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LITERARY CHRONICLE

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WEEKLY REVIEW,

FOR 1820:

Forming an Analysis and General Repository

OF

LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, ARTS, HISTORY, THE DRAMA,
MORALS, MANNERS, AND AMUSEMENTS.

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Abyssinia, account of, 213.

Ali Pacha, cruelties of, 43 6,480, 533,.
Alnwick Castle, grandeur of, 594.
Americanisms, 630.

Angelo, Michael, anecdotes of, 386-8.
Ants, history of, 705, 722.
Aphorisms, 134.

Assassins, French, 136.

Banks, Sir Joseph, life of, 429, 444.
Batholomew Fair, 588.
Bathos, 362.

Bayeux Tapestry, 663.
Beadle, the, 682.

PEE, 16, 32, 48, 64, 96, 112, 128, 160, 176, 192,
208, 224, 240, 256, 272, 288, 304, 320, 336,
352, 368, 383, 400, 416, 448, 464, 480, 496,
512, 528, 544, 559, 575, 591, 607, 640, 656,
672, 688, 704, 720, 736, 768, 784, 800, 816,
844.

Beggars, continental, 332, 627.
Berri, Duc de, life of, 170.
Bird Mr., life of,

Boleyn, Anne, account of, 395, 553, 673
Bonaparte, anecdotes of, 99, 290, 337 9, 358,

497.

Botocudos, account of the, 354.
Brazil, description of, 345.

Bretons, customs of the, 818, 836.
Broken heart, the, 178.

Brune, Marshal, death of, 540.
Burke, Mr., first rise of, 835.

Burning Springs in America, 252.

Business in Scotland, 60.

Byron, Lord, anecdote of, 59.
Cachmere Shawls, 502.

Calas, the fate of, 230.

Calder, Sir R., vindicated, 657.

Camel, natural history of the, 457.
Cameleon, account of the, 839.

Canada, description of, 9, 27, 424, 443.
Canova, anecdotes of, 499, 551.

Cape of Good Hope, letter from the, 587.
Captivity, anecdotes of, 310.
Card-playing, defence of, 152.
Carlton House, history of, 165.

CAROLINE, QUEEN, Sketches of Life and Cha-

racter by, 650, 669, 684, 729, 795, 829.

Cervantes, life of, 790.

Chemical Experiments, 599.
Christmas Customis, 826.

Christ's Hospital, history of, 203, 218.
Church Melody, on, 426.
Clerical Dancing, 827, 840.
Coleridge's lines on the Queen, 424.
Conversion, instantaneous, 348.
Coronations, 105, 138, 241, 392.
Correspondent, on the death of a, 249.
Critical Independence, 374.

Dahomians, account of the, 598, 614.
Dash, how to cut a, 713.
Deleval, Sir F. anecdotes of, 307.
Diamonds, valuable, 105.
Dionysius, ear of, 419.
Divining Rod, the, 303.

DRAMA, 14, 31, 47, 62, 78, 95, 143, 159,
174, 191, 207, 238, 255, 271, 287, 303, 317,
335, 351, 366, 383, 398, 415, 431, 447, 459,
463, 479, 494, 511, 527, 543, 558, 575, 590,
605, 621, 638, 655, 671, 687, 703, 718, 734,
750, 766, 782, 798, 815, 331, 843.
Dramatic Authors in France, 28.
Drunkenness, names for, 509.

Eclipse of the Sun, 606.

Economy of Queen Elizabeth, 504.
Eddystone Lighthouse, 84.

Edgeworth, R. L. life of, 305, 325, 342.
Edward, a pathetic tale, 393.
Electioneering, 185.

Eloquence, anecdotes of, 66.
Enterprise, Ditto, 243.
Feudal Kings of France, 11.
Fidelity, anecdotes of, 803.

FINE ARTS, 10, 30, 61, 107, 125, 158, 189,
205, 223, 237, 253, 268, 301, 319, 334,
350, 365, 381, 398, 413, 431, 461, 478,
493, 565, 542, 558, 574, 605, 620, 638,
654, 702, 717, 732, 749, 767, 781, 813.
Fingal's Cave described, 120.
Fire of London, 618.
Florian and Mariette, 87.

