THE

SOOTS MAGAZINE,

AND

EDINBURGH LITERARY MISCELLANY.

NEW SERIES.

VOL. LXXXVI.

FOR 1820.--PART II.

THE

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

AND

LITERARY MISCELLANY;

A NEW SERIES

OF THE

SCOTS MAGAZINE.

JULY-DECEMBER, 1820.

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VOL. VII.

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1820.

THE

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

AND

LITERARY MISCELLANY,

BEING A NEW SERIES OF

The Scots Magazine..

JULY 1820.

CONTENTS.

On the Causes of the Excellence of ear. The Bystander. No. V. common.com. 59.

ly Poetry common.com.co... ...... 3 Peter Bell v. Peter Bell. By Peter Cor.
Remarks on Marcian Colonna 7 coran simona

Neneranan moon 64
Anecdotes of the late King and Queen.14 Verses by a young Lady ..............ib.
Observations on the Literature of Scot-

land in the Age of A. Melville........17 LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC

Remarks on Maturin's Sermons como... 21

INTELLIGENCE.

Remarks on Crawfurd's History of the

Society of Civil Engineers New Musi-

Indian Archipelago.commonmara.....26

cal Instrument-Physical Strength of

Correspondence of the De Coverley Fa.

Men-Height and Thickness of Men

mily com mon senaranno morosanomm 32

in Scotland - Increase of Sound dur-

Extracts from Southey's Life of Wesley..36

Extract from Mr Wordsworth's last Vo.

ing the Night Golden Image of the

Idol Vishnu— The Assassins Com.

lume_Memoir of the Rev. Robert

pressibility of Water, &c. &c. &c.com.65

Walker amoremover.com.co. 38

Works Preparing for Publication.........68

Letter from the Author of Essays on

| Monthly List of New Publications..... 69

Phrenology vonaroroonan navoro o mundo.com 43

Account of the Years of Scarcity in Scot-

MONTHLY REGISTER.

land from 1694 to 1700...omar.comcom... 46

Canzone of Tassonco........com...........48 Foreign Intelligence conocenom...mm.72

Dante's Letter.com............... ...... 49 Parliamentary Intelligence .com.ananwm74

Lines descriptive of a Moonlight Scene, British Chronicle .................77

from the Hill above Greenock mw 50 | British Legislation conocommunamoramenunum.82

Extracts from Dr Chalmers's Third Appointments, Promotions, &c.com.

mm.83
Number of the Christian and Civic Meteorological Table commasocomamon86

Economy of Large Towns commmm..ib. Agricultural Report coram commc.comcan....ib.

Extension of the Slave Trade in Ameri. Commercial Report ................88

ca caroronararamdamanowa .........57 | Births, Marriages, and Deaths........93

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