,,the ,,mirror ,,of ,,literature1 ,,amusement1 ,,and ,,instruction4 ,,vol4 ,,xii1 ,,no4 #cda4 ,,saturday1 ,,november #ae1 #ahbh4 ,,price #b;d4 ,illustration3 ,,grand ,,druidical ,,temple ,,at ,,abury4 ,,temple ,,at ,,abury4 ,sermons in stones ,and good in every thing4--,,shakspeare4 ,what means the mysterious circle of stocks and stones on the other side8 ,such will be the question of many a lover of fun1 novel1 fiction1 and romance2 and though we cannot settle their origin with the quickness or the humour of ,munden's ,cockletop1 we will try to let our inquirer into the secret with the smallest show of mysticism possible4 ,our engraving represents the ,temple of ,abury1 the most extensive of all the ruins in ,wiltshire1 attributed to the ,druids4 ,such was its original state1 before the ,vandalism of modern times destroyed and levelled much of its monumental grandeur4 ,it consisted of a grand circle1 containing two minor circles4 ,the outer circle contained upwards of #bh acres1 and was surrounded by a ditch4 ,there was a circle within each of the two circles1 contained within the circumvallation2 and according to ,dr4 ,stukely1 the antiquarian1 the original was thus composed3-- ,outward circle1 within the vallum #ajj stones ,northern ,temple1 outward circle #cj -- ,ditto1 inward circle #ab -- ,cove1 or cell #c -- ,southern ,temple1 outward circle #cj -- ,ditto1 inward circle #ab -- ,central ,obelisk #a -- ,ring ,stone #a -- ,the ,temple occupied a spot to which there is a gradual and imperceptible ascent on all sides1 and was approached by two avenues of two hundred stones each4 ,its general form was that of a snake1 in by gone ages1 the symbol of eternity and omniscience4 ,to make the form still more elegant and picture-like1 the head of the snake is carried up the southern promontory of ,hackpen ,hill--and the very name of the hill is derived from this circumstance4#a #a ,dr4 ,stukely1 who says1 that acan in the ,chaldee signifies a serpent1 and hac is no other than a snake4 ,in ,yorkshire they still call snakes hags2 and in the ,british language pen denotes a head4 ,the whole figure thus represented the circle1 snake1 and wings4 ,by this the founders meant to picture out the nature of the ,divinity2 the circle meant the supreme fountain of all being1 the ,father2 the serpent1 that divine emanation from him1 which was called the ,son2 the wings imported that other divine emanation from them1 which was called the ,spirit1 the ,anima ,mundi4 ,that the ,temple was of a religious1 and not of a warlike nature1 is proved by its ditch being withinside the agger of earth1 contrary to the mode adopted in works of defence4 ,of the devastation and decay of ,abury1 the following data will afford some idea3 ,the grand total of stones1 included in the temples and avenues1 was #fej2 in the original temples1 #ahh4 ,in ,aubrey's time1 ,a4,d4 #affc #gc stones ,in ,dr4 ,stukeley's time1 ,a4,d4 #agbb #bi -- ,in #ahae #ag -- ,of very late years1 says ,sir ,richard ,colt ,hoare1 ,i do not imagine the dilapidations of the temple have been very great4 ,it should1 however1 be mentioned1 that the tracing of the snake form is due to ,dr4 ,stukeley2 for his predecessor ,aubrey mentions the avenue as a solemn walk leading to a monument upon the top of the hill1 without any allusion to the supposed design or its connexion with the ,grand ,temple at ,abury4 ,it is a matter of greater speculation than we can here enter into1 as to the date and founders of ,abury2 and their history is as dislocated as are the masses of its ruins4 ,antiquarians agree on the purpose for which it was founded1 viz4 for the performance of the religious ceremonies of the ,druids4 ,sir ,r4 ,colt ,hoare illustrates this point by supposing the flat ledge projecting from the vallum1 to have been intended for the accommodation of sitting1 to the spectators who resorted hither to the public festivals2 and adds he1 what a grand and imposing spectacle must so extensive and elevated an amphitheatre have presented1 the vallum and its declivities lined with spectators1 whilst the hallowed area was preserved for the officiating ,druids1 and perhaps the higher order of the people6 ,gentle ,reader6 be ye lordling or lowlier born1 once more turn back to the engraving4 ,we have a subject of yesterday rife and ready for you1 on the next page2 but turn to the engraving4 ,look again at those circles1 and the fantastic forms that compose them1 and think of the infatuated thousands that were wont to assemble round them1 and of the idolized sons of power that once stood within their hallowed area4 ,think of those days of sacrifice and superstition--those orgies of ignorance and barbarism--and contrast them with the happy1 happy age of religious liberty in which it is your boast and blessing to live--and then you may read sermons in stones1 to the masterminds of your own time4 ,to us1 the stones of ,abury are part of the poetry of savage life1 and of more interest than all the plaster toys of these days4 ,but they may not be so with you and ,,finis4 ,we were once compensated for missing ,fonthill and its finery1 by witnessing day-break from ,salisbury ,plain1 and associating its glories with the time-worn relics of ,,stonehenge6 ,the engraving and data are from ,mr4 ,higgins's ,celtic ,druids1 for the loan of which and a portion of this article1 we thank our friend ,,james ,,silvester1 whose valuable note on ,circular ,temples must stand over for our next4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we had penciled for our ,supplement the following beautiful lines from ,mr4 ,watts's ,literary ,souvenir1 but they will be more in place here4 ,silbury is an immense mound adjoining the road to ,devizes1 and opposite ,abury2 ,sir ,r4,c4 ,hoare thinks it part of ,abury2 but ,h4 and many others think it the sepulchre of a ,king or ,arch-,druid4 ,,silbury ,,hill4 ,grave of ,cunedha1 were it vain to call ,for one wild lay of all that buried lie ,beneath thy giant mound8 ,from ,tara's hall ,faint warblings yet are heard1 faint echoes die ,among the ,hebrides3 the ghost that sung ,in ,ossian's ear1 yet wails in feeble cry ,on ,morvern3 but the harmonies that rung ,around the grove and cromlech1 never more ,shall visit earth3 for ages have unstrung ,the ,druid's harp1 and shrouded all his lore1 ,where under the world's ruin sleep in gloom ,the secrets of the flood1--the letter'd store1 ,which ,seth's memorial pillars from the doom ,preserved not1 when the sleep was ,nature's tomb4 ,h4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,fine ,,arts 7,for the ,mirror47 99 99 99 99 99 ,the way to be an excellent painter is to be an excellent man--and these united1 make a character that would shine even in a better world than this4--,,jonathan ,,richardson4 ,the sister arts of ,painting and ,engraving have been making great progress in ,england for some time past1 and we are disposed to think this a subject of congratulation and importance to all classes of the community4 ,the literature of the ,fine ,arts is likewise becoming more and more popular every day4 ,they form a prominent feature in every new literary project1 and not unfrequently literature1 to use a hackneyed phrase1 is made their vehicle--like the namby-pamby of an ,english opera for the strains of ,rossini or ,weber4 ,the public are contented with excellence in one department and mediocrity in the other2 they cannot be constantly admiring--that is out of the question--and it is probably on this account that much of what appears below par is tolerated and even encouraged4 ,we will not go the length of assenting to the proposal of converting ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds's ,lectures into ,sermons1 by the mere alteration of the terms of art into scriptural phraseology2 but we venture to assert that much national good is likely to result from these advances of art1 and its constant introduction into all our amusements4 ,that it promotes the growth of virtue is too old an axiom to be refuted3 ----,ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes ,emollit mores1 nec sinit esse feros4 ,the ,italians commonly call a taste for the fine arts1 or skill in them1 by the name of ,virtue4 ,they term the productions of artists objects of virtue2 and a person who has a taste for such things is denominated a virtuoso1 that is1 a virtuous man4 ,such is the language of the ,edinburgh ,review1 in commencing an article on a recently-published translation of ,lanzi's ,history of ,painting in ,italy1 in six octavo volumes--and what a delightful relief is this from the party declamations which usually occupy so large a portion of that critical journal4 ,but this is not singular1 for it is now no uncommon thing to see a large letter column of a newspaper1 and a similar proportion of a printed sheet published at twopence1 alike occupied by the ,fine ,arts4 ,patronage1 royal and noble1 has already achieved much for painting1 and even the reported project for a ,national ,gallery does much to foster the art4 ,it keeps the study afloat and uppermost in the public mind2 and the immense increase of exhibitions1 not only in ,london1 but in provincial towns1 serves to prove that patronage now consists in something more substantial than tutelar notice1 and unpaid promises4 ,artists need no longer journey to the metropolis to find sale for their works1 for their genius is nourished on its native soil by the liberality and good taste which abound in the neighbourhood of every important town in the empire4 ,it may be as well to keep up the hue and cry about the folly of