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Volume 10
(July to December 1827) | Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), iii–iv.
 Preface Anon Genre: | Preface | Subjects: | Popularization, Discovery |
Writes: 'With a view to keep pace with the Spirit of Philosophical Discovery
which characterizes the present day, the Editor has been his own Prometheus in
introducing his readers to the "Arcana of Science," the object of which
has already been fully explained, and he hopes, to a certain extent, realized'
(iv).
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Issue 262 (7 July 1827) | Expand
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Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 6–7.
The Falls of Niagara Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 7–8.
The Guillotine Anon Genre: | Extract, Travelogue | Publications extracted: |
Stevenson 1827
Stevenson, Seth
William 1827. A Tour in France, Savoy, Northern Italy,
Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands, in the Summer of 1825: Including Some
Observations on the Scenery of the Neckar and the Rhine, 2 vols, London: C.
and J. Rivington
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| Subjects: | Machinery, Crime |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 9–10.
The Months. July Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Time's
Telescope
Time's Telescope
(1814–34)
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| Subjects: | Natural History, Feeling, Manufactories, Botany |
Rejoicing in the Arcadian pleasures of harvest-time, observes: 'Overgrown
towns and manufactories may have changed for the worse, the spirit and feelings
of our population; in them, "evil communications may have corrupted good
manners;" but in the country at large, there never was a more simple-minded,
healthful-hearted, and happy race of people than our present British peasantry'
(10).
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 16.
[Anecdote of
Dr. Barclay
Barclay, John
(1758–1826)
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Relates Barclay's droll response to a noisy but ill informed dinner-time
discussion among medical men.
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Issue 263 ([7? July 1827]) 'Supplementary Number' | Expand
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Sir Walter
Scott's
Scott, Sir Walter, 1st Baronet
(1771–1832)
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Life of Napoleon
Bonaparte
[Scott, Walter]
1827a. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a
Preliminary View of the French Revolution, 9 vols, London: Longman, Rees,
Orme, Brown, & Green
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[Scott] 1827a
[Scott, Walter]
1827a. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a
Preliminary View of the French Revolution, 9 vols, London: Longman, Rees,
Orme, Brown, & Green
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Napoleon's
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
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military college, Brienne
Brienne. military college
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Observes: 'Napoleon's ardour for the abstract sciences amounted to a
passion, and was combined with a singular aptitude for applying them to the
purposes of war' (20). Considers dubious an anecdote suggesting that Napoleon
was refused his desire to ascend in
Jean P
Blanchard's
Blanchard, Jean Pierre (or François)
(1753–1809)
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in pique.
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[10] Napoleon Divorced from
Josephine
Joséphine de Beauharnais
(née Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie)
(1763–1814)
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Reports that her life after the divorce was spent in acts of charitiy, in
cultivating the fine arts, and in 'pursuing the science of botany' (29).
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[14] Death of Napoleon Subjects: | Medical Practitioners |
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Issue 264 (14 July 1827) | Expand
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The Months Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Hunt 1821
Hunt, Leigh 1821.
The Months: Descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year, London:
C & J Ollier
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[1] The Season Subjects: | Meteorology, Natural History |
[2] Bathing
[3] Insects Subjects: | Entomology, Design, Wonder |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 36–37.
A Warning to Fruit Eaters 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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Section: Arts and Sciences Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 40.
The Beech Tree—A Non-Conductor of Lightning Anon
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Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 47.
Bonaparte Attempts Suicide Anon Genre: | Extract, Biography | Publications extracted: |
[Scott] 1827a
[Scott, Walter]
1827a. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a
Preliminary View of the French Revolution, 9 vols, London: Longman, Rees,
Orme, Brown, & Green
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| Subjects: | Narcotics, Medical Treatment, Disease | People mentioned: |
Marie J A N Caritat, marquis de
Condorcet
Condorcet,
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, marquis de
(1743–94)
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Issue 265 (21 July 1827) | Expand
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 53–56.
The Letter-Writer Anon Genre: | Extract, Short Fiction | Publications extracted: | Inspector
Inspector
(1826–27)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Mathematics, Commerce, Reading |
The narrator has been 'educated for the church', but loses his family
living, and is forced to find other work. He works as a clerk to a brewer, but
is dismissed, and after 'years of struggling and striving', he once more finds
himself without work in a small market town. He stands gazing at the books in
the window of a small stationer's shop; he recalls: 'The first I noticed was,
"The Young Gentleman's Multiplication Table, or Two and Two make Four"—I
sighed as I remembered how little this promising study had availed me!'
(54).
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Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 59–60.
Personal Character of
Bonaparte
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
(1769–1821)
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[Scott] 1827a
[Scott, Walter]
1827a. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a
Preliminary View of the French Revolution, 9 vols, London: Longman, Rees,
Orme, Brown, & Green
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| Subjects: | Mathematics, Morality |
Observes: 'A calculator by nature and by habit, Napoleon was fond of order,
and a friend to that moral conduct in which order is best exemplified'
(60).
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 64.
Incubation and Age of Birds Anon
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Volcanoes Jacobus
Jacobus
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Vulcanology, Wonder, Chemistry, Heat, Fear |
Notes that 'some philosophers have concluded, that in the bowels of burning
mountains there are various sorts of bodies which probably ferment by moisture,
and being thus expanded, at last produce eruptions and explosions'.
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 74–77.
Dozing Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery | Publications extracted: | Monthly Magazine
Monthly Magazine
(1796–1843)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Machinery, Steam-power, Physiology, Narcotics |
Begins: 'Our corporeal machinery requires an occasional relaxation, as much
as the steam engine does the application of oil to its divers springs' (74).
Discussing dozing in church, predicts 'that if the Rev. Nabob Narcotic happen
to preach this evening, you will, of a surety, doze' (75).
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Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 77.
The Chinese Almanac Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Timkovskii 1827
Timkovskii,
George 1827. Travels of the Russian Mission Through Mongolia to
China, and Residence in Peking, in the Year 1820–1821, 2 vols,
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.
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| Subjects: | Astrology, Astronomy, Time, Government, Superstition, Societies,
Instruments, Mathematics |
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Section: Arts and Sciences Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 78–79.
