OF RSITY H Z cientifie Anecdotes, 09000), PPIDPENG-LON Beokseller, ; Toronto. Ry Presented to The DLibrary of. the University of Toronto by | Mrs. 3. S. Dart ANECDOTES LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CHARACTERS, HABITS, AND CONVERSATION OF MEN OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE EDITED. BY WILLIAM SEDDIE, SECRETARY TO THE PITILOSODRICAL: SOCIETY OF GLASGOW 4b Third Edition AY 0 U ee’ re ~>LONDON CHARLES GRIFFIN AND COMPANY STATIONERS’ HALL COURT 1863 PREFACE. Tue contents of the following pages have been culled from many sources, and embrace a great diversity of subjects. It has been the: purpose of the compiler to combine useful information with innocent entertainment ; te invite to the cultivation of literature and of science 3 to minister to refined tastes, and foster large intel- lectual sympathies. Whilst the volume aims at the gratification -of a general class of readers, the interests of the young have been constantly kept in view in the selection, which, it is hoped, contains nothing, either in sentiment or expression, adverse to their moral and intellectual improvement. The paucity of soleailatg in the annals of science, possessed of personal interest, will account for the meagreness of this department of the collection, as compared with the amplitude and variety of the literary portion. The subject of Art and Artists is deferred for another of the Cyclopedias projected by the Publishers. Gt aoa tee isa = Ag ; a a Digitized | by the Internet / rc sti in 2007 with fundir : i a Microsoft Corpo # eM " Bs Mae 5 ; - a ————— CONTENTS. PAGE Aberncthy, fs and Curran, . 99 Fe ‘A Glass Illustration, 100 ” Integrity and Honour, 104 % Generosity, . . 104 a Wit and Eccentricity, 103 Actors and Preachers, . é Addison and the Poetaster, . Addison’s Companions, . . « » Diffidence, . - « » 184 9 Gravity; sf «\ ° < Timidity, . oe Admiral Hosier’s Ghost, vs er AGrolites in British Musenm, ‘ Agassiz, M., onthe Alps, . . 20 Age, Literary and Scientife pur- suits of,. . 211 Ainsworth’s Dicitionary burnt by EM WaRGd at) oe), (hye. efter | ee Akenside and Rolt, . . . 251 Akenside’ s ‘ Pleasures of Tmagina- HON, Eee 44 Albert, Prince, Experiments with Gun-Cotton, . ° . . 89 Alchymists, Common lot of onde eee Aldrich’s Love of Music,. . . 254 Alfieri and his Assistant Transla- tors, y 367 Alfred the Great Learning to "Read, 196 Alibi, Proving an; | .. «).. (297 Almanac, First English, . - 48 Almanac Weather Wisdom, - 48 Amanuenses, . . +/+ «4 American Goethe, « . - 180 3 and Puns, . ‘ Anatomists and Anatomy, “ Anatomy of Melancholy,” . . 18 Anderson, Dr. W., a Ponderous Anesthetic Agents, .« » « Author, its dee 187 Animals, Footprints of, on Ancient Rocks. s. «oe A299 Animals, Playfulness ica Mes > ee SRO Animosity, Judicial, . . .« . 4110 Antiquarian Enthusiasm, -. . 293 Antiquarianism, .,. .« e« « 82 Antiquary Described, . 2. . 383 * Apprentices,” Hogarth’s, . . 246 PAGE Arachnoid Garment, . « . . 241 Archimedes and the Lever, . . 81 Army, Literature in the, ‘i epeOo Arnauld and Spelman, . . . 211 Art Criticism, Pe hehe Mery he 0, Art of Printing, Origin of, . . 188 Asinine Bishopric, : - 108 “Asses and Savans,” Napoleon’ 3 in Bgyptyiaeese i pelt Stee 209 Astronomer, Female; . Pate an Mane OS Astronomers and Astronomy, . 5 Atomic Theory of Dalton, La Place’s Opinionsvafsee) Seog hs Sth ets-: 207 Attainments of Dr. Whewell, . 209 Atterbury’s, Bishop, Oratory, . 119 Anthor; a Mad, Wen 6198) etal ISL sg Mendioant a (arts 15 Authoress, American, and Sir Walter Scotty. 25 )°'a) el) <1 8 Authors, Amanuenses of, . .» 34 * Conversation of, . . 35 90, v, Deseptionis-ofy(et 2. s oh 627 sp SB, pled psa ae cht, SES ie Favourite Dishes of, . 36 Pe Honours and Rewards of, 14 a Irritability and Vanity of, 31 ” Learning and Labours of, 22 i Miscellaneous Anecdotes of, 35 + Not the Best Judges of their own Writings, . 382 - Peculiarities and Eccentri- hs Ch) ae ei ” Precocity Ofss Ren °s 7 of Tenderness and Affection of, 28 9 Trials and Miseries of, . 17 +, | Whims and Caprices of, 81 Wit and Humour of, . 24 Authorship, Profits of Recent, . 