LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES,

Duke-street, Lambeth.

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST PART

OF 1834.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

German Studies, by Mrs. Hemans.-No. I. Scenes and Passages

from the "Tasso of Goethe.

Sketches of Irish Fools, by T. C. Grattan, Esq.

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9

On the Progress of Music from the Commencement of the present

Century, No. V. .

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Songs of Spain, by Mrs. Hemans. 1. The Rio Verde Song; 2. The

Zagri Maid; 3. The Lost One; 4. The Bird of Ebro; 5.

Spanish Evening Hymn; 6. Old Spanish Battle Song

Magpie Castle, by the Author of "Sayings and Doings

Milton's Prose Writings

The Story of Helen Gillet

The Financial State of Great Britan-Part III. The House and
Window Duties. IV. East and West India Interests

The Chartered Booksellers

Authentic Account of a late Unreported Meeting

Backgammon v. Chess

Monthly Commentary

The Lion's Mouth

The Gauchos; a Tale of the Pampas

Scenes from the "Alcestis" of Alfieri

The Penny Press

Strategics; or, a Chapter on Duns

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29

39

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The Necessity and the Power of giving an Opera to the English.

Chapters from the Note-Book of a deceased Lawyer, Nos. I., II. 201, 349

Irish Affairs in the Coming Session-the Last Irish Parliament

A Singing in my Head

Martial in London

Inhabitants of a Country Town-No. III. By Miss Mitford

What is Liberty?

Songs for Evening Music, by Mrs. Hemans. 1. Ye are not miss'd,

fair Flowers; 2. By a Mountain Stream; 3. Willow Song; 4.

Brightly hast thou fled; 5. Sing, Gondolier; 6. The Rock be-

side the Sea; 7. The Orange-bough; 8. Come to me, Sleep;

9. Leave me not yet!

Sketches from the Portfolio of a Medical Traveller-1. The Goddess

of Reason; 2. The Italian Bandit

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The Future, by L. E. L.

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My Travelling Acquaintance. No. III. The Pilgrim of Mont Blanc

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