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Simon:send them an invitation, give | for the party. A great statesman, whose them a good dinner, and take my word for theories change with the phases of the it, they will soon become humanized." moon, had for a whole month been an adSome very respectful and urgent invita-vocate for industry. He declared that the tions were sent off that very evening; and welfare of the state required that Simon next day, at the appointed hour, twelve Lambert should enter the ranks; that a Great Men descended from two carriages, place was reserved for him in Paris, if he and entered in a file. The dinner was chose to accept it; but that there was not sumptuous, but not very cheerful. The a department in all France, which would great men eat much and spoke little. Fran- not be proud of having such a deputy as M. val, in derision, proposed some healths to Lambert. "To-morrow, at day-break, my be drunk. "Do you mean toasts?" in- dear friend," added he, "have post-horses quired a thin, pale man, in a pedantic tone in readiness. If you do not succeed in the of voice."Know that we drink to nobody." west, turn to the east; by the help of in-How! but there is one who must surely sinuating circulars, and, above all, by be dear to the hearts of all Frenchmen!keeping open table for the electors, you "I say, once more, we drink to nobody," may be present both in the north and south replied the pompous gentleman, still more at the same moment." drily. Madame Lambert, who was a native of Picardy, and who had all the frankness peculiar to her country, could no longer contain herself."The gentlemen," said she, "may shew themselves good Frenchmen here, without any risk

At these words, Simon Lambert frowned, and, taking upon himself to defend the honour of his guests, had well nigh, like the Bourgeois-Gentilhomme, exclaimed to his better half:-" Hold your tongue, wife, you are a fool!" Franval contented himself with repeating the old proverb, which says, "Do not force people to drink when

they are not thirsty."

For the first time in his life, Simon Lambert went beyond the boundary of the jurisdiction of Paris. His new instructors had drawn so dreadful a picture of the evils which weighed upon France, under the despotism of the Bourbons, that he was surprised to see the fields cultivated, and the houses with doors and windows. He chanced to pass through a village where the excessive heat of last summer had occasioned a fever. On seeing the pale countenances of the inhabitants, he inscribed in his journal, that the effects of misery and grief were every where observable. His To make amends for the incongruities of book was already enriched with many such profound remarks; when unluckily his carhis wife and friend, Simon Lambert became doubly courteous towards his distin-riage broke down, and he was obliged to stop at a little inn of another village. The guished visitors. He was well repaid: a people were not accustomed to receive travelwriter of comic-operas offered to give him lers of such importance, and curiosity soon advice respecting his commercial transac-induced the notables to flock round the oputions; a translator to teach him the art of lent Parisian. They were eager to hear making old things look like new; and a renews from the capital; but Simon Lambert cluse to makehim acquainted with all that was wished, in the first place, to be made acpassing in the world. Full of gratitude, Simon quainted with the news of the village. An Lambert requested that they would dine eloquent speaker, who mingled about thirty with him that day week. The invitation words of French with his patois, kindly was accepted, and each of the beaux esprits offered to satisfy him. shook hands with him at parting. A shock Though the harvest and the vintage," of electricity could not have been more said he, have been equally abundant,rapid; the good citizen of the Marais had though the granarics and the cellars are become a philosopher; and on the follow-full, you must not, on that account, suping day, he declared, even among his work-pose that we are a bit the happier. Why inen, that he was an Independent.

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should we labour, cultivate our fields and our The day appointed for the dinner arrived vines, when, if God, (pardon me, I meant but too slowly. Madame Lambert and to say the supreme Being) should bless the Franval obtained permission to sit at the land, the priests and the nobility are always table, on condition that they would not speak in readiness to devour its fruits before our a word. The rest of the company, howeyes ?" Ah!' exclaimed Simon Lamever, found abundant subjects of conver-bert, the little blue book told me all this. sation. The electoral colleges were about to assemble. They discoursed on the necessity of admitting none but men whose principles were guaranteed by their previous conduct. One of the guests, lowering his voice, confidentially asked Simon Lambert how he had been employed during the revolution. "Oh, replied the honest manufacturer, aloud, I made more than a hundred pieces of calico, and without the Our philosophers looked at each other, and shrugged up their shoulders; but Simon Lambert was possessed of millions, he employed five hundred workmen; he was a glorious conquest

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Interesting villagers! Tithes and corvées are then restored among you.' "Not exactly," replied the village orator; we know too well what we have to expect. Judge for yourself: about a week ago, two ci-devants were passing along the high-road here: our children, who are well trained, and who can readily distinguish these figures at the distance of a mile, began to call out, Down with the nobles! What did the gentlemen do, think you? They began to laugh maliciously, which, you know, was as much as to say, Call after us as long as you please! we know how to be even with you! And yet, my dear Sir, if we had

only to pay the old taxes, we should think ourselves well off. But they will not be satisfied until they have reduced us to the level of the African negroes, that they may enjoy the pleasure of buying and selling us like cattle. Was it not so, Sir, in the reign of Louis XIV. of whom the liberal Journals speak with such horror?" Simon Lambert modestly replied, that he could not answer the question, but that he would refer it to the gentlemen of the little blue book.