218 Autographs in British Museum, - 3841 Babbage’s Calculating Machine, . 280° Bacon, Lady,. . 366 «+ Founder of the Inductive Philosophy, . . 73 Bacon’s, Lord, Name and Memory, 111 » Inconsistencies, . . . 270 Baillie, Joanna, . . oe 187 Bainbridge, Dr., Epigram on, . 253 “vi PAGE Ballantyne, John, Amanuensis to COE ae! Dies hire sy fake ee “Balzae’s, M., Romantic Marriage, 95 Bank Note for a Million Pounds, 167 ‘Bank of England’s ee Ma- chine, . 87 Banks, Sir Joseph, and ‘Dr. So- Wander, “3 ) 55 SOE ehauel te Bards, Honour to the, ot Nee ie SAG Bargain-Huntersof Books, . . 47 Barton and Nash, ey eM ee ee Bateman’s, Dr., Economy of Time, 97 mautti, M.ide; 6 0: is chew LORE Bayle’s Pyrrhonism, . . . . 11 Beccher’s Chemical Enthusiasm, 56 Bee in the Crystal Palace, . . 315 Beecher, Dr. Lyman, Sermon to a Small Audience, 109 Bells, . . 340 » What they said to the Widow, 233 Berthollet the Chemist, . . . 207 Berzelius the Chemist, . . Bettesworth and Swift, . . Bible, Early Translations of, 3 Present Translation of, » Lost Books Mentioned in, 9) ° the“ Vinegar,”.°. Bibles, English, Inaceuracies of, Bibliomania, os Se ek Binding of Books, . . . e©ee¢¢ ee 6-8 6 » oO Bindings, Preservation of, . . 46 Bishop, Madame A., Singing in Ten Languages, . 126 Black, Dr., and the Hydrogen Gas Balloon, . . F Black and Hutton’s Snail-Dinner, + Mrs., the “‘Maidof Athens,” Visit of N. P. Wilts to}... - 189 Black-Letter Books, . . °. . 42 ss Hontera AL Blacklock and David Hume, A eee Oe Blood, Transfusion of, in Royal Society, 5 - 206 Blue Stockings, Origin of ‘the Name, 57 Boerhaave, Old Ageof, . . . 103 Boileau and Racine, . . . . 155 Bolingbroke, Lord, ... « « 231 Book Auctions,®. . . . . 45 » ‘Trade of Leipsig, . . 46 4, Attempt to Print a Perfect, 199 » the first Printed, . .° . 190 3, Collectors, . * ls 2 2 347 » Making, - . Ree!» B46 Books, Ancient Value of, . . 346 » Hood the Humourist on,. 198 Bookseller and Author, . . . 44 CONTENTS. — Booksellers and Printers, . . » the Patronsof Literature, 44 Booksellers, Books, and Biblioma- NSCS). ., “) Soy 2 Manceuvres of, . . 290 Bossuet, .G, Saks ° \e: elem Boswell, James, and J ohnson, 218 » and the Writ of ‘ Quare adhesit pavimento,” . 90 » Bear-Leading Rewarded, 224 Botanical Satire, . . 314 Botanist, the, and the Irish Mail- Coach Driver, ~... s0 65 uae eee Botanists and Botany, . .« . 49 Bourdonne, Madame de, . . . 275 Bowles, Caroline, . o 1.6 Sig eee Bowles and Moore, . . o19aeen Bowles’, Canon, Absence of Mind, 144 Boyse, Samuel, a Poor Fag Author, 152 Boxhorn’s Smoking and Reading, 250 Brain, How to Turnthe,. . . 240 Bramble’s, Matthew, ‘“* Vimonda,” 19 Brandt, the Indian Chief, and Campbell the Poet, . . . 169 Breakfast at Rogers’, oe oe HISD Br ebeuf, . . . . o te SRG Brevity, is og! Sen Bristol Milkwoman’s Poetry, « 275 Brougham and Lyndhurst, . . 121 Brougham’ s, Lord, Chancellorship, 92 Ks Labours, rs ead Skat * Natural Portraits, . 92 Buchanan, George, and Henry VEE. 3) a> ea Buchanan’ ig Scotland, Peta) cee eee Buckland’s, Dr., Alligator and Dinner. Party, ... is) S50 2e: eae Buffon, the Naturalist, . . . 242 Buffon’s Son, . . - 286 Bumper, Origin of the Word, - 38 Bunbury, Selina, and the Norwe- gian Fairy Legend-Hunter, . 212 Bunker Hill Monument, Effect of Heat, . «., B6B Bunyan: and the “Book of Martyrs, "226 Burke, Edmund, at Hastings’ Trial, 124 » and the Riot Act, S80 x put to Flight in the Com- mons,“ . eS oes eee Burke’s Conversation, . . . 216 » Melodramatic Trick and Sheridan’s Sarcasm, . 122 Burnet, the Judge and the Bishop, 220 Burnet’s Absence of Mind, . . 297 Burney, Dr., and Johnson, . . 236 » Miss (Madame D’Arblay), 118 —— ae re CONTENTS. R / Vil PAGE Burney’s Anagram on Nelson, . 195 Burning of Shelley’ s Remains, . 180 Burn’s “Justice,” < iw, SBE Burns in a Printing Office, pad Cervantes, Magnanimity rc Pome 374 Chalmers’, Dr. Thos., Literary PRBS iy iS eats LO a Pulpit Oratory in London, 122 = Simplicity and Tender- ness, : 28 Estimate of Butler's 4 Analogy,” .., «. ey 252 * Chapelain and the Spider, fo oak Charles V., Saying of, . . . 266 Chatham, Lord) .i.