INDEX.

ANECDOTE GALLERY, 35-358-378 COSMOPOLITE, THE, 282-299-405 EMBELLISHED ARTICLES IN EACH NUMBER, FINE ARTS, 158-265-278-300-363 GATHERER IN EACH NUMBER, ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKSPEARE, 136 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, 104-140-154-206-246-292-367-372-424 NATURALIST, THE, 22-46, 70, 116-250-348-387-406-423 NOTES OF A READER, 13-23-105-118-133-158-171-219-261-314-328-361-389-408 NOVELIST, THE, 71-228-323-420 OLD POETS, 103-284 ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN EACH NUMBER, RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS, 19-60-117-162-227 SELECT BIOGRAPHY, 99-121-344 SELECTOR, AND NOTICES OF NEW WORKS, 26-42-55-73-125-149-164-189-203-213-234-247-279-301-307-325-365-382-393-411-425 SPIRIT OF THE ANNUALS, 6 SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY, 52-182-255-294-312-351-368-375-428 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, 10-20-36-56-77-108-122-137-155-169-184-198-217-236-251-267-285-297-316-332-349-364-379-397-409-430 SKETCH BOOK, 52-101-183-215-293-343 TOPOGRAPHER, THE, 5-18-61-153-201-310-414 Abernethy, the late Mr., 397 Academy, The Silent, 4 Actor, How to roast, 287 Ada, Lines to, 374 Addison, Death of, 419 Æolian Harp, Sonnet to, 404 Æolophon, the, 52 Al Amin at Chess, 36 Album, Character of a good one, 355 Albion, Origin of, 306 Alison, Archibald, his Autograph, 145 Ambiton, Simple, 340 Ampthill House described, 353 America, First English Colony in, 55 Anatomical Subjects, 432 Anatomy of Society, 249 Ancestry, 224-425 André, Major, Account of, 184 Anglo-Saxon History, 301 Anson, Lord, 144 Antiquarian Scraps, 99 Apsley House, Origin of, 192 Arcana of Science for 1831, 312 Arch Poetry, 79 Architecture of Birds, 279 Ariosto, Relics of, 193 Arquà, Petrarch's House at, 1 Arun, Sonnet to the, 227 Arundel House, Strand, 67 Ascot-place Grotto, 225 Atherton, a Tale, 393 Auberge on the Grimsel, 41 Autocrat's Prayer, the, 236 Autographs of Eminent Persons, 145-264 Bacchanalian Song, 122 Bad Company, 13 Bail, Origin of, 61 Baillie, Joanna, her Autograph, 145 Bald Eagle, the, 387-406 Ballot, the Greek, 19 Bampton Lectures, White's, 426 Bankrupts in 1829, 24 Bathos and Pathos, 31 Battle of the Cats, 251 Batty's, Colonel, Views of Edinburgh, 300 Beauty and Slander, by Harrington, 103 Beer Houses, Number of, 263 Beggar Woman of Locarno, 293 Billington, Mrs., 364 Birds, Architecture of, 279 Changing colour, 250 Economy of, 105 Birth-day Prayer, 319 Black Books, Ancient, 227 Blackwood's Christmas Carol, 22 Blue Beard, the Original, 391 Blunders, Ludicrous, 272 Boi, the Syracusan at Chess, 36 Bonaparte and the Koran, 379 Bondsman's Feast, a tale, 126 Boroughs, Three, 369 Borrowing Days, the, 213 Bostock, Dr., his improvements in Ink, 182 Boy, Story of a, 70 Bramber, Borough of, 369 Bray Church described, 209 Brighton, 14 Bristol Channel, Voyage up, 61 Britannia, Origin of, 276 British Institution, the, 158 Brougham, Lord, his Autograph, 145 Bruce at Turnbury, 16 Bull-baiting in Suffolk, 246 at Great Grimsby, 104 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, 10 Burial in the Desert, 169 Burning Alive, 133 Burns, the Poet, 134 Byron, Lord, Moore's Life