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BLACKWOOD'S
EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
No XII. MARCH 1818. Vol. II
Contents.
| Remarks on Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus; a Novel | 613 |
| Elegy on the Death of an Infant | 620 |
| Peace | ib. |
| Sonnet | 621 |
| The Roses (Inscribed to Miss T.) | ib. |
| Further Anecdotes of the Shepherd's Dog | ib. |
| Buckhaven | 626 |
| Letter of James VI. | 628 |
| The Dampers | ib. |
| Narrative of a Fatal Event | 630 |
| The Battle of Pentland Hills | 635 |
| Extracts from Lettsom's Correspondence | 636 |
| Horæ Sinicæ, No I. Groo-loo-kri-tchi (or the Brown-plumed Condor) | 639 |
| Notices in Natural History, No II. | 640 |
| Changes in the Plumage of Birds | 641 |
| Remarkable Tenuity of the Spider's Thread, &c. | 642 |
| Description of a Self-registering Hygrometer | 643 |
| Remarks on the Histories of the Kraken and Great Sea Serpent | 645 |
| Letters of Timothy Tickler to various Literary Characters. No II. to Mr James Hogg | 654 |
| Analytical Essays on the Early English Dramatists | 656 |
| Dr Nicol Jarvie's Letter to the Author of Rob Roy | 662 |
| Notices of the Acted Drama in London, No III. | 664 |
| Boxing Match at Wimbledon | 669 |
| Remarks on the Periodical Criticism of England—in a Letter to a Friend | 670 |
| Notice of Mr Hazlitt's Lectures on English Poetry, now in the course of Delivery at the Surrey Institution, London, No II. | |
| Lecture Fourth—On Dryden and Pope. | 679 |
| Lecture Fifth.—On Thomson and Cowper, and Descriptive Poetry in general | 681 |
| Lecture Sixth.—On Gray, Swift, and Collins | 683 |
| Some Account of the Life and Writings of Ensign and Adjutant Odoherty, late of the 99th Regiment (Continued) | 685 |
| Time's Magic Lanthern, No I. Machiavel's Death-bed | 689 |
| Regalia of Scotland | 691 |
| Observations on the Autobiography of Bishop Watson (Concluded) | 692 |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 697 |
| LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE | 699 |
| Works preparing for Publication | 702 |
| Monthly List of New Publications | 705 |
| MONTHLY REGISTER. | |
| Scottish Chronicle. | 706 |
| Promotions and Appointments | 713 |
| Commercial Report | 715 |
| Meteorological Report | 720 |
| Agricultural Report | 722 |
| Births, Marriages, and Deaths | 723 |
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