FOREIGN LITERATURE, 9, 25, 248, 282, 345,
458, 507, 648.

Foune-Telling, evils of, 104.
Foundling Hospitals, history of, 84.
Franklin Dr., letters of, 522, 573, 636.
France, agriculture of, 372.
French Theatres, 521.
Fruit Trees, British, 689.
Gaming, on, 649.
Garrick, letters of, 693.
Genius, on, 683.

George III., life of, 89, 110.

Secret History of, 155, 185, 199.
and Family, anecdotes of, 163.

God save the King, origin of the anthem, 362.
Goldsmith, Dr., letter of, 693.
Grattan, Mr., life of, 377.

Grecian Marriages and Funerals, 68.
Hadleigh, Mary of, 601.
Hampton Court Palace, 130.
Hanover, account of, 149.

Hayley, Wm. Esq, poems by, 812.
Haywood, Eliz., account of, 409, 602.
Henry VIII., cruelties of, 696, 708.
and his Wives, 394.

Herculaneum, account of, 341.
Heroism, anecdotes of, 454.

Himala Mountains, the, 552, 741, 757.

Ladies, hints for the, 333.

Law and Lawyers, defence of, 75.
Lazaroni, amusements of the, 570.
Leap Year, notice of, 122.

'Lear,' King, original story of, 327.
Legendary Devil, the, 202.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE,
16, 31, 48, 63, 80, 96, 107, 128, 144, 159,
175, 191, 207, 239, 256, 271, 288, 304, 320,
336, 351, 367, 383, 399, 415, 431, 448, 464,
479, 496, 512, 527, 544, 558, 575, 590, 606,
623, 639,655, 671, 720, 735, 752, 766-8,784,
799, 815, 832.
Literary Quackery, 198.
Lithography, on, 24.

Little Britain, a Sketch, 546.
Living in Style, 173.

LONDINIANA, 140, 203, 284, 331, 491, 618,
652, 685, 700, 714.
Lord Mayor's Day, on, 714.
Madrid, a day at, 795.
Maiden's Leap, the, 380.

Mariner's Return, the, 376.

Marriage Customs, 332, 469, 820.

May Day Customs, 299.

Merchant Tailors' School, 140, 169, 184.

Methodism, history of, 280, 296.

Milner, Dr., life of, 410.
Minor Theatres, on the, 59.
Modern Amusement, 760.
Montblanc, described, 491.
Mummies, account of, 805.
Naples, description of, 519.
National Ceremonies, 250.
Newspaper Chronology, 77.
New Year's Day, custom of, 8.

North Polar Passage, on the, 753, 778, 407, 825.
North-West Expedition, 735, 799.

Nubians, account of the, 72.

Old Maids, plan for, 198.

Orders of House of Commons, 811.

ORIGINAL CRITICISMS on Principal Dramatic

Performers, 631, 668, 697, 730, 762, 796, 829..
Paine, T. account of, 725.

Painting, on schools of, 385.

Patagonians, account of the, 85.

Hindoos, account of the, 483, 737,758,775, 792. Pearce, the Abyssinian Traveller, death of, 841..

Hindostan, account of, 481.

Holy Fire, distribution of the, 455.
Sepulchre, knights of the, 54.
Howe, Michael, life of, 360.
Humanity, anecdotes of, 65.
Humour, anecdotes of, 691.
Hunt and Coleridge, Messrs. 489.
Hypocondriac, the, 135.
Icebergs, account of, 227.
Imagination, anecdotes, of, 739.
Impaling of a slave, 563.
Improvisatrice, 279.

Inquisition, on the, 236, 347.
Instinct, anecdotes of, 595.

Pearl Fishery at Panama, 412.

Persia, embassy to, 68.

Persian Stories, 88.

Petrifying Spring, 98.

Petition of Parts of Speech, 218.

Pindaries, account of the, 532.

Pitcairn's Island and the Mutineers, 711."
Poets, on, 26, 554.