But it was now time to consider of the main point. Simon Lambert inquired the names of the principal electors of the district. The rustic independent undertook to describe them off-hand. "There is, however," said he," one whom you may dispense with seeing, namely, our old Lord, who is buried alive in that gothic castle which you see yonder. It was built by his ancestors, at the time when Knights took a fancy to march to the Holy Land: it is said that they were rich and powerful Lords; but what signifies that, since the present one is ruined?"- Ah! I am not proud,' said Simon Lambert; I will go and visit him in his Manor House. I have been advised to follow the English custom. In England, a Candidate does not despise the vote of the poorest Elector.'

He proceeded to the castle. There, every thing presented an appearance of decayed splendour. He asked for the Count, who was then from home. The Countess, how

ever, politely invited him to stay. Surrounded by her children, she was giving them lessons suited to their sex and age. When she named their noble ancestors, like the widow of Hector, she spoke "rather of their deeds, than of their high descent." The Count returned. He had been inspecting his humble domains, of which he was himself the principal cultivator. Simon Lambert mentioned the occasion of his visit ; he had already learnt to flatter. "As Lord of this district," " said he, "it is but right that I should pay my first respects to you."— I am no Lord,' replied the Count, nor ever supposed myself to be so, except so far as it lay in my power to benefit the inhabitants of this village. You solicit my vote; it is a powerless one: but allow me in the first place to ask one question. You wish to represent our department: do you know it?' The good Parisian blushed.

The parish bells now began to ring. The Count and all his family prepared for church. Simon Lambert wished to seize this opportunity of shewing himself. By the way, he met his village liberal, who was expatiating on religion and the clergy in a style which would have done honour even to a city liberal. Lambert entered the church.

The Curate, a venerable old man, had chosen for his text these words of the Divine Master: "Love one another." The good Pastor was not eloquent, he did not even know what eloquence was his language was simple, but his moral was sublime. He closed his patriarchal discourse by a fervent prayer for the welfare of the King and the happiness of France. Simon Lam

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bert had prepared himself for a tedious of puffing may be excusable, but such noto-
sermon; but he was surprised to find him-rious and unblushing falsehood is enough
self moved by what he had heard.
to destroy the credit of any theatre.

Madame Lambert was both surprised and delighted at her husband's speedy return. He gave her a faithful account of his journey. She embraced him, and congratulated him on having again become a sensible man and a good citizen.

As soon as the liberals heard of the return of their Amphytrion, they paid him a visit, in the hope of renewing their philosophic dinners; but they found the door closed against them. To treat them according to their own taste, Franval sent them a little circular, couched as follows:-" Mighty philosophers, you who are continuallytalking of Voltaire, though you have never read him, if ever you should look into his works, you will find the following lines, which my friend Simon intends to adopt as his future rule of conduct:

On quitting the church, he went to visit COVENT GARDEN.-The brief notice and the servant of God. He found him prae- faint praise which we bestowed upon the tising what he had taught. Indigent and new comedy," A Word to the Ladies," in infirm, he was distributing consolation and our last, would sufficiently indicate to our succour among the poor. Full of confi- readers, that we did not feel it to be condence in the old man, Lambert made him sistent with expediency to waste much acquainted with the object of his journey. space upon the review of that production, "You wish," said the reverend Pastor, or with justice to say more in its favour. "to be the deputy of this country? Be Being already, apparently, consigned to what is still better: be its benefactor! Es- oblivion, it should seem that the public tablish a manufactory here, feed the indus- voice has confirmed our first impression; trious poor, they will bless you, and you and therefore we need not take up the ashes, shall prosper. Leave politics to those who either to show how much is caput mortuum, have made it their study, and the governor how many live embers of wit might be ment of states to those whom heaven has found mingled in the mass. For, in truth, appointed."— Worthy inan!' exclaimed though the prevalence of dull sentiment, Lambert, accept my interest and my and the want alike of prominent character money; all that you do must be right. 1 and leading interest proved fatal to this shall return to Paris, more satisfied with play, it must be conceded that it contained myself than when I set out; but be assured a number of good points, and embraced I will come and see you again!' good qualities, worthier of a more happy fate. Its grand defect was in the level and nearly equal pretensions of almost every one of the dramatis persona: there were so many candidates for attention, that we could attend to no one; but, like the last cluster of horses at a sweepstakes, were forced to lump them altogether. It arose out of this injudicious plan, that every party had much to do and say, which, while it was doing and saying, kept the other parties so long out of sight, and their business so out of mind, that when they did re-appear the audience had much ado to recollect what they had been about when they last made their exits. The interest was thus divided and frittered away till the whole was rather a succession of different scenes, than a well constructed and continued drama. Then there was a vast deal too much of gentlemen hugging or saluting each other, and of ladies telling dismal stories of their griefs, both exceedingly disagreeable to behold and to hear. In other respects the dialogue is of the better order, and often rises to true comic excellence. It is therefore clear that the author could have made the whole much better than he has done, but for some radical defect which destroyed his powers in their source. This defect is not far to seck. It lies in the common practice of play writing in these times,-not according to original conceptions and the fitness of parts, but according to the performers in the Theatre, and their fitness for particular lines of acting. Thus Mr. Kenney did not sit down to produce a good Comedy; his object was to produce characters for Mr. Young, Mr. Macready, Mr. C. Kemble, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Jones, Mr. Farren, Mr. Liston, Mr. Emery, &c. &c. &c.; and when he had accomplished this design pretty tolerably, he and the managers imagined they had a fine Piece with all the strength of the House in it. All the strength they had, but the piece was not worth a rush. But as A Word to the Ladies has been thrown away, we shall not say another word about it, even to describe the plot, and shew that it was rather a train of in

