O. J. Lloyd, Esq 2 2 



Charles Creswoll, Es(j[ \ ......... . 1 1 



Thomas lieonard, Esq., Mayor , 1 \ () 



Mr. R. Webb, Unicorn Inn 1 1 Q 



Mrs. Willos, Britannia-square 1 1 



Mr. G. Corbett, Foreo^ate-strect l l 



Mr. Bradley, Broad-street l l Q 



Mr. Hupfhes, Builder 110 



Mr. J. B. Read, Wine Merchant i ] 



Mr. Sayer, Crown Inn , 1 i 



Richard Hill, Esq., Fore|?ate.street 1 1 



James Lewis, Esq., Hanley i„ - 1 



The Committee heg to state, that additional Donations, in furtherance of the 

 object they have in view, will be received at the Banks of Messrs. Berwick and Co. 

 Farley and Co., the Northern Central Bank of En^^land, and the National Provin- 

 cial Bank, or by the Secretary, Mr. John Evans, 53, Broad Street, Worcester. 



CRITICAL NOTICES. 



"We have much pleasure in recommending this periodical to our ma^zine- 

 readers. Althou<^h the product of a Provincial press, it ^ell deserves a rank among 

 those of the Metropolis. To the piidland counties we think it must prove very 

 valuable : many of tlie articles are worthy of a second perusal ; and that is saying 

 much for a Magazine now-a-days." — Neu) Bell's Weekh/ Afesse/iffer. 



" This periodicfU is winning its way by iqodesty an J -unpretending good taste. 

 Its strong forte seems to be science and natural history ; and the papers upon such 

 subjects are written in a popular and easy style. Perhaps, as a magazine for the 

 midland counties, it wo\^ not be injudicious or unprofitable to enlarge the bounda- 

 ries and take in local antiquities or topics of interest generally applicable to the 

 * Heart of Old England.' There is a delightful little account of the Gossamer and 

 Spider. We should recommend too, as a candid piece of criticism, the Review of 

 Sharon Turner's ' Sacred History of the Earth.' A sharp, bitins:, and just flagella- 

 tion of various works upon the Topography of Worcestershire, will, we trust, 

 stimulate some learned antiquarian to undertake a proper and- judicious history, 

 modern and ancient, of that delicious county." — Gloucestershire Chroriicle. 



" Such is the general competition for literary distinction, that the public reading 

 of essays, prepared for this purpose by those by whom they are read is an exhibition 

 of almost constant occurrence, and takes place at least twi^e every month in 

 all the towns in — China!'* We regret that we could not say in Great Britain. 

 Original Essays are publicly read and lectures delivered in some of our principal 

 towns and cities, amongst which, Worcester is not the least in rank; and its 

 Monthly Journal of Science, the * Analyst.' devotes a considerable portion of its 

 pages to an impartial report^ of the proceedings of its public Institutions. The 

 public reading of essays, or the delivery of lectures, would be of very liuHted utility 

 if they were not repor'ed, but their publication promotes the universal diffusion of 

 knowledge and of the arts. Every number of the Analyst has been enriched by 

 important literarj' and scientific intelligence, and the number for December contains 

 an analysis of two lectures delivered to the Worcestershire Natural History Society, 

 two to the Worcester Literary and Scientific Institution, a report of the ' Proceedings 

 of the Cheltenham Philosophical Institution,' and no less than eight other pages 

 devoted to the ' Fine Arts.' An amusing and able review of ' The Family Topogra- 

 pher' and other works on ' The Topography of Worcestershire,' fully proves that a 

 good History of that County is yet much wanted. The critical notice of the ' Songs 

 of Science,' by Walter Wagstaff, highly diverting. • This number contains some 

 exquisite poetry, and the * Reviews of Prints and other illustrated works' are written 

 with talent, brevity, and critical discernment. As the no.xt number, which concludes 

 the first volume, will contain a list of the subscribers to the Analyst, it will then, we 

 trust, be proved that our anticipation, in a notice of a former number, of the high 

 patronage which would be awarded'to it,. has been fully realised." — Hereford limes. 



* Brief Notice of China and Siam, by the Bev. W. Ellis, prefixed to Gutzlaff 's Journal of 

 three voyages along the Coast of China. 



"This agreeable and higl^ly interesting Periodical is indeed a combination of 

 useful instruction and amusement rarely met with. The review of the Birmingham 

 Exhibition of Modem Art, is a splendid critique, given with the pen of a master, 

 full of glowing details and numberless beauties. The portion of this work appro- 

 priated to Reviews, is most ably conducted ; the Editor appears impartial and just 

 in his opinions." — Hereford Times. 