Poetical Portraits, 12, 316.

Triads, 747.

Pompeii described, 357.

Precepts, fashionable, 396.

Prussian Agriculture, 628.

Pyramids, opening of the, 788.

INSTRUCTRESS, the, 603, 617, 633, 667, 699, Queen's, coronation of, 369,-Crown, 138.

747, 779, 810.
Italian Banditti, 726.
Javanese Bats, 60.
Jealousy, on, 267.
Jerusalem, description of, 53.
Jews, antiquities of the, 404.
Jesuit of Maranham, 635.
Justice, anecdotes of, 530.
Kensington Palace, history of, 131.
Kent, life of the duke of, 192,

Dulwich Gallery, critiques on, 702, 732, 742, Knighthood, orders of, 571.

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Silk, efficacy of, 447.
Simplon, account of the, 293, 322.
Snakes, water, history of, 42.
Spanish Anecdotes, 329.

Constitution, 501.
Spitzbergen, account of, 634.

St. James's Palace, history of, 150.
St. Paul's School, 284.

St. Peter's Church, account of, 340..
Stage Coachman, the, 565.
Statistics, 745.

Steam Navigation, 39.

Streets, on the names of, 652, 685, 700.
Suliots, bravery of the, 488, 504.
Superstitions of the Normans, 626.
Taylor, Dr. Martyrdom of, 599.
Tea-Plant, history of the, 37.
Tentyra, temple of, 771.
Theseus, temple of, 435.
Timbuctoo, account of, 773.
Toes, use of the, 794
Turkish punishments, 475.
Vampires on, 539.
Veteran's Arm, the, 460.
Vesuvius, eruption of, 188.
Village, the pride of the, 566.
Volney, count, life of, 347.
Wallachians, account of the, 182.
Warwick's Spare Minutes, 629.
Washington, statue of, 411..
Water Clocks, history of, 69.

Companies, history of, 491.
Weather, history of the, 123, 138.
Welsh Superstitions, 316.
Wesley, John, life of, 279, 296.
West, Benjamin, life of, 219, 233.
Whale, anecdotes of the, 260.
Wife of Three Husbands, 556.

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ORIGINAL POETRY.

