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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.
NUMBER XIX.
REVIEWS.
Advice to Young Ladies on the Improvement of the Mind,
Memoir of the Life and Writings of Victor Alfieri,
The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, concluded,
Captain Williamson's East India Vade Mecum, concluded,
Parsons's Travels in Asia and Africa,
Euston; a novel,
SPIRIT OF THE MAGAZINES.
Destruction of an enormous Serpent in the isle of Rhodes, by the
Chevalier De Gozon,
Account of the Mode pursued by Fenelon, in educating the duke of
Burgundy,
Suggestion on Shakspeare's Character of Sir Hugh Evans,
R. K. Porter's Anecdotes of the Nunnery of St. Clara,
A jeu d'esprit of Dr. John Wallis,
Some Account of Angora Wool,
Pasquali, the Musician,
L
Singular Instance of Corpulence,
Parachutes,
Efficacy of a Pun.
POETRY.
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51
57
60
ibid.
61
62
63
64
A new Recipe for making permanent ink for marking Linen, &c.
Theodore and Blanche, a Novel. By Madame Cotin.
'Soulastre's Narrative,
On the Torpidity of Animals. By Benjamin Smith Barton, of Phi-
ladelphia, M. D.
Considerations on the Opinions expressed on Mr. Bruce, by Lord
Valentia, and Mr. Salt,
William Julius Mickle, the undoubted author of the song "There's
nae luck about the house,"
Superb Fete, given by the Duke of Orleans to Louis the XVth.
OBITUARY.
The Widow Burnet, aged upwards of 116 years,
Cudbert Thornhill, Esq.
Song sung by Mr. Incledon, at a dinner held for the purpose
raising a fund for alleviating the misfortunes of C. Dibdin,
To the Nightingale,
The Oak,
The Beacon,
Sonnet by Richard Henry Wood, Esq.
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134
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138
139
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141
Voyage of Dentrecasteaux, in Search of La Pérouse,
The Real State of France, in the year 1809; with an account of the
Treatment of the Prisoners of War, and Persons otherwise
detained in France. By Charles Sturt, Esq.
Travels of the Duke de Châtelet, in Portugal,
Memoires de Physique et de Chimie, de la Societé d'Arcueil,
A Letter on the Genius and Dispositions of the French Govern-
ment, including a View of the Taxation of the French Empire,
Poems. By Mary Russell Milford,
145
162
166
187
208
Remarks upon the Nature and Cause of Sea Sickness,
A Conscientious Book Stealer,
Mohammedan Forbearance,
Irish Persecution prevented,
Description of the Fournas,
PAGE
209
211
212
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
Recent and Proposed American Publications,
Recent and Proposed British Publications.
213
152
Observations on Madness and Melancholy. By John Haslam,
A Series of Letters to a Man of Property. By Edward Burtenshaw
The Assassin of St. Glenroy.
217
239
253
257
258
Advice to a Young Reviewer, with a Specimen of the Art,
269
Interesting Account of a Suttee,
278
Proceedings of the Royal Society,
280
Memoir of the Life and Character of Dr. John Law,
281
Account of the Burghut or Banian Tree of India,
282
Description of the various Species of Snakes most prevalent in India, 283
Sonnet, on returning to my native place. By Martha Hanson,
Rosalind's Dying Complaint to her Sleeping Child,
Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine (now Lord Erskine) when at
the bar,
295
The Lady of the Lake. By Walter Scott, Esq.
312
Fatal Revenge, or the Family of Montorio. A Romance. By Dennis
Jasper Murphy,
323
The Refusal, a Novel, By Mrs. West,
331
Memoir of his Excellency Mirza al Aboo Hassan, Envoy Extraordinary
from the King of Persia to the Court of Great Britain [WITH
A PORTRAIT.]
A Genuine Letter from the Persian Envoy,
334
335
Memoirs of the Life of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Written by himself, 336
On the Volcanos of Jorullo. By Alexander Humboldt,
Some curious Particulars concerning the Discovery, peculiar Pro-
perties, &c. of certain Vegetable productions,
Receipt to make a Novel. By Mrs. Glasse,
Account of the Fejee Islands,
Ancient Royal Superstition,
The Doubtful Son, a Play,
Experiments on Rice Paste,
343
347
349
350
353
355
358
Example better than Precept,
359
A Song and a Laugh. The Choice of a Wife by Cheese,
An Authentick Narrative of five years' residence at Tongataboo. By
who went thither in the Duff, in 1796,
Travels in various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa. By Edward
Daniel Clark, L. L. D.
The Secret History of the Cabinet of Buonaparte. By Ls. Goldsmith, 397
The Hermit, with other Poems. By Richard Hatt,
407
Autumnal Evenings, or Vice Punished and Virtue Rewarded. By
Mlle. G. Bertholet.
On Shakspeare's Character of Sir John Falstaff,
408
An Account of King Charles II.d's Escape from the Battle of Wor-
cester, till his landing in France,
409
Memoirs of the Life of Mr. Windham.
424
The Devils who catch Men. A Tale. By C. A. Elton,
The Duke's Feast. A Tale. By C. A. Elton,
427
428
Ode to Self,
431
Sonnet, on being requested to write on Scottish Scenery.