Flattening of the Earth Anon Genre: | Abstract, Paper | Publications abstracted: |
Louis I
Duperrey
Duperrey, Louis-Isidore
(1786–1865)
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Académie des Sciences, Paris
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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de S deFreycinet,
Freycinet, Louis Claude de Saulces de
(1779–1842)
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Edward Sabine
Sabine, Edward
(1788–1883)
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Habits of Plants Anon
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The Novelist. No. CVI. Rosalie Berton
[2/2] Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Extract, Short Fiction, Serial | Publications extracted: |
Anon 1827b
Anon. 1827b. Tales of All Nations, London: T. Hurst
and Co.
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| Subjects: | Feeling, Mental Illness |
The news of her lover's death causes Rosalie to 'fall senseless to the
ground'. She is carried to her bed, but the illness rapidly becomes serious: 'A
fever seized her frame; she became at once delirious; nor did reason again
resume her throne; and it was not till after months of suffering and agony,
that she recovered, if that could be called recovery, which gave back deformed
and hapless lunatic, bereft of intellect and of beauty'. (87)
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 89–90.
The Months. August Anon
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 90.
Leopard-Hunting Anon
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 94–95.
Questions and Answers Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous, Drollery | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners |
One of the questions is 'What is a Doctor?'. The answer begins: 'A
doctor, videlicit an M.D., is a sedate-looking personage; he listens
calmly to the story of your ailments; [...] he feels your pulse, writes two or
three unintelligible lines of Latin, for which you pay him a guinea' (94). The
remainder of the description relates to his coach and servants.
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Section: The Lecturer Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 98.
Minor Affections of the Brain Anon
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Hydrophobia Anon
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Effects of Kindness on the Sick Anon
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Diet Anon
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Death of
Mr.
Canning
Canning, George
(1770–1827)
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William
Knighton,
Knighton, Sir William, 1st Baronet
(1776–1836)
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Maton
Maton, William George
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Observes of Canning: 'he has stimulated the march of mind; he has seconded
the exertions of liberal friends to the improvements of the uneducated, and he
has patronized the useful as well as the fine arts, philosophy and science, of
his country' (200)
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Section: Miscellanies Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 102.
Islands Produced by Insects Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Invertebrate Zoology, Wonder |
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Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 109.
Kangaroo Waggery Anon Genre: | Extract, Anecdote | Publications extracted: |
Cunningham 1827
Cunningham, Peter
Miller 1827. Two Years in New South Wales: Comprising Sketches of
the Actual State of Society in that Colony; of its Peculiar Advantages to
Emigrants; of its Topography, Natural History, &c. &c, 2 vols,
London: Henry Colburn
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| Subjects: | Animal Behaviour |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 109–10.
Setting in of an Indian Monsoon Anon Genre: | Extract, Reminiscences | Publications extracted: |
Forbes 1813
Forbes, James
1813. Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abridged from a Series of Familiar
Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India; Including
Observations on Parts of Africa and South America, and a Narrative of
Occurences in Four India Voyages, 4 vols, London: White, Cochrane, and
Co.
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| Subjects: | Meteorology |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 110.
Grace of Carriage Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Arnott
1827–29
Arnott, Neil
1827–29. Elements of Physics; or, Natural Philosophy, General and
Medical, Explained Independently of Technical Mathematics, 2 vols, London:
Underwood
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| Subjects: | Anatomy, Mechanics |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 111.
Centre of Gravity, in Reference to Sea-Sickness Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Arnott
1827–29
Arnott, Neil
1827–29. Elements of Physics; or, Natural Philosophy, General and
Medical, Explained Independently of Technical Mathematics, 2 vols, London:
Underwood
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| Subjects: | Physiology, Mechanics |
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Noisy Fish Anon
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Geology Anon
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The Sketch Book. No. XLIV. The Blue Bottle Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
[Forrester] 1827
Forrester, Charles
R [Alfred Crowquill, pseud.] 1827. Absurdities: In Prose
and Verse, London: Thomas Hurst & Co. and W. Morgan
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| Subjects: | Phrenology, Entomology |
Relates that the bluebottle 'rudely and unceremoniously bumps away all sober
reflection', observing: 'I wonder whether the phrenological
Spurzheim
Spurzheim, Johann Christoph
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blue-bottle!' (115). The bluebottle is unaffected by wine-drinking: 'He is
naturally giddy, and according to entomologists, always sees more than
double, while his head was never made to be turned' (116).
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Carrier Pigeons 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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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 121.
House Launching Anon Genre: | Extract—Extract, Reportage; News-Commentary, Drollery | Publications extracted: | London
Magazine
London Magazine
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Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Machinery, Engineering, Cultural Geography |
The extract from the London Magazine begins with a paragraph from an
unnamed American newspaper concerning the use of a cradle to move two brick
buildings, in which it is claimed that 'In the course of time, it is
likely that houses will be put up upon ways at brick or stone quarries, and
sold as ships are, to be delivered to any part of the city'. The writer
in the London Magazine makes facetious remarks about the future progress
of America.
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 121–22.
Good Night to the Season Anon Genre: | Extract, Poetry, Drollery | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
(1882–84)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Menageries, Exploration, Horticulture, Exhibitions |
Bemoans the passing of the London social season. Among the chief rages were:
'Miss Fennel's Macaw, which at Boodle's [a fashionable London club] / Is held
to have something to say; / Mrs. Splenetic's musical Poodles, / Which bark
"Batti, batti!" all day: / The pony Sir Araby sported, As hot and as black as a
coal, / And the Lion his mother imported, / In bearskins and grease, from the
Pole'. Other features of the season were: 'the flowers / Of the grand
horticultural fête, / When boudoirs were quitted for bowers, / And the
fashion was not to be late'. (122)
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 122.
Tiger Taming Anon
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The Jew's Harp Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
[Paris] 1827
[Paris, John
Ayrton] 1827. Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest! Being
an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid
of the Popular Toys and Sports, 3 vols, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown
and Green
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| Subjects: | Sound, Music, Physics |
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Vertigo, or Giddiness Anon
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Bathing Anon
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Attraction Anon
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[Flat Earth] Anon
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The Months. The Hop Harvest Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Horticulture, Pharmaceuticals |
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My Common-Place Book. No. XX. Anon
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Fashion Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous, Drollery | Subjects: | Astronomy, Extra-Terrestrial Life |
An Italian poet having located the temple of the god of fashion in the moon,
the writer speculates that 'it was the walls of this edifice that
Professor
Grinthausen
Grinthausen, Prof (of Munich)
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Relates the existence of 'monthly fashions' to the lunar influence.
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 140–42.
