CONTENTS. 



Some Remarks on the Dissolution of the Monasteries I77 



Observations on the Nomenclature of Neville Wood's British Song Birds 191 



Hard Words 197 



The Fishes of Britain systematically arranged 204 



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

 tion, by Langston Parker, Esq 216 



Swarm of Minute Insects in and around Macclesfield 234 



The Poet Shcnstone 238 



Thoughts on the Sublime in Music 241 



Anecdotes Elucidatory of the Natural History of the Ermine Weasel, 



(Mu&teUa Erminea, Linn.) by Sir O. Mosley, Bart., M.P., D.C.L. 250 



Some Remarks on the Philosophy and Observances of Shakspeare. 



"The Two Gentlemen of Verona" 251 



On the Connection of Phrenology with Physiognomy, by J. L. Levison 270 

 Remarks on Museums of Natural Historv, by John Edward Gray, 



F.R.S., &c 273 



Notes on Natural History Books — No. I.; Insect Architecture 281 



Correspondence 289 



Proceedings of Provincial Societies 291 



Coventry Mechanics' Institution — Doncaster Lyceum — Maccles- 

 field Society for the Diffusion of Useful KnoAvledge — Shropshire 

 and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society — 

 Staines Literary and Scientific Institution — Warwickshire Natural 

 History and Archaeological Society — Worcestershire Natural His- 

 tory Society — York Philosophical Society 



Central Society of Education 312 



St. James's Ornithological Society 314 



Yorkshire Institution for Deaf and Dumb 316 



Critical Notices of New Publications 318 



Geology ; with remarks on Bishop Sumner's Appendix to his 

 work entitled, Records of Creation, by the Rev. R. Fennell — Wat- 

 son's Statistics of Phrenology — Anecdotes and Annals of the Deaf 

 and Dumb, by C. E. H. Orpen, M.D. — An Essay on the Nature, 

 the End, and the means of Imitation in the Fine Arts, translated 

 from the French, by J. C. Kent — On the Natural History and Clas- 

 sification of Birds, by William Swainson, Esq., A.C.G. — Civiliza- 

 tion ; or a brief Analysis of the Natural Laws that regulate the 

 numbers and condition of mankind, by the Hon. A. H. Moreton, 

 M.P. — Magazine of Zoology and Botany — A Popular View of the 

 Progress ot Philosophy among the Ancients, by J. Toulmin Smith 

 — The Irrisistible Influence of Early Impressions on the Mind of 

 Man, by C. V. Whitwell — Selections from the Phrenological Jour- 

 nal — Naturalist's Library — The Oriental Annual; Lives of the Mo- 

 gul Emperors — British Annual and Epitome of the Progress of 

 Science, edited by Robert D. Thompson, M.D — Phrenology Vin- 

 dicated. 



Fine Arts— Music 342 



Gresham Prize Composition, Anthem (for 1835), My soul doth 

 magnify the Lord — The Chamois Hunter, by Miss Eliza Porter — 

 Sweet is the balmy Evening Hour ; Go, gentle Zephyr, by W. T. 

 Wood, Esq. — The Singing Master. 



Miscellaneous Communications ., 345 



Literary Intelligence 348 



Abridged List of New Publications 348 



Meteorological Report 349 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



We regret that the article " on the Character and Death of Fisher, Bishop 

 of Rochester," reached us too late for insertion in the present number. This 

 valuable paper of our learned Correspondent shall appear in our next. 



The following papers we are also reluctantly compelled to postpone until 

 the ensuing number of The Analyst: — "On Elementary Education," by 

 James Simpson, Esq., Advocate, Edinburgh. " Remarkable Plants found 

 growing in the vicinity of Birmingham, in 1836.'' " Roman Antiquities 

 discovered in Worcestershire." " Sketches of European Ornithology ; Gould's 

 " Birds of Europe, parts v. and vi ;" A continuation of the Analysis of 

 Hewitson's British Oology. 



Reviews of Dr. Simpson's Practical View of Homoeopathy, and Dr. Verity's 

 Homceopathy in Theory, Allopathy in Practice, shall appear in our next. 

 C3* The First and Second Volumes of the Analyst (with Index), in cloth boards, 

 price 10s., and the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Volumes, price O.s. each, may be 

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