2404089The New Monthly Magazine — Volume 291830

THE


NEW MONTHLY


MAGAZINE


AND


LITERARY JOURNAL




1830.

PART II.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.




LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,

NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

CONTENTS

OF

THE TWENTY-NINTH VOLUME.

PAGE
National Improvements of late Years 1
Living with the Great 9
The Sublime Porte is to regain the whole of Western Greece, now in the Hands of the Greeks 15
My Cousin's Toilette 17
Hibiscus Variosus 21
Description of the Grotto at Adelsberg 22
Fashionable Eclogues No. II. 30, III. 250, IV. 398, V. 456
Specimens of German Genius No. IV. 34, V. 180
Lunatic Lays No. I. 42, II. 160, III. 303, IV. 345
The Miseries of "The Happiest Fellow Alive" 44
The Rooms as they Are, and the Rooms as they Were 48
The Land of Cakes.—Aberdeen awa' No. IV. 49
Stanzas 56
Chamois-Hunting. By an Alpen Jager 57
Neglected Talent 65
Sketches and Recollections No. VII. 66, VIII. 449
Anecdotes of Russia 73, 148
The Young Poetess 81
Letter from the Siamese Boys 82
The Old Story. A "Psychological Curiosity" 87
The Free Admission 93
Journal of a Parisian Resident 97, 195, 388
The Eagle 104
The Country without a Government, or Plain Questions upon the Unhappy State of the Present Administration 105
The Inconveniences of a Convenient Distance 110
Recollections of a Gottingen Student No. VII. 117
Proverbs 121
A Masquerade at Berlin 126
Charade 132
Odd Associations 133
The Twilight Hour 138
A Wet Sunday at the Devil's Bridge 139
The Treasures of the Earth 147
Epigram 155
The Sick Chamber 156
On the Art of Rising in Prose 162
The Bust of Charles 170
The Parks 171
Sonnet 179
Historic Memoirs of Ireland, by Sir Jonah Barrington 189
Notice of Mr. Hughes's Travels in Greece and Albania, by T. Campbell 201, 316
The French Clergy 213
Morning Hymn of Memnon's Lyre 215
Sketches from the Ganges No. I. 217, II. 360, III. 549
Provincial 228
Footmen 230
Birmingham 235
Lines 240
A Commerz, or German Students' Drinking-bout 241
The Female Quack 252
The Fatherless. By Thos. Haynes Bayly, Esq. 258
Scenes of the Tom—Confessions of an Irish Gentleman No 260
Jefferson's Correspondence 269
The Spell of Genius 275
Recollections of Sweden 276
Lines on Leaving England 283
The Revolution in France 284
Lord Byron.—Theatricals 294
The English Elections 305
Byron and Shelley on the Character of Hamlet 327
To Florine 336
The Little Pedlington Guide 337
A Tale of Bordeaux 346
Moderation and Ratting 354
The Deputation and Dinner 368
Farewell Words 372
The Prison Breaker 373
Galt's Life of Lord Byron 386
Questions anticipated in the Present Session . 401
Retrospective Remarks on the Affairs of Holland and Belgium 412
The Distant Grave 428
The Histories of the Jews 429
A Trip to the Sea 433
The Banner of the Covenanters 439
Zoology in Dublin 441
Recollections of an Old Umbrella 459
The last Guy Fawkes 466
My Recollections of the late William Hazlitt 469
La Reine Blanche 483
Reflections on the Politics of Spain 484
The New Police 496
Letter from Mr. Hobhouse relative to Galt's Life of Lord Byron 502
Shakspeare's Hamlet 503
Political Events—The New Ministry 505
Conversations with an Ambitious Student in ill health.—Conversation the First 511
Thoughts and Facts relating to the Civilization of Africa, by T. Campbell 520
The English Poor 531
The Tales of Stamboul 537
Too Soon 555
The Enthusiast 556
Selborne 564
My First Tragedy 571
Confession 578
Repeal of the Union—Ireland in 1830 580
Weep not for him that Dieth 591
A Thought of Paradise, by Felicia Hemans 592
Speakers and Speeches in Parliament No. I. 593