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Volume 1
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Issue 2 (9 November 1822) | Expand
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 The Mermaid
[1/2]Anon, 'The Mermaid', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 35–38
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Imposture | People mentioned: |
Pliny
Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus)
(c. 23–79)
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| Publications cited: | Literary Gazette
Literary Gazette
(1817–62)
Parthenon
(1863)
Waterloo
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Maillet 1748
Maillet, Benoît
de 1748. Telliamed; ou, entretiens d'un philosophe indien avec un
missionaire françois sur la diminution de la mer, la formation de la
terre, l'origine de l'homme, &c. Mis en ordre fur les mémoires de
feu M. de Maillet. Par J. A. G***, 2 vols, Amsterdam:
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 26–27.
Swallowing Clasp Knives Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 28–29.
The Universe Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Astronomy, Wonder, Physiology, Natural Economy | See also: | C H Adams [Thomas Byerley], 'Velocity of the Earth's Motion', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 355 |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 29.
A Few Words in Praise of Garrets Anon
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Section: The Gatherer
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Fruits of Industry Anon
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 32.
Yeast Anon Genre: | Recipe | Subjects: | Domestic Economy |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 32.
Cement Anon Genre: | Recipe | Subjects: | Industrial Chemistry |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 32.
Rice Glue Anon Genre: | Recipe | Subjects: | Industrial Chemistry |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 32.
Apoplexy Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Health |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 32.
Kidney Beans Anon
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Issue 3 (16 November 1822) | Expand
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The Mermaid
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Close Anon Genre: | Serial, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History, Monstrosities, Menageries, Imposture | People mentioned: |
François Valentyn
Valentyn, François
(1666–1727)
WBI
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| Publications cited: |
Chisholm 1801
Chisholm,
Colin 1801. An Essay on the Malignant Pestilential Fever,
Introduced into the West Indian Islands from Boullam, on the Coast of Guinea,
as it Appeared in 1793, 1794, 1795, and 1796: Interspersed with Observations
and Facts, Tending to Prove that the Epidemic Existing at Philadelphia,
New-York, &c. was the Same Fever Introduced by Infection Imported from the
West Indian Islands; and Illustrated by Evidences Found on the State of Those
Islands, and Information of the Most Eminent Practitioners Residing on
Them, 2nd edn, 2 vols, London: J. Mawman
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 48.
Wild Pigeons Anon
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Issue 4 (23 November 1822) | Expand
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Melancholy of Tailors. By Charles Lamb, Esq. Anon
Lamb, Charles
(1775–1834)
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Lamb, Charles
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| Subjects: | Mental Illness, Nutrition | Publications cited: |
Burton 1621
[Burton,
Robert] 1621. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it is. With all the
Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Severall Cures of it. In Three
Maine Partitions with their Severall Sections, Members, and Subsections.
Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically, Opened and Cut up. By Democritus
Junior. With a Satyricall Preface, Conducing to the Following Discourse,
Oxford: H. Cripps
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 61–62.
Microscopic View of Spiders Weaving their Webs Anon
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 63.
Roasted Monkeys Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Humboldt
1814–29
Humboldt,
Alexander von 1814–29. Personal Narrative of Travels to the
Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799–1804. By
Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland, trans. by
Helen Maria Williams, 7 vols,
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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| Subjects: | Natural History, Ethnography | People mentioned: |
Aimé J A
Bonpland
Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre
(1773–1858)
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 64.
[Animals Sensitive to Music] Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Music, Animal Behaviour |
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Issue 5 (30 November 1822) | Expand
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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Anon
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 76.
Peter, the Wild Boy Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 76–77.
Earthquakes Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Geology |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 79.
The Elm Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany, Design, Wonder |
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Issue 6 (7 December 1822) | Expand
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 88–91.
A Twist-imony in Favour of Gin-Twist Anon Genre: | Extract, Poetry, Drollery | Publications extracted: |
Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine
Edinburgh Monthly Magazine
(1817)
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
(1817–1900+)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Geology, Controversy, Scientific Practitioners |
An introduction directs the reader to 'Frances, Lord Verulam
Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban
(1561–1626)
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who has been lately be-scoped and tendencied by
Macvey Napier,
Esq.
Napier, Macvey
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fiery Plutonian or wet Neptunist, / Most gladly, it seems, seek proofs for
their schemes, / In the water, or spirit, of a jug of gin-twist' (90). These
'grubbers of ground' forget all other rocks, thinking only of 'quartz / I mean
of the quarts in a jug of gin-twist' (90).
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 94–95.
Voluntary Starvation Anon
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Issue 7 (14 December 1822) | Expand
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 109.
The Devil Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Collin de Plancy
1819
Collin
de Plancy, Jacques Albin Simon 1819. Le diable peint par
lui-même; ou, Galerie de petits romans, de contes bizarres, d'anecdotes
prodigieuses [etc], Paris: P. Mongie Ainé
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| Subjects: | Superstition, Magic, Natural Philosophy | People mentioned: |
Roger Bacon
Bacon, Roger
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'In all ages the Devil has rendered great service to the learned'.
