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LITERARY CHRONICLE

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WEEKLY REVIEW,

FOR 1821:

Forming an Analysis and General Repository

OF

LITERATURE,

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

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SMITH,

Absence of mind, 139.
Abstinence, on, 747.
Accidents and offences, 598.
Adam's Peak described, 645.
Addison's imitations, 569:
Adventure, interesting, 115.
Aeronautic Excursions, 489, 650.
Africa, discoveries in, 28.

―, tours in, 754,771,783,803.
Agricultural distresses, on, 673.
Agnirre, atrocities of, 576.
American manners, 655, 667, 681.
Anecdote, affecting, 452.
Apothecaries' Act, remarks on, 512.
Arabian Literature, 747.
Arabs, description of the, 179.
Architecture, Eng., progress of, 756.
Roman, 790.

Arctic Expedition, 306.

Land Expedition, 730,810.
Ashantee oratory, 784.
Ark, fragment of the, 356.
Arts and sciences in France, 42.
Ass, the, defended, 411.

-, Wild, account of the, 630.
Assassins, sect of the, 442.
Atkinson, Joseph, account of, 658.
Author, musings of an, 750.
Balls for children, 13.
Bar, anecdotes of the, 149.
Barnewall, A., account of, 659.
Bartholomew Fair, account of, 580.
Barrett, Captain, memoir of, 659.
Barry, Jas, anecdote of, 659.
Battas, account of the, 519.
BEE, the,-See the last leaf of
every number.

Beneficence, Anecdotes of, 551.
Bermuda, caves of, 528.
Bergami, letters of, 167, 202.
Bible, translation of, 122.
Biblical literature, history of, 767.
Bibliographical anecdotes, 497.
Birds, music of, 291.
Biscuit-baking, process of, 5.
Blackwood's Magazine, blunders
in, 505.

Blood's, Col., attempt to steal the
crown, 435.
Boiled cotton-spinners, 9.
Boleyn, Anne, life of, 163.
Bonaparte, life of, 426.

anecdotes of, 442, 466.
-Joseph, account of, 657.
Botanic Gardens at Kew, 252.
Boyle, Mr., account of, 404.
Boyne, battle of the, 530.
Brazil snakes described, 8.
Brewing, process of, 4.
British empire, the, 634.
Buenos Ayres, description of, 100.
Burke, Mr, anecdote of, 659.
Burial service, on the, 139.
Burnham empire, account of the,

511, 533, 547.
Burns, défence of, 406.

song by, 407.
Burying in churches, origin of, 666.
Byron, Lord, on asserted plagia-
risms of, 217, 250.
→→→→→→, his defence, 799.
Calvary, on the scite of, 722.
Canada, on emigration to, 516, 703.
Canadian doctor and patient, 725.
Capacity and genius, on, 225.
Cape of Good Hope, account of,370.

Original letter from, 581.
Carbonari, account of,283,311,329.
, Laws of the, 311.
Cards, ongin of, 173.
Caroline, Q, memoir of, 505,522.

-,Tribute to the memory of, 524.
Caucasus, mountains of, 354.
Cavern of Ataruipe, 628.
Cemetery of Pere la Chaise, 482.
Ceylon, account of, 607, 624, 645.
Charles I, proclamation of, 679.
Chatham, letters of, 263.
Cherry, Andrew, anecdotes of, 660.
Chess-player, automaton, 132, 146.
Chimney-sweepers,cruelties to,235.
Christmas in Naples,account of,517.
Christ's Hospital, history of, 671.
Circassian women, account of, 355.
Clare, John, account of, 623.

Remarks on, 665.
Clerical dancing, on, 9.
Clergy, ignorance of the, 787.
Coals, artificial, 43.
Cobbett on female beauty, 72.
Character of, 227.
Coin, ancient, described, 267.
Coinage, history of the, 210, 232,
245, 297, 327.
Coincidences, literary, 597.
Cold, severity of, 344.
Conscience, tragedy of, 126.
Cook's Folly, 616.
Coomassie described, 785.
Cormac, account of, 670.
Cornwall's, Barry, plagiarisms,284.
Coronation sermon of George III.,

423.

claims, 439.

the, 443, 463, 487.
anecdote, 505.
Corrosive sublimate, test for, 735.
Corunna, battle of, 449.
Cosmo, Duke, travels of, 385, 405,

437.

Cossacks; anecdotes of, 120.
Criticism, French, 301.
Cromwell, Oliver, life of, 337,358.
Cross readings, 632.
Culinary curiosities, 595.