Fireside Enjoyments Anon Genre: | Extract, Short Fiction | Publications extracted: |
Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine
Edinburgh Monthly Magazine
(1817)
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
(1817–1900+)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Physiology, Health, Nutrition |
The narrator describes a delightful evening spent alone: 'my heart beat
lightly; my pulse was quickened by the exercise of the morning; my blood flowed
freely through my veins, as meeting with no checks or impediments to its
current, and my spirits were elated' (140). Later, he describes his dog, who,
'having partaken of my dinner, was following the advice and example of
Abernethy
Abernethy, John
(1764–1831)
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sleeping on the rug, as it digested' (141).
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The Delicacy of the Marikina Anon
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Section: Retrospective Gleanings Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 148–50.
The Great Fire of 1666 Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous; Extract, Miscellaneous; Afterword | Publications extracted: |
Malcolm 1808
Malcolm, James
Peller 1808. Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London
During the Eighteenth Century: Including the Charities, Depravities, Dresses
and Amusements of the Citizens of London During that Period, with a Review of
the State of Society in 1807; to Which is Added, a Sketch of the Domestic and
Ecclesiastical Architecture, and of the Various Improvements in the
Metropolis, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
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| Subjects: | Epidemiology, Public Health, Government | Institutions mentioned: |
Corporation
of London
Corporation of London
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Observes: 'To this conflagration may be attributed the complete destruction
of the plague, which, the year before only, swept off 68,590 persons!'
(149). The extract discusses the danger to public health of the town before the
fire, and of the improvements made in the rebuilding and subsequently. The
afterword quotes
James P
Malcolm's
Malcolm, James Peller
(1767–1815)
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annihilate the plague, which was grafted in every crevice of the hateful
old houses composing it' (150).
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 150–52.
The Sketch-Book. No. XLV. Behind the Scenes; or, A Breakfast in
Newgate
[2/2] Anon Genre: | Extract, Short Fiction | Publications extracted: | Knight's Quarterly
Magazine
Knight's Quarterly Magazine
(1823–25)
Quarterly Magazine
(1825)
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| Subjects: | Phrenology |
The narrator joins the clergyman, sheriffs, city-marshal and others for
breakfast after an execution. The clergyman expressing alarm at the idea of
having taken cold through officiating without a wig, the conversation turns to
craniology. There are some witty exchanges, but the narrator reports: 'the
ordinary beat us all hollow, when it was contended that the disposition and the
mind might be known from the exterior of the skull, by remarking that he had
now an additional reason to regret having come there without his wig'
(152).
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The Months. September Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History, Ornithology, Hunting, Botany |
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 154–55.
"The Woodsman" Anon Genre: | Extract, Reportage | Publications extracted: | Monthly Magazine
Monthly Magazine
(1796–1843)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Observation, Zoology, Supernaturalism |
The account begins: 'A GERMAN newspaper contains a strange
account—avouched with as much apparent accuracy as those which concerned
the mermaids lately seen off our own coast, or the sea-serpent that visits the
shores of America—of a conversion lately worked upon the morals of a
famous robber, by a supernatural visitation in the forest of Wildeshausen'
(154).
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New South Wales Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Cunningham 1827
Cunningham, Peter
Miller 1827. Two Years in New South Wales: Comprising Sketches of
the Actual State of Society in that Colony; of its Peculiar Advantages to
Emigrants; of its Topography, Natural History, &c. &c, 2 vols,
London: Henry Colburn
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[1] Trees Subjects: | Botany, Chemistry |
[2] Fruits Subjects: | Botany, Horticulture, Acclimatization |
[3] Birds
[4] Animals Subjects: | Zoology, Hunting |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 159.
Hospital for the Dumb Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Forbes 1813
Forbes, James
1813. Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abridged from a Series of Familiar
Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India; Including
Observations on Parts of Africa and South America, and a Narrative of
Occurences in Four India Voyages, 4 vols, London: White, Cochrane, and
Co.
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| Subjects: | Hospitals, Veterinary Science |
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On Craniology Anon Genre: | Poetry, Drollery | Subjects: | Phrenology |
'In days of yore, / Laid wit and lore, / And wisdom in the wig; / But now
the skull / Contains them all / The peruke is too big'.
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[Theatrical Props] Anon Genre: | Extract, Letter, Drollery | Publications extracted: |
[Cahaisse] 1812
Cahaisse, Henri Alexis
[K. S. H., pseud.] 1812. Mémoires de
Préville, Paris: Guillaume
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| Subjects: | Meteorology, Disease, Vaccination |
A letter from themanager of a strolling company to his promoter includes
ludicrous statements about props and actors, as for example: 'The thunder got
broke on the road, and we have been forced to have fresh sodder [i.e. solder]
for the two lightnings. Our divinities are well, with the exception of Love,
who has got the small-pox; the Graces have been inoculated; we were obliged to
leave them behind on the road'.
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Origins and Inventions. No. XXIX Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Extract, Anecdote | Publications extracted: |
Wadd 1827b
Wadd, William
1827b. Mems. Maxims, and Memoirs, London: Callow and Wilson
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[1] Going Snacks Subjects: | Epidemiology |
Describes the office of body-searcher, and relates that, during the great
plague, a body-searcher of the name of
Snacks
Snacks, —
(fl. c. 1665)
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anyone who would assist him in his work. Avers that this accounts for the use
of the phrase 'going snacks' to describe dividing spoils.
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"Four Thieves' Vinegar" Anon Genre: | Extract, Anecdote, Drollery | Publications extracted: |
Wadd 1827b
Wadd, William
1827b. Mems. Maxims, and Memoirs, London: Callow and Wilson
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| Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Pharmaceuticals | People mentioned: |
John Chandler
Chandler, John
(1699/1700–80)
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| Institutions mentioned: |
Messrs Chandler, Smith, and
Newsom
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The Tucumanese Schoolmaster Anon Genre: | Extract, Travelogue | Publications extracted: |
Andrews 1827
Andrews,
Joseph 1827. Journey from Buenos Ayres: Through the Provinces of
Cordova, Tucuman, and Salta, to Potosi, Thence by the Deserts of Caranja to
Africa, and Subsequently, to Santiago de Chili and Coquimbo, Undertaken on
Behalf of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Association, in the Years
1825–26, 2 vols, London: John Murray
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| Subjects: | Phrenology, Education, Mathematics |
Describes a village teacher with his pupils: 'He was reading a lecture on
the heads of the scholars—a phrenological dissertation, if one might
judge from its effects, with a wand long enough to bump the caput of the
most remote offender' (172).
