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 |