The intelligence Monthly Magazines have opened a way for every kind of inquiry and information. BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY MUNROE AND FRANCIS, No. 4, CORNHILL, SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED ALSO BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS ---HENRY WHIPPLE, SALEM; Price $2,50 stitched; or $3 bound. THE ATHENEUM, or Spirit of the English Magazines, is published in Boston, on the 1st and 15th of every month. Each number contains 40 pages large octavo, forming 2 vols. of 500 pages each in a year, at the low price of Five Dollars per annum. The work is regularly forwarded by mail to subscribers at a distance. Its appearance twice a month renders it more convenient to transport, and with less delay, than monthly publications, whilst by this mode of publication it is enabled to anticipate whatever is novel or entertaining in the literary, scientific, and fashionable world. 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Anecdotes 94, 162, 207, 306, 362,364,396, 442 Cambro-Briton, a periodical work Anecdotes of Scotch gipsies 464 (The) Carbonari in Italy 242 Cardinal Wolsey's court Carrier pigeons Catholic legends - to Fearman Bankrupts, method of relieving Banknotes in England Bathing in the dead sea Bear, his sagacity Bell and Lancaster systems Black lead mines of Borrowdale, &c. Boyd, Robert (Countess de) Boxen - - - marriage with Maria Louisa 44 361 206 401 363 Burns's monument Bridal dress at Lima Brion, admiral of Venezuela Bruce, Michael, the poet 368 404 195 427 235 463 357 Bunyanus obsessus, or tift with Apollyon 262 Byron and Don Juan Byron's poetry criticised 100 9 Cemetery of Pere la Chaise 165 166, 206 Bowles's poetry 486 486 271 460 486 163 422 485 221 239 35 36 162 (The) Cabinet 108, 149, 198, 225, 267, 357,395 Characteristic of the dissolute Chastity of the ancients Chili camel sheep Child stealing 205 360 286 11 279 Clerical Hamlet 396 Clergyman's labour 235 "Cloven foot" Clove tree Coal-mine explosion Coaches Chinese manners Chinese and American trade Chinese alphabet Chimneys Circumcision Coal not of vegetable origin Cochot's picture Cochrane's folly Collins the poet Comet, noted by dr. Olbers Comets noticed the last seasons 486 Copperplate printing by steam 486 Cornucopia 425 Count Xavier de Maistre 306 331 359 205 201 151 204, 228 33, 71 361 248 337 382 412 353 125 63 218 459 200 346 .25 398 305 283 82 123 150 360 326 305 485 401 905 207 84 205, 246 304 375 (Archbishop) Cranmer's descendants Crabbe's new tales noticed Crocodiles of S. America Cross, dr. on the foot and leg Dartmoor railway Dance of the S. American Indians Dancing and singing Death upon the pale horse, West's painting Devil sticker, an insect Detonating mud Dias, commodore, of S. America Divorces Drunkenness Duelling Duke of Richmond, his death Dupin's discourse before the French institute Duties of women Egyptian sugar refineries, &c. 486 205 206 Earl of Dundonald Early blossoms Egypt and Arabia, account of some 206 398 141 155 Dodwell's tour, extracts from 152 Dogs, sagacity of 95, 134, 269, 273, 326, 398 Dogs taught to smuggle 123 Don Juan and lord Byron 238 228 485 88 180 396 486 143 304 Galileo in the inquisition 285 203, 437 160 Fitzwilliam, lord Fine arts Flowers, their variation Foot and leg, their utility and beauty 100 Dramatic scenes, and poems by Cornwall 23 Druids 484 125 (The) Good-woman, an inn sign Franklin, anecdotes of Frank Hals the painter, anecdote of Frediani's travels in the east 164 462 French officer's manuscript French tribute to English science Fruit trees described Fall of Paraguay, new poem, notice of 248 Falconry revived 362 Family mausion, by miss Taylor Ganymede, a picture, by Hilton (The) Gate, an inn sign Gay's chair, newly discovered 363 Gray's elegy altered Genlis' new dictionary of etiquette 82 228 484 Gertrude Vonder Wart, an affecting story 72 70 Ginseng, its growth, &c. 28 Gipsey ball 442 Gipsies in Scotland 464 183 360 484 Great solar eclipse, Sept. 1820 Groaning, &c. Hagi Achmet Pacha Hall's new travels in France 9 "Helter skelter" explained 206 288 Herman Buschius, anecdote of 806 Hermit in London, No. XXII. 146, No. 162 Eloge of Cain, a new pamphlet 304 Herschel the astronomer, anecdote of 225 482 Hippisley's narrative in S. America 232, 142 English vegetables 420 Epistle in verse from America 248 Hints on the sources of happiness 160 Ernestus Berchtold, or modern Edipus 110 Human lithology 244 Eskdale herd-boy 429 Hydrophobia 205 Explosion of a coal-mine Extraordinary production of the earth 204 92 Important modern inventions, &c. Indian dance in S. America Institution for the blind at Vienna 307 122 486 185 207 486 485 289 162 258, 449 369 150 248 400 110 116 45, 116 141 288 485 Machiavel's death bed Macnab on the Universe. Maturin, his tragedy of Fredolfo Maturin's sermons, notice of Maurice and Berghetta Maximilian Neuwied, the traveller Mechanics Mechanism by a boy Mermaids 304 Morellet's anecdotes 255 Mount Vesuvius 306 Murder extraordinary 469 Lantern of Maracaybo Letters from Beunos Ayres, Chili, &c.424,459 Method of making glass less brittle Military science in England 206 Nairne, dr. James, his death 270 272 New system of the Universe, by Mac Nab 37 246 283 149 408 470 269 360 Moore, the poet "More cry than wool" New-Year's day 433 Nightmare, its wonderful effects 108 358 48 305 215 486 305 154 48 79 349 37 Note concerning the Ode to the poppy Novels, their character pents 124 Origin of carricatures 259 Orme, the historian 443 Ostrich of South America 486 Owen's remarks on machinery Novels Nugæ antiqua Nutmeg tree Merry-maker Meteorological Prognostics 365,404,445,482 Meteorological curiosities Oats 1000 years old "Old Nick" explained ith Optical illusion Orinoco river, its crocodiles and ser- 36 Park, Mungo 188 154 Pathos 246 400 437 Padillio, commodore 238 Paez, general 238 Paine's escapes from the guillotine 43 282 Painting and painters, anecdotes of 163, 198 426 402 463 108 64 83 44 154 270 402 318 154, 303 156 323 486 122 204, 228 440 185 169 (The) Patron's feast 267 Pawnbroking 125 Pedestrianism 245 255 368 123 124 Phenomena extraordinary Parken the poet 205 Philosophical weaver 125 Persian tourist Persian anecdotes Perouse, some farther account of Phillips's second speech --- marriage Pictures, ancient and modern 94 445 124 327 Pigeons for letter carriers Missionary, a poem, reviewed 244 Plague, historical facts relative to 382 44 Playfair on machinery Mollien's journey to the Gambia Montillo, patriot general More's new work announced Pope's claim to the title of poet 235 400 Principles and no principles 484 150 268 142, 232 442 125 462 48 280 349 198 368 185 400 181 110 |