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Warming and Ventilating Houses Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Arnott
1827–29
Arnott, Neil
1827–29. Elements of Physics; or, Natural Philosophy, General and
Medical, Explained Independently of Technical Mathematics, 2 vols, London:
Underwood
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| Subjects: | Domestic Economy, Heat, Health, Disease, Technology |
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Mental Derangement Anon
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[Physicians are Knaves] Anon
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Gaspard
Monge's
Monge, Gaspard
(1746–1818)
DSB
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Brown, Richard
(fl. 1793–1845)
WBI
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Monge 1799
Monge, Gaspard
1799. Géométrie descriptive, leçons données aux
Écoles normales, l'an 3 de la République, Paris:
Baudouin
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| Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Illustrators: | Sears
Sears, Matthew Urlwin
(fl. 1826–59)
Engen 1985
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Brown, Richard
(fl. 1793–1845)
WBI
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Exploration, Education, Government, Nationalism, Utility, Machinery, Industry,
Artisans, Progress, Lecturing, Practice | People mentioned: |
Dominique V
Denon,
Denon, Dominique Vivant, baron
(1747–1825)
WBI
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Emperor Napoleon
I
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
(1769–1821)
CBD
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| Institutions mentioned: |
Ecole
Polytechnique, Paris
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
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| Publications cited: |
Hamilton 1738
Hamilton,
John 1738. Stereography; or, A Compleat Body of Perspective, in
all its Branches, 2 vols, London: S. Austen
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Preparations for a Journey Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Monthly Magazine
Monthly Magazine
(1796–1843)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Physics, Chemistry, Engineers |
The 'whole routine of valedictory arrangements' induces in the writer 'a
sense of dislocation, which, next to a vacuum, Nature abhors' and creates 'a
species of moral decomposition, not unlike that effected on matter by chemical
agency' (186). Makes reference to 'one of
Mr. M'Adam's
McAdam, John Loudon
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titles—"the Colossus of Roads"'(188).
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Epigram. The Retort Medical Anon Genre: | Extract, Epigram, Poetry, Drollery | Publications extracted: | New Monthly Magazine
New Monthly Magazine
(1814–81)
New Monthly
(1882–84)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment |
'QUOTH Doctor Squid of Ponder's End, / "Of all the patients
I attend, / Whate'er their aches or ails, / None ever will my fame attack," /
"None ever can," retorted Jack: / "For dead men tell no tales"'.
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My Common-Place Book. No. XXII Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Gray 1809
Gray, Hugh 1809.
Letters from Canada Written During a Residence there in the Years 1806,
1807, and 1808: Shewing the Present State of Canada, its Productions, Trade,
Commercial Importance and Political Relations; Illustrative of the Laws, the
Manners of the People, and the Peculiarities of the Country and Climate;
Exhibiting also the Commercial Importance of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, &
Cape-Breton and their Increasing Ability, in Conjunction with Canada, to
Furnish the Necessary Supplies of Lumber and Provisions to our West-India
Islands, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
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Contrast of Climate Anon
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Anecdotes of the Faculty Anon
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An Excerp[t] from Abernethy's Lectures Anon
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The Nuptial Charm Utopia
Utopia
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Refers to the 'lure of beauty's power' as 'The skin-deep magnet of an
hour'.
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A Storm in the Indian Seas Anon
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Damp Beds Anon Genre: | Extract, Instructions | Publications extracted: |
Kitchiner 1827
Kitchiner,
William 1827. The Traveller's Oracle; or, Maxims for Locomotion:
Containing Precepts for Promoting the Pleasures and Hints for Preserving the
Health of Travellers, 2 vols, London: Henry Colburn
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| Subjects: | Domestic Economy, Health |
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Manners & Customs of all Nations. No. XII Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Miscellaneous | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. [2] |
[1] Kanemboo Market-Woman Subjects: | Ethnography | Publications cited: |
Denham
and Clapperton 1826
Denham,
Dixon and
Clapperton, Hugh 1826. Narrative
of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822,
1823 and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Doctor Oudney:
Extending Across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and
from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire, 2
vols, London: John Murray
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[3] African Funerals
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Willy M'Gee's Monkey Anon Genre: | Extract, Short Fiction, Drollery | Publications extracted: |
Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine
Edinburgh Monthly Magazine
(1817)
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
(1817–1900+)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Animal Behaviour, Human Species, Medical Practitioners |
The narrator relates an anecdote about his pet monkey who, dressed in
Highland dress, was mistaken by a Highlander for a tradesman. Introducing the
anecdote, he observes: 'I dinna think that monkeys are beasts ava. I hae a half
notion that they are just wee hairy men that canna, or rather that winna speak,
in case they be made to work like ither folk, instead of leading a life of
idleness' (218). On the Highlander handing him a banknote, the monkey looked at
it 'as if to see that it wasna a forgery' shaking his head 'like a doctor, when
he's no very sure what's wrang wi' a person, but wants to mak' it appear that
he kens a' about it' (219).
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Finings for Wines Anon Genre: | Extract, Instructions | Publications extracted: |
Anon 1826b
Anon. 1826b. The Vintner's, Brewer's, Spirit Merchant's
and Licensed Victualler's Guide: Containing the History, Theory, and Practice
of Manufacturing Wines, Foreign and Domestic, Malt Liquors [...] Numerous
Important Hints on Cellaring. By a Practical Man, London: W. Wetton
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Manner of Using Finings Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Extract, Instructions | Publications extracted: |
Anon 1826b
Anon. 1826b. The Vintner's, Brewer's, Spirit Merchant's
and Licensed Victualler's Guide: Containing the History, Theory, and Practice
of Manufacturing Wines, Foreign and Domestic, Malt Liquors [...] Numerous
Important Hints on Cellaring. By a Practical Man, London: W. Wetton
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Of Flavouring and Colouring Wines Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Extract, Instructions | Publications extracted: |
Anon 1826b
Anon. 1826b. The Vintner's, Brewer's, Spirit Merchant's
and Licensed Victualler's Guide: Containing the History, Theory, and Practice
of Manufacturing Wines, Foreign and Domestic, Malt Liquors [...] Numerous
Important Hints on Cellaring. By a Practical Man, London: W. Wetton
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Birds Poisoning their Young Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Ornithology, Animal Behaviour | Publications cited: |
Holmes [1823]
Holmes, Isaac
[1823]. An Account of the United States of America: Derived from Actual
Observation, During a Residence of Four Years in that Republic: Including
Original Communications, London: privately published
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Magical Clock Anon
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Debtor and Creditor
[1/2] Anon
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Anecdotes of Ugo Foscolo, the Italian Poet Anon Genre: | Extract, Recollections | Publications extracted: | Literary Gazette
Literary Gazette
(1817–62)
Parthenon
(1863)
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| Subjects: | Physiognomy |
Observes that Foscolo's mouth was 'drooping, in the way that physiognomists
dislike, but his forehead was splendid in the extreme; large, smooth, and
exemplifying all the power of thought and reasoning, for which his mind was so
remarkable' (229).