portrait-painting1 if it be only to keep down the vanity of wealth2 but the munificent rewards which painters receive for this branch of their art will enable them to devote a greater portion of their leisure to higher studies4 ,their taste will not thus be impugned2 for ,cooke1 the actor1 is known to have entertained the meanest opinion of his own performance of ,richard the ,third1 as an historical portrait1 notwithstanding it was the corner-stone of his fame4 ,we do not invite the comparison2 but ,mr4 ,hayden began with history--his want of patronage is well known2 he then tried portraits--but his want of success was reserved for the style of his ,mock ,election pictures1 and1 in all probability1 they will turn out the philosopher's stone for his future life4 ,but it is to the splendid union of ,painting1 ,engraving1 and ,literature that much of these beneficial effects may be traced4 ,in every branch of the fine arts and literature1 what a powerful influence will this triple advancement produce4 ,only compare the topographical works of ,mr4 ,britton with those of his predecessors--his highly-finished line engravings1 excellent antiquarian pieces on wood1 and erudite descriptions1 with the wretched prints and the quaintnesses of old topographers--or even with the lumber of some of our county histories4 ,with this improvement1 and that of map-work1 painting has comparatively but little to do2 and yet how evident is the progress of the literature of these works4#b ,it would be easy to adduce hundreds of instances of the recent union of painting and engraving4 ,about five years ago1 a plan was started for illustrating the ,bible from pictures of the old masters4 ,upwards of two hundred of them were transferred to wood-blocks2 but the scheme did not repay the ingenious originator--partly from their small size1 uncertainty of effect to be produced on wood1 and partly from the very cheap rate at which the engravings were sold--the whole series being purchaseable for three or four shillings4#c ,but a similar design is now in progress on metal1 being the idea of ,la ,muse in little4 ,it consists of beautiful outline copies of the great masters1 published at so cheap a rate as to be within the reach of a school-boy4 ,within the present year1 also1 two series of ,views in ,great ,britain1 one of ,views in ,london1 and another of ,paris1 have been publishing at the rate of threepence for each view2 and when we see among their artists the names of ,westall1 ,pugin1 and ,pye1 we have a sufficient voucher for their excellence4 ,a passing notice of a few of the more splendid works of art1 7for the above are among the cheap and popular projects of the day17 and we must conclude4 #b ,the only place in which they do not progress mutually is the theatre4 ,look at the scenery of our patent theatres1 and compare it with the vulgar daubs even of ,john ,kemble's time4 ,some of the scenes by ,stanfield1 ,roberts1 ,grieve1 and ,pugh1 are perfect pictures4 ,yet the language of the stage is at a stand1 and insipid comedy1 dull tragedy1 and stupid farce are more abundant than before the march of mind4 #c ,while on the subject of wood-engraving1 perhaps we may he allowed to mention our own humble plan of illustrating a sheet of letter-press for twopence4 ,of course1 perfection in the engraving department would have ruined all parties concerned2 for each of our subjects 7as the miniature painters tell you of their works7 might be worked up to any price4 ,it is now six years since the ,,mirror was commenced1 and as we are not speaking of ourselves1 individually1 we hope we may refer to the progressive improvement of the graphic department without any charge of vanity4 ,it would be tedious to enumerate even a small portion of the fine pictures which have been engraved during the last two years2 the mention of two or three will answer our purpose4 ,every printseller's window will attest the fact4 ,only let the reader step into ,mr4 ,colnaghi's parlours1 in ,cockspur-street1 and we might say the spacious print gallery in ,pall ,mall4 ,there let him turn over a few of the host of fine portraits which have been transferred from the canvass to the copper--the excellent series of royal portraits--and of men whose names will shine in the history of their country1 when their portraits shall be gathered into the portfolios of a few collectors4 ,among portraits1 we ought1 however1 to recollect ,mr4 ,lodge's invaluable collection of historical characters1 the originals of which were exhibited a few months since1 previous to their republication in a more economical form4 ,the ,temple of ,jupiter1 published a few months since1 is perhaps one of the proudest triumphs of the year4 ,martin's ,deluge1 too1 has lately appeared1 and we look forward to the publication of his last splendid picture1 the ,fall of ,nineveh1 with high hopes4 ,in the ,,supplementary ,,number#d 7published with the present7 we have noticed in detail a few of the many superb engravings which embellish the ,christmas presents for the ensuing year1 as well as their literary talent1 by a string of extracts like ,orient pearls at random strung4 ,the success of these elegant works has benefited our artists to the sum of twelve thousand pounds1 in their preparation for #ahbi4 ,a fortnight since we mentioned the cost of the plates of the ,literary ,souvenir to be #ajjl4 and upwards for each subject4 ,another work1 still more splendid1 7being nearly double the price17 is under the direction of ,mr4 ,charles ,heath1 whose masterly hand is visible in some of the finest engraving ever submitted to the world--equalled only by a rival in its first year--one of the best proofs of the patronage these works enjoy4 ,it would be invidious to particularize--but we must mention the transference of two of ,martin's designs--,marcus ,curtius 7in the ,forget ,me ,not7 and ,christ ,tempted on the ,mount--as two of the most surprising efforts of genius we have ever witnessed4 ,our readers need not be told that all the engravings are on steel2 and were it not for the adoption of this lasting metal1 the #d ,the engraving is from ,prout's exquisite picture of the magnificent city of ,vicenza--for which we recollect our obligation to the ,forget ,me ,not4 cost of half the engravings would exceed that of the whole work3 all we hope is1 that the public patronage may be as lasting as the metal2 then it will be no idle vaunt to call this the march1 or even race1 of genius4 ,in conclusion1 we recommend all our lady friends 7who have not done so7 to place on their drawing-room table a ,print ,album1 or ,scrap ,book1 to be supported by voluntary contributions4 ,they may then form a pretty correct estimate of the taste of their visiters2 and if taste in the fine arts be a test of virtue and integrity1 they may even settle the claims of any two rival aspirants by this fair and unerring method1 which should admit of no appeal4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,anecdotes ,,of ,,christina1 ,,the ,,young ,,queen ,,of ,,sweden4 7,for ,the ,mirror47 ,christina was the only child of the great ,gustavus ,adolphus1 who succeeded to the throne of her father in #afcb1 when she was but five years of age4 ,the young queen1 at an early age1 discovered but little taste for the society and occupations of her sex4 ,when young1 she was capable of reading the ,greek historians4 ,at the age of eighteen she assumed the reins of government4 ,several princes of ,europe aspired to her hand2 but she rejected them all4 ,to prevent a renewal of applications on this subject1 she solemnly appointed ,gustavus her successor1 but without the smallest participation in the rights of the crown during her own life4 ,during her minority1 ,sweden enjoyed internal repose1 but was involved in a long war with the ,german empire4 ,she was crowned with great splendour in the year #afej4 ,from this time she entertained a philosophical contempt for pomp and parade1 and a kind of disgust for the affairs of state4 ,she invited to her court men of the first reputation in various studies4 ,she was a great collector of books1 manuscripts1 medals1 paintings1 c4 ,in #afed1 when she was only in her #bhth year1 ,christina abdicated the crown1 in order that she might live a life of freedom4 ,with her crown1 she renounced the ,lutheran and embraced the ,catholic religion4 ,in quitting the scene of her regal power1 she proceeded to ,rome1 where she intended to fix her abode4 ,some disgust which she received at ,rome1 induced her1 in the space of two years1 to determine to visit ,france4 ,here she was treated with respect by ,louis ,,xiv41 but the ladies were shocked with her masculine appearance and demeanour1 and the unguarded freedom of her conversation4 ,apartments were assigned her at ,fontainbleau1 where she committed an action1 which has indelibly stained her memory1 and for which1 in other countries1 7says her biographer17 she would have paid the forfeit of her own life4 ,this was the murder of an ,italian1 ,monaldeschi1 her master of the horse1 who had betrayed some secret intrusted to him4 ,he was summoned into a gallery in the palace2 letters were then shown to him1 at the sight of which he turned pale1 and entreated for mercy2 but he was instantly stabbed by two of her own domestics in an apartment adjoining that in which she herself was4 ,the ,french court was justly offended at this atrocious deed2 yet it met with vindicators1 among whom was ,leibnitz1 whose name was disgraced by the cause which he attempted to justify4 ,christina was sensible that she was now regarded with horror in ,france1 and would