of, Augusta, Lines to, 81 Character of, 14, 109 Clare, Lord, 93 Detached Thoughts, 92 and Sir H. Davy, 91 Diary of, 93 and the Greeks, 95 and Guiccioli, 86 Journal in Switzerland, 26 Memoirs of, 91 Parsimony of, 90 Portrait of, 96 and Lady Byron, 29 Letters to Mr. Moore, 84, 91 Letter to Mr. Murray, 43 Poetical Gems by, 44 and Porson, 86 Prophecy of, 31 and Pope, 92 at Pisa, 93 and Shelley, 28 Sensibility of, 81 at Venice, 82, 83, 84 with Mr. Moore, 89 Execution at, 86 Palace at, 113 Visit to Arquà, 1 Cabinet Atlas, the, 330 Calculating Notes—Paganini, 364 Calendar, Antiquities of, 23 of the Church of England, 314 Cambrian Superstitions, 206 Canning, Mr., Character of, 118 Canterbury, Lines on viewing, 180 Care, by Constable, 285 Castellan's Sermon on Francis I., 304 Cats, Battle of the, 251 Chair of Ariosto, 193 Chalmers, Thomas, his Autograph, 145 Charles I., Epitaph on, 192 Charlotte, Princess, the late, 358 Charter of William I., 112 Charming Fellow, 432 Chemistry, Popular, 173 , Wonders of, 55 Cheroot, the, 69 Cheshire Enchanter, the, 98 Chess, Anecdotes of, 36 Chestnuts in Florence, 144 Chichester Cross described, 17 Childe Harold at Venice, 114 Chinese Ingenuity, 303 Cholera Morbus, the, 389 Christian's Magazine, the, 378 Christianity, Influence of, 302 Christmas Carol, 22 Christmas Tree in Germany, 154 Cigar-smoking, Effects of, 349 Clarence, Duke of, Origin of, 68 Clonmel, the late Lord, 351 Coach-company, a Sketch, 52 Coals, Mechanical Power of, 45, 55 Cobblers' Arms, Origin of, 372 Cockcrow, Origin of, 24 Cockfighting, Origin of, 23 Coinage, the New, 356 Combustion, Phenomena of, 175 Comets and Women, 192 Companion to the Almanac, 24 Compunctious Visitings, 352 Cooling Wine, Mistake in, 294 Copper Works in Wales, 5 Corfe Castle and Edward II., 291 described, 242 Corfe Castle, Visit to, 260 Costa Ferme, Scene on, 56 County Collections, 18 Covent Garden and Strand Crosses, 66 Cowley's House at Chertsey, 168 Cowslips, a Sonnet, 387 Cream, Why on Milk, 295 Croesus, a Sketch, 373 Cross the Prompter, 239 Cross-dialling, 393 Crotchet Castle, Letters from, 234 Cruelty to Animals, 172 Crystallization, Phenomena of, 174 Cunningham, Allan, 135 , his Autograph, 145 Cuttle Fish, the, 423 Czartoryski, Character of, 425 Damned Author, 328 Dancing Fish, 29 Davy, the late Sir Humphry, 63 Dawlish's Hole, an incident, 101 Day, Ancient Divisions of, 61 Dead Hand, the, 63 Death, Reflections on, 314 Death-beds of Great Men, 419 Devil among the Printers, 112 Dialling, 392 Dignified Reproof, 431 Dirge, 58, 140 Disagreeables, 430 Disappearance, Extraordinary, 304 Ditty by Queen Elizabeth, 117 Doncaster, Christ Church, 49 Dot-and-carry-one-town, letters from, 236 Dramatic Annual, the, 328 Dream Girl, the, a Tale, 189 Dreams by Whispering, 226 Duel, the, a Serious Ballad, 8 Duelling Customs, 135 Duelling in France, 286 Dunmow Flitch, Applicants for, 212 Dunwich, Borough of, 369 Dunstan's, St., Fleet-street, 99 Dyers, the two, 48 Early Rising, 36 Echoes, Remarkable, 221 Ei, the Word, 418 Electioneering Advice, 352 Electricity, Phenomena of, 175 Elfin Triumphant Song, 217 Elizabeth, Queen, her Portrait, 237 Elizabeth, Queen, her Prayer Book, 379 Elizabeth, Princess' Cottage at Windsor, 