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XX. + +LONDON: + +1832 + + * * * * * + + + + +PREFACE. + + +The completion of the Twentieth Volume of this Miscellany presents us +with another cause for self-gratulation, and thankful acknowledgement +to the reading public. This continued and unimpaired success amidst +a myriad of new-born aspirants, is the best proof of our maintenance +of public esteem; and so long as our efforts are guided by the same +singleness of purpose that first directed them we shall hope for +a continuance of such favour. A multitude of contemporaries "whet +each other;" "thinking nurseth thinking;" and, in like manner, +reading nurseth reading, and awakens a spirit of inquiry, untiring +and exhaustless, among all concerned in pursuit and wholesome +gratification. + +In a retrospect of the hundreds of competitors who have started +for the prize of public patronage since our outset, we shall not, +perhaps, be accused of vanity in placing to our own account the first +appropriation of such means as may have contributed to the partial +success of our contemporaries. We owe them nothing but good will; +for we rather regard things poetically than politically, and we are +anxious to inform and amuse the reader--not to perplex, by constantly +reminding him of his uncheery lot in life. + +Ten years' establishment in periodical literature may give us a +sort of patriarchal feeling towards others; for, with one exception +THE MIRROR is the oldest weekly journal of the metropolis. In this +comparatively long career, our best energies have been directed to the +progressive improvement of each department of the work. The plan of +embellishment, which may be said to have originated with THE MIRROR, +has been extended and improved, until few subjects are incapable of +successful illustration in its pages; due regard being paid to nicety +of execution, as well as attractive design. So much for the present, +state of our "representative system." + +The selection of materials for each sheet of THE MIRROR has been +regulated by a desire to extend useful information, and to cultivate +healthful indications of public taste. In a journal, like the present, +mainly devoted to the accumulation of facts, errors and misstatements +are inevitable; but, our own diligence, aided by sharp-sighted +Correspondents, has, from time to time, guided us to accuracy in +most cases, and directed fruitful inquiry upon matters of no ordinary +interest or character. Scientific information, really made popular, +and of ready, practical utility, has uniformly found admission in +our pages; and, above all, subjects of natural history have received +especial attention, in graphic illustrations--which part of our plan +has been adopted by every cheap journal of the last four years; or, +from the first pictorial description of the Zoological Gardens, +before the publication of the catalogue by the Society; while it is a +source of gratification to know that within the above period, natural +history, from being almost confined to public museums and private +cabinets, has become the most popular study and amusement of the +present day. + +Upon the continued cheapness of our little work, we do not intend to +touch, more than by reference to the enlargement of the letter-press +as commenced with the present volume. The alteration has, we believe, +received general approbation; and, either with regard to the extent of +the letter-press, or the condensed character of its subject-matter, +we have still the satisfaction of knowing THE MIRROR to continue, +as it has often been characterized by contemporaries, "the cheapest +publication of the day." Its other merits we are content to leave to +the discernment of each reader. + +Our future volume will be conducted upon the plan of its predecessors, +with such improvements as time and occasion may suggest. To one point, +economy of space, we promise our best consideration; though we may +not succeed in rivalling Mr. Newberry, who, the good humoured Geoffrey +Crayon tells us, was the first that ever filled his mind with the idea +of a good and great man. He published all the picture books of his +day; and, out of his abundant love for children, he charged "nothing +for either paper or print, and only a half-penny for the binding."[1] +Rest unto his soul, say we. + +This lengthened, but we hope not ill-timed reference to our whole +course of Twenty Volumes has left us but little occasion to speak of +the present portion, individually; although we trust this reference +would be somewhat supererogatory, from the unusual number of +Illustrations, and a copious Index to the main subjects, of the +volume. + +To conclude. We thank all Correspondents for their contributions, and +invite their cordial co-operation with our ensuing efforts. So now +"_plaudite! valete!_" + +_December 26, 1832._ + +[Footnote 1: Bracebridge Hall, vol. i.] + + * * * * * + +[Illustration] + + * * * * * + +NOTICES + +OF + +WASHINGTON IRVING, ESQ. + +AND HIS WORKS. + + * * * * * + +Washington Irving was born, in the State of New York, in the year +1782, and is, consequently, in his fifty-first year. His early life +cannot better be told than in his own graceful language, prefixed +to the most celebrated of his writings as "the author's account of +himself." + +"I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange +characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began my travels, and +made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of +my native city, to the frequent alarm of my parents, and the emolument +of the town-crier. As I grew into boyhood I extended the range of my +observations. My holiday afternoons were spent in rambles about the +surrounding country. I made myself familiar with all its places famous +in history or fable. I knew every spot where a murder or robbery had +been committed, or a ghost seen. I visited the neighbouring villages, +and added greatly to my stock of knowledge, by noting their habits +and customs, and conversing with their sages and great men. I even +journeyed one long summer's day to the summit of the most distant +hill, from whence I stretched my eye over many a mile of terra +incognita, and was astonished to find how vast a globe I inhabited. + +"This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. Books of voyages +and travels became my passion, and in devouring their contents, I +neglected the regular exercises of the school. How wistfully would +I wander about the pier heads in fine weather, and watch the parting +ships bound to distant climes; with what longing eyes would I gaze +after their lessening sails; and waft myself in imagination to the +ends of the earth. + +"Farther reading and thinking, though they brought this vague +inclination into more reasonable bounds, only served to make it more +decided. I visited various parts of my own country; and had I been +merely influenced by a love of fine scenery, I should have felt little +desire to seek elsewhere its gratification; for on no country have +the charms of nature been more prodigally lavished. Her mighty lakes, +like oceans of liquid silver; her mountains, with their bright aërial +tints; her valleys, teeming with wild fertility; her tremendous +cataracts, thundering in their solitudes; her boundless plains, waving +with spontaneous verdure; her broad, deep rivers, rolling in solemn +silence to the ocean; her trackless forests, where vegetation puts +forth all its magnificence; her skies, kindling with the magic of +summer clouds and glorious sunshine:--no, never need an American +look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural +scenery."[2] + +[Footnote 2: Sketch Book, vol. i.] + +Mr. Irving began his career, as an author, in periodical literature. +His first work was a humorous journal, entitled "Salmagundi, or the +Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and Others," +originally published in numbers in New York, where it met with a very +flattering reception. The date of the first paper is Saturday, January +24, 1827. + +Salmagundi has been several times reprinted in this country; and it +may be acceptable to know, that the cheapest, if not the most elegant, +edition may be purchased for twenty-pence. It would be difficult to +explain the merits of Salmagundi to the reader, as they are of the +most varied character; but, it may be remarked generally, that a vein +of quaint humour and human kindness pervades these early papers, which +will bring the reader and writer to the best possible terms. + +This lively miscellany was followed by a humorous History of New York, +with the somewhat droll _nom_ of Dedrick Knickerbocker as its author. +It possesses considerable merit, with a nice perception of the +ludicrous; but, on its first appearance, this recommendation was +generally overlooked, whether from the local interest of the subject, +or the want of due judgment in its readers, it is difficult to +determine. + +About this period Mr. Irvine's name was heard in England, almost for +the first time; his only claims to public notice resting entirely +on Salmagundi, and the History of New York. He was indebted for his +introduction to the acquaintance of European readers, to a young +fellow-countryman of high attainments, who alludes to the above works +and their author in the following terms:--"Mr. Irving has shown much +talent and great humour in his Salmagundi and Knickerbocker, and they +are exceedingly pleasant books, especially to one who understands the +local allusions." + +A few years subsequent to the publication of Knickerbocker, Mr. Irving +visited England, or the "land of wonders," as he facetely terms +our favoured isle. During his stay, he wrote a series of papers, +illustrative of English manners, which were chiefly printed in +America. These papers were afterwards published in a collected form, +in England, under the title of "The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, +Gent." and dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, "in testimony of the +admiration and affection of the author." In the advertisement to the +Sketch-Book, Mr. Irving thus modestly refers to its origin: + +"The author is aware of the austerity with which the writings of +his countrymen have hitherto been treated by British critics: he +is conscious too, that much of the contents of his papers can be +interesting only in the eyes of American readers. It was not his +intention, therefore, to have them reprinted in this country. He +has, however, observed several of them from time to time inserted in +periodical works of merit, and has understood that it was probable +they would be republished in a collective form. He has been induced, +therefore, to revise and bring them forward himself, that they may +at least come correctly before the public. Should they be deemed of +sufficient importance to attract the attention of critics, he solicits +for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to +claim, who presents himself at the threshold of a hospitable nation." + +Mr. Irving's solicitations were not made in vain, as the rapid sale +of several editions must have convinced him; while every journalist +in the empire hailed the work as the most beautiful specimen of +Transatlantic talent which had been recognised in this country. + +The two volumes of the Sketch-Book appeared at different periods; +and, at the conclusion of the second, we find the following +apologetic postscript: "The author is conscious of the numerous +faults and imperfections of his work; and, well aware how little +he is disciplined and accomplished in the arts of authorship. His +deficiencies are also increased by a diffidence arising from his +peculiar situation. He finds himself writing in a strange land, +and appearing before a public, which he has been accustomed, from +childhood, to regard with the highest feelings of awe and reverence. +He is full of solicitude to secure their approbation, yet finds that +very solicitude continually embarrassing his powers, and depriving +him of that ease and confidence which are necessary to successful +exertion. Still the kindness with which he is treated encourages him +to go on, hoping that, in time, he may acquire a steadier footing; and +thus he proceeds, half venturing, half shrinking, surprised at his own +good fortune, and wondering at his own temerity." + +The success of the Sketch-Book was followed by the almost equal +fortune of "Bracebridge Hall, or the Humorists;" a series of scenes +of Old English life, as displayed in one of those venerable halls, +that rise, here and there, in a British landscape, as monuments +of the hospitality of our ancestors, and better times. In the +autobiographical chapter of this work, the writer thus pleasantly +refers to his previous success, as "a matter of marvel, that a +man, from the wilds of America, should express himself in tolerable +English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in +literature,--a kind of demi-savage, with a leather in his hand, +instead of his head; and there was a curiosity to hear what such +a being had to say about civilized society." In referring the +circumstances under which he writes his second work on English +manners, he says: "Having been born and brought up in a new country, +yet educated from infancy in the literature of an old one, my mind +was filled with historical and poetical associations, connected with +places, and manners, and customs of Europe; but which could rarely +be applied to those of my own country. To a mind thus peculiarly +prepared, the most ordinary objects and scenes, on arriving in Europe, +are full of strange matter, and interesting novelty. England is as +classic ground to an American, as Italy is to an Englishman; and Old +London teems with as much historical association as mighty Rome." +There is, also, great amiability in the concluding paragraph:--"I have +always had an opinion, that much good might be done by keeping mankind +in good humour with one another. I may be wrong in my philosophy; but +I shall continue to practise it until convinced of its fallacy. When I +discover the world to be all that it has been represented by sneering +cynics and whining poets, I will turn to and abuse it also; in the +meanwhile, worthy reader, I hope you will not think lightly of me, +because I cannot believe this to be so very bad a world as it is +represented." + +Soon after the publication of Bracebridge Hall, Mr. Irving left this +country, where he had passed two years with literary and pecuniary +advantage. He quitted England with a pathetic farewell; declaring that +if, as he is accused, he views it with a partial eye, he shall never +forget that it is his "fatherland." On the consanguinity of England +and America too, and the cultivation of good feeling between them, he +thus touchingly expresses himself in Bracebridge Hall: "We ask nothing +from abroad that we cannot reciprocate. But with respect to England, +we have a warm feeling of the heart, the glow of consanguinity +that still lingers in our blood. Interest apart, past differences +forgotten, we extend the hand of old relationship. We merely ask, do +not estrange us from you, do not destroy the ancient tie of blood, do +not let scoffers and slanderers drive a kindred nation from your side. +We would fain be friends, do not compel us to be enemies." There is a +manly affection in these sentiments which is truly admirable. + +Mr. Irving's works, with the exception of his early efforts,[3] had +been the result of his love of travel: indeed, he describes himself +as a traveller who has "surveyed most of the terrestrial angles of the +globe." In similar vein, he next produced two volumes of "Tales of a +Traveller," narrating legends of the continent, with masterly sketches +of the scenery of the respective countries; the incidents of the Tales +being fraught with points of grotesque humour, and abounding with +pathos and poetic feeling. + +[Footnote 3: Among Mr. Irving's early effusions are Lines written on +the Falls of the River Pasaic which are not printed in the author's +works, but will be found in _The Mirror_, vol. ii. p. 452.] + +To these Tales succeeded a work of greater importance in literature +than either of Mr. Irving's previous undertakings. We allude to a +History of the Life and Voyages of Columbus, in four vols. 8vo., which +appeared in the year 1828. Mr. Irving, at the time this work was first +suggested to him, in the winter of 1825-6, was at Bordeaux; and, being +informed that a biography was about to appear at Madrid, containing +many important and some new documents relative to Columbus, he set off +for the Spanish capital, to undertake the translation of the work. +Mr. Irving, however, meeting with numerous aids at Madrid, resolved +on producing an original history, which he has presented to the public +with extreme diffidence: "all that I can safely claim," he observes, +"is, an earnest desire to state the truth, an absence from prejudices +respecting the nations mentioned in my history, a strong interest in +my subject, and a zeal to make up by assiduity for many deficiencies +of which I am conscious." This work has been abridged by Mr. Irving +to one of the volumes of the Family Library. As we have intimated to +the reader, it is of higher pretensions than either of the author's +previous writings: a clever critic refers to it as "a spirited and +interesting work, in which every thing is as judiciously reasoned as +it is beautifully and forcibly expressed," and as "much more grave in +its character and laborious in its execution than any of his preceding +ones."[4] + +[Footnote 4: New Monthly Magazine.] + +Mr. Irving's next production was "A Chronicle of the Conquest of +Granada," in which the author's knowledge of Spanish history is made +to shine in detailing the chivalrous glories of the New World. + +In the spring of the present year it appears that Mr. Irving touched +"the golden shores of old romance," and published Tales of the +Alhambra; the origin of which work is thus told by the author. A few +years since, Mr. Wilkie, the distinguished R.A. and Mr. Irving were +fellow travellers on the continent. In their rambles about some of +the old cities of Spain, they were struck with scenes and incidents +which reminded them of passages in the Arabian Nights. Mr. Wilkie +urged his companion to write something that should illustrate those +peculiarities, "something in the Haroun Alraschid style" that should +have a dash of that Arabian spice which pervades everything in Spain. +Mr. Irving set about his task with enthusiasm: his study was the +spacious Alhambra itself, and the governor gave the author and his +companion, permission to occupy his vacant apartments in the Moorish +palace: Mr. Wilkie soon returned to England, leaving Mr. Irving at +the Alhambra, where he remained "for several months, spell-bound in +the old enchanted pile." The result was two volumes of legends and +traditions, which for interesting incident, and gracefulness of +narrative, have few parallels in our romance-writing.[5] They are +dedicated, in good taste, to the ingenious originator, Mr. Wilkie. + +[Footnote 5: For Two Illustrations and Notice of this interesting +work, See _Mirror_, vol. xix. p. 337 to 342; whence the above origin +of the work has been quoted.] + +In person, Mr. Irving is of middle height; and, according to a +contemporary, of "modest deportment and easy attitude, with all the +grace and dignity of an English gentleman."[6] Another describes +him as "a most amiable man, and great genius, but not lively in +conversation." His features have a pleasing regularity, and are lit +up, at every corner, with that delightful humour which flows in a rich +vein throughout his writings, and forms their most attractive charm. + +[Footnote 6: Fraser's Magazine.] + +Having noticed Mr. Irving's principal works, we have left but little +occasion to speak of his general style. A contemporary has denominated +him the "Goldsmith of the age;" and of Goldsmith we must remember +that, in his epitaph, Dr. Johnson observes: "he left no species of +writing untouched, and adorned all to which he applied himself"--a +tribute which can scarcely be appropriately paid to any writer of +our time. However, we know not any author that Mr. Irving so much +resembles as Goldsmith: although no imitator, his style and language +forcibly remind us of that easy flow so peculiar to the Citizen of +the World. But, we have higher warrant for this parallel. "It seems +probable," observes a critical writer of considerable acumen, "that +Mr. Irving might prove no contemptible rival to Goldsmith, whose turn +of mind he very much inherits, and of whose style he particularly +reminds us. Like him, too, Mr. Irving possesses the art of setting +ludicrous perplexities in the most irresistible point of view, and we +think equals him in the variety of humour."[7] + +[Footnote 7: Quarterly Review.--Such is the variety displayed in +the Salmagundi; the papers were supposed to be the joint efforts of +several literati.] + +To conclude, we find the literary character of Mr. Irving illustrated +in a contemporary journal, with unusual spirit. "There never was a +writer," observes the editor, "whose popularity was more matter of +feeling, or more intimate than Washington Irving, perhaps, because +he appeared at once to our simplest and kindliest emotions. His +affections were those of 'hearth and home;' the pictures he +delighted to draw were those of natural loveliness, linked with human +sympathies; and a too unusual thing with the writers of our time--he +looked upon God's works, and 'saw that they were good.' * * * With +him the wine of life is not always on the lees. An exquisite vein of +poetry runs through every page,--and of poetry, his epithets who does +not remember--'the shark, glancing like a spectre through the blue +seas.'"[8] + +[Footnote 8: Literary Gazette.] + + * * * * * + + + + +ALPHABETICAL INDEX. + + + A.B.C. botanical, 336 + Abernethian, a true one, 160 + Absence, Lord Lyttleton's, 318 + Accumulation of Power, 55 + Acid, Oxalic, 207 + Tartaric, 206 + Action in forces, time of, 55 + Adam, death of, 133 + Adieu, the, by Lord Byron, 12 + Adrian and Apollodoras, the architect, 384 + Advice, by a Man of the World, 10 + Ætna, visit to the summit of, 202 + Agincourt, ballad of, 101 + Alchemy and Printing, 160 + Ale, bad Saxon, 261 + Burton, 304 + All on one side, 318 + Almanacs, Saxon, 54 + American Deer, mode of hunting them, 339 + Improvements, 102 + Navy, 102 + Newspapers, 102 + Papermaking, 103 + Prison Discipline, 286 + Wolves, 340 + Ancients and Moderns, by Voltaire, 163 + Angelica Kauffman, anecdote of, 291 + Angler, an odd one, 317 + Animal Instinct exemplified, 327 + Annuals for 1833: + Amulet, 392--413 + Book of Beauty, 386 + Comic Offering, 389 + Forget-me-not, 282 + Friendship's Offering, 399 + Hood's Comic, 287 + Juvenile Forget-me-not, 334 + Literary Souvenir, 420 + Picturesque, 386 + Antiquities, Domestic, 337 + Antwerp, Citadel of, described, 405 + City of, described, 369 + Painters born at, 380 + Aphorisms, choice, 442 + Apologues, from the German, 403 + Ararat, Mount, described, 313--379 + Araspes and Panthea, anecdote of, 258 + Architecture, ancient domestic, 274 + Archy Armstrong, grave of, 416 + Armada, the, by T.B. Macauley, Esq. 399 + Armadillo, history of, 56 + Armour, old English, 437 + Arrogance, Feltham on, 271 + Arrow Root, preparation of, 264 + Arundel Castle, described, 157 + Asmodeus in London, 364 + Atmosphere, constitution of, 206 + Atmosphere, properties of, 134 + Auctions by the Drum, 330 + Bachelors, Laws respecting, 35--339 + Bagdad, plague at, 75 + Bailly, physician to Henry IV., 96 + Bar, anecdotes of the, 277 + Barbel, large, 96 + Bat, new species of, 408 + Bath in Persia, described, 145 + Baths, ancient and modern, 372 + Battle, fish, 354 + Beaches, sea, changes of, 79 + Bear-hunting in Canada, 91 + Beatrice Adony and Julius Alvinzi, a tale, 420 + Beauchief Abbey, described, 113 + Becket, murder of, 114 + Bede, Venerable, memoir of, 440 + Beefeaters, origin of, 80 + Bees, economy of, 38 + Beet root sugar, 88 + Beetle, ravages of, 175 + Bell, ancient, 345 + Belvoir Castle, history of, 129 + Bennett, Mr. George, visit to Rotuma, 377 + Berwick, siege of, 222 + Bewick, the engraver, birthplace of, 17 + Bibb, the engraver, 368 + Birds, bills of, 96 + Birds, how they fly, 134 + Birds, migration of, 40 + Black Lady of Brabant, 140 + Blacking, antiquity of, 192 + Blessington, lady, her conversations with Lord Byron, + 6--86--110--156--269 + Blind Seal, the, a tale, 298 + Blood, price of, 71 + Bloodless War, 336 + Boar's head at Christmas, 431 + Bolsover Castle described, 161 + Bond, Mr. Sergeant, anecdote of, 278 + Bones, waste of, 366 + Borough, origin of the term, 211 + Boy Burglars, account of, 333 + Books, new, noticed and quoted: + Abrantes, Duchess of, her memoirs, 47--106--191 + Babbage's Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, 27--54 + Barrington's Sketches, 52 + Biblical Atlas, 44 + British Museum, 140--158 + Buccaneer, 428 + Byron's Works, 12 + Catechism of Phrenology, 45 + Characteristics of Women, 117 + Contarini Fleming, 10 + Double Trial, 125 + Elements of Chemistry, 206 + Encyclopædia Americana, 102 + Excursions in India, by Capt. Skinner, 105 + Framlingham, a Poem, 306 + Geography, Questions in, 45 + Gordon on Elemental Locomotion, 183--198 + Knowledge for the People, 77--134--429 + Life of Peter the Great, 300--308 + Laconics, 31 + Legends of the Library at Lilies, 350--403 + Legends of the Rhine, 138 + Life of Charlemagne, by G.P.R. James, 92--119 + Lives of Scottish Worthies, 221--233 + Macculloch's Dictionary of Commerce, 151--279 + Memoir of Felix Neff, 147--171 + Natural Magic, by Sir David Brewster, 72--107--191 + New Gil Blas, 186 + Numismatic Manual, 223 + Outlines of General Knowledge, 45 + Pilgrimage through Khuzistan and Persia, 73--314 + Pompeii, 412 + Popular Zoology, 57 + Private Correspondence of a Woman of Fashion, 157--165--235 + Sketches from Venetian History, 60 + Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 11--46 + Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada, 29--57--91 + Taylor's Records of his Life, 291--317 + Trials of Charles I., 41 + Wild Sports of the West, 298 + Brain of Man, 96 + Braithwaite's Steam Fire-Engine, 111 + Brass-plate Coal-merchants, 56 + Bread, legal adulteration of, 366 + Brent Tor church, 112 + Brevities, 179 + Bridewell, in the reign of Elizabeth, 357 + Bridge, stupendous, in Spain, 24 + Britain, early inhabitants of, 276--371 + British Artists' Exhibition, 330--362 + British Institution, School of Painting at, 362 + British Museum, the, 140 + Brougham, Henry, anecdote of, 182 + Brydges, Sir Egerton, 86 + Bull, national, 240 + Burnham Abbey described, 81 + Bustard, natural history of, 328 + Butterfly, Chameleon, and Serpent, 425 + Byron, Lord, conversations with, 6--86--110 + and Anastasius, 156 + early poems, by, 12 + and Earl Grey, 80 + and the English, 9 + and Mrs. Hemans, 156 + and Mr. Hope, 156 + on horseback, 110 + and Leigh Hunt, 157 + and Italian women, 117 + his love, 269 + letter of, 290 + and Moore, 7 + personal description of, 7 + and Scott, 110 + and Shelley, 9 + and Madame de Stael, 86 + and Venice, 63 + Cæsar, Julius, his superstition, 238 + Cairngorm, origin of, 77 + Caliga, origin of, 112 + Caloric, or the matter of heat, 206 + Canada, climate of, 57 + notes on, 29 + Canary Birds, breeding, 111 + Candelabra and Lamps of Pompeii, 412 + Canning, Mr., statue of, 25 + Cannon Clock, 144 + Cannon, names of, 160 + Canova, vase, containing the heart of, 169 + Caprices, national, 439 + Caps, laws relating to, 319 + Cara, lines to, 272 + Carding a Tithe-Procter, 52 + Card-playing, indifferent, 318 + Cards, second-hand, 425 + Caroline, the late Queen, 158 + Cartoons at Hampton Court, 287 + Cascades and Cataracts, origin of, 97 + Cashmere Shawl goat, 94 + Castle of Framlingham, 305 + Catacombs at Paris, lines on, 338 + Castanets, origin of, 160 + Cats horticulturists, 80 + Cedar trees, large, 341 + Chair, ancient, 344 + of St. Bede, 440 + Chairing, parliamentary, origin of, 176 + Chancellor, Lord, his office, 71 + Salary, 128 + Start in Life, 125 + Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, described, 401 + Chaptel, memoir of, 88 + Charlemagne, life of, 93, 128 + palace of, 119 + Charles I., Trials of, 41 + II., progress of, 261 + Charters in the British Museum, 336 + Chase, the, a sketch, 21 + Chatsworth, beauties of, 432 + Chimneys, invention of, 139 + Chlamyphorus, natural history of, 263 + Cholera, a cleanser, 432 + Mount, by Montgomery, 315 + Christmas, ancient and modern, 419 + carols, 430 + Dalmatia, 419 + Hereford, 438 + Kent, 419 + Mexico, 438 + Norfolk, 419 + Why and Because of, 429 + Church, Lestingham, described, 297 + new, St. Dunstan's, 34 + Cigar smoking, motto for, 208 + Cinnamon and Cassia, 425 + Cinque Ports, their past and present state, 299 + Climatology, notes on, 134 + Clockmaking in the 9th century, 127 + Coach, the last, 432 + Coals, high price of in London, 366 + Coffee, duty on, 80 + house, London, in 1731, 358 + on roasting, 366 + Coins, to read in the dark, 191 + Colouring Cheese, 425 + Colton, the Rev. Mr., 3 + Column of Disgrace, 69 + Comet of Biela, 185 + Comparison, all things by, 368 + Compliments, value of, 384 + Condors, a pair of living, 303 + Continence, anecdotes of, 258 + Cookery, Chinese and Russian, 48 + Cool Tankard at Newgate, 192 + Coronation, expenses of the last, 32 + Court Jester, by Fuller, 352 + Courtier, an excellent, 352 + Cowards, a warning to, 48 + Cowley, the poet, 336 + Cranmer, education of, 75 + Craven, in Yorkshire, cave at, 87 + Criminal Law, reform of, 267 + Criticism, political, 207 + Critics, warning to, 352 + Cromwell, character of, 428 + Cross Readings, from the Spanish, 144 + Crosses, curious ancient, 113--329--360--424 + Cornwall, 424 + Devon, 424 + Eyam, 113 + Holbeach, 329 + Leighton Buzzard, 329 + Neville's, 360 + in the Peak, 113 + Percy's, 361 + Wheston, 113 + Crown, British, pawned, 358 + Crucifixes, initials on, 430 + Crusader, monument of, 441 + Crusades, errors respecting, 319 + Crystal, origin of, 77 + Curran and the Mastiff, 48 + Curse of the Black Lady, a legend, 139 + Cuttle-fish, ink of, 175 + natural history of, 103 + Cuvier, memoir of, 137 + Dacre, Lady, her eccentricities, 153 + Dairyman's Daughter, 112 + Damary Oak Tree, 112 + Dante's Tomb, 168 + Deafness, convenient, 176 + Death, punishment of, 71 + the actor, epitaph on, 448 + Deepdene, notice of, 149 + Deer of North America, 339 + Dew, explanation of, 304 + Derbyshire, antiquities of, 116 + Dibdin, the song-writer, 128 + Dice, invention of, 384 + Dick's Coffee-house, 16 + Diorama, Regent's Park, 40 + Disease, causes of, 266 + effect of on the memory, 190 + Disposal of the body for dissection, 292 + Distinction and Difference, 343 + Dodo, natural history of, 311 + Dovaston, Mr., his sketches of Bewick, 18 + Dove, the River, 288 + Dover, antiquity of, 294 + Drama, essay on, 82 + Dramatis Personæ, origin of, 447 + Drawing an inference, 292 + Dream of the Beautiful, 82 + Dripping Rock in India, 160 + Drop of Dew, by Marvell, 199 + Druids and their times, 20 + Dryburgh Abbey, lines on, 268--296 + Dryden's M'Flecknoe, 208 + Ducks, wild, catching in India, 160 + Duelling, 343--416 + Eagle's Cliff, visit to, 299 + "Eclipse," the horse, 354 + Economy of Conveyance by Steam, 183 + Time and Materials, 54 + Edinburgh, by Mr. Cobbett, 287 + Egyptian Pyramids and Hindoo Temples compared, 158 + Elephant, natural history of, 66 + Elephants in the Zoological Gardens, 66 + Edmonton, Merry Devil of, 367 + Eldon, Lord, his birthplace, 193 + Elections, bribery in, 192 + Electioneering in Westminster, 351 + Electro-Magnet, the largest, 128 + Elm, prodigious, 288 + Emigration to British America, advantages and disadvantages of, 444 + Emigration to Canada, 28 + Enchantress, a tale, 386 + England and France, former junction of, 448 + Ennui, universal, 366 + Envy, Owen Feltham on, 64 + Epitaph at Bristol, 336 + Epitaphs in Cambridgeshire, 368 + Errors of the Day, 142 + Essequibo, sailing up the, 359--379 + Ethelbert and Elfrida, a tale, 323 + Euphrates, sailing up, 74 + Explosion, tremendous, 272 + Extravagance, imperial, 416 + Eyam, cross at, 113 + Eye, structure of, 72 + Eyes and Tears, by Marvell, 199 + Eyes, varieties of, 96 + Falconry Tenure, 345 + Falls of the Genesse, 97--342 + Niagara, visit to, 446 + Farewell to the Muse, by Lord Byron, 13 + Fashionable Manners, effects of, on Tradesmen and Servants, 331--348 + Fat Living, 261 + Favour, the only one, 80 + Ferdinand VII. of Spain, character of, 444 + Fern Owl, habits of the, 174 + Fielding, Sir John, anecdote of, 279 + Fish, consumption of, 415 + Fishing, expensive, 432 + Fleurus, battle of, 431 + Flour, good, economy of, 366 + Flybekins, a humorous story, 389 + Fontenelle, genius of, 111 + Food, animal and vegetable, 35 + Foot of Man, 96 + Forest Schools, 111 + Framlingham Castle, 305 + Francis, Sir Philip, epigram on, 336 + French manners, 47 + Fruit, effects of, and cholera, 79 + maturation of, 39 + Funeral garlands, 20 + Funerals, Portuguese, 70 + Garnets, varieties of, 78 + Gazel, a ballad, by Moore, 10 + Genesse, river of, 98--342 + Genius, tributes to, 168 + Geological changes by the sea, 78 + Germans, ode to the, by Campbell, 9 + Gilpin, John, popularity of, 367 + Gipsies, king of, elegy on, 285 + of old, 270 + Giulietta, a tale, 282 + Goat of Cashmere, 94 + Goethe, medal of, 143 + memoir of, 89--112 + Gold-beating, particulars of, 320 + Golden sands, 70 + Goldsmith, Oliver, brother of, 275--402 + Goose on Michaelmas Day, 208 + Grace Huntley, Trials of, 393 + Grose, Major, in Dublin, 318 + Gudiaro, bridge across the, 24 + Guides in India, 272 + Ha! Ha! Fence, origin of, 448 + Hail Storms in India, 128 + Hale, Sir Matthew, 267 + Hall, old, in Derbyshire, 273 + Hampden, John, anecdote of, 160 + Hanging, antiquity of, 192 + Harvest home custom, 368 + Hastings, antiquity of, 294 + Hawthorn well, the, 339 + Head-dress of the 14th century, 358 + Hemans, Mrs., 110 + Henry VIII. and Queen Katherine, 261 + Hereford, Cathedral of, 324 + Hoarding Money, 143 + Holland, outline of, 338 + Holy Cross, history of the, 392 + Home of Love, the, 170 + Home Truth, 64 + Homeward Voyage, the, 98 + Howard, the Hon. Charles, Lines to the memory of, 149 + Hunchback, merits of the, 365 + Huntsman, the, a tale, 67 + Hythe, antiquity of, 294 + Ignorance, imperial, 352 + Illumination, origin of, 176 + Imaum at Muscat, court of, 73 + Incident on the coast, 373 + in the life of a Rascal, 58 + Inconsolable persons, 384 + India, Letters from, 100 + hail-storms in, 128 + servants in, 105 + Inheritance, custom of, 276 + Innkeepers of former times, 79 + Irish bar, anecdotes of, 63--80 + Irish Mantle, Spencers account of, 415 + Italian, lines from, 339 + Jackalls in India, 80 + Jack Spencer, eccentricities of, 317 + James I., boyhood and education of, 233 + Jemmy Maclaine, the highwayman, 291 + Jews, persecution of, 319 + John, King, death of, 288 + Johnson, Dr., birthplace of, 257 + and George III., 318 + pun by, 272 + Jones, Sir William, his plan of study, 358 + Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Christ, 120 + Judge, upright, one, 267 + Juliet, character of, 117 + tomb of, 265 + Junot and Napoleon, anecdote of, 190 + Kemble, John anecdote of, 318 + Ken, bishop, 48--336 + Kenulph, King, his daughter, a tale, 4 + Key, ancient, 337 + King William IV., domestic habits of, 303 + Kings, poverty of, 358 + Knife-handle, antique, 345 + Knowledge, how to acquire, 416 + Korner, lines from, 38 + Laconics, 31 + La Fontaine, absence of, 111 + Land-storm, tropical, 426 + Landers' Voyage and Discoveries on the Niger, 149 + Langreish, Sir Hercules and his friend, 63 + Last of the Family, 156 + Laurencekirk Snuff-boxes, 151 + Lawrence, Mr. Justice, 277 + Laws of the Navy, ancient, 134 + Learned Ladies, 304 + Lee, church at, described, 153 + Leg, the worst, 368 + Lestingham Church described, 297 + Levee of the Sheik of Fellahi, 75 + Life, progress of, 144 + Libels on Poets, 290 + Lifting heavy persons, 73 + Lines to ----, 226 + Lion-killer, 80 + Lisbon described, 209 + dandy, 69 + dinner, 70 + dockyard, 70 + dogs, 70 + vanity, 70 + water-carrier, 70 + Lock, miniature, 352 + Locomotive Engines in America, 192 + Lord Mayors of London, 176 + Lords, house of, forms of, 325 + Lord's Prayer in Arawaak, 320 + Louis XIV., real character of, 84 + Lucretia Davidson lines on, 148 + Lucretius, extract from, 192 + Ludlow Castle, stanzas on revisiting, 67 + Lydford Bridge described, 289 + Machinery and Manufactures, economy of, 27 + Macklin's grand pause, 367 + Madonna, Italian hymn to, 34 + Magic in the East, true stories of, 26--76 + Magic, natural, 72 + Making and manufacturing, 55 + Maltese Legend, 370 + Malt Liquor, antiquity of, 227 + Manchester, public buildings of, 177 + Infirmary, 178 + Royal Institution, 179 + Town Hall, 178 + Manners, family, history of, 130 + Marriage, curious, 271 + Marriage custom, 439 + Marrying, excuses for not, 336 + Mercers and Drapers, respectability of, 320 + Merchants, opulent British, 319 + Men of no business and paper cutting, 272 + Michael Angelo, ecstasy of, 16 + Mind on the Body, influence of the, 354 + Mistletoe, origin of, 430 + Mock-heroics, 304 + Monasteries, error respecting, 265 + Money, Anne's, 224 + of Betrayal, or Price of Blood, 120 + Charles, I. and II., 224 + Cromwell, 224 + Ecclesiastic, 223 + Edward I. and IV., 223 + Henry VII., 223 + James II., 224 + Milled, 224 + Richard III., 223 + Stephen, 223 + Moody, the actor, avarice of, 367 + Mortality, comparative, in England, 152 + Mosaic Pavement described, 409 + Muscular strength, extraordinary, 432 + Mussulman and Hindoo religion, 80 + My Fatherland, 38 + Nankeen, varieties of, 416 + Napoleon's Return from Elba, 165 + National Gallery, the proposed, 64 + Natural History, errors in, 38 + Nature, luxuriance of, 175 + Necklaces, satin-stone, 342 + Nell Gwynne and Dr. Ken, 336 + Newcastle, grammar-school, 193 + Newcastle, the learned duchess of, 161 + Newcastle-under-Lyne, election at, 288 + New Year's Gifts, 439 + Niagara, recent visit to, 446 + Niger, discoveries on the, 149 + Nightingales in Essex, 144 + Norfolk, the late duke of, 86 + Norton Lees, hall at, 273 + Nugent, Lord and Lady, legends by, 350 + Nutria Fur, account of, 279--314 + O'Brien, the Irish Giant, 182 + Oil in cookery, 352 + Old Soldier, the, a sketch, 403 + Olive Oil, 79--424 + Omen, evil one, 261 + Opera and Theatres in London, 365 + Opal, beauty of, 77 + Oporto described, 49 + Oriental Smoking, 170 + Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus, the, 189 + Ostrich speed, and diet of, 262 + stomach of the, 303 + Otway's "Venice Preserved," 50 + Owen's almshouses, 143 + Paddy Fooshane's Fricassee, 108 + Painters born at Antwerp, 380 + Painter's last passion, 132 + retort, 128 + Panorama of Stirling, 410 + Parliamentary debates, origin of, 128 + forms, 326 + Parliaments, early, 211--325 + Party-spirit, Fuller on, 352 + Past, the, a song, 46 + Past Times, a song, 46 + Pastor, a faithful one, 207 + Patriotism, genuine, 438 + Peak, Antiquities of, 113 + Pearl in the Oyster, 230 + Pekin, ancient trade of, 320 + Pelican, error respecting, 96 + Pennsylvania, settlement of, 208 + Pepper, varieties of, 416 + Perrier, Casimir, memoir of, 116 + Persian Bath, 145 + Fable, 228 + Peru, discovery of, 432 + Peter the Great, anecdotes of, 300--308 + character of, 361 + Peter Pence, origin of, 343 + Peter Simple, life of, 121 + Petition to Time, 11 + Petit-or, value of, 425 + Petrarch's Tomb, 169 + Phillips, Col., recollections of, 402 + Phrenology, curiosities of, 45 + Physician's Fees, 261 + Pic Nic at Tempe, 15 + Pickpockets, qualifications of, 334 + Piracy in olden times, 26 + Pitch-in-the-hole, ancient, 320 + Pitt, Mr., statue of, 40 + Plaint of certain coral beads, 406 + Plants, light and air on, 262 + in rooms, 263 + Poets, Major and Minor, 51 + Pompadour, Madame de, her toilette, by Voltaire, 163 + Pompeii, antiquities of, 412 + Poor Laws, origin of, 327 + Popes, List of, 416 + Portdown Fair described, 121 + Portugal, antiquity of, 48 + manners and customs in, 69 + Posts for Letters, origin of, 322 + Post Office, revenue of, 440 + Potato, economy of, 127 + Poverty, Owen Feltham on, 414 + Prayer, a fragment, 179 + Precious Stones, varieties of, 77 + Preservation of the Human Body, 133 + Primrose, withered, lines on, 95 + Printer, studious, 128 + Printing, invention of, 143 + from wooden blocks, 55 + Prison Discipline in America, 286 + Psalmody, origin of, 146 + Public Credit explained, 142 + Punctuality of Colonel Boswell, 448 + Quadroon Girl, a song, 46 + Quin and Macklin, 367 + Quizzing, literary, 144 + Railway, Liverpool and Manchester, 112 + Raw Materials, 56 + Recollections of a Wanderer 21--373 + Records in the Tower of London, 279 + Regent-street, charms of, 365 + Regulating Power, 55 + Relics of Popery, 344 + Religious Fastings, 195 + Resting-place, the, 354 + Review, the first, 176 + Rhyming Ruminations on London Bridge, 26 + Rising, advantages of early, 16 + Robespierre, anecdote of, 95 + fall of, 106 + Robin Hood, history of, 180--204 + Rome, by T. Moore, 364 + Romeo and Juliet, story of, 118 + Romney, antiquity of, 294 + Rose of the Castle, 133 + of Edendale, by L.E.L., 335 + lines to, 221 + Rotuma, island of, described, 376 + Roundelaye, ancient, 16 + Royalty, freaks of, 207 + Rubens, memoir of, 381 + Ruby, beauty of, 78 + Rye, antiquity of, 295 + Salads, antiquity of, 358 + Salt, fine basket, 425 + good effects of, 265 + Saltpetre, manufacture of, 88 + Sandwich, antiquity of, 295 + Sapphires, beauty of, 77 + Sargasso Weed, account of, 136 + Satin-stone Necklaces, 342 + Saving time in natural operations, 55 + Savoyard, the, a ballad, 275 + School Building in the High Alps, 171 + Schoolmaster's experience in Newgate, 333 + Schools before the Reformation, 75 + Sciences, progress of, 266 + Scipio, continence of, 258 + Scotch "Bluid," anecdote of, 123 + Scott, Sir Walter, Memoir of: + Abbotsford, 241--247--248--250 + Sonnet, by Wordsworth, 420 + anecdotes of, 435 + baronetcy, 250 + birth of, 241 + Scott, Sir Walter, character of, 255--256 + childhood, 242 + clerk of Sessions, 247 + death, 208--253-- + --on the, by the Author of Eugene Aram, 219 + Dryburgh Abbey, 256--436 + education, 242 + embarrassments of, 251--256 + and the Ettrick Shepherd, 335 + family, 253 + fatal illness, 252 + funeral of, 253 + by an eye-witness, 345 + Life of Napoleon, 251 + love of reading, 243 + law studies, 244 + literary attempts, 244 + marriage, 246 + medal of, 255 + memory, 245 + Melrose Abbey, 436 + parentage, 242 + portraits of, 254 + school days, 243 + Selkirk, 437 + sheriffdom, 246 + telling a story, 243 + Works of: + Dryden and Swift, edition of, 247 + Eve of St. John, 245 + Glenfinlas, 245 + Goetz of Berlinchingen translated, 245 + Lady of the Lake, 247 + Lay of the Last Minstrel, 246 + Leonora, &c., translations of, 245 + Marmion, 247 + Miscellaneous Works, 250 + Novels, List of, 250 + Rokeby and Minor Poems, 249 + unpublished works, 255 + Waverley, 249 + Novels, 252 + Sea, depth of the, 427 + Sea-shore, changes on, 78 + Seal, a blind one, 298 + Seaman, knowing, 432 + Secret Lover, the, from the Persian, 204 + Servants affected by fashionable manners and customs, 331--348 + Servants in India, 105 + Servant, monument to a faithful one, 288 + Servants, Vails to, 318 + Shark, adventure with, 381 + Shaving or throat-cutting, 272 + Shelly, the poet, anecdote of, 407 + Sheridan's Funeral, 448 + Sheriff of London, Journal of, 196--212 + Shrewsbury, Anna Maria, Countess of, 112 + Silk Manufacture, outline of, 446 + Skeleton Dance, from Goethe, 420 + Slave Trade in England, 319 + Smoking forbidden in Parliament, 336 + Snake, anecdote of a tame one, 327 + Snuff-boxes, Laurencekirk, 151 + Snuffers, antique, 337 + Soldier, annual cost of, 176 + dress of, 448 + Solecisms in Language, 350 + Somersetshire, land-custom in, 112 + Song from the Album of a Poet, 98 + Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 46 + Song, Scottish, 317 + Song-writing, spirit of, 11 + Sounds during the night, 107 + Spain, stupendous bridge in, 24 + Spaniards and Portuguese, 69 + Spencer's account of the Irish Mantle, 415 + Spinning-wheel Song, 391 + Spirit of Despotism, by Dr. Knox, 106 + Spirit-drinking, evils of, 307 + in 1736, 133 + Spontaneous combustion, 162--211 + Spring, harbingers of, 174 + St. Cross, Church and Hospital of, 217--228 + St. Dunstan's in the West, new church of, 34 + St. Goar on the Rhine, legend of, 386 + St. Hellen's Well, Staffordshire, 228 + St. James's Park, improvement of, 418 + St. Paul's Cathedral, monuments in, 96 + Stael, Madame de, 86 + Stages, Islington, olden, 335 + Stanzas for Music, 52 + Stationers' Company, origin of, 286 + Statue of Mr. Canning, 25 + of Mr. Pitt, 40 + Steam Carriages on common roads, 183--198 + Coaches and Power, 128 + Engine simplified, 315 + Navigation, 48 + Packets, value of, 272 + Stirling, panorama of, 410 + Stork, the, 216 + Story, extraordinary one, 292 + Strand, the original, 207 + Stranger, a song, 46 + Streets, narrow, of Cairo, 80 + Success in Life, grand secret of, 85 + Suffolk-street Gallery, exhibition at, 330--362 + Sugar, improved raw, 148 + Sugar-refining, history of, 149 + Sumptuary Laws, intention of, 439 + Swampy Kingdom, 207 + Tanfield Arch described, 353 + Tea-makers, hint to, 176 + Tears, the, an apologue, 403 + Teeth of Crocodiles, 96 + Tempe, Pic Nic at, 15 + Temper, equanimity of, 99 + Tenterden Steeple and Goodwin Sands, 38 + Thebes, description of, 141 + Thou wert the Rainbow of my Dreams, 290 + Thurlow, the great Lord, 259 + Tiger, sight of, 100 + Titian, grave of, 216 + Titles, origin of, 287 + Toad-fish, economy of, 135 + Tom Cringle's Log, 381--425 + Tombs, celebrated Roman, 231 + Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233 + Tomb of Cæcilia Metella, 232 + Horatii and Curatii, 233 + Juliet, 265 + Tongue of Man, 96 + Toothache, cure for, 212 + Torchlight custom, 260 + Tornado, by T. Pringle, Esq., 400 + Tory, origin of, 144 + Towers of Tarifa, the, 186 + Trade, anti-free, 304 + Tradesmen affected by fashion, 332--349 + Tradesmen, ancient, 261 + Tragedy and Comedy, essay on, 82 + Traveller's Diary, scraps from, 219--364 + Trials of Grace Huntley, a tale, 395 + Truth, the plain, 207 + Tulip, Fanny Kemble, 272 + Tulip Tree, 38 + Tunnel, natural, in Virginia, 433 + Turkish Baths, 74 + Turncoat, 336 + Turtle Mayor, 336 + Twins, monument of, 240 + Umbrellas, invention of, 269 + Uneducated, who are? 95 + Usury in the Middle Ages, 320 + Van Dieman's Land, civilization in, 5 + Velocity, increased and diminished, 55 + Venice, by T. Moore, 219 + Vestry Dinner in Persia, 75 + Victims of Susceptibility, 154 + Vine, the, an apologue, 403 + Viper, horned, poison of, 354 + Virginia, natural tunnel in, 433 + Voice of Humanity, the, 201 + Volcanoes on the Globe, 448 + Voltaire, anecdote of, 293 + Voyage of Manufacture, 54 + Vulture, 80 + Wakefield, chapel on the bridge at, 401 + Walcot, Dr., and Shield, 448 + Walking Gallows, 52 + Walnut Water, properties of, 176 + Watching for the Soul, 368 + Waterloo, battle of, 235 + child, 128 + day after the battle, 166 + the year of, 165 + Wearied Soldier, the, 195 + Weather, journals of, 111 + Were and Werelade, 71 + Whale, gigantic, account of, 341 + What's in a name? 391 + Wheston, cross at, 113 + When wilt thou return? 290 + Wieland, on the Druids, 20 + Wight, isle of, town in, 225 + Wilks's Cottage, 225 + Wilkes's Luckiest Number, 143 + William the Conqueror, funeral of, 13 + Winchelsea, antiquity of, 295 + Windermere, scene on, 308 + Wines, German, 281 + Wingfield Manor House, described, 321 + Wit, ready, 304 + Witchcraft in 1618, 130 + Witchcraft and Spontaneous Combustion, 162 + Wolves of North America, 340 + Women alias Angels, 32 + characteristics of, 117 + heroic, 16 + Wonders of the Lane, 413 + Wordsworth, sonnet by, 420 + Worm, lines on, 201 + Worsted, origin of, 320 + Wrestling custom at Hornchurch, 319 + Writing in France, 120 + York Column and St. James's Park, 418 + Zoffany, his gratitude, 368 + Zoological Garden, natural, 101 + Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 66--199--281 + Armadillo House at, 200 + Aviary, 281 + Deer at, 200 + Elephants at, 200 + Fountain, 281 + Llama House, 200 + Maccaws, 281 + Ostriches, 281 + Repository, 200 + Zoological Gardens, Surrey, 1--303 + + * * * * * + + +INDEX TO THE EIGHTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS. + + + ABBOTSFORD, (Armoury,) 248 + (from the Garden,) 241 + (Study,) 248 + Antique Bell, (Two Cuts,) 345 + Chair, 344 + Key, 337 + Knife-handle, 345 + Snuffers, 337 + Antwerp, (from the Tête de Flandre,) 369 + Ararat, Mount, 313 + Bat, American, 409 + Beauchief Abbey, 113 + Bede's Chair, 440 + Belvoir Castle, 129 + Birthplace of Bewick, 17 + the Earl of Eldon, 193 + Dr. Johnson, 257 + Bob in for Eels, 392 + Bolsover Castle, 161 + Bridge across the Guadiaro, in Spain, 24 + Burnham Abbey, 81 + Bustard, 328 + Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, 401 + Chlamyphorus, 264 + Church, (new,) St. Dunstan in the West, 33 + Cross, Cornwall, 424 + Devon, 424 + at Eyam, 113 + at Holbeach, 329 + at Leighton Buzzard, 329 + Neville's, 360 + Percy's, 361 + at Wheston, 113 + Cuttle Fish, (Three Cuts,) + Dandy Lion, 392 + Dodo, 312 + Dryburgh Abbey, 256 + Elephant bathing in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 65 + Falls of the Genesse, 97 + Framlingham Castle, 305 + Grave of Titian, 216 + Hall at Norton Lees, 273 + Hospital of St. Cross, (the Church,) 217 + Isle of Rotuma, 376 + Isle of Wight, and Wilkes's Cottage, 225 + Lee Church, Kent, 153 + Lisbon, (general view,) 209 + Manchester Infirmary, 177 + Royal Institution, 177 + Town Hall, 177 + Money of Betrayal, (Two Cuts,) + Monument of a Crusader, 441 + Oporto, from Villa Nova, 49 + Persian Bath, 145 + Portrait of Chaptal, 88 + Cuvier, 137 + Goethe, 89 + Pursuit of Knowledge, 392 + St. Goar, on the Rhine, 385 + Statue of Mr. Canning, 25 + Pitt, 40 + Tanfield Arch, Durham, 353 + Toad-fish, 136 + Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233 + Cæcilia Metella, 232 + Dante, 168 + Horatii and Curatii, 233 + Juliet, 265 + Petrarch, 169 + Tunnel, Natural, in Virginia, 433 + Vase containing the Heart of Canova, 169 + Wingfield Manor House, 321 + York Column, from St. James's Park, 417 + Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park: + Aviary, 281 + Armadillo House, 200 + Deer, 200 + Elephants, 200 + Llama, 200 + Maccaws, 281 + Ostriches, 281 + Pond and Fountain, 281 + Repository, 200 + Zoological Gardens, Surrey: + Building for large Animals, 1 + General View, 1 + Rockwork for Beavers, 1 + + +END OF VOL. 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XX.</h3> + + <h3>London:</h3> + + <h4>1832</h4> + <hr /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii" + id="pageiii"></a>[pg iii]</span> + + <h3>PREFACE.</h3> + + <p>The completion of the Twentieth Volume of this Miscellany + presents us with another cause for self-gratulation, and + thankful acknowledgement to the reading public. This continued + and unimpaired success amidst a myriad of new-born aspirants, + is the best proof of our maintenance of public esteem; and so + long as our efforts are guided by the same singleness of + purpose that first directed them we shall hope for a + continuance of such favour. A multitude of contemporaries "whet + each other;" "thinking nurseth thinking;" and, in like manner, + reading nurseth reading, and awakens a spirit of inquiry, + untiring and exhaustless, among all concerned in pursuit and + wholesome gratification.</p> + + <p>In a retrospect of the hundreds of competitors who have + started for the prize of public patronage since our outset, we + shall not, perhaps, be accused of vanity in placing to our own + account the first appropriation of such means as may have + contributed to the partial success of our contemporaries. We + owe them nothing but good will; for we rather regard things + poetically than politically, and we are anxious to inform and + amuse the reader—not to perplex, by constantly reminding + him of his uncheery lot in life.</p> + + <p>Ten years' establishment in periodical literature may give + us a sort of patriarchal feeling towards others; for, with one + exception THE MIRROR is the oldest weekly journal of the + metropolis. In this comparatively long career, our best + energies have been directed to the progressive improvement of + each department of the work. The plan of embellishment, which + may be said to have originated with THE MIRROR, has been + extended and improved, until few subjects are incapable of + successful illustration in its pages; due regard being paid to + nicety of execution, as well as attractive design. So much for + the present, state of our "representative system."</p> + + <p>The selection of materials for each sheet of THE MIRROR has + been regulated by a desire to extend useful information, and to + cultivate healthful indications of public taste. In a journal, + like the present, mainly devoted to the accumulation of facts, + errors and misstatements are inevitable; but, our own + diligence, aided by sharp-sighted Correspondents, has, from + time to time, guided us to accuracy in most cases, and directed + fruitful inquiry upon matters of no ordinary interest or + character. Scientific information, really made popular, and of + ready, practical utility, has uniformly found admission in our + pages; and, above all, subjects of natural history have + received especial attention, in graphic + illustrations—which part of our plan has been adopted by + every cheap journal of the last four years; or, from the first + pictorial description of the Zoological Gardens, before the + publication of the catalogue by the Society; while it is a + source of gratification to know that within the above period, + natural history, from being almost confined to public museums + and private cabinets, has become the most popular study and + amusement of the present day.</p> + + <p>Upon the continued cheapness of our little work, we do not + intend to touch, more than by reference to the enlargement of + the letter-press as commenced with the present volume. The + alteration has, we believe, received general approbation; and, + either with regard to the extent of the letter-press, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiv" + id="pageiv"></a>[pg iv]</span> or the condensed character of + its subject-matter, we have still the satisfaction of + knowing THE MIRROR to continue, as it has often been + characterized by contemporaries, "the cheapest publication + of the day." Its other merits we are content to leave to the + discernment of each reader.</p> + + <p>Our future volume will be conducted upon the plan of its + predecessors, with such improvements as time and occasion may + suggest. To one point, economy of space, we promise our best + consideration; though we may not succeed in rivalling Mr. + Newberry, who, the good humoured Geoffrey Crayon tells us, was + the first that ever filled his mind with the idea of a good and + great man. He published all the picture books of his day; and, + out of his abundant love for children, he charged "nothing for + either paper or print, and only a half-penny for the + binding."<a id="footnotetag1" + name="footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> + Rest unto his soul, say we.</p> + + <p>This lengthened, but we hope not ill-timed reference to our + whole course of Twenty Volumes has left us but little occasion + to speak of the present portion, individually; although we + trust this reference would be somewhat supererogatory, from the + unusual number of Illustrations, and a copious Index to the + main subjects, of the volume.</p> + + <p>To conclude. We thank all Correspondents for their + contributions, and invite their cordial co-operation with our + ensuing efforts. So now "<i>plaudite! valete!</i>"</p> + + <p><i>December 26, 1832.</i></p> + <hr /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="pagev" + id="pagev"></a>[pg v]</span> + + <div class="figcenter" + style="width:60%;"> + <a href="images/1.png"><img width="100%" + src="images/1.png" + alt="Washington Irving (frontispiece)." /></a> + </div> + <hr /> + + <h3>NOTICES</h3> + + <h4>OF</h4> + + <h2>WASHINGTON IRVING, ESQ.</h2> + + <h3>AND HIS WORKS.</h3> + <hr class="short" /> + + <p>Washington Irving was born, in the State of New York, in the + year 1782, and is, consequently, in his fifty-first year. His + early life cannot better be told than in his own graceful + language, prefixed to the most celebrated of his writings as + "the author's account of himself."</p> + + <p>"I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing + strange characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began + my travels, and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts + and unknown regions of my native city, to the frequent alarm of + my parents, and the emolument of the town-crier. As I grew into + boyhood I extended the range of my observations. My holiday + afternoons were spent in rambles about the surrounding country. + I made myself familiar with all its places famous in history or + fable. I knew every spot where a murder or robbery had been + committed, or a ghost seen. I visited the neighbouring + villages, and added greatly to my stock of knowledge, by noting + their habits and customs, and conversing with their sages and + great men. I even journeyed one long summer's day to the summit + of the most distant hill, from whence I stretched my eye over + many a mile of terra incognita, and was astonished to find how + vast a globe I inhabited.</p> + + <p>"This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. Books + of voyages and travels became my passion, and in devouring + their contents, I neglected the regular exercises of the + school. How wistfully would I wander about the pier heads in + fine weather, and watch the parting ships bound to distant + climes; with what longing eyes would I gaze after their + lessening sails; and waft myself in imagination to the ends of + the earth.</p> + + <p>"Farther reading and thinking, though they brought this + vague inclination into more reasonable bounds, only served to + make it more decided. I visited various parts of my own + country; and had I been merely influenced by a love of fine + scenery, I should have felt little desire to seek elsewhere its + gratification; for on no country have the charms of nature been + more prodigally lavished. Her mighty lakes, like oceans of + liquid silver; her mountains, with their bright aërial tints; + her valleys, teeming with wild fertility; her tremendous + cataracts, thundering in their solitudes; her boundless plains, + waving with spontaneous verdure; her broad, deep rivers, + rolling in solemn silence to the ocean; her trackless forests, + where vegetation puts forth all its magnificence; her skies, + kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious + sunshine:—no, never need an American look beyond his own + country for the sublime and beautiful of natural + scenery."<a id="footnotetag2" + name="footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a></p> + + <p>Mr. Irving began his career, as an author, in periodical + literature. His first work was a humorous journal, entitled + "Salmagundi, or the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot + Langstaff, Esq. and Others," originally published in numbers in + New York, where it met with a very flattering reception. The + date of the first paper is Saturday, January 24, 1827.</p> + + <p>Salmagundi has been several times reprinted in this country; + and it may be acceptable to know, that the cheapest, if not the + most elegant, edition may be purchased for twenty-pence. It + would be difficult to explain the merits of Salmagundi to the + reader, as they are of the most varied character; but, it may + be remarked generally, that a vein of quaint humour and human + kindness pervades these early papers, which will bring the + reader and writer to the best possible + terms.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagevi" + id="pagevi"></a>[pg vi]</span> + + <p>This lively miscellany was followed by a humorous History of + New York, with the somewhat droll <i>nom</i> of Dedrick + Knickerbocker as its author. It possesses considerable merit, + with a nice perception of the ludicrous; but, on its first + appearance, this recommendation was generally overlooked, + whether from the local interest of the subject, or the want of + due judgment in its readers, it is difficult to determine.</p> + + <p>About this period Mr. Irvine's name was heard in England, + almost for the first time; his only claims to public notice + resting entirely on Salmagundi, and the History of New York. He + was indebted for his introduction to the acquaintance of + European readers, to a young fellow-countryman of high + attainments, who alludes to the above works and their author in + the following terms:—"Mr. Irving has shown much talent + and great humour in his Salmagundi and Knickerbocker, and they + are exceedingly pleasant books, especially to one who + understands the local allusions."</p> + + <p>A few years subsequent to the publication of Knickerbocker, + Mr. Irving visited England, or the "land of wonders," as he + facetely terms our favoured isle. During his stay, he wrote a + series of papers, illustrative of English manners, which were + chiefly printed in America. These papers were afterwards + published in a collected form, in England, under the title of + "The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." and dedicated to + Sir Walter Scott, "in testimony of the admiration and affection + of the author." In the advertisement to the Sketch-Book, Mr. + Irving thus modestly refers to its origin:</p> + + <p>"The author is aware of the austerity with which the + writings of his countrymen have hitherto been treated by + British critics: he is conscious too, that much of the contents + of his papers can be interesting only in the eyes of American + readers. It was not his intention, therefore, to have them + reprinted in this country. He has, however, observed several of + them from time to time inserted in periodical works of merit, + and has understood that it was probable they would be + republished in a collective form. He has been induced, + therefore, to revise and bring them forward himself, that they + may at least come correctly before the public. Should they be + deemed of sufficient importance to attract the attention of + critics, he solicits for them that courtesy and candour which a + stranger has some right to claim, who presents himself at the + threshold of a hospitable nation."</p> + + <p>Mr. Irving's solicitations were not made in vain, as the + rapid sale of several editions must have convinced him; while + every journalist in the empire hailed the work as the most + beautiful specimen of Transatlantic talent which had been + recognised in this country.</p> + + <p>The two volumes of the Sketch-Book appeared at different + periods; and, at the conclusion of the second, we find the + following apologetic postscript: "The author is conscious of + the numerous faults and imperfections of his work; and, well + aware how little he is disciplined and accomplished in the arts + of authorship. His deficiencies are also increased by a + diffidence arising from his peculiar situation. He finds + himself writing in a strange land, and appearing before a + public, which he has been accustomed, from childhood, to regard + with the highest feelings of awe and reverence. He is full of + solicitude to secure their approbation, yet finds that very + solicitude continually embarrassing his powers, and depriving + him of that ease and confidence which are necessary to + successful exertion. Still the kindness with which he is + treated encourages him to go on, hoping that, in time, he may + acquire a steadier footing; and thus he proceeds, half + venturing, half shrinking, surprised at his own good fortune, + and wondering at his own temerity."</p> + + <p>The success of the Sketch-Book was followed by the almost + equal fortune of "Bracebridge Hall, or the Humorists;" a series + of scenes of Old English life, as displayed in one of those + venerable halls, that rise, here and there, in a British + landscape, as monuments of the hospitality of our ancestors, + and better times. In the autobiographical chapter of this work, + the writer thus pleasantly refers to his previous success, as + "a matter of marvel, that a man, from the wilds of America, + should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon + as something <span class="pagenum"><a name="pagevii" + id="pagevii"></a>[pg vii]</span> new and strange in + literature,—a kind of demi-savage, with a leather in + his hand, instead of his head; and there was a curiosity to + hear what such a being had to say about civilized society." + In referring the circumstances under which he writes his + second work on English manners, he says: "Having been born + and brought up in a new country, yet educated from infancy + in the literature of an old one, my mind was filled with + historical and poetical associations, connected with places, + and manners, and customs of Europe; but which could rarely + be applied to those of my own country. To a mind thus + peculiarly prepared, the most ordinary objects and scenes, + on arriving in Europe, are full of strange matter, and + interesting novelty. England is as classic ground to an + American, as Italy is to an Englishman; and Old London teems + with as much historical association as mighty Rome." There + is, also, great amiability in the concluding + paragraph:—"I have always had an opinion, that much + good might be done by keeping mankind in good humour with + one another. I may be wrong in my philosophy; but I shall + continue to practise it until convinced of its fallacy. When + I discover the world to be all that it has been represented + by sneering cynics and whining poets, I will turn to and + abuse it also; in the meanwhile, worthy reader, I hope you + will not think lightly of me, because I cannot believe this + to be so very bad a world as it is represented."</p> + + <p>Soon after the publication of Bracebridge Hall, Mr. Irving + left this country, where he had passed two years with literary + and pecuniary advantage. He quitted England with a pathetic + farewell; declaring that if, as he is accused, he views it with + a partial eye, he shall never forget that it is his + "fatherland." On the consanguinity of England and America too, + and the cultivation of good feeling between them, he thus + touchingly expresses himself in Bracebridge Hall: "We ask + nothing from abroad that we cannot reciprocate. But with + respect to England, we have a warm feeling of the heart, the + glow of consanguinity that still lingers in our blood. Interest + apart, past differences forgotten, we extend the hand of old + relationship. We merely ask, do not estrange us from you, do + not destroy the ancient tie of blood, do not let scoffers and + slanderers drive a kindred nation from your side. We would fain + be friends, do not compel us to be enemies." There is a manly + affection in these sentiments which is truly admirable.</p> + + <p>Mr. Irving's works, with the exception of his early + efforts,<a id="footnotetag3" + name="footnotetag3"></a><a href="#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a> + had been the result of his love of travel: indeed, he + describes himself as a traveller who has "surveyed most of + the terrestrial angles of the globe." In similar vein, he + next produced two volumes of "Tales of a Traveller," + narrating legends of the continent, with masterly sketches + of the scenery of the respective countries; the incidents of + the Tales being fraught with points of grotesque humour, and + abounding with pathos and poetic feeling.</p> + + <p>To these Tales succeeded a work of greater importance in + literature than either of Mr. Irving's previous undertakings. + We allude to a History of the Life and Voyages of Columbus, in + four vols. 8vo., which appeared in the year 1828. Mr. Irving, + at the time this work was first suggested to him, in the winter + of 1825-6, was at Bordeaux; and, being informed that a + biography was about to appear at Madrid, containing many + important and some new documents relative to Columbus, he set + off for the Spanish capital, to undertake the translation of + the work. Mr. Irving, however, meeting with numerous aids at + Madrid, resolved on producing an original history, which he has + presented to the public with extreme diffidence: "all that I + can safely claim," he observes, "is, an earnest desire to state + the truth, an absence from prejudices respecting the nations + mentioned in my history, a strong interest in my subject, and a + zeal to make up by assiduity for many deficiencies of which I + am conscious." This work has been abridged by Mr. Irving to one + of the volumes of the Family Library. As we have intimated to + the reader, it is of higher pretensions than either of the + author's previous writings: a clever critic refers to it as "a + spirited and interesting work, in which every thing is as + judiciously reasoned as it is beautifully and + <span class="pagenum"><a name="pageviii" + id="pageviii"></a>[pg viii]</span> forcibly expressed," and + as "much more grave in its character and laborious in its + execution than any of his preceding + ones."<a id="footnotetag4" + name="footnotetag4"></a><a href="#footnote4"><sup>4</sup></a></p> + + <p>Mr. Irving's next production was "A Chronicle of the + Conquest of Granada," in which the author's knowledge of + Spanish history is made to shine in detailing the chivalrous + glories of the New World.</p> + + <p>In the spring of the present year it appears that Mr. Irving + touched "the golden shores of old romance," and published Tales + of the Alhambra; the origin of which work is thus told by the + author. A few years since, Mr. Wilkie, the distinguished R.A. + and Mr. Irving were fellow travellers on the continent. In + their rambles about some of the old cities of Spain, they were + struck with scenes and incidents which reminded them of + passages in the Arabian Nights. Mr. Wilkie urged his companion + to write something that should illustrate those peculiarities, + "something in the Haroun Alraschid style" that should have a + dash of that Arabian spice which pervades everything in Spain. + Mr. Irving set about his task with enthusiasm: his study was + the spacious Alhambra itself, and the governor gave the author + and his companion, permission to occupy his vacant apartments + in the Moorish palace: Mr. Wilkie soon returned to England, + leaving Mr. Irving at the Alhambra, where he remained "for + several months, spell-bound in the old enchanted pile." The + result was two volumes of legends and traditions, which for + interesting incident, and gracefulness of narrative, have few + parallels in our romance-writing.<a id="footnotetag5" + name="footnotetag5"></a><a href="#footnote5"><sup>5</sup></a> + They are dedicated, in good taste, to the ingenious + originator, Mr. Wilkie.</p> + + <p>In person, Mr. Irving is of middle height; and, according to + a contemporary, of "modest deportment and easy attitude, with + all the grace and dignity of an English + gentleman."<a id="footnotetag6" + name="footnotetag6"></a><a href="#footnote6"><sup>6</sup></a> + Another describes him as "a most amiable man, and great + genius, but not lively in conversation." His features have a + pleasing regularity, and are lit up, at every corner, with + that delightful humour which flows in a rich vein throughout + his writings, and forms their most attractive charm.