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English Fruits
[1/3]Anon, 'English Fruits', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 295
Anon, 'English Fruits', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 300–02
Close Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Serial | Publications extracted: |
Quarterly Journal of
Science
Journal of Science and the Arts
(1816–19)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the
Arts
(1819–27)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and
Art
(1827–30)
Journal of the Royal Institution of Great
Britain
(1830–31)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Horticulture, Botany, Breeding |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 232–33.
The Months. October Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Feeling, Natural History, Natural Economy, Ornithology, Entomology,
Meteorology | People mentioned: |
Leigh Hunt
Hunt, Leigh (James Henry Leigh)
(1784–1859)
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Hans
Holbein
Holbein, Hans, the younger
(1497–1543)
CBD
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Westminster Review
(1846–1900+)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Representation, Death, Epidemiology, Disease |
Describes three paintings of the 'Dance of Death', two of which were painted
shortly after outbreaks of plague. Refers one of them to the occurrence of
plague at Basel in 1312, which 'destroyed above 11,000 people', observing that
the artist probably 'availed himself of the impression which such a dreadful
mortality must have made on the minds of all the surviving, to represent how
inexorable death drags to the grave, in terrible sport, rich and poor, high and
low, clergymen and laity' (235).
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[Liberty and Fixed Air] Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Edmund Burke
Burke, Edmund
(1729/30–97)
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| Subjects: | Politics, Gas Chemistry |
'When I see the spirit of liberty in action, I see a strong principle at
work; and, this for awhile, is all I can possibly know of it. The wild gas, the
fixed air, is plainly broke loose; but we ought to suspend our judgement until
the first effervescence is a little subsided, till, the liquor is cleared, and
until we see something deeper than the agitation of a troubled and frothy
surface'.
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Robinson Crusoes Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Southey 1827
Southey,
Thomas 1827. Chronological History of the West Indies, 3
vols, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green
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| Subjects: | Medical Treatment |
Relates of one of the castaways described that he 'was twice sick during the
eight years, both times in August, and both times bled himself' (289).
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Insanity Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous; Extract, Poetry | Subjects: | Mental Illness |
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Macadam
McAdam, John Loudon
(1756–1836)
ODNB
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'Parliamentary Papers'
| Subjects: | Engineering |
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New Lamp Anon
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 246–47.
Dirty People Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery | Publications extracted: |
Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine
Edinburgh Monthly Magazine
(1817)
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
(1817–1900+)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Health |
Suggests that there are people who are naturally dirty or clean. Asserts of
the former: 'It is in the skin—in the blood—in the flesh—and
in the bone—that with such the disease of dirt more especially lies'
(246). Observes that 'there is more truth than
Dr.
Kitchiner
Kitchiner, William
(1778–1827)
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be regarded as next in efficacy to a clear conscience', and that 'the doctor
had but a very imperfect notion of the meaning of the words—clean
skin—his observation being not even skin-deep' (247).
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Quackery Anon
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Advantages of Political Economy Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Senior 1827
Senior, Nassau
William 1827. An Introductory Lecture on Political Economy:
Delivered before the University of Oxford, on the 6th of December, 1826,
London: J. Mawman
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| Subjects: | Political Economy, Patronage, Universities, Progress, Race,
Nationalism | People mentioned: |
Henry
Drummond
Drummond, Henry
(1786–1860)
ODNB
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| Institutions mentioned: |
University of
Oxford
University of Oxford
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Prolonging Life Anon
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Section: Arcana of Science; or, Remarkable Facts and Discoveries in Natural
History, Meteorology, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Botany, Zoology,
Practical Mechanics, Statistics, and the Useful Arts Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 252.
[Editorial Introduction] [John Timbs]
Timbs, John
(1801–75)
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'Under this head it is proposed, in the future numbers of the
MIRROR
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and
Instruction
(1822–47)
Mirror Monthly Magazine
(1847–49)
Waterloo Directory
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all new and remarkable facts in the several branches of science enumerated
above. These selections will be made from the Philosophical Journals of the
day, the Transactions of Public Societies, and the various Continental
Journals. The advantages of such a division in accordance with the high and
enlightened character of the present age, must be obvious to every reader of
our miscellany. At the same time it will be our object to concentrate or
condense from all other authentic sources such new facts in science as
are connected with the arts of social life, and which from being scattered
through elaborate and expensive works, might thereby be lost to some portion of
our readers. In short, popular discoveries in science, or all such new
facts as bear on the happiness of society will be the objects of our choice;
neither perplexing our readers with abstract research, nor verging into the
puerile amusements of a certain ingenious but almost useless class of
reasoners; it not being our object to "ring the changes" on words. Our
selections will occasionally be illustrated with engravings; for by no means
are philosophical subjects better elucidated than by the aid of the graphic
art'.