gladly have visited ,england1 but she received no encouragement for that purpose from ,cromwell4 ,she returned to ,rome1 and resumed her amusements in the arts and sciences4 ,in #affj1 on the death of ,charles ,gustavus1 she took a journey to ,sweden to recover her crown2 but her ancient subjects rejected her claims1 and submitted to a second renunciation of the throne2 after which she returned to ,rome4 ,some differences with the pope made her resolve1 in #affb1 once more to return to ,sweden2 but the conditions annexed by the senate to her residence there were now so mortifying1 that she proceeded no farther than ,hamburgh4 ,she went back to ,rome1 and cultivated a correspondence with the learned men there1 and in other parts of ,europe1 and died in #afhi1 leaving behind her many letters1 a ,collection of ,miscellaneous ,thoughts or ,maxims1 and ,reflections on the ,life and ,actions of ,alexander the ,great4 ,p4,t4,w4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,method ,,of ,,ascertaining ,,the ,,state ,,of ,,the ,,lungs4 7,for ,the ,mirror47 ,persons desirous of ascertaining the true state of their lungs1 are directed to draw in as much breath as they conveniently can2 they are then to count as far as they are able1 in a slow and audible voice1 without drawing in more breath4 ,the number of seconds they can continue counting must be carefully observed2 in a consumption1 the time does not exceed ten1 and is frequently less than six seconds2 in pleurisy and pneumonia1 it ranges from nine to four seconds4 ,when the lungs are in a sound condition1 the time will range as high as from twenty to thirty-five seconds4 ,g4,w4,n4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,cosmopolite4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,artistical ,,errors4 ,a ,,second ,,chapter ,,of ,,bulls4 7,for ,the ,mirror47 ,i saw a picture not long since1 in ,edinburgh1 copied from an engraving in ,boydell's ,shakspeare2 subject1--,lear 7and suite7 in the storm1 but coloured according to the imagination and taste of the artist2 its name ought assuredly to have been ,redcap and the blue-devils1 for the venerable and lamented monarch had fine streaming locks of the real carrot hue1 whilst his very hideous companions showed blue faces1 and blue armour2 and with their strangely contorted bodies seemed meet representatives of some of the infernal court4--,in a highly adorned prayer book1 published in the reign of ,william ,,iii41 the engravings of which are from silver-plates1 one print illustrates our ,lord's simile of the mote and beam1 by a couple of men aiming at each other's visual organs1 ineffectually enough1 one having a great log of wood growing from his eye1 and the other being blind in one eye from a cataract2 at least1 though ,i think ,i do not err in saying1 a moat and castle1 in it--,i have seen an old edition of ,jeremy ,taylor's ,life and ,death of ,christ1 illustrated with many remarkably good engravings4 ,of one of these the subject is1 the ,impotent ,man at the ,pool of ,bethesda2 the fore ground is occupied by our ,saviour1 the cripple1 and other invalids2 and in the distance appears a small pond palisaded by slender pilasters2 over it hovers an angel1 who1 with a long pole1 is1 to the marvel of the beholders1 dexterously troubling the waters4 ,in the same volume1 some of the figures are clad in the garb of the time when drawn1 and ,st4 ,jude is reading the ,new ,testament in a pair of spectacles6--,in ,holyrood ,house1 and in one of the rooms added in the days of ,charles ,,ii41 is a panel-painting of the ,infant ,hercules strangling the serpents2 and leaping up in front of the cradle1 appears one of those pretty and rare spaniels called ,king ,charles's breed4 ,in the same palace1 and in one of the chambers1 once occupied by the unfortunate ,mary1 is a very old painting1 intended1 as the guide assures visitors1 to represent ,st4 ,peter's vision of the great sheet2 it may be1 but if so1 one archangel in military sandals1 holding in his hands a small towel1 represents 7by a figure in painting ,i presume17 ,st4 ,peter1 the sheet1 and its innumerable living contents4 ,he must have taken a hint1 from the artist who painted for the passage through the ,red ,sea nothing but ocean1 assuring his employer1 that the ,israelites could not be seen1 because they were all gone over1 and the ,egyptians were every one drowned6--,i once saw1 writes a friend1 a full length portrait of ,wordsworth1 in a modern painting of ',christ riding into ,jerusalem2' it was amongst a group of ,jews1 and next to a likeness of ,voltaire4 ,i believe the painter intended to contrast the countenances of the ,christian and infidel poets1 and thus pay a handsome compliment to the former2 but the taste that placed the ancients and moderns together1 remind me of a fine old painting of the ,flemish school2 a ',david with ,goliah's head1' in the fore-ground of which were a number of fat ,dutchmen1 dressed in blue coats and leather breeches1 with pipes in their mouths4--,raphael1 says a little ,french work on painting1 in my possession1 speaking of unity of time1 ,a pech contre cette regle1 dans son tableau d',heliodore1 ou il fait intervenir le ,pape ,jules #b dans le ,temple de ,jerusalem porte sur les epaules1 des ,gonfalonniers4 ,the same work notices a breach of the unity of design in ,paul ,veronese1 qui dans la partie droite d'un de ses tableaux1 a represente ,jesus ,christ benissant l'eau1 dont il va tre baptise par ,st4 ,jean ,baptiste2 et dans la partie gauche notre ,seigneur tente par le diable4--,upon the celebrated ,transfiguration of ,raphael1 ,i heard an artist remark1 undoubtedly it is the first picture in the world1 yet the painter has erred in these respects3--the upper portion of the picture is occupied by the subject1 but the lower and fore-ground by the ,healing of the ,demoniac4 ,now that event did not happen until after the transfiguration1 and we infringe upon our ,saviour's ubiquity by supposing it to occur 7contrary to the sacred story7 at the same time4 ,he may1 indeed1 as ,god be omnipresent1 but as man1 the ,new ,testament no where asserts that the ,incarnate ,presence was in different places at the same moment4 ,instances of erroneous judgment are frequent in those who illustrate holy writ4 ,some have attempted to embody ,him1 whom no man hath seen at any time4 ,some have filled their skies with beings as little aerial as possible1 or apotheoses of the ,virgin and sundry saints4 ,angels1 as some represent them1 even in whole lengths1 are by anatomists regarded as monsters2 but what then are the chubby winged heads without bodies1 with which some artists etherealize their works4 ,some err by mingling on the same canvass the sacred and profane2 scripture characters and the non-descripts of heathen mythology4 ,nor is poetry free from the latter error1 as is exemplified in the major and minor epics1 c41 of many ,christian poets4 ,the drawings of the monks1 splendid in colouring and beautiful in finish1 are mostly ludicrous in design1 from glaring anachronisms1 erroneous perspective1 c4 ,i saw a print in ,montfauon1 where fish were gamboling like porpusses on the surface of the sea1 and one or two were visible through the paddles of a boat4 ,in the same volume was a print of the apotheosis of ,st4 ,louis1 from an illumination4 ,the holy prince was represented dying in the fore-ground1 but over head were a couple of angels flying away with his soul1 7under the figure of a wretched infant1 skinny and naked1 save the glory that covered his head17 in a kind of sheet1 or rather sack4 ,but to detail all the absurdities and indecencies of these revered artists1 whether limners1 or carvers in wood1 were endless4 ,their anachronisms1 however1 have been of considerable service to the antiquary4 ,sculpture has its monstrosities1 architecture its incongruities1 though not so palpable as those of painting1 because the art is less generally understood by the common observer1 or rather pictorial errors are in general easily detected by the eye alone1 and sometimes by the most commonly informed mind2 but architectural defects are only recognisable by those who have studied the principles of this fine art4 ,poetry1 ,i am sorry to say1 is not exempt from bulls and blunders1 of various kinds and degrees of enormity2 many of which have been1 from time to time1 exposed in a very amusing manner4 ,i shall therefore1 in conclusion1 crave the liberty of producing one which has lately come under my own cognizance4 ,a modern poet1 whose compositions are fraught with beauty and genius1 sings3-- ,then swooped the winds1 that hurl the giant oak ,from ,snowdon's altitude4 ,and another1 in stanzas of extreme strength and eloquent description1 describes a storm at night among the mountains of ,snowdon1 with these expressions3-- ----,the bird of night ,screams from her straw-built nest1 as from the womb ,of infant death1 and wheels her drowsy flight ,amid the pine-clad rocks1 with wonder and afright4 ----,the night-breeze dies ,faint1 on the mountain-ash leaves that surround ,snowdon's dark peaks4 ,now1 a painful pilgrimage of eleven hours1 up ,snowdon and back again1 enables me to declare that had oaks1 pines1 and service-trees adorned that appalling and volcanic chaos1 five or six years since1 some storm sufficient to have shattered the universe1 must have swept them all away1 ere ,i looked upon that dreary assemblage of rocks which seems like the ruins of a world4 ,i ascended from the ,capel ,cerig side of the mountain1 and therefore venture not to say what may be the aspect of the ,llanberries2 but the only verdure ,i beheld1 was that of short1 brown heathy grass1 a few stunted furze-bushes1 and patches of that vividly green moss1 which is spongy and full of water4 ,the only living inhabitants of these wilds were a few ruffian-like miners1 two or three black slugs1 and a scanty flock of straggling half-starved mountain sheep1 with their brown1 ropy coats4 ,the guide told me1 that even eagles1 had for three centuries abandoned the desolate crags of ,snowdon2 and as for its being a haunt for owls1 neither bird nor mouse could reside there to supply such with subsistence4 ,snowdon appeared to me too swampy to be drained for cultivation in many parts1 and in most others its marble1 granite and shingles1 forbade the idea of spontaneous vegetation4 ,i am sorry for the poets1 having a sincere regard for the fraternity1 but ,snowdon is not adorned with pines1 firs1 larches1 and service-trees1 like parts of the ,alps2 it is not wooded like the romantic ,pyrenees1 nor luxuriantly fertile in fruits1 flowers1 and grain1 like the terrible1 but sylvan ,etna4 ,m4,l4,b4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,old ,,poets 99 99 99 99 99 ,,drummond ,,of ,,hawthornden4 ,a ,lover of ,old ,english ,poetry1 has1 in the last ,london ,magazine1 a short paper on ,,drummond of ,,hawthornden1 a name dear to every poetical mind1 and every lover of early song4 ,his intention1 he says1 is rather to excite than satiate the taste of his readers for the poetry of ,drummond1--an object in which we cordially agree1 and would contribute our offering1 had not the task1 in the present instance1 been already so ably performed4 ,we cannot1 therefore1 do better than introduce to our readers a few of his judicious selections4 ,they are exquisite specimens of the evergreen freshness of old poetry1 and by their contrast with contemporary effusions will contribute to the mosaic of our sheet4 ,by the way1 we hear of a sprinkling of the antique world of letters in some of the ,annuals--an introduction which reflects high credit on the taste of the editors1 and serves to prove that sicklied sentimentalities1 like all other sweets1 when enjoyed to excess1 will cloy the fancy1 but not so as entirely to unfit the mind for a higher species of intellectual enjoyment4 ,we would have old and new alternate in the literary wreath1 lest1 by losing the comparison1 the bright lights of other times should be treated with irreverence and neglect4 ,,from ,,the ,,hymn ,,on ,,the ,,fairest ,,fair4 ,i feel my bosom glow with wonted fires3 ,raised from the vulgar press1 my mind aspires1 ,wing'd with high thoughts1 unto ,his praise to climb ,from deep ,eternity who call'd forth time3-- ,that ,,essence1 which1 not mov'd1 makes each thing move1-- ,uncreate beauty--all-creating love444 ,ineffable1 all-powerful ,,god1 all free1-- ,thou only liv'st1 and all things live by thee444 ,perfection's sum--prime cause of every cause1 ,midst and beginning1 where all good doth pause444 ,incomprehensible1 by reachless height2 ,and unperceived1 by excessive light4 ,o ,king6 whose greatness none can comprehend1 ,whose boundless goodness does to all extend1-- ,light of all beauty1 ocean without ground1 ,that standing1 flowest--giving1 dost abound444 ,great ,architect--,lord of this universe1-- ,that sight is blinded would thy greatness pierce4 ,then follows this noble simile1 nobly sustained1 and with a flow and harmony of verse not common in the poets of his period3-- ,ah6 as a pilgrim who the ,alps doth pass1 ,or ,atlas' temples crown'd with winter glass1-- ,the airy ,caucasus1 the ,apennine1 ,pyrenees' cliffs1 where sun doth never shine2-- ,when he some craggy hills hath overwent1 ,begins to think on rest1 his journey spent1 ,till mounting some tall mountain he do find ,more heights before him than he left behind1-- ,with halting pace so while ,i would me raise ,to the unbounded limits of ,thy praise1 ,some part of way ,i thought to have o'errun2 ,but now ,i see how scarce ,i have begun-- ,with wonders new my spirits range possest1 ,and1 wandering wayless1 in a maze them rest4 ,oh6 that the cause which doth consume our joy ,would the remembrance of it too destroy6 ,,life4 ,woods cut again do grow3 ,bud doth the rose and daisy1 winter done1 ,but we1 once dead1 do no more see the sun6 ,what fair is wrought ,falls in the prime1 and passeth like a thought4 ,,sonnet4--,,spring4 ,sweet ,spring1 thou com'st with all thy goodly train1-- ,thy head with flame1 thy mantle bright with flowers3 ,the zephyrs curl the green locks of the plain1-- ,the clouds for joy in pearls weep down their showers2-- ,sweet ,spring1 thou com'st--but ah6 my pleasant hours1 ,and happy days1 with thee come not again6 ,the sad memorials only of my pain ,do with thee come1 which turn my sweets to sours4 ,thou art the same which still thou wert before1 ,delicious1 lusty1 amiable1 fair1 ,but she whose breath embalmed thy wholesome air ,is gone--nor gold1 nor gems can her restore1 ,neglected virtue--seasons1 go and come1 ,when thine1 forgot1 lie closed in a tomb4 ,,sonnet4 ,sweet bird1 that sing'st away the early hours1 ,of winters past1 or coming1 void of care1 ,well pleased with delights which present are1-- ,fair seasons1 budding sprays1 sweet-smelling flowers1 ,to rocks1 to springs1 to rills1 from leavy bowers ,thou thy ,creator's goodness dost declare1 ,and what dear gifts on thee he did not spare1-- ,a stain to human sense in sin that lowers4 ,what soul can be so sick1 which by thy songs 7,attir'd in sweetness7 sweetly is not driven ,quite to forget earth's turmoils1 spites1 and wrongs1 ,and lift a reverend eye and thought to heaven8 ,sweet artless songster1 thou my mind dost raise ,to airs of spheres--yes1 and to angels lays6 ,,sleep4 ,now while the ,night her sable veil hath spread1 ,and silently her resty coach doth roll1 ,rousing with her1 from ,thetis' azure bed1 ,those starry nymphs which dance about the pole2 ,while ,cynthia1 in purest cypress clad4 ,the ,latmian shepherd in a trance descries1 ,and1 looking pale from height of all the skies1 ,she dyes her beauties in a blushing red2 ,while ,sleep1 in triumph1 closed hath all eyes1 ,and birds and beasts a silence sweet do keep1 ,and ,proteus' monstrous people in the deep1-- ,the winds and waves1 hush'd up1 to rest entice1-- ,i wake1 ,i turn1 ,i weep1 oppress'd with pain1 ,perplex'd in the meanders of my brain4 ,sleep1 ,silence' child1 sweet father of soft rest1 ,prince1 whose approach peace to all mortals brings1 ,indifferent host to shepherds and to kings1 ,sole comforter of minds which are oppress'd-- ,lo6 by thy charming rod1 all breathing things ,lie slumb'ring1 with forgetfulness possess'd1 ,and yet o'er me to spread thy drowsy wings ,thou spar'st1 alas6 who cannot be thy guest4 ,since ,i am thine1 ,o come1--but with that face ,to inward light1 which thou art wont to shew-- ,with feigned solace ease a true-felt woe2 ,or if1 deaf god1 thou do deny that grace1 ,come as thou wilt1 and what thou wilt bequeath ,i long to kiss the image of my death6 99 99 99 99 99 ,hark1 happy lovers1 hark6 ,this first and last of joys1 ,this sweetener of annoys1 ,this nectar of the gods1 ,you call a kiss1 is with itself at odds3 ,and half so sweet is not1 ,in equal measure got ,at light of sun as it is in the dark3 ,hark1 happy lovers1 hark6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,notes ,,of ,a ,,reader 99 99 99 99 99 ,,indian ,,feast ,,of ,,souls4 ,every three or four years1 by a general agreement1 the ,indians disinter the bodies of such as have died within that time2 finding the soft parts mouldered away1 they carefully clean the bones1 and each family wrap up the remains of their departed friends in new fur4 ,they are then laid together in one mound or barrow1 and the ceremony concludes with a feast1 with dances1 songs1 speeches1 games1 and mock combats4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,paley4 ,we think it next to impossible for a candid unbeliever to read the ,evidences of ,paley1 in their proper order1 unshaken4 ,his ,natural ,theology will open the heart1 that it may understand1 or at least receive the ,scriptures1 if any thing can4 ,it is philosophy in its highest and noblest sense2 scientific1 without the jargon of science2 profound1 but so clear that its depth is disguised4 ,there is nothing of the budge ,doctor here2 speculations which will convince1 if aught will1 that in the beginning ,god created the heaven and the earth1 are made familiar as household words4 ,they are brought home to the experience of every man1 the most ordinary observer on the facts of nature with which he is daily conversant4 ,a thicker clothing1 for instance1 is provided in winter for that tribe of animals which are covered with fur4 ,now1 in these days1 such an assertion would be backed by an appeal to some learned ,rabbi of a ,zoological ,society1 who had written a deep pamphlet1 upon what he would probably call the ,theory of ,hair4 ,but to whom does ,paley refer us8 ,to any dealer in rabbit skins4 ,the curious contrivance in the bones of birds1 to unite strength with lightness1 is noticed4 ,the bore is larger1 in proportion to the weight of the bone1 than in other animals2 it is empty2 the substance of the bone itself is of a closer texture4 ,for these facts1 any operative would quote ,sir ,everard ,home1 or ,professor ,cuvier1 by way of giving a sort of philosophical clat to the affair1 and throwing a little learned dust in the eyes of the public4 ,paley1 however1 advises you to make your own observations when you happen to be engaged in the scientific operation of picking the