Assez des grands esprits, dans leur troisieme

étage,

N'ayant pu gouverner leur femme et leur merage,
Se sont mis par plaisir à régir l'univers.

Pour moi, je n'entends rien aux affaires d'etat;
Ma loi fondamentale est de vivre tranquille;

et, dans ma vie obscure, Je laisse au Roi mon Maitre, en pauvre citoyen, La soin de son Royaume où je ne prétends rien.

THE DRAMA.

DRURY LANE. We visited this theatre to see Brutus again, and found that much of its first effect was gone: even Kean's exertions failed under the test of repetition, and the other miserable adjuncts became doubly tiresome. The house was very poorly attended, little spirit was diplayed in any part of the performances, and the applause was unfrequent and partial. What we have now stated, is, upon the honour of criticism, the bare and simple truth; yet was it asserted in the bills of the ensuing day, that the House was crowded, the acting admirable, and the approbation constant and rapturous. A moderate degree

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Many letters on the Question, "Was Hamlet mad?" are received.

By a mis-directed letter, we have got a scolding for men.

toning, in our last Number, that a rising young actress styles herself still Miss instead of Mistress. Heretofore, we had thought that on certain mis-haps (such as the

child-dropping affair in the police reports this week,)

the only risk of error was in letting out the secret that

ladies, who should have been Mistresses were only Misses; but we now see there is danger all ways, and we will never call Miss S-lle Mrs. B-n again as long as we live. Indeed it is necessary to be cautious how one

speaks of theatrical folks-especially of the frailer sex, and we had hoped that by treating them all as married

women, we might aroid scandal!!

*.* We have received the several circulars, sent (as we

suppose) to all recpectable periodical publications, by a efforts to the devising of means for the Encouragement of Industry and Reduction of the Poors Rates. These objects

Committee sitting in the Poultry, and directing their

are so vitally important, that our recommendations could

add no force to that urgency with which they appeal to every considerate mind; and the necessarily long discussion of the most effectual remedies for idleness and pau

perism is not consistent with the plan of our work. We can therefore only heartily wish success to these benevotent endeavours, and mention that such a body exists for the collection of illustrative facts, and the opinions of the well-informed.

ERRATA. In our last Number, in endeavouring to do justice to a Contemporary, we did him wrong; and by mistake stated that the excellent account of a Scotch Penny Wedding had appeared in a rival publ.cation instead of that in which it actually was, namely, in CONSTABLE'S Edinburgh Magazine.-For "Corvello," in the Digest of Politics, read Corvetto.-In No. 99, p. 794, 1.31, of the Ballad, for "mid this gay group to seek," read "I exclaimed to seek here."

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INDEX TO THE LITERARY GAZETTE FOR THE YEAR 1818.

ABEL'S Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China,
530, 551

Acasto, or the Felon, a Poem, review of, 725
Ackerman's Patent Axles, 617

Actors and their Saints, 727

Address to the Public, 367

Aikin's Memoirs of the Court of Q. Elizabeth, rev. of, 209
Air Spout, Remarkable Phenomenon, 425
Aix-la-Chapelle, a Description of, 589, 725
Albertina, Memoirs of Princess Maria Louisa, 381
Alisma Plantago, a Cure for the Hydrophobia, 71, 72, 137
Altoviti Palace in Rome, account of the, 602
Anecdotes of the present King of the Netherlands, 219
- by Philarchon, 798, 814

Anglo-Cambrian, a Poem, by M. Linwood, review of, 739
Animal Magnetism, Singular account of, $12
Antiquarian Society of London, Annual Meeting of the,281
Antique Ring, Discovery of a curious, 78

Antiquities discovered in Tuscany, 271-Avignon, 314-
in the Bed of the Tiber, 793-at Got Moor, Cam-
bridgeshire, 810

Antonia, a Poem, by Murdo Young, review of, 369
Arctic Expeditions, a Poem, by Miss Porden, rev. of, 247
View of the various, 130, 226, 242,