%5, oy oe) 28h Chatterton’s Misery, . - - . 136 Chaucer in the Tower, na) ae, Chaucer’s Dream of a Crystal. Palace, . . aed Oe Cheeryble, Brothers, sid pacyli Chemical Experimenting, . Chemists and Chemistry, . Chemist’s Dream, 4 Power over Matter, Chesterfield, Lord, and Johnson, Chillingworth, Ne. Pe Chloroform and Ether, . . Christianity, Sir H. Davy on, Churchill’s, ‘‘Rosciad,” . . Clairvoyance,. . Clarkson the Philanthropist, . Classical Application, . ” Glory, . . >. * Spotsin, . . Club, The Roxburgh, ‘ Coal, Steam, and Iron, . Cobbett’s Early Recollections, Coffee-Houses, Literary,-. . Coleridge asa Horseman, . ee asaSoldier, . . » at Rogers’, ; » Wordsworth, and Cottle, Te “28 © © @ > ee @ © © @ © © © eo we we ee He ee ww eo bo °°) alee BOR 3. 4) Lig nee & Opium-eating, oy, a 3 » Remorse for . 160 ar Absence of mind, . 161 Ke Mistake of Silence for Wisdom: .ic6. 2 210 ‘‘Watchman,” . . 228 - Collins the -Pott,..o: h.uaaneaie te c0O Collodion and Gun-cotton, . . 88 ‘Colman’s, the Younger, Recollec- ‘of Goldsmith, . 248 “Coming Events cast their Sha- dows before,” . . . « 108 Commerce and Science, . . . 218 viii CONTENTS. PAGE Comptroller of Stamps and Words- BIOL. it os PARS Dale, Dr., and Queen Elizabeth, . 3!9 8} Dalrymple, Sir J., and Burns, . 191 Conchology and Collectors, vin 6 OB Consonants, Doing Justice to the, 123 Contentment of Boerhaave, oe 98 Controversy, Scholastic,. . 266 Conversation,. . 2 ib he SLD : of Birch, =) tee) Ba ee 9 Barke, oe. (246 ” Coleridge, 217 ” Descartes, La Fon- taine, Butler, Ad- dison, Milton,&e., 33 ” Johnson, . . 216 3 Literary Men, 110 Copyrights, American, . . 272 Rtornehlas ss < Menta? a Te x? Ee De ‘*¢ Corsair,” Byron’s, . 224 “ Cotter’s Saturday Night,” " 272 Cottle’s, Jos., Anecdotes of Cole- ridge, F 140 » Anecdotes of Wordsworth, 142 Courtly Complaisance, D’Usez, 234 Cowley and his Misfortunes,. . 171 Cowper and his Critic, . . . 225 Cowper’s, William, Letters, . . 138 ” Schoolboy Tormentor, 138 MS Amusements, . . . 147 sy “John Gilpin,” . . 178 9 Habits of Composition,, 143 * Poems at first unsaleable, 43 eC Masks?! +4, a2, 144 Crabbe and Lord- Chancellor Thur low, 147 Cranmer and Henry VIII., 825 Critic, a true, defined by Swit, +) "6D iat aROVEly tee ; 60 Critical Dictionary of Bayle, 11 Criticism, Dying of, . . . . 216 » ofa Hatter’s Sign,. . 269 Criticized Poet, . . . . 227 Critics and Criticism, 60 Crusoe, Robinson, Manuscript of,. 107 Crystal Palace and Victoria Regia, 291 49 Poetical Predictionof, 86 s Statistics of, . . 86 Curran, Judicial Animosity against, 110 » and Abernethy, . . . 99 Curran’s Rebuke to Lord Clare on the Benth, =S eae 202 » Opinion of Byron’s Sorrows, 133 Cuvier, Baron, . . 2» « « 206 Cuvier’s Literature and Science, “pani 9, Childhood, ‘Same ©. “ Reconstruction of Organic Remains, . 2. . «@ Czarand Monk, . . . e « 71 Dalton’s Atomic Theory and La Place, -.% + op Dante’s * Comedia, Po ee Darwin’s Prediction of Railways and Steam-boats, . . Davies, Eleanor, and the Anagram, 194 Davy, Sir Humphry, on Christianity, 227 . Geologizing in Sicily, e » Scott, and the Tyrolese Patriot, * <> i epee eee » and Wordsworth, . . . 150 », and the French Savans, < Oe Davy’s, Sir Humphry, Industry and Devotedness, 2. | Nee » Disinterested Humanity, 73 Dawes’, Sir W., Fondness of a Pun, . «20 Day in the Cryst: al Palace, : =, ae Day, Author of *‘ Sandford and Merton,” ° 5 “1. %) Uae Decimals, So Te) eee Dedications, . ~. . 9s. . 2is2p2 De Lolme’s Treatment in England, 21 ** De Mortuis nil nisi Bonum,” . 246 Defoe, Daniel, ~ s' .. T3225) eee and the Ghost,’ <2) eee 55. and’ the"Union, ~ ><, are Denon and Madame Talleyrand, 16 Deodati and Dumoulin, . . . 260 Derby, Lord, and Brougham, . 246 Dermody and Chatterton, . . vi Descartes, ° ‘ 242, 262 ‘* Deserted Village,” Goldsmith’ 8; i658 Devil and Dr. Faustus, . . . 190 Diary, Moore's, Notes of aSpeechin, 149 Dibdin’s Poems, . . Sa ee Dickens, Charles, and Squeera, > Lb = and the Brothers Cheery- lg, 6 eae Diet, Singular, 6%): 9s) 2 eee Dinner, Poetical invitation to, gs Moore, . 230 ” at Haydon’s Painting- Room, ° 2. 