leg or wing of a chicken4 ,the very singular correspondence between the two sides of any animal1 the right hand answering to the left1 and so on1 is touched upon1 as a proof of a contriving ,creator1 and a very striking one it is4 ,well6 we have a long and abstruse problem in chances worked out to show that it was so many millions1 and so many odd thousands to one1 that accident could not have produced the phenomenon2 not a bit of it4 ,paley1 who was probably scratching his head at the moment1 offers no other confirmation of his assertion1 than that it is the most difficult thing in the world to get a wig made even1 seldom as it is that the face is made awry4 ,the circulation of the blood1 and the provision for its getting from the heart to the extremities1 and back again1 affords a singular demonstration of the ,maker of the body being an admirable ,master both of mechanics and hydrostatics4 ,but what is the language in which ,paley talks of this process8--technical8--that mystical nomenclature of ,diaforius1 which frightens country patients out of their wits1 thinking1 as they very naturally do1 that a disease must be very horrid which involves such very horrid names8 ,hear our anatomist from ,giggleswick4 ,the aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main-pipe of the water-works at ,london ,bridge2 and the roaring in the passage through that pipe is inferior1 in impetus and velocity1 to the blood gushing from the whale's heart4 ,he cares not whence he fetches his illustrations1 provided they are to the purpose4 ,the laminae of the feathers of birds are kept together by teeth that hook into one another1 as a latch enters into the catch1 and fastens a door4 ,the eyes of the mole are protected by being very small1 and buried deep in a cushion of skin1 so that the apertures leading to them are like pin-holes in a piece of velvet1 scarcely pervious to loose particles of earth4 ,the snail without wings1 feet1 or thread1 adheres to a stalk by a provision of sticking-plaster4 ,the lobster1 as he grows1 is furnished with a way of uncasing himself of his buckler1 and drawing his legs out of his boots when they become too small for him4 ,in this unambitious manner does ,paley prosecute his high theme1 drawing1 as it were1 philosophy from the clouds4 ,but it is not merely the fund of entertaining knowledge which the ,natural ,theology contains1 or the admirable address displayed in the adaption of it1 which fits it for working conviction2 the sunshine of the breast1 the cheerful spirit with which its benevolent author goes on his way 7,greek3 kudei gaion17 this it is that carries the coldest reader captive1 and constrains him to confess within himself1 and even in spite of himself1 it is good for me to be here4 444,we mourn over the leaves of our peaches and plum-trees1 as they wither under a blight4 ,what does ,paley see in this8 ,a legion of animated beings 7for such is a blight7 claiming their portion of the bounty of ,nature1 and made happy by our comparatively trifling privation1 ,we are tortured by bodily pain1--,paley himself was so1 even at the moment that he was thus nobly vindicating ,god's wisdom and ways4 ,what of that8 ,pain is not the object of contrivance--no anatomist ever dreamt of explaining any organ of the body on the principle of the thumb screw2 it is itself productive of good2 it is seldom both violent1 and long continued2 and then its pauses and intermissions become positive pleasures4 ,it has the power of shedding a satisfaction over intervals of ease1 which ,i believe1 says this true philosopher1 few enjoyments exceed4 ,the returns of an hospital in his neighbourhood lie before him4 ,does he conjure up the images of ,milton's lazar-house1 and sicken at the spectacle of human suffering8 ,no--he finds the admitted #f1dbj--the dead1 #bcd--the cured1 #e1dgf2 his eye settles upon the last1 and he is content4 ,there is nothing in the world which has not more handles than one2 and it is of the greatest consequence to get a habit of taking hold by the best4 ,the bells speak as we make them2 how many a tale their music tells6 ,hogarth's industrious apprentice might hear in them that he should be ,lord ,mayor of ,london--the idle apprentice that he should be hanged at ,tyburn4 ,the landscape looks as we see it2 if we go to meet a friend1 every distant object assumes his shape-- ,in great and small1 and round and square1 ',tis ,johnny1 ,johnny1 every where4 ,crabbe's lover passed over the very same heath to his mistress and from her2 yet as he went1 all was beauty--as he returned all was blank4 ,the world does not more surely provide different kinds of food for different animals1 than it furnishes doubts to the sceptic and hopes to the believer1 as he takes it4 ,the one1 in an honest and good heart1 pours out the box of ointment on a ,saviour's head--the other1 in the pride of his philosophy1 only searches into it for a dead fly4--,q4 ,rev4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,all ,,for ,,the ,,best4 ,when ,bernard ,gilpin was summoned up to ,london to give an account of himself and his creed before ,bonner1 he chanced to break his leg on the way2 and1 on some persons retorting upon him a favourite saying of his own1 that nothing happens to us but what is intended for our good1 and asking him whether it was for his good that he had broken his leg1 he answered1 that he made no question but it was4 ,and so it turned out1 for before he was able to travel again1 ,queen ,mary died1 and he was set at liberty4 99 99 99 99 99 ,men keep their word simply because it is right to do so4 ,they feel it is right1 and ask no further questions4 ,conscience carries along with it its own authority--its own credentials4 ,the depraved appetites may rebel against it1 but they are aware that it is rebellion4--,q4 ,rev4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,arab ,,hospitality4 ,m4 ,pacho1 the ,african traveller1 lately arrived at ,marmorica1 when the rains had commenced1 and the ground was preparing for the seed1 and was admitted to all the rites of ,arab hospitality4 ,invited to a great feast1 he was regaled with the usual dainty of a sheep roasted whole1 and eaten with the fingers2 while girls1 dressed as ,caryatides1 presented a large vase of milk1 which was passed round to the company4 ,all that was expected in return was to cover bits of paper with writing1 and thus convert them into amulets2 for1 in his capacity of sorcerer1 the ,christian is supposed to possess supernatural powers4--,edinburgh ,rev4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,impromptu ,,on ,,waste4 ,by the late ,edward ,knight1 ,esq4 of ,drury-,lane ,theatre4 ,oh6 waste thou not the smallest thing ,created by ,divinity2 ,for grains of sand the mountains make1 ,and atomics infinity4 ,waste thou not1 then1 the smallest time-- ',tis imbecile infirmity2 ,for well thou know'st1 if aught thou know'st1 ,that seconds form eternity4 ,forget ,me ,not--#ahbi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,an ,,election4 ,g4,a4 ,steevens says an election is madman's holiday2 but in the last ,quarterly ,review we find the following ludicrous supplemental illustration4 ,let a stranger be introduced1 for the first time1 to an election1 let him be shown a multitude of men reeling about the streets of a borough-town1 fighting within an inch of their lives1 smashing windows at the ,black ,bear1 or where ,high in the street1 o'erlooking all the place1 ,the ,rampant ,lion shows his kingly face2 and yelling like those animals in ,exeter ',change at supper time2 and then let him be told that these worthies are choosing the senate of ,england--persons to make the laws that are to bind them and their children1 property1 limb1 and life1 and he would certainly think the process unpropitious4 ,yet1 in spite of it all1 a number of individuals are thus collected1 who transact the business of the nation1 and represent its various interests tolerably well4 ,the machinery is hideous but it produces not a bad article4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spanish ,,comforts4 ,in ,spain1 there are few or no schools in the villages and small towns1 that would have the effect of releasing the minds of the natives from monkish tyranny1 which at present influences their principles1 and biasses their choice1 with regard to political1 and indeed almost all other pursuits4 ,nor is any attention paid to trade4 ,the peasantry simply exist1 like cattle1 without any other signs of exertion1 than such as the necessity of food requires4 ,they have no idea of rising in the world2 and where there is no interest there is no activity4 ,it appears1 that in the ,north of ,spain1 so little encouragement is given to the arts1 that even physicians are not able to obtain support2 that prints are unsaleable1 and no new publications appear but newspapers2 that the tradesmen neglect their persons1 very seldom shaving1 and having frequently a cigar in their mouths2 that the breath of the ladies smells of garlick2 that the gentlemen smoke cigars in bed2 that there is hardly a single manufactory in the kingdom belonging to a native in a flourishing state2 that1 from recent political events1 the flocks have been neglected1 and the wool deteriorated2 that cleanliness is neglected1 and rats and mice unmolested2 that the porters of the most respectable houses are cobblers1 who work at their trades at their doors2 that women are employed in loading and unloading ships2 and that they1 as well as the servants in houses1 carry every thing on their heads1 even lighted candles1 without the least fear