97 Emperor's Rout, the, 43 Enghien, (Due d'), murder of, 35 English Language, the, 240 Epigrams and Puns, 64 Epitaphs, 31, 48, 64, 208, 220, 223, 224, 240, 256, 320, 361, 400, 416 Equivoque, Royal, 158 Esterhazy, Young Princess, 63 Ettrick Shepherd, the, 134 Executions, Public, 133 Exeter Hall, Strand, 401 Fairy Favours, a Sketch, 183, 215 Fairy Song, 226 Fairies, city of, 215 Fairy Rings, 207 Fame, Lines on, 285 Family Poetry, 297 Fanny, Lines to, 196 Farewell to Spain, 419 Fasting, Lines on, 256 Fatherland, from the German, 149 Ferrand at Chess, 36 Festivals, Games and Amusements, 106 Finsbury in 1282, 164 Fitzherbert, Mrs., and George IV., 159 Flint Castle described, 136 Flowers in a room in Sickness, 156 Fountain Clocks, Construction of, 294 Four-and-twenty Fiddlers, Song, 210 France, Character of, 315 France, Kings of, 128 Freemasonry in England, 365 French and English, a Ballad, 7 French Gentleman's Letter, 6 Poetry for children, 391 Friend, the Last, 111 Frogmore, Hermitage at, 417 Frogs of Aristophanes, Scene from, 218 Funeral at Sea, 307 Gad's Hill Robbery, 431 Gambler, a Princely One, 192 Gambling of Henry IV., 223 Gamester's Daughter, the, 228 Genlis, the late Madame, 156 George III., Private Memoirs of, 159 George IV.'s Gateway at Windsor Castle, 273 "God Save the King" in Italy, 135 Goes of Liquor, Origin of, 24 Golden Bodkin, a Tale, 322 Goodall, the Musician, 239 Gower, Lord Levison, his Autograph, 145 Gower, in Wales, described, 152, 311 Grant, Mrs., her Autograph, 145 Greek Ballot, 19 Grief, Lines on, 285 Grimsel, Auberge on the, 41 Groat, Origin of, 336 Grotto at Ascot Place, 225 Halcyon Days, 48, 68, 147, 197 Hall, Basil, his Autograph, 145 Haller, Death of, 420 Hanging Committee, 328 Hardham's 37, 32 Harpe, de la, Death of, 420 Haunted House, by Mrs. Hemans, 239 Hawkins, Sir John, Death of, 419 's History of Music, 297 Hawk, Tame, Anecdotes of, 70 Haydon's Picture of Napoleon, 278 Haydon, R.B., his Autograph, 264 Heat, Phenomena of, 174 Heiress of Bruges, Scene from, 75 "Help Yourself," 315 Hemans, Mrs., her Autograph, 145 Henry VII., Wealth of, 427 Herons and Heronries, 281 Hervey, Death of, 419 Hippodrome Games, 292 Hobart Town, Panorama of, 265 Holborn, Ancient Topography of, 162 Holland, Lord, his Seat at Ampthill, 353 Holyrood, Ancient Palace of, 161 Homer, Controversy respecting, 118 Homeric Poems, Origin of, 119 Hope, Sonnet to, 342 Hope, Thomas, Esq., Memoir of, 121 Hour of Phantasy, the, 212 House of Commons, 197-258 Hood's Comic Annual for 1831, 7 Hunt, Leigh, his Autograph, 264 , Mr., M.P. for Preston, 217 Hunting Customs, 261 Huntingdon Jury, Remarkable, 399 Hustings, Origin of, 352 Hydrometer, Domestic use of, 351 Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, 294 Ice lighter than Water, 351 Indians, Traditions of the, 55 Industry, Fruits of, 390 Infantry at Mess, 8 Ink, Black-writing, Improved, 182-246 Inkstand of Ariosto, 193 Inn Rhymes, 208 Irving, Washington, his Autograph, 145 Italian at the King's Theatre, 297 Jeffrey, F., his Autograph, 145 Jerdan, Mr., his Autograph, 145 Jews, the, before their dispersion, 247 John, King, at Chess, 36 Johnson, Dr., Posthumous Ode by, 160 Jones, John, Poetry by, 108-172 Joseph