'Tertullian
Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus)
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us, that the Devil is so good a natural philosopher, that he can carry a sieve
full of water, without spilling a drop!'.
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 109–10.
War and Commerce Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | War, Commerce, Chemistry, Agriculture |
Details the importation of human and animal bones from the scenes of recent
European battles, and their use in producing agricultural fertilizers.
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 110.
Comparative Nutritive Properties of Food Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 110–11.
Preservation of Fish Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 111.
Accidents by Fire Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Accidents, Medical Treatment |
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Issue 8 (21 December 1822) | Expand
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The Wapeti Anon
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 125–26.
Recipe for Making a Physician Anon
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 127.
Payment of Physicians by Results Anon Genre: | Anecdote | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners |
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Issue 9 (28 December 1822) | Expand
Contract | Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 129–30.
Laplanders and Rein-Deer Anon
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The Mendicant Robber of Orleans Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Dissection, Display, Medical Treatment |
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 139.
Coral Reefs Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Invertebrate Zoology |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 139.
Chinese Doctors Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners |
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Cocquenar Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Narcotics |
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Issue 10 (4 January 1823) | Expand
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The Chinese Tread-Wheel Anon
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 158.
Physic and Astrology Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Race, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Astrology,
Error |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 159.
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany |
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 160.
Death of the Year 1822 Anon Genre: | Reportage, Spoof | Subjects: | Disease, Medical Treatment, Quackery |
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Issue 11 (11 January 1823) | Expand
Contract | Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 164–65.
A Peep into Futurity Anon Genre: | Reportage, Spoof | Subjects: | Progress, Technology, Aeronautics, Steam-power, Engineering,
Instruments, Navigation, Botany, Geology |
Spoof reports are given, dated May 1917, detailing the building of bridges
across the River Thames and the English Channel, the explosion of a
steam-propelled balloon, the manufacture of a 'pocket-gass-apparatus', the
'discovery of the soap-mine at the Giant's-causeway', the discovery of the
longitude by 'Professor Muggins, of the University of Salisbury-plain' (by
utilizing the supposed property of the potato 'of increasing in specific
gravity in proportion as it is distant from the place of its growth'), and the
building of a tunnel under the Alps.
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 175.
[The Sagacity of Newton] Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 176.
Bleeding Anon Genre: | Anecdote, Drollery | Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 176.
Indian Bears Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Animal Behaviour |
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Issue 15 (8 February 1823) | Expand
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Literary Mortality Bibliopolophilos
Bibliopolophilos
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The letter introduces a spoof 'literary bill of mortality for the year 1822'
detailing casualties among books and authors.
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 232–33.
Marriage and Funeral Ceremonies in Borneo Anon
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 239.
The Eclipse of the Moon Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Astronomy |
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Issue 17 (22 February 1823) | Expand
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Boiling Fountains in Iceland Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Geology |
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 265–66.
Antiquity Anon
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 270.
Death of an Elephant Anon
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Issue 19 (8 March 1823) | Expand
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 291–93.
The Epigram Club Anon Genre: | Extract—Introduction; Reportage, Spoof | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners |
One of the epigramists informs the company 'that in his village resided a
physician and a vicar, who often walked arm in arm together. He thus introduces
the following epigram: 'How D. D. Swaggers, M. D. rolls! / I dub them both a
brace of noddies, / Old D. D. has the Cure of souls / And M. D. has the Care of
bodies. / Between them both, what treatment rare / Our souls and bodies must
endure, / One has the Cure without the Care, / And one the Care without the
Cure' (292).
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 293–94.
Medical and Mercantile Small-Talk Anon Genre: | Extract, Drollery | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
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Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Dissection, Electricity, Medical
Treatment | People mentioned: |
[Joshua
Brookes],
Brookes, Joshua
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John Millikin,
Millikin, John
(fl. 1823–46)
Post Office London
Directory (1846)
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Astley P
Cooper
Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet
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[Blenheim Street Anatomy
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Method of Taking Elephants A D
D, A
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Issue 20 (15 March 1823) | Expand
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The Protean Anon Genre: | Reportage | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Subjects: | Machinery, Invention |
'Anxious to give the earliest account of every new discovery connected with
the arts, we this week present our readers with an additional engraving—a
view of a New Carriage invented by Mr. Birch, an eminent coachmaker, of Great
Queen-street.'
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 318–19.
Miniature Watch Anon
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 319.
A Cure for Asthma Anon
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Doctors Differ Anon Genre: | Anecdote | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Controversy |
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Issue 22 (29 March 1823) | Expand
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The Difficulties of a Consulting Surgeon A Consulting Surgeon
Consulting Surgeon, A
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Speculation, Publishing, Lecturing, Status, Morality, Quackery | People mentioned: |
Astley P
Cooper
Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet
(1768–1841)
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 351.
Floating Islands Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Physical Geography, Natural History |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 352.
Extraordinary Fruit Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 352.
Remarkable Fish Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 352.
Epigram Sent with a Couple of Ducks to a Patient. By the late
Dr. Jenner
Jenner, Edward
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Issue 23 (5 April 1823) | Expand
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 364–65.
