CONTENTS. 



Page 

 On the British Antiquities of Warwickshire, by M. H. Bloxham, Esq. 177 

 Some Remarks to justify the Supposition that Henry VIII. was the 



real author of " The Assertio Sacramentorum," «&c 195 



Remarks on Mr. Combe's " Constitution of Man," with Illustrations of 



his Doctrine and its Tendencies 202 



On the Natural History of the Nightingale, (Philomela luscinia, Swain- 

 son) by Edward Blyth, Esq., Tooting (concluded) 212 



On the Effects of certain Mental and Bodily States upon the Imagina- 

 tion, by Langston Parker, Esq 224 



Historical Memoranda of Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, by Sir 



Samuel Rush Meyrick, K.H. — (concluded) 243 



Architectural Essay on the Church and Chancel of Stratford-on-Avon, 



by J. Britton, Esq 266 



Sketches of European Ornithology 271 



Birmingham Free Grammar School 283 



Sketches of British Ichthyology, No. I The Syngnathidae, by Shirley 



Palmer, M.D 286 



Correspondence 294 



Proceedings of Provincial Societies 301 



Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery — Birming- 

 ham Philosophical Institution — Cheltenham Philosophical Institu- 

 tion — Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiqua- 

 rian Society — Worcestershire Natural History Society — Warwick- 

 shire Natural History and Archaeological Society — Nottingham and 

 Nottinghamshire Natural History Society. 



Critical Notices of New Publications 323 



A Dictionary of Terms employed by the French, in Anatomy, 

 &c., by Shirley Palmer, M.D British Song Birds, and The Orni- 

 thologist's Text Book, by Neville Wood, Esq — History of Upper 

 and Lower Canada, and History of Austral-Asia, bv R. M. Martin, 

 F.S.S.— A History of British Fishes, by William' Yarrell, F.L.S. 

 — The Philosophy of Digestion, considered with relation to the 



Principles of Dietetics, by Andrew Combe, M.D A Guide through 



the Town of Shrewsbury — Magazine of Natural History, Garde- 

 ner's Magazine, The Architectural Magazine, Arboretum Britan- 

 . nicum — The Elysium of Animals ; a Dream — Thoughts on Physical 

 Education, and the true mode of Improving the Condition of Man; 

 and on the Study of the Greek and Latin Languages, by Charles 



Caldwell, M.D The Cheltenham Looker-On. 



Fine Arts 344 



Scotland, by William Beattie, M.D., Illustrated in a Series of 

 Views, by Thomas AUom, Esq. 



Literary Intelligence 347 



Abridged List of New Publications 347 



Meteorological Report 348 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Remarks on an important branch of Female Education in our next. 



The report ot the Chester Institution was received too late for notice in 

 ou^ present number. 



We have been reluctantly compelled to omit the Scientific Miscellanea, 

 for want of room. 



Errata.— Page 198, last line but three, for Ist. read Hist. Page 199, 

 line 36, for mendacuim read mendacium. Page 200, line 7, for Virgil read 

 Vergil. 



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