ronation Ceremonies, 241-Giovanni Sbogarro, New Britain, 755. Belzoni's Narrative, 769,
244, 263-Milman's Fall of Jerusalem, 257- 786, 805, 822, 838. Shabeeny's Timbuctoo,
Patronage, 265-Advice to Rouge et Noir Play-773, 788. Tales of My Landlord, New Series,
ers, 266-Hogg's Winter Evening Tales, 273, 785. Mrs. Jamieson's Popular Voyages, 790.
314-Matthews's Diary of an Invalid, 276, 292 Juvenile County Atlas, 794. Gerning's Tour
-Southey's Life of Wesley, 279, 296-Jack along the Rhine, 801. Webb's Sonnets, 810.
son's Poems, 282-Poetical Paraphrase of Ruth, Mrs. Stothard's Tour in Normandy, 817, 836.
ib.-Louis Bonaparte's Historical Documents, The World in Miniature, 820. Time's Tele-
289, 308, 323-Mollien's Travels, 294-Young scope for 1821, 826. Hulbert's Biographical
Countess, 299-Edgeworth's Memoirs, 305, Sketches, 827. Hulbert's Choicest Flowers of
324, 342-Biographia Curiosa, 312-Starke's English Poetry, ib. The New Prophetic Alma-
Travels, 321, 339, 357-Moncrieff's Ivanhoe, nack for 1821, 833. The Literary Pocket Book,
326-Horne's Deism refuted, ib.-Cooke's Rea- 834. Nichols's Recollections and Reflections,
son and Revelation, ib.-Odeleben's Narrative, 835. Letters written for the Post and not for
337, 358-Whitby's Retrospection, 344-Prince the Press, 837. The Dejuné, 840.
Maximilian's Travels, 353-Trivial Poems and
Triolets, 355-Jones's Miscellanies, 360-Mi-
chael Howe, ib.-Taylor's Glory of Regality,
369, 391-Barton's Poems, 371-Playfair's Ode to New Year, 12-Lines, 14-Epitaph, ib.
France as it is, 372-Peerage Chart, 374- -Answer to Charade, 29-Stanzas, ib.-Lines,
James's Italian Schools of Painting, 385-Tan- ib.-Time, ib.-Stanzas, 44-Melancholy, ib.-
coigne's Journey into Persia, 390-Enthusiasm 'Tis Love, 45-Beauties of Nature, ib.-Health,
of Methodists and Papists, 401-Brown's An- ib.-Songs, 61-Epigram, ib.-Child of Misery,
tiquities of the Jews, 404-Graham's Travels,ib.-Translation, 77-My Lady's Face, ib.-
406-Bowring on Spain, ib.-The Retreat, 408. Love, 78-Winter Scenes, ib.-Lines on the
Hughes's Travels in Sicily, Greece, &c., 417, Death of George III. and the Duke of Kent, 94,
435, 468, 486, 504. Wordsworth's River Dud- 95-Answer to an unpleasant Question, 106.—
don, 420. Essays and Sketches of Life and Ode to St. Valentine. ib.-Love in St. Giles's,
Character, 422. Good Humour, 424. Turner's 106, 125.-Lines, ib.-The Birth Day, ib.-Va-
Tour in the Levant, 433, 455, 475. The Fancy, lentine, 142-Epigram, ib.-Sonnet, ib.-Cot-
437. System of Education for the King of tage of Peace, 158-To Corinna, ib.-Impromptu,
Rome, 440. Life of Kotzebue, 449. Barry 173-Lubin, ib.-Lines, 188-Rhymes, 189-
Cornwall's Marcian Colonna, 452. Defferrari's Dream of Memory, ib.-Songs, 205-Epigram,
Italian Grammar, 457. A Queen's Appeal, ib.-The Oath, ib.-An Address, 222-Lelia,
465. Stanzas to the Queen, ib. The Protocol, 236-Rural Life, 237-The Tear, ib.-Lines,
ib. Mrs. Opie's Tales of the Heart, 466. Wif-253-The Parting Sigh, ib.-Serenade, ib.—
fen's Julia Alpinula, 470. Lochiel, 473. Pin-Lines, 268-Sonnet, ib.-Lines, 286—A Dream,
nock's County Histories, 476. Hamilton'.
Hindostan, 481, 502,552, 552. Keats's Lamia
and other Poems, 484. Letters from Germany
and Holland, 485. Setches of Italy, 497, 519.
Thurtle's History of Spain, 500. Transactions
of the Literary Society of Bombay, 513. Mrs.
Delany's Letters, 517. Syntax's Tour in Search
of Consolation, 529. Galiffe's Italy, 534, 549,
568. Paine on the violin, 538. Piranesi's Ita
lian Grammar, ib. Supreme Bon Ton, 545.
Life of Anne Boleyn, 553. Advice to Julia, 561.
REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.
Crawford's Indian Archipelago, 563. Annals
Ivanhoe. 1, 21-Anastasius, 4, 20, 34, 54- of Peterhead, 570. The Abbot, 577. Irving's
Time's Telescope, 7-Spence's Anecdotes, 17 Catechisms, 585. Harmoniere's French Dic-
-Hullmandel's Lithography, 24-Walsh's Ap- tionary, 586. Brooke's Guide to the Stars,
peal, 33-Rondeau's Recitations, 37-History 587. Spiker's Travels, 593, 611. M'Leod's
of the Tea Plant, i-Quarterly Journal, 39- Voyage to Africa, 597, 614. Drakes's Winter
Hogg's Jacobite Relics, 49-Burckhardt's Tra- Nights, 599. Cheltenham Mail Bag, 609.
vel's, 50, 72, 101, 116-Letter's from Palestine, Mazeppa Travestied, 612. Clarke's Tour of
53-Brown's Legitimacy, 57-Percy Anec- Europe, 613. Select Biography, 615. Tur-
dotes, 65, 132, 163, 243, 310, 386, 454, 530, ner's Tour in Normandy, 625, 645, 661. Ja:
595, 691, 739, 803-Williams's History of In- cob's Agriculture of Germany, &c. 627. Re-
ventions, 68, 83-Clare's Poems, 71-Observa- trospective Review, 629. Jack Randall's
tions on the Theatres, 74-Pamphleteer, 81- Diary, 630. Knickerbocker's History of New
Cordova's Voyage, 85-Life of Cromwell, 97— York, 641, 659, 678. Third Tour of Dr. Syn-
Williams's Travels, 98-Glenfell, 100-Shroud tax, 644. Ashford Rectory, 647. Naval Chro-
of Royalty, 103-Lessons of Thrift, 113-Ma-nology of Great Britain, 657. Sheffield Park,
cullock's Western Isles, 118-Gay's Poems,
121-Redmond the Rebel, ib.-Pyne's Royal
Residences, 129, 150, 165-Santagnello's Ita-
lian Dictionary, 132-Campaigns of the Duke
of Wellington, 145-Hodgkin's Travels, 147-
Accum on Adulterations, 161-Mrs. Hemans's
Sceptic, 167-Geoffrey Crayon's Sketch Book,
Vol. I., 177, 195, 216-Vol. II., 546, 565—
Comic Tales, 180-Wilkinson's Wallachia, &c.,
182-Emigrant's Returu, 184-Glenfurgus, 193
-Poetical Tributes, 197-Taylor's Star, 198-
The Monastery, 209-Herbert's Hedin, 214—
Mrs. Sargant's Letters, 218-Scoresby's Arctic
Regions, 225, 247, 259-Quarterly Journal,
228-Swan's Retribution, 229-Thomson's Co-