</p> + + <p>Having noticed Mr. Irving's principal works, we have left + but little occasion to speak of his general style. A + contemporary has denominated him the "Goldsmith of the age;" + and of Goldsmith we must remember that, in his epitaph, Dr. + Johnson observes: "he left no species of writing untouched, and + adorned all to which he applied himself"—a tribute which + can scarcely be appropriately paid to any writer of our time. + However, we know not any author that Mr. Irving so much + resembles as Goldsmith: although no imitator, his style and + language forcibly remind us of that easy flow so peculiar to + the Citizen of the World. But, we have higher warrant for this + parallel. "It seems probable," observes a critical writer of + considerable acumen, "that Mr. Irving might prove no + contemptible rival to Goldsmith, whose turn of mind he very + much inherits, and of whose style he particularly reminds us. + Like him, too, Mr. Irving possesses the art of setting + ludicrous perplexities in the most irresistible point of view, + and we think equals him in the variety of + humour."<a id="footnotetag7" + name="footnotetag7"></a><a href="#footnote7"><sup>7</sup></a></p> + + <p>To conclude, we find the literary character of Mr. Irving + illustrated in a contemporary journal, with unusual spirit. + "There never was a writer," observes the editor, "whose + popularity was more matter of feeling, or more intimate than + Washington Irving, perhaps, because he appeared at once to our + simplest and kindliest emotions. His affections were those of + 'hearth and home;' the pictures he delighted to draw were those + of natural loveliness, linked with human sympathies; and a too + unusual thing with the writers of our time—he looked upon + God's works, and 'saw that they were good.' * * * With him the + wine of life is not always on the lees. An exquisite vein of + poetry runs through every page,—and of poetry, his + epithets who does not remember—'the shark, glancing like + a spectre through the blue seas.'"<a id="footnotetag8" + name="footnotetag8"></a><a href="#footnote8"><sup>8</sup></a></p> + <hr /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page449" + id="page449"></a>[pg 449]</span> + + <h3>ALPHABETICAL INDEX.</h3> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>A.B.C. botanical, 336</p> + + <p>Abernethian, a true one, 160</p> + + <p>Absence, Lord Lyttleton's, 318</p> + + <p>Accumulation of Power, 55</p> + + <p>Acid, Oxalic, 207</p> + + <p class="i2">Tartaric, 206</p> + + <p>Action in forces, time of, 55</p> + + <p>Adam, death of, 133</p> + + <p>Adieu, the, by Lord Byron, 12</p> + + <p>Adrian and Apollodoras, the architect, 384</p> + + <p>Advice, by a Man of the World, 10</p> + + <p>Ætna, visit to the summit of, 202</p> + + <p>Agincourt, ballad of, 101</p> + + <p>Alchemy and Printing, 160</p> + + <p>Ale, bad Saxon, 261</p> + + <p class="i2">Burton, 304</p> + + <p>All on one side, 318</p> + + <p>Almanacs, Saxon, 54</p> + + <p>American Deer, mode of hunting them, 339</p> + + <p class="i2">Improvements, 102</p> + + <p class="i2">Navy, 102</p> + + <p class="i2">Newspapers, 102</p> + + <p class="i2">Papermaking, 103</p> + + <p class="i2">Prison Discipline, 286</p> + + <p class="i2">Wolves, 340</p> + + <p>Ancients and Moderns, by Voltaire, 163</p> + + <p>Angelica Kauffman, anecdote of, 291</p> + + <p>Angler, an odd one, 317</p> + + <p>Animal Instinct exemplified, 327</p> + + <p>Annuals for 1833:</p> + + <p class="i2">Amulet, 392—413</p> + + <p class="i2">Book of Beauty, 386</p> + + <p class="i2">Comic Offering, 389</p> + + <p class="i2">Forget-me-not, 282</p> + + <p class="i2">Friendship's Offering, 399</p> + + <p class="i2">Hood's Comic, 287</p> + + <p class="i2">Juvenile Forget-me-not, 334</p> + + <p class="i2">Literary Souvenir, 420</p> + + <p class="i2">Picturesque, 386</p> + + <p>Antiquities, Domestic, 337</p> + + <p>Antwerp, Citadel of, described, 405</p> + + <p class="i2">City of, described, 369</p> + + <p class="i2">Painters born at, 380</p> + + <p>Aphorisms, choice, 442</p> + + <p>Apologues, from the German, 403</p> + + <p>Ararat, Mount, described, 313—379</p> + + <p>Araspes and Panthea, anecdote of, 258</p> + + <p>Architecture, ancient domestic, 274</p> + + <p>Archy Armstrong, grave of, 416</p> + + <p>Armada, the, by T.B. Macauley, Esq. 399</p> + + <p>Armadillo, history of, 56</p> + + <p>Armour, old English, 437</p> + + <p>Arrogance, Feltham on, 271</p> + + <p>Arrow Root, preparation of, 264</p> + + <p>Arundel Castle, described, 157</p> + + <p>Asmodeus in London, 364</p> + + <p>Atmosphere, constitution of, 206</p> + + <p>Atmosphere, properties of, 134</p> + + <p>Auctions by the Drum, 330</p> + + <p>Bachelors, Laws respecting, 35—339</p> + + <p>Bagdad, plague at, 75</p> + + <p>Bailly, physician to Henry IV., 96</p> + + <p>Bar, anecdotes of the, 277</p> + + <p>Barbel, large, 96</p> + + <p>Bat, new species of, 408</p> + + <p>Bath in Persia, described, 145</p> + + <p>Baths, ancient and modern, 372</p> + + <p>Battle, fish, 354</p> + + <p>Beaches, sea, changes of, 79</p> + + <p>Bear-hunting in Canada, 91</p> + + <p>Beatrice Adony and Julius Alvinzi, a tale, 420</p> + + <p>Beauchief Abbey, described, 113</p> + + <p>Becket, murder of, 114</p> + + <p>Bede, Venerable, memoir of, 440</p> + + <p>Beefeaters, origin of, 80</p> + + <p>Bees, economy of, 38</p> + + <p>Beet root sugar, 88</p> + + <p>Beetle, ravages of, 175</p> + + <p>Bell, ancient, 345</p> + + <p>Belvoir Castle, history of, 129</p> + + <p>Bennett, Mr. George, visit to Rotuma, 377</p> + + <p>Berwick, siege of, 222</p> + + <p>Bewick, the engraver, birthplace of, 17</p> + + <p>Bibb, the engraver, 368</p> + + <p>Birds, bills of, 96</p> + + <p>Birds, how they fly, 134</p> + + <p>Birds, migration of, 40</p> + + <p>Black Lady of Brabant, 140</p> + + <p>Blacking, antiquity of, 192</p> + + <p>Blessington, lady, her conversations with Lord + Byron, 6—86—110—156—269</p> + + <p>Blind Seal, the, a tale, 298</p> + + <p>Blood, price of, 71</p> + + <p>Bloodless War, 336</p> + + <p>Boar's head at Christmas, 431</p> + + <p>Bolsover Castle described, 161</p> + + <p>Bond, Mr. Sergeant, anecdote of, 278</p> + + <p>Bones, waste of, 366</p> + + <p>Borough, origin of the term, 211</p> + + <p>Boy Burglars, account of, 333</p> + + <p>Books, new, noticed and quoted:</p> + + <p class="i2">Abrantes, Duchess of, her memoirs, + 47—106—191</p> + + <p class="i2">Babbage's Economy of Machinery and + Manufactures, 27—54</p> + + <p class="i2">Barrington's Sketches, 52</p> + + <p class="i2">Biblical Atlas, 44</p> + + <p class="i2">British Museum, 140—158</p> + + <p class="i2">Buccaneer, 428</p> + + <p class="i2">Byron's Works, 12</p> + + <p class="i2">Catechism of Phrenology, 45</p> + + <p class="i2">Characteristics of Women, 117</p> + + <p class="i2">Contarini Fleming, 10</p> + + <p class="i2">Double Trial, 125</p> + + <p class="i2">Elements of Chemistry, 206</p> + + <p class="i2">Encyclopædia Americana, 102</p> + + <p class="i2">Excursions in India, by Capt. Skinner, + 105</p> + + <p class="i2">Framlingham, a Poem, 306</p> + + <p class="i2">Geography, Questions in, + 45</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page450" + id="page450"></a>[pg 450]</span> + + <p class="i2">Gordon on Elemental Locomotion, + 183—198</p> + + <p class="i2">Knowledge for the People, + 77—134—429</p> + + <p class="i2">Life of Peter the Great, + 300—308</p> + + <p class="i2">Laconics, 31</p> + + <p class="i2">Legends of the Library at Lilies, + 350—403</p> + + <p class="i2">Legends of the Rhine, 138</p> + + <p class="i2">Life of Charlemagne, by G.P.R. James, + 92—119</p> + + <p class="i2">Lives of Scottish Worthies, + 221—233</p> + + <p class="i2">Macculloch's Dictionary of Commerce, + 151—279</p> + + <p class="i2">Memoir of Felix Neff, 147—171</p> + + <p class="i2">Natural Magic, by Sir David Brewster, + 72—107—191</p> + + <p class="i2">New Gil Blas, 186</p> + + <p class="i2">Numismatic Manual, 223</p> + + <p class="i2">Outlines of General Knowledge, 45</p> + + <p class="i2">Pilgrimage through Khuzistan and Persia, + 73—314</p> + + <p class="i2">Pompeii, 412</p> + + <p class="i2">Popular Zoology, 57</p> + + <p class="i2">Private Correspondence of a Woman of + Fashion, 157—165—235</p> + + <p class="i2">Sketches from Venetian History, 60</p> + + <p class="i2">Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 11—46</p> + + <p class="i2">Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada, + 29—57—91</p> + + <p class="i2">Taylor's Records of his Life, + 291—317</p> + + <p class="i2">Trials of Charles I., 41</p> + + <p class="i2">Wild Sports of the West, 298</p> + + <p>Brain of Man, 96</p> + + <p>Braithwaite's Steam Fire-Engine, 111</p> + + <p>Brass-plate Coal-merchants, 56</p> + + <p>Bread, legal adulteration of, 366</p> + + <p>Brent Tor church, 112</p> + + <p>Brevities, 179</p> + + <p>Bridewell, in the reign of Elizabeth, 357</p> + + <p>Bridge, stupendous, in Spain, 24</p> + + <p>Britain, early inhabitants of, 276—371</p> + + <p>British Artists' Exhibition, 330—362</p> + + <p>British Institution, School of Painting at, 362</p> + + <p>British Museum, the, 140</p> + + <p>Brougham, Henry, anecdote of, 182</p> + + <p>Brydges, Sir Egerton, 86</p> + + <p>Bull, national, 240</p> + + <p>Burnham Abbey described, 81</p> + + <p>Bustard, natural history of, 328</p> + + <p>Butterfly, Chameleon, and Serpent, 425</p> + + <p>Byron, Lord, conversations with, + 6—86—110</p> + + <p class="i2">and Anastasius, 156</p> + + <p class="i2">early poems, by, 12</p> + + <p class="i2">and Earl Grey, 80</p> + + <p class="i2">and the English, 9</p> + + <p class="i2">and Mrs. Hemans, 156</p> + + <p class="i2">and Mr. Hope, 156</p> + + <p class="i2">on horseback, 110</p> + + <p class="i2">and Leigh Hunt, 157</p> + + <p class="i2">and Italian women, 117</p> + + <p class="i2">his love, 269</p> + + <p class="i2">letter of, 290</p> + + <p class="i2">and Moore, 7</p> + + <p class="i2">personal description of, 7</p> + + <p class="i2">and Scott, 110</p> + + <p class="i2">and Shelley, 9</p> + + <p class="i2">and Madame de Stael, 86</p> + + <p class="i2">and Venice, 63</p> + + <p>Cæsar, Julius, his superstition, 238</p> + + <p>Cairngorm, origin of, 77</p> + + <p>Caliga, origin of, 112</p> + + <p>Caloric, or the matter of heat, 206</p> + + <p>Canada, climate of, 57</p> + + <p class="i2">notes on, 29</p> + + <p>Canary Birds, breeding, 111</p> + + <p>Candelabra and Lamps of Pompeii, 412</p> + + <p>Canning, Mr., statue of, 25</p> + + <p>Cannon Clock, 144</p> + + <p>Cannon, names of, 160</p> + + <p>Canova, vase, containing the heart of, 169</p> + + <p>Caprices, national, 439</p> + + <p>Caps, laws relating to, 319</p> + + <p>Cara, lines to, 272</p> + + <p>Carding a Tithe-Procter, 52</p> + + <p>Card-playing, indifferent, 318</p> + + <p>Cards, second-hand, 425</p> + + <p>Caroline, the late Queen, 158</p> + + <p>Cartoons at Hampton Court, 287</p> + + <p>Cascades and Cataracts, origin of, 97</p> + + <p>Cashmere Shawl goat, 94</p> + + <p>Castle of Framlingham, 305</p> + + <p>Catacombs at Paris, lines on, 338</p> + + <p>Castanets, origin of, 160</p> + + <p>Cats horticulturists, 80</p> + + <p>Cedar trees, large, 341</p> + + <p>Chair, ancient, 344</p> + + <p class="i2">of St. Bede, 440</p> + + <p>Chairing, parliamentary, origin of, 176</p> + + <p>Chancellor, Lord, his office, 71</p> + + <p class="i2">Salary, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">Start in Life, 125</p> + + <p>Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, described, 401</p> + + <p>Chaptel, memoir of, 88</p> + + <p>Charlemagne, life of, 93, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">palace of, 119</p> + + <p>Charles I., Trials of, 41</p> + + <p class="i2">II., progress of, 261</p> + + <p>Charters in the British Museum, 336</p> + + <p>Chase, the, a sketch, 21</p> + + <p>Chatsworth, beauties of, 432</p> + + <p>Chimneys, invention of, 139</p> + + <p>Chlamyphorus, natural history of, 263</p> + + <p>Cholera, a cleanser, 432</p> + + <p class="i2">Mount, by Montgomery, 315</p> + + <p>Christmas, ancient and modern, 419</p> + + <p class="i2">carols, 430</p> + + <p class="i2">Dalmatia, 419</p> + + <p class="i2">Hereford, 438</p> + + <p class="i2">Kent, 419</p> + + <p class="i2">Mexico, 438</p> + + <p class="i2">Norfolk, 419</p> + + <p class="i2">Why and Because of, 429</p> + + <p>Church, Lestingham, described, 297</p> + + <p class="i2">new, St. Dunstan's, 34</p> + + <p>Cigar smoking, motto for, 208</p> + + <p>Cinnamon and Cassia, 425</p> + + <p>Cinque Ports, their past and present state, 299</p> + + <p>Climatology, notes on, + 134</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page451" + id="page451"></a>[pg 451]</span> + + <p>Clockmaking in the 9th century, 127</p> + + <p>Coach, the last, 432</p> + + <p>Coals, high price of in London, 366</p> + + <p>Coffee, duty on, 80</p> + + <p class="i2">house, London, in 1731, 358</p> + + <p class="i2">on roasting, 366</p> + + <p>Coins, to read in the dark, 191</p> + + <p>Colouring Cheese, 425</p> + + <p>Colton, the Rev. Mr., 3</p> + + <p>Column of Disgrace, 69</p> + + <p>Comet of Biela, 185</p> + + <p>Comparison, all things by, 368</p> + + <p>Compliments, value of, 384</p> + + <p>Condors, a pair of living, 303</p> + + <p>Continence, anecdotes of, 258</p> + + <p>Cookery, Chinese and Russian, 48</p> + + <p>Cool Tankard at Newgate, 192</p> + + <p>Coronation, expenses of the last, 32</p> + + <p>Court Jester, by Fuller, 352</p> + + <p>Courtier, an excellent, 352</p> + + <p>Cowards, a warning to, 48</p> + + <p>Cowley, the poet, 336</p> + + <p>Cranmer, education of, 75</p> + + <p>Craven, in Yorkshire, cave at, 87</p> + + <p>Criminal Law, reform of, 267</p> + + <p>Criticism, political, 207</p> + + <p>Critics, warning to, 352</p> + + <p>Cromwell, character of, 428</p> + + <p>Cross Readings, from the Spanish, 144</p> + + <p>Crosses, curious ancient, + 113—329—360—424</p> + + <p class="i2">Cornwall, 424</p> + + <p class="i2">Devon, 424</p> + + <p class="i2">Eyam, 113</p> + + <p class="i2">Holbeach, 329</p> + + <p class="i2">Leighton Buzzard, 329</p> + + <p class="i2">Neville's, 360</p> + + <p class="i2">in the Peak, 113</p> + + <p class="i2">Percy's, 361</p> + + <p class="i2">Wheston, 113</p> + + <p>Crown, British, pawned, 358</p> + + <p>Crucifixes, initials on, 430</p> + + <p>Crusader, monument of, 441</p> + + <p>Crusades, errors respecting, 319</p> + + <p>Crystal, origin of, 77</p> + + <p>Curran and the Mastiff, 48</p> + + <p>Curse of the Black Lady, a legend, 139</p> + + <p>Cuttle-fish, ink of, 175</p> + + <p class="i2">natural history of, 103</p> + + <p>Cuvier, memoir of, 137</p> + + <p>Dacre, Lady, her eccentricities, 153</p> + + <p>Dairyman's Daughter, 112</p> + + <p>Damary Oak Tree, 112</p> + + <p>Dante's Tomb, 168</p> + + <p>Deafness, convenient, 176</p> + + <p>Death, punishment of, 71</p> + + <p class="i2">the actor, epitaph on, 448</p> + + <p>Deepdene, notice of, 149</p> + + <p>Deer of North America, 339</p> + + <p>Dew, explanation of, 304</p> + + <p>Derbyshire, antiquities of, 116</p> + + <p>Dibdin, the song-writer, 128</p> + + <p>Dice, invention of, 384</p> + + <p>Dick's Coffee-house, 16</p> + + <p>Diorama, Regent's Park, 40</p> + + <p>Disease, causes of, 266</p> + + <p class="i2">effect of on the memory, 190</p> + + <p>Disposal of the body for dissection, 292</p> + + <p>Distinction and Difference, 343</p> + + <p>Dodo, natural history of, 311</p> + + <p>Dovaston, Mr., his sketches of Bewick, 18</p> + + <p>Dove, the River, 288</p> + + <p>Dover, antiquity of, 294</p> + + <p>Drama, essay on, 82</p> + + <p>Dramatis Personæ, origin of, 447</p> + + <p>Drawing an inference, 292</p> + + <p>Dream of the Beautiful, 82</p> + + <p>Dripping Rock in India, 160</p> + + <p>Drop of Dew, by Marvell, 199</p> + + <p>Druids and their times, 20</p> + + <p>Dryburgh Abbey, lines on, 268—296</p> + + <p>Dryden's M'Flecknoe, 208</p> + + <p>Ducks, wild, catching in India, 160</p> + + <p>Duelling, 343—416</p> + + <p>Eagle's Cliff, visit to, 299</p> + + <p>"Eclipse," the horse, 354</p> + + <p>Economy of Conveyance by Steam, 183</p> + + <p class="i2">Time and Materials, 54</p> + + <p>Edinburgh, by Mr. Cobbett, 287</p> + + <p>Egyptian Pyramids and Hindoo Temples compared, + 158</p> + + <p>Elephant, natural history of, 66</p> + + <p>Elephants in the Zoological Gardens, 66</p> + + <p>Edmonton, Merry Devil of, 367</p> + + <p>Eldon, Lord, his birthplace, 193</p> + + <p>Elections, bribery in, 192</p> + + <p>Electioneering in Westminster, 351</p> + + <p>Electro-Magnet, the largest, 128</p> + + <p>Elm, prodigious, 288</p> + + <p>Emigration to British America, advantages and + disadvantages of, 444</p> + + <p>Emigration to Canada, 28</p> + + <p>Enchantress, a tale, 386</p> + + <p>England and France, former junction of, 448</p> + + <p>Ennui, universal, 366</p> + + <p>Envy, Owen Feltham on, 64</p> + + <p>Epitaph at Bristol, 336</p> + + <p>Epitaphs in Cambridgeshire, 368</p> + + <p>Errors of the Day, 142</p> + + <p>Essequibo, sailing up the, 359—379</p> + + <p>Ethelbert and Elfrida, a tale, 323</p> + + <p>Euphrates, sailing up, 74</p> + + <p>Explosion, tremendous, 272</p> + + <p>Extravagance, imperial, 416</p> + + <p>Eyam, cross at, 113</p> + + <p>Eye, structure of, 72</p> + + <p>Eyes and Tears, by Marvell, 199</p> + + <p>Eyes, varieties of, 96</p> + + <p>Falconry Tenure, 345</p> + + <p>Falls of the Genesse, 97—342</p> + + <p class="i2">Niagara, visit to, 446</p> + + <p>Farewell to the Muse, by Lord Byron, 13</p> + + <p>Fashionable Manners, effects of, on Tradesmen and + Servants, 331—348</p> + + <p>Fat Living, 261</p> + + <p>Favour, the only one, 80</p> + + <p>Ferdinand VII. of Spain, character of, 444</p> + + <p>Fern Owl, habits of the, 174</p> + + <p>Fielding, Sir John, anecdote of, 279</p> + + <p>Fish, consumption of, + 415</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page452" + id="page452"></a>[pg 452]</span> + + <p>Fishing, expensive, 432</p> + + <p>Fleurus, battle of, 431</p> + + <p>Flour, good, economy of, 366</p> + + <p>Flybekins, a humorous story, 389</p> + + <p>Fontenelle, genius of, 111</p> + + <p>Food, animal and vegetable, 35</p> + + <p>Foot of Man, 96</p> + + <p>Forest Schools, 111</p> + + <p>Framlingham Castle, 305</p> + + <p>Francis, Sir Philip, epigram on, 336</p> + + <p>French manners, 47</p> + + <p>Fruit, effects of, and cholera, 79</p> + + <p class="i2">maturation of, 39</p> + + <p>Funeral garlands, 20</p> + + <p>Funerals, Portuguese, 70</p> + + <p>Garnets, varieties of, 78</p> + + <p>Gazel, a ballad, by Moore, 10</p> + + <p>Genesse, river of, 98—342</p> + + <p>Genius, tributes to, 168</p> + + <p>Geological changes by the sea, 78</p> + + <p>Germans, ode to the, by Campbell, 9</p> + + <p>Gilpin, John, popularity of, 367</p> + + <p>Gipsies, king of, elegy on, 285</p> + + <p class="i2">of old, 270</p> + + <p>Giulietta, a tale, 282</p> + + <p>Goat of Cashmere, 94</p> + + <p>Goethe, medal of, 143</p> + + <p class="i2">memoir of, 89—112</p> + + <p>Gold-beating, particulars of, 320</p> + + <p>Golden sands, 70</p> + + <p>Goldsmith, Oliver, brother of, 275—402</p> + + <p>Goose on Michaelmas Day, 208</p> + + <p>Grace Huntley, Trials of, 393</p> + + <p>Grose, Major, in Dublin, 318</p> + + <p>Gudiaro, bridge across the, 24</p> + + <p>Guides in India, 272</p> + + <p>Ha! Ha! Fence, origin of, 448</p> + + <p>Hail Storms in India, 128</p> + + <p>Hale, Sir Matthew, 267</p> + + <p>Hall, old, in Derbyshire, 273</p> + + <p>Hampden, John, anecdote of, 160</p> + + <p>Hanging, antiquity of, 192</p> + + <p>Harvest home custom, 368</p> + + <p>Hastings, antiquity of, 294</p> + + <p>Hawthorn well, the, 339</p> + + <p>Head-dress of the 14th century, 358</p> + + <p>Hemans, Mrs., 110</p> + + <p>Henry VIII. and Queen Katherine, 261</p> + + <p>Hereford, Cathedral of, 324</p> + + <p>Hoarding Money, 143</p> + + <p>Holland, outline of, 338</p> + + <p>Holy Cross, history of the, 392</p> + + <p>Home of Love, the, 170</p> + + <p>Home Truth, 64</p> + + <p>Homeward Voyage, the, 98</p> + + <p>Howard, the Hon. Charles, Lines to the memory of, + 149</p> + + <p>Hunchback, merits of the, 365</p> + + <p>Huntsman, the, a tale, 67</p> + + <p>Hythe, antiquity of, 294</p> + + <p>Ignorance, imperial, 352</p> + + <p>Illumination, origin of, 176</p> + + <p>Imaum at Muscat, court of, 73</p> + + <p>Incident on the coast, 373</p> + + <p class="i2">in the life of a Rascal, 58</p> + + <p>Inconsolable persons, 384</p> + + <p>India, Letters from, 100</p> + + <p class="i2">hail-storms in, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">servants in, 105</p> + + <p>Inheritance, custom of, 276</p> + + <p>Innkeepers of former times, 79</p> + + <p>Irish bar, anecdotes of, 63—80</p> + + <p>Irish Mantle, Spencers account of, 415</p> + + <p>Italian, lines from, 339</p> + + <p>Jackalls in India, 80</p> + + <p>Jack Spencer, eccentricities of, 317</p> + + <p>James I., boyhood and education of, 233</p> + + <p>Jemmy Maclaine, the highwayman, 291</p> + + <p>Jews, persecution of, 319</p> + + <p>John, King, death of, 288</p> + + <p>Johnson, Dr., birthplace of, 257</p> + + <p class="i2">and George III., 318</p> + + <p class="i2">pun by, 272</p> + + <p>Jones, Sir William, his plan of study, 358</p> + + <p>Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Christ, 120</p> + + <p>Judge, upright, one, 267</p> + + <p>Juliet, character of, 117</p> + + <p class="i2">tomb of, 265</p> + + <p>Junot and Napoleon, anecdote of, 190</p> + + <p>Kemble, John anecdote of, 318</p> + + <p>Ken, bishop, 48—336</p> + + <p>Kenulph, King, his daughter, a tale, 4</p> + + <p>Key, ancient, 337</p> + + <p>King William IV., domestic habits of, 303</p> + + <p>Kings, poverty of, 358</p> + + <p>Knife-handle, antique, 345</p> + + <p>Knowledge, how to acquire, 416</p> + + <p>Korner, lines from, 38</p> + + <p>Laconics, 31</p> + + <p>La Fontaine, absence of, 111</p> + + <p>Land-storm, tropical, 426</p> + + <p>Landers' Voyage and Discoveries on the Niger, + 149</p> + + <p>Langreish, Sir Hercules and his friend, 63</p> + + <p>Last of the Family, 156</p> + + <p>Laurencekirk Snuff-boxes, 151</p> + + <p>Lawrence, Mr. Justice, 277</p> + + <p>Laws of the Navy, ancient, 134</p> + + <p>Learned Ladies, 304</p> + + <p>Lee, church at, described, 153</p> + + <p>Leg, the worst, 368</p> + + <p>Lestingham Church described, 297</p> + + <p>Levee of the Sheik of Fellahi, 75</p> + + <p>Life, progress of, 144</p> + + <p>Libels on Poets, 290</p> + + <p>Lifting heavy persons, 73</p> + + <p>Lines to ——, 226</p> + + <p>Lion-killer, 80</p> + + <p>Lisbon described, 209</p> + + <p class="i2">dandy, 69</p> + + <p class="i2">dinner, 70</p> + + <p class="i2">dockyard, 70</p> + + <p class="i2">dogs, 70</p> + + <p class="i2">vanity, 70</p> + + <p class="i2">water-carrier, 70</p> + + <p>Lock, miniature, 352</p> + + <p>Locomotive Engines in America, 192</p> + + <p>Lord Mayors of London, 176</p> + + <p>Lords, house of, forms of, 325</p> + + <p>Lord's Prayer in Arawaak, + 320</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page453" + id="page453"></a>[pg 453]</span> + + <p>Louis XIV., real character of, 84</p> + + <p>Lucretia Davidson lines on, 148</p> + + <p>Lucretius, extract from, 192</p> + + <p>Ludlow Castle, stanzas on revisiting, 67</p> + + <p>Lydford Bridge described, 289</p> + + <p>Machinery and Manufactures, economy of, 27</p> + + <p>Macklin's grand pause, 367</p> + + <p>Madonna, Italian hymn to, 34</p> + + <p>Magic in the East, true stories of, 26—76</p> + + <p>Magic, natural, 72</p> + + <p>Making and manufacturing, 55</p> + + <p>Maltese Legend, 370</p> + + <p>Malt Liquor, antiquity of, 227</p> + + <p>Manchester, public buildings of, 177</p> + + <p class="i2">Infirmary, 178</p> + + <p class="i2">Royal Institution, 179</p> + + <p class="i2">Town Hall, 178</p> + + <p>Manners, family, history of, 130</p> + + <p>Marriage, curious, 271</p> + + <p>Marriage custom, 439</p> + + <p>Marrying, excuses for not, 336</p> + + <p>Mercers and Drapers, respectability of, 320</p> + + <p>Merchants, opulent British, 319</p> + + <p>Men of no business and paper cutting, 272</p> + + <p>Michael Angelo, ecstasy of, 16</p> + + <p>Mind on the Body, influence of the, 354</p> + + <p>Mistletoe, origin of, 430</p> + + <p>Mock-heroics, 304</p> + + <p>Monasteries, error respecting, 265</p> + + <p>Money, Anne's, 224</p> + + <p class="i2">of Betrayal, or Price of Blood, 120</p> + + <p class="i2">Charles, I. and II., 224</p> + + <p class="i2">Cromwell, 224</p> + + <p class="i2">Ecclesiastic, 223</p> + + <p class="i2">Edward I. and IV., 223</p> + + <p class="i2">Henry VII., 223</p> + + <p class="i2">James II., 224</p> + + <p class="i2">Milled, 224</p> + + <p class="i2">Richard III., 223</p> + + <p class="i2">Stephen, 223</p> + + <p>Moody, the actor, avarice of, 367</p> + + <p>Mortality, comparative, in England, 152</p> + + <p>Mosaic Pavement described, 409</p> + + <p>Muscular strength, extraordinary, 432</p> + + <p>Mussulman and Hindoo religion, 80</p> + + <p>My Fatherland, 38</p> + + <p>Nankeen, varieties of, 416</p> + + <p>Napoleon's Return from Elba, 165</p> + + <p>National Gallery, the proposed, 64</p> + + <p>Natural History, errors in, 38</p> + + <p>Nature, luxuriance of, 175</p> + + <p>Necklaces, satin-stone, 342</p> + + <p>Nell Gwynne and Dr. Ken, 336</p> + + <p>Newcastle, grammar-school, 193</p> + + <p>Newcastle, the learned duchess of, 161</p> + + <p>Newcastle-under-Lyne, election at, 288</p> + + <p>New Year's Gifts, 439</p> + + <p>Niagara, recent visit to, 446</p> + + <p>Niger, discoveries on the, 149</p> + + <p>Nightingales in Essex, 144</p> + + <p>Norfolk, the late duke of, 86</p> + + <p>Norton Lees, hall at, 273</p> + + <p>Nugent, Lord and Lady, legends by, 350</p> + + <p>Nutria Fur, account of, 279—314</p> + + <p>O'Brien, the Irish Giant, 182</p> + + <p>Oil in cookery, 352</p> + + <p>Old Soldier, the, a sketch, 403</p> + + <p>Olive Oil, 79—424</p> + + <p>Omen, evil one, 261</p> + + <p>Opera and Theatres in London, 365</p> + + <p>Opal, beauty of, 77</p> + + <p>Oporto described, 49</p> + + <p>Oriental Smoking, 170</p> + + <p>Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus, the, 189</p> + + <p>Ostrich speed, and diet of, 262</p> + + <p class="i2">stomach of the, 303</p> + + <p>Otway's "Venice Preserved," 50</p> + + <p>Owen's almshouses, 143</p> + + <p>Paddy Fooshane's Fricassee, 108</p> + + <p>Painters born at Antwerp, 380</p> + + <p>Painter's last passion, 132</p> + + <p class="i2">retort, 128</p> + + <p>Panorama of Stirling, 410</p> + + <p>Parliamentary debates, origin of, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">forms, 326</p> + + <p>Parliaments, early, 211—325</p> + + <p>Party-spirit, Fuller on, 352</p> + + <p>Past, the, a song, 46</p> + + <p>Past Times, a song, 46</p> + + <p>Pastor, a faithful one, 207</p> + + <p>Patriotism, genuine, 438</p> + + <p>Peak, Antiquities of, 113</p> + + <p>Pearl in the Oyster, 230</p> + + <p>Pekin, ancient trade of, 320</p> + + <p>Pelican, error respecting, 96</p> + + <p>Pennsylvania, settlement of, 208</p> + + <p>Pepper, varieties of, 416</p> + + <p>Perrier, Casimir, memoir of, 116</p> + + <p>Persian Bath, 145</p> + + <p class="i2">Fable, 228</p> + + <p>Peru, discovery of, 432</p> + + <p>Peter the Great, anecdotes of, 300—308</p> + + <p class="i2">character of, 361</p> + + <p>Peter Pence, origin of, 343</p> + + <p>Peter Simple, life of, 121</p> + + <p>Petition to Time, 11</p> + + <p>Petit-or, value of, 425</p> + + <p>Petrarch's Tomb, 169</p> + + <p>Phillips, Col., recollections of, 402</p> + + <p>Phrenology, curiosities of, 45</p> + + <p>Physician's Fees, 261</p> + + <p>Pic Nic at Tempe, 15</p> + + <p>Pickpockets, qualifications of, 334</p> + + <p>Piracy in olden times, 26</p> + + <p>Pitch-in-the-hole, ancient, 320</p> + + <p>Pitt, Mr., statue of, 40</p> + + <p>Plaint of certain coral beads, 406</p> + + <p>Plants, light and air on, 262</p> + + <p class="i2">in rooms, 263</p> + + <p>Poets, Major and Minor, 51</p> + + <p>Pompadour, Madame de, her toilette, by Voltaire, + 163</p> + + <p>Pompeii, antiquities of, 412</p> + + <p>Poor Laws, origin of, 327</p> + + <p>Popes, List of, 416</p> + + <p>Portdown Fair described, 121</p> + + <p>Portugal, antiquity of, 48</p> + + <p class="i2">manners and customs in, 69</p> + + <p>Posts for Letters, origin of, 322</p> + + <p>Post Office, revenue of, + 440</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page454" + id="page454"></a>[pg 454]</span> + + <p>Potato, economy of, 127</p> + + <p>Poverty, Owen Feltham on, 414</p> + + <p>Prayer, a fragment, 179</p> + + <p>Precious Stones, varieties of, 77</p> + + <p>Preservation of the Human Body, 133</p> + + <p>Primrose, withered, lines on, 95</p> + + <p>Printer, studious, 128</p> + + <p>Printing, invention of, 143</p> + + <p class="i2">from wooden blocks, 55</p> + + <p>Prison Discipline in America, 286</p> + + <p>Psalmody, origin of, 146</p> + + <p>Public Credit explained, 142</p> + + <p>Punctuality of Colonel Boswell, 448</p> + + <p>Quadroon Girl, a song, 46</p> + + <p>Quin and Macklin, 367</p> + + <p>Quizzing, literary, 144</p> + + <p>Railway, Liverpool and Manchester, 112</p> + + <p>Raw Materials, 56</p> + + <p>Recollections of a Wanderer 21—373</p> + + <p>Records in the Tower of London, 279</p> + + <p>Regent-street, charms of, 365</p> + + <p>Regulating Power, 55</p> + + <p>Relics of Popery, 344</p> + + <p>Religious Fastings, 195</p> + + <p>Resting-place, the, 354</p> + + <p>Review, the first, 176</p> + + <p>Rhyming Ruminations on London Bridge, 26</p> + + <p>Rising, advantages of early, 16</p> + + <p>Robespierre, anecdote of, 95</p> + + <p class="i2">fall of, 106</p> + + <p>Robin Hood, history of, 180—204</p> + + <p>Rome, by T. Moore, 364</p> + + <p>Romeo and Juliet, story of, 118</p> + + <p>Romney, antiquity of, 294</p> + + <p>Rose of the Castle, 133</p> + + <p class="i2">of Edendale, by L.E.L., 335</p> + + <p class="i2">lines to, 221</p> + + <p>Rotuma, island of, described, 376</p> + + <p>Roundelaye, ancient, 16</p> + + <p>Royalty, freaks of, 207</p> + + <p>Rubens, memoir of, 381</p> + + <p>Ruby, beauty of, 78</p> + + <p>Rye, antiquity of, 295</p> + + <p>Salads, antiquity of, 358</p> + + <p>Salt, fine basket, 425</p> + + <p class="i2">good effects of, 265</p> + + <p>Saltpetre, manufacture of, 88</p> + + <p>Sandwich, antiquity of, 295</p> + + <p>Sapphires, beauty of, 77</p> + + <p>Sargasso Weed, account of, 136</p> + + <p>Satin-stone Necklaces, 342</p> + + <p>Saving time in natural operations, 55</p> + + <p>Savoyard, the, a ballad, 275</p> + + <p>School Building in the High Alps, 171</p> + + <p>Schoolmaster's experience in Newgate, 333</p> + + <p>Schools before the Reformation, 75</p> + + <p>Sciences, progress of, 266</p> + + <p>Scipio, continence of, 258</p> + + <p>Scotch "Bluid," anecdote of, 123</p> + + <p>Scott, Sir Walter, Memoir of:</p> + + <p class="i2">Abbotsford, + 241—247—248—250</p> + + <p class="i4">Sonnet, by Wordsworth, 420</p> + + <p class="i2">anecdotes of, 435</p> + + <p class="i2">baronetcy, 250</p> + + <p class="i2">birth of, 241</p> + + <p>Scott, Sir Walter, character of, 255—256</p> + + <p class="i2">childhood, 242</p> + + <p class="i2">clerk of Sessions, 247</p> + + <p class="i2">death, 208—253—</p> + + <p class="i4">—on the, by the Author of Eugene + Aram, 219</p> + + <p class="i2">Dryburgh Abbey, 256—436</p> + + <p class="i2">education, 242</p> + + <p class="i2">embarrassments of, 251—256</p> + + <p class="i2">and the Ettrick Shepherd, 335</p> + + <p class="i2">family, 253</p> + + <p class="i2">fatal illness, 252</p> + + <p class="i2">funeral of, 253</p> + + <p class="i4">by an eye-witness, 345</p> + + <p class="i2">Life of Napoleon, 251</p> + + <p class="i2">love of reading, 243</p> + + <p class="i2">law studies, 244</p> + + <p class="i2">literary attempts, 244</p> + + <p class="i2">marriage, 246</p> + + <p class="i2">medal of, 255</p> + + <p class="i2">memory, 245</p> + + <p class="i2">Melrose Abbey, 436</p> + + <p class="i2">parentage, 242</p> + + <p class="i2">portraits of, 254</p> + + <p class="i2">school days, 243</p> + + <p class="i2">Selkirk, 437</p> + + <p class="i2">sheriffdom, 246</p> + + <p class="i2">telling a story, 243</p> + + <p class="i2">Works of:</p> + + <p class="i4">Dryden and Swift, edition of, 247</p> + + <p class="i4">Eve of St. John, 245</p> + + <p class="i4">Glenfinlas, 245</p> + + <p class="i4">Goetz of Berlinchingen translated, + 245</p> + + <p class="i4">Lady of the Lake, 247</p> + + <p class="i4">Lay of the Last Minstrel, 246</p> + + <p class="i4">Leonora, &c., translations of, + 245</p> + + <p class="i4">Marmion, 247</p> + + <p class="i4">Miscellaneous Works, 250</p> + + <p class="i4">Novels, List of, 250</p> + + <p class="i4">Rokeby and Minor Poems, 249</p> + + <p class="i4">unpublished works, 255</p> + + <p class="i4">Waverley, 249</p> + + <p class="i6">Novels, 252</p> + + <p>Sea, depth of the, 427</p> + + <p>Sea-shore, changes on, 78</p> + + <p>Seal, a blind one, 298</p> + + <p>Seaman, knowing, 432</p> + + <p>Secret Lover, the, from the Persian, 204</p> + + <p>Servants affected by fashionable manners and + customs, 331—348</p> + + <p>Servants in India, 105</p> + + <p>Servant, monument to a faithful one, 288</p> + + <p>Servants, Vails to, 318</p> + + <p>Shark, adventure with, 381</p> + + <p>Shaving or throat-cutting, 272</p> + + <p>Shelly, the poet, anecdote of, 407</p> + + <p>Sheridan's Funeral, 448</p> + + <p>Sheriff of London, Journal of, 196—212</p> + + <p>Shrewsbury, Anna Maria, Countess of, 112</p> + + <p>Silk Manufacture, outline of, 446</p> + + <p>Skeleton Dance, from Goethe, 420</p> + + <p>Slave Trade in England, 319</p> + + <p>Smoking forbidden in Parliament, 336</p> + + <p>Snake, anecdote of a tame one, 327</p> + + <p>Snuff-boxes, Laurencekirk, + 151</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page455" + id="page455"></a>[pg 455]</span> + + <p>Snuffers, antique, 337</p> + + <p>Soldier, annual cost of, 176</p> + + <p class="i2">dress of, 448</p> + + <p>Solecisms in Language, 350</p> + + <p>Somersetshire, land-custom in, 112</p> + + <p>Song from the Album of a Poet, 98</p> + + <p>Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 46</p> + + <p>Song, Scottish, 317</p> + + <p>Song-writing, spirit of, 11</p> + + <p>Sounds during the night, 107</p> + + <p>Spain, stupendous bridge in, 24</p> + + <p>Spaniards and Portuguese, 69</p> + + <p>Spencer's account of the Irish Mantle, 415</p> + + <p>Spinning-wheel Song, 391</p> + + <p>Spirit of Despotism, by Dr. Knox, 106</p> + + <p>Spirit-drinking, evils of, 307</p> + + <p class="i2">in 1736, 133</p> + + <p>Spontaneous combustion, 162—211</p> + + <p>Spring, harbingers of, 174</p> + + <p>St. Cross, Church and Hospital of, 217—228</p> + + <p>St. Dunstan's in the West, new church of, 34</p> + + <p>St. Goar on the Rhine, legend of, 386</p> + + <p>St. Hellen's Well, Staffordshire, 228</p> + + <p>St. James's Park, improvement of, 418</p> + + <p>St. Paul's Cathedral, monuments in, 96</p> + + <p>Stael, Madame de, 86</p> + + <p>Stages, Islington, olden, 335</p> + + <p>Stanzas for Music, 52</p> + + <p>Stationers' Company, origin of, 286</p> + + <p>Statue of Mr. Canning, 25</p> + + <p class="i2">of Mr. Pitt, 40</p> + + <p>Steam Carriages on common roads, 183—198</p> + + <p class="i2">Coaches and Power, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">Engine simplified, 315</p> + + <p class="i2">Navigation, 48</p> + + <p class="i2">Packets, value of, 272</p> + + <p>Stirling, panorama of, 410</p> + + <p>Stork, the, 216</p> + + <p>Story, extraordinary one, 292</p> + + <p>Strand, the original, 207</p> + + <p>Stranger, a song, 46</p> + + <p>Streets, narrow, of Cairo, 80</p> + + <p>Success in Life, grand secret of, 85</p> + + <p>Suffolk-street Gallery, exhibition at, + 330—362</p> + + <p>Sugar, improved raw, 148</p> + + <p>Sugar-refining, history of, 149</p> + + <p>Sumptuary Laws, intention of, 439</p> + + <p>Swampy Kingdom, 207</p> + + <p>Tanfield Arch described, 353</p> + + <p>Tea-makers, hint to, 176</p> + + <p>Tears, the, an apologue, 403</p> + + <p>Teeth of Crocodiles, 96</p> + + <p>Tempe, Pic Nic at, 15</p> + + <p>Temper, equanimity of, 99</p> + + <p>Tenterden Steeple and Goodwin Sands, 38</p> + + <p>Thebes, description of, 141</p> + + <p>Thou wert the Rainbow of my Dreams, 290</p> + + <p>Thurlow, the great Lord, 259</p> + + <p>Tiger, sight of, 100</p> + + <p>Titian, grave of, 216</p> + + <p>Titles, origin of, 287</p> + + <p>Toad-fish, economy of, 135</p> + + <p>Tom Cringle's Log, 381—425</p> + + <p>Tombs, celebrated Roman, 231</p> + + <p>Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233</p> + + <p>Tomb of Cæcilia Metella, 232</p> + + <p class="i2">Horatii and Curatii, 233</p> + + <p class="i2">Juliet, 265</p> + + <p>Tongue of Man, 96</p> + + <p>Toothache, cure for, 212</p> + + <p>Torchlight custom, 260</p> + + <p>Tornado, by T. Pringle, Esq., 400</p> + + <p>Tory, origin of, 144</p> + + <p>Towers of Tarifa, the, 186</p> + + <p>Trade, anti-free, 304</p> + + <p>Tradesmen affected by fashion, 332—349</p> + + <p>Tradesmen, ancient, 261</p> + + <p>Tragedy and Comedy, essay on, 82</p> + + <p>Traveller's Diary, scraps from, 219—364</p> + + <p>Trials of Grace Huntley, a tale, 395</p> + + <p>Truth, the plain, 207</p> + + <p>Tulip, Fanny Kemble, 272</p> + + <p>Tulip Tree, 38</p> + + <p>Tunnel, natural, in Virginia, 433</p> + + <p>Turkish Baths, 74</p> + + <p>Turncoat, 336</p> + + <p>Turtle Mayor, 336</p> + + <p>Twins, monument of, 240</p> + + <p>Umbrellas, invention of, 269</p> + + <p>Uneducated, who are? 95</p> + + <p>Usury in the Middle Ages, 320</p> + + <p>Van Dieman's Land, civilization in, 5</p> + + <p>Velocity, increased and diminished, 55</p> + + <p>Venice, by T. Moore, 219</p> + + <p>Vestry Dinner in Persia, 75</p> + + <p>Victims of Susceptibility, 154</p> + + <p>Vine, the, an apologue, 403</p> + + <p>Viper, horned, poison of, 354</p> + + <p>Virginia, natural tunnel in, 433</p> + + <p>Voice of Humanity, the, 201</p> + + <p>Volcanoes on the Globe, 448</p> + + <p>Voltaire, anecdote of, 293</p> + + <p>Voyage of Manufacture, 54</p> + + <p>Vulture, 80</p> + + <p>Wakefield, chapel on the bridge at, 401</p> + + <p>Walcot, Dr., and Shield, 448</p> + + <p>Walking Gallows, 52</p> + + <p>Walnut Water, properties of, 176</p> + + <p>Watching for the Soul, 368</p> + + <p>Waterloo, battle of, 235</p> + + <p class="i2">child, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">day after the battle, 166</p> + + <p class="i2">the year of, 165</p> + + <p>Wearied Soldier, the, 195</p> + + <p>Weather, journals of, 111</p> + + <p>Were and Werelade, 71</p> + + <p>Whale, gigantic, account of, 341</p> + + <p>What's in a name? 391</p> + + <p>Wheston, cross at, 113</p> + + <p>When wilt thou return? 