in,
272

Eburne, Richard, book on population and
emigration by, 44-His views of the evils
of over-population, 45 Correctness
thereof questioned, 46, 47-His golden
mean of population, 49-His idea of the
religious advantages of colonization, 51—
His rebuke to landlords, 52-His ani-
madversions on idleness, its causes and
consequences, ib.-His suggestions for
raising revenue from colonies, 53—His |
amusing fears of a scarcity of fuel, 53, 54—
His proposals for raising money for emi-
gration purposes, 54-Sources wherefrom
his colonies were to be peopled, 54, 55—
His reasons for recommending Newfound-
land, 57-His three ways of planting a
colony, 58
Education-See Peacham'
Emigration in the early part of the 17th
century-See 'Eburne'

England, alleged over-population of, in the
17th century, 45-Probable number of
its inhabitants in 1624, 46-Its state in
the time of the Saxons, 47-See 'Eburne,'
'Population,' 'Boullaye-le-Gouz'
English music-See 'Music'
English people, characteristics of the, ac-
cording to a Foreign Gentleman,' 33—
Mistakes and misrepresentations of Gene-
ral Pillet upon the same subject, 37, 38-
Anecdote of a drowning man, 38—Boul-

laye-le-Gouz's 'Tribute to the English
Ladies,' 85-See 'Savages of Europe.'
English and Latin, poetic scraps in, 419
Ethnology not entirely a modern science,

274

Ettrick Shepherd-See 'Hogg, James.'

Family Histories, paucity of, in England,
390-Merit of the 'Stemmata Shirleiana,'
Gibbon's 'Courtenay Digression' and Ba-
rante's' Dukes of Burgundy,' 391-Great
interest taken in genealogical studies on
the continent, ib.-Universality of the
pride of birth, 392-Reverence for an-
cestry common alike to sage and savage,
393-Cuvier's delight in genealogy, By-
ron's pride of descent, Scott's love of an-
cestral renown, ib.-Popularity of works
on family history, 394-Example set by
Lord Lindsay, ib.-Exhaustlessness of
the materials for family history, 395-
Plan for the disposal thereof, ib.-Chro-
nological outline of such a history, 395-
400 Fertility of the field of family anec-
dote, 401.

Fashions from France, objections to the im-
portation of, 253

Feasting and fasting, 252, 253
Ferne, Sir John, the writer on heraldry;
family descent of, 121-Plan of his 'Bla-
zon of Gentrie,' 122-His idea of a per-
fect gentleman, 123-Universality of the
love of social distinctions, 124-Sir John's
lament for the decay of Gentrie,' 125-
His wild notions on the antiquity of ar-
morial bearings, 126-His fanciful sym-
bolisms, 127-Anecdote of a quarrel about
a crest, 129-His theory of antipathies
between animals, ib.-A modern parallel,

130

Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony, 'The Boke of
Husbandry' of, 262-His views on the
relative advantages of oxe ploughs and
horse ploughs, 263-His allegorical de-
scription of the 'Sede that is called Dis
cretion,' 264-His direction how 'to
make an ewe to love her lambe,' 265-
His advice to 'a yonge gentylman that
entendeth to thryue,' 265, 266-His
lesson on memory to a gentleman's ser-
vant, 266-His enumeration of "what
workes a wyfe shulde do,' 269, 270-
His shorte lesson for the husbande,'
271-A note upon extravagance in ap-
parel, ib.-His counsel relative to prodi-
gality in eating, 272-His cautions against
gambling, 272, 273.

Fletcher of Saltoun, popularity of, 175
Fordun, John of, character of the Scoti.
chronicon of, 276, 277

Fox, Charles James, severity of Gillray's
caricatures of, 259, 260

France, a Devonshire doubter's denial of
the existence of, 264
French Pictures of the English in the last
century. See 'Boullaye-le-Gouz'; 'Eng-
glish'; 'Savages of Europe'

Gaulart, Monsieur, and his buried money,

249

Gentleman, The Compleat. See 'Peacham'
George the Third, Gillray's Caricatures of,

