THE 



MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 



VOL. XV. MARCH, 1833. No. 87. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



I. ABSURDITY OF CAPT. BACK'S ARCTIC ENTERPRIZE, AND OF 



THE PROPOSED EXPEDITION BY SEA 241 



II. BITS OF BIOGRAPHY 244 



III. REVERIE 249 



IV. THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 250 



V. HAZLITT'S DEATH-BED 257 



VI. THE PLEASURES OF MILITARY SOCIETY 259 



VII. BUDS AND BABIES 264 



VIII. RELIGION IN THE BACK SETTLEMENTS 265 



IX. BRITISH INSTITUTION 268 



X. THE MANUSCRIPT GAZETTE 271 



XI. THE PRUSSIAN GENTLEMAN 273 



XII. THE SUPREMACY OF PUBLIC OPINION 275 



XIII. HUMBUG OF THE BAR 291 



XIV. SOUTH CAROLINA AND ITS SLAVE POPULATION 295 



XV. DIARY OF A JOKE-HUNTER 298 



XVI. EPISODE FROM AN UNPUBLISHED NOVEL 308 



XVII. THE PREVAILING PRINCIPLE 322 



XVIII. ODESSA 325 



XIX. DINING AS IT is PRACTISED ABOUT BEDFORD-SQUARE 329 



XX. DEATH 335 



XXI. RUSSIAN INTERVENTION AS TO THE AFFAIRS OF TURKEY 336 



XXII. NOTES OF THE MONTH 340 



XXIII. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 353 



XXIV. AGRICULTURAL REPORT... .. 366 



LONDON: 



PUBLISHED BY CHARLES TILT, 86, FLEET STREET. 



