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BLACKWOOD'S

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

No XIX.

OCTOBER 1818.

VOL. IV.

Contents.

Remarks on the Poetry of Thomas Horæ Cantabrigienses, No II.ramminner 63

Moore; by the Baron von Lauerwinkel 1

Pride and Vanity.

65

The Minstrel of Bruges ( Concluded Jam 5 Analytical Essays on the Early English

The Prisoner's Prayer to Sleep...mamman 13 Dramatists, No VI. Shirley's Traitor 66

The Literary Character, illustrated by Verses, addressed to the Right Hon.

the History of Men of Genius, &c. Lady Anne Scott of Buccleughe 74

By Mr D’Israeli animo

14 Edith and Nora. A Pastoral Poet's

A Night in the Catacombs.

19 Dream marian

hanna 76

Selections from Athenæus. No II. 23 Of the Effects of Knowledge upon Society 80

Notices of Reprints of curious Old Books. An Account of the System of the Weath-

No III. The Life of Sir Thomas

er of the British Islands, discovered

More ; by his Son-in-law, William by Lieut. George Mackenzieminiana 84

Koper, Esq.

28 A Description of the Val de Bagne; in

Observations suggested by the Edinburgh the Bas Valais, and of the Disaster

Reviewer's Account of the Life of the which befel it in June 1818 (Com.

late Bishop of Landaff

34 municated by Professor Pictet oman 87

Letter from Gray the Poet to Count Account of the Expedition to the North

Algarotti

38 Polecam

Letter from the Hon. Horace Walpole

mai 40 LITERARY

to

AND SCIENTIFIC

A verbal Translation of the Emperor of INTELLIGENCE.mmsumamiana 99

Morocco's Letter to Queen Anne; by

WORKs preparing for PUBLICATION... 103

41
Simon Ockley

MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICA-

Sabina (From the German of Böttiger) 42

TIONS.mimisanimarann www.106

Description of the Dressing-Box of Aste-

ria, a Roman Lady of the Fourth

MONTHLY REGISTER.

Century, found in the Year 1794. 47

Memoirs of Edward Cape Everardoaraan 51 Meteorological Report.

wwmmmmmmmmmmm.109

On the Stocks, or Public Fundsacco 55 Commercial Report.

110

Ricardo and the Edinburgh Reviewcom. 58 Promotions and Appointments cama

Genethliaca Venetiana mamma

62 Births, Marriages, and Deaths.www.116

mara 114

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