The Praying Mantis of China Anon
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Recipe for a Sore Throat Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Pharmaceuticals |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 365.
Fruit Trees Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Horticulture, Chemistry |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 365–66.
Oil from Pumpkins Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Domestic Economy |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 366.
Fruit Trees Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Horticulture |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 366.
Sea Sickness Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 366.
Hooping Cough Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
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Multiplicands and Multiplicators Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Mathematics, Amusement |
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Issue 24 (12 April 1823) | Expand
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Medical Quackery
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Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 422–24
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 435–37
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 455–57
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Glue Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Domestic Economy |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 384.
Gravel Walks Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Horticulture |
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 384.
Mushrooms Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
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Issue 25 (19 April 1823) | Expand
Contract | Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 385–86.
Execution of a Criminal in the Sandwich Islands Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Illustrators: | Sears
Sears, Matthew Urlwin
(fl. 1826–59)
Engen 1985
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Arago 1823
Arago, Jacques Etienne
Victor 1823. Narrative of a Voyage Round the World in the Uranie
and Physicienne Corvettes: Commanded by Captain Freycinet, During the Years
1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820; on a Scientific Expedition Undertaken by Order of
the French Government. In a Series of Letters to a Friend ... To Which is
Prefixed, the Report Made to the Academy of Sciences, on the General Results of
the Expedition, London: Treuttel & Wurtz, Treuttal, jun. &
Richter
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Medical Quackery
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Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 422–24
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 435–37
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 455–57
Close Anon Genre: | Serial, Letter, Spoof | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Quackery, Instrument-makers, Government,
Commerce, Publishing, Electricity, Astrology | People mentioned: |
William Rawson
Rawson, Sir William (formerly Adams)
(1783–1827)
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Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians
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Method of Gilding Live Fish Anon
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Issue 26 (26 April 1823) | Expand
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Section: The Novelist Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 410–13.
Ellen: A Simple Tale Charles Bellamy
Bellamy, Charles
(fl. 1823)
ML1/1/26c/3
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As a prelude to the main narrative, the narrator describes his interest in
conchology, and his activity in collecting shells while staying at a
'watering-place' on the Sussex coast (410–11).
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The Force of Imagination Anon
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Issue 27 (3 May 1823) | Expand
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The White Wolf and Dog-Rib-Rock Anon
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Medical Quackery
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Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 393–95
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 435–37
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 455–57
Close Anon Genre: | Serial, Letter, Spoof | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Astrology, Mental Illness, Instrument-makers,
Electricity, Pharmaceuticals, Gas Chemistry, Accidents, Commerce, Lecturing,
Scientific Practitioners, Quackery | People mentioned: |
William
Congreve
Congreve, Sir William
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The Esquimaux Indians Anon
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa T L
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The account concludes by observing that the city 'exhibits one of those
geological changes which has so long engaged the attention of philosophers, the
sea having now retired from it upwards of five miles' (431).
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Issue 28 (10 May 1823) | Expand
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Medical Quackery
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Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 422–24
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 455–57
Close Anon Genre: | Serial, Letter, Spoof | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Education, Quackery, Pharmaceuticals,
Hydropathy |
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Oranges P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 438–40.
Anecdotes of Abstinence and Glutony Anon
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Fairy Castles Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Meteorology, Light |
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 447.
On Echos Anon
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 447.
Clocks Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | History of Science, Instrument Makers, Instruments, Time |
Relates a brief history of the introduction of clocks in England.
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Issue 29 (17 May 1823) | Expand
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Medical Quackery
[5/5]Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 370–73
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 393–95
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 422–24
Anon, 'Medical Quackery', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 435–37
Close Anon Genre: | Serial, Letter, Spoof | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Quackery, Dissection, Intellectual Property,
Expertise, Anatomy, Instruments, Commerce, Pharmaceuticals, Surgery,
Publishing, Lecturing, Societies | People mentioned: |
Joshua Brookes,
Brookes, Joshua
(1761–1833)
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Astley P
Cooper
Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet
(1768–1841)
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Ophthalmic Institution,
Ophthalmic Institution, Regent's Park
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Royal Society,
Royal Society of London
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Medical
Society
Medical Society of London
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Issue 30 ([21 May 1823]) 'Supplementary Number' | Expand
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Section: The Editor's Album Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 467–68.
On the Singular Properties of Plants and Flowers [Thomas Byerley]
Byerley, Thomas
(1789–1826)
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[Peter T Westcott]
Westcott, Peter Thomas
(1782/3–1845)
Gentleman's Magazine, n.s. 23 (1845), 328
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Timbs, John
1871.'My Autobiography: Incidental Notes and Personal Recollections',
Leisure Hour (1871), 20–23, 85–88, 181–84,
212–15, 266–69, 293–95, 347–51, 394–98,
420–24, 469–72, 500–03, 596–600, 612–15,
644–48, 685–88, 692–96, 730–33, and 794–99
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Introduction / Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany, Theology of Nature, Design, Aesthetics, Microscopy |
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