ABERDEEN, proceedings respecting the late election of magistrates there, 106, 352. Accidents, melancholy one, near Dumfries, 104.-Distressing one at Airdrie, 349.- Melancholy one at South Queensferry, 351. and at a coal-pit near Glasgow, ib. Acted Drama in London, notices of, No IV. 77. No V. 207. - No VI. 329. Alkali, discovery of a new one, 95. Alpina and the Old Indian, 282.
Altham and his Wife, a tale, remarks on, 542.
Anecdotes of the Fife gypsies, 14, 393.- Of Philoxenus of Cythera, 652. Antara, remarks on Menil's edition of, 513. Apparition, story of one, 705. Appointments, Promotions, &c. 109, 236, 361, 488, 621, 730. Aquinas, Thomas, Hume charged with plagiarism from, 655. Aristophanic comedy, remarks on the, 152. Assembly, General, of Scotland, proceedings of, 352.
Athenæus, selections from, No I. 650. Bacon, Lord, observations on Mr Macvey Napier's essay on his writings, 657. Baird, Principal, report by, on the manage- ment of the poor in Scotland, 320. Banker, the mad, of Amsterdam, 402, 530. Bankrupts, alphabetical list of English and Scotch, 114, 241, 358, 485, 625, 734. Banks for savings in Scotland, abstract of the proposed bill for protecting, 68. Beet-root, result of the experiments France, to produce sugar from, 611. Beggar's Opera, proposed reform of the, 575.
Buchan, Earl of, remarks on his anonymous and fugitive essays, 515. Buchanan, George, observations on the writ- ings of, 251.
Burgh reform, Scottish, lists of burghs who have or have not stirred in the cause of, with their relative populations, 107. Byron, Lord, criticism on his fourth canto of Childe Harold, 216.
Byron, Scott, and Wordsworth, on the poe- tical talents of, 369. Caithness, iron and copper discovered in, 472-3.--Singular account, by an old writer, of the inhabitants and productions of, 674.
Calumnies against the living, remarks on,
Canals, commencement of one to connect Edinburgh and Glasgow, 105.
Cassandra, (from the German of Schiller) 153.
Cathedral church of St Giles, Dilettanti committee's report on the plans for its re- pair, 408.-Letter occasioned by the re- port, 524.
Cavern, discovery of an extensive one in Persia, 340.
Chalmers, Rev. Dr, letter to, on his writ- ings in the Edinburgh Review, 155. Charles I. of England, and Louis XVI. of France, comparison of their characters by Madame de Stael, 638.
Charlotte, Princess, verses on the death of,
Childe Harold, fragment of a fifth canto of, 201.-Notes to, 202. Review of the fourth canto of, 216.
Christian Wolf, a German freebooter, in- teresting account of, 679. Chromate of iron discovered in Shetland, 463.
Circuit court, Stirling, distressing case of murder in, 232. - Dumfries, trial of a juvenile pick-pocket, 233.--Trial and condemnation of John Lissens, for high- way robbery, ib.
Clubs, account of some curious ones in Lon don, 552.-1. The Virtuoso's club, 553. -II. The Order of the Golden Fleece.- III. The No Nose club, 554.-IV. The Surly club. V. The club of Ugly Faces, 555.
Clyde, trade of, 481. Coal-gas, improvement in the purification of, *220. Cities lighted with, in Bri- tain, 724.-Portable apparatus, ib.
Cockney School of Poetry, No III. 453.-
Edinburgh Review, letters to the supporters of the, 155-No. I. to the Rev. Dr Chal- mers, ib.
Coleridge, Mr, remarks on some passages in his Biographia Literaria, 653.
Comet, a new one discovered at Marseilles,
of 1811, account of the, 338. Commercial Reports, 112, 238, 356, 480, 622, 732.
Confession, remarkable one of a murder, 596.
Court of Session, proceedings in, respecting the Edinburgh election of magistrates, 105, 106. Regarding the elections at Inverness and Aberdeen, 106.
Cow-tree, account of a tree so called by Humboldt, 724.
