THE

NEW MONTHLY

MAGAZINE

AND

LITERARY JOURNAL.

1834.

PART THE FIRST.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN

BY RICHARD BENTLEY: SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST PART

OF 1834.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

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

from the "Tasso" of Goethe

PAGE

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

On the Progress of Music from the Commencement of the present

1

9

Century, No. V.

20

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

26

Magpie Castle, by the Author of " Sayings and Doings

29

Milton's Prose Writings

39

The Story of Helen Gillet

51

The Financial State of Great Britan-Part III. The House and

The Chartered Booksellers

Monthly Commentary

The Lion's Mouth

Scenes from the "Alcestis" of Alfieri

Window Duties. IV. East and West India Interests

Authentic Account of a late Unreported Meeting

Backgammon v. Chess

>The Gauchos; a Tale of the Pampas

61,334

65

76

80

84, 234, 369, 511

95

137

170

The Penny Press

175

Strategics; or, a Chapter on Duns

185

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

Nos. I., II., III.

192, 305, 456

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

Irish Affairs in the Coming Session-the Last Irish Parliament

213

A Singing in my Head

219

Martial in London

222

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

223

What is Liberty ?

281

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!

290

Sketches from the Portfolio of a Medical Traveller-1. The Goddess
of Reason; 2. The Italian Bandit

The Future, by L. E. L.

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