Damon & Pythias, a tragedy, 350.
Dannecker, the sculptor, an ac-
count of, 373, 395.
Darmstadt, court of, described, 393,
Davy, Sir H., speech of, 26.
Deaths, remarkable, 474.
Decisi, institution of the, 330.
Deluge, new theory of the, 746.
Discovery, extraordinary, 361.
Dissenting ministers, portraits of,
205, 236, 285.
Divine, character of a, 173.
Don John, opera of, 127.
DRAMA, the,will be found amply
treated of, in every number, and
is best referred to by the dates.
Duel, singular, 281.
Duelling on, 124.
Earth-eaters, on the, 629.
Echelles of Savoy described, 481.
Editor, W. B. L.'s letter to, 266.
Edridge, H., memoirs of, 475.
Edward's shovel boards, 750.
Egotism, on, 537.
Elephant, anecdotes of the, 543.
Eloquence, Indian, 172.
Entertainment of Q. Elizabeth, 418.
Epistle, elegant, 553.
Epitaphs, 122, 171.
Erie, Lake, described, 723.
Errors, vulgar, 569.
Escape, miraculouse, 822.
Esquimaux described, 342.
Europe, prophetic remarks on, 187.
Everybody, an account of, 289.
Exercise, on, 738.
Exile, anecdotes of, 519.

Expedition, northern, 171.

James IV. anecdote of, 105.
to the interior of the James II. Memoirs of, 529.
James 1. character of, 643.

globe, 379.
Experiments, useful, 69.
Fair at Frankfort, 395.

Jefferson, President, letter of, 166
Jew's leap, 13; salutations of, 43.

FAMILY TRUNK, the, 73, 91, 123, Joan of Acre, account of, 378.

156, 203, 251, 411.
Faria, Abbé, life of, 398.
Feast of the ass, account of, 787.
Fielding, anecdotes of, 561.
FINE ARTS, 14, 44, 77, 94, 125,

141, 158, 190, 221, 254, 269,
285, 302, 333, 349, 364, 381,
413, 430, 446, 619, 762, 811.

Poussin on the, 147.
anecdotes of the, 231.
in America, 741.
Flowers on graves, on, 292.
Forest on fire, 725.
Forever, 715.
FOREIGN LITERATURE. 42, 89,
143, 167, 185, 202, 217, 820.
Frederick the great, anecdotes of 39.
Freebooter extraordinary, 329.
French and English, contrasted,
186.

French flattery, 604.

advertisement, 648.
Cruelties of the, 664.
Freycinet's voyage, 89, 107.
Gamala, account of, 743.
Genius, anecdotes of, 265.
Genoa, account of, 502.
Gentleman's Mag., hist. of 243.
Gentle Shepherd, anecdote of, 405.
George III. early character of, 228
letter of, 279.

Geraza, account of, 742.
German students, 454.
Ghost of Fadon, a ballad, 131.
Glass manufacture, history of 719.
Goldsmith defended, 552.
Government clerks defended, 693.
Graham, poetical character of, 789.
Grierson, Constantia, memoirs of,

675.

Hampden, Clarendon's character
of, 683.

Hampton Court described, 436.
Happiness, on, 109, 553.
Havanna, customs at, 162.
Henry VIII and Francis, meeting
of, 163; letters of, 164.
Highlanders, anecdotes of, 10, 97,

155.

Historical illustrations, 363.
Hofer, Andrew, life of, 20.
Hone, Mr. anecdote of, 406.
Hops, how to judge of, 4.
Horticulture, rise and progress of,
314, 346.

Hortus Siccus, to prepare, 612.
Hospitality, anecdotes of, 149.
Hot-cross-buns, origin of, 251.
Hudibrastic quotation, 473.
Human life, probabilities of, 649.
Ilium and the Troic plain, 322.
Impostors, on, 735.
Inchbald, Mrs. life of, 553.
Indian Parson, 627.
Infant sovereign, an, 570.
Innovations in English language,
700.

Inns of Court, origin of, 220, 237,
267.

Inquisition at Lisbon, 760.
Integrity, commercial, 172.
Italy described, 388.
Italian preachers, 389, 583.
theatre, 409.
peasantry, 502.

Kadu, account of, 707.
Kean, Mr. American Critiques on,
45, 78. in America, 62.
Keats, John, elegy on, 751.
Kenilworth, original story 61, 571.
-festivities at, 137, 469.
drama of, 159.
King's evil, touching for the, 403.
Köerner, account of, 419.

song by, ib.

Ladies, on the, 747.

Language, origin of English, 28.
Lent diet, on, 251.

Life, 521, 536, 566, 601, 696.
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE; no-
velties in,-will be found amply
registered at the end of every
number.

Literary premium, 26.

squabble, 76.
LONDINIANA, 220, 237, 267.
Lord Mayor's Show, 715.
Louvre, description of the, 153.
Love tale, a, 793.
Macdonal of Glengary, anecdotes
of, 496.