Craniologist's Review, the, No I. Napoleon's head, 146. No II. Greek heads, 298.- No III. Oliver Cromwell, 300.-No IV. Franklin, ib.- No V. Voltaire, ib.
Crim. Con. trial for, in the Edinburgh jury court, 106.
Crimes, hints to speculators on the increase of, 176.
Cromwell, Oliver, craniological view of his head, 300.
Crystallized tin, a new discovery in art, 341. Currents, remarks on, 579.
Cuttle-fish, colossal, on W.'s account of the, 204.
Deaf and Dumb Institution, Edinburgh, re- port of, for 1818, 425.
Deaths, lists of, 119, 245, 364, 493, 629,
Dilettanti, report of their committee on Mr Elliott's plans for repairing St Giles's church, Edinburgh, 408.- Letter occa- sioned by the report, &c. 524.
Drama, acted, in London, notices of, No IV. 77. No V. 207. - No VI. 329. Dramatists, essays on the early English ones, No V. 556. Dresden, on the great Madonna of, 562. Dress, remarks on, 301. On that of the days of Queen Elizabeth, 534. Dunfermline, tomb of Robert the Bruce discovered there, 104.
Earth, the, Biot's observations to determine the figure of, 463.
Earthquakes on the continent, and in Eng- land, 37. Echo, in two poetical dialogues, 55. Edinburgh, proceedings respecting a chal- lenged election of magistrates of, 105, 106. Commencement of a canal to con- nect it and Glasgow, ib. -Resolutions of the guildry of, on the subject of the Lord Advocate's bill for regulating Scotch burghs, 235.-On the late musical festi- val in, and its consequences, 268.-Dilet- tanti committee's report on the plans for the repair of St Giles'-church, 408.-Re- port of the Deaf and Dumb Institution in, 425. Letter occasioned by the Dilettanti committee's report on the repair of St Giles's church, 524. On the state of mu- sic in, 538.
Fairies, the, a dreamlike remembrance of a dream, 30.
Fame, on the influence of the love of, on Genius, 701.
Farming, moral effects of overseers on farm servants, 83.
Fiction, on the use of the preternatural in works of, 648.
Fife gypsies, anecdotes of the, 14, 393. Fire, destruction of a ship by, 105. Fluids, on the boiling point of, 611. Fortune-telling, instance of swindling under pretence of, 236.
Fox and Pitt, sketch of, by Baron Von Lauerwinkel, 456.
France, history of a six weeks' tour through, review of, 412.
Franklin's head, craniological view of, 300. Fudge Family in Paris, the, review of a publication so entitled, 129. Gas, cities lighted with by authority of Par- liament, 724.-Portable gas apparatus, ib. General Assembly, meeting of the commis- sion of the, 230.-Proceedings of the as- sembly, 352.
Genius, on the influence of the love of fame on, 701.
Germany, letters on the present state of, Letter I., 24.-Ferment in the national mind of the Germans, ib. Every liberty enjoyed of thought and writing except on politics, 25.-Effects of the late wars in illuminating the minds of the Germans, 27.-Privileges of the nobility of, galling to the people, 28. Probability of a re- volution being effected without outrage or resistance, 29.
Glasgow, letter from, 56.
manufactures of, 481.
Chronicle, remarks on its treat-
ment of Mrs Grant, 57, 187. Gosschen's diary, extracts from, 596. Grant, Mrs, on the liberties taken with her literary character in the Glasgow Chroni- cle, 57, 187.
Greek heads, craniological view of, 299. Gwyn, letter from the celebrated Nell, 547. Gypsies of Fife, anecdotes of the, 14, 393. Harvest, the, neither retarded nor accelerat-
ed by an early or late spring, 229. Haüyne, description of a mineral nearly re- sembling, found in the island of Tiree, 583.
Hazlitt's lectures on English Poetry-On Letter second, from an Old Indian Officer,
Burns and the old ballads, 71. Hazlitt and Jeffrey, on the literary and cri- tical talents of, 303.