2 eee: ‘ Literary, . . « 214 Diplomatists, Singing and Dancing, 185 Dipping Charles Lamb, . . . 135 Diversion, Literary, . 2. « « 92 Diving-bell, Descentin, . . . 82 Doctors, Female, ; ¢_le( eae Dollar, Origin of the Word, - « 289 Don Quixote, “ : en Douglas’, David, Botanical Ardour and Hapless Fate, ee te eee CONTENTS. ix PAUE PAGE Dream, the Chemist’s, . . . 56} Fielding’s * Amelia,” Prarie ny +1 Drelincourt upon Death, sun 2h 1 Rife andeDramsn Mew So ae 24 ‘Drummond, . . 81) Pilicaia’s Sonnets, . . . « - 38 Dryden at Westminster School, . 145) Fitzgibbon and Curran, . . . 110 Dryden’s Poverty and Toils,. . 152) Forbes, Professor, in the Alps, . 208 Ducking-Stool, . . . . .«. 813! Foulises of Glasgow, their Editions Dungeon Compositions, 177 of Classies,. . wos TOL Duns Scotusy. ... . . . 25] Fox, Charles J., at Hastings’ Trial, 122 Dutch, the, ‘ . 242) France, Savans ‘of, Unie Mn beh LOO Dwight’s Theology Dictated to an Branca Lijpwees Palestro sk2Z06 Amanuensis, . . . $84] Franklin, Benjamin, asa Bookseller, 41 Franklin’s, Benjamin, Discoveries, 8&8 “ Edinburgh Review,” 279 r ” Knowledge of Edward VI., the Gifted, . . . 243 Eldon, Lord, Travelling to London, whenia' Boy, .-. . oe oo Electioneering Epigram, 324 Electric Spark, AS F 80 » Telegraph, Comic, : 75 ” 9 Early Ideas of, 75 - 93 Marriage by, 78 % -: Origin of, 76 ” ” Parliamentary, 78 = ” Romance of,. 74 Storm of, 74 Electricity, Velocity Ole ake see ai 1eo, Eliot and the Indians, . . . 3867 Eloquence in'Wine, . . 39 Engineering, the Pyramids and the BME sh fs rcs” 6.3) t! 83 English and German, ope ee 242 English Wife on Saturday Night, 297 Epitaph, Progress of an, . 63 Erasmus’ “ Colloqnies,” . 260 Errata, Intentional, . . . 193 Errors of the Press, a 190; 192, 193 Erskine’s, Lord, Points, . . . 91 » Debut at the Bar, 122 a Essay on Man,” Pope’s, .\|. 176 Ether and Chloroform, ee etiver UD Ettrick Shepherd and Scott, . . 277 Euripides’ Three Verses, ees, “LGE **Exegi Monumentum,” . . . 367 Experiments on the Lower Animals, 1 Explorers of Africa, Early, . . 66 Extempore Preaching, . . . Falstaff’s i ener @ er wripaao CN CSS oe doles er WOES Faraday, Michael, ‘as a 1 Lecturer, 121 ' Faraday’s Perseverance, ho een es OO ‘Faustus, Dr., and the Devil,. . 190 Favourite Authors, Predilection for, 37 Female Promoters of Science and manosopny, 05 Fe oh ge! S67 Fenelon, a Saying of, ier de 11 *Ferula of the Ancients, . . . 342 Languages, 128 French Academy, 3 « 298 » Blunders, in translation, 367 sand English, . < 2297 » Mrs., a Female Doctor, 102 Friend- hunter, a Disappointed, . 363 Froissart’s Antiquarianism, . . 23 Fuselion Small Talk, . . . 228 Galileo’s Blindness, . A arate as 6 fi Youthful Pursuits, S20 a Abjuration, ‘ 210 Gallery of the House of Commons, Scenein, . . 120 Galvanic Experiments on a Mur. ‘ dérer 3s ae 3 Galvanism, Discovery of, os 6846 Galvanizing an Indian, . 324 Gardiner, W., in the Gallery of the House of Commons, . . . 120 - Gassands, 6! te PE Re Al Gay-Lussac, . . 207 Gay’s Wealth and Improvidence, 185 We ortrarty tie SESE » Appetite at Table, erie 186 Geological Allegory,. . . . 69 FA Discovery, . - 3849 Geology and Natural History, - 69 Geometry of Newton, . . . 5 German Student, “ . 339 “* Gertrude of Wyoming,” and Son Of Brandy =. & 1 SP Gibbon and Lord North,. . . nia) Gibbon’s Roman Empire, sete eBZ # Rule for Reading, . . 198 Gladiatorship, Intellectual, . . 261 Glazing of Ancient Windows, . 348 Glover, Dr., and the Tulips, . 182 ‘* God Save the King,” authorship of, 19 _ originof, . 178 Goethe’s Nov: ow wis a Facility of Composition, 146 Goldsmith at Green Arbor Court, 215 » and the Dog, or ei7 x PAGE Goldsmith’s Blossom-coloured Coat, 238 * Death and Debts, er ey = ‘Deserted Village,” 156 ws Domestic Habits, . 180 & Playfulness, « « 248 * Trial ofan Amanuensis, 34 Good Company, . . . «. . 827 Gottingen, Celebration at, . . 276 Graham, Dr. Robert, the Botanist, Grahame’s, James, Singing, . . 35 Rf ‘* Sabbath,” Wet!) Grattan’s Expression of Contempt, 121 49 Gray and the Duchess, .. . . 228 5, and Mason, Progress of an Mipitaph,.syaeiieee 350/88 Gray’s “ Elegy,” quasi Johnsonian Criticism of, . . 