261, 319, 350, 447, 729, 734
Arnold's Letter to the Proprietors of Drury Lane Thea-
tre, 785

Artists' Benevolent Institution, Anniversary of, 137, 171
Arts and Sciences, Distribution of the Prizes of the So-
ciety of, 360

Discoveries in the, 23, 137, 185, 215,

250, 267, 269, 760
Ashford Rectory, or the Spoiled Child, review of, 582
Ashley, Biographical account of G. C. 605
Astarte, a Sicilian Tale, review of, 195
Athenæum at Paris, account of the, 24
Attributes of Satan, 310

Austrian Archdukes Tour through England, 49, 65, 81,
97, 113, 129, 242, 259, 273, 278, 369, 392, 423, 439, 453
Autumn near the Rhine, review of, 515, 532
Axle for Carriages, account of a moveable, 137

Baffin's Bay, Curiosities brought from, 799
Baireith, Margravine, account of the, 76
Bankrupt Laws, Considerations on, 342

Barrow's History of the Voyages to the Arctic Regions, 754
Bathurst; Observations on Lord Bathurst's Speech,
March 18, 1817, review of, 164

Baxter's Views of Swansea, Noti. e of, 439
Beatson, Biographical Memoir of Dr. Robert, 173
Beaufoy and Barrington's Possibility of approaching the
North Pole, review of, 161

Beaumel, an Error corrected respecting, 710
Bernard, Biographical account of Sir Thomas, 541
Billington, Biographical account of Mis. 652
Birkbek's Letters from Illinois, 491

Blunt's Stranger's Guide to the City of New York, review
of, 553

Book Auctions, Origin of, 95

Bostock's History of Galvanism, review of, 802
Botany Bay, some account of, 789

Bourgoine, Letters on Sweden, by the Baron, 7, 23
Bow Church, Cheapside, remarks on the Architecture of,
601, 633

Bramsen's Letters of a Prussian Traveller, rev. of, 386, 406
Bretschneider's Journey to London and Paris, 150
Brighton Ambulator, by C. Wright, review of, 499
Bristed's America and its Resources, review of, 434
Britain, or Fragments of Poetical Aberration, by Mrs.
McMullan, 357

British Institution, Exhibition, rev. of, 72, 89, 104, 123, 137,
154, 170, 185, 200, 218, 935, 300, 315, 363, 490, 744, 809
Britton's Cathedral Church of Winchester, 503
Brooke's Poems, review of, 451

Bryan's Biographical Dictionary of Painters, 132
Buonaparte, Mémoires secrets sur Lucien, review of, 338,
357, 374, 408

Buonaparte's Bees, some account of, 22, 136, 389
Burchard; Account of the Death of the African Traveller,
111-Memoirs of, 742

Burney, Biographical account of the Rev. Dr. 179
Burrowe's Pianoforte Primer, review of, 87

Byron's Beppo, review of, 163-Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,

Canto the 4th, review of, 273

Calleville's Recollections of Norway, 674
Campbell's Ossiano, review of, 595

Carey, a Defence of the Poetical talents of Henry, 606
's Letter to the Marquis of Stafford, Verses on Mr. 155
Critical Description and Analysis of Mr. West's
painting of Death on the Pale Horse, review of, 247
Clavis Metrico Virgiliana, a review of Dr. 244-Re-
marks on the Confessions of Frederick of Prussia, 359,
561, 584, 615, 630, 646, 663, 680, 710
Cassas, Memoirs of Count Las, 577
Cast Iron in Russia, 761
Cattle, Medicine for, 649
Celestial Apparition, 660

Childe Harold's Monitor, review of, 500
Chimney Sweepers, an Eastern Tale, 571
Christian the 4th of Denmark, Anecdotes of, 78
Cicero, Remarks on the Merits of, 725
Coleridge's Lectures at the Crown and Anchor, 808
Comet, account of a newly discovered, 143, 233
Compass, Improvements on the Mariner's, 269
Conde, Biography of the Prince de, 414
Confessions of Frederick of Prussia, 297
Consecration of the Church at Gutzkow, 763
Constantine and Eugene, or an Evening at Mount Ver-
non, review of, 101
Copyright of Books, Arguments respecting, 237, 258, 456
Correspondents, Notice to, 14, 30, 47, 62, 143, 191, 207,
258, 254, 271, 287, 303, 319, 335, 351, 367, 383, 399,
416, 447, 463, 479, 495, 527, 544, 559, 575, 591, 608,
624, 640, 656, 672, 719, 735, 760, 766, 783, 814, 830
Coxe's Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, review
of, 277, 514

-, Peter, Account of the Elgin Marbles, 380
Crimea, an account of the Antiquities of the, 185
Croley's Lines on the Death of Her Royal Highness the
Princess Charlotte, 307-On Paris, 340
Cruelty to Animals, Remarks on, 489
Curran, Phillips's Recollections of, 372