290</p> + + <p>Wieland, on the Druids, 20</p> + + <p>Wight, isle of, town in, 225</p> + + <p>Wilks's Cottage, 225</p> + + <p>Wilkes's Luckiest Number, 143</p> + + <p>William the Conqueror, funeral of, 13</p> + + <p>Winchelsea, antiquity of, 295</p> + + <p>Windermere, scene on, 308</p> + + <p>Wines, German, 281</p> + + <p>Wingfield Manor House, described, 321</p> + + <p>Wit, ready, + 304</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page456" + id="page456"></a>[pg 456]</span> + + <p>Witchcraft in 1618, 130</p> + + <p>Witchcraft and Spontaneous Combustion, 162</p> + + <p>Wolves of North America, 340</p> + + <p>Women alias Angels, 32</p> + + <p class="i2">characteristics of, 117</p> + + <p class="i2">heroic, 16</p> + + <p>Wonders of the Lane, 413</p> + + <p>Wordsworth, sonnet by, 420</p> + + <p>Worm, lines on, 201</p> + + <p>Worsted, origin of, 320</p> + + <p>Wrestling custom at Hornchurch, 319</p> + + <p>Writing in France, 120</p> + + <p>York Column and St. James's Park, 418</p> + + <p>Zoffany, his gratitude, 368</p> + + <p>Zoological Garden, natural, 101</p> + + <p>Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, + 66—199—281</p> + + <p class="i2">Armadillo House at, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Aviary, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Deer at, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Elephants at, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Fountain, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Llama House, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Maccaws, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Ostriches, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Repository, 200</p> + + <p>Zoological Gardens, Surrey, 1—303</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr /> + + <h3>INDEX TO THE EIGHTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS.</h3> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>ABBOTSFORD, (Armoury,) 248</p> + + <p class="i2">(from the Garden,) 241</p> + + <p class="i2">(Study,) 248</p> + + <p>Antique Bell, (Two Cuts,) 345</p> + + <p class="i2">Chair, 344</p> + + <p class="i2">Key, 337</p> + + <p class="i2">Knife-handle, 345</p> + + <p class="i2">Snuffers, 337</p> + + <p>Antwerp, (from the Tête de Flandre,) 369</p> + + <p>Ararat, Mount, 313</p> + + <p>Bat, American, 409</p> + + <p>Beauchief Abbey, 113</p> + + <p>Bede's Chair, 440</p> + + <p>Belvoir Castle, 129</p> + + <p>Birthplace of Bewick, 17</p> + + <p class="i2">the Earl of Eldon, 193</p> + + <p class="i2">Dr. Johnson, 257</p> + + <p>Bob in for Eels, 392</p> + + <p>Bolsover Castle, 161</p> + + <p>Bridge across the Guadiaro, in Spain, 24</p> + + <p>Burnham Abbey, 81</p> + + <p>Bustard, 328</p> + + <p>Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, 401</p> + + <p>Chlamyphorus, 264</p> + + <p>Church, (new,) St. Dunstan in the West, 33</p> + + <p>Cross, Cornwall, 424</p> + + <p class="i2">Devon, 424</p> + + <p class="i2">at Eyam, 113</p> + + <p class="i2">at Holbeach, 329</p> + + <p class="i2">at Leighton Buzzard, 329</p> + + <p class="i2">Neville's, 360</p> + + <p class="i2">Percy's, 361</p> + + <p class="i2">at Wheston, 113</p> + + <p>Cuttle Fish, (Three Cuts,)</p> + + <p>Dandy Lion, 392</p> + + <p>Dodo, 312</p> + + <p>Dryburgh Abbey, 256</p> + + <p>Elephant bathing in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's + Park, 65</p> + + <p>Falls of the Genesse, 97</p> + + <p>Framlingham Castle, 305</p> + + <p>Grave of Titian, 216</p> + + <p>Hall at Norton Lees, 273</p> + + <p>Hospital of St. Cross, (the Church,) 217</p> + + <p>Isle of Rotuma, 376</p> + + <p>Isle of Wight, and Wilkes's Cottage, 225</p> + + <p>Lee Church, Kent, 153</p> + + <p>Lisbon, (general view,) 209</p> + + <p>Manchester Infirmary, 177</p> + + <p class="i2">Royal Institution, 177</p> + + <p class="i2">Town Hall, 177</p> + + <p>Money of Betrayal, (Two Cuts,)</p> + + <p>Monument of a Crusader, 441</p> + + <p>Oporto, from Villa Nova, 49</p> + + <p>Persian Bath, 145</p> + + <p>Portrait of Chaptal, 88</p> + + <p class="i2">Cuvier, 137</p> + + <p class="i2">Goethe, 89</p> + + <p>Pursuit of Knowledge, 392</p> + + <p>St. Goar, on the Rhine, 385</p> + + <p>Statue of Mr. Canning, 25</p> + + <p class="i2">Pitt, 40</p> + + <p>Tanfield Arch, Durham, 353</p> + + <p>Toad-fish, 136</p> + + <p>Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233</p> + + <p class="i2">Cæcilia Metella, 232</p> + + <p class="i2">Dante, 168</p> + + <p class="i2">Horatii and Curatii, 233</p> + + <p class="i2">Juliet, 265</p> + + <p class="i2">Petrarch, 169</p> + + <p>Tunnel, Natural, in Virginia, 433</p> + + <p>Vase containing the Heart of Canova, 169</p> + + <p>Wingfield Manor House, 321</p> + + <p>York Column, from St. James's Park, 417</p> + + <p>Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park:</p> + + <p class="i2">Aviary, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Armadillo House, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Deer, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Elephants, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Llama, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Maccaws, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Ostriches, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Pond and Fountain, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Repository, 200</p> + + <p>Zoological Gardens, Surrey:</p> + + <p class="i2">Building for large Animals, 1</p> + + <p class="i2">General View, 1</p> + + <p class="i2">Rockwork for Beavers, 1</p> + </div> + </div> + + <h4>END OF VOL. XX.</h4> + <hr class="full" /> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" + name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + + <p>Bracebridge Hall, vol. i.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" + name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + + <p>Sketch Book, vol. i.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote3" + name="footnote3"></a><b>Footnote 3:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + + <p>Among Mr. Irving's early effusions are Lines written on + the Falls of the River Pasaic which are not printed in the + author's works, but will be found in <i>The Mirror</i>, + vol. ii. p. 452.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote4" + name="footnote4"></a><b>Footnote 4:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag4">(return)</a> + + <p>New Monthly Magazine.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote5" + name="footnote5"></a><b>Footnote 5:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag5">(return)</a> + + <p>For Two Illustrations and Notice of this interesting + work, See <i>Mirror</i>, vol. xix. p. 337 to 342; whence + the above origin of the work has been quoted.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote6" + name="footnote6"></a><b>Footnote 6:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag6">(return)</a> + + <p>Fraser's Magazine.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote7" + name="footnote7"></a><b>Footnote 7:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag7">(return)</a> + + <p>Quarterly Review.—Such is the variety displayed in + the Salmagundi; the papers were supposed to be the joint + efforts of several literati.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote8" + name="footnote8"></a><b>Footnote 8:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag8">(return)</a> + + <p>Literary Gazette.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + +<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14124 ***</div> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/14124-h/images/1.png b/14124-h/images/1.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b93f770 --- /dev/null +++ b/14124-h/images/1.png diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6312041 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This eBook, including all associated images, markup, improvements, +metadata, and any other content or labor, has been confirmed to be +in the PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. + +Procedures for determining public domain status are described in +the "Copyright How-To" at https://www.gutenberg.org. + +No investigation has been made concerning possible copyrights in +jurisdictions other than the United States. 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XX. + +LONDON: + +1832 + + * * * * * + + + + +PREFACE. + + +The completion of the Twentieth Volume of this Miscellany presents us +with another cause for self-gratulation, and thankful acknowledgement +to the reading public. This continued and unimpaired success amidst +a myriad of new-born aspirants, is the best proof of our maintenance +of public esteem; and so long as our efforts are guided by the same +singleness of purpose that first directed them we shall hope for +a continuance of such favour. A multitude of contemporaries "whet +each other;" "thinking nurseth thinking;" and, in like manner, +reading nurseth reading, and awakens a spirit of inquiry, untiring +and exhaustless, among all concerned in pursuit and wholesome +gratification. + +In a retrospect of the hundreds of competitors who have started +for the prize of public patronage since our outset, we shall not, +perhaps, be accused of vanity in placing to our own account the first +appropriation of such means as may have contributed to the partial +success of our contemporaries. We owe them nothing but good will; +for we rather regard things poetically than politically, and we are +anxious to inform and amuse the reader--not to perplex, by constantly +reminding him of his uncheery lot in life. + +Ten years' establishment in periodical literature may give us a +sort of patriarchal feeling towards others; for, with one exception +THE MIRROR is the oldest weekly journal of the metropolis. In this +comparatively long career, our best energies have been directed to the +progressive improvement of each department of the work. The plan of +embellishment, which may be said to have originated with THE MIRROR, +has been extended and improved, until few subjects are incapable of +successful illustration in its pages; due regard being paid to nicety +of execution, as well as attractive design. So much for the present, +state of our "representative system." + +The selection of materials for each sheet of THE MIRROR has been +regulated by a desire to extend useful information, and to cultivate +healthful indications of public taste. In a journal, like the present, +mainly devoted to the accumulation of facts, errors and misstatements +are inevitable; but, our own diligence, aided by sharp-sighted +Correspondents, has, from time to time, guided us to accuracy in +most cases, and directed fruitful inquiry upon matters of no ordinary +interest or character. Scientific information, really made popular, +and of ready, practical utility, has uniformly found admission in +our pages; and, above all, subjects of natural history have received +especial attention, in graphic illustrations--which part of our plan +has been adopted by every cheap journal of the last four years; or, +from the first pictorial description of the Zoological Gardens, +before the publication of the catalogue by the Society; while it is a +source of gratification to know that within the above period, natural +history, from being almost confined to public museums and private +cabinets, has become the most popular study and amusement of the +present day. + +Upon the continued cheapness of our little work, we do not intend to +touch, more than by reference to the enlargement of the letter-press +as commenced with the present volume. The alteration has, we believe, +received general approbation; and, either with regard to the extent of +the letter-press, or the condensed character of its subject-matter, +we have still the satisfaction of knowing THE MIRROR to continue, +as it has often been characterized by contemporaries, "the cheapest +publication of the day." Its other merits we are content to leave to +the discernment of each reader. + +Our future volume will be conducted upon the plan of its predecessors, +with such improvements as time and occasion may suggest. To one point, +economy of space, we promise our best consideration; though we may +not succeed in rivalling Mr. Newberry, who, the good humoured Geoffrey +Crayon tells us, was the first that ever filled his mind with the idea +of a good and great man. He published all the picture books of his +day; and, out of his abundant love for children, he charged "nothing +for either paper or print, and only a half-penny for the binding."[1] +Rest unto his soul, say we. + +This lengthened, but we hope not ill-timed reference to our whole +course of Twenty Volumes has left us but little occasion to speak of +the present portion, individually; although we trust this reference +would be somewhat supererogatory, from the unusual number of +Illustrations, and a copious Index to the main subjects, of the +volume. + +To conclude. We thank all Correspondents for their contributions, and +invite their cordial co-operation with our ensuing efforts. So now +"_plaudite! valete!_" + +_December 26, 1832._ + +[Footnote 1: Bracebridge Hall, vol. i.] + + * * * * * + +[Illustration] + + * * * * * + +NOTICES + +OF + +WASHINGTON IRVING, ESQ. + +AND HIS WORKS. + + * * * * * + +Washington Irving was born, in the State of New York, in the year +1782, and is, consequently, in his fifty-first year. His early life +cannot better be told than in his own graceful language, prefixed +to the most celebrated of his writings as "the author's account of +himself." + +"I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange +characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began my travels, and +made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of +my native city, to the frequent alarm of my parents, and the emolument +of the town-crier. As I grew into boyhood I extended the range of my +observations. My holiday afternoons were spent in rambles about the +surrounding country. I made myself familiar with all its places famous +in history or fable. I knew every spot where a murder or robbery had +been committed, or a ghost seen. I visited the neighbouring villages, +and added greatly to my stock of knowledge, by noting their habits +and customs, and conversing with their sages and great men. I even +journeyed one long summer's day to the summit of the most distant +hill, from whence I stretched my eye over many a mile of terra +incognita, and was astonished to find how vast a globe I inhabited. + +"This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. Books of voyages +and travels became my passion, and in devouring their contents, I +neglected the regular exercises of the school. How wistfully would +I wander about the pier heads in fine weather, and watch the parting +ships bound to distant climes; with what longing eyes would I gaze +after their lessening sails; and waft myself in imagination to the +ends of the earth. + +"Farther reading and thinking, though they brought this vague +inclination into more reasonable bounds, only served to make it more +decided. I visited various parts of my own country; and had I been +merely influenced by a love of fine scenery, I should have felt little +desire to seek elsewhere its gratification; for on no country have +the charms of nature been more prodigally lavished. Her mighty lakes, +like oceans of liquid silver; her mountains, with their bright aërial +tints; her valleys, teeming with wild fertility; her tremendous +cataracts, thundering in their solitudes; her boundless plains, waving +with spontaneous verdure; her broad, deep rivers, rolling in solemn +silence to the ocean; her trackless forests, where vegetation puts +forth all its magnificence; her skies, kindling with the magic of +summer clouds and glorious sunshine:--no, never need an American +look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural +scenery."[2] + +[Footnote 2: Sketch Book, vol. i.] + +Mr. Irving began his career, as an author, in periodical literature. +His first work was a humorous journal, entitled "Salmagundi, or the +Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and Others," +originally published in numbers in New York, where it met with a very +flattering reception. The date of the first paper is Saturday, January +24, 1827. + +Salmagundi has been several times reprinted in this country; and it +may be acceptable to know, that the cheapest, if not the most elegant, +edition may be purchased for twenty-pence. It would be difficult to +explain the merits of Salmagundi to the reader, as they are of the +most varied character; but, it may be remarked generally, that a vein +of quaint humour and human kindness pervades these early papers, which +will bring the reader and writer to the best possible terms. + +This lively miscellany was followed by a humorous History of New York, +with the somewhat droll _nom_ of Dedrick Knickerbocker as its author. +It possesses considerable merit, with a nice perception of the +ludicrous; but, on its first appearance, this recommendation was +generally overlooked, whether from the local interest of the subject, +or the want of due judgment in its readers, it is difficult to +determine. + +About this period Mr. Irvine's name was heard in England, almost for +the first time; his only claims to public notice resting entirely +on Salmagundi, and the History of New York. He was indebted for his +introduction to the acquaintance of European readers, to a young +fellow-countryman of high attainments, who alludes to the above works +and their author in the following terms:--"Mr. Irving has shown much +talent and great humour in his Salmagundi and Knickerbocker, and they +are exceedingly pleasant books, especially to one who understands the +local allusions." + +A few years subsequent to the publication of Knickerbocker, Mr. Irving +visited England, or the "land of wonders," as he facetely terms +our favoured isle. During his stay, he wrote a series of papers, +illustrative of English manners, which were chiefly printed in +America. These papers were afterwards published in a collected form, +in England, under the title of "The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, +Gent." and dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, "in testimony of the +admiration and affection of the author." In the advertisement to the +Sketch-Book, Mr. Irving thus modestly refers to its origin: + +"The author is aware of the austerity with which the writings of +his countrymen have hitherto been treated by British critics: he +is conscious too, that much of the contents of his papers can be +interesting only in the eyes of American readers. It was not his +intention, therefore, to have them reprinted in this country. He +has, however, observed several of them from time to time inserted in +periodical works of merit, and has understood that it was probable +they would be republished in a collective form. He has been induced, +therefore, to revise and bring them forward himself, that they may +at least come correctly before the public. Should they be deemed of +sufficient importance to attract the attention of critics, he solicits +for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to +claim, who presents himself at the threshold of a hospitable nation." + +Mr. Irving's solicitations were not made in vain, as the rapid sale +of several editions must have convinced him; while every journalist +in the empire hailed the work as the most beautiful specimen of +Transatlantic talent which had been recognised in this country. + +The two volumes of the Sketch-Book appeared at different periods; +and, at the conclusion of the second, we find the following +apologetic postscript: "The author is conscious of the numerous +faults and imperfections of his work; and, well aware how little +he is disciplined and accomplished in the arts of authorship. His +deficiencies are also increased by a diffidence arising from his +peculiar situation. He finds himself writing in a strange land, +and appearing before a public, which he has been accustomed, from +childhood, to regard with the highest feelings of awe and reverence. +He is full of solicitude to secure their approbation, yet finds that +very solicitude continually embarrassing his powers, and depriving +him of that ease and confidence which are necessary to successful +exertion. Still the kindness with which he is treated encourages him +to go on, hoping that, in time, he may acquire a steadier footing; and +thus he proceeds, half venturing, half shrinking, surprised at his own +good fortune, and wondering at his own temerity." + +The success of the Sketch-Book was followed by the almost equal +fortune of "Bracebridge Hall, or the Humorists;" a series of scenes +of Old English life, as displayed in one of those venerable halls, +that rise, here and there, in a British landscape, as monuments +of the hospitality of our ancestors, and better times. In the +autobiographical chapter of this work, the writer thus pleasantly +refers to his previous success, as "a matter of marvel, that a +man, from the wilds of America, should express himself in tolerable +English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in +literature,--a kind of demi-savage, with a leather in his hand, +instead of his head; and there was a curiosity to hear what such +a being had to say about civilized society." In referring the +circumstances under which he writes his second work on English +manners, he says: "Having been born and brought up in a new country, +yet educated from infancy in the literature of an old one, my mind +was filled with historical and poetical associations, connected with +places, and manners, and customs of Europe; but which could rarely +be applied to those of my own country. To a mind thus peculiarly +prepared, the most ordinary objects and scenes, on arriving in Europe, +are full of strange matter, and interesting novelty. England is as +classic ground to an American, as Italy is to an Englishman; and Old +London teems with as much historical association as mighty Rome." +There is, also, great amiability in the concluding paragraph:--"I have +always had an opinion, that much good might be done by keeping mankind +in good humour with one another. I may be wrong in my philosophy; but +I shall continue to practise it until convinced of its fallacy. When I +discover the world to be all that it has been represented by sneering +cynics and whining poets, I will turn to and abuse it also; in the +meanwhile, worthy reader, I hope you will not think lightly of me, +because I cannot believe this to be so very bad a world as it is +represented." + +Soon after the publication of Bracebridge Hall, Mr. Irving left this +country, where he had passed two years with literary and pecuniary +advantage. He quitted England with a pathetic farewell; declaring that +if, as he is accused, he views it with a partial eye, he shall never +forget that it is his "fatherland." On the consanguinity of England +and America too, and the cultivation of good feeling between them, he +thus touchingly expresses himself in Bracebridge Hall: "We ask nothing +from abroad that we cannot reciprocate. But with respect to England, +we have a warm feeling of the heart, the glow of consanguinity +that still lingers in our blood. Interest apart, past differences +forgotten, we extend the hand of old relationship. We merely ask, do +not estrange us from you, do not destroy the ancient tie of blood, do +not let scoffers and slanderers drive a kindred nation from your side. +We would fain be friends, do not compel us to be enemies." There is a +manly affection in these sentiments which is truly admirable. + +Mr. Irving's works, with the exception of his early efforts,[3] had +been the result of his love of travel: indeed, he describes himself +as a traveller who has "surveyed most of the terrestrial angles of the +globe." In similar vein, he next produced two volumes of "Tales of a +Traveller," narrating legends of the continent, with masterly sketches +of the scenery of the respective countries; the incidents of the Tales +being fraught with points of grotesque humour, and abounding with +pathos and poetic feeling. + +[Footnote 3: Among Mr. Irving's early effusions are Lines written on +the Falls of the River Pasaic which are not printed in the author's +works, but will be found in _The Mirror_, vol. ii. p. 452.] + +To these Tales succeeded a work of greater importance in literature +than either of Mr. Irving's previous undertakings. We allude to a +History of the Life and Voyages of Columbus, in four vols. 8vo., which +appeared in the year 1828. Mr. Irving, at the time this work was first +suggested to him, in the winter of 1825-6, was at Bordeaux; and, being +informed that a biography was about to appear at Madrid, containing +many important and some new documents relative to Columbus, he set off +for the Spanish capital, to undertake the translation of the work. +Mr. Irving, however, meeting with numerous aids at Madrid, resolved +on producing an original history, which he has presented to the public +with extreme diffidence: "all that I can safely claim," he observes, +"is, an earnest desire to state the truth, an absence from prejudices +respecting the nations mentioned in my history, a strong interest in +my subject, and a zeal to make up by assiduity for many deficiencies +of which I am conscious." This work has been abridged by Mr. Irving +to one of the volumes of the Family Library. As we have intimated to +the reader, it is of higher pretensions than either of the author's +previous writings: a clever critic refers to it as "a spirited and +interesting work, in which every thing is as judiciously reasoned as +it is beautifully and forcibly expressed," and as "much more grave in +its character and laborious in its execution than any of his preceding +ones."[4] + +[Footnote 4: New Monthly Magazine.] + +Mr. Irving's next production was "A Chronicle of the Conquest of +Granada," in which the author's knowledge of Spanish history is made +to shine in detailing the chivalrous glories of the New World. + +In the spring of the present year it appears that Mr. Irving touched +"the golden shores of old romance," and published Tales of the +Alhambra; the origin of which work is thus told by the author. A few +years since, Mr. Wilkie, the distinguished R.A. and Mr. Irving were +fellow travellers on the continent. In their rambles about some of +the old cities of Spain, they were struck with scenes and incidents +which reminded them of passages in the Arabian Nights. Mr. Wilkie +urged his companion to write something that should illustrate those +peculiarities, "something in the Haroun Alraschid style" that should +have a dash of that Arabian spice which pervades everything in Spain. +Mr. Irving set about his task with enthusiasm: his study was the +spacious Alhambra itself, and the governor gave the author and his +companion, permission to occupy his vacant apartments in the Moorish +palace: Mr. Wilkie soon returned to England, leaving Mr. Irving at +the Alhambra, where he remained "for several months, spell-bound in +the old enchanted pile." The result was two volumes of legends and +traditions, which for interesting incident, and gracefulness of +narrative, have few parallels in our romance-writing.[5] They are +dedicated, in good taste, to the ingenious originator, Mr. Wilkie. + +[Footnote 5: For Two Illustrations and Notice of this interesting +work, See _Mirror_, vol. xix. p. 337 to 342; whence the above origin +of the work has been quoted.] + +In person, Mr. Irving is of middle height; and, according to a +contemporary, of "modest deportment and easy attitude, with all the +grace and dignity of an English gentleman."[6] Another describes +him as "a most amiable man, and great genius, but not lively in +conversation." His features have a pleasing regularity, and are lit +up, at every corner, with that delightful humour which flows in a rich +vein throughout his writings, and forms their most attractive charm. + +[Footnote 6: Fraser's Magazine.] + +Having noticed Mr. Irving's principal works, we have left but little +occasion to speak of his general style. A contemporary has denominated +him the "Goldsmith of the age;" and of Goldsmith we must remember +that, in his epitaph, Dr. Johnson observes: "he left no species of +writing untouched, and adorned all to which he applied himself"--a +tribute which can scarcely be appropriately paid to any writer of +our time. However, we know not any author that Mr. Irving so much +resembles as Goldsmith: although no imitator, his style and language +forcibly remind us of that easy flow so peculiar to the Citizen of +the World. But, we have higher warrant for this parallel. "It seems +probable," observes a critical writer of considerable acumen, "that +Mr. Irving might prove no contemptible rival to Goldsmith, whose turn +of mind he very much inherits, and of whose style he particularly +reminds us. Like him, too, Mr. Irving possesses the art of setting +ludicrous perplexities in the most irresistible point of view, and we +think equals him in the variety of humour."[7] + +[Footnote 7: Quarterly Review.--Such is the variety displayed in +the Salmagundi; the papers were supposed to be the joint efforts of +several literati.] + +To conclude, we find the literary character of Mr. Irving illustrated +in a contemporary journal, with unusual spirit. "There never was a +writer," observes the editor, "whose popularity was more matter of +feeling, or more intimate than Washington Irving, perhaps, because +he appeared at once to our simplest and kindliest emotions. His +affections were those of 'hearth and home;' the pictures he +delighted to draw were those of natural loveliness, linked with human +sympathies; and a too unusual thing with the writers of our time--he +looked upon God's works, and 'saw that they were good.' * * * With +him the wine of life is not always on the lees. An exquisite vein of +poetry runs through every page,--and of poetry, his epithets who does +not remember--'the shark, glancing like a spectre through the blue +seas.'"