Hunt, Leigh, letter from Z. to, 196. Huttonian and Wernerian disputants, a word to the rival, 583. Jardine, Professor, review of his Outlines of Philosophical Education, 420.
Jarvie, Nicol, letter to, from Andrew Fair- service, 185.
Jeffrey, Francis, Esq. letter of Timothy Tickler to, 75.
Jeffrey and Hazlitt, on the literary and cri- tical talents of, 303.
Jew of Malta, remarks on Marlow's play of, 208.
Increase of crimes, hints to speculators on the, 176.
Interesting narrative of the taking of the island of Timor in 1811, 306. Inverness election of magistrates, process in the Court of Session regarding, 106. Johnson, Samuel, and David Hume, com- pared, 511.
Iron, chromate of, discovery of extensive veins of, in Shetland, 463.
Ivan, the tale of, (translated from the Cor- nish) 169.
from a friend of Mrs Grant, with
note by the Editor, 187.
from Z. to Leigh Hunt, King of
the Cockneys, 196.
to the veiled conductor of Black-
wood's Magazine, 211.
of Petrarch to Posterity, 313. to the author of Beppo, 323. to a Politician, written after the
conclusion of the war, 381.
to Sir H. Steuart of Allanton, from the author of the "Vindication of the Memory of the Somervilles," 438. Re- marks on the letter, 709.
from the celebrated Nell Gwyn, 547. from an English Officer to a friend
to Professor Laugner, from Von
Lauerwinkel, 689.
-s of Timothy Tickler, to various lite- rary characters, 75, 461, 527. Literary and Scientific Intelligence, 95, *219, 338, 471, 611, 723. Literature, remarks on Schlegel's History of, 497.
- of a national character in, 707. Lithography, on the art of, report of a Com- mittee of the French Academy of Fine Arts, 725.
Lissens, John, trial of, for highway robbery,
Locusts in India, devastations committed by, 339.
London, account of some curious clubs in, about the beginning of last century, 552. Louis XVI. and Charles I. comparative characters of, 638.
M'Konochie, Captain, details respecting the Philippine Islands, by, 576.-Summary view of the commerce, &c. of the Shores of the Pacific Ocean, by, 695.
M'Laurin, the celebrated Colin, letter of,
Madonna, the Great, of Dresden, remarks on, by Von Lauerwinkel, 562. Magic Lanthern, Time's, No II. Galileo in the Inquisition, 3.-No III. Rem- brandt's work shop, 4.-No IV. Bun- yanus Obsessus, or a tift with Apollyon, 137.-No V. Dialogue between Lord Bacon and Shakspeare, 270.-No VI. Johnson's Midnight Walk, 274.-No VII. Adam Smith and a Highland Laird,
Margaret, Queen of Navarre, comparison between her and a modern Blue Stocking, 546.
Market Tables, 115, 242, 359, 486, 625,
Marlow's Jew of Malta, remarks on, 208. Marriage, a novel, review of, 286.
Reports, 116, 243, 359, 487,
Metrical versions of the Psalms, remarks on, 63, 178.
notices to correspondents, 248. Minerals, discovery of new ones, 472, 473. Minstrel, the, of Bruges, version of the old French story of, 661.
Montagu, Mr, Horace Walpole's letters to,
Mountains, method of ascertaining the heights of, 473. Murderer, remarkable confession of a, 596. Music, on the state of in Scotland, 255.- On the state of in Edinburgh, 538. Napier, Macvey, Esq. observations on his essay on the writings of Bacon, 657. Napoleon's Head, the craniologist's review of, 146.
National monument for Scotland, proceed- ings respecting one, 234. National Character in Literature, remarks on, 707.
Natural and revealed religon, dialogues on,
No I. 90. No II. 170.
Observations of M. Biot, to determine the figure of the earth, 463. -On Mr Macvey Napier's essay on the writings of Bacon, 657. On the state of Parties, and the Edinburgh Review, 715.-On a National Character in Literature, 707.