Dagley's Compendium of the Theory and Practice of
Drawing, review of, 803

Dandies, the Dynasty of, 620

Danish Literature, account of the, 8

De Courci, and other Poems, by Thompson, rev. of, 135
Delambre de l'Astronomie Ancienne, review of, 777
L'Eon, account of the Chevalier, 566
Denmark, a trigonometrical Survey of, 729
Designing, Anecdotes relative to, 25
Dictionnaire Infernal, review of the, 487
Directories, Abuse in Compiling of the London, 574
Drama, review and register of the, 11, 27, 45, 61, 76, 93, 108,

125, 140, 156, 173, 189, 206, 221, 236, 252, 270, 285, 301,
318, 333, 349, 364, 382, 397, 415, 430, 445, 461, 477, 493,
527, 543, 558, 573, 590, 605, 637, 653, 669, 685, 717, 733,
748, 764, 781, 796, 813, 630

Foreign, remarks on the, 13, 29, 61, 77, 94, 125,
157, 190, 237, 415, 478, 573, 621, 671, 686, 735, 797
Drury Lane Theatre, Statement of Facts connected with
the Management of, 609

Earth, new Theory of the, 508-Measure and Form of, 537
Easter, account of the causes why Easter 1816 was ap

pointed to be celebrated on the wrong day, 68
Edinburgh Review, Notice of Errors in the, 327-Notices
on the Polar Ice and North West Passage, 547
Edgeworth's Letters, review of the Abbé, 192
Egede's Account of Greenland, from a Journal kept dur-
ing the years 1770 and 1778, 307

Egyptian Doctrines of the Lower World, by Von Ham-
mer, 87, 102-Monuments, Jonard's Notes on the,
328-Antiquities, 631, 648

Elections, 401

Elgin Marbles, account of the, 379

Elliston's Reply to the Memorial of Drury Lane and Co-
vent Garden Theatres to the Lord Chamberlain, 379
English Manners, by Abul Hassan, 716
Engraved Prints, Notice of, 760
Enigma, a curious French, 334

Epinay, Memoires et Correspondance de Madame D', re-
view of, 227, 251.

Epistles from Bath, review of, 36

Epitaphs, Collection of curious, 7, 39, 367
Error, Remarkable propagation of an, 567
Etna, Account of a Journey to, 40, 58, 70, 71
Evans's Excursions to Windsor, review of, 84
Evelyn's Memoirs and Diary from 1641 to 1705-6, review
of, 225, 262, 322

Expeditions to the North Pole, Account of the, 180, 226,
242, 261, 607, 617, 681, 714

Fanaticism and Conversion, 733

Fellowes's Account of the Monastery of La Trappe, 466
Fearon's Sketches of America, 673, 705
Feron, Miss, Anecdote of, 125

Ferrari, a Treatise on Italian Singing, by, 788
Fidelity, Remarkable instance of, 591

Fine Arts, review and register of the, 24, 41, 42, 72, 104,
122, 136, 137, 153, 170, 185, 200, 215, 218, 234, 247, 299,
315, 329, 809, 826

Florence Macarthy, an Irish Tale, by Lady Morgan, re-
view of, 769

Foreign Players, 430

Forkel, Biographical account of Dr. J. N. 605
Fouche, Anecdote of, 254

Franklin's (Dr.) Life and Writings, rev. of, 145,466, 489, 519
Frederic of Prussia, Confessions of, 561, 584, 615, 630, 640,
665, 680, 710

French Army in Russia, an Account of the Distribution
of the, 198-French Literature, 200-French Manners,
a Day on the Banks of the Seine, 199
Friends, a Poem, review of the, 549
Fudge Family in Paris, a Poem, review of, 265

Gas, a new kind of, discovered, 215
Genius, a Vision, review of, 436

Gent's Lines suggested by the Death of the Princess
Charlotte, review of, 55

Georgel, Memoirs of the last half of the Eighteenth Cen-
tury, by the Abbé, 197, 214

German Universities, State of the, 104-Emigration, 822,
Gerning, Memoir of the Baron Von, 322-Travels in Italy,
$37, 357, 419

Gifford, John, Memoir of, 332

Gilly's Spirit of the Gospels, review of, 582
Godfrey of Bulloigne, or the Recoverie of Jerusalem, by
Tasso, translated by Fairefax, review of, 115
Golownin's Narrative of a Residence in Japan, in 1811,
1812, 1813, review of, 3, 18, 36
Gourgaud's Account of the Campaign of 1815, rev. of, 740
Gravity and Levity, review of, 311

Grecian Antiquities, an Account of the Discovery of, 282
Greek Literature, 562-Church, curious Anecdote of the,
9-Antiquities in the Crimea, 808