[8] + +[Footnote 8: Literary Gazette.] + + * * * * * + + + + +ALPHABETICAL INDEX. + + + A.B.C. botanical, 336 + Abernethian, a true one, 160 + Absence, Lord Lyttleton's, 318 + Accumulation of Power, 55 + Acid, Oxalic, 207 + Tartaric, 206 + Action in forces, time of, 55 + Adam, death of, 133 + Adieu, the, by Lord Byron, 12 + Adrian and Apollodoras, the architect, 384 + Advice, by a Man of the World, 10 + Ætna, visit to the summit of, 202 + Agincourt, ballad of, 101 + Alchemy and Printing, 160 + Ale, bad Saxon, 261 + Burton, 304 + All on one side, 318 + Almanacs, Saxon, 54 + American Deer, mode of hunting them, 339 + Improvements, 102 + Navy, 102 + Newspapers, 102 + Papermaking, 103 + Prison Discipline, 286 + Wolves, 340 + Ancients and Moderns, by Voltaire, 163 + Angelica Kauffman, anecdote of, 291 + Angler, an odd one, 317 + Animal Instinct exemplified, 327 + Annuals for 1833: + Amulet, 392--413 + Book of Beauty, 386 + Comic Offering, 389 + Forget-me-not, 282 + Friendship's Offering, 399 + Hood's Comic, 287 + Juvenile Forget-me-not, 334 + Literary Souvenir, 420 + Picturesque, 386 + Antiquities, Domestic, 337 + Antwerp, Citadel of, described, 405 + City of, described, 369 + Painters born at, 380 + Aphorisms, choice, 442 + Apologues, from the German, 403 + Ararat, Mount, described, 313--379 + Araspes and Panthea, anecdote of, 258 + Architecture, ancient domestic, 274 + Archy Armstrong, grave of, 416 + Armada, the, by T.B. Macauley, Esq. 399 + Armadillo, history of, 56 + Armour, old English, 437 + Arrogance, Feltham on, 271 + Arrow Root, preparation of, 264 + Arundel Castle, described, 157 + Asmodeus in London, 364 + Atmosphere, constitution of, 206 + Atmosphere, properties of, 134 + Auctions by the Drum, 330 + Bachelors, Laws respecting, 35--339 + Bagdad, plague at, 75 + Bailly, physician to Henry IV., 96 + Bar, anecdotes of the, 277 + Barbel, large, 96 + Bat, new species of, 408 + Bath in Persia, described, 145 + Baths, ancient and modern, 372 + Battle, fish, 354 + Beaches, sea, changes of, 79 + Bear-hunting in Canada, 91 + Beatrice Adony and Julius Alvinzi, a tale, 420 + Beauchief Abbey, described, 113 + Becket, murder of, 114 + Bede, Venerable, memoir of, 440 + Beefeaters, origin of, 80 + Bees, economy of, 38 + Beet root sugar, 88 + Beetle, ravages of, 175 + Bell, ancient, 345 + Belvoir Castle, history of, 129 + Bennett, Mr. George, visit to Rotuma, 377 + Berwick, siege of, 222 + Bewick, the engraver, birthplace of, 17 + Bibb, the engraver, 368 + Birds, bills of, 96 + Birds, how they fly, 134 + Birds, migration of, 40 + Black Lady of Brabant, 140 + Blacking, antiquity of, 192 + Blessington, lady, her conversations with Lord Byron, + 6--86--110--156--269 + Blind Seal, the, a tale, 298 + Blood, price of, 71 + Bloodless War, 336 + Boar's head at Christmas, 431 + Bolsover Castle described, 161 + Bond, Mr. Sergeant, anecdote of, 278 + Bones, waste of, 366 + Borough, origin of the term, 211 + Boy Burglars, account of, 333 + Books, new, noticed and quoted: + Abrantes, Duchess of, her memoirs, 47--106--191 + Babbage's Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, 27--54 + Barrington's Sketches, 52 + Biblical Atlas, 44 + British Museum, 140--158 + Buccaneer, 428 + Byron's Works, 12 + Catechism of Phrenology, 45 + Characteristics of Women, 117 + Contarini Fleming, 10 + Double Trial, 125 + Elements of Chemistry, 206 + Encyclopædia Americana, 102 + Excursions in India, by Capt. Skinner, 105 + Framlingham, a Poem, 306 + Geography, Questions in, 45 + Gordon on Elemental Locomotion, 183--198 + Knowledge for the People, 77--134--429 + Life of Peter the Great, 300--308 + Laconics, 31 + Legends of the Library at Lilies, 350--403 + Legends of the Rhine, 138 + Life of Charlemagne, by G.P.R. James, 92--119 + Lives of Scottish Worthies, 221--233 + Macculloch's Dictionary of Commerce, 151--279 + Memoir of Felix Neff, 147--171 + Natural Magic, by Sir David Brewster, 72--107--191 + New Gil Blas, 186 + Numismatic Manual, 223 + Outlines of General Knowledge, 45 + Pilgrimage through Khuzistan and Persia, 73--314 + Pompeii, 412 + Popular Zoology, 57 + Private Correspondence of a Woman of Fashion, 157--165--235 + Sketches from Venetian History, 60 + Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 11--46 + Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada, 29--57--91 + Taylor's Records of his Life, 291--317 + Trials of Charles I., 41 + Wild Sports of the West, 298 + Brain of Man, 96 + Braithwaite's Steam Fire-Engine, 111 + Brass-plate Coal-merchants, 56 + Bread, legal adulteration of, 366 + Brent Tor church, 112 + Brevities, 179 + Bridewell, in the reign of Elizabeth, 357 + Bridge, stupendous, in Spain, 24 + Britain, early inhabitants of, 276--371 + British Artists' Exhibition, 330--362 + British Institution, School of Painting at, 362 + British Museum, the, 140 + Brougham, Henry, anecdote of, 182 + Brydges, Sir Egerton, 86 + Bull, national, 240 + Burnham Abbey described, 81 + Bustard, natural history of, 328 + Butterfly, Chameleon, and Serpent, 425 + Byron, Lord, conversations with, 6--86--110 + and Anastasius, 156 + early poems, by, 12 + and Earl Grey, 80 + and the English, 9 + and Mrs. Hemans, 156 + and Mr. Hope, 156 + on horseback, 110 + and Leigh Hunt, 157 + and Italian women, 117 + his love, 269 + letter of, 290 + and Moore, 7 + personal description of, 7 + and Scott, 110 + and Shelley, 9 + and Madame de Stael, 86 + and Venice, 63 + Cæsar, Julius, his superstition, 238 + Cairngorm, origin of, 77 + Caliga, origin of, 112 + Caloric, or the matter of heat, 206 + Canada, climate of, 57 + notes on, 29 + Canary Birds, breeding, 111 + Candelabra and Lamps of Pompeii, 412 + Canning, Mr., statue of, 25 + Cannon Clock, 144 + Cannon, names of, 160 + Canova, vase, containing the heart of, 169 + Caprices, national, 439 + Caps, laws relating to, 319 + Cara, lines to, 272 + Carding a Tithe-Procter, 52 + Card-playing, indifferent, 318 + Cards, second-hand, 425 + Caroline, the late Queen, 158 + Cartoons at Hampton Court, 287 + Cascades and Cataracts, origin of, 97 + Cashmere Shawl goat, 94 + Castle of Framlingham, 305 + Catacombs at Paris, lines on, 338 + Castanets, origin of, 160 + Cats horticulturists, 80 + Cedar trees, large, 341 + Chair, ancient, 344 + of St. Bede, 440 + Chairing, parliamentary, origin of, 176 + Chancellor, Lord, his office, 71 + Salary, 128 + Start in Life, 125 + Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, described, 401 + Chaptel, memoir of, 88 + Charlemagne, life of, 93, 128 + palace of, 119 + Charles I., Trials of, 41 + II., progress of, 261 + Charters in the British Museum, 336 + Chase, the, a sketch, 21 + Chatsworth, beauties of, 432 + Chimneys, invention of, 139 + Chlamyphorus, natural history of, 263 + Cholera, a cleanser, 432 + Mount, by Montgomery, 315 + Christmas, ancient and modern, 419 + carols, 430 + Dalmatia, 419 + Hereford, 438 + Kent, 419 + Mexico, 438 + Norfolk, 419 + Why and Because of, 429 + Church, Lestingham, described, 297 + new, St. Dunstan's, 34 + Cigar smoking, motto for, 208 + Cinnamon and Cassia, 425 + Cinque Ports, their past and present state, 299 + Climatology, notes on, 134 + Clockmaking in the 9th century, 127 + Coach, the last, 432 + Coals, high price of in London, 366 + Coffee, duty on, 80 + house, London, in 1731, 358 + on roasting, 366 + Coins, to read in the dark, 191 + Colouring Cheese, 425 + Colton, the Rev. Mr., 3 + Column of Disgrace, 69 + Comet of Biela, 185 + Comparison, all things by, 368 + Compliments, value of, 384 + Condors, a pair of living, 303 + Continence, anecdotes of, 258 + Cookery, Chinese and Russian, 48 + Cool Tankard at Newgate, 192 + Coronation, expenses of the last, 32 + Court Jester, by Fuller, 352 + Courtier, an excellent, 352 + Cowards, a warning to, 48 + Cowley, the poet, 336 + Cranmer, education of, 75 + Craven, in Yorkshire, cave at, 87 + Criminal Law, reform of, 267 + Criticism, political, 207 + Critics, warning to, 352 + Cromwell, character of, 428 + Cross Readings, from the Spanish, 144 + Crosses, curious ancient, 113--329--360--424 + Cornwall, 424 + Devon, 424 + Eyam, 113 + Holbeach, 329 + Leighton Buzzard, 329 + Neville's, 360 + in the Peak, 113 + Percy's, 361 + Wheston, 113 + Crown, British, pawned, 358 + Crucifixes, initials on, 430 + Crusader, monument of, 441 + Crusades, errors respecting, 319 + Crystal, origin of, 77 + Curran and the Mastiff, 48 + Curse of the Black Lady, a legend, 139 + Cuttle-fish, ink of, 175 + natural history of, 103 + Cuvier, memoir of, 137 + Dacre, Lady, her eccentricities, 153 + Dairyman's Daughter, 112 + Damary Oak Tree, 112 + Dante's Tomb, 168 + Deafness, convenient, 176 + Death, punishment of, 71 + the actor, epitaph on, 448 + Deepdene, notice of, 149 + Deer of North America, 339 + Dew, explanation of, 304 + Derbyshire, antiquities of, 116 + Dibdin, the song-writer, 128 + Dice, invention of, 384 + Dick's Coffee-house, 16 + Diorama, Regent's Park, 40 + Disease, causes of, 266 + effect of on the memory, 190 + Disposal of the body for dissection, 292 + Distinction and Difference, 343 + Dodo, natural history of, 311 + Dovaston, Mr., his sketches of Bewick, 18 + Dove, the River, 288 + Dover, antiquity of, 294 + Drama, essay on, 82 + Dramatis Personæ, origin of, 447 + Drawing an inference, 292 + Dream of the Beautiful, 82 + Dripping Rock in India, 160 + Drop of Dew, by Marvell, 199 + Druids and their times, 20 + Dryburgh Abbey, lines on, 268--296 + Dryden's M'Flecknoe, 208 + Ducks, wild, catching in India, 160 + Duelling, 343--416 + Eagle's Cliff, visit to, 299 + "Eclipse," the horse, 354 + Economy of Conveyance by Steam, 183 + Time and Materials, 54 + Edinburgh, by Mr. Cobbett, 287 + Egyptian Pyramids and Hindoo Temples compared, 158 + Elephant, natural history of, 66 + Elephants in the Zoological Gardens, 66 + Edmonton, Merry Devil of, 367 + Eldon, Lord, his birthplace, 193 + Elections, bribery in, 192 + Electioneering in Westminster, 351 + Electro-Magnet, the largest, 128 + Elm, prodigious, 288 + Emigration to British America, advantages and disadvantages of, 444 + Emigration to Canada, 28 + Enchantress, a tale, 386 + England and France, former junction of, 448 + Ennui, universal, 366 + Envy, Owen Feltham on, 64 + Epitaph at Bristol, 336 + Epitaphs in Cambridgeshire, 368 + Errors of the Day, 142 + Essequibo, sailing up the, 359--379 + Ethelbert and Elfrida, a tale, 323 + Euphrates, sailing up, 74 + Explosion, tremendous, 272 + Extravagance, imperial, 416 + Eyam, cross at, 113 + Eye, structure of, 72 + Eyes and Tears, by Marvell, 199 + Eyes, varieties of, 96 + Falconry Tenure, 345 + Falls of the Genesse, 97--342 + Niagara, visit to, 446 + Farewell to the Muse, by Lord Byron, 13 + Fashionable Manners, effects of, on Tradesmen and Servants, 331--348 + Fat Living, 261 + Favour, the only one, 80 + Ferdinand VII. of Spain, character of, 444 + Fern Owl, habits of the, 174 + Fielding, Sir John, anecdote of, 279 + Fish, consumption of, 415 + Fishing, expensive, 432 + Fleurus, battle of, 431 + Flour, good, economy of, 366 + Flybekins, a humorous story, 389 + Fontenelle, genius of, 111 + Food, animal and vegetable, 35 + Foot of Man, 96 + Forest Schools, 111 + Framlingham Castle, 305 + Francis, Sir Philip, epigram on, 336 + French manners, 47 + Fruit, effects of, and cholera, 79 + maturation of, 39 + Funeral garlands, 20 + Funerals, Portuguese, 70 + Garnets, varieties of, 78 + Gazel, a ballad, by Moore, 10 + Genesse, river of, 98--342 + Genius, tributes to, 168 + Geological changes by the sea, 78 + Germans, ode to the, by Campbell, 9 + Gilpin, John, popularity of, 367 + Gipsies, king of, elegy on, 285 + of old, 270 + Giulietta, a tale, 282 + Goat of Cashmere, 94 + Goethe, medal of, 143 + memoir of, 89--112 + Gold-beating, particulars of, 320 + Golden sands, 70 + Goldsmith, Oliver, brother of, 275--402 + Goose on Michaelmas Day, 208 + Grace Huntley, Trials of, 393 + Grose, Major, in Dublin, 318 + Gudiaro, bridge across the, 24 + Guides in India, 272 + Ha! Ha! Fence, origin of, 448 + Hail Storms in India, 128 + Hale, Sir Matthew, 267 + Hall, old, in Derbyshire, 273 + Hampden, John, anecdote of, 160 + Hanging, antiquity of, 192 + Harvest home custom, 368 + Hastings, antiquity of, 294 + Hawthorn well, the, 339 + Head-dress of the 14th century, 358 + Hemans, Mrs., 110 + Henry VIII. and Queen Katherine, 261 + Hereford, Cathedral of, 324 + Hoarding Money, 143 + Holland, outline of, 338 + Holy Cross, history of the, 392 + Home of Love, the, 170 + Home Truth, 64 + Homeward Voyage, the, 98 + Howard, the Hon. Charles, Lines to the memory of, 149 + Hunchback, merits of the, 365 + Huntsman, the, a tale, 67 + Hythe, antiquity of, 294 + Ignorance, imperial, 352 + Illumination, origin of, 176 + Imaum at Muscat, court of, 73 + Incident on the coast, 373 + in the life of a Rascal, 58 + Inconsolable persons, 384 + India, Letters from, 100 + hail-storms in, 128 + servants in, 105 + Inheritance, custom of, 276 + Innkeepers of former times, 79 + Irish bar, anecdotes of, 63--80 + Irish Mantle, Spencers account of, 415 + Italian, lines from, 339 + Jackalls in India, 80 + Jack Spencer, eccentricities of, 317 + James I., boyhood and education of, 233 + Jemmy Maclaine, the highwayman, 291 + Jews, persecution of, 319 + John, King, death of, 288 + Johnson, Dr., birthplace of, 257 + and George III., 318 + pun by, 272 + Jones, Sir William, his plan of study, 358 + Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Christ, 120 + Judge, upright, one, 267 + Juliet, character of, 117 + tomb of, 265 + Junot and Napoleon, anecdote of, 190 + Kemble, John anecdote of, 318 + Ken, bishop, 48--336 + Kenulph, King, his daughter, a tale, 4 + Key, ancient, 337 + King William IV., domestic habits of, 303 + Kings, poverty of, 358 + Knife-handle, antique, 345 + Knowledge, how to acquire, 416 + Korner, lines from, 38 + Laconics, 31 + La Fontaine, absence of, 111 + Land-storm, tropical, 426 + Landers' Voyage and Discoveries on the Niger, 149 + Langreish, Sir Hercules and his friend, 63 + Last of the Family, 156 + Laurencekirk Snuff-boxes, 151 + Lawrence, Mr. Justice, 277 + Laws of the Navy, ancient, 134 + Learned Ladies, 304 + Lee, church at, described, 153 + Leg, the worst, 368 + Lestingham Church described, 297 + Levee of the Sheik of Fellahi, 75 + Life, progress of, 144 + Libels on Poets, 290 + Lifting heavy persons, 73 + Lines to ----, 226 + Lion-killer, 80 + Lisbon described, 209 + dandy, 69 + dinner, 70 + dockyard, 70 + dogs, 70 + vanity, 70 + water-carrier, 70 + Lock, miniature, 352 + Locomotive Engines in America, 192 + Lord Mayors of London, 176 + Lords, house of, forms of, 325 + Lord's Prayer in Arawaak, 320 + Louis XIV., real character of, 84 + Lucretia Davidson lines on, 148 + Lucretius, extract from, 192 + Ludlow Castle, stanzas on revisiting, 67 + Lydford Bridge described, 289 + Machinery and Manufactures, economy of, 27 + Macklin's grand pause, 367 + Madonna, Italian hymn to, 34 + Magic in the East, true stories of, 26--76 + Magic, natural, 72 + Making and manufacturing, 55 + Maltese Legend, 370 + Malt Liquor, antiquity of, 227 + Manchester, public buildings of, 177 + Infirmary, 178 + Royal Institution, 179 + Town Hall, 178 + Manners, family, history of, 130 + Marriage, curious, 271 + Marriage custom, 439 + Marrying, excuses for not, 336 + Mercers and Drapers, respectability of, 320 + Merchants, opulent British, 319 + Men of no business and paper cutting, 272 + Michael Angelo, ecstasy of, 16 + Mind on the Body, influence of the, 354 + Mistletoe, origin of, 430 + Mock-heroics, 304 + Monasteries, error respecting, 265 + Money, Anne's, 224 + of Betrayal, or Price of Blood, 120 + Charles, I. and II., 224 + Cromwell, 224 + Ecclesiastic, 223 + Edward I. and IV., 223 + Henry VII., 223 + James II., 224 + Milled, 224 + Richard III., 223 + Stephen, 223 + Moody, the actor, avarice of, 367 + Mortality, comparative, in England, 152 + Mosaic Pavement described, 409 + Muscular strength, extraordinary, 432 + Mussulman and Hindoo religion, 80 + My Fatherland, 38 + Nankeen, varieties of, 416 + Napoleon's Return from Elba, 165 + National Gallery, the proposed, 64 + Natural History, errors in, 38 + Nature, luxuriance of, 175 + Necklaces, satin-stone, 342 + Nell Gwynne and Dr. Ken, 336 + Newcastle, grammar-school, 193 + Newcastle, the learned duchess of, 161 + Newcastle-under-Lyne, election at, 288 + New Year's Gifts, 439 + Niagara, recent visit to, 446 + Niger, discoveries on the, 149 + Nightingales in Essex, 144 + Norfolk, the late duke of, 86 + Norton Lees, hall at, 273 + Nugent, Lord and Lady, legends by, 350 + Nutria Fur, account of, 279--314 + O'Brien, the Irish Giant, 182 + Oil in cookery, 352 + Old Soldier, the, a sketch, 403 + Olive Oil, 79--424 + Omen, evil one, 261 + Opera and Theatres in London, 365 + Opal, beauty of, 77 + Oporto described, 49 + Oriental Smoking, 170 + Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus, the, 189 + Ostrich speed, and diet of, 262 + stomach of the, 303 + Otway's "Venice Preserved," 50 + Owen's almshouses, 143 + Paddy Fooshane's Fricassee, 108 + Painters born at Antwerp, 380 + Painter's last passion, 132 + retort, 128 + Panorama of Stirling, 410 + Parliamentary debates, origin of, 128 + forms, 326 + Parliaments, early, 211--325 + Party-spirit, Fuller on, 352 + Past, the, a song, 46 + Past Times, a song, 46 + Pastor, a faithful one, 207 + Patriotism, genuine, 438 + Peak, Antiquities of, 113 + Pearl in the Oyster, 230 + Pekin, ancient trade of, 320 + Pelican, error respecting, 96 + Pennsylvania, settlement of, 208 + Pepper, varieties of, 416 + Perrier, Casimir, memoir of, 116 + Persian Bath, 145 + Fable, 228 + Peru, discovery of, 432 + Peter the Great, anecdotes of, 300--308 + character of, 361 + Peter Pence, origin of, 343 + Peter Simple, life of, 121 + Petition to Time, 11 + Petit-or, value of, 425 + Petrarch's Tomb, 169 + Phillips, Col., recollections of, 402 + Phrenology, curiosities of, 45 + Physician's Fees, 261 + Pic Nic at Tempe, 15 + Pickpockets, qualifications of, 334 + Piracy in olden times, 26 + Pitch-in-the-hole, ancient, 320 + Pitt, Mr., statue of, 40 + Plaint of certain coral beads, 406 + Plants, light and air on, 262 + in rooms, 263 + Poets, Major and Minor, 51 + Pompadour, Madame de, her toilette, by Voltaire, 163 + Pompeii, antiquities of, 412 + Poor Laws, origin of, 327 + Popes, List of, 416 + Portdown Fair described, 121 + Portugal, antiquity of, 48 + manners and customs in, 69 + Posts for Letters, origin of, 322 + Post Office, revenue of, 440 + Potato, economy of, 127 + Poverty, Owen Feltham on, 414 + Prayer, a fragment, 179 + Precious Stones, varieties of, 77 + Preservation of the Human Body, 133 + Primrose, withered, lines on, 95 + Printer, studious, 128 + Printing, invention of, 143 + from wooden blocks, 55 + Prison Discipline in America, 286 + Psalmody, origin of, 146 + Public Credit explained, 142 + Punctuality of Colonel Boswell, 448 + Quadroon Girl, a song, 46 + Quin and Macklin, 367 + Quizzing, literary, 144 + Railway, Liverpool and Manchester, 112 + Raw Materials, 56 + Recollections of a Wanderer 21--373 + Records in the Tower of London, 279 + Regent-street, charms of, 365 + Regulating Power, 55 + Relics of Popery, 344 + Religious Fastings, 195 + Resting-place, the, 354 + Review, the first, 176 + Rhyming Ruminations on London Bridge, 26 + Rising, advantages of early, 16 + Robespierre, anecdote of, 95 + fall of, 106 + Robin Hood, history of, 180--204 + Rome, by T. Moore, 364 + Romeo and Juliet, story of, 118 + Romney, antiquity of, 294 + Rose of the Castle, 133 + of Edendale, by L.E.L., 335 + lines to, 221 + Rotuma, island of, described, 376 + Roundelaye, ancient, 16 + Royalty, freaks of, 207 + Rubens, memoir of, 381 + Ruby, beauty of, 78 + Rye, antiquity of, 295 + Salads, antiquity of, 358 + Salt, fine basket, 425 + good effects of, 265 + Saltpetre, manufacture of, 88 + Sandwich, antiquity of, 295 + Sapphires, beauty of, 77 + Sargasso Weed, account of, 136 + Satin-stone Necklaces, 342 + Saving time in natural operations, 55 + Savoyard, the, a ballad, 275 + School Building in the High Alps, 171 + Schoolmaster's experience in Newgate, 333 + Schools before the Reformation, 75 + Sciences, progress of, 266 + Scipio, continence of, 258 + Scotch "Bluid," anecdote of, 123 + Scott, Sir Walter, Memoir of: + Abbotsford, 241--247--248--250 + Sonnet, by Wordsworth, 420 + anecdotes of, 435 + baronetcy, 250 + birth of, 241 + Scott, Sir Walter, character of, 255--256 + childhood, 242 + clerk of Sessions, 247 + death, 208--253-- + --on the, by the Author of Eugene Aram, 219 + Dryburgh Abbey, 256--436 + education, 242 + embarrassments of, 251--256 + and the Ettrick Shepherd, 335 + family, 253 + fatal illness, 252 + funeral of, 253 + by an eye-witness, 345 + Life of Napoleon, 251 + love of reading, 243 + law studies, 244 + literary attempts, 244 + marriage, 246 + medal of, 255 + memory, 245 + Melrose Abbey, 436 + parentage, 242 + portraits of, 254 + school days, 243 + Selkirk, 437 + sheriffdom, 246 + telling a story, 243 + Works of: + Dryden and Swift, edition of, 247 + Eve of St. John, 245 + Glenfinlas, 245 + Goetz of Berlinchingen translated, 245 + Lady of the Lake, 247 + Lay of the Last Minstrel, 246 + Leonora, &c., translations of, 245 + Marmion, 247 + Miscellaneous Works, 250 + Novels, List of, 250 + Rokeby and Minor Poems, 249 + unpublished works, 255 + Waverley, 249 + Novels, 252 + Sea, depth of the, 427 + Sea-shore, changes on, 78 + Seal, a blind one, 298 + Seaman, knowing, 432 + Secret Lover, the, from the Persian, 204 + Servants affected by fashionable manners and customs, 331--348 + Servants in India, 105 + Servant, monument to a faithful one, 288 + Servants, Vails to, 318 + Shark, adventure with, 381 + Shaving or throat-cutting, 272 + Shelly, the poet, anecdote of, 407 + Sheridan's Funeral, 448 + Sheriff of London, Journal of, 196--212 + Shrewsbury, Anna Maria, Countess of, 112 + Silk Manufacture, outline of, 446 + Skeleton Dance, from Goethe, 420 + Slave Trade in England, 319 + Smoking forbidden in Parliament, 336 + Snake, anecdote of a tame one, 327 + Snuff-boxes, Laurencekirk, 151 + Snuffers, antique, 337 + Soldier, annual cost of, 176 + dress of, 448 + Solecisms in Language, 350 + Somersetshire, land-custom in, 112 + Song from the Album of a Poet, 98 + Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 46 + Song, Scottish, 317 + Song-writing, spirit of, 11 + Sounds during the night, 107 + Spain, stupendous bridge in, 24 + Spaniards and Portuguese, 69 + Spencer's account of the Irish Mantle, 415 + Spinning-wheel Song, 391 + Spirit of Despotism, by Dr. Knox, 106 + Spirit-drinking, evils of, 307 + in 1736, 133 + Spontaneous combustion, 162--211 + Spring, harbingers of, 174 + St. Cross, Church and Hospital of, 217--228 + St. Dunstan's in the West, new church of, 34 + St. Goar on the Rhine, legend of, 386 + St. Hellen's Well, Staffordshire, 228 + St. James's Park, improvement of, 418 + St. Paul's Cathedral, monuments in, 96 + Stael, Madame de, 86 + Stages, Islington, olden, 335 + Stanzas for Music, 52 + Stationers' Company, origin of, 286 + Statue of Mr. Canning, 25 + of Mr. Pitt, 40 + Steam Carriages on common roads, 183--198 + Coaches and Power, 128 + Engine simplified, 315 + Navigation, 48 + Packets, value of, 272 + Stirling, panorama of, 410 + Stork, the, 216 + Story, extraordinary one, 292 + Strand, the original, 207 + Stranger, a song, 46 + Streets, narrow, of Cairo, 80 + Success in Life, grand secret of, 85 + Suffolk-street Gallery, exhibition at, 330--362 + Sugar, improved raw, 148 + Sugar-refining, history of, 149 + Sumptuary Laws, intention of, 439 + Swampy Kingdom, 207 + Tanfield Arch described, 353 + Tea-makers, hint to, 176 + Tears, the, an apologue, 403 + Teeth of Crocodiles, 96 + Tempe, Pic Nic at, 15 + Temper, equanimity of, 99 + Tenterden Steeple and Goodwin Sands, 38 + Thebes, description of, 141 + Thou wert the Rainbow of my Dreams, 290 + Thurlow, the great Lord, 259 + Tiger, sight of, 100 + Titian, grave of, 216 + Titles, origin of, 287 + Toad-fish, economy of, 135 + Tom Cringle's Log, 381--425 + Tombs, celebrated Roman, 231 + Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233 + Tomb of Cæcilia Metella, 232 + Horatii and Curatii, 233 + Juliet, 265 + Tongue of Man, 96 + Toothache, cure for, 212 + Torchlight custom, 260 + Tornado, by T. Pringle, Esq., 400 + Tory, origin of, 144 + Towers of Tarifa, the, 186 + Trade, anti-free, 304 + Tradesmen affected by fashion, 332--349 + Tradesmen, ancient, 261 + Tragedy and Comedy, essay on, 82 + Traveller's Diary, scraps from, 219--364 + Trials of Grace Huntley, a tale, 395 + Truth, the plain, 207 + Tulip, Fanny Kemble, 272 + Tulip Tree, 38 + Tunnel, natural, in Virginia, 433 + Turkish Baths, 74 + Turncoat, 336 + Turtle Mayor, 336 + Twins, monument of, 240 + Umbrellas, invention of, 269 + Uneducated, who are? 95 + Usury in the Middle Ages, 320 + Van Dieman's Land, civilization in, 5 + Velocity, increased and diminished, 55 + Venice, by T. Moore, 219 + Vestry Dinner in Persia, 75 + Victims of Susceptibility, 154 + Vine, the, an apologue, 403 + Viper, horned, poison of, 354 + Virginia, natural tunnel in, 433 + Voice of Humanity, the, 201 + Volcanoes on the Globe, 448 + Voltaire, anecdote of, 293 + Voyage of Manufacture, 54 + Vulture, 80 + Wakefield, chapel on the bridge at, 401 + Walcot, Dr., and Shield, 448 + Walking Gallows, 52 + Walnut Water, properties of, 176 + Watching for the Soul, 368 + Waterloo, battle of, 235 + child, 128 + day after the battle, 166 + the year of, 165 + Wearied Soldier, the, 195 + Weather, journals of, 111 + Were and Werelade, 71 + Whale, gigantic, account of, 341 + What's in a name? 391 + Wheston, cross at, 113 + When wilt thou return? 290 + Wieland, on the Druids, 20 + Wight, isle of, town in, 225 + Wilks's Cottage, 225 + Wilkes's Luckiest Number, 143 + William the Conqueror, funeral of, 13 + Winchelsea, antiquity of, 295 + Windermere, scene on, 308 + Wines, German, 281 + Wingfield Manor House, described, 321 + Wit, ready, 304 + Witchcraft in 1618, 130 + Witchcraft and Spontaneous Combustion, 162 + Wolves of North America, 340 + Women alias Angels, 32 + characteristics of, 117 + heroic, 16 + Wonders of the Lane, 413 + Wordsworth, sonnet by, 420 + Worm, lines on, 201 + Worsted, origin of, 320 + Wrestling custom at Hornchurch, 319 + Writing in France, 120 + York Column and St. James's Park, 418 + Zoffany, his gratitude, 368 + Zoological Garden, natural, 101 + Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 66--199--281 + Armadillo House at, 200 + Aviary, 281 + Deer at, 200 + Elephants at, 200 + Fountain, 281 + Llama House, 200 + Maccaws, 281 + Ostriches, 281 + Repository, 200 + Zoological Gardens, Surrey, 1--303 + + * * * * * + + +INDEX TO THE EIGHTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS. + + + ABBOTSFORD, (Armoury,) 248 + (from the Garden,) 241 + (Study,) 248 + Antique Bell, (Two Cuts,) 345 + Chair, 344 + Key, 337 + Knife-handle, 345 + Snuffers, 337 + Antwerp, (from the Tête de Flandre,) 369 + Ararat, Mount, 313 + Bat, American, 409 + Beauchief Abbey, 113 + Bede's Chair, 440 + Belvoir Castle, 129 + Birthplace of Bewick, 17 + the Earl of Eldon, 193 + Dr. Johnson, 257 + Bob in for Eels, 392 + Bolsover Castle, 161 + Bridge across the Guadiaro, in Spain, 24 + Burnham Abbey, 81 + Bustard, 328 + Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, 401 + Chlamyphorus, 264 + Church, (new,) St. Dunstan in the West, 33 + Cross, Cornwall, 424 + Devon, 424 + at Eyam, 113 + at Holbeach, 329 + at Leighton Buzzard, 329 + Neville's, 360 + Percy's, 361 + at Wheston, 113 + Cuttle Fish, (Three Cuts,) + Dandy Lion, 392 + Dodo, 312 + Dryburgh Abbey, 256 + Elephant bathing in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 65 + Falls of the Genesse, 97 + Framlingham Castle, 305 + Grave of Titian, 216 + Hall at Norton Lees, 273 + Hospital of St. Cross, (the Church,) 217 + Isle of Rotuma, 376 + Isle of Wight, and Wilkes's Cottage, 225 + Lee Church, Kent, 153 + Lisbon, (general view,) 209 + Manchester Infirmary, 177 + Royal Institution, 177 + Town Hall, 177 + Money of Betrayal, (Two Cuts,) + Monument of a Crusader, 441 + Oporto, from Villa Nova, 49 + Persian Bath, 145 + Portrait of Chaptal, 88 + Cuvier, 137 + Goethe, 89 + Pursuit of Knowledge, 392 + St. Goar, on the Rhine, 385 + Statue of Mr. Canning, 25 + Pitt, 40 + Tanfield Arch, Durham, 353 + Toad-fish, 136 + Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233 + Cæcilia Metella, 232 + Dante, 168 + Horatii and Curatii, 233 + Juliet, 265 + Petrarch, 169 + Tunnel, Natural, in Virginia, 433 + Vase containing the Heart of Canova, 169 + Wingfield Manor House, 321 + York Column, from St. James's Park, 417 + Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park: + Aviary, 281 + Armadillo House, 200 + Deer, 200 + Elephants, 200 + Llama, 200 + Maccaws, 281 + Ostriches, 281 + Pond and Fountain, 281 + Repository, 200 + Zoological Gardens, Surrey: + Building for large Animals, 1 + General View, 1 + Rockwork for Beavers, 1 + + +END OF VOL. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 584 + Vol. 20, No. 584. (Supplement to Vol. 20) + +Author: Various + +Release Date: November 22, 2004 [EBook #14124] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, *** + + + + +Produced by Jonathan Ingram, William Flis, and the PG Online +Distributed Proofreading Team. + + + + + + +</pre> + + <hr class="full" /> + + <h4>THE</h4> + + <h1>MIRROR</h1> + + <h5>OF</h5> + + <h2>LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT,</h2> + + <h5>AND</h5> + + <h2>INSTRUCTION:</h2> + + <h5>CONTAINING</h5> + + <h3>ORIGINAL ESSAYS;</h3> + + <h5>HISTORICAL NARRATIVES; BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS; SKETCHES OF + SOCIETY; TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS; NOVELS AND TALES; + ANECDOTES;</h5> + + <h3>SELECT EXTRACTS</h3> + + <h5>FROM</h5> + + <h3>NEW AND EXPENSIVE WORKS;</h3> + + <h4>POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED;</h4> + + <h2>The Spirit of the Public Journals;</h2> + + <h4>DISCOVERIES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES;</h4> + + <h3>USEFUL DOMESTIC HINTS;</h3> + + <h5>&c. &c. &c.</h5> + + <h3>VOL. XX.</h3> + + <h3>London:</h3> + + <h4>1832</h4> + <hr /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiii" + id="pageiii"></a>[pg iii]</span> + + <h3>PREFACE.</h3> + + <p>The completion of the Twentieth Volume of this Miscellany + presents us with another cause for self-gratulation, and + thankful acknowledgement to the reading public. This continued + and unimpaired success amidst a myriad of new-born aspirants, + is the best proof of our maintenance of public esteem; and so + long as our efforts are guided by the same singleness of + purpose that first directed them we shall hope for a + continuance of such favour. A multitude of contemporaries "whet + each other;" "thinking nurseth thinking;" and, in like manner, + reading nurseth reading, and awakens a spirit of inquiry, + untiring and exhaustless, among all concerned in pursuit and + wholesome gratification.</p> + + <p>In a retrospect of the hundreds of competitors who have + started for the prize of public patronage since our outset, we + shall not, perhaps, be accused of vanity in placing to our own + account the first appropriation of such means as may have + contributed to the partial success of our contemporaries. We + owe them nothing but good will; for we rather regard things + poetically than politically, and we are anxious to inform and + amuse the reader—not to perplex, by constantly reminding + him of his uncheery lot in life.</p> + + <p>Ten years' establishment in periodical literature may give + us a sort of patriarchal feeling towards others; for, with one + exception THE MIRROR is the oldest weekly journal of the + metropolis. In this comparatively long career, our best + energies have been directed to the progressive improvement of + each department of the work. The plan of embellishment, which + may be said to have originated with THE MIRROR, has been + extended and improved, until few subjects are incapable of + successful illustration in its pages; due regard being paid to + nicety of execution, as well as attractive design. So much for + the present, state of our "representative system."</p> + + <p>The selection of materials for each sheet of THE MIRROR has + been regulated by a desire to extend useful information, and to + cultivate healthful indications of public taste. In a journal, + like the present, mainly devoted to the accumulation of facts, + errors and misstatements are inevitable; but, our own + diligence, aided by sharp-sighted Correspondents, has, from + time to time, guided us to accuracy in most cases, and directed + fruitful inquiry upon matters of no ordinary interest or + character. Scientific information, really made popular, and of + ready, practical utility, has uniformly found admission in our + pages; and, above all, subjects of natural history have + received especial attention, in graphic + illustrations—which part of our plan has been adopted by + every cheap journal of the last four years; or, from the first + pictorial description of the Zoological Gardens, before the + publication of the catalogue by the Society; while it is a + source of gratification to know that within the above period, + natural history, from being almost confined to public museums + and private cabinets, has become the most popular study and + amusement of the present day.</p> + + <p>Upon the continued cheapness of our little work, we do not + intend to touch, more than by reference to the enlargement of + the letter-press as commenced with the present volume. The + alteration has, we believe, received general approbation; and, + either with regard to the extent of the letter-press, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="pageiv" + id="pageiv"></a>[pg iv]</span> or the condensed character of + its subject-matter, we have still the satisfaction of + knowing THE MIRROR to continue, as it has often been + characterized by contemporaries, "the cheapest publication + of the day." Its other merits we are content to leave to the + discernment of each reader.</p> + + <p>Our future volume will be conducted upon the plan of its + predecessors, with such improvements as time and occasion may + suggest. To one point, economy of space, we promise our best + consideration; though we may not succeed in rivalling Mr. + Newberry, who, the good humoured Geoffrey Crayon tells us, was + the first that ever filled his mind with the idea of a good and + great man. He published all the picture books of his day; and, + out of his abundant love for children, he charged "nothing for + either paper or print, and only a half-penny for the + binding."<a id="footnotetag1" + name="footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> + Rest unto his soul, say we.</p> + + <p>This lengthened, but we hope not ill-timed reference to our + whole course of Twenty Volumes has left us but little occasion + to speak of the present portion, individually; although we + trust this reference would be somewhat supererogatory, from the + unusual number of Illustrations, and a copious Index to the + main subjects, of the volume.</p> + + <p>To conclude. We thank all Correspondents for their + contributions, and invite their cordial co-operation with our + ensuing efforts. So now "<i>plaudite! valete!</i>"</p> + + <p><i>December 26, 1832.</i></p> + <hr /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="pagev" + id="pagev"></a>[pg v]</span> + + <div class="figcenter" + style="width:60%;"> + <a href="images/1.png"><img width="100%" + src="images/1.png" + alt="Washington Irving (frontispiece)." /></a> + </div> + <hr /> + + <h3>NOTICES</h3> + + <h4>OF</h4> + + <h2>WASHINGTON IRVING, ESQ.</h2> + + <h3>AND HIS WORKS.</h3> + <hr class="short" /> + + <p>Washington Irving was born, in the State of New York, in the + year 1782, and is, consequently, in his fifty-first year. His + early life cannot better be told than in his own graceful + language, prefixed to the most celebrated of his writings as + "the author's account of himself."</p> + + <p>"I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing + strange characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began + my travels, and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts + and unknown regions of my native city, to the frequent alarm of + my parents, and the emolument of the town-crier. As I grew into + boyhood I extended the range of my observations. My holiday + afternoons were spent in rambles about the surrounding country. + I made myself familiar with all its places famous in history or + fable. I knew every spot where a murder or robbery had been + committed, or a ghost seen. I visited the neighbouring + villages, and added greatly to my stock of knowledge, by noting + their habits and customs, and conversing with their sages and + great men. I even journeyed one long summer's day to the summit + of the most distant hill, from whence I stretched my eye over + many a mile of terra incognita, and was astonished to find how + vast a globe I inhabited.</p> + + <p>"This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. Books + of voyages and travels became my passion, and in devouring + their contents, I neglected the regular exercises of the + school. How wistfully would I wander about the pier heads in + fine weather, and watch the parting ships bound to distant + climes; with what longing eyes would I gaze after their + lessening sails; and waft myself in imagination to the ends of + the earth.</p> + + <p>"Farther reading and thinking, though they brought this + vague inclination into more reasonable bounds, only served to + make it more decided. I visited various parts of my own + country; and had I been merely influenced by a love of fine + scenery, I should have felt little desire to seek elsewhere its + gratification; for on no country have the charms of nature been + more prodigally lavished. Her mighty lakes, like oceans of + liquid silver; her mountains, with their bright aërial tints; + her valleys, teeming with wild fertility; her tremendous + cataracts, thundering in their solitudes; her boundless plains, + waving with spontaneous verdure; her broad, deep rivers, + rolling in solemn silence to the ocean; her trackless forests, + where vegetation puts forth all its magnificence; her skies, + kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious + sunshine:—no, never need an American look beyond his own + country for the sublime and beautiful of natural + scenery."<a id="footnotetag2" + name="footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a></p> + + <p>Mr. Irving began his career, as an author, in periodical + literature. His first work was a humorous journal, entitled + "Salmagundi, or the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot + Langstaff, Esq. and Others," originally published in numbers in + New York, where it met with a very flattering reception. The + date of the first paper is Saturday, January 24, 1827.</p> + + <p>Salmagundi has been several times reprinted in this country; + and it may be acceptable to know, that the cheapest, if not the + most elegant, edition may be purchased for twenty-pence. It + would be difficult to explain the merits of Salmagundi to the + reader, as they are of the most varied character; but, it may + be remarked generally, that a vein of quaint humour and human + kindness pervades these early papers, which will bring the + reader and writer to the best possible + terms.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="pagevi" + id="pagevi"></a>[pg vi]</span> + + <p>This lively miscellany was followed by a humorous History of + New York, with the somewhat droll <i>nom</i> of Dedrick + Knickerbocker as its author. It possesses considerable merit, + with a nice perception of the ludicrous; but, on its first + appearance, this recommendation was generally overlooked, + whether from the local interest of the subject, or the want of + due judgment in its readers, it is difficult to determine.</p> + + <p>About this period Mr. Irvine's name was heard in England, + almost for the first time; his only claims to public notice + resting entirely on Salmagundi, and the History of New York. He + was indebted for his introduction to the acquaintance of + European readers, to a young fellow-countryman of high + attainments, who alludes to the above works and their author in + the following terms:—"Mr. Irving has shown much talent + and great humour in his Salmagundi and Knickerbocker, and they + are exceedingly pleasant books, especially to one who + understands the local allusions."