THE 



MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 



VOL. XVII. JANUARY, 1834. No. 97. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



I. THE EDITOR'S LETTER-BOX 2 



II. ORIGINAL POEM BY LORD BYRON 3 



III. STATE OF PARTIES 5 



IV. SONNET. By SIR EGERTON BRYDGES 10 



V. MRS. JOSEPH PORTER 'OVER THE WAY.' 11 



VI. THE PLAGUE OF THE HAIL. BY JOHN GALT, ESQ 18 



VII. RUSSIA AND TURKEY 19 



VIII. STORM IN THE ALPS. BY SIR EGERTON BRYDGES 24 



IX. GENIUS OF GALT 25 



X. GREECE TO THE HOLY ALLIANCE. By the Authorof "LACON." 29 



XI. STANZAS ADDRESSED TO MRS. G H 29 



XII. CONNUBIALITIES 30 



XIII. THE SISTERS OF Scio 31 



XIV. MATRIMONY AND MOONSHINE 32 



XV. HAME! HAME HAE I COME 40 



XVI. HISTORICAL BALLADS. By the ETTRICK SHEPHERD..... 41 



XVII. REVERIES ON RAIL-ROADS 42 



XVIII. THE FRENCH CONVULSIVES 49 



XIX. No SOUND CAN AWAKE HIM TO GLORY AGAIN 56 



XX. DEFENCE OF THE BOTTLE 57 



XXI. SPECIMENS OF IRISH FAITH 59 



XXII. VISIONS , 63 



XXIII. MARIE TETE DE Bois, THE SUTTLER 64 



XXIV. To THE WOODBINE 66 



XXV. CASTLE COPPET AND MADAME DE STAEL 67 



XXVI. THE PAST is POETRY 72 



XXVII. THE SKY-LARK 73 



XXVIII. NOTHING LIKE LEATHER 74 



XXIX. PROSE AND" POETRY 75 



XXX. LETTER FROM Rio DE JANEIRO 80 



XXXI. THE ART OF PRINTING , v 83 



XXXII. SOME ACCOUNT OF A CAPTIVITY 90 



XXXIII. THE COURT OF PRAGUE 95 



XXXIV. A SONG 99 



XXXV. NOVELS OF THE MONTH 100 



XXXVF. MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND ART 105 



XXXVII. LITERARY NOTICES 109 



XXXVIII. AGRICULTURAL REPORT.., . 110 



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