William the Conqueror, funeral of, 662.
Windsor Castle, history of, 40.
Wolsey, Cardinal, character of, 694.
Woman's Heart, 746.
Ybsambul, temple of, 786, 807.
York, life of the duchess of, 522.
Young, Arthur, Esq. life of, 330.
Zealanders, New, account of, 557.

ib.-Serenade, 303-Irish Rebel to his Mistress,
ib.-Lines, ib.-Song, 317-The Stream, Water
Lily, and Zephyr, ib.-Translation, ib.-De-
serted Mother to her. Infant, ib.-Song, 333-
Epitaph on a Dog, ib.-Lines, ib.-To Miss Ca-
rew, 334-Lines, 349-Sonnet, ib -The Con-
trast, 364- Ode to Music, ib.-Gratitude, 380
Love, ib-Lovely Woman, ib -The Minstrel
Boy, 381-Courtesy, 396-Epigram, 397-Ju-
lia, ib.-Despair, ib.-Stanzas, 413-To Eliza,
ib.-The Widow'd Bride, ib -Prayer to Venus,
431-Epigram, ib.-The Forester's Song, 446-
Elegy, 447-London News, 460-What is a
Kiss? 461-A Reflection, 478-Song, ib-Lines,
493-For Ever and Ever, ib.-Transposition, ib.
Alvares and Henrico, 509-Verses, 524-A
Sketch, ib.-Stanzas, ib.-Lines, 541-To S--
ib-Epigram, ib.-To ib-Maternal Af-

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fection, 558-Translation, ib.-To Emma, ib.
The Orphan Maid, 573.-On the Death of Shaw,
574-Resignation, 589-Maid of Gwyneth, 590
To, 604-The Murderer's Soliloquy, ib.-
To the Fair Inexorable, 605-Sonnet, 620-Se-
paration, ib.-Lines, ib-Picture of Leucadia,
637-The Contrast, ib.-Rosabel, 638-Double
Entendre, ib.-Epigram, 653-Lament of Owen,
ib.-To Anna, ib.-Wit, 654-Venus, ib.-
Lines to J. R. P., ib.-Song, 670-To Emma,
671-Song, 687-The Morning Star, ib.-Trans-
lations, 702-To-, ib-Autumn, ib.-The
Dead Soldier, ib.-Surviving Duty, 716-Ro-
salind's Bower, ib.-Morning, 733-Evening, ib.

