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London:

PRINTED BY J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, 25, PARLIAMENT STREET;
WHERE LETTERS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO BE SENT, POST-PAID ;
AND SOLD BY WILLIAM PICKERING, CHANCERY LANE.

1833.

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS

LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.

Those marked thus are Vignettes, printed with the letter-press.

View of St. James's Chapel, Croydon...............

*Chapel of Cotehele House, Cornwell....

*Pulpit and Carvings at Nailsea Church, Somerset.....

*Lunar and Solar Eclipses of July

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Arched Canopy, ancient Barn, and Cross at Chelvy, Somerset

..209

*Runic Gravestones found at Hartlepool..

.219

Two Views of Charing Palace, Kent...

.297

Brass Chasing, representing three Military Figures of the 12th Century...305 Seals of the Hospital of Jerusalem

ib.

*North Chapel Church, Sussex......

...307

Views of Grove House at Woodford, Essex, and German Fresco Paintings 393

*Remains of Bradenstoke Priory; Wilts...

...401

*Autograph of Coster the Printer.....

.407

*Representation of the Roman Way, in Eastcheap...

.422

Capitals of Sir Thomas More's Chapel, Chelsea.......

.481

*Motto inscribed in his books by Henry Earl of Arundel...

.491

*Seal of Philip Earl of Arundel...........

ib.

*Autograph of John Lord Lumley

..495

PREFACE.

The Proprietors of the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE feel anxious to address a parting word, at the close of their old Series, to their long friendly and valued Correspondents. Circumstances not interesting to all, and perhaps not necessary to detail, have rendered some little change desirable, both in the form and materials of their Work. With regard to the former, they trust that a great improvement must at once be recognised by all; and that the Gentleman's Magazine will be found inferior to no similar publication, in the elegance of its appearance, or the convenient arrangement of its subjects. Some feelings of habit may for a time be offended; yet it is presumed by the Editors that the form of typography in which most books are printed, cannot prove very inconvenient in the pages of a Magazine. With regard to the latter, they wish to impress their friends and correspondents with the assurance, that their Magazine is still founded on the very same principles, connected with the same branches of literature, accessible to the same correspondence, and conducted with the same views as it has always been; and that where it differs from its predecessors, it is only in the endeavour to form a more judicious selection of matter, and to combine a greater variety of information. All works that are continued in a series for a length of time, must undergo changes, that are induced by the alterations of taste, and fresh channels of knowledge being opened, or old ones being closed; by some inquiries becoming obsolete, and others rising to demand the attention of mankind. Again, as knowledge becomes more enriched, more recondite, and more complete, it forms itself into separate branches of inquiry, in order that each may be more fully developed, more accurately studied, and pursued with a more undivided attention. The Transactions of the Royal Society, which originally comprehended the whole body of natural philosophy, are now justly contented with communications confined to certain divisions of science; while others are more successfully and clearly developed, in similar works appropriated solely to their investigation. In the same manner, the Gentleman's Magazine originally comprehended much that it has been necessary subsequently to reject; as other publications have arisen more peculiarly proper for their reception. But in the humble though pleasant walks of Literature which we frequent, we have little wish to lead our readers to suppose that any material changes of this nature are in our contemplation. Literature in its extended sense; Antiquities, especially those of our own country, or those connected with

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