II., Emperor of Germany, 378 Katerfelto, Who was he? 69-131-192 Kenilworth, Ballet of, 315 Kennett, Alderman, 223 Kicking the World, 329 Kilcolman Castle described, 233 King (William IV.) Old plan for capturing, 379 King's Secret, the, 330 Kiss, a Literary one, 224 Knave, Origin of, 191 Knowledge for the People, 23-105-173-261 Laconics, from "Maxwell," 13 Ladies in Parliament, 256 Last Sounds of Battle, 162 Latimer, Death of, 419 Law, Familiar, 314 Law and Lawyers, 133 Lawrence, the late Sir Thomas, 358 Laying a Ghost, 219 Leander, Female, 319 Legacy, a curious one, 16 Legacy of the Sword, 197 L'Envoy, a Poem, 137 Lengthening of the Days, 48 Letter of a Country Squire, 319 Letter-Bell, the, by Hazlitt, 186 Liberalism and Music, 120 Life, a Journey, 203 Voyage, 204 Lincoln, Grosthead, Bishop of, 379 Lines from the Spanish, 252 on viewing St. Leonard's, 396 Rural, 404 by Colbourne, 307 written in a Churchyard, 291 Lithography Ink, 267 Locke's Birthplace, 290, 307 Death of, 419 Long, St. John, 59 London Lyrics, 335 in the Seventh Century, 302 Longevity, 320 Love of Pleasure, 249 by Shakspeare, 103 Lines on, by Watson, 284 Louis XI. and the Virgin Mary, 303 Loyal Bequest, 303 Luxury, Laws for prohibiting, 191 Lydford, Ancient Borough of, 245 Lyttleton, Lord, Death of, 410 Macaw of a Lady of Quality, Memoirs of, 316, 332 Mackenzie, Henry, his Autograph, 264 Death of, 79 Magna Charta Island, 50 Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, 205-213 Marriage Fees, 154 Mavrovitch, the Pole, a tale, 198 Maureen, a ballad, 169 May, Old lines on, 320 Mechanics, Phenomena of, 361 Melancholy, by Drayton, 103 Melancthon, Death of, 420 Memory, Power of, 119 Mercantile Life, 13 Metropolitan Magazine, 316 Middle Life, 13 Milk, Preparations of, in Tartary, 140 Miser's Grave, the, 410 Mocha and its Coffee, 257 Monmouthshire, Notes in, 201 Montgomery, R., his Autograph, 264 Monument, the London, 167 Moore's Life of Byron, vol. ii. 14-81 to 96 (see Byron) More-ish Melody, 111 Morland, the Painter, 167 Moriscoe Girl, Sacrifice of, 75 Moth, Last words of, 111 Mount St. Michael described, 129-164-181- Munchausens, the Two, 409 Muse in Livery, 172 Musical Literature in North America, 77 Napoleon, Picture of, 278 National Debt, the, 352 Nature Reviving, Stanzas, 115 Necromancer, by Mrs. Hemans, 110 Newspaper Duties, 25 Niger, the River, 368-428 Niobe, Lines on, 130 Normandy, Mount St. Michael, 129-164 Oaths, Royal, 368 Oberlin, J.F., Anecdote of, 219 Octogenarian Reminiscences, 239 Oculist, the Unsuccessful, 336 Orange, Prince of, 208 Osmyn and Zambri, a tale, 420 Osprey, the, 280 Ostrich, the, 423 Oysters, to open, when stale, 304 Paganini, the Violinist, 344-432 Paley, his Sermons, 203 "Palmam qui meruit ferat," 9 Pancras, Ancient State of, 227 Pandora's Box, 128 Paper, Extraordinarily long, 191 Paris, Boulevards of, 412 Bridges of, 412 City of, 411 Streets of, 413 Parliaments, Ancient, 244-287-339 of Batts, 272 the new one dished, 400 Origin of, 197-258-339 Early, Reform of, 413 Wages to Members, 418 Parliamentary Scraps, 404 Parr, Old, and Old People, 285 Parrots, Anecdotes of, 116 Patriotism, 208 Paul and Virginia, Tomb of, 281 Paul's Cross described, 373 Paul Pry, Origin of, 