</p> + + <p>A few years subsequent to the publication of Knickerbocker, + Mr. Irving visited England, or the "land of wonders," as he + facetely terms our favoured isle. During his stay, he wrote a + series of papers, illustrative of English manners, which were + chiefly printed in America. These papers were afterwards + published in a collected form, in England, under the title of + "The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." and dedicated to + Sir Walter Scott, "in testimony of the admiration and affection + of the author." In the advertisement to the Sketch-Book, Mr. + Irving thus modestly refers to its origin:</p> + + <p>"The author is aware of the austerity with which the + writings of his countrymen have hitherto been treated by + British critics: he is conscious too, that much of the contents + of his papers can be interesting only in the eyes of American + readers. It was not his intention, therefore, to have them + reprinted in this country. He has, however, observed several of + them from time to time inserted in periodical works of merit, + and has understood that it was probable they would be + republished in a collective form. He has been induced, + therefore, to revise and bring them forward himself, that they + may at least come correctly before the public. Should they be + deemed of sufficient importance to attract the attention of + critics, he solicits for them that courtesy and candour which a + stranger has some right to claim, who presents himself at the + threshold of a hospitable nation."</p> + + <p>Mr. Irving's solicitations were not made in vain, as the + rapid sale of several editions must have convinced him; while + every journalist in the empire hailed the work as the most + beautiful specimen of Transatlantic talent which had been + recognised in this country.</p> + + <p>The two volumes of the Sketch-Book appeared at different + periods; and, at the conclusion of the second, we find the + following apologetic postscript: "The author is conscious of + the numerous faults and imperfections of his work; and, well + aware how little he is disciplined and accomplished in the arts + of authorship. His deficiencies are also increased by a + diffidence arising from his peculiar situation. He finds + himself writing in a strange land, and appearing before a + public, which he has been accustomed, from childhood, to regard + with the highest feelings of awe and reverence. He is full of + solicitude to secure their approbation, yet finds that very + solicitude continually embarrassing his powers, and depriving + him of that ease and confidence which are necessary to + successful exertion. Still the kindness with which he is + treated encourages him to go on, hoping that, in time, he may + acquire a steadier footing; and thus he proceeds, half + venturing, half shrinking, surprised at his own good fortune, + and wondering at his own temerity."</p> + + <p>The success of the Sketch-Book was followed by the almost + equal fortune of "Bracebridge Hall, or the Humorists;" a series + of scenes of Old English life, as displayed in one of those + venerable halls, that rise, here and there, in a British + landscape, as monuments of the hospitality of our ancestors, + and better times. In the autobiographical chapter of this work, + the writer thus pleasantly refers to his previous success, as + "a matter of marvel, that a man, from the wilds of America, + should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon + as something <span class="pagenum"><a name="pagevii" + id="pagevii"></a>[pg vii]</span> new and strange in + literature,—a kind of demi-savage, with a leather in + his hand, instead of his head; and there was a curiosity to + hear what such a being had to say about civilized society." + In referring the circumstances under which he writes his + second work on English manners, he says: "Having been born + and brought up in a new country, yet educated from infancy + in the literature of an old one, my mind was filled with + historical and poetical associations, connected with places, + and manners, and customs of Europe; but which could rarely + be applied to those of my own country. To a mind thus + peculiarly prepared, the most ordinary objects and scenes, + on arriving in Europe, are full of strange matter, and + interesting novelty. England is as classic ground to an + American, as Italy is to an Englishman; and Old London teems + with as much historical association as mighty Rome." There + is, also, great amiability in the concluding + paragraph:—"I have always had an opinion, that much + good might be done by keeping mankind in good humour with + one another. I may be wrong in my philosophy; but I shall + continue to practise it until convinced of its fallacy. When + I discover the world to be all that it has been represented + by sneering cynics and whining poets, I will turn to and + abuse it also; in the meanwhile, worthy reader, I hope you + will not think lightly of me, because I cannot believe this + to be so very bad a world as it is represented."</p> + + <p>Soon after the publication of Bracebridge Hall, Mr. Irving + left this country, where he had passed two years with literary + and pecuniary advantage. He quitted England with a pathetic + farewell; declaring that if, as he is accused, he views it with + a partial eye, he shall never forget that it is his + "fatherland." On the consanguinity of England and America too, + and the cultivation of good feeling between them, he thus + touchingly expresses himself in Bracebridge Hall: "We ask + nothing from abroad that we cannot reciprocate. But with + respect to England, we have a warm feeling of the heart, the + glow of consanguinity that still lingers in our blood. Interest + apart, past differences forgotten, we extend the hand of old + relationship. We merely ask, do not estrange us from you, do + not destroy the ancient tie of blood, do not let scoffers and + slanderers drive a kindred nation from your side. We would fain + be friends, do not compel us to be enemies." There is a manly + affection in these sentiments which is truly admirable.</p> + + <p>Mr. Irving's works, with the exception of his early + efforts,<a id="footnotetag3" + name="footnotetag3"></a><a href="#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a> + had been the result of his love of travel: indeed, he + describes himself as a traveller who has "surveyed most of + the terrestrial angles of the globe." In similar vein, he + next produced two volumes of "Tales of a Traveller," + narrating legends of the continent, with masterly sketches + of the scenery of the respective countries; the incidents of + the Tales being fraught with points of grotesque humour, and + abounding with pathos and poetic feeling.</p> + + <p>To these Tales succeeded a work of greater importance in + literature than either of Mr. Irving's previous undertakings. + We allude to a History of the Life and Voyages of Columbus, in + four vols. 8vo., which appeared in the year 1828. Mr. Irving, + at the time this work was first suggested to him, in the winter + of 1825-6, was at Bordeaux; and, being informed that a + biography was about to appear at Madrid, containing many + important and some new documents relative to Columbus, he set + off for the Spanish capital, to undertake the translation of + the work. Mr. Irving, however, meeting with numerous aids at + Madrid, resolved on producing an original history, which he has + presented to the public with extreme diffidence: "all that I + can safely claim," he observes, "is, an earnest desire to state + the truth, an absence from prejudices respecting the nations + mentioned in my history, a strong interest in my subject, and a + zeal to make up by assiduity for many deficiencies of which I + am conscious." This work has been abridged by Mr. Irving to one + of the volumes of the Family Library. As we have intimated to + the reader, it is of higher pretensions than either of the + author's previous writings: a clever critic refers to it as "a + spirited and interesting work, in which every thing is as + judiciously reasoned as it is beautifully and + <span class="pagenum"><a name="pageviii" + id="pageviii"></a>[pg viii]</span> forcibly expressed," and + as "much more grave in its character and laborious in its + execution than any of his preceding + ones."<a id="footnotetag4" + name="footnotetag4"></a><a href="#footnote4"><sup>4</sup></a></p> + + <p>Mr. Irving's next production was "A Chronicle of the + Conquest of Granada," in which the author's knowledge of + Spanish history is made to shine in detailing the chivalrous + glories of the New World.</p> + + <p>In the spring of the present year it appears that Mr. Irving + touched "the golden shores of old romance," and published Tales + of the Alhambra; the origin of which work is thus told by the + author. A few years since, Mr. Wilkie, the distinguished R.A. + and Mr. Irving were fellow travellers on the continent. In + their rambles about some of the old cities of Spain, they were + struck with scenes and incidents which reminded them of + passages in the Arabian Nights. Mr. Wilkie urged his companion + to write something that should illustrate those peculiarities, + "something in the Haroun Alraschid style" that should have a + dash of that Arabian spice which pervades everything in Spain. + Mr. Irving set about his task with enthusiasm: his study was + the spacious Alhambra itself, and the governor gave the author + and his companion, permission to occupy his vacant apartments + in the Moorish palace: Mr. Wilkie soon returned to England, + leaving Mr. Irving at the Alhambra, where he remained "for + several months, spell-bound in the old enchanted pile." The + result was two volumes of legends and traditions, which for + interesting incident, and gracefulness of narrative, have few + parallels in our romance-writing.<a id="footnotetag5" + name="footnotetag5"></a><a href="#footnote5"><sup>5</sup></a> + They are dedicated, in good taste, to the ingenious + originator, Mr. Wilkie.</p> + + <p>In person, Mr. Irving is of middle height; and, according to + a contemporary, of "modest deportment and easy attitude, with + all the grace and dignity of an English + gentleman."<a id="footnotetag6" + name="footnotetag6"></a><a href="#footnote6"><sup>6</sup></a> + Another describes him as "a most amiable man, and great + genius, but not lively in conversation." His features have a + pleasing regularity, and are lit up, at every corner, with + that delightful humour which flows in a rich vein throughout + his writings, and forms their most attractive charm.</p> + + <p>Having noticed Mr. Irving's principal works, we have left + but little occasion to speak of his general style. A + contemporary has denominated him the "Goldsmith of the age;" + and of Goldsmith we must remember that, in his epitaph, Dr. + Johnson observes: "he left no species of writing untouched, and + adorned all to which he applied himself"—a tribute which + can scarcely be appropriately paid to any writer of our time. + However, we know not any author that Mr. Irving so much + resembles as Goldsmith: although no imitator, his style and + language forcibly remind us of that easy flow so peculiar to + the Citizen of the World. But, we have higher warrant for this + parallel. "It seems probable," observes a critical writer of + considerable acumen, "that Mr. Irving might prove no + contemptible rival to Goldsmith, whose turn of mind he very + much inherits, and of whose style he particularly reminds us. + Like him, too, Mr. Irving possesses the art of setting + ludicrous perplexities in the most irresistible point of view, + and we think equals him in the variety of + humour."<a id="footnotetag7" + name="footnotetag7"></a><a href="#footnote7"><sup>7</sup></a></p> + + <p>To conclude, we find the literary character of Mr. Irving + illustrated in a contemporary journal, with unusual spirit. + "There never was a writer," observes the editor, "whose + popularity was more matter of feeling, or more intimate than + Washington Irving, perhaps, because he appeared at once to our + simplest and kindliest emotions. His affections were those of + 'hearth and home;' the pictures he delighted to draw were those + of natural loveliness, linked with human sympathies; and a too + unusual thing with the writers of our time—he looked upon + God's works, and 'saw that they were good.' * * * With him the + wine of life is not always on the lees. An exquisite vein of + poetry runs through every page,—and of poetry, his + epithets who does not remember—'the shark, glancing like + a spectre through the blue seas.'"<a id="footnotetag8" + name="footnotetag8"></a><a href="#footnote8"><sup>8</sup></a></p> + <hr /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page449" + id="page449"></a>[pg 449]</span> + + <h3>ALPHABETICAL INDEX.</h3> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>A.B.C. botanical, 336</p> + + <p>Abernethian, a true one, 160</p> + + <p>Absence, Lord Lyttleton's, 318</p> + + <p>Accumulation of Power, 55</p> + + <p>Acid, Oxalic, 207</p> + + <p class="i2">Tartaric, 206</p> + + <p>Action in forces, time of, 55</p> + + <p>Adam, death of, 133</p> + + <p>Adieu, the, by Lord Byron, 12</p> + + <p>Adrian and Apollodoras, the architect, 384</p> + + <p>Advice, by a Man of the World, 10</p> + + <p>Ætna, visit to the summit of, 202</p> + + <p>Agincourt, ballad of, 101</p> + + <p>Alchemy and Printing, 160</p> + + <p>Ale, bad Saxon, 261</p> + + <p class="i2">Burton, 304</p> + + <p>All on one side, 318</p> + + <p>Almanacs, Saxon, 54</p> + + <p>American Deer, mode of hunting them, 339</p> + + <p class="i2">Improvements, 102</p> + + <p class="i2">Navy, 102</p> + + <p class="i2">Newspapers, 102</p> + + <p class="i2">Papermaking, 103</p> + + <p class="i2">Prison Discipline, 286</p> + + <p class="i2">Wolves, 340</p> + + <p>Ancients and Moderns, by Voltaire, 163</p> + + <p>Angelica Kauffman, anecdote of, 291</p> + + <p>Angler, an odd one, 317</p> + + <p>Animal Instinct exemplified, 327</p> + + <p>Annuals for 1833:</p> + + <p class="i2">Amulet, 392—413</p> + + <p class="i2">Book of Beauty, 386</p> + + <p class="i2">Comic Offering, 389</p> + + <p class="i2">Forget-me-not, 282</p> + + <p class="i2">Friendship's Offering, 399</p> + + <p class="i2">Hood's Comic, 287</p> + + <p class="i2">Juvenile Forget-me-not, 334</p> + + <p class="i2">Literary Souvenir, 420</p> + + <p class="i2">Picturesque, 386</p> + + <p>Antiquities, Domestic, 337</p> + + <p>Antwerp, Citadel of, described, 405</p> + + <p class="i2">City of, described, 369</p> + + <p class="i2">Painters born at, 380</p> + + <p>Aphorisms, choice, 442</p> + + <p>Apologues, from the German, 403</p> + + <p>Ararat, Mount, described, 313—379</p> + + <p>Araspes and Panthea, anecdote of, 258</p> + + <p>Architecture, ancient domestic, 274</p> + + <p>Archy Armstrong, grave of, 416</p> + + <p>Armada, the, by T.B. Macauley, Esq. 399</p> + + <p>Armadillo, history of, 56</p> + + <p>Armour, old English, 437</p> + + <p>Arrogance, Feltham on, 271</p> + + <p>Arrow Root, preparation of, 264</p> + + <p>Arundel Castle, described, 157</p> + + <p>Asmodeus in London, 364</p> + + <p>Atmosphere, constitution of, 206</p> + + <p>Atmosphere, properties of, 134</p> + + <p>Auctions by the Drum, 330</p> + + <p>Bachelors, Laws respecting, 35—339</p> + + <p>Bagdad, plague at, 75</p> + + <p>Bailly, physician to Henry IV., 96</p> + + <p>Bar, anecdotes of the, 277</p> + + <p>Barbel, large, 96</p> + + <p>Bat, new species of, 408</p> + + <p>Bath in Persia, described, 145</p> + + <p>Baths, ancient and modern, 372</p> + + <p>Battle, fish, 354</p> + + <p>Beaches, sea, changes of, 79</p> + + <p>Bear-hunting in Canada, 91</p> + + <p>Beatrice Adony and Julius Alvinzi, a tale, 420</p> + + <p>Beauchief Abbey, described, 113</p> + + <p>Becket, murder of, 114</p> + + <p>Bede, Venerable, memoir of, 440</p> + + <p>Beefeaters, origin of, 80</p> + + <p>Bees, economy of, 38</p> + + <p>Beet root sugar, 88</p> + + <p>Beetle, ravages of, 175</p> + + <p>Bell, ancient, 345</p> + + <p>Belvoir Castle, history of, 129</p> + + <p>Bennett, Mr. George, visit to Rotuma, 377</p> + + <p>Berwick, siege of, 222</p> + + <p>Bewick, the engraver, birthplace of, 17</p> + + <p>Bibb, the engraver, 368</p> + + <p>Birds, bills of, 96</p> + + <p>Birds, how they fly, 134</p> + + <p>Birds, migration of, 40</p> + + <p>Black Lady of Brabant, 140</p> + + <p>Blacking, antiquity of, 192</p> + + <p>Blessington, lady, her conversations with Lord + Byron, 6—86—110—156—269</p> + + <p>Blind Seal, the, a tale, 298</p> + + <p>Blood, price of, 71</p> + + <p>Bloodless War, 336</p> + + <p>Boar's head at Christmas, 431</p> + + <p>Bolsover Castle described, 161</p> + + <p>Bond, Mr. Sergeant, anecdote of, 278</p> + + <p>Bones, waste of, 366</p> + + <p>Borough, origin of the term, 211</p> + + <p>Boy Burglars, account of, 333</p> + + <p>Books, new, noticed and quoted:</p> + + <p class="i2">Abrantes, Duchess of, her memoirs, + 47—106—191</p> + + <p class="i2">Babbage's Economy of Machinery and + Manufactures, 27—54</p> + + <p class="i2">Barrington's Sketches, 52</p> + + <p class="i2">Biblical Atlas, 44</p> + + <p class="i2">British Museum, 140—158</p> + + <p class="i2">Buccaneer, 428</p> + + <p class="i2">Byron's Works, 12</p> + + <p class="i2">Catechism of Phrenology, 45</p> + + <p class="i2">Characteristics of Women, 117</p> + + <p class="i2">Contarini Fleming, 10</p> + + <p class="i2">Double Trial, 125</p> + + <p class="i2">Elements of Chemistry, 206</p> + + <p class="i2">Encyclopædia Americana, 102</p> + + <p class="i2">Excursions in India, by Capt. Skinner, + 105</p> + + <p class="i2">Framlingham, a Poem, 306</p> + + <p class="i2">Geography, Questions in, + 45</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page450" + id="page450"></a>[pg 450]</span> + + <p class="i2">Gordon on Elemental Locomotion, + 183—198</p> + + <p class="i2">Knowledge for the People, + 77—134—429</p> + + <p class="i2">Life of Peter the Great, + 300—308</p> + + <p class="i2">Laconics, 31</p> + + <p class="i2">Legends of the Library at Lilies, + 350—403</p> + + <p class="i2">Legends of the Rhine, 138</p> + + <p class="i2">Life of Charlemagne, by G.P.R. James, + 92—119</p> + + <p class="i2">Lives of Scottish Worthies, + 221—233</p> + + <p class="i2">Macculloch's Dictionary of Commerce, + 151—279</p> + + <p class="i2">Memoir of Felix Neff, 147—171</p> + + <p class="i2">Natural Magic, by Sir David Brewster, + 72—107—191</p> + + <p class="i2">New Gil Blas, 186</p> + + <p class="i2">Numismatic Manual, 223</p> + + <p class="i2">Outlines of General Knowledge, 45</p> + + <p class="i2">Pilgrimage through Khuzistan and Persia, + 73—314</p> + + <p class="i2">Pompeii, 412</p> + + <p class="i2">Popular Zoology, 57</p> + + <p class="i2">Private Correspondence of a Woman of + Fashion, 157—165—235</p> + + <p class="i2">Sketches from Venetian History, 60</p> + + <p class="i2">Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 11—46</p> + + <p class="i2">Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada, + 29—57—91</p> + + <p class="i2">Taylor's Records of his Life, + 291—317</p> + + <p class="i2">Trials of Charles I., 41</p> + + <p class="i2">Wild Sports of the West, 298</p> + + <p>Brain of Man, 96</p> + + <p>Braithwaite's Steam Fire-Engine, 111</p> + + <p>Brass-plate Coal-merchants, 56</p> + + <p>Bread, legal adulteration of, 366</p> + + <p>Brent Tor church, 112</p> + + <p>Brevities, 179</p> + + <p>Bridewell, in the reign of Elizabeth, 357</p> + + <p>Bridge, stupendous, in Spain, 24</p> + + <p>Britain, early inhabitants of, 276—371</p> + + <p>British Artists' Exhibition, 330—362</p> + + <p>British Institution, School of Painting at, 362</p> + + <p>British Museum, the, 140</p> + + <p>Brougham, Henry, anecdote of, 182</p> + + <p>Brydges, Sir Egerton, 86</p> + + <p>Bull, national, 240</p> + + <p>Burnham Abbey described, 81</p> + + <p>Bustard, natural history of, 328</p> + + <p>Butterfly, Chameleon, and Serpent, 425</p> + + <p>Byron, Lord, conversations with, + 6—86—110</p> + + <p class="i2">and Anastasius, 156</p> + + <p class="i2">early poems, by, 12</p> + + <p class="i2">and Earl Grey, 80</p> + + <p class="i2">and the English, 9</p> + + <p class="i2">and Mrs. Hemans, 156</p> + + <p class="i2">and Mr. Hope, 156</p> + + <p class="i2">on horseback, 110</p> + + <p class="i2">and Leigh Hunt, 157</p> + + <p class="i2">and Italian women, 117</p> + + <p class="i2">his love, 269</p> + + <p class="i2">letter of, 290</p> + + <p class="i2">and Moore, 7</p> + + <p class="i2">personal description of, 7</p> + + <p class="i2">and Scott, 110</p> + + <p class="i2">and Shelley, 9</p> + + <p class="i2">and Madame de Stael, 86</p> + + <p class="i2">and Venice, 63</p> + + <p>Cæsar, Julius, his superstition, 238</p> + + <p>Cairngorm, origin of, 77</p> + + <p>Caliga, origin of, 112</p> + + <p>Caloric, or the matter of heat, 206</p> + + <p>Canada, climate of, 57</p> + + <p class="i2">notes on, 29</p> + + <p>Canary Birds, breeding, 111</p> + + <p>Candelabra and Lamps of Pompeii, 412</p> + + <p>Canning, Mr., statue of, 25</p> + + <p>Cannon Clock, 144</p> + + <p>Cannon, names of, 160</p> + + <p>Canova, vase, containing the heart of, 169</p> + + <p>Caprices, national, 439</p> + + <p>Caps, laws relating to, 319</p> + + <p>Cara, lines to, 272</p> + + <p>Carding a Tithe-Procter, 52</p> + + <p>Card-playing, indifferent, 318</p> + + <p>Cards, second-hand, 425</p> + + <p>Caroline, the late Queen, 158</p> + + <p>Cartoons at Hampton Court, 287</p> + + <p>Cascades and Cataracts, origin of, 97</p> + + <p>Cashmere Shawl goat, 94</p> + + <p>Castle of Framlingham, 305</p> + + <p>Catacombs at Paris, lines on, 338</p> + + <p>Castanets, origin of, 160</p> + + <p>Cats horticulturists, 80</p> + + <p>Cedar trees, large, 341</p> + + <p>Chair, ancient, 344</p> + + <p class="i2">of St. Bede, 440</p> + + <p>Chairing, parliamentary, origin of, 176</p> + + <p>Chancellor, Lord, his office, 71</p> + + <p class="i2">Salary, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">Start in Life, 125</p> + + <p>Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, described, 401</p> + + <p>Chaptel, memoir of, 88</p> + + <p>Charlemagne, life of, 93, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">palace of, 119</p> + + <p>Charles I., Trials of, 41</p> + + <p class="i2">II., progress of, 261</p> + + <p>Charters in the British Museum, 336</p> + + <p>Chase, the, a sketch, 21</p> + + <p>Chatsworth, beauties of, 432</p> + + <p>Chimneys, invention of, 139</p> + + <p>Chlamyphorus, natural history of, 263</p> + + <p>Cholera, a cleanser, 432</p> + + <p class="i2">Mount, by Montgomery, 315</p> + + <p>Christmas, ancient and modern, 419</p> + + <p class="i2">carols, 430</p> + + <p class="i2">Dalmatia, 419</p> + + <p class="i2">Hereford, 438</p> + + <p class="i2">Kent, 419</p> + + <p class="i2">Mexico, 438</p> + + <p class="i2">Norfolk, 419</p> + + <p class="i2">Why and Because of, 429</p> + + <p>Church, Lestingham, described, 297</p> + + <p class="i2">new, St. Dunstan's, 34</p> + + <p>Cigar smoking, motto for, 208</p> + + <p>Cinnamon and Cassia, 425</p> + + <p>Cinque Ports, their past and present state, 299</p> + + <p>Climatology, notes on, + 134</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page451" + id="page451"></a>[pg 451]</span> + + <p>Clockmaking in the 9th century, 127</p> + + <p>Coach, the last, 432</p> + + <p>Coals, high price of in London, 366</p> + + <p>Coffee, duty on, 80</p> + + <p class="i2">house, London, in 1731, 358</p> + + <p class="i2">on roasting, 366</p> + + <p>Coins, to read in the dark, 191</p> + + <p>Colouring Cheese, 425</p> + + <p>Colton, the Rev. Mr., 3</p> + + <p>Column of Disgrace, 69</p> + + <p>Comet of Biela, 185</p> + + <p>Comparison, all things by, 368</p> + + <p>Compliments, value of, 384</p> + + <p>Condors, a pair of living, 303</p> + + <p>Continence, anecdotes of, 258</p> + + <p>Cookery, Chinese and Russian, 48</p> + + <p>Cool Tankard at Newgate, 192</p> + + <p>Coronation, expenses of the last, 32</p> + + <p>Court Jester, by Fuller, 352</p> + + <p>Courtier, an excellent, 352</p> + + <p>Cowards, a warning to, 48</p> + + <p>Cowley, the poet, 336</p> + + <p>Cranmer, education of, 75</p> + + <p>Craven, in Yorkshire, cave at, 87</p> + + <p>Criminal Law, reform of, 267</p> + + <p>Criticism, political, 207</p> + + <p>Critics, warning to, 352</p> + + <p>Cromwell, character of, 428</p> + + <p>Cross Readings, from the Spanish, 144</p> + + <p>Crosses, curious ancient, + 113—329—360—424</p> + + <p class="i2">Cornwall, 424</p> + + <p class="i2">Devon, 424</p> + + <p class="i2">Eyam, 113</p> + + <p class="i2">Holbeach, 329</p> + + <p class="i2">Leighton Buzzard, 329</p> + + <p class="i2">Neville's, 360</p> + + <p class="i2">in the Peak, 113</p> + + <p class="i2">Percy's, 361</p> + + <p class="i2">Wheston, 113</p> + + <p>Crown, British, pawned, 358</p> + + <p>Crucifixes, initials on, 430</p> + + <p>Crusader, monument of, 441</p> + + <p>Crusades, errors respecting, 319</p> + + <p>Crystal, origin of, 77</p> + + <p>Curran and the Mastiff, 48</p> + + <p>Curse of the Black Lady, a legend, 139</p> + + <p>Cuttle-fish, ink of, 175</p> + + <p class="i2">natural history of, 103</p> + + <p>Cuvier, memoir of, 137</p> + + <p>Dacre, Lady, her eccentricities, 153</p> + + <p>Dairyman's Daughter, 112</p> + + <p>Damary Oak Tree, 112</p> + + <p>Dante's Tomb, 168</p> + + <p>Deafness, convenient, 176</p> + + <p>Death, punishment of, 71</p> + + <p class="i2">the actor, epitaph on, 448</p> + + <p>Deepdene, notice of, 149</p> + + <p>Deer of North America, 339</p> + + <p>Dew, explanation of, 304</p> + + <p>Derbyshire, antiquities of, 116</p> + + <p>Dibdin, the song-writer, 128</p> + + <p>Dice, invention of, 384</p> + + <p>Dick's Coffee-house, 16</p> + + <p>Diorama, Regent's Park, 40</p> + + <p>Disease, causes of, 266</p> + + <p class="i2">effect of on the memory, 190</p> + + <p>Disposal of the body for dissection, 292</p> + + <p>Distinction and Difference, 343</p> + + <p>Dodo, natural history of, 311</p> + + <p>Dovaston, Mr., his sketches of Bewick, 18</p> + + <p>Dove, the River, 288</p> + + <p>Dover, antiquity of, 294</p> + + <p>Drama, essay on, 82</p> + + <p>Dramatis Personæ, origin of, 447</p> + + <p>Drawing an inference, 292</p> + + <p>Dream of the Beautiful, 82</p> + + <p>Dripping Rock in India, 160</p> + + <p>Drop of Dew, by Marvell, 199</p> + + <p>Druids and their times, 20</p> + + <p>Dryburgh Abbey, lines on, 268—296</p> + + <p>Dryden's M'Flecknoe, 208</p> + + <p>Ducks, wild, catching in India, 160</p> + + <p>Duelling, 343—416</p> + + <p>Eagle's Cliff, visit to, 299</p> + + <p>"Eclipse," the horse, 354</p> + + <p>Economy of Conveyance by Steam, 183</p> + + <p class="i2">Time and Materials, 54</p> + + <p>Edinburgh, by Mr. Cobbett, 287</p> + + <p>Egyptian Pyramids and Hindoo Temples compared, + 158</p> + + <p>Elephant, natural history of, 66</p> + + <p>Elephants in the Zoological Gardens, 66</p> + + <p>Edmonton, Merry Devil of, 367</p> + + <p>Eldon, Lord, his birthplace, 193</p> + + <p>Elections, bribery in, 192</p> + + <p>Electioneering in Westminster, 351</p> + + <p>Electro-Magnet, the largest, 128</p> + + <p>Elm, prodigious, 288</p> + + <p>Emigration to British America, advantages and + disadvantages of, 444</p> + + <p>Emigration to Canada, 28</p> + + <p>Enchantress, a tale, 386</p> + + <p>England and France, former junction of, 448</p> + + <p>Ennui, universal, 366</p> + + <p>Envy, Owen Feltham on, 64</p> + + <p>Epitaph at Bristol, 336</p> + + <p>Epitaphs in Cambridgeshire, 368</p> + + <p>Errors of the Day, 142</p> + + <p>Essequibo, sailing up the, 359—379</p> + + <p>Ethelbert and Elfrida, a tale, 323</p> + + <p>Euphrates, sailing up, 74</p> + + <p>Explosion, tremendous, 272</p> + + <p>Extravagance, imperial, 416</p> + + <p>Eyam, cross at, 113</p> + + <p>Eye, structure of, 72</p> + + <p>Eyes and Tears, by Marvell, 199</p> + + <p>Eyes, varieties of, 96</p> + + <p>Falconry Tenure, 345</p> + + <p>Falls of the Genesse, 97—342</p> + + <p class="i2">Niagara, visit to, 446</p> + + <p>Farewell to the Muse, by Lord Byron, 13</p> + + <p>Fashionable Manners, effects of, on Tradesmen and + Servants, 331—348</p> + + <p>Fat Living, 261</p> + + <p>Favour, the only one, 80</p> + + <p>Ferdinand VII. of Spain, character of, 444</p> + + <p>Fern Owl, habits of the, 174</p> + + <p>Fielding, Sir John, anecdote of, 279</p> + + <p>Fish, consumption of, + 415</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page452" + id="page452"></a>[pg 452]</span> + + <p>Fishing, expensive, 432</p> + + <p>Fleurus, battle of, 431</p> + + <p>Flour, good, economy of, 366</p> + + <p>Flybekins, a humorous story, 389</p> + + <p>Fontenelle, genius of, 111</p> + + <p>Food, animal and vegetable, 35</p> + + <p>Foot of Man, 96</p> + + <p>Forest Schools, 111</p> + + <p>Framlingham Castle, 305</p> + + <p>Francis, Sir Philip, epigram on, 336</p> + + <p>French manners, 47</p> + + <p>Fruit, effects of, and cholera, 79</p> + + <p class="i2">maturation of, 39</p> + + <p>Funeral garlands, 20</p> + + <p>Funerals, Portuguese, 70</p> + + <p>Garnets, varieties of, 78</p> + + <p>Gazel, a ballad, by Moore, 10</p> + + <p>Genesse, river of, 98—342</p> + + <p>Genius, tributes to, 168</p> + + <p>Geological changes by the sea, 78</p> + + <p>Germans, ode to the, by Campbell, 9</p> + + <p>Gilpin, John, popularity of, 367</p> + + <p>Gipsies, king of, elegy on, 285</p> + + <p class="i2">of old, 270</p> + + <p>Giulietta, a tale, 282</p> + + <p>Goat of Cashmere, 94</p> + + <p>Goethe, medal of, 143</p> + + <p class="i2">memoir of, 89—112</p> + + <p>Gold-beating, particulars of, 320</p> + + <p>Golden sands, 70</p> + + <p>Goldsmith, Oliver, brother of, 275—402</p> + + <p>Goose on Michaelmas Day, 208</p> + + <p>Grace Huntley, Trials of, 393</p> + + <p>Grose, Major, in Dublin, 318</p> + + <p>Gudiaro, bridge across the, 24</p> + + <p>Guides in India, 272</p> + + <p>Ha! Ha! Fence, origin of, 448</p> + + <p>Hail Storms in India, 128</p> + + <p>Hale, Sir Matthew, 267</p> + + <p>Hall, old, in Derbyshire, 273</p> + + <p>Hampden, John, anecdote of, 160</p> + + <p>Hanging, antiquity of, 192</p> + + <p>Harvest home custom, 368</p> + + <p>Hastings, antiquity of, 294</p> + + <p>Hawthorn well, the, 339</p> + + <p>Head-dress of the 14th century, 358</p> + + <p>Hemans, Mrs., 110</p> + + <p>Henry VIII. and Queen Katherine, 261</p> + + <p>Hereford, Cathedral of, 324</p> + + <p>Hoarding Money, 143</p> + + <p>Holland, outline of, 338</p> + + <p>Holy Cross, history of the, 392</p> + + <p>Home of Love, the, 170</p> + + <p>Home Truth, 64</p> + + <p>Homeward Voyage, the, 98</p> + + <p>Howard, the Hon. Charles, Lines to the memory of, + 149</p> + + <p>Hunchback, merits of the, 365</p> + + <p>Huntsman, the, a tale, 67</p> + + <p>Hythe, antiquity of, 294</p> + + <p>Ignorance, imperial, 352</p> + + <p>Illumination, origin of, 176</p> + + <p>Imaum at Muscat, court of, 73</p> + + <p>Incident on the coast, 373</p> + + <p class="i2">in the life of a Rascal, 58</p> + + <p>Inconsolable persons, 384</p> + + <p>India, Letters from, 100</p> + + <p class="i2">hail-storms in, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">servants in, 105</p> + + <p>Inheritance, custom of, 276</p> + + <p>Innkeepers of former times, 79</p> + + <p>Irish bar, anecdotes of, 63—80</p> + + <p>Irish Mantle, Spencers account of, 415</p> + + <p>Italian, lines from, 339</p> + + <p>Jackalls in India, 80</p> + + <p>Jack Spencer, eccentricities of, 317</p> + + <p>James I., boyhood and education of, 233</p> + + <p>Jemmy Maclaine, the highwayman, 291</p> + + <p>Jews, persecution of, 319</p> + + <p>John, King, death of, 288</p> + + <p>Johnson, Dr., birthplace of, 257</p> + + <p class="i2">and George III., 318</p> + + <p class="i2">pun by, 272</p> + + <p>Jones, Sir William, his plan of study, 358</p> + + <p>Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Christ, 120</p> + + <p>Judge, upright, one, 267</p> + + <p>Juliet, character of, 117</p> + + <p class="i2">tomb of, 265</p> + + <p>Junot and Napoleon, anecdote of, 190</p> + + <p>Kemble, John anecdote of, 318</p> + + <p>Ken, bishop, 48—336</p> + + <p>Kenulph, King, his daughter, a tale, 4</p> + + <p>Key, ancient, 337</p> + + <p>King William IV., domestic habits of, 303</p> + + <p>Kings, poverty of, 358</p> + + <p>Knife-handle, antique, 345</p> + + <p>Knowledge, how to acquire, 416</p> + + <p>Korner, lines from, 38</p> + + <p>Laconics, 31</p> + + <p>La Fontaine, absence of, 111</p> + + <p>Land-storm, tropical, 426</p> + + <p>Landers' Voyage and Discoveries on the Niger, + 149</p> + + <p>Langreish, Sir Hercules and his friend, 63</p> + + <p>Last of the Family, 156</p> + + <p>Laurencekirk Snuff-boxes, 151</p> + + <p>Lawrence, Mr. Justice, 277</p> + + <p>Laws of the Navy, ancient, 134</p> + + <p>Learned Ladies, 304</p> + + <p>Lee, church at, described, 153</p> + + <p>Leg, the worst, 368</p> + + <p>Lestingham Church described, 297</p> + + <p>Levee of the Sheik of Fellahi, 75</p> + + <p>Life, progress of, 144</p> + + <p>Libels on Poets, 290</p> + + <p>Lifting heavy persons, 73</p> + + <p>Lines to ——, 226</p> + + <p>Lion-killer, 80</p> + + <p>Lisbon described, 209</p> + + <p class="i2">dandy, 69</p> + + <p class="i2">dinner, 70</p> + + <p class="i2">dockyard, 70</p> + + <p class="i2">dogs, 70</p> + + <p class="i2">vanity, 70</p> + + <p class="i2">water-carrier, 70</p> + + <p>Lock, miniature, 352</p> + + <p>Locomotive Engines in America, 192</p> + + <p>Lord Mayors of London, 176</p> + + <p>Lords, house of, forms of, 325</p> + + <p>Lord's Prayer in Arawaak, + 320</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page453" + id="page453"></a>[pg 453]</span> + + <p>Louis XIV., real character of, 84</p> + + <p>Lucretia Davidson lines on, 148</p> + + <p>Lucretius, extract from, 192</p> + + <p>Ludlow Castle, stanzas on revisiting, 67</p> + + <p>Lydford Bridge described, 289</p> + + <p>Machinery and Manufactures, economy of, 27</p> + + <p>Macklin's grand pause, 367</p> + + <p>Madonna, Italian hymn to, 34</p> + + <p>Magic in the East, true stories of, 26—76</p> + + <p>Magic, natural, 72</p> + + <p>Making and manufacturing, 55</p> + + <p>Maltese Legend, 370</p> + + <p>Malt Liquor, antiquity of, 227</p> + + <p>Manchester, public buildings of, 177</p> + + <p class="i2">Infirmary, 178</p> + + <p class="i2">Royal Institution, 179</p> + + <p class="i2">Town Hall, 178</p> + + <p>Manners, family, history of, 130</p> + + <p>Marriage, curious, 271</p> + + <p>Marriage custom, 439</p> + + <p>Marrying, excuses for not, 336</p> + + <p>Mercers and Drapers, respectability of, 320</p> + + <p>Merchants, opulent British, 319</p> + + <p>Men of no business and paper cutting, 272</p> + + <p>Michael Angelo, ecstasy of, 16</p> + + <p>Mind on the Body, influence of the, 354</p> + + <p>Mistletoe, origin of, 430</p> + + <p>Mock-heroics, 304</p> + + <p>Monasteries, error respecting, 265</p> + + <p>Money, Anne's, 224</p> + + <p class="i2">of Betrayal, or Price of Blood, 120</p> + + <p class="i2">Charles, I. and II., 224</p> + + <p class="i2">Cromwell, 224</p> + + <p class="i2">Ecclesiastic, 223</p> + + <p class="i2">Edward I. and IV., 223</p> + + <p class="i2">Henry VII., 223</p> + + <p class="i2">James II., 224</p> + + <p class="i2">Milled, 224</p> + + <p class="i2">Richard III., 223</p> + + <p class="i2">Stephen, 223</p> + + <p>Moody, the actor, avarice of, 367</p> + + <p>Mortality, comparative, in England, 152</p> + + <p>Mosaic Pavement described, 409</p> + + <p>Muscular strength, extraordinary, 432</p> + + <p>Mussulman and Hindoo religion, 80</p> + + <p>My Fatherland, 38</p> + + <p>Nankeen, varieties of, 416</p> + + <p>Napoleon's Return from Elba, 165</p> + + <p>National Gallery, the proposed, 64</p> + + <p>Natural History, errors in, 38</p> + + <p>Nature, luxuriance of, 175</p> + + <p>Necklaces, satin-stone, 342</p> + + <p>Nell Gwynne and Dr. Ken, 336</p> + + <p>Newcastle, grammar-school, 193</p> + + <p>Newcastle, the learned duchess of, 161</p> + + <p>Newcastle-under-Lyne, election at, 288</p> + + <p>New Year's Gifts, 