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EDINBURGH JOURNAL.

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FAMILIAR SKETCHES AND

Morris, Lyrics of

140 Piece of a Hundred Sous, -

MORAL ESSAYS.

- Baths for Workmen, .

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Mother, à

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Road-Sweeper, · ·

Battle Scenes,

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Page | Mother's Heart, by Mr

360 Romance of Reality, • .

315 Bell on Circassia, - - - 349

Anatomy of English Reserve, 377 Neæra, to . .

204 Skipper's Story, ..

339 Bell-wires, Mode of Hanging 284

Angel of Patience, the . . 233 Night Showeth Knowledge,

80 Story of Harriet Shirley, -

Bennet's Whaling Voyage, -

Bad Temper, - - . 153 Nightingale, from Lamartine, . 340 Story of Frank Webber, · ·

Beyrout—the Druses, .

Chapter on Thumbs, .

| Ode to Blindness, . .

389 Story of Joseph Ridge, . •

346 Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 362

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Correspondents, • •

Story of Sweden,

Oh, the flowery month of June

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Dancing Mania, - -

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265

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By R. Gilfillan,

Story of the Orleans Regency, . 18 Blind Road-surveyor, the

Defensive, the .

73 Old Coat, my . . . . 85 Story of the Runaway Slave, . 258 | Bloodhound in Florida, .. . 256

Disappointments in Los

121 Poetry of France,

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Story of the Seventeenth Century, 171 Bons-Mots of other Days, -

Down-takings, -

241 Poetry of Sir Alex. Boswell

Story of the Vendean Reign of

Boodhism, - - - - 110

Equality of Happiness, •

145 Poetry of the Blind, -

Terror, . .

116

. . 202 | Bookselling in America,-

Eye-hints,

161 Power of Love, - -

Story of Urbain Grandier, . . 211 Boswell, Poetry of Sir Alexander

Few Thoughts on History, 136

Prisoner of War, . .

Tale of Tahiti,

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Bouts Rimés, - - -

Glory, ·

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Recollections of the People,

Testament, the - .

252 Bradford, thé Innkeeper, .

Internal Man, the - .. 385 Return, the, by Mrs Hemans, 280 | The Exiles, • .

135 Bretten, Dog of . . . . 96

Justice in Bygone Times, . 41 Serenade, from De Vigny, . | Try and Trust, . . . . 235 | Bridgeman, Laura, Deaf and Dumb, 240

Late Scientific Meeting at Glasgow Song, by Mr Andrews, • - 376 Two Sisters, the ..

British Association at Glasgow, 313, 323,

-its External Features, • . 313 Song of Night, - • .

Two Travellers, by M. Doyle, 357

333, 338, 347, 358, 374

Legend of Knockmary, - 409 Song of the Cossack, - - - 303 Union is Strength, • -

Brittany, Trollope's - - - 220

Malagrowthering, .

Song of the Happy Mother, -

Brunell's Case, . - - - 39

Malingering—not Military, . 337 |

South Wind, to the - -

Buchanan, Poetry of George - 204

Management of the Poor,

Sparrow and Caged Bird, .. 152

Buckland on Agriculture,. . 328

Misanthropy, · · ·

Stonehenge, Picture of, by Daniel,

BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES. Burghal Regulations, Old

342

Moral Epidemics, . . . . 89 Swallows, the . . 303

Burns, Politics of

196

National Despondency, .

Tony's Address to Mary, Latin and Denman, Dr • . . - 197

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Cabot, Sebastian . .

Necessaries and Luxuries, .

English,

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Calculation, Curious

Percy, Ambrose

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Next of Kin, - -

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Twin-Sisters, the

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Piozzi, Mrs

Camilla Colville,

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Outside and 'Inside, .

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Wandering Jew, Poem of .

Porson, Richard - .

Campaign, My First .'. 304

Peeps into the Workshops of Lite-

“When I upon' &c., by Lapraik, Romilly, Sir Samuel · ·

Campbell, Black Hugh . 327

rary Men,

Widow's Wail, by Hogg, •

Thiers, M. · · ·

291 Canadian Emigrant's Letter, 223

Pleading for the Young,

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Wild Bee, to the . . . 264

Canning, Recollections of

Pleasures and Advantages of Keep. Wilderness, by J. Nevay, . 72

Canterbury, Visit to · .

ing a Dog, - - -

57 Wild-fires, the - - - - 85

Caoutchouc,

Picture of the Indigent Class of a Vanity of Riches, by Cowley, - 56

Capital, . - . .

Little Town, . . . . 169 | Verses to a Beloved Daughter.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

. 232

Carlisle, Railway from .

Poco, the · · · · · 297 Voice of Home, by Mrs Hemans, 320

OF INSTRUCTION AND EN-

Carse of Gowrie, Gossip on - - 260

Reservations, -

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TERTAINMENT.

Causes of differences in Wages,

Room and Rations, ·

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Ceremonies in New Zealand, - 302

Self-Helpfulness, · · 49

Abbotsford, . . .

301, 347

Ceylon, Forbes's - - -

Soirée Musicale, - . 329

TALES.

Abd-el-Kader, - .

32 Ceylon Sport, - - . 335

“ The World,” . . . . 281

Abernethy, Anecdotes of . 136 Chambers, Soirée of Messrs - 230

Things that may or may not happen, 17 Aileen-a-Roon, - - - - 195 Abstinence in Ireland, - - 117 Changes of Level in Earth, - 81

Visit to Establishment for Pre Ass and Treasure, - - .

Accidents in Coal-mines, • 71 Channing on Hard Work, - - 168

serving Fresh Meat, . . 105 Bear Hunt, Story of a - • 306 Address of Editors, • . 8 Charles O'Malley, Story from 200

Benevola, a Tale, - .