of their being extinguished2 that oxen are tied to carts by their horns2 that in the inns1 generally1 no one can read or write but the landlords2 that the constitutional soldiers1 for their fare1 generally took a leathern bag1 7barracho17 and got it filled with red wine as sour as vinegar2 not appearing to wish for meat1 bread and cheese1 with boiled soup1 onions1 and garlick1 forming the substance of their frugal repasts2 that no memorial is erected on the spot where the battle of ,vittoria was fought in #ahac2 and that1 in fact1 there is no national feeling in the country4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,equivocal ,,gentleman ,must always keep his dignity1 for his dignity will not keep him4 ,we have no objection to meet him at a dress party1 or at the quarter sessions1 nor to read his articles in the ,edinburgh1 the ,quarterly1 or the ,british ,critic2 but we request not his contributions for ,maga1 nor will ,mr4 ,north send him a general invitation to the ,noctes4--,blackwood's ,mag4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,intense ,,cold4 ,the lowest temperature witnessed by ,capt4 ,franklin in ,north ,america was on the #gth of ,february1 of the second winter passed on the shores of ,bear ,lake4 ,at eight in the morning1 the mercury in the thermometer descended to #eh below zero2 it had stood at -#eg4e1 and -#eg4c in the course of that and the preceding day2 between the #eth and the #hth1 its general state was from -#dh to -#eb1 though it occasionally rose to -#dc4 ,at the temperature of -#eb4b1 ,mr4 ,kendall froze some mercury in the mould of a pistol-bullet1 and fired it against a door at the distance of six paces4 ,a small portion of the mercury penetrated to the depth of one-eighth of an inch1 but the remainder only just lodged in the wood4 ,the extreme height of the mercury in the tube was from #ga at noon to #gc at three o'clock4--,quarterly ,rev4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,parr',s ,,punning4 ,of all the species of wit1 punning was one which ,dr4 ,parr disliked1 and in which he seldom indulged2 and yet some instances of it have been related4 ,reaching a book from a high shelf in his library1 two other books came tumbling down2 of which one1 a critical work of ,lambert ,bos1 fell upon the other1 which was a volume of ,hume4 ,see6 said he1 what has happened--procumbit humi bos4 ,on another occasion1 sitting in his room1 suffering under the effects of a slight cold1 when too strong a current was let in upon him1 he cried out1 ,stop1 stop1 that is too much4 ,i am at present only par levibus ventis4 ,at another time1 a gentleman having asked him to subscribe to ,dr4 ,busby's translation of ,lucretius1 he declined to do so1 saying it would cost too much money2 it would indeed be ,lucretius carus4--,field's ,memoirs4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,houbraken',s ,,heads4 ,houbraken1 as the late ,lord ,orford justly observes1 was ignorant of our history1 uninquisitive into the authenticity of the drawings which were transmitted to him1 and engraved whatever was sent2 adducing two instances1 namely1 ,carr1 ,earl of ,somerset1 and ,secretary ,thurloe1 as not only spurious1 but not having the least resemblance to the persons they pretend to represent4 ,an anonymous but evidently well informed writer 7in the ,gentleman's ,magazine7 further states1 that ,thurloe's1 and about thirty of the others1 are copied from heads painted for no one knows whom4--,lodge's ,illustrated ,biography4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,virgil',s ,,georgics4 ,every reader of taste knows that glance from earth to heaven which pervades the ,georgics throughout1 and that poetical almanack which the poet has made use of for pointing out the various seasons for the different operations of husbandry4 ,will it be believed that his ,spanish translator has actually taken the trouble to convert these indications into days of the month1 and inserted the result of his labours in the text8 99 99 99 99 99 ,,woman',s ,,eye4 ,the light that beams from woman's eye4 ,and sparkles through her tear1 ,responds to that impassion'd sigh ,which love delights to hear4 ',tis the sweet language of the soul1 ,on which a voice is hung1 ,more eloquent than ever stole ,from saint's or poet's tongue4 ,forget ,me ,not--#ahbi4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,nimium ,,ne ,,crede ,,colori4 ,jack ,taylor once said to a water-drinking person1 with a purple face1 better things might prima facie be expected4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,spirit ,,of ,,the ,,public ,,journals4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,mr4 ,,abernethy4 ,of ,mr4 ,abernethy's independence and strict veneration of what is right1 we have many examples4 ,among others1 the following is characteristic3--,a certain noble personage1 now enjoying a situation of great responsibility in the ,sister ,kingdom1 had been waiting for a long time in the surgeon's anteroom1 when1 seeing those who had arrived before him1 successively called in1 he became somewhat impatient1 and sent his card in4 ,no notice was taken of the hint2 he sent another card--another--another--and another2 still no answer4 ,at length he gained admission in his turn2 and1 full of nobility and choler1 he asked1 rather aristocratically1 why he had been kept waiting so long8--,wh--ew6 responded the professor2 because you didn't come sooner1 to be sure4 ,and now1 if your lordship will sit down1 ,i will hear what you have to say4 ,one thing ,mr4 ,abernethy cannot abide1 that is1 any interruption to his discourse4 ,this it is1 in fact1 which so often irritates him1 so often causes him to snarl4--,people come here1 he has often said to us1 to consult me1 and they will torture me with their long and foolish fiddle-de-dee stories2 so we quarrel1 and then they blackguard me all about this large town2 but ,i can't help that4 ,that ,abernethy is odd all the world knows1 but his oddity is far more amusing than repulsive1 far more playful than bearish4 ,yates's picture of him last year was not bad2 neither was it good--it wanted the raciness of the original4 ,let the reader imagine a smug1 elderly1 sleek1 and venerable-looking man1 approaching seventy years of age1 rather 7as novel-writers say7 below than above the middle height1 somewhat inclined to corpulency1 and upright in his carriage withal2 with his hair most primly powdered1 and nicely curled round his brow and temples3 let them imagine such a person habited in sober black1 with his feet thrust carelessly into a pair of unlaced half-boots1 and his hands into the pockets of his peculiars1 and they have the glorious ,john of the profession before their eyes4 ,the following colloquy1 which occurred not many days since1 between him and a friend of ours1 is so characteristic of the professor1 that we cannot resist its insertion3-- ,having entered the room1 our friend opened the proceedings4 ,i wish you to ascertain what is the matter with my eye1 sir4 ,it is very painful1 and ,i am afraid there is some great mischief going on4--,which ,i can't see1 said ,abernethy1 placing the patient before the window1 and looking closely at the eye4--,but-- interposed our friend4--,which ,i can't see1 again said1 or rather sung the professor4 ,perhaps not1 sir1 but----,now don't bother6 ejaculated the other2 but sit down1 and ,i'll tell you all about it4 ,our friend sat down accordingly1 while ,abernethy1 standing with his back against the table1 thus began3 ,i take it for granted that1 in consulting me1 you wish to know what ,i should do for myself1 were ,i in a predicament similar to yourself4 ,now1 ,i have no reason to suppose that you are in any particular predicament2 and the terrible mischief which you apprehend1 depends1 ,i take it1 altogether upon the stomach4 ,mind1--at present ,i have no reason to believe that there is any thing else the matter with you4 7,here my friend was about to disclose sundry dreadful maladies with which he believed himself afflicted1 but he was interrupted with ,diddle-dum1 diddle-dum1 diddle-dum dee6 uttered in the same smooth tone as the previous part of the address--and he was silent47--,now1 your stomach being out of order1 it is my duty to explain to you how to put it to rights again2 and1 in my whimsical way1 ,i shall give you an illustration of my position2 for ,i like to tell people something that they will remember4 ,the kitchen1 that is1 your stomach1 being out of order1 the garret 7pointing to the head7 cannot be right1 and egad6 every room in the house becomes affected4 ,repair the injury in the kitchen1--remedy the evil there1--7now don't bother17 and all will be right4 ,this you must do by diet4 ,if you put improper food into your stomach1 by ,gad you play the very devil with it1 and with the whole machine besides4 ,vegetable matter ferments1 and becomes gaseous2 while animal substances are changed into a putrid1 abominable1 and acrid stimulus4 7,don't bother again67 ,you are going to ask1 ',what has all this to do with my eye8' ,i will tell you4 ,anatomy teaches us1 that the skin is a continuation of the membrane which lines the stomach2 and your own observation will inform you1 that the delicate linings of the mouth1 throat1 nose1 and eyes1 are nothing more4 ,now some people acquire preposterous noses1 others blotches on the face and different parts of the body1 others inflammation of the eyes--all arising from irritation of the stomach4 ,people laugh at me for talking so much about the stomach4 ,i sometimes tell this story to forty different people of a