LITERARY MISCELLANY,
. FOR 7 ANUARY 1797;
With a View of CHATELHERAULT, near Hamilton.
- CONTENTS:
Page
Register of the Weather for Jan. 2 State of Chemistry in Germany, 42
Description of the View, : . 3 Account of the Life and Writ.
Letter from a Traveller at Berlin, ib. ings of Lope de Vega, . . 43
Minutes of Agriculture, from the ; Anecdotes of Persons connected
Reports of the Agricultural with the French Revolution, 46
Board, . - . : . 9 of General Dampierre. . ib.
Report respecting Lincoln.
of Brilly d'Anglas, - 47
· shire, · · · · · - ibi of General Lefebvre, - • 48
Observations on Police in general; . of Treillard and Gregoire; 49
illustrated by two very extra,Lift of Books and Pamphlets pub.
ordinary Anecdotes, . . 13 lished in l.ondon in Dec. 1796, 52
Curious and interesting Extracts: Lazy Lawrence; a Tale, - - 53
containing a Detail of the va- . i . . POETRY.
ries Crimes by which publici
and private Property are injur. -
Ballad, in imitation of William and
:
Margareta
ed, and suggesting Remedies
:: .:.: 59
Ode for the New Year, (1797,) 60
for their prevention, - -.16
° Sir Hugh and the Maiden; an an-
Burke's Observations on Mon..
cient Ballad, - - - - - ib.
archies in general, and on the
Violets accounting for their pur.
late Monarchy and present Go.
vernment in France, in parti.
ple colour, - . . . . 62'
cular,
Suppho and Phaon'; a Sonnet, . ib.
. . . . - - 24
State of the British Empire at the
Two Sonnets, by Mrs Robinson, 63
close of last Century, contrast-
Proceedings of the First Sellion of
ed to its present Power, Fin-
the 18th Parliainent of Great
· Britain, - - .
ih.
ance, and Commerce : by Mr
.- . . .
Burke,
66
. . .
The Budget,
.
26
Customs and Manners of the
20 Additional and New Duties, . 67
· Northern Indians on the Bor-
State Papers; respecting the Ne-
ders of Hudson's Bay, - .31
'gociation for Peace between
Curious Instances of the fascinat..
? Great Britain and France. • 69
ing Power of Serpents, - - 34
MONTHLY REGISTER.
Picture of Paris at the close of Interesting Intelligence from the
the fixteenth Century, a . 37 London Gazettes, • . - 71
of the effeminate Henry III. 38 Affairs in Scotland, . - - , - 76
Narrative of an Excursion among Accountof the'execution of James
The Icy Mountains of Savoy, 39 M Kean, - ... • • 78
Account of the Government and Births and Marriages, .
Manners of the Dahomans, - 41 Deaths, - - · · · · · 79