Advice to Young Ladies, . 205 Chase at Sea, - - -

Black Hugh Campbell, .

Advisers, . - - .. 352 Chemistry, Glasgow Section of 358

Caucasus, Prisoners of -

Agassiz on Glaciers, - - . 338 Circassia, Bell on . . . 349

- POETRY.

Charlotte and Susan,;

Agriculture, Improvers of . 360 Circumstantial Evidence, 39, 87

Chinese Story, ...

Agriculture, Scottish and Irish, 92, 107 Cities, Atmosphere of . - - 37

Abbotsford, Lines from . - 336 Country-town Life, Tale of

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City of the Caliphs, -

Aileen's Song, - - - - 195 Debt and Danger,. - 141, 146 Alexandria, Notes on .

Classical School, View of

Bard's Speculations, by Mo 141 Falconer and Bruce, - -

Alexandrine Column, . 21 Clothes'-moth, the - - - 187

Battle of Morgarten, -

296 Family Union, .

90 Almanac, Companion to - 411 Clowes' Printing-Office, - - 94

Beaucoup d'Amour, · · 340 Ferry of Boldside,

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American Cotton, - - . 379 Club-houses for Workmen, 276

Beranger's Songs, • 85, 303, 340 | Fitzgerald, Story of Hardress • 47 American Heads, - ... - 319 Coal-mine Accidents,

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Bonny Mary, by Hogg,

309 | Flitting, the - -

American Impostor, . : 75 Coal-mines, Winning and Working, 253

Broken Violin, the . . . 303 Fortune-teller, the old - - 79 America, Steam-boat losses in 109 Coat and many Owners, . . 214

Buchanan's Poetry, - - - 204 Going to Service, . . . 65 Andryane's Narrative, - 159, 166 Coffee, Hints to Prepare - 238

Charms of Fatherland, by Hor Going to Law-

Anecdotes of Turrenne,

96 Colonisation, - - -

tense Beauharnois, .

Part I. - - -

Anglo-Saxons, Superstitions of 43 Colony of Mettray,

Chronomoros, - -

Part II. - - - . 33 Animal Intellectuality, .

Column at St Petersburg, -

Clouds, the, by Mellen, . , 272 Grateful Gipsy, the . . . 275 Animals, Cruelty to

136 Column for Boys, - -

Departing Emigrant's Song, · 128 | Hall's (Mrs) Stories of the Irish Animals, Habits of - ..

Column for Little Girls, .

Drunken Sea, the

360 Peasantry, 9, 25, 33, 65, 90, 141, 146 Animals, Laws against · · 69 Column for the Married, - 256

Duty and Pleasure, · · · 325 | House of Disaster, • .

Annals of the Poor,

Column for Young People, - .

Eggs and Horses, the - 200 Incident from Traveller's Note Anonymous Writing,,

4 Combe on Infant Management,

Experience, by Morris, • . 140 Book. . . . . . 317 | Anti-Hebrew Epidemic. . 354 | Commerce. Nature of . . 282

Father's Lament, by Hogg, 309 Incident in the Career of a Tra Antiquaries, Word on · 149 Commercial Principle, ..

Falls of Clyde, Sonnets on . .

veller, - - - - -

Anton's Retrospect, .

315 Companion to the Almanac,

First of May, by Wrangham, . Inundation, the . . .

Arithmetical Puzzles,

128

Conduct of a Child, • .

First Swallow, by T. Smibert, - 160“It's only my Time," . .. Artificial Light and Vision,

Confessions of Lorrequer,

Gems from Old Poets, 16, 56, 80, Jack Wäller's Story, • .

Arts and Sciences, Exhibitions

Continental Living, • 125

German Watchman's Night-Song, Jeweller of Strasburg, the

Assam Tea, - -

Continental Schools of Design,

Harper's Song, - - -

196 Legend of Knockmary, - . 409 Atmosphere of Cities, .

37 Contraband Museum in Paris, • 198

Hymn to Light, by Cowley, . 16 | Life's Value, . .

226 Australia, Convicts in .. 250 Contributions, Uninvited 221, 255

Inscription for a Cemetery, .

Like Father, Like Son, . 123 Australia, South .

100 Conversation with Sir W. Scott, 52

Jephthah, from Buchanan, . . 205 Little Fishmonger, the . . 191 Australian Settler, Letter of 21 Convict System of Australia,

Joy, by Susanna Strickland, . 416 | Madame de Brinvilliers,

298 Australian Tour by Russell, . 138 Cooks and Cookery, -

Lapraik's Song, - - -

40 Man at the Mast, - - - 283 | Austria, Turnbull on

- 125 Coral Islands, •

Lines, by S. C. Hall, · · 24 | Modern Romance of Real Life, . 266 Avon, Perils of the Ship . 219 Corns, their Cause and Cure, - 181

Lines on a Dead Soldier, .

| Muleteer, the . .

Bagdád, Wellsted on : . • 210 Cotton Manufacture, American . 379

Lines to a Little Boy, · ·

64 | Napoleon's Three Warnings,

331 | Bail of Blacks in Guiana,

86 Court of Runjeet Sing, •

Lines to Murphy, .

352 Our Lady Tendudia, .

Bank, Hammersley's · · · 351 Cruelty to Animals, . .

May-Day in New England, - 32 Pepita, the Heroine, - .

Barnacle, the ... - - 300 Currency, Value and Use of

May-Morn, by S. Jervis, : . Perourou, the Bellows-Mender, 42 | Barometer, Marine • • • 27 Damascus, Jews of . . .