186 Manuscript of, 161 Great Plague and Great Fire in CONTENTS. PAGE Heroines, Poctical, . . « « 130 Herschel, Miss Caroline L., . . 68 Hervey, Lord, and Pope, . . 10 Hieroglyphics, a Poet’s, . . . 144 Historical Omissions of Goldsmith, 227 Hoax, Etymology of the Word, . 38 Hogg, James, « « « »« 204,040 ‘“* Hohenlinden,” Campbell’s,. . 182 Holy Writ, Illustrations of, . . 344 ‘““ Home, Sweet Home,” Fate of its Author, >. 54 =4/.3- een Hood, "Thomas, « . 257 Hook’ s, Theodore E., "Extempore Versifying,. . - G2 Hope, Dr. J., and the Stethoscope, 105 Hough, Bishop, ss House ‘of Commons, Applause in Gallery of, . . ee House of Commons, Speaker’ 's Mace, 334 London, oka wlllde Veen eee » . -OF Lords; 12 5.. cagt eee Greatness, Symptoms of, , « « 273) ‘Hudibras,” Elaboration of,. . 33 ~ Grub Street, . . + a2 e Pride of Author of, 155 Guadaloupe Fossil Skeleton, « 806} Human Skeleton, Fossil, in British Guizot, Precocity of, . » . 243} Museum, . 306 Gun-Cotton and Collodion, . . 88} Humboldt, Baron, ‘and the Frenok Gutta Percha, its Discovery and Savans in Egypt, . .«'. . 209 BIBGH, | xs “ihe bar es te. Mate 5| Hume, David, . 249 Hume’s Generosity to “Blacklock, 154 Hale, Sir Matthew, »« . « -« Haller’s, Baron, Opinion of his own Poetry,. . as On, Phe Hall’s, Robert, Precocity, » « 244 Handel’s ** Messiah,” . 37 Harpers, the New York Publishers, 193 Harrington’s Extravagance, - 274 Oceana pie a / BO Harvey Ridiculed for his Discovery of the Circulation, . . 96 Harvey’s Examination of the Living : Heart, ... * | Hastings, Mrs., a Female Doctor, Hawkesworth and Bishop Newton, ‘Haydon and Clarkson the Philan- , thropist, . _ 4). at Sir Joshua Reynold’s, ‘Ttazlitt and Gifford, . . Heart, Examinations of in Motion, 102 215 107 12 173 by Harvey, . rae | \s 4 Heights and Depths, oe pe 354 Helen, oth & ieee ae cane Hemans, Felicia, Visit £65" eh ae 188 x» Described an Ame- rican, 139 9 Described by Miss J ews- bury, « 171 Henry, Patrick, the American Statesman, ne era a » Habits of Composition, . 8 Hunt, Leigh, and Thos. Campbell, 168 Hunt's, Leigh, Description of Moore,...... “ae av ake eee Hunter and Cullen, Drs, . . 2238 Hunter's, John, Operation for An- eurism, . » 1 Hutton and Black’s Snail-Diuner, 224 » | W., the Bookseller, . . 193 Hutton’s, Dr., Geological Enthu- siasm, . . . . 71 Ibrahim Pasha’s Autograph, Ignoranée, arp =, 01 ES idee Song os in Translators, . Tiluminators,... . ‘« ; Illustration, Equivocal, in Law, Imagination, Force of, . . Immortality, . 2 -s.\ eo Impromptu, : e- Improvisatori of Ttaly, oie * In Hoe Signo Vinces,” ° Information, the Latest, . . Ingenious Trifling in Latin, . Inoculation Introduced by Lady M. W. Montagu, §. As. #0 Inquisition and Galileo, . . Insanity and Book-hunting, . . Inventions and Discoveries, « Se 8 a, e 8 4 dh Os. € n a i= CONTENTS. PAGE Invitations, . ae Sig fees Tron, Coal, and Steam, rine 83 Irving, Edward, . . . 227 James I. and Archie Armstrong, 320 9» inDancaslire, . . . 300 aay Wisiacated, .» « .« « « 100 Jebb’s, Sir R., Rapacity as a Physi- cian, . Jefirey, Francis, Whe aece s 10E “ Ultimus Ro- manoram,” . a SR Jeffrey’s Duel with Moore, . oe) a ay Mamie ec. | e ~ OE 3 Presentation Speech to Kemble, Pe ks 29 100 *s Playfulness and Affection, Jenner, Dr., and the Foreign Poten- Pietra at si fi/e fe 8 | Jenner's, Dr., Discovery of Vaccina- tion, eae 97 3 Discouragement, Honour, and Influence, *« Jerusalem Delivered,” Tasso’s, Jesuitina Storm, . . . . 234 * Joan of Arc,” Southey’s, . . John Gilpin,” Origin of, 178 Johnson, Dr., on Milton’s Sonnets, |156 ” and Goldsmith, . 16,237 ” and his “ Beauties,” , 17 9 and Dr. Parr, po ere LOO io and Voltaire, enol 208 as and Burney, . . . 236 ee. and Lord Elibank, . 224 9» and Osborne the Book- BOMeT 4 iis a te, J0G a and the Philologist, . 126 < and the Poetess, . 269 fe on Robertson’s ‘‘ Scot- WAMGe os hah ey) or. as OS on John Bunyan, .. 238 Johnson’s, Dr. Samuel, Rudeness, 12 FP Conversation, See ” Dictionary and Millar the Bookseller,. . 