ii. 225

Minana, Spanish historian, ii. 480

Mineralogy, French researches in, at the end of the eighteenth century, ii. 399. Doubts as to the true method of investigating, 399. The discovery of isomorphism, 400

Mines, military employment of gunpowder in, i. 206 _note_

Mirabeau, his knowledge of the English language and literature, ii. 225. His professed atheism, 352

Miracles, the celebrated dispute respecting, i. 428

Missionaries, influence of religion on the progress of society illustrated by the efforts of the, i. 255

Mississippi, area drained by the, i. 97 _note_

Mohammed, cause of his death, according to Mathew Paris, i. 315. And cause of his becoming a heretic, 316. How regarded by Bossuet,