morning1 and some won't listen to me2 so we quarrel1 and they go and abuse me all over the town4 ,i can't help it--they came to me for my advice1 and ,i give it them1 if they will take it4 ,i can't do any more4 ,well1 sir1 as to the question of diet4 ,i must refer you to my book4 7,here the professor smiled1 and continued smiling as he proceeded47 ,there are only about a dozen pages--and you will find1 beginning at page #gc1 all that it is necessary for you to know4 ,i am christened ',doctor ,my-,book1' and satirized under that name all over ,england2 but who would sit and listen to a long lecture of twelve pages1 or remember one-half of it when it was done8 ,so ,i have reduced my directions into writing1 and there they are for any body to follow1 if they please4 ,having settled the question of diet1 we now come to medicine4 ,it is1 or ought to be1 the province of a medical man to soothe and assist ,nature1 not to force her4 ,now1 the only medicine ,i should advise you to take1 is a dose of a slight aperient medicine every morning the first thing4 ,i won't stipulate for the dose1 as that must be regulated by circumstances1 but you must take some2 for without it1 by ,gad2 your stomach will never be right4 ,people go to ,harrowgate1 and ,buxton1 and ,bath1 and the devil knows where1 to drink the waters1 and they return full of admiration at their surpassing efficacy4 ,now these waters contain next to nothing of purgative medicine2 but they are taken readily1 regularly1 and in such quantities1 as to produce the desired effect4 ,you must persevere in this plan1 sir1 until you experience relief1 which you certainly will do4 ,i am often asked--',well1 but ,mr4 ,abernethy1 why don't you practise what you preach8' ,i answer1 by reminding the inquirer of the parson and the signpost3 both point the way1 but neither follow its course4--,and thus ended a colloquy1 wherein is mingled much good sense1 useful advice1 and whimsicality4--,new ,monthly ,magazine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,gipsies4 ,whether from ,india's burning plains1 ,or wild ,bohemia's domains ,your steps were first directed3-- ,or whether ye be ,egypt's sons1 ,whose stream1 like ,nile's for ever runs ,with sources undetected1-- ,arab's of ,europe6 ,gipsy race6 ,your ,eastern manners1 garb1 and face ,appear a strange chimera2 ,none1 none but you can now be styled ,romantic1 picturesque1 and wild1 ,in this prosaic era4 ,ye sole freebooters of the wood ,since ,adam ,bell and ,robin ,hood-- ,kept every where asunder ,from other tribes--,king1 ,church1 and ,state ,spurning1 and only dedicate ,to freedom1 sloth1 and plunder4 ,your forest-camp--the forms one sees ,banditti like amid the trees1 ,the ragged donkies grazing1 ,the ,sibyl's eye prophetic1 bright ,with flashes of the fitful light1 ,beneath the caldron blazing1-- ,o'er my young mind strange terrors threw3 ,thy history gave me ,moore ,carew6 ,a more exalted notion ,of ,gipsy life1 nor can ,i yet ,gaze on your tents1 and quite forget ,my former deep emotion4 ,for auld lang syne ,i'll not maltreat ,yon pseudo-,tinker1 though the ,cheat1 ,ay sly as thievish ,reynard1 ,instead of mending kettles1 prowls ,to make foul havock of my fowls1 ,and decimate my hen-yard4 ,come thou1 too1 black-eyed lass1 and try ,that potent skill in palmistry4 ,which sixpences can wheedle2 ,mine is a friendly cottage--here ,no snarling mastiff need you fear1 ,no ,constable or ,beadle4 ',tis yours1 ,i know1 to draw at will ,upon ,futurity a bill1 ,and ,plutus to importune3-- ,discount the bill--take half yourself ,give me the balance of the pelf4 ,and both may laugh at fortune4 ,ibid4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,george ,,harvest4 ,the ,rev4 ,george ,harvest1 of ,trinity ,college1 ,cambridge1 having been private tutor to the ,duke of ,richmond1 was invited to dine with the old duchess1 and to accompany her party to the play4 ,he used to travel with a night-cap in his pocket1 and having occasion for a handkerchief at the theatre1 made use of his cap for that purpose4 ,in one of his reveries1 however1 it fell from the side-box1 where he was sitting1 into the pit1 where a wag1 who picked it up1 hoisted it upon the end of a stick1 that it might be claimed by its rightful proprietor4 ,judge of the consternation of a large party of ladies of rank and fashion1 when ,george ,harvest rose in the midst of them1 and claimed the night-cap 7which was somewhat greasy from use7 by the initials ,g4,h41 which were legibly marked on it4 ,the cap was restored to him amidst shouts of laughter1 that ran through the pit to the great discomfiture of the duchess and the rest of the party4--,ibid4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,scientific ,,recreations4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,electrical ,,phenomena4 7,from the ,treatise on ,electricity--in the ,library of ,useful ,knowledge47 ,the colours produced by the electric explosion of metals have been applied to impress letters or ornamental devices on silk and on paper4 ,for this purpose ,mr4 ,singer directs that the outline of the required figure should be first traced on thick drawing paper1 and afterwards cut out in the manner of stencil plates4 ,the drawing paper is then placed on the silk or paper intended to be marked2 a leaf of gold is laid upon it1 and a card over that2 the whole is then placed in a press or under a weight1 and a charge from a battery sent through the gold leaf4 ,the stain is confined by the interposition of the drawing paper to the limit of the design1 and in this way a profile1 a flower1 or any other outline figure may be very neatly impressed4 ,most combustible bodies are capable of being inflamed by electricity1 but more especially if it be made to strike against them in the form of a spark or shock obtained by an interrupted circuit1 as by the interposition of a stratum of air4 ,in this way may alcohol1 ether1 camphor1 powdered resin1 phosphorus1 or gunpowder be set fire to4 ,the inflammation of oil of turpentine will be promoted by strewing upon it fine particles of brass filings4 ,if the spirit of wine be not highly rectified1 it will generally be necessary previously to warm it1 and the same precaution must be taken with other fluids1 as oil and pitch2 but it is not required with ether1 which usually inflames very readily4 ,but on the other hand1 it is to be remarked that the temperature of the body which communicates the spark appears to have no sensible influence on the heat produced by it4 ,thus the sparks taken from a piece of ice are as capable of inflaming bodies as those from a piece of red-hot iron4 ,nor is the heating power of electricity in the smallest degree diminished by its being conducted through any number of freezing mixtures which are rapidly absorbing heat from surrounding bodies4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,heating ,,rooms4 ,a new invention for heating rooms has met with much encouragement in ,paris4 ,a piece of quick-lime dipped into water1 and shut hermetically into a box constructed for the purpose1 is said to give almost a purgatory-heat1 and prevent the necessity of fire during winter4--,lit4 ,gaz4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,selector2 ,,and ,,literary ,,notices ,,of ,,new ,,works 99 99 99 99 99 ,,golden ,,rules4 ,,to ,,render ,,men ,,honest1 ,,respectable1 ,,and ,,happy4 ,by ,sir ,richard ,phillips4 ,all members of the human family should remember1 that the human race is1 as to time and nature1 but as one totality2 for1 since every man and woman had two parents1 each parent two parents1 and so on in geometrical progression1 hence every individual1 high or low1 must necessarily be descended from every individual of the whole population as it existed but a few hundred years before1 whether they were high or low1 virtuous or abandoned2 while every procreative individual of the existing race must be the actual progenitor of the entire race which may exist at the same distance of future time4 ,what motives for charity1 for forbearing from injuries1 for benevolence1 for universal love4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the bed of sickness1 with its increased sensibility of nerves1 is a delicate test of man's conscience1 and of self-approbation or reprobation4 ,requiring sympathy himself1 he now sympathizes with others2 and1 unable to direct his thoughts to external things1 they are forced upon himself4 ,great is then his solace1 and efficacious his medicines1 if he has no other reflections than such as are supplied by his justice1 liberality1 and benevolence2 but accumulated will be his sufferings1 and dangerous the result1 if crimes and misdeeds force themselves at such a time on his mind2 while in any delirium of fever he will rave on those subjects1 and1 without vision1 will often perceive1 by the mere excitement of his brain1 the spectres of the injured making grimaces before him4 99 99 99 99 99 ,if you are rich1 and want to enjoy the exalted luxury of relieving distress1 go to the ,bankrupt ,court1 to the ,court for ,insolvent ,debtors1 to the gaols1 the work-houses1 and the hospitals4 ,if you are rich and childless1 and want heirs1 look to the same assemblages of misfortune2 for all are not culpable who appear in the ,bankrupt and ,insolvent ,lists2 nor all criminal who are found in gaols2 nor all improvident who are inmates of work-houses and hospitals4 ,on the contrary1 in these situations1 an alloy of vice is mixed with virtue enough to afford materials for as deep tragedies as ever poet fancied or stage exhibited2 and visiters of relief