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Longevity Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Public Health, Population, Statistics |
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Atmosphere of Theatres Anon
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Butterflies Anon
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Water Plant Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany |
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Malaria and Fevers Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Epidemiology, Public Health | Publications cited: |
Macculloch 1827
Macculloch,
John 1827. Malaria: An Essay on the Production and Propagation of
this Poison and on the Nature and Localities of the Places by Which it is
Produced; with an Enumeration of the Diseases Caused by it, and of the Means of
Preventing or Diminishing Them, Both at Home and in the Naval and Military
Service, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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Acclimatizing Plants Anon Genre: | Extract, Reportage | Publications extracted: |
Quarterly Journal of
Science
Journal of Science and the Arts
(1816–19)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the
Arts
(1819–27)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and
Art
(1827–30)
Journal of the Royal Institution of Great
Britain
(1830–31)
Waterloo
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Bronzing Tin Anon
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Culture of Celery Anon
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Dwarfs Anon
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Cruelty and Epicurianism Anon
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Apples Anon
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Black Dye and Ink Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Chemistry, Domestic Economy |
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Malt Liquors. By a Physician Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
[Graham] 1827
[Graham, Thomas
John] 1827. Sure Methods of Improving Health, and Prolonging
Life; or, A Treatise on the Art of Living Long and Comfortably, by Regulating
the Diet and Regimen [...]: To Which is Added, the Art of Training for
Health, Rules for Reducing Corpulence and Maxims of Health, Illustrated by
Cases, London: Simpkin and Marshall, and Callow and Wilson; Edinburgh: Bell
and Bradfute; Dublin: Westley and Tyrrell
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| Subjects: | Health, Nutrition, Temperance, Adulteration, Medical
Treatment |
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Man Anon
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The
New
Palace
Buckingham Palace
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St. James's
Park
St James's Park
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View the register entry >> Anon Genre: | News-Commentary | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. [3] | Illustrators: | Bonner
Bonner, George Wilmot
(1796–1836)
ODNB
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Public Health, Meteorology | People mentioned: |
Francis Bacon (1st Viscount
St Alban)
Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban
(1561–1626)
DSB
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| Publications cited: | Gardener's Magazine
Gardener's Magazine
(1825–44)
Waterloo
Directory
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Macculloch 1827
Macculloch,
John 1827. Malaria: An Essay on the Production and Propagation of
this Poison and on the Nature and Localities of the Places by Which it is
Produced; with an Enumeration of the Diseases Caused by it, and of the Means of
Preventing or Diminishing Them, Both at Home and in the Naval and Military
Service, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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Describes the plans for a new palace, observing that 'the general public
feeling is that of disappointment and regret' (257). Considers the objections
to the site, quoting at length
John C Loudon's
Loudon, John Claudius
(1783–1843)
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observations concerning the injurious effects on health of the basin-like
location and of the suggested modifications to the grounds. Loudon observes:
'We defy any medical man, or meteorologist, to prove the contrary of what we
assert, viz. that Buckingham Palace is a dam to a pond of watery vapour, and
that the pond will always be filled with vapour to the level of the top of the
dam' (258). Loudon considers this may be productive of malaria, and the writer
critically examines the recently expressed views of
John
Macculloch
Macculloch, John
(1773–1835)
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Section: Arcana of Science Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 262–64.
Captain
Parry's
Parry, Sir William Edward
(1790–1855)
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Literary Gazette
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Parthenon
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John Franklin,
Franklin, Sir John
(1786–1847)
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James C Ross,
Ross, Sir James Clark
(1800–62)
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Henry Hudson,
Hudson, Henry
(c. 1550–1611)
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John
Richardson
Richardson, Sir John
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HMS Hecla
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[Croly] 1827
[Croly, George]
1827. May Fair: In Four Cantos, London: William H. Ainsworth
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England in 827, 1827, 2827 D A H
H, D A
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Looking back to the year 827, questions where England will be in another
thousand years' time. Speculates that, like other once-great nations, the glory
of England will have passed away: 'our public edifices and manufactories [...]
will be fruitful subjects of conjecture and controversy to the then
learned'.
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Prevention of Effluvium C C C C
C, C C C
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Letter | Subjects: | Public Health, Chemistry |
States: 'The choruret of lime is recommended for preventing bad smells from
water-closets, &c.' Asks for instructions as to the method of preparation
and use.
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The Novelist. No. CXII. A Mountain Story Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Extract, Short Fiction | Publications extracted: | Literary
Magnet
Literary Magnet
(1823–27)
Wright's London Magnet
(1828)
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| Subjects: | Psychology, Disease |
The narrator relates how she became concerned for a brother and sister
walking in the Scottish Highlands. She observes that her power of sight was
'sharpened by the anxiety' which she 'began to feel for these young people'
(270). When, after a search, the brother was found dead, the sister became
insensible, and remained ill for some hours before becoming conscious
again.
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Polar Expedition Anon
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Pemecan Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 273.
Coinage Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Quarterly Journal of
Science
Journal of Science and the Arts
(1816–19)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the
Arts
(1819–27)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and
Art
(1827–30)
Journal of the Royal Institution of Great
Britain
(1830–31)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Machinery, Metallurgy |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 273.
The Ornithoryncus Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous, Extract | Publications extracted: |
Cunningham 1827
Cunningham, Peter
Miller 1827. Two Years in New South Wales: Comprising Sketches of
the Actual State of Society in that Colony; of its Peculiar Advantages to
Emigrants; of its Topography, Natural History, &c. &c, 2 vols,
London: Henry Colburn
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| Subjects: | Zoology, Plenitude |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 273.
Garden Rhubarb Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Horticulture |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 273.
American Canals Anon
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Medicine Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Statistics, Cultural Geography |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 274.
Poor Rates Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Statistics, Population, Political Economy |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 274.
Van Dieman's Land Wasp Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Enomology |
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Tobacco-Pipe Controversy Anon Genre: | Extract, News-Commentary, Drollery | Publications extracted: | Inspector
Inspector
(1826–27)
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| Subjects: | Public Health, Controversy, Periodicals, Epidemiology |
Discusses the 'furious, and yet unappeased, controversy' which has 'lately
raged in the newspapers, upon the question of the filthy nuisance of smoking
tobacco' (276). Attempts to give such a summary of the dispute as a future
historian might give. Asserts that one of the arguments advanced in favour of
tobacco is 'that it has been known to stay the plague' (277).
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The Coral Island Anon Genre: | Extract, Poetry | Publications extracted: |
Montgomery 1827
Montgomery,
James 1827. The Pelican Island, and Other Poems, London:
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
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| Subjects: | Invertebrate Zoology, Instinct, Theology of Nature, Progress |
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Taking Physic Anon Genre: | Anecdote | Subjects: | Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry |
Enumerates several instances in which patients took large amounts of
medicine without being cured, concluding: 'Throw physic to the
dogs!'.
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On the Appearance of an Aurora Borealis, on the Night of the 25th of
September. By a Lady in Her Thirteenth Year F J H
H, F J
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Section: Arcana of Science Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 289.