439</p> + + <p>Niagara, recent visit to, 446</p> + + <p>Niger, discoveries on the, 149</p> + + <p>Nightingales in Essex, 144</p> + + <p>Norfolk, the late duke of, 86</p> + + <p>Norton Lees, hall at, 273</p> + + <p>Nugent, Lord and Lady, legends by, 350</p> + + <p>Nutria Fur, account of, 279—314</p> + + <p>O'Brien, the Irish Giant, 182</p> + + <p>Oil in cookery, 352</p> + + <p>Old Soldier, the, a sketch, 403</p> + + <p>Olive Oil, 79—424</p> + + <p>Omen, evil one, 261</p> + + <p>Opera and Theatres in London, 365</p> + + <p>Opal, beauty of, 77</p> + + <p>Oporto described, 49</p> + + <p>Oriental Smoking, 170</p> + + <p>Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus, the, 189</p> + + <p>Ostrich speed, and diet of, 262</p> + + <p class="i2">stomach of the, 303</p> + + <p>Otway's "Venice Preserved," 50</p> + + <p>Owen's almshouses, 143</p> + + <p>Paddy Fooshane's Fricassee, 108</p> + + <p>Painters born at Antwerp, 380</p> + + <p>Painter's last passion, 132</p> + + <p class="i2">retort, 128</p> + + <p>Panorama of Stirling, 410</p> + + <p>Parliamentary debates, origin of, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">forms, 326</p> + + <p>Parliaments, early, 211—325</p> + + <p>Party-spirit, Fuller on, 352</p> + + <p>Past, the, a song, 46</p> + + <p>Past Times, a song, 46</p> + + <p>Pastor, a faithful one, 207</p> + + <p>Patriotism, genuine, 438</p> + + <p>Peak, Antiquities of, 113</p> + + <p>Pearl in the Oyster, 230</p> + + <p>Pekin, ancient trade of, 320</p> + + <p>Pelican, error respecting, 96</p> + + <p>Pennsylvania, settlement of, 208</p> + + <p>Pepper, varieties of, 416</p> + + <p>Perrier, Casimir, memoir of, 116</p> + + <p>Persian Bath, 145</p> + + <p class="i2">Fable, 228</p> + + <p>Peru, discovery of, 432</p> + + <p>Peter the Great, anecdotes of, 300—308</p> + + <p class="i2">character of, 361</p> + + <p>Peter Pence, origin of, 343</p> + + <p>Peter Simple, life of, 121</p> + + <p>Petition to Time, 11</p> + + <p>Petit-or, value of, 425</p> + + <p>Petrarch's Tomb, 169</p> + + <p>Phillips, Col., recollections of, 402</p> + + <p>Phrenology, curiosities of, 45</p> + + <p>Physician's Fees, 261</p> + + <p>Pic Nic at Tempe, 15</p> + + <p>Pickpockets, qualifications of, 334</p> + + <p>Piracy in olden times, 26</p> + + <p>Pitch-in-the-hole, ancient, 320</p> + + <p>Pitt, Mr., statue of, 40</p> + + <p>Plaint of certain coral beads, 406</p> + + <p>Plants, light and air on, 262</p> + + <p class="i2">in rooms, 263</p> + + <p>Poets, Major and Minor, 51</p> + + <p>Pompadour, Madame de, her toilette, by Voltaire, + 163</p> + + <p>Pompeii, antiquities of, 412</p> + + <p>Poor Laws, origin of, 327</p> + + <p>Popes, List of, 416</p> + + <p>Portdown Fair described, 121</p> + + <p>Portugal, antiquity of, 48</p> + + <p class="i2">manners and customs in, 69</p> + + <p>Posts for Letters, origin of, 322</p> + + <p>Post Office, revenue of, + 440</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page454" + id="page454"></a>[pg 454]</span> + + <p>Potato, economy of, 127</p> + + <p>Poverty, Owen Feltham on, 414</p> + + <p>Prayer, a fragment, 179</p> + + <p>Precious Stones, varieties of, 77</p> + + <p>Preservation of the Human Body, 133</p> + + <p>Primrose, withered, lines on, 95</p> + + <p>Printer, studious, 128</p> + + <p>Printing, invention of, 143</p> + + <p class="i2">from wooden blocks, 55</p> + + <p>Prison Discipline in America, 286</p> + + <p>Psalmody, origin of, 146</p> + + <p>Public Credit explained, 142</p> + + <p>Punctuality of Colonel Boswell, 448</p> + + <p>Quadroon Girl, a song, 46</p> + + <p>Quin and Macklin, 367</p> + + <p>Quizzing, literary, 144</p> + + <p>Railway, Liverpool and Manchester, 112</p> + + <p>Raw Materials, 56</p> + + <p>Recollections of a Wanderer 21—373</p> + + <p>Records in the Tower of London, 279</p> + + <p>Regent-street, charms of, 365</p> + + <p>Regulating Power, 55</p> + + <p>Relics of Popery, 344</p> + + <p>Religious Fastings, 195</p> + + <p>Resting-place, the, 354</p> + + <p>Review, the first, 176</p> + + <p>Rhyming Ruminations on London Bridge, 26</p> + + <p>Rising, advantages of early, 16</p> + + <p>Robespierre, anecdote of, 95</p> + + <p class="i2">fall of, 106</p> + + <p>Robin Hood, history of, 180—204</p> + + <p>Rome, by T. Moore, 364</p> + + <p>Romeo and Juliet, story of, 118</p> + + <p>Romney, antiquity of, 294</p> + + <p>Rose of the Castle, 133</p> + + <p class="i2">of Edendale, by L.E.L., 335</p> + + <p class="i2">lines to, 221</p> + + <p>Rotuma, island of, described, 376</p> + + <p>Roundelaye, ancient, 16</p> + + <p>Royalty, freaks of, 207</p> + + <p>Rubens, memoir of, 381</p> + + <p>Ruby, beauty of, 78</p> + + <p>Rye, antiquity of, 295</p> + + <p>Salads, antiquity of, 358</p> + + <p>Salt, fine basket, 425</p> + + <p class="i2">good effects of, 265</p> + + <p>Saltpetre, manufacture of, 88</p> + + <p>Sandwich, antiquity of, 295</p> + + <p>Sapphires, beauty of, 77</p> + + <p>Sargasso Weed, account of, 136</p> + + <p>Satin-stone Necklaces, 342</p> + + <p>Saving time in natural operations, 55</p> + + <p>Savoyard, the, a ballad, 275</p> + + <p>School Building in the High Alps, 171</p> + + <p>Schoolmaster's experience in Newgate, 333</p> + + <p>Schools before the Reformation, 75</p> + + <p>Sciences, progress of, 266</p> + + <p>Scipio, continence of, 258</p> + + <p>Scotch "Bluid," anecdote of, 123</p> + + <p>Scott, Sir Walter, Memoir of:</p> + + <p class="i2">Abbotsford, + 241—247—248—250</p> + + <p class="i4">Sonnet, by Wordsworth, 420</p> + + <p class="i2">anecdotes of, 435</p> + + <p class="i2">baronetcy, 250</p> + + <p class="i2">birth of, 241</p> + + <p>Scott, Sir Walter, character of, 255—256</p> + + <p class="i2">childhood, 242</p> + + <p class="i2">clerk of Sessions, 247</p> + + <p class="i2">death, 208—253—</p> + + <p class="i4">—on the, by the Author of Eugene + Aram, 219</p> + + <p class="i2">Dryburgh Abbey, 256—436</p> + + <p class="i2">education, 242</p> + + <p class="i2">embarrassments of, 251—256</p> + + <p class="i2">and the Ettrick Shepherd, 335</p> + + <p class="i2">family, 253</p> + + <p class="i2">fatal illness, 252</p> + + <p class="i2">funeral of, 253</p> + + <p class="i4">by an eye-witness, 345</p> + + <p class="i2">Life of Napoleon, 251</p> + + <p class="i2">love of reading, 243</p> + + <p class="i2">law studies, 244</p> + + <p class="i2">literary attempts, 244</p> + + <p class="i2">marriage, 246</p> + + <p class="i2">medal of, 255</p> + + <p class="i2">memory, 245</p> + + <p class="i2">Melrose Abbey, 436</p> + + <p class="i2">parentage, 242</p> + + <p class="i2">portraits of, 254</p> + + <p class="i2">school days, 243</p> + + <p class="i2">Selkirk, 437</p> + + <p class="i2">sheriffdom, 246</p> + + <p class="i2">telling a story, 243</p> + + <p class="i2">Works of:</p> + + <p class="i4">Dryden and Swift, edition of, 247</p> + + <p class="i4">Eve of St. John, 245</p> + + <p class="i4">Glenfinlas, 245</p> + + <p class="i4">Goetz of Berlinchingen translated, + 245</p> + + <p class="i4">Lady of the Lake, 247</p> + + <p class="i4">Lay of the Last Minstrel, 246</p> + + <p class="i4">Leonora, &c., translations of, + 245</p> + + <p class="i4">Marmion, 247</p> + + <p class="i4">Miscellaneous Works, 250</p> + + <p class="i4">Novels, List of, 250</p> + + <p class="i4">Rokeby and Minor Poems, 249</p> + + <p class="i4">unpublished works, 255</p> + + <p class="i4">Waverley, 249</p> + + <p class="i6">Novels, 252</p> + + <p>Sea, depth of the, 427</p> + + <p>Sea-shore, changes on, 78</p> + + <p>Seal, a blind one, 298</p> + + <p>Seaman, knowing, 432</p> + + <p>Secret Lover, the, from the Persian, 204</p> + + <p>Servants affected by fashionable manners and + customs, 331—348</p> + + <p>Servants in India, 105</p> + + <p>Servant, monument to a faithful one, 288</p> + + <p>Servants, Vails to, 318</p> + + <p>Shark, adventure with, 381</p> + + <p>Shaving or throat-cutting, 272</p> + + <p>Shelly, the poet, anecdote of, 407</p> + + <p>Sheridan's Funeral, 448</p> + + <p>Sheriff of London, Journal of, 196—212</p> + + <p>Shrewsbury, Anna Maria, Countess of, 112</p> + + <p>Silk Manufacture, outline of, 446</p> + + <p>Skeleton Dance, from Goethe, 420</p> + + <p>Slave Trade in England, 319</p> + + <p>Smoking forbidden in Parliament, 336</p> + + <p>Snake, anecdote of a tame one, 327</p> + + <p>Snuff-boxes, Laurencekirk, + 151</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page455" + id="page455"></a>[pg 455]</span> + + <p>Snuffers, antique, 337</p> + + <p>Soldier, annual cost of, 176</p> + + <p class="i2">dress of, 448</p> + + <p>Solecisms in Language, 350</p> + + <p>Somersetshire, land-custom in, 112</p> + + <p>Song from the Album of a Poet, 98</p> + + <p>Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 46</p> + + <p>Song, Scottish, 317</p> + + <p>Song-writing, spirit of, 11</p> + + <p>Sounds during the night, 107</p> + + <p>Spain, stupendous bridge in, 24</p> + + <p>Spaniards and Portuguese, 69</p> + + <p>Spencer's account of the Irish Mantle, 415</p> + + <p>Spinning-wheel Song, 391</p> + + <p>Spirit of Despotism, by Dr. Knox, 106</p> + + <p>Spirit-drinking, evils of, 307</p> + + <p class="i2">in 1736, 133</p> + + <p>Spontaneous combustion, 162—211</p> + + <p>Spring, harbingers of, 174</p> + + <p>St. Cross, Church and Hospital of, 217—228</p> + + <p>St. Dunstan's in the West, new church of, 34</p> + + <p>St. Goar on the Rhine, legend of, 386</p> + + <p>St. Hellen's Well, Staffordshire, 228</p> + + <p>St. James's Park, improvement of, 418</p> + + <p>St. Paul's Cathedral, monuments in, 96</p> + + <p>Stael, Madame de, 86</p> + + <p>Stages, Islington, olden, 335</p> + + <p>Stanzas for Music, 52</p> + + <p>Stationers' Company, origin of, 286</p> + + <p>Statue of Mr. Canning, 25</p> + + <p class="i2">of Mr. Pitt, 40</p> + + <p>Steam Carriages on common roads, 183—198</p> + + <p class="i2">Coaches and Power, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">Engine simplified, 315</p> + + <p class="i2">Navigation, 48</p> + + <p class="i2">Packets, value of, 272</p> + + <p>Stirling, panorama of, 410</p> + + <p>Stork, the, 216</p> + + <p>Story, extraordinary one, 292</p> + + <p>Strand, the original, 207</p> + + <p>Stranger, a song, 46</p> + + <p>Streets, narrow, of Cairo, 80</p> + + <p>Success in Life, grand secret of, 85</p> + + <p>Suffolk-street Gallery, exhibition at, + 330—362</p> + + <p>Sugar, improved raw, 148</p> + + <p>Sugar-refining, history of, 149</p> + + <p>Sumptuary Laws, intention of, 439</p> + + <p>Swampy Kingdom, 207</p> + + <p>Tanfield Arch described, 353</p> + + <p>Tea-makers, hint to, 176</p> + + <p>Tears, the, an apologue, 403</p> + + <p>Teeth of Crocodiles, 96</p> + + <p>Tempe, Pic Nic at, 15</p> + + <p>Temper, equanimity of, 99</p> + + <p>Tenterden Steeple and Goodwin Sands, 38</p> + + <p>Thebes, description of, 141</p> + + <p>Thou wert the Rainbow of my Dreams, 290</p> + + <p>Thurlow, the great Lord, 259</p> + + <p>Tiger, sight of, 100</p> + + <p>Titian, grave of, 216</p> + + <p>Titles, origin of, 287</p> + + <p>Toad-fish, economy of, 135</p> + + <p>Tom Cringle's Log, 381—425</p> + + <p>Tombs, celebrated Roman, 231</p> + + <p>Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233</p> + + <p>Tomb of Cæcilia Metella, 232</p> + + <p class="i2">Horatii and Curatii, 233</p> + + <p class="i2">Juliet, 265</p> + + <p>Tongue of Man, 96</p> + + <p>Toothache, cure for, 212</p> + + <p>Torchlight custom, 260</p> + + <p>Tornado, by T. Pringle, Esq., 400</p> + + <p>Tory, origin of, 144</p> + + <p>Towers of Tarifa, the, 186</p> + + <p>Trade, anti-free, 304</p> + + <p>Tradesmen affected by fashion, 332—349</p> + + <p>Tradesmen, ancient, 261</p> + + <p>Tragedy and Comedy, essay on, 82</p> + + <p>Traveller's Diary, scraps from, 219—364</p> + + <p>Trials of Grace Huntley, a tale, 395</p> + + <p>Truth, the plain, 207</p> + + <p>Tulip, Fanny Kemble, 272</p> + + <p>Tulip Tree, 38</p> + + <p>Tunnel, natural, in Virginia, 433</p> + + <p>Turkish Baths, 74</p> + + <p>Turncoat, 336</p> + + <p>Turtle Mayor, 336</p> + + <p>Twins, monument of, 240</p> + + <p>Umbrellas, invention of, 269</p> + + <p>Uneducated, who are? 95</p> + + <p>Usury in the Middle Ages, 320</p> + + <p>Van Dieman's Land, civilization in, 5</p> + + <p>Velocity, increased and diminished, 55</p> + + <p>Venice, by T. Moore, 219</p> + + <p>Vestry Dinner in Persia, 75</p> + + <p>Victims of Susceptibility, 154</p> + + <p>Vine, the, an apologue, 403</p> + + <p>Viper, horned, poison of, 354</p> + + <p>Virginia, natural tunnel in, 433</p> + + <p>Voice of Humanity, the, 201</p> + + <p>Volcanoes on the Globe, 448</p> + + <p>Voltaire, anecdote of, 293</p> + + <p>Voyage of Manufacture, 54</p> + + <p>Vulture, 80</p> + + <p>Wakefield, chapel on the bridge at, 401</p> + + <p>Walcot, Dr., and Shield, 448</p> + + <p>Walking Gallows, 52</p> + + <p>Walnut Water, properties of, 176</p> + + <p>Watching for the Soul, 368</p> + + <p>Waterloo, battle of, 235</p> + + <p class="i2">child, 128</p> + + <p class="i2">day after the battle, 166</p> + + <p class="i2">the year of, 165</p> + + <p>Wearied Soldier, the, 195</p> + + <p>Weather, journals of, 111</p> + + <p>Were and Werelade, 71</p> + + <p>Whale, gigantic, account of, 341</p> + + <p>What's in a name? 391</p> + + <p>Wheston, cross at, 113</p> + + <p>When wilt thou return? 290</p> + + <p>Wieland, on the Druids, 20</p> + + <p>Wight, isle of, town in, 225</p> + + <p>Wilks's Cottage, 225</p> + + <p>Wilkes's Luckiest Number, 143</p> + + <p>William the Conqueror, funeral of, 13</p> + + <p>Winchelsea, antiquity of, 295</p> + + <p>Windermere, scene on, 308</p> + + <p>Wines, German, 281</p> + + <p>Wingfield Manor House, described, 321</p> + + <p>Wit, ready, + 304</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page456" + id="page456"></a>[pg 456]</span> + + <p>Witchcraft in 1618, 130</p> + + <p>Witchcraft and Spontaneous Combustion, 162</p> + + <p>Wolves of North America, 340</p> + + <p>Women alias Angels, 32</p> + + <p class="i2">characteristics of, 117</p> + + <p class="i2">heroic, 16</p> + + <p>Wonders of the Lane, 413</p> + + <p>Wordsworth, sonnet by, 420</p> + + <p>Worm, lines on, 201</p> + + <p>Worsted, origin of, 320</p> + + <p>Wrestling custom at Hornchurch, 319</p> + + <p>Writing in France, 120</p> + + <p>York Column and St. James's Park, 418</p> + + <p>Zoffany, his gratitude, 368</p> + + <p>Zoological Garden, natural, 101</p> + + <p>Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, + 66—199—281</p> + + <p class="i2">Armadillo House at, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Aviary, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Deer at, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Elephants at, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Fountain, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Llama House, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Maccaws, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Ostriches, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Repository, 200</p> + + <p>Zoological Gardens, Surrey, 1—303</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr /> + + <h3>INDEX TO THE EIGHTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS.</h3> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>ABBOTSFORD, (Armoury,) 248</p> + + <p class="i2">(from the Garden,) 241</p> + + <p class="i2">(Study,) 248</p> + + <p>Antique Bell, (Two Cuts,) 345</p> + + <p class="i2">Chair, 344</p> + + <p class="i2">Key, 337</p> + + <p class="i2">Knife-handle, 345</p> + + <p class="i2">Snuffers, 337</p> + + <p>Antwerp, (from the Tête de Flandre,) 369</p> + + <p>Ararat, Mount, 313</p> + + <p>Bat, American, 409</p> + + <p>Beauchief Abbey, 113</p> + + <p>Bede's Chair, 440</p> + + <p>Belvoir Castle, 129</p> + + <p>Birthplace of Bewick, 17</p> + + <p class="i2">the Earl of Eldon, 193</p> + + <p class="i2">Dr. Johnson, 257</p> + + <p>Bob in for Eels, 392</p> + + <p>Bolsover Castle, 161</p> + + <p>Bridge across the Guadiaro, in Spain, 24</p> + + <p>Burnham Abbey, 81</p> + + <p>Bustard, 328</p> + + <p>Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, 401</p> + + <p>Chlamyphorus, 264</p> + + <p>Church, (new,) St. Dunstan in the West, 33</p> + + <p>Cross, Cornwall, 424</p> + + <p class="i2">Devon, 424</p> + + <p class="i2">at Eyam, 113</p> + + <p class="i2">at Holbeach, 329</p> + + <p class="i2">at Leighton Buzzard, 329</p> + + <p class="i2">Neville's, 360</p> + + <p class="i2">Percy's, 361</p> + + <p class="i2">at Wheston, 113</p> + + <p>Cuttle Fish, (Three Cuts,)</p> + + <p>Dandy Lion, 392</p> + + <p>Dodo, 312</p> + + <p>Dryburgh Abbey, 256</p> + + <p>Elephant bathing in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's + Park, 65</p> + + <p>Falls of the Genesse, 97</p> + + <p>Framlingham Castle, 305</p> + + <p>Grave of Titian, 216</p> + + <p>Hall at Norton Lees, 273</p> + + <p>Hospital of St. Cross, (the Church,) 217</p> + + <p>Isle of Rotuma, 376</p> + + <p>Isle of Wight, and Wilkes's Cottage, 225</p> + + <p>Lee Church, Kent, 153</p> + + <p>Lisbon, (general view,) 209</p> + + <p>Manchester Infirmary, 177</p> + + <p class="i2">Royal Institution, 177</p> + + <p class="i2">Town Hall, 177</p> + + <p>Money of Betrayal, (Two Cuts,)</p> + + <p>Monument of a Crusader, 441</p> + + <p>Oporto, from Villa Nova, 49</p> + + <p>Persian Bath, 145</p> + + <p>Portrait of Chaptal, 88</p> + + <p class="i2">Cuvier, 137</p> + + <p class="i2">Goethe, 89</p> + + <p>Pursuit of Knowledge, 392</p> + + <p>St. Goar, on the Rhine, 385</p> + + <p>Statue of Mr. Canning, 25</p> + + <p class="i2">Pitt, 40</p> + + <p>Tanfield Arch, Durham, 353</p> + + <p>Toad-fish, 136</p> + + <p>Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233</p> + + <p class="i2">Cæcilia Metella, 232</p> + + <p class="i2">Dante, 168</p> + + <p class="i2">Horatii and Curatii, 233</p> + + <p class="i2">Juliet, 265</p> + + <p class="i2">Petrarch, 169</p> + + <p>Tunnel, Natural, in Virginia, 433</p> + + <p>Vase containing the Heart of Canova, 169</p> + + <p>Wingfield Manor House, 321</p> + + <p>York Column, from St. James's Park, 417</p> + + <p>Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park:</p> + + <p class="i2">Aviary, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Armadillo House, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Deer, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Elephants, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Llama, 200</p> + + <p class="i2">Maccaws, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Ostriches, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Pond and Fountain, 281</p> + + <p class="i2">Repository, 200</p> + + <p>Zoological Gardens, Surrey:</p> + + <p class="i2">Building for large Animals, 1</p> + + <p class="i2">General View, 1</p> + + <p class="i2">Rockwork for Beavers, 1</p> + </div> + </div> + + <h4>END OF VOL. XX.</h4> + <hr class="full" /> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" + name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + + <p>Bracebridge Hall, vol. i.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" + name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + + <p>Sketch Book, vol. i.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote3" + name="footnote3"></a><b>Footnote 3:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + + <p>Among Mr. Irving's early effusions are Lines written on + the Falls of the River Pasaic which are not printed in the + author's works, but will be found in <i>The Mirror</i>, + vol. ii. p. 452.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote4" + name="footnote4"></a><b>Footnote 4:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag4">(return)</a> + + <p>New Monthly Magazine.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote5" + name="footnote5"></a><b>Footnote 5:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag5">(return)</a> + + <p>For Two Illustrations and Notice of this interesting + work, See <i>Mirror</i>, vol. xix. p. 337 to 342; whence + the above origin of the work has been quoted.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote6" + name="footnote6"></a><b>Footnote 6:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag6">(return)</a> + + <p>Fraser's Magazine.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote7" + name="footnote7"></a><b>Footnote 7:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag7">(return)</a> + + <p>Quarterly Review.—Such is the variety displayed in + the Salmagundi; the papers were supposed to be the joint + efforts of several literati.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote8" + name="footnote8"></a><b>Footnote 8:</b> + <a href="#footnotetag8">(return)</a> + + <p>Literary Gazette.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, +and Instruction, No. 584, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, *** + +***** This file should be named 14124-h.htm or 14124-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/1/2/14124/ + +Produced by Jonathan Ingram, William Flis, and the PG Online +Distributed Proofreading Team. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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(Supplement to Vol. 20) + + * * * * * + + + + + + + +THE + +MIRROR + +OF + +LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, + +AND + +INSTRUCTION: + +CONTAINING + +ORIGINAL ESSAYS; + +HISTORICAL NARRATIVES; BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS; SKETCHES OF SOCIETY; +TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS; NOVELS AND TALES; ANECDOTES; + +SELECT EXTRACTS + +FROM + +NEW AND EXPENSIVE WORKS; + +POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED; + +THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS; + +DISCOVERIES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES; + +USEFUL DOMESTIC HINTS; + +&C. &C. &C. + +VOL. XX. + +LONDON: + +1832 + + * * * * * + + + + +PREFACE. + + +The completion of the Twentieth Volume of this Miscellany presents us +with another cause for self-gratulation, and thankful acknowledgement +to the reading public. This continued and unimpaired success amidst +a myriad of new-born aspirants, is the best proof of our maintenance +of public esteem; and so long as our efforts are guided by the same +singleness of purpose that first directed them we shall hope for +a continuance of such favour. A multitude of contemporaries "whet +each other;" "thinking nurseth thinking;" and, in like manner, +reading nurseth reading, and awakens a spirit of inquiry, untiring +and exhaustless, among all concerned in pursuit and wholesome +gratification. + +In a retrospect of the hundreds of competitors who have started +for the prize of public patronage since our outset, we shall not, +perhaps, be accused of vanity in placing to our own account the first +appropriation of such means as may have contributed to the partial +success of our contemporaries. We owe them nothing but good will; +for we rather regard things poetically than politically, and we are +anxious to inform and amuse the reader--not to perplex, by constantly +reminding him of his uncheery lot in life. + +Ten years' establishment in periodical literature may give us a +sort of patriarchal feeling towards others; for, with one exception +THE MIRROR is the oldest weekly journal of the metropolis. In this +comparatively long career, our best energies have been directed to the +progressive improvement of each department of the work. The plan of +embellishment, which may be said to have originated with THE MIRROR, +has been extended and improved, until few subjects are incapable of +successful illustration in its pages; due regard being paid to nicety +of execution, as well as attractive design. So much for the present, +state of our "representative system." + +The selection of materials for each sheet of THE MIRROR has been +regulated by a desire to extend useful information, and to cultivate +healthful indications of public taste. In a journal, like the present, +mainly devoted to the accumulation of facts, errors and misstatements +are inevitable; but, our own diligence, aided by sharp-sighted +Correspondents, has, from time to time, guided us to accuracy in +most cases, and directed fruitful inquiry upon matters of no ordinary +interest or character. Scientific information, really made popular, +and of ready, practical utility, has uniformly found admission in +our pages; and, above all, subjects of natural history have received +especial attention, in graphic illustrations--which part of our plan +has been adopted by every cheap journal of the last four years; or, +from the first pictorial description of the Zoological Gardens, +before the publication of the catalogue by the Society; while it is a +source of gratification to know that within the above period, natural +history, from being almost confined to public museums and private +cabinets, has become the most popular study and amusement of the +present day. + +Upon the continued cheapness of our little work, we do not intend to +touch, more than by reference to the enlargement of the letter-press +as commenced with the present volume. The alteration has, we believe, +received general approbation; and, either with regard to the extent of +the letter-press, or the condensed character of its subject-matter, +we have still the satisfaction of knowing THE MIRROR to continue, +as it has often been characterized by contemporaries, "the cheapest +publication of the day." Its other merits we are content to leave to +the discernment of each reader. + +Our future volume will be conducted upon the plan of its predecessors, +with such improvements as time and occasion may suggest. To one point, +economy of space, we promise our best consideration; though we may +not succeed in rivalling Mr. Newberry, who, the good humoured Geoffrey +Crayon tells us, was the first that ever filled his mind with the idea +of a good and great man. He published all the picture books of his +day; and, out of his abundant love for children, he charged "nothing +for either paper or print, and only a half-penny for the binding."[1] +Rest unto his soul, say we. + +This lengthened, but we hope not ill-timed reference to our whole +course of Twenty Volumes has left us but little occasion to speak of +the present portion, individually; although we trust this reference +would be somewhat supererogatory, from the unusual number of +Illustrations, and a copious Index to the main subjects, of the +volume. + +To conclude. We thank all Correspondents for their contributions, and +invite their cordial co-operation with our ensuing efforts. So now +"_plaudite! valete!_" + +_December 26, 1832._ + +[Footnote 1: Bracebridge Hall, vol. i.] + + * * * * * + +[Illustration] + + * * * * * + +NOTICES + +OF + +WASHINGTON IRVING, ESQ. + +AND HIS WORKS. + + * * * * * + +Washington Irving was born, in the State of New York, in the year +1782, and is, consequently, in his fifty-first year. His early life +cannot better be told than in his own graceful language, prefixed +to the most celebrated of his writings as "the author's account of +himself." + +"I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange +characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began my travels, and +made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of +my native city, to the frequent alarm of my parents, and the emolument +of the town-crier. As I grew into boyhood I extended the range of my +observations. My holiday afternoons were spent in rambles about the +surrounding country. I made myself familiar with all its places famous +in history or fable. I knew every spot where a murder or robbery had +been committed, or a ghost seen. I visited the neighbouring villages, +and added greatly to my stock of knowledge, by noting their habits +and customs, and conversing with their sages and great men. I even +journeyed one long summer's day to the summit of the most distant +hill, from whence I stretched my eye over many a mile of terra +incognita, and was astonished to find how vast a globe I inhabited. + +"This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. Books of voyages +and travels became my passion, and in devouring their contents, I +neglected the regular exercises of the school. How wistfully would +I wander about the pier heads in fine weather, and watch the parting +ships bound to distant climes; with what longing eyes would I gaze +after their lessening sails; and waft myself in imagination to the +ends of the earth. + +"Farther reading and thinking, though they brought this vague +inclination into more reasonable bounds, only served to make it more +decided. I visited various parts of my own country; and had I been +merely influenced by a love of fine scenery, I should have felt little +desire to seek elsewhere its gratification; for on no country have +the charms of nature been more prodigally lavished. Her mighty lakes, +like oceans of liquid silver; her mountains, with their bright aerial +tints; her valleys, teeming with wild fertility; her tremendous +cataracts, thundering in their solitudes; her boundless plains, waving +with spontaneous verdure; her broad, deep rivers, rolling in solemn +silence to the ocean; her trackless forests, where vegetation puts +forth all its magnificence; her skies, kindling with the magic of +summer clouds and glorious sunshine:--no, never need an American +look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural +scenery."[2] + +[Footnote 2: Sketch Book, vol. i.] + +Mr. Irving began his career, as an author, in periodical literature. +His first work was a humorous journal, entitled "Salmagundi, or the +Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and Others," +originally published in numbers in New York, where it met with a very +flattering reception. The date of the first paper is Saturday, January +24, 1827. + +Salmagundi has been several times reprinted in this country; and it +may be acceptable to know, that the cheapest, if not the most elegant, +edition may be purchased for twenty-pence. It would be difficult to +explain the merits of Salmagundi to the reader, as they are of the +most varied character; but, it may be remarked generally, that a vein +of quaint humour and human kindness pervades these early papers, which +will bring the reader and writer to the best possible terms. + +This lively miscellany was followed by a humorous History of New York, +with the somewhat droll _nom_ of Dedrick Knickerbocker as its author. +It possesses considerable merit, with a nice perception of the +ludicrous; but, on its first appearance, this recommendation was +generally overlooked, whether from the local interest of the subject, +or the want of due judgment in its readers, it is difficult to +determine. + +About this period Mr. Irvine's name was heard in England, almost for +the first time; his only claims to public notice resting entirely +on Salmagundi, and the History of New York. He was indebted for his +introduction to the acquaintance of European readers, to a young +fellow-countryman of high attainments, who alludes to the above works +and their author in the following terms:--"Mr. Irving has shown much +talent and great humour in his Salmagundi and Knickerbocker, and they +are exceedingly pleasant books, especially to one who understands the +local allusions." + +A few years subsequent to the publication of Knickerbocker, Mr. Irving +visited England, or the "land of wonders," as he facetely terms +our favoured isle. During his stay, he wrote a series of papers, +illustrative of English manners, which were chiefly printed in +America. These papers were afterwards published in a collected form, +in England, under the title of "The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, +Gent." and dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, "in testimony of the +admiration and affection of the author." In the advertisement to the +Sketch-Book, Mr. Irving thus modestly refers to its origin: + +"The author is aware of the austerity with which the writings of +his countrymen have hitherto been treated by British critics: he +is conscious too, that much of the contents of his papers can be +interesting only in the eyes of American readers. It was not his +intention, therefore, to have them reprinted in this country. He +has, however, observed several of them from time to time inserted in +periodical works of merit, and has understood that it was probable +they would be republished in a collective form. He has been induced, +therefore, to revise and bring them forward himself, that they may +at least come correctly before the public. Should they be deemed of +sufficient importance to attract the attention of critics, he solicits +for them that courtesy and candour which a stranger has some right to +claim, who presents himself at the threshold of a hospitable nation." + +Mr. Irving's solicitations were not made in vain, as the rapid sale +of several editions must have convinced him; while every journalist +in the empire hailed the work as the most beautiful specimen of +Transatlantic talent which had been recognised in this country. + +The two volumes of the Sketch-Book appeared at different periods; +and, at the conclusion of the second, we find the following +apologetic postscript: "The author is conscious of the numerous +faults and imperfections of his work; and, well aware how little +he is disciplined and accomplished in the arts of authorship. His +deficiencies are also increased by a diffidence arising from his +peculiar situation. He finds himself writing in a strange land, +and appearing before a public, which he has been accustomed, from +childhood, to regard with the highest feelings of awe and reverence. +He is full of solicitude to secure their approbation, yet finds that +very solicitude continually embarrassing his powers, and depriving +him of that ease and confidence which are necessary to successful +exertion. Still the kindness with which he is treated encourages him +to go on, hoping that, in time, he may acquire a steadier footing; and +thus he proceeds, half venturing, half shrinking, surprised at his own +good fortune, and wondering at his own temerity." + +The success of the Sketch-Book was followed by the almost equal +fortune of "Bracebridge Hall, or the Humorists;" a series of scenes +of Old English life, as displayed in one of those venerable halls, +that rise, here and there, in a British landscape, as monuments +of the hospitality of our ancestors, and better times. In the +autobiographical chapter of this work, the writer thus pleasantly +refers to his previous success, as "a matter of marvel, that a +man, from the wilds of America, should express himself in tolerable +English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in +literature,--a kind of demi-savage, with a leather in his hand, +instead of his head; and there was a curiosity to hear what such +a being had to say about civilized society." In referring the +circumstances under which he writes his second work on English +manners, he says: "Having been born and brought up in a new country, +yet educated from infancy in the literature of an old one, my mind +was filled with historical and poetical associations, connected with +places, and manners, and customs of Europe; but which could rarely +be applied to those of my own country. To a mind thus peculiarly +prepared, the most ordinary objects and scenes, on arriving in Europe, +are full of strange matter, and interesting novelty. England is as +classic ground to an American, as Italy is to an Englishman; and Old +London teems with as much historical association as mighty Rome." +There is, also, great amiability in the concluding paragraph:--"I have +always had an opinion, that much good might be done by keeping mankind +in good humour with one another. I may be wrong in my philosophy; but +I shall continue to practise it until convinced of its fallacy. When I +discover the world to be all that it has been represented by sneering +cynics and whining poets, I will turn to and abuse it also; in the +meanwhile, worthy reader, I hope you will not think lightly of me, +because I cannot believe this to be so very bad a world as it is +represented." + +Soon after the publication of Bracebridge Hall, Mr. Irving left this +country, where he had passed two years with literary and pecuniary +advantage. He quitted England with a pathetic farewell; declaring that +if, as he is accused, he views it with a partial eye, he shall never +forget that it is his "fatherland." On the consanguinity of England +and America too, and the cultivation of good feeling between them, he +thus touchingly expresses himself in Bracebridge Hall: "We ask nothing +from abroad that we cannot reciprocate. But with respect to England, +we have a warm feeling of the heart, the glow of consanguinity +that still lingers in our blood. Interest apart, past differences +forgotten, we extend the hand of old relationship. We merely ask, do +not estrange us from you, do not destroy the ancient tie of blood, do +not let scoffers and slanderers drive a kindred nation from your side. +We would fain be friends, do not compel us to be enemies." There is a +manly affection in these sentiments which is truly admirable. + +Mr. Irving's works, with the exception of his early efforts,[3] had +been the result of his love of travel: indeed, he describes himself +as a traveller who has "surveyed most of the terrestrial angles of the +globe." In similar vein, he next produced two volumes of "Tales of a +Traveller," narrating legends of the continent, with masterly sketches +of the scenery of the respective countries; the incidents of the Tales +being fraught with points of grotesque humour, and abounding with +pathos and poetic feeling. + +[Footnote 3: Among Mr. Irving's early effusions are Lines written on +the Falls of the River Pasaic which are not printed in the author's +works, but will be found in _The Mirror_, vol. ii. p. 452.] + +To these Tales succeeded a work of greater importance in literature +than either of Mr. Irving's previous undertakings. We allude to a +History of the Life and Voyages of Columbus, in four vols. 8vo., which +appeared in the year 1828. Mr. Irving, at the time this work was first +suggested to him, in the winter of 1825-6, was at Bordeaux; and, being +informed that a biography was about to appear at Madrid, containing +many important and some new documents relative to Columbus, he set off +for the Spanish capital, to undertake the translation of the work. +Mr. Irving, however, meeting with numerous aids at Madrid, resolved +on producing an original history, which he has presented to the public +with extreme diffidence: "all that I can safely claim," he observes, +"is, an earnest desire to state the truth, an absence from prejudices +respecting the nations mentioned in my history, a strong interest in +my subject, and a zeal to make up by assiduity for many deficiencies +of which I am conscious." This work has been abridged by Mr. Irving +to one of the volumes of the Family Library. As we have intimated to +the reader, it is of higher pretensions than either of the author's +previous writings: a clever critic refers to it as "a spirited and +interesting work, in which every thing is as judiciously reasoned as +it is beautifully and forcibly expressed," and as "much more grave in +its character and laborious in its execution than any of his preceding +ones."