would act the part of angels descending from ,heaven among men1 whose chief affliction is the neglect of unthinking affluence4 99 99 99 99 99 ,marriage is a circumstance of life1 which1 in its actual course1 involves the feelings and fortunes of human beings more than any other event of their lives4 ,it is a connexion generally formed by inexperience1 under the blindness and caprice of passion2 and1 though these conditions cannot be avoided1 as forming the bases of the connexion1 yet it is so important1 that a man is never ruined who has an interesting1 faithful1 and virtuous wife2 while he is lost to comfort1 fortune1 and even to hope1 who has united himself to a vicious and unprincipled one4 ,the fate of woman is still more intimately blended with that of her husband2 for1 being in the eyes of the law and the world but second to him1 she is the victim of his follies and vices at home1 and of his ill success and degradation abroad4 ,rules are useless1 where passions1 founded on trifling associations and accidents1 govern2 but much mischief often results from fathers expecting young men to be in the social position of old ones1 and from present fortune being preferred to virtues2 for industry and talent1 stimulated by affection1 and fostered by family interests1 soon create competency and fortune2 while a connexion founded on mere wealth1 which is often speedily wasted by dissipation1 habits of extravagance1 and the chances of life1 necessarily ends in disappointment1 disgust1 and misery4 99 99 99 99 99 ,wretched is the man who has no employment but to watch his own digestions2 and who1 on waking in the morning1 has no useful occupation of the day presented to his mind4 ,to such a one respiration is a toil1 and existence a continued disease4 ,self-oblivion is his only resource1 indulgence in alcohol in various disguises his remedy1 and death or superstition his only comfort and hope4 ,for what was he born1 and why does he live8 are questions which he constantly asks himself2 and his greatest enigmas are the smiling faces of habitual industry1 stimulated by the wants of the day1 or fears for the future4 ,if he is excited to exertion1 it is commonly to indulge some vicious propensity1 or display his scorn of those pursuits which render others happier than himself4 ,if he seek to relieve his inanity in books1 his literature ascends no higher than the romances1 the newspapers1 or the scandal1 of the day2 and all the nobler pursuits of mind1 as well as body1 are utterly lost in regard to him4 ,his passage through life is like that of a bird through the air1 and his final cause appears merely to be that of sustaining the worms in his costly tomb4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the decline of life1 and the retrospections of old age1 furnish unequivocal tests of worthiness and unworthiness4 ,happy is the man1 who1 after a well-spent life1 can contemplate the rapid approach of his last year with the consciousness that1 if he were born again1 he could not1 under all the circumstances of his worldly position1 have done better1 and who has inflicted no injuries for which it is too late to atone4 ,wretched1 on the contrary1 is he1 who is obliged to look back on a youth of idleness and profligacy1 on a manhood of selfishness and sensuality1 and on a career of hypocrisy1 of insensibility1 of concealed crime1 and of injustice above the reach of law4 ,visit both during the decay of their systems1 observe their feelings and tempers1 view the followers at their funerals1 count the tears on their graves2 and1 after such a comparison1 in good time make your own choice4 99 99 99 99 99 ,constant change is the feature of society4 ,the world is like a magic lantern1 or the shifting scenes in a pantomime4 ,,ten ,,years convert the population of schools into men and women1 the young into fathers and matrons1 make and mar fortunes1 and bury the last generation but one4 ,,twenty ,,years convert infants into lovers1 and fathers and mothers1 render youth the operative generation1 decide men's fortunes and distinctions1 convert active men into crawling drivellers1 and bury all the preceding generation4 ,,thirty ,,years raise an active generation from nonentity1 change fascinating beauties into merely bearable old women1 convert lovers into grandfathers and grandmothers1 and bury the active generation1 or reduce them to decrepitude and imbecility4 ,,forty ,,years1 alas6 change the face of all society2 infants are growing old1 the bloom of youth and beauty has passed away1 two active generations have been swept from the stage of life1 names so cherished are forgotten1 and unsuspected candidates for fame have started from the exhaustless womb of nature4 ,,fifty ,,years6 why should any desire to retain their affections from maturity for fifty years8 ,it is to behold a world which they do not know1 and to which they are unknown2 it is to live to weep for the generations passed away1 for lovers1 for parents1 for children1 for friends1 in the grave2 it is to see every thing turned upside down by the fickle hand of fortune1 and the absolute despotism of time2 it is1 in a word1 to behold the vanity of human life in all its varieties of display6 ,social ,philosophy4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,gatherer ,a snapper up of unconsidered trifles4 ,,shakspeare4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sherry4 ,commentators have puzzled themselves to find out ,falstaff's sherries sack3 there can be no doubt but that it was dry sherry1 and the ,french word sec dry1 corrupted into sack4 ,in a poem printed in #afai1 sack and sherry are noted throughout as synonymous1 every stanza of twelve ending-- ,give me sack1 old sack1 boys1 ,to make the muses merry1 ,the life of mirth1 and the joy of the earth1 ,is a cup of old sherry4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,curious ,,will4 ,by a ,student of the ,university of ,dublin4 ,cum ita semper me amares1 ,how to reward you all my care is1 ,consilium tibi do imprimis ,for ,i believe that short my time is2 ,amice ,admodum amande1 ,pray thee leave off thy drinking brandy1 ,video qua sorte jaceo hic1 ',tis all for that1 ,o sick6 ,o sick6 ,mors mea1 vexat matrem piam1 ,no dog was e'er so sick as ,i am4 ,secundo mi amice bone1 ,my breeches take1 but there's no money1 ,et vestes etiam tibi dentur1 ,if such old things to wear you'll venture2 ,pediculos si potes pellas1 ,but they are sometimes prince's fellows2 ,accipe libros etiam musam1 ,if ,i had lived ,i ne'er had used them1 ,spero quod his contentus eris1 ,for ,i've a friend almost as dear is1 ,vale ne plus tibi detur4 ,but send her up1 ,jack1 if you meet her4 ,c4,k4,w4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,old ,,st4 ,,paul',s4 ,in the old cathedral of ,st4 ,paul1 walks were laid out for merchants1 as in the ,royal ,exchange4 ,thus1 the south alley for usurye1 and poperye2 the north for simony and the horse fair2 in the middest for all kinds of bargains1 meetings1 brawlings1 murthers1 conspiracies2 and the font for ordinary paiements of money1 are so well knowne to all menne as the beggar knows his dishe4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,lincolnshire ,,eel1 ,a bit of ,munchausen4 ,in the year #agjb1 there was a universal complaint among the feeders of cattle in the fens1 that they frequently lost a horse1 an ox1 or a cow1 and could not discover by what means2 when watching more narrowly1 they observed a horse1 and presently after a cow1 go to the river to drink1 and suddenly disappear4 ,on going to the river-side they saw an eel1 the body of which was as large as an elephant4 ,they could not doubt but this was the thief who had so often robbed them of their cattle1 and they very reasonably concluded if they could catch the eel1 their cattle would henceforth drink in safety4 ,a council being called among the farmers1 they determined upon the following expedient3--,they sent to ,london and purchased a cable and anchor1 by way of fishing-line and hook1 and roasted a young bullock1 with which they baited the hook1 and fastened the end of the cable round a barn1 which stood about a hundred feet from the river1 and then waited to see what the morning would produce4 ,at break of day they repaired to the riverside1 when1 to their great astonishment1 they found that the eel had been there and swallowed the bait1 but in endeavouring to disengage himself1 had pulled the barn after him into the river1 and having broken the cable1 made his escape4 99 99 99 99 99 ,with the present is published a ,,supplementary ,,number1 containing the ,,spirit of the ,,annuals for #ahbi--with ,critical ,notices of their ,engravings and ,literary ,contents1 copious ,selections1 and ,unique ,extracts1 and a ,,fine ,,engraving from a splendid subject2 in one of the most popular of these elegant works4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,limbird',s ,,edition ,,of ,,the ,,following ,,novels ,,are ,,already ,,published3 s4 d4 ,mackenzie's ,man of ,feeling #j #f ,paul and ,virginia #j #f ,the ,castle of ,otranto #j #f ,almoran and ,hamet #j #f ,elizabeth1 or the ,exiles of ,siberia #j #f ,the ,castles of ,athlin and ,dunbayne #j #f ,rasselas #j #h ,the ,old ,english ,baron #j #h ,nature and ,art #j #h ,goldsmith's ,vicar of ,wakefield #j #aj ,sicilian ,romance #a #j ,the ,man of the ,world #a #j ,a ,simple ,story #a #d ,joseph ,andrews #a #f ,humphry ,clinker #a #h ,the ,romance of the ,forest #a #h ,the ,italian #b #j ,zeluco1 by ,dr4 ,moore #b #f ,edward1 by ,dr4 ,moore #b #j ,roderick ,random #b #f ,the ,mysteries of ,udolpho #c #f