THE

NEW MONTHLY

MAGAZINE

AND

LITERARY JOURNAL.

61 8 3 4.

PART THE FIRST.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN

BY RICHARD BENTLEY: SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

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.

On the Progress of Music from the Commencement of the present

Century, No. V.

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

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The Penny Press

Strategics; or, a Chapter on Duns

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

Nos. I., II., III. .

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

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

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