THE ANALYST, No. I 



CONTENTS. 



PAQB. 



On the Arch 1 



Mysteries of Memory 4 



Lees's Lecture on the Affinities of Plants with Man and Animals 15 



Stanzas ; 21 



Biographical Sketch of the Westfaling Family, lludhall, Herefordshire; by 



Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, K. H 22 



Transactions of the Provincial Medical Association 28 



Monumental Inscription 32 



On the Connexion of Meteorological Appearances with Changes in the Tem- 

 perature and Weather, by Edwin Lees, Honorary Curator of the 



Worcestershire Natural History Society 33 



To E * * * 38 



Introductory Observations on the Fine Arts 39 



Cursory Remarks on the first Exhibition of Paintings at the Worcester 



Athenaeum 40 



Reviews of Prints and Illustrated Works 45 



Critical Notices of New Publications 49 



Foreign Critical Notices 65 



List of New Publications 69 



Literary Intelligence 71 



Facts relating to Natural History 71 



Meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association , 72 



Agricultural Report 73 



Preferments, Marriages, Births, and Deaths 74 



List of New Patents 75 



Meteorological Report 76 



Critical Testimonials extrac ted from the Public Press : — 



" A new magazine, printed and published in Worcester, in which we recognise a 

 very chaste spirit and considerable ability. The subjects are well chosen, and 

 treated with power and refined taste." — Atlas. 



" We hail, with peculiar satisfaction, the appearance of this new periodical ; for, 

 in the provincial districts, are mines of sterling ore— veins of latent knowledge, 

 ■which only require to be elevated to the surface by the application of a powerful 

 engine ; — that engine, the press, is now at work in every awakened county, as well 

 as in the metropolis, to which its chief efforts have, hitherto, been too much confined ; 

 and soon shall the metal, thus rescued from its dark oblivious recess, be applied to the 

 general uses and the elegances of life. Of this ore, a considerable portion will, we 

 think, be found in the papers and essays of ' The Analyst.' The reviews of paint- 

 ings, prints, and illustrated works, and the critical notices of British and foreign 

 publications, exhibit considerable talent and critical acumen ; and, although works 

 of taste and merit do not always prove profitable to their talented conductors, from 

 the too prevalent and lamentable penchant for light and unsubstantial reading, we are 

 convinced, from the specimen before us, that * The Analyst' will assume and retain 

 its station among the choice literary and scientific productions of the age." — 

 Hereford Times. 



"The plan upon which 'The Analyst' is proposed to be conducted is compre- 

 hensive, and in this respect promises well. Upon the whole we have been much 

 pleased in the perusal of this number, and at the same time that we cordially 

 recommend the work to the patronage of our readers, we congratulate the ICditor 

 upon the efficient assistance and support with which he has commenced his spirited 

 undertaking." — Worcester Journal . 



" This is a literary adventure of high promise, and we hail it as a star of 

 honour to the Midland district of this intellectual country. The first number of 

 this undertaking is a production of no common order, especially from a provincial 

 press. Its literary contents are equal to the more aspiring Metropolitan Maga- 

 zines. The critical notices are characterised by elegance, appropriateness, and 

 brevity ; the scientific papers, and miscellaneous communications, of a most 

 ■useful and attractive nature. Upon the whole, we anticipate for 'The Analyst' 