169 Peerage of Great Britain, 386 Penitent's Return, the, 40 Penn, Death of, 419 Pennant, Origin of the, 144 Penny, History of the, 60 Peter the Great, Statue of, 296-342 Petrarch's House at Arquà, 1 and Dante, 35 Physics, Wonders of, 45 Picking your way, 9 Picture, Curious Anecdote of, 80 Pigs and Countryman, 9 Pilgrim's Progress, the, 10 Pitcairn's Island, Natives of, 375 Pitt Diamond, the, 224 Planting in Germany, 220 Ploughing with Dogs, 372 Pluralities, 352 Poems by a King of Persia, 357 Poet, an uneducated one, 108 Poland, History of, 425 Epitome of, 211-277-325 Polish Patriot's Appeal, 116 Revolution, Rise of, 321 Political Changes, 287 Political Economists, 118 Porter, Jane, her Autograph, 145 Porters, Antiquity of, 144 Posterity, by Fitzjeffrey, 104 Posthumous Honours, 240 Preston, Lancaster, 32 Princes, Lines on, 284 Prisons in the Tower, 318 Professional People, 13 Proof, a convincing one, 144 Prophecy, Ancient, 31 Proverbs, a Lyric, 335 Public Amusements, 133 Punch and Judy, a Tale, 265 Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties, 73 Raining Trees, 46 Raleigh, Death of, 419 Ransoms, Account of, 147-340 Recollections of a Wanderer, 101 Reflection, Benefits of, 295 Reform Bill, the, 208 Rhine, Lines on the, 131 Rich and Poor, 134 Richelieu, Death of, 190 Rides, Long, 181 Riding, Unparalleled, 160 Robber turned Bishop, 379 Rode, the Violinist, 120 Romance of History, 125 Rosedale Abbey, Lines to, 210 Royal Academy, the, 363 Russian Burial Ground, 424 St. George, Origin of, 23 St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 305 Hospital, 321 St. John Long, Mr., 155 St. New Year's Day, 154 St. Paul's Cathedral, Interior of, 190 Salt among the Greeks, 228 Sanctuaries, Origin of, 303 Sandy Harg, a Ballad, 271 Sarum, Old, Borough of, 369 Savings Banks, 263 Saxon Beauty, 192 Schoolmaster Abroad, 220 Science, Progress of, 120 Scott, Michael, the Wizard, 382 Scott, Sir Walter, Portrait of, 20 Scott and Cooper, the Novelists, 314 Scraps, Amusing, 288 Sea Serpent, the, 30 Sea-side Time-killer, 330 Selden, John, 15 Self-advancement, Hints for, 404 Sermons, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 303 Shadows, Property of, 45 Shaftesbury, Water at, 367 Shakspeare, Botany of, 423 Shakspearean Procession, 330 Shaving, Dexterous, 80 Shelley, P.B., his Autograph, 145 Shelley and Byron, 28 Shetland Isles, Climate of the, 304 Ship-building, 175 Ship-launch—Reform, 336 Shirt without a Seam, 384 Shuter the Actor, Burial of, 352 Siamese Twins, the, 352 Siddons, the late Mrs., 408 Silent Academy, the, 4 Silk Manufacture, 208 Shower Bath, the, 176 Slave Ship, a Galley Yarn, 253 Slavery, Ancient, in England, 163 Slaughtering, Polite, 56 Sleeper, Extraordinary, 159 Sleeping in Church, 143 Smith, Horace, 106 Snow-white Virgin, the, 122-170 Soap and Candle Duties, 25-263 Sodor and Man, Bishop of, 378 Somerset Custom, 142 Song, a new one, 181 Songs, 245-246 Sonnet to the Arun, 227 Cowslips, 387 an Æolian Harp, 404 M***, 181 Hope, 342 Soul, the, from Drayton, 285 Sound, Phenomena of, 221 South Sea Islander, Taste of, 191 Southwark, Old House in, 337 Spanish Diligence plundered, 149 Spectator Newspaper, 112 Spenser, Epitaph on, 432 , the Poet, Residence