664. Lingard's Hist. of England, Vol. IV., 673,
694, 708. Colman's Posthumous Letters, 675,
692. Clarke's Tour of Asia, 681. Phillips'
Pomarium Britannicum, 689. Pinnock's French
Catechisms, 697. Huber's History of Ants,
705, 722. Britannia's Cypress, 710. The Vi- -A Dream, ib.-Sonnet, 734-Chorus of Thyes-
sion, 721. Hulbert's Literary Beauties, 725. tes, 742-A Cambrian Melody, ib.-A Farewell, ib.
Ward's History of the Hindoos, 737, 758, 775, The Hulk, 765-Song, 767-Sonnet, ib.-Narcissa,
792. Fraser's Journey to the Himala Moun- 780-The Last Adieu, ib.-Ancient and Mo-
tains, 741, 757. Fables from La Fontaine, 744. dern Greece, 751-Translations, 797-Mourn-
Phipps's Voyage towards the North Pole; Bar-ful Reflections, 798-Winter's Holiday, ib.-
rington's Possibility of approaching the North Poems by the late W. Hayley, Esq., 812-Epi-
Pole; Barrow's History of Voyages into the gram, ib.-To Corinna, ib.-To
-> ib.-The
Arctic Regions; Ross's Voyage of Discovery; Return, 813-To J. W. Dalby, Esq., ib.-The
Journal of Ship Alexander, 753, 778, 807, 824. Red Red Rose, 842.--The Close of the Year, ib.

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WHEN The Literary Chronicle was first commenced, Ivanhoe; a Romance. By the Author of Waverly,' &c. 3 vols. crown 8vo. pp. 996. Edinburgh, 1820. we contented ourselves with barely stating the general nature of the work, and avoided all those professions which If the present volumes do not let us into the grand secret are seldom credited, and in which the word of promise of the authorship of the Scottish historical novels, an adis kept to the ear only. If those professions were deemed vertisement from Messrs. Coustable informs us, that Waunnecessary at the commencement, they will scarcely now verley, Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Roy, and be expected, when an acquaintance of eight months with the three series of the Tales of My Landlord are all from the Public has enabled them to judge for themselves; the same pen. Much conjecture had been hazarded, and it is, therefore, with honest pride, that we refer to the no small quantity of ink spilt, to shew, that Rob Roy and volume just completed, and with gratitude we acknow- the Tales of My Landlord, were not by the author of the ledge, that the public patronage has realized our fondest first three works; and to this opinion we confess we inexpectations. It has been a leading feature of The Lite-clined. But if all these works are really written by the rary Chronicle, that no article having the slightest ten-great unknown,' it gives us a still higher opinion of his dency to immorality should be inserted; that while we talents than we had before entertained; for it proves not instructed the minds, we should not corrupt the hearts of only the power of his transcendant genius, but also the vaour readers, and that our pages should contain no lineriety he can impart in the exercise of it. We will not now. which, dying, we would wish to blot.'

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VOL. II.

'The Kendal Green, though its date is more ancient, ought of the north. The name of Robin Hood, if duly conjured with, should raise a spirit as soon as that of Rob Roy; and the patriots of England deserve no less their renown in our modern circles, than the Bruces and Wallaces of Caledonia.'

The date of the story of Ivanhoe, refers to a period towards the end of the reign of Richard I, when his return from his long captivity was rather wished for than expected by his despairing and oppressed subjects. The site of the commencement of the tale is in the neighbourhood of Doncaster, in a forest, where

'Hundreds of broad short-stemmed oaks, which had wit

nessed, perhaps, the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flung their broad gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious green sward; in some places they were intermingled with beeches, hollies, and copsewood, of various descriptions, so closely as to intercept the level beams of the sinking sun; in others they receded from each other, forming those long sweeping vistas, in the intricacy of which the eye delights to lose itself, while imagination considers them as the paths to yet wilder scenes of sylvan solitude. Here the red rays of the sun shot a broken and discoloured light, that partially hung upon the shattered boughs and mossy trunks of the B

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