Greenland, review of Captain Ludwig Metzler Giescke's
Voyage to, 68

Guy Mannering, Flagiarism in, 57

Hackett's Narrative, review of, 729

Hall's Travels in Canada, review of, 401, 420

Account of a Voyage of Discovery, 89, 98, 116.
Hamilton, Memoirs of Mrs. Elizabeth, by Miss Benger,
review of, 245

Hammer's, Von, View of the Egyptian Mysteries, 87, 102
Hannibal's Tomb, 601

Harvey's Sensibility, the Stranger, and other Poems, 708
Hastings, Biographical account of Warren, 636
Hawke, some Account of the late Miss, 205
Henry IV. Equestrian Statue of, 26
Herbert, an Original Letter from Sir William, 69
Hermit in London, 445, 461, 474, 491, 524, 540, 556, 569,
587, 604, 619, 635, 651, 667, 685, 717, 731, 747, 762,
780, 795, 811, 827

Highland Society of Arts, an Account of, 215
Hill of Caves, with other l'oems, by Read, review of, 228
-Letter occasioned by the Review of, 280
Hobhouse's Illustrations of the 4th Canto of Lord Byron,

review of, 290

Holman, Biography of Mr. George (actor) 44

Homburg, Biography of the Prince of Hesse, 305

Hooker's Muscologia Britannica, review of, 295
Horses, interesting Anecdote of Arabian, 175
Howard, Memoirs of the Life of John, review of, 753, 779
Hudson's Hours, a Poem, review of, 467

Humboldt and Bompland, review of the Personal Narra-
tive of Travels to the Equinoxial Regions, 66, 81, 119
-Biography of C. W. Humbolt, 106-Biography of
F. H. A. Humboldt, 106

Hunt's Foliage, and other Poems, review of, 210

Ice, the Formation of Ice in the Sea, 154
Incombustible Man, an account of, 462
Indecent Prints, Remarks on, 568

Iron Meteoric, account of, 778

Italian Literature, 469, 664, 792

Jackson's 700 Errors in Shakspeare's Plays, 643

James's Account of the War with the United States, 450

INDEX TO THE LITERARY GAZETTE FOR THE YEAR 1818.

Jesuit's Barks, 730

Johnson's Journey from India to England, review of, 434
452, 485, 504

Jomard's Notes on the Egyptian Monuments, 328
Jordan, Epitaph on the celebrated actress Mrs. 122
Journal des Savans, Analysis of the, 5, 14, 21, 120, 168,

183, 198, 207, 214, 232, 249, 271, 335, 359, 376, 411, 424,
454, 469, 487, 521, 535, 553, 559, 565, 583, 598, 627, 645,
678, 726, 759, 767, 776, 791, 805

Kaleidoscope, Description of the, 250, 314, 345, 427
Kemble Family, Outline of a Print of the, 73

Kennedy's Poem on the Death of the Princess Charlotte,
review of, 86

Kephalides' Account of Italy, 709, 726

King's (Dr.) Political and Literary Anecdotes of his own
Times, review of, 817

Kirby and Spence's Introduction to Entomology, review
of, 418, 467

Kotzebue's Voyage round the World, an account of,
151, 742-Embassy to Persia, 151-Northern Expedi-
tion, 599

Kunheim, Biographical Memoir of Count Von, 173-

La Prima Musa Clio, translated by Baldwin, rev. of, 279
Learned Societies, account of the Proceedings of, 8, 24,

39, 89, 103, 136, 153, 169, 184, 200, 215, 235, 249, 267,
281, 299, 315, 327, 345, 378, 394, 413, 423, 442, 456, 522,
537, 566, 601, 665, 681, 714, 744, 760, 778, 793, 80$, 826
Leicester Square Gallery, account of the, 473

—————, “an account of the Picture Gallery of Sir John,
243, 269, 315, 330, 666

Leipsic Fair, 377

Lester's new Discoveries in Optics, 457, 490
Lewis, Biographical account of M. G. 475
Libel, Observations on a, 626

Libraries in Austria, account of the, 814
Literary Fund, some account of, 313

Literary Intelligence, 14, 46, 78, 111, 127, 143, 159, 191,

223, 238, 286, 303, 335, 351, 367, 383, 399, 416, 431, 479,
495, 511, 527, 575, 608, 623, 639, 655, 687, 735, 799, 814
Lithography, Discoveries in the Science of, 427
Lithuanians, curious Superstitions and Customs of, 828
London, new View of, 88

Lucretia, a Tragedy, 518

Luther's Marriage, account of, 212

Macdonald's Paraphrase on Economy of Life, rev, of, 182
Maclean on Epidemic Diseases, 248
Magic Lanterns, 6×2

Mandeville, by Godwin, a review of, 116

Marco Polo's Travels, by Marsden, review of, 776
Marriage Customs in Lorraine, 220, 235
Mechanical Arts, curious Discovery in the, 185
Medical Music, singular account of, 184

Medusa, Narrative of Shipwreck of the French Frigate, 953
Memnon, account of an Attempt to remove the colossal
Bust of, 105

