Blackwood's Magazine/Volume 2/Issue 8

BLACKWOOD'S
EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.



No VIII. NOVEMBER 1817. Vol. II




Contents.

On the Pulpit Eloquence of Scotland, No I.—Chalmers 131
On the Optical Properties of Mother-of-Pearl, by David Brewster, L.L.D. &c. (concluded) 140
The Lament of Tasso; by Lord Byron 142
Upon the Proper Manner and Usefulness of Translations; by Madame la Baronne de Stael Holstein 145
Memoir of Rob Roy Macgregor, and some Branches of his Family (continued) 149
Anecdotes illustrative of the State of the Highlands after the Rebellion of forty-five 155
Remarks on the Review of Mr Stewart's Dissertation in the Quarterly Review, No XXXIII. (concluded) 159
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray 165
Account of a curious Theatrical Representation at Strasbourg 166
New Gold Coinage 169
The Knights Errant, No I. ib.
Horæ Historica, No I. 170
Waking Dreams. A Fragment 174
Horæ Juridicæ, No I.—Observations on "Reports of Decisions of the Consistorial Court of Scotland, in Actions of Divorce; by James Fergusson, Esq." 176
On leaving the North Highlands. By a Lady. 185
Extract of a Letter from Baron Von Buch to Gay-Lussac, in regard to Mr Scoresby 185
Some Account of the late John Finlay, with Specimens of his Poetry 186
Letters of an Old Bachelor, No I. 192
On the Cockney School of Poetry, No II. 194
Letter occasioned by N.'s Vindication of Mr Wordsworth 201
Verses occasioned by a late Controversy respecting Burns 204
Remarks on the "Stirling Heads" 205
Considerations on Erroneous Verdicts, and Condemnations of Innocent Men 210
Notices of Reprints of Old Books, No I.—Decker's Gull's Hornbook 214
 
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE 218
Works preparing for Publication 223
Monthly List of New Publications 225
 
MONTHLY REGISTER.
Scottish Chronicle 228
Agricultural Report 235
Commercial Report 237
Promotions and Appointments 240
Meteorological Report 242
Births, Marriages, and Deaths 244