The New Monthly Magazine/Volume 29

THE

NEW MONTHLY

MAGAZINE

AND

LITERARY JOURNAL

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1830.

PART II.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

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LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,

NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

CONTENTS

OF

THE TWENTY-NINTH VOLUME.

		PAGE
National Improvements of late Years		1
Living with the Great		9
The Sublime Porte is to regain the whole of Western Greece, now in the Hands of the Greeks		15
My Cousin's Toilette		17
Hibiscus Variosus		21
Description of the Grotto at Adelsberg		22
Fashionable Eclogues		No. II. 30, III. 250, IV. 398, V. 456
Specimens of German Genius		No. IV. 34, V. 180
Lunatic Lays		No. I. 42, II. 160, III. 303, IV. 345
The Miseries of "The Happiest Fellow Alive"		44
The Rooms as they Are, and the Rooms as they Were		48
The Land of Cakes.—Aberdeen awa'		No. IV. 49
Stanzas		56
Chamois-Hunting. By an Alpen Jager		57
Neglected Talent		65
Sketches and Recollections		No. VII. 66, VIII. 449
Anecdotes of Russia		73, 148
The Young Poetess		81
Letter from the Siamese Boys		82
The Old Story. A "Psychological Curiosity"		87
The Free Admission		93
Journal of a Parisian Resident		97, 195, 388
The Eagle		104
The Country without a Government, or Plain Questions upon the Unhappy State of the Present Administration		105
The Inconveniences of a Convenient Distance		110
Recollections of a Gottingen Student		No. VII. 117
Proverbs		121
A Masquerade at Berlin		126
Charade		132
Odd Associations		133
The Twilight Hour		138
A Wet Sunday at the Devil's Bridge		139
The Treasures of the Earth		147
Epigram		155
The Sick Chamber		156
On the Art of Rising in Prose		162
The Bust of Charles		170
The Parks		171
Sonnet		179
Historic Memoirs of Ireland, by Sir Jonah Barrington		189
Notice of Mr. Hughes's Travels in Greece and Albania, by T. Campbell		201, 316
The French Clergy		213
Morning Hymn of Memnon's Lyre		215
Sketches from the Ganges		No. I. 217, II. 360, III. 549
Provincial		228
Footmen		230
Birmingham		235
Lines		240
A Commerz, or German Students' Drinking-bout		241
The Female Quack		252
The Fatherless. By Thos. Haynes Bayly, Esq.		258
Scenes of the Tom—Confessions of an Irish Gentleman No		260
Jefferson's Correspondence		269
The Spell of Genius		275
Recollections of Sweden		276
Lines on Leaving England		283
The Revolution in France		284
Lord Byron.—Theatricals		294
The English Elections		305
Byron and Shelley on the Character of Hamlet		327
To Florine		336
The Little Pedlington Guide		337
A Tale of Bordeaux		346
Moderation and Ratting		354
The Deputation and Dinner		368
Farewell Words		372
The Prison Breaker		373
Galt's Life of Lord Byron		386
Questions anticipated in the Present Session .		401
Retrospective Remarks on the Affairs of Holland and Belgium		412
The Distant Grave		428
The Histories of the Jews		429
A Trip to the Sea		433
The Banner of the Covenanters		439
Zoology in Dublin		441
Recollections of an Old Umbrella		459
The last Guy Fawkes		466
My Recollections of the late William Hazlitt		469
La Reine Blanche		483
Reflections on the Politics of Spain		484
The New Police		496
Letter from Mr. Hobhouse relative to Galt's Life of Lord Byron		502
Shakspeare's Hamlet		503
Political Events—The New Ministry		505
Conversations with an Ambitious Student in ill health.—Conversation the First		511
Thoughts and Facts relating to the Civilization of Africa, by T. Campbell		520
The English Poor		531
The Tales of Stamboul		537
Too Soon		555
The Enthusiast		556
Selborne		564
My First Tragedy		571
Confession		578
Repeal of the Union—Ireland in 1830		580
Weep not for him that Dieth		591
A Thought of Paradise, by Felicia Hemans		592
Speakers and Speeches in Parliament		No. I. 593