Odoherty, Adjutant, account of the life and writings of, continued, 51. Olive Trees, on the raising of, *219. Optics, new discovery in, 614. Othello, remarks on a disputed passage in
Overseers, effects of, on the morals of farm servants, 83.
Oxford examination, poetical account of an,
Pacific Ocean, view of the commerce of the principal shores of, 695. Paris, the English in, 446. Parties, state of, remarks on, 715. On an article on this subject in the Edinburgh Review, 719. Party spirit, remarks on, 129. Petrarch, letter of, to posterity, 313. Peudemots, M de, extract from the works
Phantasmagoria, No I. 213. Phantasmagoriana, or tales of the dead, 580. Philippine Islands, details respecting the, 576.-Review of Captain M'Konochie's statistics of the principal shores of, 695. Philosophical education, review of Jardine's
Photometer, a new invented one, 36. Pit and Fox, sketch of, by Baron Von
Lauerwinkel, 456.
VOL. III.
Platinum, mass of, found in South Ameri- ca, 723.
Poetry, verses on the death of the Princess Charlotte, 5.-The Fairies, 30.-Sonnet to John Carnegy, Esq. 58.-On Carmel's Brow, a Hebrew melody, 90.-Humo- rous description of shipwreck by drink, 141.-Fragment of a fifth canto of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 201.-The Herald, 211. Notices to Correspondents, 248.- Account of an Oxford Examination, 280. -The Mad Banker of Amsterdam, 402, 530. From the German of Klopstock, 416. Of Körner, 417. And of Schiller, 418.-Sanscrit Ode, 460.
on the Lake School of, No I. 369. - on the Cockney School of, No III. 453. No IV. 519.
Poor Laws of England, remarks on, 9.
in Scotland, answers to queries respect- ing the maintenance of, 11.-Report by Principal Baird, on the management of,
Popular superstitions in Wales, account of, 188.-Witch stories, ib. Stories of ghosts, evil spirits, demons, &c. 189.- Stories of fairies, 190.-Dogs of hell, 192. -Corpse-candles, 193.-The kyhirraeth,
Portugal, horrid hospital scene in, 87. Preternatural, on the use of the, in works of fiction, 640.
Princess Charlotte, verses on the death of, 5. Psalms, remarks on various metrical versions of, 63, 178.
Public Feeling, a few thoughts on, 294. Publications, Monthly Lists of new ones, 101, 225, 344, 476, 617, 728. Queen Elizabeth, on the fashion of dress in the reign of, 534.
Railways, premium offered by the High- land Society for the improvement and extension of, 726.
Ready Reckoner, the British, review of, 317. Red earth, shower of, in Italy, 338. Redness of the sea, remarks on the, 339. Religion, natural and revealed, dialogues on, No I. 90. No 11. 170. Remarks on the "Petit Volume" of Mons. Say, 58. On various metrical versions of the Psalms, 63, 178. On a publication called " the Fudge Family in Paris," 129. -On the Aristophanic comedy, 152.- On Horace Walpole's letters to Mr Mon- tagu, 162. On the writings of George Buchanan, 251. On the writings of Kidd and Brande, 277.-On dress, 301.-On Schlegel's history of literature, 497.-On Menil's edition of Antara, 513. On the anonymous essays of the Earl of Buchan, 515. On Currents, 579.- On the Pos thumous Works of Madame de Stael, 633.-On some passages of Mr Cole- ridge's Biographia Literaria, 653.-On the state of parties, and the Edinburgh Review, 715. On a letter to Sir Henry Steuart of Allanton, 709.
Review of "The Fudge Family of Paris,"
129. Of the fourth canto of Childe Har- old, 216. Of Marriage, a novel, 286.- Of Stenhouse's British Ready Reckoner, 317.-Of Wordsworth's White Doe of Rylstone, 372. Of a Six Weeks Tour through France, 412. Of Outlines of Philosophical Education, 420.-Of Let- ters from the North Highlands, by E. J. Spence, 428. Of letters of an English commercial traveller in Scotland, 431.- Of Altham and his wife, a tale, 542.- Of Tales of my Landlord, 567. Of the works of Charles Lamb, 599. -Of M'Kon- ochie's Statistics, &c. of the principal Shores of the Pacific Ocean, 695.
