nil CONTENTS. 



SCIENCE AND POETRY. 



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1. Optical error in the fable of the Dog and the Shadow. 2. Expla- 

 nation of the phenomena. 3. Table showing the reflection at 

 different obliquities. 4. Effect of looking down in still water 

 over the bulwark of a qjiip or boat. 5. Effect of the varying dis- 

 tance of the observers. 6. Experiments with a basin of water. 

 7. Explanation of their effects. 8. Scientific errors in Moore's 

 Irish melody, "Oh, had we some bright little isle." 9. Demon- 

 stration of the physical impossibility of what the poet supposes. 

 10. Allusion in Moore's Irish Melody, " Thus when the lamp 

 that lighted," explained. 11. Allusion in Moore's melody, 

 " While gazing on the moon's light." 12. Shakspeare's allusion 

 to the cricket. 13. Moore's allusion to the glowworm. 14. 

 Shakspeare on the economy of the bee. 15. Error of the phrase 

 " blind as a beetle." 16. Lines from Campbell's " Pleasures 

 of Hope." 17. Error of the allusions to the foresight of the ant 

 Lines from Prior. 18. Verses from the Proverbs. 19. Cele- 

 brated description of the war-horse in Job. 20. Unmeaning 

 language of the translation. 21. Examination of the true mean- 

 Ing of the original Hebrew by Dr. McCaul and Professor Marks. 

 22. Interpretation by Gesenius. 23. By Ewald. 24. By 

 Schultens. 25. Correct meaning explained . 193 