44 at) @& Parliamentary Re- Worse ses | SO4 3 Sermons, rh ae ee, ae PRC gee oie La hs 288 a Treatment of Boswell, 218 Johnsoniana, . . ce Tan o.oo Jones’, Sir William, Learning, «125 and his Mother, + 198 Julian « the Apostle,” . . 91 Junker, Professor, and the Revived Criminal, eee ic ‘Ess, John, the First Poet-Laureate, 165 X1 PAGE Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb, . 167 Keith, Mrs. M., and Waverley, . 119 Kemble, John, and Jefirey’s Pre- sentation Speech, . . . . 122 Kenyon’s Lord, Lapsus Lingue,. 91 Kepler’s, John, Enthusiasm, . 6 Kew, Royal Botanic Garden, . 344 Knocking outanz, . . « 218 Knowing and Judging Books, FPN: co! Knowledge, Mode of ‘Acquiring, - 214 Knox, John, .« « « «: «)\» 242 Lia Places! Sage) Se, Pah es ue eee 3 and his English Translator and Expositor, . . 68 Laconic Lady, and Dr. Abernethy, 104 Laidlaw, Wm., Amanuensis to Scott, 35 Lalandeand the French Revolutionists, 6 Talla: Rookie aie) fis. 98 Lamartine’s, M., Marriage, . . 96 Lamb, Charles, and the Comptrol- ler of Stamps, . 167 Bee Dipping at Hastings, 135 and the Poetaster, . 135 Lamb’s Wit ad Eccentricity, . 134 » Stammering Wit, . . 230 Lamb, Lady Caroline, . « « 249 Lamp, the Davy, . . speared Landon, Letitia (L. E. L.), evel E48 Language, English, . of Detee290 Laud, Archbishop, and Ar chie Arm- strong . . roe 321 “ Laudamny and Calamy,” a) Ke) ee Lavoisier’s Discoveries and Fate, 84 Law and Lawyers, . . . 89 Ledyard and Lucas, African Dis- covery, . . = Pie te Legislator from the Plough, « «| 836 Leighton, Archbishop, . .» ~. 250 Less than no time,” ~ . 77 Leti the Historian, and Charles Il., 227 Letters, Cowper’s, Elegance of, . 138 Letter-Writing, . . ~ \« 325 Leyden’s, Dr. a ohn, Early Studies, 11 e Complaynt of Scotland,” a & Liberty, a Pinnt,”: «5 we osaeRe Libraries, Frederick the Great, . 197 ” Arrangement of Books in Ancient, 2 .« «. 46 e Early English, . . 46 Library, a Dictionary, . « ~. 266 » of British Museum, . . 300 Lightning Steed, . . . « 7 Linguist, Female, We tore tas Linneus’s Herbarium, Visit to, in _- London, Cre. .é) oe . se 6 50 xl CONTENTS. PAGE PAGE Literary and Scientific Pursuits of Medicis, Maryde, . 2. « « 234 Ageia JF. Mis - 211]|Menage, . . oo tee, Oe 3 Cautiousness, . . . 155/ Milton and James Te = ay ep >. Diversion, 0. ier We, Hee 92 Ay MEMBOUNS Oc hes roo) eS s» Men, Conversation of, . 110 9) Eroperty, bls Cee ee, ea, 3, | Propertyand Remuneration, 93 » Residences, . 2 oe ae Works, Cheapness of, . 94 Literature, its Pleasures and oils, 129 “A as aProfession, . . 284 e and the Card- Playing EA. Fei es 4280 Locke, J., onacquiring Knowledge, 214 Lodi’s, Marco de, Sonnet, . . 235 London, Classical Spots in; . . x» Docks and Warehouses, » Old, Recollections of, . Longfellow, Henry W., . . . Lonsdale’ s Parliamentary “ Nine- pms; i “Serra Re Lord, a Whimsical, Shs te 822 355 246 157 Loughborough, Lord, and the Re- porters,;s. STNG ee SOR Lubricating Business, . . .« 89 Lunatic and Sportsman, . . « 295 Lycoperdon, or Puff-Ball, . . 105 Lyndhurst and Brougham, . . 121 Lyons, Archbishopof, ., . .° 275 Lyrical Writer, Fateofa, . . 143 Macdiarmid’s, J., Trials and Death, 20 Mace of the Royal Society, . . 205 Machiavel and “Old Nick,” . . 388 Machine, Calculating, . . . 280 Mackintosh and Madame de Stael, 287 Mackintosh’s, Sir J., Humour, . 227 Madman’s Art, . . oo) BGA Magazine, The Gentleman’ 8, =, - OE Magazines, . ee 5 The First, | atest oN OD Magnet, Sir I. Newton’s, - « 88 Mammoth Cave of Martinique, . 348 Manner, Effect of, in Speaking, . 124 Manuscript of Gray’s ** Elegy,” 161 Marlborough’s, Duchess of, Apology, 10 Marriages of Men of Genius, mittee | 96 ‘1 Marseillaise,” Originof, . . 181 Martineau, Miss, and the Pyramids, 83 Mary Queen of Scots, her Letters, 36 Mather, two Drs. of Boston, . . 244 Mechanical Triumphs, . . . 96 Medical Men,. .. Teo "eure aeEoO Medicinal Anecdote, . . . « 230 Milton’s Daughters, his Amanuenses, 34 » Domestic Habits, . . 179 » Literary Habits, <2 uae » ‘Paradise Lost,” . . 144 » ‘Paradise Regained,” . 145 Sonnets, . . + se Mithridates and Cleopatra, 0 ats ee ‘Monologues of Coleridge, . . 