[4] + +[Footnote 4: New Monthly Magazine.] + +Mr. Irving's next production was "A Chronicle of the Conquest of +Granada," in which the author's knowledge of Spanish history is made +to shine in detailing the chivalrous glories of the New World. + +In the spring of the present year it appears that Mr. Irving touched +"the golden shores of old romance," and published Tales of the +Alhambra; the origin of which work is thus told by the author. A few +years since, Mr. Wilkie, the distinguished R.A. and Mr. Irving were +fellow travellers on the continent. In their rambles about some of +the old cities of Spain, they were struck with scenes and incidents +which reminded them of passages in the Arabian Nights. Mr. Wilkie +urged his companion to write something that should illustrate those +peculiarities, "something in the Haroun Alraschid style" that should +have a dash of that Arabian spice which pervades everything in Spain. +Mr. Irving set about his task with enthusiasm: his study was the +spacious Alhambra itself, and the governor gave the author and his +companion, permission to occupy his vacant apartments in the Moorish +palace: Mr. Wilkie soon returned to England, leaving Mr. Irving at +the Alhambra, where he remained "for several months, spell-bound in +the old enchanted pile." The result was two volumes of legends and +traditions, which for interesting incident, and gracefulness of +narrative, have few parallels in our romance-writing.[5] They are +dedicated, in good taste, to the ingenious originator, Mr. Wilkie. + +[Footnote 5: For Two Illustrations and Notice of this interesting +work, See _Mirror_, vol. xix. p. 337 to 342; whence the above origin +of the work has been quoted.] + +In person, Mr. Irving is of middle height; and, according to a +contemporary, of "modest deportment and easy attitude, with all the +grace and dignity of an English gentleman."[6] Another describes +him as "a most amiable man, and great genius, but not lively in +conversation." His features have a pleasing regularity, and are lit +up, at every corner, with that delightful humour which flows in a rich +vein throughout his writings, and forms their most attractive charm. + +[Footnote 6: Fraser's Magazine.] + +Having noticed Mr. Irving's principal works, we have left but little +occasion to speak of his general style. A contemporary has denominated +him the "Goldsmith of the age;" and of Goldsmith we must remember +that, in his epitaph, Dr. Johnson observes: "he left no species of +writing untouched, and adorned all to which he applied himself"--a +tribute which can scarcely be appropriately paid to any writer of +our time. However, we know not any author that Mr. Irving so much +resembles as Goldsmith: although no imitator, his style and language +forcibly remind us of that easy flow so peculiar to the Citizen of +the World. But, we have higher warrant for this parallel. "It seems +probable," observes a critical writer of considerable acumen, "that +Mr. Irving might prove no contemptible rival to Goldsmith, whose turn +of mind he very much inherits, and of whose style he particularly +reminds us. Like him, too, Mr. Irving possesses the art of setting +ludicrous perplexities in the most irresistible point of view, and we +think equals him in the variety of humour."[7] + +[Footnote 7: Quarterly Review.--Such is the variety displayed in +the Salmagundi; the papers were supposed to be the joint efforts of +several literati.] + +To conclude, we find the literary character of Mr. Irving illustrated +in a contemporary journal, with unusual spirit. "There never was a +writer," observes the editor, "whose popularity was more matter of +feeling, or more intimate than Washington Irving, perhaps, because +he appeared at once to our simplest and kindliest emotions. His +affections were those of 'hearth and home;' the pictures he +delighted to draw were those of natural loveliness, linked with human +sympathies; and a too unusual thing with the writers of our time--he +looked upon God's works, and 'saw that they were good.' * * * With +him the wine of life is not always on the lees. An exquisite vein of +poetry runs through every page,--and of poetry, his epithets who does +not remember--'the shark, glancing like a spectre through the blue +seas.'"[8] + +[Footnote 8: Literary Gazette.] + + * * * * * + + + + +ALPHABETICAL INDEX. + + + A.B.C. botanical, 336 + Abernethian, a true one, 160 + Absence, Lord Lyttleton's, 318 + Accumulation of Power, 55 + Acid, Oxalic, 207 + Tartaric, 206 + Action in forces, time of, 55 + Adam, death of, 133 + Adieu, the, by Lord Byron, 12 + Adrian and Apollodoras, the architect, 384 + Advice, by a Man of the World, 10 + AEtna, visit to the summit of, 202 + Agincourt, ballad of, 101 + Alchemy and Printing, 160 + Ale, bad Saxon, 261 + Burton, 304 + All on one side, 318 + Almanacs, Saxon, 54 + American Deer, mode of hunting them, 339 + Improvements, 102 + Navy, 102 + Newspapers, 102 + Papermaking, 103 + Prison Discipline, 286 + Wolves, 340 + Ancients and Moderns, by Voltaire, 163 + Angelica Kauffman, anecdote of, 291 + Angler, an odd one, 317 + Animal Instinct exemplified, 327 + Annuals for 1833: + Amulet, 392--413 + Book of Beauty, 386 + Comic Offering, 389 + Forget-me-not, 282 + Friendship's Offering, 399 + Hood's Comic, 287 + Juvenile Forget-me-not, 334 + Literary Souvenir, 420 + Picturesque, 386 + Antiquities, Domestic, 337 + Antwerp, Citadel of, described, 405 + City of, described, 369 + Painters born at, 380 + Aphorisms, choice, 442 + Apologues, from the German, 403 + Ararat, Mount, described, 313--379 + Araspes and Panthea, anecdote of, 258 + Architecture, ancient domestic, 274 + Archy Armstrong, grave of, 416 + Armada, the, by T.B. Macauley, Esq. 399 + Armadillo, history of, 56 + Armour, old English, 437 + Arrogance, Feltham on, 271 + Arrow Root, preparation of, 264 + Arundel Castle, described, 157 + Asmodeus in London, 364 + Atmosphere, constitution of, 206 + Atmosphere, properties of, 134 + Auctions by the Drum, 330 + Bachelors, Laws respecting, 35--339 + Bagdad, plague at, 75 + Bailly, physician to Henry IV., 96 + Bar, anecdotes of the, 277 + Barbel, large, 96 + Bat, new species of, 408 + Bath in Persia, described, 145 + Baths, ancient and modern, 372 + Battle, fish, 354 + Beaches, sea, changes of, 79 + Bear-hunting in Canada, 91 + Beatrice Adony and Julius Alvinzi, a tale, 420 + Beauchief Abbey, described, 113 + Becket, murder of, 114 + Bede, Venerable, memoir of, 440 + Beefeaters, origin of, 80 + Bees, economy of, 38 + Beet root sugar, 88 + Beetle, ravages of, 175 + Bell, ancient, 345 + Belvoir Castle, history of, 129 + Bennett, Mr. George, visit to Rotuma, 377 + Berwick, siege of, 222 + Bewick, the engraver, birthplace of, 17 + Bibb, the engraver, 368 + Birds, bills of, 96 + Birds, how they fly, 134 + Birds, migration of, 40 + Black Lady of Brabant, 140 + Blacking, antiquity of, 192 + Blessington, lady, her conversations with Lord Byron, + 6--86--110--156--269 + Blind Seal, the, a tale, 298 + Blood, price of, 71 + Bloodless War, 336 + Boar's head at Christmas, 431 + Bolsover Castle described, 161 + Bond, Mr. Sergeant, anecdote of, 278 + Bones, waste of, 366 + Borough, origin of the term, 211 + Boy Burglars, account of, 333 + Books, new, noticed and quoted: + Abrantes, Duchess of, her memoirs, 47--106--191 + Babbage's Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, 27--54 + Barrington's Sketches, 52 + Biblical Atlas, 44 + British Museum, 140--158 + Buccaneer, 428 + Byron's Works, 12 + Catechism of Phrenology, 45 + Characteristics of Women, 117 + Contarini Fleming, 10 + Double Trial, 125 + Elements of Chemistry, 206 + Encyclopaedia Americana, 102 + Excursions in India, by Capt. Skinner, 105 + Framlingham, a Poem, 306 + Geography, Questions in, 45 + Gordon on Elemental Locomotion, 183--198 + Knowledge for the People, 77--134--429 + Life of Peter the Great, 300--308 + Laconics, 31 + Legends of the Library at Lilies, 350--403 + Legends of the Rhine, 138 + Life of Charlemagne, by G.P.R. James, 92--119 + Lives of Scottish Worthies, 221--233 + Macculloch's Dictionary of Commerce, 151--279 + Memoir of Felix Neff, 147--171 + Natural Magic, by Sir David Brewster, 72--107--191 + New Gil Blas, 186 + Numismatic Manual, 223 + Outlines of General Knowledge, 45 + Pilgrimage through Khuzistan and Persia, 73--314 + Pompeii, 412 + Popular Zoology, 57 + Private Correspondence of a Woman of Fashion, 157--165--235 + Sketches from Venetian History, 60 + Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 11--46 + Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada, 29--57--91 + Taylor's Records of his Life, 291--317 + Trials of Charles I., 41 + Wild Sports of the West, 298 + Brain of Man, 96 + Braithwaite's Steam Fire-Engine, 111 + Brass-plate Coal-merchants, 56 + Bread, legal adulteration of, 366 + Brent Tor church, 112 + Brevities, 179 + Bridewell, in the reign of Elizabeth, 357 + Bridge, stupendous, in Spain, 24 + Britain, early inhabitants of, 276--371 + British Artists' Exhibition, 330--362 + British Institution, School of Painting at, 362 + British Museum, the, 140 + Brougham, Henry, anecdote of, 182 + Brydges, Sir Egerton, 86 + Bull, national, 240 + Burnham Abbey described, 81 + Bustard, natural history of, 328 + Butterfly, Chameleon, and Serpent, 425 + Byron, Lord, conversations with, 6--86--110 + and Anastasius, 156 + early poems, by, 12 + and Earl Grey, 80 + and the English, 9 + and Mrs. Hemans, 156 + and Mr. Hope, 156 + on horseback, 110 + and Leigh Hunt, 157 + and Italian women, 117 + his love, 269 + letter of, 290 + and Moore, 7 + personal description of, 7 + and Scott, 110 + and Shelley, 9 + and Madame de Stael, 86 + and Venice, 63 + Caesar, Julius, his superstition, 238 + Cairngorm, origin of, 77 + Caliga, origin of, 112 + Caloric, or the matter of heat, 206 + Canada, climate of, 57 + notes on, 29 + Canary Birds, breeding, 111 + Candelabra and Lamps of Pompeii, 412 + Canning, Mr., statue of, 25 + Cannon Clock, 144 + Cannon, names of, 160 + Canova, vase, containing the heart of, 169 + Caprices, national, 439 + Caps, laws relating to, 319 + Cara, lines to, 272 + Carding a Tithe-Procter, 52 + Card-playing, indifferent, 318 + Cards, second-hand, 425 + Caroline, the late Queen, 158 + Cartoons at Hampton Court, 287 + Cascades and Cataracts, origin of, 97 + Cashmere Shawl goat, 94 + Castle of Framlingham, 305 + Catacombs at Paris, lines on, 338 + Castanets, origin of, 160 + Cats horticulturists, 80 + Cedar trees, large, 341 + Chair, ancient, 344 + of St. Bede, 440 + Chairing, parliamentary, origin of, 176 + Chancellor, Lord, his office, 71 + Salary, 128 + Start in Life, 125 + Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, described, 401 + Chaptel, memoir of, 88 + Charlemagne, life of, 93, 128 + palace of, 119 + Charles I., Trials of, 41 + II., progress of, 261 + Charters in the British Museum, 336 + Chase, the, a sketch, 21 + Chatsworth, beauties of, 432 + Chimneys, invention of, 139 + Chlamyphorus, natural history of, 263 + Cholera, a cleanser, 432 + Mount, by Montgomery, 315 + Christmas, ancient and modern, 419 + carols, 430 + Dalmatia, 419 + Hereford, 438 + Kent, 419 + Mexico, 438 + Norfolk, 419 + Why and Because of, 429 + Church, Lestingham, described, 297 + new, St. Dunstan's, 34 + Cigar smoking, motto for, 208 + Cinnamon and Cassia, 425 + Cinque Ports, their past and present state, 299 + Climatology, notes on, 134 + Clockmaking in the 9th century, 127 + Coach, the last, 432 + Coals, high price of in London, 366 + Coffee, duty on, 80 + house, London, in 1731, 358 + on roasting, 366 + Coins, to read in the dark, 191 + Colouring Cheese, 425 + Colton, the Rev. Mr., 3 + Column of Disgrace, 69 + Comet of Biela, 185 + Comparison, all things by, 368 + Compliments, value of, 384 + Condors, a pair of living, 303 + Continence, anecdotes of, 258 + Cookery, Chinese and Russian, 48 + Cool Tankard at Newgate, 192 + Coronation, expenses of the last, 32 + Court Jester, by Fuller, 352 + Courtier, an excellent, 352 + Cowards, a warning to, 48 + Cowley, the poet, 336 + Cranmer, education of, 75 + Craven, in Yorkshire, cave at, 87 + Criminal Law, reform of, 267 + Criticism, political, 207 + Critics, warning to, 352 + Cromwell, character of, 428 + Cross Readings, from the Spanish, 144 + Crosses, curious ancient, 113--329--360--424 + Cornwall, 424 + Devon, 424 + Eyam, 113 + Holbeach, 329 + Leighton Buzzard, 329 + Neville's, 360 + in the Peak, 113 + Percy's, 361 + Wheston, 113 + Crown, British, pawned, 358 + Crucifixes, initials on, 430 + Crusader, monument of, 441 + Crusades, errors respecting, 319 + Crystal, origin of, 77 + Curran and the Mastiff, 48 + Curse of the Black Lady, a legend, 139 + Cuttle-fish, ink of, 175 + natural history of, 103 + Cuvier, memoir of, 137 + Dacre, Lady, her eccentricities, 153 + Dairyman's Daughter, 112 + Damary Oak Tree, 112 + Dante's Tomb, 168 + Deafness, convenient, 176 + Death, punishment of, 71 + the actor, epitaph on, 448 + Deepdene, notice of, 149 + Deer of North America, 339 + Dew, explanation of, 304 + Derbyshire, antiquities of, 116 + Dibdin, the song-writer, 128 + Dice, invention of, 384 + Dick's Coffee-house, 16 + Diorama, Regent's Park, 40 + Disease, causes of, 266 + effect of on the memory, 190 + Disposal of the body for dissection, 292 + Distinction and Difference, 343 + Dodo, natural history of, 311 + Dovaston, Mr., his sketches of Bewick, 18 + Dove, the River, 288 + Dover, antiquity of, 294 + Drama, essay on, 82 + Dramatis Personae, origin of, 447 + Drawing an inference, 292 + Dream of the Beautiful, 82 + Dripping Rock in India, 160 + Drop of Dew, by Marvell, 199 + Druids and their times, 20 + Dryburgh Abbey, lines on, 268--296 + Dryden's M'Flecknoe, 208 + Ducks, wild, catching in India, 160 + Duelling, 343--416 + Eagle's Cliff, visit to, 299 + "Eclipse," the horse, 354 + Economy of Conveyance by Steam, 183 + Time and Materials, 54 + Edinburgh, by Mr. Cobbett, 287 + Egyptian Pyramids and Hindoo Temples compared, 158 + Elephant, natural history of, 66 + Elephants in the Zoological Gardens, 66 + Edmonton, Merry Devil of, 367 + Eldon, Lord, his birthplace, 193 + Elections, bribery in, 192 + Electioneering in Westminster, 351 + Electro-Magnet, the largest, 128 + Elm, prodigious, 288 + Emigration to British America, advantages and disadvantages of, 444 + Emigration to Canada, 28 + Enchantress, a tale, 386 + England and France, former junction of, 448 + Ennui, universal, 366 + Envy, Owen Feltham on, 64 + Epitaph at Bristol, 336 + Epitaphs in Cambridgeshire, 368 + Errors of the Day, 142 + Essequibo, sailing up the, 359--379 + Ethelbert and Elfrida, a tale, 323 + Euphrates, sailing up, 74 + Explosion, tremendous, 272 + Extravagance, imperial, 416 + Eyam, cross at, 113 + Eye, structure of, 72 + Eyes and Tears, by Marvell, 199 + Eyes, varieties of, 96 + Falconry Tenure, 345 + Falls of the Genesse, 97--342 + Niagara, visit to, 446 + Farewell to the Muse, by Lord Byron, 13 + Fashionable Manners, effects of, on Tradesmen and Servants, 331--348 + Fat Living, 261 + Favour, the only one, 80 + Ferdinand VII. of Spain, character of, 444 + Fern Owl, habits of the, 174 + Fielding, Sir John, anecdote of, 279 + Fish, consumption of, 415 + Fishing, expensive, 432 + Fleurus, battle of, 431 + Flour, good, economy of, 366 + Flybekins, a humorous story, 389 + Fontenelle, genius of, 111 + Food, animal and vegetable, 35 + Foot of Man, 96 + Forest Schools, 111 + Framlingham Castle, 305 + Francis, Sir Philip, epigram on, 336 + French manners, 47 + Fruit, effects of, and cholera, 79 + maturation of, 39 + Funeral garlands, 20 + Funerals, Portuguese, 70 + Garnets, varieties of, 78 + Gazel, a ballad, by Moore, 10 + Genesse, river of, 98--342 + Genius, tributes to, 168 + Geological changes by the sea, 78 + Germans, ode to the, by Campbell, 9 + Gilpin, John, popularity of, 367 + Gipsies, king of, elegy on, 285 + of old, 270 + Giulietta, a tale, 282 + Goat of Cashmere, 94 + Goethe, medal of, 143 + memoir of, 89--112 + Gold-beating, particulars of, 320 + Golden sands, 70 + Goldsmith, Oliver, brother of, 275--402 + Goose on Michaelmas Day, 208 + Grace Huntley, Trials of, 393 + Grose, Major, in Dublin, 318 + Gudiaro, bridge across the, 24 + Guides in India, 272 + Ha! Ha! Fence, origin of, 448 + Hail Storms in India, 128 + Hale, Sir Matthew, 267 + Hall, old, in Derbyshire, 273 + Hampden, John, anecdote of, 160 + Hanging, antiquity of, 192 + Harvest home custom, 368 + Hastings, antiquity of, 294 + Hawthorn well, the, 339 + Head-dress of the 14th century, 358 + Hemans, Mrs., 110 + Henry VIII. and Queen Katherine, 261 + Hereford, Cathedral of, 324 + Hoarding Money, 143 + Holland, outline of, 338 + Holy Cross, history of the, 392 + Home of Love, the, 170 + Home Truth, 64 + Homeward Voyage, the, 98 + Howard, the Hon. Charles, Lines to the memory of, 149 + Hunchback, merits of the, 365 + Huntsman, the, a tale, 67 + Hythe, antiquity of, 294 + Ignorance, imperial, 352 + Illumination, origin of, 176 + Imaum at Muscat, court of, 73 + Incident on the coast, 373 + in the life of a Rascal, 58 + Inconsolable persons, 384 + India, Letters from, 100 + hail-storms in, 128 + servants in, 105 + Inheritance, custom of, 276 + Innkeepers of former times, 79 + Irish bar, anecdotes of, 63--80 + Irish Mantle, Spencers account of, 415 + Italian, lines from, 339 + Jackalls in India, 80 + Jack Spencer, eccentricities of, 317 + James I., boyhood and education of, 233 + Jemmy Maclaine, the highwayman, 291 + Jews, persecution of, 319 + John, King, death of, 288 + Johnson, Dr., birthplace of, 257 + and George III., 318 + pun by, 272 + Jones, Sir William, his plan of study, 358 + Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Christ, 120 + Judge, upright, one, 267 + Juliet, character of, 117 + tomb of, 265 + Junot and Napoleon, anecdote of, 190 + Kemble, John anecdote of, 318 + Ken, bishop, 48--336 + Kenulph, King, his daughter, a tale, 4 + Key, ancient, 337 + King William IV., domestic habits of, 303 + Kings, poverty of, 358 + Knife-handle, antique, 345 + Knowledge, how to acquire, 416 + Korner, lines from, 38 + Laconics, 31 + La Fontaine, absence of, 111 + Land-storm, tropical, 426 + Landers' Voyage and Discoveries on the Niger, 149 + Langreish, Sir Hercules and his friend, 63 + Last of the Family, 156 + Laurencekirk Snuff-boxes, 151 + Lawrence, Mr. Justice, 277 + Laws of the Navy, ancient, 134 + Learned Ladies, 304 + Lee, church at, described, 153 + Leg, the worst, 368 + Lestingham Church described, 297 + Levee of the Sheik of Fellahi, 75 + Life, progress of, 144 + Libels on Poets, 290 + Lifting heavy persons, 73 + Lines to ----, 226 + Lion-killer, 80 + Lisbon described, 209 + dandy, 69 + dinner, 70 + dockyard, 70 + dogs, 70 + vanity, 70 + water-carrier, 70 + Lock, miniature, 352 + Locomotive Engines in America, 192 + Lord Mayors of London, 176 + Lords, house of, forms of, 325 + Lord's Prayer in Arawaak, 320 + Louis XIV., real character of, 84 + Lucretia Davidson lines on, 148 + Lucretius, extract from, 192 + Ludlow Castle, stanzas on revisiting, 67 + Lydford Bridge described, 289 + Machinery and Manufactures, economy of, 27 + Macklin's grand pause, 367 + Madonna, Italian hymn to, 34 + Magic in the East, true stories of, 26--76 + Magic, natural, 72 + Making and manufacturing, 55 + Maltese Legend, 370 + Malt Liquor, antiquity of, 227 + Manchester, public buildings of, 177 + Infirmary, 178 + Royal Institution, 179 + Town Hall, 178 + Manners, family, history of, 130 + Marriage, curious, 271 + Marriage custom, 439 + Marrying, excuses for not, 336 + Mercers and Drapers, respectability of, 320 + Merchants, opulent British, 319 + Men of no business and paper cutting, 272 + Michael Angelo, ecstasy of, 16 + Mind on the Body, influence of the, 354 + Mistletoe, origin of, 430 + Mock-heroics, 304 + Monasteries, error respecting, 265 + Money, Anne's, 224 + of Betrayal, or Price of Blood, 120 + Charles, I. and II., 224 + Cromwell, 224 + Ecclesiastic, 223 + Edward I. and IV., 223 + Henry VII., 223 + James II., 224 + Milled, 224 + Richard III., 223 + Stephen, 223 + Moody, the actor, avarice of, 367 + Mortality, comparative, in England, 152 + Mosaic Pavement described, 409 + Muscular strength, extraordinary, 432 + Mussulman and Hindoo religion, 80 + My Fatherland, 38 + Nankeen, varieties of, 416 + Napoleon's Return from Elba, 165 + National Gallery, the proposed, 64 + Natural History, errors in, 38 + Nature, luxuriance of, 175 + Necklaces, satin-stone, 342 + Nell Gwynne and Dr. Ken, 336 + Newcastle, grammar-school, 193 + Newcastle, the learned duchess of, 161 + Newcastle-under-Lyne, election at, 288 + New Year's Gifts, 439 + Niagara, recent visit to, 446 + Niger, discoveries on the, 149 + Nightingales in Essex, 144 + Norfolk, the late duke of, 86 + Norton Lees, hall at, 273 + Nugent, Lord and Lady, legends by, 350 + Nutria Fur, account of, 279--314 + O'Brien, the Irish Giant, 182 + Oil in cookery, 352 + Old Soldier, the, a sketch, 403 + Olive Oil, 79--424 + Omen, evil one, 261 + Opera and Theatres in London, 365 + Opal, beauty of, 77 + Oporto described, 49 + Oriental Smoking, 170 + Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus, the, 189 + Ostrich speed, and diet of, 262 + stomach of the, 303 + Otway's "Venice Preserved," 50 + Owen's almshouses, 143 + Paddy Fooshane's Fricassee, 108 + Painters born at Antwerp, 380 + Painter's last passion, 132 + retort, 128 + Panorama of Stirling, 410 + Parliamentary debates, origin of, 128 + forms, 326 + Parliaments, early, 211--325 + Party-spirit, Fuller on, 352 + Past, the, a song, 46 + Past Times, a song, 46 + Pastor, a faithful one, 207 + Patriotism, genuine, 438 + Peak, Antiquities of, 113 + Pearl in the Oyster, 230 + Pekin, ancient trade of, 320 + Pelican, error respecting, 96 + Pennsylvania, settlement of, 208 + Pepper, varieties of, 416 + Perrier, Casimir, memoir of, 116 + Persian Bath, 145 + Fable, 228 + Peru, discovery of, 432 + Peter the Great, anecdotes of, 300--308 + character of, 361 + Peter Pence, origin of, 343 + Peter Simple, life of, 121 + Petition to Time, 11 + Petit-or, value of, 425 + Petrarch's Tomb, 169 + Phillips, Col., recollections of, 402 + Phrenology, curiosities of, 45 + Physician's Fees, 261 + Pic Nic at Tempe, 15 + Pickpockets, qualifications of, 334 + Piracy in olden times, 26 + Pitch-in-the-hole, ancient, 320 + Pitt, Mr., statue of, 40 + Plaint of certain coral beads, 406 + Plants, light and air on, 262 + in rooms, 263 + Poets, Major and Minor, 51 + Pompadour, Madame de, her toilette, by Voltaire, 163 + Pompeii, antiquities of, 412 + Poor Laws, origin of, 327 + Popes, List of, 416 + Portdown Fair described, 121 + Portugal, antiquity of, 48 + manners and customs in, 69 + Posts for Letters, origin of, 322 + Post Office, revenue of, 440 + Potato, economy of, 127 + Poverty, Owen Feltham on, 414 + Prayer, a fragment, 179 + Precious Stones, varieties of, 77 + Preservation of the Human Body, 133 + Primrose, withered, lines on, 95 + Printer, studious, 128 + Printing, invention of, 143 + from wooden blocks, 55 + Prison Discipline in America, 286 + Psalmody, origin of, 146 + Public Credit explained, 142 + Punctuality of Colonel Boswell, 448 + Quadroon Girl, a song, 46 + Quin and Macklin, 367 + Quizzing, literary, 144 + Railway, Liverpool and Manchester, 112 + Raw Materials, 56 + Recollections of a Wanderer 21--373 + Records in the Tower of London, 279 + Regent-street, charms of, 365 + Regulating Power, 55 + Relics of Popery, 344 + Religious Fastings, 195 + Resting-place, the, 354 + Review, the first, 176 + Rhyming Ruminations on London Bridge, 26 + Rising, advantages of early, 16 + Robespierre, anecdote of, 95 + fall of, 106 + Robin Hood, history of, 180--204 + Rome, by T. Moore, 364 + Romeo and Juliet, story of, 118 + Romney, antiquity of, 294 + Rose of the Castle, 133 + of Edendale, by L.E.L., 335 + lines to, 221 + Rotuma, island of, described, 376 + Roundelaye, ancient, 16 + Royalty, freaks of, 207 + Rubens, memoir of, 381 + Ruby, beauty of, 78 + Rye, antiquity of, 295 + Salads, antiquity of, 358 + Salt, fine basket, 425 + good effects of, 265 + Saltpetre, manufacture of, 88 + Sandwich, antiquity of, 295 + Sapphires, beauty of, 77 + Sargasso Weed, account of, 136 + Satin-stone Necklaces, 342 + Saving time in natural operations, 55 + Savoyard, the, a ballad, 275 + School Building in the High Alps, 171 + Schoolmaster's experience in Newgate, 333 + Schools before the Reformation, 75 + Sciences, progress of, 266 + Scipio, continence of, 258 + Scotch "Bluid," anecdote of, 123 + Scott, Sir Walter, Memoir of: + Abbotsford, 241--247--248--250 + Sonnet, by Wordsworth, 420 + anecdotes of, 435 + baronetcy, 250 + birth of, 241 + Scott, Sir Walter, character of, 255--256 + childhood, 242 + clerk of Sessions, 247 + death, 208--253-- + --on the, by the Author of Eugene Aram, 219 + Dryburgh Abbey, 256--436 + education, 242 + embarrassments of, 251--256 + and the Ettrick Shepherd, 335 + family, 253 + fatal illness, 252 + funeral of, 253 + by an eye-witness, 345 + Life of Napoleon, 251 + love of reading, 243 + law studies, 244 + literary attempts, 244 + marriage, 246 + medal of, 255 + memory, 245 + Melrose Abbey, 436 + parentage, 242 + portraits of, 254 + school days, 243 + Selkirk, 437 + sheriffdom, 246 + telling a story, 243 + Works of: + Dryden and Swift, edition of, 247 + Eve of St. John, 245 + Glenfinlas, 245 + Goetz of Berlinchingen translated, 245 + Lady of the Lake, 247 + Lay of the Last Minstrel, 246 + Leonora, &c., translations of, 245 + Marmion, 247 + Miscellaneous Works, 250 + Novels, List of, 250 + Rokeby and Minor Poems, 249 + unpublished works, 255 + Waverley, 249 + Novels, 252 + Sea, depth of the, 427 + Sea-shore, changes on, 78 + Seal, a blind one, 298 + Seaman, knowing, 432 + Secret Lover, the, from the Persian, 204 + Servants affected by fashionable manners and customs, 331--348 + Servants in India, 105 + Servant, monument to a faithful one, 288 + Servants, Vails to, 318 + Shark, adventure with, 381 + Shaving or throat-cutting, 272 + Shelly, the poet, anecdote of, 407 + Sheridan's Funeral, 448 + Sheriff of London, Journal of, 196--212 + Shrewsbury, Anna Maria, Countess of, 112 + Silk Manufacture, outline of, 446 + Skeleton Dance, from Goethe, 420 + Slave Trade in England, 319 + Smoking forbidden in Parliament, 336 + Snake, anecdote of a tame one, 327 + Snuff-boxes, Laurencekirk, 151 + Snuffers, antique, 337 + Soldier, annual cost of, 176 + dress of, 448 + Solecisms in Language, 350 + Somersetshire, land-custom in, 112 + Song from the Album of a Poet, 98 + Songs, by Barry Cornwall, 46 + Song, Scottish, 317 + Song-writing, spirit of, 11 + Sounds during the night, 107 + Spain, stupendous bridge in, 24 + Spaniards and Portuguese, 69 + Spencer's account of the Irish Mantle, 415 + Spinning-wheel Song, 391 + Spirit of Despotism, by Dr. Knox, 106 + Spirit-drinking, evils of, 307 + in 1736, 133 + Spontaneous combustion, 162--211 + Spring, harbingers of, 174 + St. Cross, Church and Hospital of, 217--228 + St. Dunstan's in the West, new church of, 34 + St. Goar on the Rhine, legend of, 386 + St. Hellen's Well, Staffordshire, 228 + St. James's Park, improvement of, 418 + St. Paul's Cathedral, monuments in, 96 + Stael, Madame de, 86 + Stages, Islington, olden, 335 + Stanzas for Music, 52 + Stationers' Company, origin of, 286 + Statue of Mr. Canning, 25 + of Mr. Pitt, 40 + Steam Carriages on common roads, 183--198 + Coaches and Power, 128 + Engine simplified, 315 + Navigation, 48 + Packets, value of, 272 + Stirling, panorama of, 410 + Stork, the, 216 + Story, extraordinary one, 292 + Strand, the original, 207 + Stranger, a song, 46 + Streets, narrow, of Cairo, 80 + Success in Life, grand secret of, 85 + Suffolk-street Gallery, exhibition at, 330--362 + Sugar, improved raw, 148 + Sugar-refining, history of, 149 + Sumptuary Laws, intention of, 439 + Swampy Kingdom, 207 + Tanfield Arch described, 353 + Tea-makers, hint to, 176 + Tears, the, an apologue, 403 + Teeth of Crocodiles, 96 + Tempe, Pic Nic at, 15 + Temper, equanimity of, 99 + Tenterden Steeple and Goodwin Sands, 38 + Thebes, description of, 141 + Thou wert the Rainbow of my Dreams, 290 + Thurlow, the great Lord, 259 + Tiger, sight of, 100 + Titian, grave of, 216 + Titles, origin of, 287 + Toad-fish, economy of, 135 + Tom Cringle's Log, 381--425 + Tombs, celebrated Roman, 231 + Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233 + Tomb of Caecilia Metella, 232 + Horatii and Curatii, 233 + Juliet, 265 + Tongue of Man, 96 + Toothache, cure for, 212 + Torchlight custom, 260 + Tornado, by T. Pringle, Esq., 400 + Tory, origin of, 144 + Towers of Tarifa, the, 186 + Trade, anti-free, 304 + Tradesmen affected by fashion, 332--349 + Tradesmen, ancient, 261 + Tragedy and Comedy, essay on, 82 + Traveller's Diary, scraps from, 219--364 + Trials of Grace Huntley, a tale, 395 + Truth, the plain, 207 + Tulip, Fanny Kemble, 272 + Tulip Tree, 38 + Tunnel, natural, in Virginia, 433 + Turkish Baths, 74 + Turncoat, 336 + Turtle Mayor, 336 + Twins, monument of, 240 + Umbrellas, invention of, 269 + Uneducated, who are? 95 + Usury in the Middle Ages, 320 + Van Dieman's Land, civilization in, 5 + Velocity, increased and diminished, 55 + Venice, by T. Moore, 219 + Vestry Dinner in Persia, 75 + Victims of Susceptibility, 154 + Vine, the, an apologue, 403 + Viper, horned, poison of, 354 + Virginia, natural tunnel in, 433 + Voice of Humanity, the, 201 + Volcanoes on the Globe, 448 + Voltaire, anecdote of, 293 + Voyage of Manufacture, 54 + Vulture, 80 + Wakefield, chapel on the bridge at, 401 + Walcot, Dr., and Shield, 448 + Walking Gallows, 52 + Walnut Water, properties of, 176 + Watching for the Soul, 368 + Waterloo, battle of, 235 + child, 128 + day after the battle, 166 + the year of, 165 + Wearied Soldier, the, 195 + Weather, journals of, 111 + Were and Werelade, 71 + Whale, gigantic, account of, 341 + What's in a name? 391 + Wheston, cross at, 113 + When wilt thou return? 290 + Wieland, on the Druids, 20 + Wight, isle of, town in, 225 + Wilks's Cottage, 225 + Wilkes's Luckiest Number, 143 + William the Conqueror, funeral of, 13 + Winchelsea, antiquity of, 295 + Windermere, scene on, 308 + Wines, German, 281 + Wingfield Manor House, described, 321 + Wit, ready, 304 + Witchcraft in 1618, 130 + Witchcraft and Spontaneous Combustion, 162 + Wolves of North America, 340 + Women alias Angels, 32 + characteristics of, 117 + heroic, 16 + Wonders of the Lane, 413 + Wordsworth, sonnet by, 420 + Worm, lines on, 201 + Worsted, origin of, 320 + Wrestling custom at Hornchurch, 319 + Writing in France, 120 + York Column and St. James's Park, 418 + Zoffany, his gratitude, 368 + Zoological Garden, natural, 101 + Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 66--199--281 + Armadillo House at, 200 + Aviary, 281 + Deer at, 200 + Elephants at, 200 + Fountain, 281 + Llama House, 200 + Maccaws, 281 + Ostriches, 281 + Repository, 200 + Zoological Gardens, Surrey, 1--303 + + * * * * * + + +INDEX TO THE EIGHTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS. + + + ABBOTSFORD, (Armoury,) 248 + (from the Garden,) 241 + (Study,) 248 + Antique Bell, (Two Cuts,) 345 + Chair, 344 + Key, 337 + Knife-handle, 345 + Snuffers, 337 + Antwerp, (from the Tete de Flandre,) 369 + Ararat, Mount, 313 + Bat, American, 409 + Beauchief Abbey, 113 + Bede's Chair, 440 + Belvoir Castle, 129 + Birthplace of Bewick, 17 + the Earl of Eldon, 193 + Dr. Johnson, 257 + Bob in for Eels, 392 + Bolsover Castle, 161 + Bridge across the Guadiaro, in Spain, 24 + Burnham Abbey, 81 + Bustard, 328 + Chapel on the Bridge, Wakefield, 401 + Chlamyphorus, 264 + Church, (new,) St. Dunstan in the West, 33 + Cross, Cornwall, 424 + Devon, 424 + at Eyam, 113 + at Holbeach, 329 + at Leighton Buzzard, 329 + Neville's, 360 + Percy's, 361 + at Wheston, 113 + Cuttle Fish, (Three Cuts,) + Dandy Lion, 392 + Dodo, 312 + Dryburgh Abbey, 256 + Elephant bathing in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 65 + Falls of the Genesse, 97 + Framlingham Castle, 305 + Grave of Titian, 216 + Hall at Norton Lees, 273 + Hospital of St. Cross, (the Church,) 217 + Isle of Rotuma, 376 + Isle of Wight, and Wilkes's Cottage, 225 + Lee Church, Kent, 153 + Lisbon, (general view,) 209 + Manchester Infirmary, 177 + Royal Institution, 177 + Town Hall, 177 + Money of Betrayal, (Two Cuts,) + Monument of a Crusader, 441 + Oporto, from Villa Nova, 49 + Persian Bath, 145 + Portrait of Chaptal, 88 + Cuvier, 137 + Goethe, 89 + Pursuit of Knowledge, 392 + St. Goar, on the Rhine, 385 + Statue of Mr. Canning, 25 + Pitt, 40 + Tanfield Arch, Durham, 353 + Toad-fish, 136 + Tomb of Caius Cestius, 233 + Caecilia Metella, 232 + Dante, 168 + Horatii and Curatii, 233 + Juliet, 265 + Petrarch, 169 + Tunnel, Natural, in Virginia, 433 + Vase containing the Heart of Canova, 169 + Wingfield Manor House, 321 + York Column, from St. James's Park, 417 + Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park: + Aviary, 281 + Armadillo House, 200 + Deer, 200 + Elephants, 200 + Llama, 200 + Maccaws, 281 + Ostriches, 281 + Pond and Fountain, 281 + Repository, 200 + Zoological Gardens, Surrey: + Building for large Animals, 1 + General View, 1 + Rockwork for Beavers, 1 + + +END OF VOL. 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