Sheppey Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Geology, Palaeontology, Biblical Authority, Museums |
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The Camelopard Anon Genre: | Extract—Abstract, Paper | Publications extracted: |
Edinburgh Journal of
Science
Edinburgh Journal of Science
(1824–32)
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| Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Subjects: | Zoology, Animal Behaviour, Ancient Authorities | People mentioned: |
Étienne Geoffroy
Saint–Hilaire,
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,
Étienne
(1772–1844)
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Antoine Mongez,
Mongez, Antoine
(1747–1835)
WBI
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St Albertus
Magnus
Albertus Magnus, Saint
(c. 1200–80)
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Académie des Sciences, Paris
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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Tea 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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View the register entry >> Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Botany, Agriculture, Climatology |
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On Coalheavers Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery | Publications extracted: | Monthly Magazine
Monthly Magazine
(1796–1843)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Dynamics |
Discussing the confidence of the coalheaver in walking through the
thoroughfares of London, observes: 'let us suppose, that haply you allow your
frail carcass to go full drive against his sturdiness, when lo!—in
beautiful illustration of those doctrines in projectiles, that relate to the
concussion of moving bodies—you fly off at an angle "right slick" into
the middle of the carriage-way' (294).
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English Fruits
[2/3]Anon, 'English Fruits', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 231
Anon, 'English Fruits', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 300–02
Close Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Serial | Publications extracted: |
Quarterly Journal of
Science
Journal of Science and the Arts
(1816–19)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the
Arts
(1819–27)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and
Art
(1827–30)
Journal of the Royal Institution of Great
Britain
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| Subjects: | Botany, Horticulture, Breeding, Acclimatization |
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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 300–02.
English Fruits
[3/3]Anon, 'English Fruits', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 231
Anon, 'English Fruits', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 295
Close Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous, Serial | Publications extracted: |
Quarterly Journal of
Science
Journal of Science and the Arts
(1816–19)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the
Arts
(1819–27)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and
Art
(1827–30)
Journal of the Royal Institution of Great
Britain
(1830–31)
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Anecdotes of the Marvellous Anon Genre: | Extract, Anecdote | Publications extracted: |
New London Literary
Gazette
New London Literary Gazette
(1827)
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Reports that a woman in St. Helena, hearing that a guest had been in
measles-ridden Cape Town, 'fled from the table, exclaiming that she knew she
should have the measles; in fact, she immediately fell sick of that disorder'
and died (302).
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A Philosophical Kitchen Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract | Publications extracted: |
Webb 1827
Webb, Jane 1827.
The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century, 3 vols, London: Henry
Colburn
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| Subjects: | Education, Progress, Futurism, Chemistry, Heat, Domestic Economy,
Gender, Steam-power, Machinery |
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French Gaming Houses Philo
Philo
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Hospitals, Patronage, Morality |
Reports: 'Gaming-houses in Paris were first licensed in 1775, by the
lieutenant of police, who, to diminish the odium of such establishments,
decreed that the profit resulting from them should be applied to the foundation
of hospitals' (307).
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A Retrospect Anon Genre: | Poetry | Subjects: | Electricity |
The poet reflects wistfully on his early youth: 'My kite—how fast and
fair it flew! / Whilst I, a sort of
Franklin
Franklin, Benjamin
(1706–90)
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drew / My pleasure from the sky!' (308).
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Domestic Economy of the Romans in the Fourth Century Anon
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Hospital of Surgery Anon
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Architectural Illustrations. No. III. Hanover Terrace, Regent's
Park Anon
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The Isle of Sheppey D A P
P, D A
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View the register entry >> Genre: | Letter / Afterword | Subjects: | Geology, Palaeontology, Collecting, Discovery, Museums, Invertebrate
Zoology | People mentioned: |
Georges Cuvier
Cuvier, Georges
(1769–1832)
DSB
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British
Museum,
British Museum
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Nationale, Paris
Institut Nationale, Paris
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| See also: | Anon, 'Sheppey', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 289, Anon, 'The Coral Island', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 279–80 |
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Black and White Swans Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Animal Behaviour |
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Fascination of Snakes Anon
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Boring Marine Animals Anon
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Anthracite, or Stone Coal Anon
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Holly Hedges Anon
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Egg Plants Anon
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Vinegar Made from Black Ants Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Chemistry, Entomology, Utility |
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Soil for Fruit Trees Anon
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Watch Alarum Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Invention, Instruments, Time |
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The Months. November Anon Genre: | Regular Feature, Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Natural History, Horticulture, Meteorology, Feeling, Discovery,
Gravity |
Observes that 'a November day is a carnival for the reflective
observer', and that 'amidst such scenes,
Newton
Newton, Sir Isaac
(1642–1727)
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most glorious problem of his philosophy'.
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Section: The Gatherer Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 328.
Lines Sent by a Surgeon, With a Box of Ointment, to a Lady Who Had an
Inflamed Eye Anon Genre: | Poetry, Drollery | Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment |
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[King George
III
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover
(1738–1820)
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Haddon Hall Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Transport, Machinery, Magic |
Begins: 'The locomotive facility with which the aid of our graphic
department enables us to transport our readers, (for we have already
sent them to Sydney,) is somewhat singular, not to say ludicrous; and
would baffle the wand of
Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus
()
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himself' (329).
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Supposed Origin of Mezzo-Tinto 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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The Sketch Book. No. XLIX. The Auberge The Painter
Painter, The
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An officer is brought to an auberge in a dying condition, his friend
lamenting: 'the surgeon was deceived and rash to consent to his removal' (337).
His wife throws herself on his dying body, asserting: 'if I cannot live I can
die with him', and when he dies, she also dies (338).
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Calais Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: | Monthly Magazine
Monthly Magazine
(1796–1843)
Waterloo Directory
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| Subjects: | Engineering, Utility, Cultural Geography, Commerce,
Nationalism |
Contrasts the plain and serviceable utility of the pier at Calais with the
extravagant and ruinous schemes recently attempted in England. 'It is true our
English engineers—who ruin hundreds of their fellow citizens by spending
millions upon a bridge that nobody will take the trouble to pass over, and
cutting tunnels under rivers, only to let the water into them when they have
got all the money they can by the job—would treat this pier with infinite
contempt as a thing that merely answers all the purposes for which it was
erected! as if that were a merit of any but the very lowest degree'.
Comments particularly on the extravagance of
Waterloo
Bridge
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'commemoration of the greatest of modern victories'. (341)
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Horse-Chestnuts W
W
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Grand Canal,
Ireland,
Grand Canal, Ireland
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Describes the use of horse chestnuts in the treatment of intermittent fever,
during a recent epidemic in Dublin. Discusses the reduced incidence of the
disease following the drainage of bogs in the vicinity.
| See also: | A B, 'Use of Horse-Chestnuts', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 291 |
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Section: Arcana of Science Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 350.
