Account of the inhabitants of the Batta country, in the island of Sumatra ; from the fame Character of Luther, by Bibop Atterbury Character of Auguftus Hervey, late Earl of Bristol 17 22 23 Various extracts from Dr. Foart Simmons's Account of the life and Writings of the late Dr. William Hunter 25 Character of Lord Robert Manners, late commander of his Majefty's ship the Refolution, of 74 guns NATURAL HISTORY. 35 41 A letter from William Herfchel, Efq; F. R. S. to Sir Jofeph Banks, Bart. Obfervations on the light, diameter, and magnitude, of the Georgium Sidus 44 Extracts from an account of the earthquakes which happened in Italy, from February to May, 1783 by. Sir William Hamilton, Knight of the Bath, F. R. S. 48 Tranflation of the Count Francefco Ippolito's letter to Sir William Hamilton, giving an account of the earthquakes which happened in Calabria, March 28, 1783 58 Account of the black canker caterpillar, which deftroys the turnips in Norfolk Some account of the "Defcription of Experiments made with the Aeroflatic 65 70 Account of the aerial excurfion of Me. Charles and Robert, on the 1ft of December, 1783, as given by Monf. Charles; tranflated from the Journal de Paris of the eth and 14th of the fame month Account of the difcovery of an island just rifen out of the ocean near Iceland, in the North Seas USEFUL PROJECT S. 71 75 On the culture and uses of the turnip-rooted cabbage 76 82 84 Account of cloth made from the refuse of flax, and backings of tow $3 On the comparative utility of oxen and borfes in husbandry; from the fecond volume 2 volume of Letters and Papers addressed to the Society inftituted at Bath, for the Encouragement of Agriculture, &c. On planting barren lands with wood; from the fame On watering meadows from the fame 93 95 On the fcab in sheep, and fɔme approved remedies recommended; from the fame ANTIQUITIES. 100 On the office of High Steward of England; from Hearne's curious difcourfes 102 Tranflations of three authentic regifters of the monaftry of St. Edmund's Bury, formerly kept by the Sacrifts 105 Defcription and account of the caftle of Caernarvon; from Pennant's Tour in Wales 107 An account of the ancient British games; from the fame 109 113 Account of Sir Richard Bulkely; in which is a strong description of the favourite Earl of Leicester; from the fame An account of two ancient oil-mills in the kingdom of Naples, 122 MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. Difference between memory and imagination; from Differtations Moral and Critical, by J. Beattie, L. L. D. 125 Of Accent, its nature and use; Standard of Pronunciation: from the Theory of Language, in the fame work Extract from Illuftrations on Sublimity, in the fame work On Tafle; from Lectures on Rhetoric and the Belles Letters, by Hugh Blair, D. D. 136 Comparative Strictures-on Tillotson, Sir William Temple, Addison, Lord Shaftesbury, and Lord Bolingbroke, in point of style; from the fame work Comparative merit of the Ancients and Moderns; from the fame 143 147 A letter from Bishop Atterbury to Mr. Prior; from vol. ii. of Atterbury's Epif. tolary Correfpondence 153 Reflections on a late fcandalous report about the repeal of the Teft Act; from the fame 155 Letter from Bishop Atterbury to Lord Inverness, after that bifbop's banishment from England; from vol. iii. of the fame work 160 An abfra& from the King's books in the Royal Treafury of Goanaxuate, fince. the establishment of that office, the 34th of April 1665, 10 Dec. 31, 1778, fhe wing, by accounts, made up every five years, the weight of the gold and filver on which duties have been paid, and the whole amount of thofe duties during the above period of 114 years 165 A particular account of an Hindoo woman's burning herself alive with her de ceafed ceafed bufband; from an authentic letter, dated Calcutta, 25th July, 1779 167 An extract from the sequel to Emilius and Sophia, by J. J. Rousseau, found among his papers after his death POETRY. Ode for the new year 1783, by William Whitehead, Efq. 171 179 Ode for his Majesty's birth-day, June 4, 1783, by the fame 180 Extracts from Major's Tranflation of Du Frefnoy's Art of Painting 181 An extract from the Village, a poem, by the Rev. G. Crabbe, Chaplain to bis Grace the Duke of Rutland, &c. 183 On the death of Dr. Robert Levet, by Dr. Johnson 189 190 A farewell to Bath, by Lady M. W. Montagu "The entertaining and facetious history of John Gilpin; fhewing bow be went further than be intended, and came home fafe at last." 191 On the Marriage of the Honourable Mifs Eliz. Sackville to Colonel Herbert, By Richard Cumberland Efq. A Song -Races. A Ballad. By the late Sir John Moore, Bart. 197 198 199 Lines to Mrs. Montague, on her bappening to fall at St. James's, by Mr. Rondeau Fermingham An expoftulation Epitaph 200 200 201 201 ACCOUNT of BOOKS for 1783. An account of the Hiftory of the Reign of Philip the Third, King of Spain; by Robert Watson, L. L. D. &c. &c. 2.2 An account of Differtations Moral and Critical; by James Beattie, LL. D. St. St. 207 THE EN D. Printed by J. CROWDER, Warwick-fquare. |