Memorabilia of 1818, 679

Memorial to the Lord Chamberlain from the Theatres

Royal of Drury Lane and Covent Garden, with Mr.
Elliston's Reply, 373

Meteoric Iron, 778, 808, 800

Meteorological Journal, 14, 30, 47, 61, 78, 95, 111, 127,

143, 159, 175, 191, 207, 223, 238, 254, 271, 287, 502, 319,
825, 351, 367, 383, 399, 416, 431, 447, 463, 495, 512, 527,
544, 559, 575, 591, 608, 623, 640, 655, 671, 687, 719, 735,
766, 783, 799, 814

Mexico and Mexican Language, remarks on, 92
McMullan's Britain, Fragments of Poetical Aberration, 357
Milford's Tour in Italy, review of, 53

Millington on the Polar Ice, 169

Mill's History of Muhammedanism, review of, 264
Milan's Samor, a Poem, review of, 260

Milton, Emendation of, 71, 261

Minstrel of the Glen, review of, 805

Mitchel's Account of Modern Italy, 343-Remarks on
Foreign Flayers, 431

Modern Greek Literature, 562-Authors, 7+7

Moir's Inquiry into some of the most curious and inte-
resting Subjects of History, 355

Monthly Magazine, Inconsistency of, 362

Morgan's Sketches of the Philosophy of Life, rev. of, 721
Mosaic Pavement, an account of a curious, 72.
Mudford versus Scott, 709

Murder, remarkable Discovery of, 223
Muscologia Britannica, or the Mosses of Great Britain,

by W. J. Hooker, review of, 295
Music, State of Music in England, 791, 806, 824
Musical Instruments, Choice of, 343, 378, 393, 412, 440

Natural and Spiritual Visions, 710

Neale's Antiquities of Westminster Abbey, review of, 449
Neale's Travels in Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey, re-
view of, 149, 167, 181

Necker, Madame de Stael Holstein's Life of, review of, 133
Necrology, Foreign, 127

Nepaul, Explanation of an Inscription on a Block in, 126
Newfoundland and its Natives, account of, 775
Niebuhr, Memoirs of the Traveller, 948, 381
Nightmare Abbey, review of, 787

Northcote's Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, review of, 757
Northern Sketches, 327, 377

Olympian Jupiter, or the Art of Aucient Sculpture con-
sidered, 38, 56

Opera House Dispute, a Statement of the, 403
Opie's New Tales, review of, 517
Optics, new Discovery in, 457, 491
Ossiano, by Campbell, review of, 595
Oswego, account of the Shipwreck of, 657, 675

Paddock's Shipwreck of the Oswego, 657, 675
Paisiello, Quatremere de Quincy's Account of the Life

and Compositions of, 60, 74

Palmer, Biography of Mr. Robert (actor) 43
Palmer, Biography of Mr. John, 572, 605
Famphleteer, review of the, 789

Pananti, an Account of Algiers, by ŝignor, review of, 289
308, 323, 391

Paris, a Poem, by Rev. W. Croley, review of, 340
Pasigraphy, or Universal Language discovered, 59, 210,
268, 299

Peak Scenery, by Rhodes, review of, 293
Perpetual Motion, 415, 458

Peter's Complaint, and other Poems, 658
Philharmonic Society, Annual Meeting of the, 222, 317
Phillips's Recollection of Curran, 372
Plough, descri; tion of a newly invented, 319, 794
Plumptre's Tales of Wonder, of Humour, and of Senti-
ment, review of, 21

Poesy, a Satire, with other Poems, 64

Poetry, Original, 8, 27, 43, 59, 73, 90, 106, 124, 139, 142,

155, 171, 187, 201, 219, 235, 251, 269, 284, 300, 315, 390,
347, 363, 381, 395, 414, 429, 449, 459, 473, 491, 509, 512,
529, 539, 556, 568, 586, 603, 618, 635, 649, 667, 683, 715,
745, 750, 762, 779, 794, 11, 627

Polar Ice, Conjectures relative to, 169, 547
Polidori's Essay upon the Source of positive Pleasure, 502
Pope, Biographical account of Miss, 525
Population of Northern Nations, sos

Porden (Miss) Arctic Expeditions, a Poem, review of, 246
Fradt, Les quatre Concordats, par M. de, 790, 824
Presence of Mind, Anecdote of, 78
Printing Press, Improvements in the, 23
Prussia, Confessions of Frederic of, 297
Prussic Acid, new Discovery of, 137

Quarterly Musical Magazine, review of, 423
Quatremere de Quincy's Letter to W. Carey, Esq. 634

Ran, Biography of Professor Sebaldus, 91
Recluse of the Pyrenees, a Poem, review of, 531
Religio Clerici, a Churchman's Epistle, review of, 177
Replies to the Fudge Family in Paris, review of, 771
Repton, Biographical Notice of Humphry, 445
Reynolds's Life, by Northcote, review of, 757
Rhodes's Peak Scenery, illustrated with Engravings from
the Designs of F. L. Chantrey, review of, 293
Rhododaphne, a Poem, review of, 114
Rob Roy, a Novel, review of, 34

