CONTENTS. 



PARE 



Aberucthy, Dr., and Curran, . 99 

 A Class Illustration, 100 

 Integrity and Honour, 104 

 Generosity, . . . 104 

 Wit and Eccentricity 103 

 Actors and Preachers, . 123 

 Addison and the Poetaster, . 157 

 Addison's Companions, . . 172 

 Diffidence, ... 184 

 Gravity, .... 184 

 Timidity, .... 222 

 Admiral Hosier's Ghost," . .182 

 Aerolites in British Museum, . 350 

 Agassiz, M., on the Alps, . . 20 

 Asje, Literary and Scientific pur- 

 suits of, 211 



Ainsworth's Dicitionary burnt by 



his Wife, 24 



Akenside and Rolt, .... 251 

 Akenside's " Pleasures of Imagina- 

 tion," 44 



Albert, Prince, Experiments with 



Gun-Cotton, 89 



Alchymists, Common lot of, . . 224 

 Aldrich's Love of Music. . . . 254 

 Alfieri and his Assistant Transla- 

 tors, 367 



Alfred the Great Learning to Head, 196 



Alibi, Proving an, .... 297 



Almanac, First English, ... 48 



Almanac Weather Wisdom, . . 48 



Amanuenses, ...... 34 



American Goethe, . . . . 180 



Anaesthetic Agents, . . . . 105 



Anagrams, 252 



and Puns, . . . . 194 



Anatomists and Anatomy, . . 1 



" Anatomy of Melancholy," . . 18 

 Anderson, Dr. W., a Ponderous 



Author, 187 



Animals, Footprints of, on Ancient 



Koclcs, 299 



Animals, Playfulness of, . . . 296 



Animosity, Judicial, . . . . 110 



Antiquarian Enthusiasm, . . 293 



Aritiquarianism, ..... 32 



Antiquary Described, ... 33 



** Apprentices," Hogarth's, . . 246 



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Arachnoid Garment, .... 241 

 Archimedes and the Lever, . . 81 

 Army, Literature in the, . . 288 

 Arnauld and Spelman, . . . 211 



Art Criticism, 275 



Art of Printing, Origin of, . . 188 

 Asinine Bishopric, .... 108 

 "Asses and Savaus," Napoleon's, in 



Egypt, 209 



Astronomer, Female, .... 6S 

 Astronomers and Astronomy, . 5 

 Atomic Theory of Dalton, La Place's 



Opinions of, 207 



Attainments of Dr. Whewell, . 209 

 Atterbury's, Bishop, Oratory, . 119 



Author, a Mad, 31 



,, a Mendicant, ... 15 

 Authoress, American, and Sir 



Walter Scott, 115 



Authors, Amanuenses of, . 34 

 .. Conversation of, . . 33 

 ,, Deceptions of, . . . 27 



Dull, 225 



Favourite Dishes of, . 36 

 Honours and Howards of, 14 

 Irritability and Vanity of, 31 

 ,, Learning and Labours of, 22 

 ,, Miscellaneous Anecdotes of, 35 

 ., Not the Best Judges of 



their own Writings, . 32 

 Peculiarities and Eccentri- 

 cities of, .... 18 

 ,, Precocity of, ... 7 

 Tenderness and Affection of, 28 

 ., Trials and Miseries of, . 17 

 ,, Whims and Caprices of, 31 

 ,, Wit and Humour of, . 24 

 Authorship, Profits of Kccent, . 218 

 Autographs in British Museum, . 341 



Babbage's Calculating Machine, . 280 



Bacon, Lady, 366 



,, Founder of the Inductive 



Philosophy, ... 73 



Bacon's, Lord, Name and Memory, 111 



Inconsistencies, . . . 270 



Baillio, Joanna, 137 



Bainbridgo, Dr., Epigram on, . 253 