Macpherson's lament, 651.
Madeira, account of, 591, 610.
Maddison, Pres, anecdotes of,529.
Madras described, 543.
Mahratta camp, account of, 544.
Malay Annals, 804.
Malmaison described, 298.
Malt, how to judge of, 3.
Maraboots, customs of the, 177.
Marian, a sketch, 425.
Marino Faliero, tragedy of, 270.
Marriage State, opinion on the, 170
observation on, 698.
Marocco, account of, 771.
Mathews at Home, 175.
Medal, ancient, 823.
'Media res,' 301.
MEDITATOR, THE, 702, 727, 742,
758, 774, 791, 807.
Mendicity, anecdotes of, 741.
Merlin's Cave, a poem, 586.
Metrical prose, essay on, 503, 568.
Mercier, anecdote of, 374.
Mexican revolution, 276.
Michael Angelo, anecdote of, 409.
Mina, Gen., death of, 276.
Mine of Wiliezka, 731.
Miracles, Popish, 203.
Mirandola, tragedy of, 30.
Missionary fund, proposals for, 331.
Modern poets, 504,

Modes of expression, 477.
Monasteries, Greek, described, 341.
Montalto, tragedy of, 30.
Monte Video described, 101.
Monumental trophy, remarks oh,
364, 411.

Morzouk, description of, 196.
Moscow, account of, 465.
Murat's court, 282.

^^, character of, 518.
Museum, British, defended, 167.
Musk ox described, 274, 599.
National education, 714.
Nazareth, account of, 721.
Neapolitans, character of, 480, 517.
New Orleans, battle of, 547.
Newsman, the, a sketch, 235.
New year's day in Paris, 9.

New York, account of, 740.
Niger, conjectures on the, 803.
Nobody, adventures of, 219.
Non-conformists, anecdotes of, 598.
North-west passage, on the, 309,
324, 343.

Nun, history of a, 135.

O, on the letter, 170.

Ontario, Lake, described, 704.

ORIGINAL CRITICISMS on principal

dramatic performers, 11, 62, 75,

109, 140, 188, 205, 235, 316.

Ourselves, 678.

Oxford anecdotes, 649.

Owhyee, court of, 688.

Oysters, natural history of, 787.
Paintings in churches, 108.

public churches, 169.

Pancras New Church, 632.

· parliament, account of,695.

Scotsmen, lives of eminent, 405,

642, 789.

Scott, Sir Walter, description of

the Coronation by, 487.

--, critique on, 623, 630.

Sea lions, account of, 690.

Servants, on, 729.

Shakespeare's plays, prices of, 499.

conjecture on, 806.

Shilling, etymology of, 234.

Shipwreck, anecdotes of, 359.

Slave trade, on the, 213

Smith, Sir Syd., translation by,217.

Smollett, Sir W. Scott on, 562.

Society of arts, rewards of the, 348.

Somebody, petition of, 203.

Snakes, Ceylonese, 607.

Spanish Literature, 594.

Paris, history of, 81; description of, Spiders, webs of, 145.

373; statistics of, 633.

Parish feasting, on, 793, 808.

Pastime, anecdotes of, 725.

Periodicals, modern, 775.

Perry, Mr., memoir of, 794.

Persian baths, 354.

dinner described, 392.

palace, 501.

Pharisees, ancient and modern, 616

Pictures, persons, and things, 475.

Pitt, Mr., memoirs of, 262, 278, 293

Plagiarism, un, 331.

Platoff, hospitality of Count, 354.

Poem, singular, 77.

Poetical Portraits, 169, 601.

coincidences, 425.

POETRY, ORIGINAL, 13, 29, 43, 63,

77, 93, 110, 125, 140, 157, 173,

189,205,221,238, 254, 287,301,

317,332, 348, 363, 380, 398, 413,

429,440,460, 476,491,507,524,

539,556, 604, 619, 634, 651, 667,

683,701,716,731,748, 761, 780,

796, 811.

Poisons and antidotes, 146.

Polar bear described, 599.

Pompeii described, 112.

Pope, Mr., controversy respecting

the morality of, 194, 289.

Pope, description of the, 135.

Population, theories of, 49.

Poussin, life of, 147.

Praise of poesy, 634.

Preacher, character of ayoung, 172.

Prices, ancient and modern, 363.

Prison discipline, on, 639.

Public, character of the, 249.

,letter to the, 299.

Pulpit, anecdotes of, 421.

Quackery, 72.

Queen's visit to Tunis, 68.

Quotations, popular, 538.

Rank, origin of pride of, 761.

Rebellion of 1745, acc. of 65, 84.

Reynolds, Sir J. pictures of, 335.

Reprehension, 638.

Review extraordinary, 106.

Rhyme, essay on, 458.

Riding the Stang, custom of, 777,
792, 809.