261

Gerrard and Harvey, daring conduct of,

247

Gibbon, Edward, merit of the 'Digression

on the Family of Courtenay,' by, 391
Gillray, James, the caricaturist, 255-Acci-
dental preservation of his copper plates,
256-His parentage and early life, ib.-
His artistic versatility, 257-Genius dis-
played in his Apotheosis of Hoche, ib.—
Popularity of his personification of Eng-
land as John Bull,' 258-His hostility
to the French Republicans and to Napo-
leon, 258, 259-Severity of his carica-
tures upon Charles James Fox, 259, 260
-His flings at the parsimony of Geo. III
and his Queen, 261, 263-Grossness of
many of his caricatures, 262—His habitual
intemperance and its lamentable conse-
quences, ib.

Glanvill, Joseph, Pyrrhonistic Writings of,
105-His antagonist Thomas Albius,
106, 108-His theory of the formation of
bodies, 107-His assaults upon the Aris-
totelian philosophy, 108-On the causes
of philosophical error, 109, 110-His
anticipation of modern scientific disco-
veries, 111-His views on superstition,
111-114-On education and custom, 115
-On dogmatism and dogmatic disputa-
tion, 116-Amusing instances of historic
dogmatism from later writers, 117, 118
Glutton, Exploit of a, 252

Goldsmith, Oliver, and Johnie Armstrong's
'Good Night,' 221

Gringoire, Pierre, notice of the popular
satires of, 198-Specimens of his verses,
199, 200

Guidott, Dr., joke upon Toby Venner, by,
402

Hanging preferable to hop-picking, 250
Harris, Thomas, a New England Quaker
convert, mysterious death of, 76
Harvey, Gabriel, virulence of Thomas Nash's
satires upon, 293, 297
Hastings, Warren, caricatures of Gillray
pending the trial of, 260, 261
Heraldry, Old Notions on, 119-Errors of
some modern writers, 120 and note-
Earliest proved existence of armorial bear-
ings, 121-Persecution of a citizen for
calling a swan a goose, 126-Fierceness

of litigation on heraldic claims, 128-See
'Ferne.'

Herberstein, Baron von, Missions of, to the
Court of Russia, 131-Character of his
account of Russia, 132-See 'Russia.'
Herodotus an Ethnologist, 274.
Herrings, Eulogium of Thomas Nash upon,

300-302.

Hogg, James, character of the Poetry of,
149-Beauty of his 'Bonny Kilmeny'
ib. 222-His bardic habits, 150-His
skill in angling, 213 and note-Spirit of
the old minstrels successfully caught up
by him, 222, 223-Note by him on the
descent of old Songs, 226.

Honywood, Frazer, the Banker, number of
the claimants of shares in his property,

401.

Hood, Thomas, a student of Ballad Lore,

152.

Household Inventories, Specimen of one of
the fifteenth century, 101.
Husbandry-See 'Fitzherbert.'

Ierne, Sir George Mackenzie's argument
upon, 281.

Innes, Thomas-See 'Scotland.'
Ireland two centuries ago, 88—Irish castles
and cabins, 89-Irish hospitality and cos-
tume, 90-Its alleged freedom from rep-
tiles, 168-Mendacity of its monkish his-
torians, 275-See 'Boullaye-le-Gouz'

Jamieson, Robert, Specimen of one of the
ballads of, 148-Character of his 'Water
Kelpy,' 227.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, on the facility of imi-
tating old ballads, 227.

Jugglers and their sleight of hand feats,
110.

Keating, Extract from, relative to Irish
legends, 275.

Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus, 364—Ana-
lysis of the local names therein, 366 and
note-Some of his deductions demurred
to, 367.

Lancashire Dialect, Poem supposed to be in
the, 307-312-Explanatory and glossarial
notes thereon, 419, 420.

Lander, William, Anti-Newtonian theories
of 108, 109

Latham, Dr., intenable notion of, relative to
the Picts, 289

Latin and English Poem of the 14th century,
fragment of a, 419

Lawrence, Dr., Satire of 'The Rolliad' pro-
jected by, 191

Lewis, Matthew Gregory, failure of, as an
imitator of the old ballad, 227 — His
"Tales of Wonder,' 228

Mac Pherson, James and John, and their
theories on early Scottish History, 287
and note.