of, 233 Sports and Pastimes, Origin of, 261 Spring, Lines on, by Lord Surrey, 285 Squall at Sea, 128 Stanzas, 156 Steam, a Poem, 173 Steam-Coaches, Effect of, 391 Stebbing's Lives of the Italian Poets, 194 Steel dearer than Gold, 191 Sterne's Eliza, 275 Epitaph on, 256 Portrait of, 211 Stockbrokers, 13 Stoke Pogis, Revolution at, 7-58 Stonehenge, 301 Storace, Old, 239 Strand Cross and Covent Garden, 65 Stuart, Dugald, his Autograph, 145 Summary of 1830—*327 Sunday Amusements, 134 Sunday Library, the, 203 Sunset Thoughts, 322 Superstitions, Coincident popular, 282-299 Superstitions, English, 98 , Popular, 355-402 Supplies for a War, 384 Swan River Colony, 178 Swansea Bay described, 310 Sustillo, the Caterpillar, 348 Swimming, Facility of, 294 , in Sea and River Water, 351 Talleyrand, his Autograph, 264 Tam O'Shanter, Memoir of, 99 Tamerlane at Chess, 36 Tawy, Vale of, in Wales, 5 Tempe, Vale of, 288 Tennant, W., his Autograph, 145 Tenure, Singular, 372 Theatres, Modern, 288 Thickness, Miss, Epitaph on, 223 Thomas, Bishop, his Marriage, 192 Thurlow, Lord, 176 Tillotson, Death of, 419 Timepiece, Human, 47 Time's Telescope for 1831, 173 Time, Use of, 48 Tintern Abbey and the Wye, 202 Toggenburg, Knight of, a Ballad, 291 Tower of London, 176 Townson, Dr., his Sermons, 204 Tree, Description of a beautiful one, 348 Trial by Battle, 329 Trinity Term ends, 367 Truth, Lines on, 218 Turkish Cemetery, Night in, 71 Turkish Musical Gusto, 120 Twenty Years, by T.H. Bayly, 332 Tylwyth Teg's Dance, 207 Understanding, by Spenser, 285 United States of America, Music in, 78 Unwelcome Truth, 13 Valentine's Day, Origin of, 223 Venetian History, Sketches of, 205 Venice, Byron's Palace at, 113 Ventriloquism Explained, 254 Vernal Stanzas, 402 Vestris, Madame, Lines on, 144 Vicar of Bray, Origin of, 209 Victory of the Cid, 51 Vincennes, Castle of, Virginia Water, Boat-house at, 385 Visit to Arquà, Recent, 3 Voltaire and the King of Prussia, 240 Vote for £1,000, 336 Waldbach, Epitaph at, 220 Wales, South, Travelling Notes in, 5-61-152-310-414 Walker, Wonderful Robert, 73 Walsingham, Lady of, 386 War, by Gascoigne, 104 Warriston, Laird of, murdered by his Wife, 220 Watchmaker, Epitaph on, 224 Water-King's Bride, the, 51 Waterloo—Forget-me-not, 432 Waterloo Sword, 432 Watts, Alaric A., his Autograph, 264 Waves, Deceptive Appearance of, 294 Weather Glasses, Absurdity of, 295 Weather at Paris, 263 Weber and Der Frieschütz, 137 Welsh Pedigree, 272 Wendover, Ancient Borough of, 292 Wheatley, Mayor of Coventry, 379 White-hart Silver, Origin of, 154 Whitsuntide in Gloucester, 154 Why and Because, the Plain, 23-105-173-261-361 Wills of Shakspeare, Bonaparte, and Milton, 402 Wilson's Ornithology, 387- Professor, his Autograph, 145 Window the cause of a War, 15 Windsor Castle, 273 Windsor Castle, Tapestry, 387 St. George's Chapel at, 305 Princess Elizabeth's Cottage at, 97 Wish, the Last, 68 Wit and Jokes, 16 Lines on, 152-284 in Season, 249 Witenagemotes, 272 Wolsey, Cardinal, 336-420 Woman, Compliment to, 51 Word, a puzzling one, 245 Wordsworth, W., his Autograph, 145 Worse and Worse, 160 Wrington, the Birthplace of Locke, 289 Writing Ink, 182-246 Wye, Banks of the, 202 Yes, we shall meet again, 68