MARCH, 1832. 

 CONTENTS. 



Page 



I. Parliamentary Movements of the Month 251 



II. Reform in China 254 



III. The Shortest Road to Distinction 260 



IV. Brevities 264 



V. The Portrait: a Sketch. By James Sheridan Knowles... 265 



VI. A Lyrical Letter, from William Cobbett, Esq., with a Graphic 



Sketch of the Author of the "Political Register" 2/2 



VII. The Petticoat Parliament 275 



VIII. A Story of the Plague of Gibraltar 281 



IX. A Mystery for the Byron-Critics 291 



X. A Merry Tale witha Merry Moral , 298 



XI. Marcus Tullius Cicero in the Dungeons of the Inquisition of 

 Rome, in 1818. Extracted from the English MS. of an Italian 



Exile 303 



XIL Parliamentary Pastorals. No. III. A Sibthorpian Song No. IV. 

 Chloe's Offering to the Colin of Boroughbridge No. V. The 

 Lamentation of a late Law-reate 310 



XIII. Russia in 1832 313 



XIV. Specimens of Latin Comedy No. II. The Amphitryon, of 



Plautus 323 



XV. Nature and Books : a Reflection, written after looking on a beau- 

 tiful Landscape 331 



XVI. A History of the " Humbug'* Family. Discovered among the 



Papers of a deceased Antiquary 332 



XVII. Mont-Blanc 337 



XVIII. Jean Jacques Tardee 338 



XIX. NOTES OF THE MONTH ON AFFAIRS IN GENERAL : The Plea- 

 sures of " Providence" Potatoes in Parliament Book-worms 

 and Bibliopoles Lords at the Life Office The Ex- Secretary at 

 War and the Whipper-in Leigh Hunt Favouritism at the 

 British Gallery Juvenile Royalty No Chalk A Curious Cal- 

 culation The Garrick Club A Sign of the Times The Majors 

 and the Minors Mortality in the Reign of William IV. The 



Gallery of the Opera Deaths in February 1832 341 



XX. REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS 350 



XXI. THE DRAMA 357 



XXII. REVIEW OF Music 360 



XXIII. FINE ARTS' EXHIBITION British Institution 361 



XXIV. FINE ARTS' PUBLICATION 363 



XXV. WORKS IN THE PRESS, AND NEW PUBLICATIONS 364 



XXVI. AGRICULTURAL REPORT, &c , , 367 