Roma Bilinguis, 598

Roman Antiquities, 522, 821-Numerals, 383
Romans, the Colloquial Language of the, 561

Monk's Vindication of the University of Cambridge Rossini, Eiography of the celebrated composer, 189

against Sir J. E. Smith, 611

Moore's Almanac, Key to, review of, 135

Morier's Second Journey through Persia, &c. review of,
546, 563, 581, 596, 613, 627, 662, 707

Roubiliac the Sculptor, Anecdotes of, 779

Royal Academy, General Meeting of, 104-Lectures at
the, 122-Exhibition, 299, 329, 361, 394, 808
Life, the Economy of, 279

Royal Institution, account of the Lectures at the, 104,

122, 136, 153, 215, 233, 250
Roxburgh Club, 393

Ruben's Gallery, Leicester Square, account of the, 283, 473
Russia, Modern Russia and the Ancient Colchis, 778
Russian Literature, 199, 645-Anecdote, 124-Embassy to

Persia, 151, 316, 431, 507-Sketches of the South of, 155
Saloon of Arts, Oid Bond Street, account of the, 289
Satan, the Attributes of, 310

Saving Banks, review of the Annals of, 168
Sass's Journey to Rome, review of, 737
Schmidt's Invention of a Plough, 794
Scipio and Wellington, a Parallel, 429
Scott versus Mudford, 709

Sea Monster, some account of a, 78
Serpent, account of a great Sea, 489
Shakspeare and Vandyke, 745

Shipwreck of the French Frigate Medusa, 353
Singer's Select English Poets, review of, 33
Smollett's Tomb, some account of, 591
Sound of Flame in Tubes, 537

Society, Sketches of, 10, 108, 124, 139, 155, 187, 202, 219,
235, 251, 317, 347, 363, 395, 444, 747, 811
Stael, Memoirs of Anua Germaine de, 903
Stebbing's Minstrel of the Glen, review of, 804
Stevens's Essay on Average, review of, 197

St. Helena, Letters from Madame Bertrand at, 441, 454,
471, 487, 506, 521, 536, 554

Sun-Dial used as a Moon-Dial, 729

Syracuse, extracts from A Walk to, 202

Ts of my Landlord, Second Series, review of, 497
Telescopes, Origin and Use of, 267
Theatrical Morality, 782

Thomson's Observations introductory to a work on Eng-
lish Etymology, 641

(Jas.) unpublished Poems, account of, 629, 680
Thorne, Memoir of War in India, by Maj.Thorne, 325, 341
Thorlakson, the Icelandic Poet, some account of, 792
Thummel, Biographical account of Maurice Aug. Von, 9
Thurtle's Ashford Rectory, review of, 5×3
Tiber, Antiquities found in the Bed of the, 793
Tiflis, some account of, 92

Tin, Crystallization of, 426, 443, 586
Tin Mires in France, 794

Treneuil, Biographical Memoir of M. de, 221
Tuckey's Voyage to the Congo, review of, 14, 165, 178,
19%, 213, 231, 278

Tuscany, Antiquities discovered in, 271
Twelfth-day, some account of, 57

Varieties, 14, 30, 47, 7, 111, 126, 143, 158, 175, 190, 207,
223, 238, 287, 301, 319, 351, 383, 416, 447, 479, 494, 511,
527, 543, 559, 591, 639, 655, 671, 687, 719, 734, 750, 766,
775, 782, 813, 830

Vartic, Memoirs of John, written by himself, rev. of, 21
Violin, Character and History of the, 600-Fractured
Violin, 639

Voltaire upon Rousseau, 777

Vondrel, the Dutch Poet, Biographical account of, 27

Upcott's Bibliographical account of the Printed Works
relating to English Topography, review of, 177

Walpole's European and Asiatic Turkey, review of, 51
Walpole's Letters to G. Montague, Esq. review of, 85, 99,
118, 134

Walter, Biography of Professor, 91

Warner's Epistolary Curiosities, review of, 243
Water Colour Exhibition, account of, 269
Watkins' (Dr.) Memoirs of Q. Charlotte, review of, 818
Watson, Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Eishop of
Landaff, review of, 1, 17

Wellington and Scipio, a Parrallel, 428
Whistlecraft's Poems, review of, 386

Wilkie, Mr. elected afmember of the Highland Society, 155
Williams, an Essay on the Dry kot, by Robert Mac,

review of, 229

Wilson's American Ornithology, 626, 644, 660, 677

Windows in Men's Breats, 743

Witches, some account of, 342

Woman, or Minor Maxims, a review of, 594, 612

Woman, a Poem, by E. J. Barrett, review of, 292
Woman, or Pour et Contre, by Rev. C. Maturin, re-
view of, 437

Young's Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, rev, of, 820

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