Roach, Sir Boyle, anecdotes of, 675.

Rome, nobility of, 136.

REVIEW OF BOOKS.
Accum on Adulterations, 1.
Brewing, ib.
Making Bread, ib.

Romans, amusements of the, 456; Annals of the Parish, 318.

wealth of, 564.
Royal family, hist. of, 97, 119, 133
-, lineal descent of, 99.

Russian prisons, account of, 641.

Russians, characters of the, 485.

Sans Souci, description of, 539.

Schiller's poem, 394, 455.

Scolds, punishment of, 473.

Scottish customs, 124.

467.

Ballantyne's Novelist's Library, 560 Hints for teaching Music, 346.
Burton's Speech, 817.
Holderness's Notes on the Tartars,

Banim's Celt's Paradise, 657.

Barton's Day in Autumn, 57.

Baronetage Chart, 422.

Bayley's History of the Tower, 433.

Beauties of Mozart, &c., 647.
Benger's, Miss, Life of Anne Bo-
leyne, 163.

549.

Craven's, Hon. K., Tour in Naples,

280.

Jackson's Fall of the Crescent, 199,

Brandenburgh House, 545.

Jacobson's Tobias, 453.

James's Poems, 184.

James II., Memoirs of, 529.

Jameson's Universal Science, 145.

Gram.of Geography, 234

Mrs., Stories, 234.

Jennings's Grammar, 314,

Johnstone's Memoirs of the Rebel-

lion, 65, 84, 105.

Jones's Lorin, 417.

Journal of an Officer, 113.

Junius Discovered, 771.

Kelly's De Renzey, 345.

Kenilworth, a Romance, 33, 57.

Kotzebue's Voyage, 687, 707.

Laneham's Letter, 136.

Laskey on the Elgin Marbles, 166.

Laurent's Tour in Greece, 321,339.

Lawson's Orient Harping, 23.

Woman in India, 378.

Legend of Argyle, 470.

Letter to Mr. Elliston, 314.

Letter on Scottish Novels, 559.

to Agriculturalists, 678.

Letters from the Havana, 161.

Lewis's Grammar, 422.

Leyden's Malay Annals, 804.

Lilian Bride, the, 165.

Lloyd's Poetical Essays, 575.

Lovers and Friends, a Novel, 149.

Lovekin's Mental Calculator, 234.

Luccock's Notes on Río Janeiro, 6.

Lyon's Africa, 177, 196, 212.

Lyre of St. Crispin, 216.

Mackenzie's Hist. of Scotland, 694.

Madeira, History of, 591, 610.

M'Diarmid's Scrap Book, 87.

Memoirs of Mrs. Dyott, 166.

Mendicity Society Reports, 741.

M'Dermot's Letter, 807.

Milhouse's Poems, 396.

Milman's Poems, 230.

Moffatt's Poems, 531.

Moore's Sheridan, 209.

Irish Melodies, 705.

Morgan's, Lady, Italy, 387, 407.
Murray's Spelling Book, 581.
Mushet's Tables, 458.
Mystery, the, a Novel, 82.
Narrative of a Soldier, 449.
National Debt, Letter on the, 345.
Neele's Poems, 40.

North Georgia Gazette, 325.
Notes on Cape of good Hope, 369.
Note-Book, a Satire, 375.
Observations on Mr. Brougham's
Bill, 89.

on Gov. Clerks, 693.

Pamphleteer, 440.

Paramythia, 710.

Parry's Voyage of Discovery, 305,
324, 342.

Patenôtre's French Verbs, 807.

Peerage Chart, 422.

Pellatt on Glass Manufactures,719.

Percy Anecdotes, 23, 149, 295, 359,

421, 472,551,579, 663, 725, 879

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WINE, BEER, AND BREAD.

A Treatise on the Art of making Wine from Native Fruits; exhibiting the Chemical Principles upon which the Art of Wine Making depends; the Fruits best adapted for Home-made Wines, and the Method of preparing them. By Fredrick Accum, Operative Chemist, &c. 12mo. pp. 92. London, 1820.

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Mr. Accum, who has the reputation of
a skilful analyser, published a work
which, if it did not, as Dr. Prolix says,
'occasion a great laugh at the time,'
certainly excited considerable interest.
This was a Treatise on Adulterations
of Food and Culinary Poisons,'
which he, to the great terror of all epi-
cures and hypochondriacs, declared
that almost every article that we eat or
drink is poisonous. In vain did we
quit our wine or our brandy, and take
to entire butt beer,' for we were in-
stantly told that it was
a very hetero-
geneous mixture, composed of all the
waste and spoiled beer of the publicans,

the bottoms of the butts, the leavings of the pots,-the drippings of the machines for drawing the beer,-the remnants of the beer that lay in the A-1.

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