THE 



MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



OF 



POLITICS, LITERATURE, AND BELLES LETTRES. 



VOL. XXIL DECEMBER, 1836. 



No. 142. 



Page 



1 The Joint-Stock Banking 



System - - - - 535 



2 The Last of the Umfrevilles 544 



3 Frederick the Great, and the 



Jews of Berlin - - 545 



4 Saint Martin's Eve, an 



Irish Legend - - - 549 



5 Morning - 558 



6 Washington Irving's Astoria 559 



7 Extracts of a Letter from 



Dresden - - - 562 



8 History of the Ancient Phi- 



losophy, No. 3. 563 



9 A Terrible Sight - - 574 



10 The Watch-Tower of Koat- 



Ven (concluded) - - 575 



11 The Star - - - - 589 



12 Letters from a Continental 



Tourist - - - - 590 



13 Silent Love - - - 599 



14 A Good Anecdote for Printers 599 



15 MONTHLY REVIEW OF 



LITERATURE. Statistics. 

 The Great Metropolis 

 Almanach de Gothaj pour 

 1'annee 1 837 British Atlas 600 



Page 



Natural Science. A History 

 of British Quadrupeds, by 

 Bell The Naturalist, by 

 Maund and Holl - - 608 



Medical Science. Magazine 

 of Health A Series f A- 

 natomical Plates by Quain 608 



Botanical Science Arboretum ^ 

 Fruticetum Britannicum, 

 by Loudon - 609 



Education. Dictionnaire 

 Universal de la Langue 

 Franyoise, by Boiste - 610 



Religion. The Christian La- 

 con, by Martin - - 611 



16 FINE ARTS. Lawrence's 



Cabinet of Gems Finden's 

 Ports and Harbours of 

 GreatBritain Shakspeare's 

 Gallery Winkle's Cathe- 

 drals - - - - 612 



17 Theatrical Reviews - - 6U 



18 Notes of the Month - - 620 



19 Varieties, scientific & amusing 623 



20 Obituary - 626 



21 Literary Notices - - 627 



LONDON: 



SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER, 

 PATERNOSTER ROW. 