217 Monomaniac in Chancery, . . Montagu’s, Lady Mary W., Letters, 37 fa Latinity, 24 33 Edward Wortley, Liter- ary Stratagem, . 27 Montgomery, James, the Poet, . 183 x» andthe Robber, 158 Monumental Conceit,a, . . 194 Moore, Thos., Bowles, and Crabbe, 149 ” ‘and Leigh Hunt, . 170 Moore’s Diary, Extracts from, 2 (232 » Duel with Jeffrey, . . 62 » Invitation to the Marquis = of Lansdowne, . . 230 9) SLR eae mgt ote More, Hannah, and the Bristol Milkwoman, . 175 * True and False Sympathy, . 220 More, Sir Thomas, . . . 39, 251 More, Sir T., and Henry VIII., 3847 Museum, British, Founded by Sir H. Sloane, . . sat ae Mythology of Sotence, Se ek Namby-Pamby, . ~ « »« « 19 Names Latinized,. . «© » » 200 Napoleon, Anagram on, . oc 8eD as Shooting a Bookseller, 155 Napoleon’s Savans in Egypt, . 209 National Characteristics, . . . 234 Nationality, French, . . . » 291 Natural Compass, . . « « S41 Necker and Le Veger, . . « 212 Necker’s, Madame, Table-Talk, . 214 Newspapers, . . - 347 Newton, Bishop, and Hawkesworth, 215 » Sir Isaac, and the Royal Academy,).' >. tates 5 Newton’s Experiments on Soap Bubble,. . 2... 6 7 Methods, "Ss 5 * Absence of Mind, o Se eet Niagara Safety Bridge, . . . S41 OE CONTENTS, é Niebuhr on Baiz and Avernus, . “Night Thoughts,” Young’s, . Nineveh, Rapid Decay of, . . ty Sculptures in British Mu- seum, . Benoa ye Norton’ 85 Sir F., “ Two Little Ma- Ord. pias 4s SS Se sae Novels and Novelists, P » of Defoe, Goethe, and Miss Burney, . 2» Botanical Classification of, O'Carroll; The, 6! « *s Le Ocean Voleano, . .« Ogilvie, Dr. Johnson’s Sarcasm to, Old Names with New Faces, . Oldys, W., and his Anagram, . Graciess ) 3.75.9 s Sl ets Oratory and Elocution, eae os Organic Remains, Superstitions Respecting, ae i a Origines, . . pe sid eet! 4 Orthography, Foreign, ae ee Ossian’s Poems, . O'Sullivan the Reporter, and Wil- OMOXGRy hs the et we Otranto, Castle of, . - . Otway’s Death and Debts, . Over-Poetic Poet, - « -« Overtasking the Mind, . . “Pamela,” Richardson’s,. . . Paper-Making Machinery, ee *¢ Paradise Lost,’ 4 ” French. Transla- tionof,. . Parliamentary Electric Telegraph, + Reprimand, . . Ey Repartee,. . « Parr, Dr., and Samuel Johnson, . 4 and Thos. Moore, . . Hi Erudition, ‘’.-. .*. Pasta teh s eS) «287, 288, Paselikin, a Russian Poct, . Pastimes of Poets, . . Patronage, an Author Soliciting, Pedagogue and Pig-iron,. . . Peeland Byron, . . . « « Pennant’s Eccentricities,. . . Percival, the American Poet, . Perfumed Gloves at Oxford,. . Perils ofthe Alps, . . « « Peter the Great a Surgeon, . . ‘*Peveril of the Peak,” . . « Philology and Linguists,. . . Philosophy, Inductive—Bacon its Boundary Se esate a we) PAGE 338 172 328 309 Phiysiopnomyjs 4) 55) Se) 6 Piracy in the Pulpit,. . . . Pitcairne and Dutch Degrees, . Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle, . xn PAGE 288 128 281 290 Pitt, Fox, and Sheridan, in Debate, 123 Planet-watchers at Greenwich, . 340 Planta, Britishy se 6h. 9 B65 Pleasures and Toils of Literature, 129 Plundering a Crystal Grotto,. . | 335 Poe, Edgar Allen, the American Poet, . . 134 4 “6 +» Retort upona Critic, . 368 Poet Laureate, the First, ee at GO Poetic Effusion, First in America, 173 3, Inspiration, Goldsmith’s, . 169 Poetry and Poets, ..+ «. « 133 pONdebraAGhices (s. Tek Ve c- 2OL Poets at Breakfast, . . . e« 133 » Extempore, of Italy, . . 186 », Unharnessing a Horse, ere 5) | Pollok, Robert, as a Divinity Stu- dent, . wie. s. 163 Polyglot Housekeeper, « « « 336 Pompeian Drawing-room, . . 365 Ponderous Erudition, ahen* ge 18 Pope Innocent XI., . . .« « 267 Pope no Public Speaker, ele 9 Pope’s Accuracy,
+) =e
Schiller’s True Nobility, °c Renee
Scheeffer, Peter, Inventor of Mov-
able Types, « sctetues tiene
Scholar,a Scarred, . . + =
Schénbein, Professor, Inventor of
Gun-Cotton, . eer
“ Schoolmaster Abroad, ” > « 2
Science and Commeree, e «© « 213
» Royal Problemin, . ~. 27%
»» and Superstition, . . 206
o ats ‘Triumphs, --.1) 5, me eee
Scientific Adventure, rg
55 and Literary Pursuits of
Age, ~ | wees oe Pee
Be CC Se ee
Seot.and Sot,.s:: 5! 4.cteeea ee
Scott, Sir Walter, Sir H. Davy,
and the Tyro-
lese Patriot,
» on Acquiring Knowledge, .
