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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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