Lieber, Francis, on the origin of local names
in the United States, 355 note
Lightning, Examples of the effects of, 66, 67
Lindsay, Lord, Notice of the lives of the

Lindsays by, 390, 394, 395

Littleton, Judge, Volume bequeathed by, 102
Local Nomenclature, General interest taken
in, 350-Legend of the supernatural origin
of Udimore, Rustic derivation of Aston
Clinton, 351-Fanciful solution of the
name Hurstperpoint, 351, 352-Plausible
etymology of Alfriston, 352-Mr. Elliot's
learned disquisition upon Mount Caburn,
353-Celtic origin of local appellations,
354-Parallel drawn from the various
classes of local names in the United States,
355-Francis Lieber's humourous obser-
vation pertinent thereto, ib. note-Classi-
fication of the sources of derivation, 356
-Baxter's complicated etymology, 357
and note-Derivation of the names of rivers
and mountains, 358, 359-Welsh and
Cornish derivatives, 359-Introduction of
the Anglo-Saxon element, 360-Substi-
tution of Anglo-Saxon for Roman names,
361 Characteristics of Danish place
names, 362-Norman-French names, ib—
Plan adopted by the Normans in England,
363--Modern English names, ib--Instances
of the system followed, 364-Rationale of
the Anglo-Saxon nomenclature, ib.-
Rhymed summary of the most usual ter-
minations, 365-Tabular analysis of the
same, 366- Names deduced from the
Teutonic mythology, 367-Baxter's inge-
nious etymology of Folkestone, ib-Names
derivable from local proprietors or from
natural objects, 368-370-Names originat-
ing in historical events, customs, &c.,
370, 371

-

Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Animadver-
sions on his depreciatory sketch of a
Country Gentleman of the 17th Century,
416, 418

Mackenzie, Sir George, National prejudices
of, relative to early Scottish history, 280
-His rendering of Claudian's verses upon
Ierne, 281-His narrow views of the ob-
jects of History, 281, 282

Madrigals-See 'Music.'

Major, John, character of the writings of,
on Scottish History, 277
Marlborough, John Duke of, ironical song
in honour of, 387

Martinius, Martinus, review of an 'Account
of China by,' 313-332
Mather, Increase, and his Family, 59-
Origin of his Book on Remarkable Pro-
vidences, 61-Narrative of Thatcher's
Shipwreck, 61-65-Stone's Account of a
Tempest, 65-Examples of the Effects of
Lightning, 66, 67-Quintin Stockwell's
Captivity among the Indians, 68-74-
Apparitions of Satan, 74,75-Extrava-
gancies of the Quakers, 75-Fate of Tho-
mas Harris, 76-Squando's Dealings with
an Apparition, 77-Use made by Cotton
Mather of his father's work, ib.
Maurice of Hesse; multifarious accom-
plishments of, 245
Messingham's unfair treatment of Scottish
History, 279, note

Metcalf, characteristic anecdote of the fa-
mily of, 401

Metheglin, Toby Venner's recipe for the
making of, 404-Thomas Piers's recipe,
405, note

Misers, anecdotes of two, 249
Motherwell, William, a successful imitator
of our old ballad writers, 146
Music and Madrigals of England, value and
extent of the, 372-Universal cultivation
of music in Queen Elizabeth's time, 373
-Refining influence of the madrigal, ib.
-Varying sources of pleasure at different
epochs, 374-Period at which madrigals
began to fall into disuse, 375-Sorrowful
burdens of the pastoral love songs, 376—
Respect paid to woman's worth in the
madrigal, 378-Extravagant height of the
compliments rendered to the sex in Ori-
ental love songs, 379-Invocations to the
Pagan deities, 380-Political pastorals,
381-Characteristic specimens of the logic
of Bacchanal songs, 382-384 In-
stances of far-fetched rhymes and happy
similes, 384-386-Ironical song in honour
of the Duke of Marlborough, 387-Sub-
ject matter of the song of the 'Cremona
Fiddle,' ib.

Names of places, derivation of—See ‘Local
Nomenclature.'

Napier, the late General Sir Charles, speci-
men of Ossianic eloquence by, 157,158