INDEX TO THE FOURTH VOLUME. AFRICAN pantomime, 199 Alice Morrison, 270 Anecdotes of Glenmannow, 307 Ascent of the Elborouss, 116 Balls, incendiary, 368 Battle of Cuton Moor, the, 420 Bees, bloody battle of the, 395 Brazilians, manners and customs of the, Coals, 448 Cobbett's characteristics, by himself, 328] Constable, the late Archibald, 59, Conversations with Lord Byron, 477 Crabbe, Wordsworth, and Byron, the writ- Crébillon, 248 Crispin a connoisseur, 247 Cunningham, Allan. Sketch of Blake the Fuseli as a painter and author, 66 Delta, on the writings and genius of, 49 The probationer of Lochievale, 388 Dressing the human body, on the art of, 69 Earwigs harmless, 408 Ecclesiastic, a diligent one, 408 Elborouss, ascent of the, 116 England, last hours of the earlier sove- English language, the, 125 Envy, 328 Ettrick Shepherd, the, sketch of, 276 Noctes Ambrosianæ, 284, 296, 331, 373, Thirst in a desart, 466 Fact, a, 128 Foote's ostentation, 86 Medicine, mental, 88 Mitford, Miss. Tom Hopkins, 291 Frederick the Great and Zimmermann, 288 Moore's Notices of Lord Byron, 12 Frogere and the Emperor Paul, 359 Friendships, 475 Fuseli as a painter and author, 66 Garlands and grey hairs, 348 Moscow, 127 Moses, veracity of the five books of, 115 Moths, 46 Motion, muscular, 368 Murray the linguist, 59 Gatherer, the, 46, 85, 125, 164, 246, 287, Musical Memnon, the, 294 327, 366, 407, 448, 487 Genius, 408 Genius and ambition, 373 German genius, specimens of, 269 Gold, imitation, 168 Granawaile, an Amazonian record, 201 Gretna Green, 111 Grief, 407 Gymnastics, 47 Hamilton, Dr. Robert, 404 Headsman, the: a tale of doom, 169 Influence of scenery upon the mind, 358 Irish school, specimen of an, 263 James of Scotland in captivity, 104 Jesuits, the, 168 Joke, Aberdonian, an, 444 Kennedy's Conversations with Lord By- Knowledge the source of eloquence, 368 Laird's arrival, the, 363 Language and style as poetical vehicles, 195 Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 44 Lilies, white, 166 Literary chit-chat, No. III. 59 Literary notices, 48, 88, 128, 248, 288, 368, Literature, English, on the cycles of, 40, 75 Love of nature, the, 117 Man, moral and physical nature of, 449 Marriage ceremonies in Syria, 304 Massarano, Prince, 287 May flowers, 89 May-pole, the, origin of, 126 My Christmas dinner, 56 Nature, animated, joyousness of, 443 Nature, remarks on the study of, 33 Newfoundland adventures, 375, 409 "Not guilty," 313 Nova Scotia, the aborigines of, 244 Oaks, large, 408 Old coats, a chapter on, 141 Orkney, the aurora borealis in, 68 Painter, the, 264 Paul, the Emperor, and Frogere, 359 Probationer of Lochievale, the, 388 Pyrennees, a scene in the, 249 Random Records, 90 Regis, St. the bell of. A Canadian sketch, 322 Remarks on the study of nature, 33 Letters and Journals of Lord Byron; Songs of the Affections, with other Po- ems. By Felicia Hemans, 467 McCrie, Mrs., Charles Matthew's old Rio de Janeiro, customs in, 236 Scotch lady, 315 Rome, population of, 223, Scenery, on the influence of upon the Transplantation, 296 mind, 358 School, Irish, specimen of an, 263 Sicilian statistics, 165 Scottish village, picture of a, 139 Signs of the seasons, 167 herd, 276 Slander, 407 Transportation a benefit, 407 Turkey, a family quarrel in, 356 Vaccination, 167 Sketch of James Hogg, the Ettrick Shep- Valley of Glen Cruagh, a story of the, Songs of a May-day wedding, 343 Songs of the affections, 467 Sound, concentration of, 288 Sparta, ancient, 162 Stage, writing for the, 88 Station, the, 231 Steam engine, the, 448 Steel, how to preserve from rust, 88 Story of the Valley of Glen Cruagh, 452 Tale of doom, a, 169 Tale of my country side, a, 481 Thirst in a desart, 466 Thumping won't make a gentleman, 87 Tin and steel, how to preserve from rust, Tit for tat, 368 Tom Hopkins, 291 Venasque, the Port of, 249 Violent temper, receipt for a, 407 452 Chatelar, 51 Come live with me, 120 Forsaken, the, to the false one, 157 Gertrude Von der Wart's adieu to her Gondola, the, 30 Graves of a household, the, 370 Heber, Bishop. Sympathy, 404 Hemans, Mrs. The lady of Provence, 62 The better land, 469 The exile's dirge, 468 The Vaudois' wife, 468 Crabbe, George. A parish poor house, 196 Hymn to wisdom, 110 "I am the first foole of all the whole nauie, So sung honest old Barclay in his it is to be feared, stuck in the throats of the popes and councils, to whom we owe most of these characters. The nomenclature was an unlucky obstacle. When the day consecrated to the Goddess of Beauty was thus transferred to another creed, it is to be lamented that the sprigs of myrtle, the flowers, and the lively and joyous part of the ceremonies of the day, were forgotten. The church perverted it to mummery. The Bishop of Fools officiated in old St. Paul's ; and the absurdity of the rejoicings and mountebank trickery displayed there, rendered more awkward by northern barbarity, ill replaced the elegance of Pagan ceremony. Boys were mitred and crosiered, and preached sermons full of buffoonery at the very altar; the clergy, more interested in temporal matters than zealous for spiritual decency, either assisting, or shaking their sleek and plethoric sides among the tumultuous and jeering spectators. These abuses were done away with afterwards, I believe, by royal interference. The French, who are the first people in the world at a joke, not only for its wit but its application, have long enjoyed fool's day. Among them ridicule is the most successful weapon |