Review, Edinburgh, letters to the supporters of, 155. State of Parties and the, 715. Rhinoceros, experiments to make a mus- ket ball pierce the hide of, 724. Robertson, Rev. Joseph, trial of, for cele- brating unlawful marriages, 108. Rome, "One Night in," translated from the French of M. de Peudemots, 47. Russell, William, LL. D. biographical notice of, 398,
Mr, his reception at Haymarket Theatre, 588.
Salt, method of making it in the Great Loo Choo Island, 612.
Savings Banks in Scotland, abstract of a proposed bill for the protection of, 68. Say, Monsieur, remarks on the Petit Volume" of, 58,
Schiller, translations from the German of,
Scotland, Poor in, answers to queries re- specting the maintenance of the, 11.- Burghs in, who have stirred in the cause of reform, and those who have not, with the relative populations, 107.-Answers to queries respecting the tythe system of Scotland, 149.-Proceedings of the com- mission of the General Assembly of the Church of, 230.-Proceedings of the com- mittee on the proposed national monu- ment for, 234. On the state of music in, 265.-Principal Baird's report on the management of the poor in, 320.-Pro- ceedings of the General Assembly of,
Scott, Wordsworth, and Byron, on their se- veral merits as poets, 369. Sebastians, St, account of the storming of, by an English officer, 565. Second Sight, remarkable instance of, 18. Selections from Athenæus, No 1. 650. Serpent, great sea one, on the history of the, 33.-Accounts of some seen on the coast of Norway, 34. Of one on the coast of Scotland, 37. Of one seen near Ply-
Shakspeare's Sonnets, remarks on, 585. Shipwreck, melancholy one near Slains Cas- tle, 107.-Humorous description of one by drink, 141.
Speaker of the House of Commons, a whig's thoughts on the qualifications of a, 141. Spence, Miss, and the Bagman, 428. Spring, its earliness or lateness, neither
hastens nor retards the harvest, 229. Stael, Madame de, one of the brightest or- naments of European literature, 633.- Observations on her Posthumous Works, ib. Comparative characters of Charles I. and Louis XVI. by, 638.-Her re- marks on the manners of the English, 645. Staffordshire, account of a pseudo-volcano there, 340.
Steuart, Sir Henry, of Allanton, letter to him, from the author of the "Vindica- tion of the Memorie of the Somervilles,"
Sugar, experiment in France to produce it from beet root, 611. Swindling, in a female fortune-teller, 230. Tales of my Landlord, review of, 567. Tales of the Dead, 580. Taste, fragment of an essay on, 21. Thoughts on Public Feeling, 294. Tickler, Timothy, letters of, to
rary characters, No III. to Francis Jef- frey, Esq. 75. No IV. to the Editor of Blackwood's Magazine, 461.-No V. to the Editor of Blackwood's Magazine, 527. Time's Magic Lanthern, No II. 3.-No III. 4. No IV. 137.- No V. 270.- No VI. 274 - No VII. 419. Timor, narrative of the taking of, in 1811, by the ship Hesper, 306.
Tree Goose, or Bernacle, singular credulity respecting the history of this bird, 671. Truth, the reverie of an enthusiast on, 123. Tythes, thoughts concerning, 147.-An- swers to queries queries respe respecting the tythe sys- tem in Scotland, 149. Violet Rays, on the magnetising power of,
Voltaire's Head, craniological view of, 300. Wales, account of some popular supersti- tions in, 188.
Wales, New South, discovery of a river in the interior of, 613. Walpole, Horace, his letters to Mr Mon- tagu, 162. His account of Lord Ferrers' murdering his own stewart, and of his trial, &c. 165.
War, letter to a politician on the policy and termination of the late one in Europe, Eu 381.
Water Spouts, observations on, *220. Wernerian and Huttonian disputants, the rival, a word to, 583. Whigs and Tories, choice between a stupid young Tory and a clever young Whig,
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