» and the American Authoress, 115
228
214
Reid’s, Dr. John, Heroism, pines 4| Scott’s, Sir Walter, Amanuenses, 34
Relies, ¢ Stes ihe 2 BOD 53 Breakfasts, . 283 .
Religion and Law, . +. « « 94 99% Early Life, . 112
Reporting and Reporters,. . « 200 ” First Verses, 146
“2 from Memory, Rie) OD = Habits, -. acdie
Reports, the First Parliamentary, 203 9 Habits of Com-
Retort, Courteous, . . - « 271 position, . 112
Reward of Poetical Composition, 156 Reverses,. . i114
Richard'I,,.- 24) <2». ts) ew ott, Sir William, his Wit, and
Richelieu, Cardinal, . . . . 272] Disliketo Novelty, . . . 89
Ritson the Antiquary, and Leyden, 23 | Scottish Prospects, Johnson on, . 11
CONTENTS. Ba
PAGE PAGE
Scribe, Indian, in the Field of Southey’s Visit to Sidney Smith, 256
Battle, . « : oe we B64 3 “deanieftAre <0 uot ay LIF
af Seasons, ” Thomson’ , Pes Sia © Es » Sonnet to Miss Bowles, 149
Sedan Chairs, «|» « «| « 8331 South’s, Dr., Stolen Sermon, . 128
Sedgwick's, Miss, Visit to Joanna Spaniards in Spanish Town, - 828
Bailliey s 9. 5 «oe + « 132) Speaking, Evil, . . si) wh 2a?
Servants, . . «.« »« » « 2801 Speaking a Foreign Language, - 212
Sex, the Fair, . +. . «© « 273) Speckbacker the Tyrolese Patriot,
Shakspeare, . . . « + «© 267] Sir W. Scott, and Sir H. Davy, 228
“ee and the Climate of Speeches, Long, and Gray Hairs, 235
Oe Ea 108 | Spinola and Lonis X1V.,. . . 235
Shelley’s Amusements, . . 282 | Squeers and the Yorkshire School, 116
Aa Death and Funeral, . 180|Staél, Madame, . . le 9 OF
= Dibrary;.) 2+ < ». # \ 245 Stammering Wit, Lamb's, » « 230
Sheridan and Richardson, . . 25/ Stationers’ Company, e- eet £2
s Parliamentary Retort of, 120] Statues to Great Men, . . 2 3822
Sheridan’s Critical Formula for New Steam-Horse,. . Be
Books, . . ~. . 60] Sterne Rebuked for Profanity, o, 229
» ° Debts and Evasions, . 26)|Sterne’s Death, .. . . « « 249
oe Potions,. . .« 124 » Hard-Heartedness, . . 117
s in Bellamy’s, and cS up” » Maudlin Sensibility,. . 247
in the House,. . . 125 » Sermons (Yorick’s), .. . 11
Shirt Tree, . . « «» « 862|Stethoscope, . - 105
Shooting a Bookseller, » « « 155) Stewart, Scott, Chalmers, and Jefirey, 61.
Sketches in the Great Exhibition, $29 | Stories, 'Stupid, cp aaa! Ont aval A OOM
Silence not the Indication of Wis- Stowe the Antiquary, . . . 15
doin se? - « « . 110} Stowell’s, Lord, Aversion to Changes, 89
Sloane’s, Sir H., Liberality, - . 102|Study, .-. «.) a0 BARS
Smellie, William, the Edinburgh Sugar Plums in Henry III.’s time, 220
Printer, and Burns, .° . :191 | Sua; Spotsion,. Sf vowaue a oo BOT
Smith, James, Author, of “ Re- Superstition and Science, ‘ 206.
jected Addresses,” . . ..220) Supple, Mark, the Parliamentary
» Sidney, and Brougham, . 214] Reporter, . . 202
= » and Landseer . the Surgery, Ancient State of, in Scot-
Pemier, 2. QT4 pi vdands,