THE

SOOTS MAGAZINE,

AND

EDINBURGH LITERARY MISCELLANY. .

NEW SERIES.

VOL. LXXXVI.

FOR 1820.--PART II.

THE

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

AND

LITERARY MISCELLANY;

A NEW SERIES

OF THE

SCOTS MAGAZINE.

JULY-DECEMBER, 1820.

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VOL. VII.

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1820.

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CONTENTS.

On the Causes of the Excellence of ear. The Bystander. No. V.................59

ly Poetry

www... 3 Peter Bell v. Peter Bell. By Peter Cor-

Remarks on Marcian Colonna mericana 7

anomenon 64

Anecdotes of the late King and Queen.14 Verses by a young Lady

conocomcom.ib.

Observations on the Literature of Scot.

land in the Age of A. Melville......17 LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC

Remarks on Maturin's Sermons.com.mm... 21

INTELLIGENCE.

Remarks on Crawfurd's History of the

Indian Archipelago.com.mm

Society of Civil Engineers New Musi-

comanar 26

cal Instrument Physical Strength of

Correspondence of the De Coverley Fa-

Men-Height and Thickness of Men

mily

ancom. 32

in Scotland - Increase of Sound dur.,

Extracts from Southey's Life of Wesley.-36

Extract from Mr Wordsworth's last Vo.

ing the Night Golden Image of the

Idol Vishnu–The Assassins-Com.

lume-Mémoir of the Rev. Robert

pressibility of Water, &c. &c. &c.mm.65

Walker mamma ocoran

38

Works Preparing for Publication.........68

Letter from the Author of Essays on

Monthly List of New Publications.com.69

Phrenology comemora

cocoma.co.43

Account of the Years of Scarcity in Scot-

MONTHLY REGISTER.

land from 1694 to 1700caracaran.com.com. 46

Canzone of Tasso............com.m48 Foreign Intelligence owcooow.com w72

Dante's Letter........

maroon. 49 Parliamentary Intelligence....... noww.74

Lines descriptive of a Moonlight Scene, British Chronicle

-77

from the Hill above Greenock scream 50 British Legislation.

.82

Extracts from Dr Chalmers's Third Appointments, Promotions, &c.man

„.83

Number of the Christian and Civic Meteorological Table

.86

Economy of Large Towns ....comm...ib. Agricultural Report.

vib.

Extension of the Slave Trade in Ameri. Commercial Report

...88

-57 | Births, Marriages, and Deaths... com..93

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