Caddis Worms Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Kirby
and Spence 1815–26
Kirby,
William and
Spence, William 1815–26. An
Introduction to Entomology; or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects,
4 vols, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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| Subjects: | Entomology, Palaeontology, Invertebrate Zoology | People mentioned: |
John Sibthorp
Sibthorp, John
(1758–1796)
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| Institutions mentioned: |
University of
Oxford—Botanic Garden
University of Oxford—Botanic Garden
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Engraving on Glass Anon Genre: | Instructions | Subjects: | Chemistry |
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Habits of Seals Anon
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Gas From Resin Anon
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Liquorice Paper Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Discovery, Industry |
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Tachygraphy Anon
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Valuable Discovery in Agriculture Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Agriculture, Discovery |
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Pine Apples Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Horticulture |
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Sea Couch for Preventing Sickness Anon
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Bites of Venomous Reptiles Anon
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Naval Schools of France Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 352.
Antiquity of Locks Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Quarterly Journal of
Science
Journal of Science and the Arts
(1816–19)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the
Arts
(1819–27)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and
Art
(1827–30)
Journal of the Royal Institution of Great
Britain
(1830–31)
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| Subjects: | Archaeology, Machinery |
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To Increase the Odour of Roses Anon Genre: | Extract, Instructions | Subjects: | Horticulture, Domestic Economy |
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Astronomical Occurrences for December 1827 Pasche
Pasche
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Biblical Authority |
Concludes with reflections on the 'unerring regularity of the motion of the
heavenly bodies', which is 'far more exact than the best chronometer ever
made', and asks rhetorically how great must be 'the ignorance of him who does
not behold in them the Almighty ruler of all things' (363).
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Nautical Phrases G W N
N, G W
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Astronomy |
'The Ox-Eye, so called by seamen, is a remarkable appearance in the
heavens, resembling a small lurid speck, and always precedes two particular
storms, known only between the tropics. Azimuth-Compass is an instrument
employed for ascertaining the sun's magnetical azimuth.'
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Chronicles of the
Canongate
[Scott, Walter]
1827b. Chronicles of the Canongate, 2 vols, Edinburgh: Cadell and Co.;
London: Simpkin and Marshall
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Oculus
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The writer points out some slips and signs of carelessness in the novel. One
of these occurs in the following passage: '"Hartley fell a victim to his
professional courage, in withstanding the progress of a contagious
distemper, which he at length caught, and under which he sank," vol. 2, p.
367'. Another one occurs in a passage which describes a medical practitioner's
'great leathern pocket-book in which he deposited particular papers, with a
small supply of the most necessary and active medicines'. (365)
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Quacks Anon
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Anecdotes of the Marvellous Anon
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Voyage up the Mississippi Anon
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Caxton's
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Westminster Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Illustrators: | Sears
Sears, Matthew Urlwin
(fl. 1826–59)
Engen 1985
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View the register entry >> | Subjects: | Phrenology, Machinery, Invention, Heroism |
Observes: 'In a retrospective glance at our previous volumes (for can the
phrenologists tell us of a head capacious enough to contain their exhaustless
variety?) our readers will perceive that, from time to time, sundry "accounts"
of the origin and progress of printing have been inserted in the
MIRROR' (377). Describes the location of Caxton's house, and
observes: 'Every lover of science, on approaching this spot, will feel himself
on holy ground' (378).
| See also: | D K L, 'The Invention and Progress of Printing', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 194–95 |
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Books and Bookworms 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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View the register entry >> Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Ancient Authorities, Invention, Astronomy, Authorship,
Cosmology |
Observes: 'Josephus
Josephus, Flavius
(c. 37–c. 100)
CBD
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stone, the other of brick, on which the children of Seth wrote their inventions
and astronomical discoveries'. Having recounted that the Saxons wrote on the
bark of the beech tree, reports: 'A very large estate was given for one on
Cosmography by
king Alfred
Alfred, King of the West Saxons
(849/9–901)
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Elephants Anon
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The Fenneous Cerdo Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Subjects: | Zoology, Natural Imperialism, Acclimatization, Animal
Behaviour | People mentioned: |
James Bruce
Bruce, James
(1730–94)
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| Publications cited: |
Denham
and Clapperton 1826
Denham,
Dixon and
Clapperton, Hugh 1826. Narrative
of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822,
1823 and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Doctor Oudney:
Extending Across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and
from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire, 2
vols, London: John Murray
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Fossil Turtle Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Discovery, Palaeontology |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 386.
Apples Anon
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Uses of Seals Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Quarterly Journal of
Science
Journal of Science and the Arts
(1816–19)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the
Arts
(1819–27)
Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and
Art
(1827–30)
Journal of the Royal Institution of Great
Britain
(1830–31)
Waterloo
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| Subjects: | Zoology, Hunting, Utility |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 386.
Method of Cutting Glass Anon Genre: | Extract, Instructions | Subjects: | Heat |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 386.
Preservation of Skins Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 387.
Organic Remains in Sussex Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 387.
Stupendous Lizard Anon Genre: | Extract, Travelogue | Publications extracted: |
Bullock 1827
Bullock,
William 1827. Sketch of a Journey through the Western States of
North America: From New Orleans, by the Mississippi, Ohio, City of Cincinnati,
and Falls of Niagra, to New York, in 1827; with a Description of the New and
Flourishing City of Cincinnati by B. Drake and E. D. Mansfield; and a Selection
from Various Authors, on the Present Condition and Future Prospects of the
Settlers in the Fertile and Populous State of Ohio, Containing Information
Useful to Persons Desirous of Settling in America, London: J. Miller
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| Subjects: | Zoology, Wonder |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 387.
Critics Anon
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Coral Islands Anon Genre: | Introduction; Extract, Poetry | Publications extracted: |
Montgomery 1827
Montgomery,
James 1827. The Pelican Island, and Other Poems, London:
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
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| Subjects: | Invertebrate Zoology, Theology of Nature, Creation, Progress, Time,
Botany, Biblical Authority, Vertebrate Zoology, Instinct, Gender | See also: | Anon, 'The Coral Island', Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 279–80 |
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Malaria Anon
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Issue 287 (15 December 1827) | Expand
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New Steam Carriage Anon Genre: | Reportage | Relevant illustrations: | wdct. | Subjects: | Invention, Transport, Machinery, Steam-power, Engineers, Accidents,
Physics, Anatomy, Physiology, Display | People mentioned: |
Goldsworthy
Gurney
Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy
(1793–1875)
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Thunder and Lightning Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 399.
New Crane Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Machinery, Invention |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 399.
Etching on Ivory Anon
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Geology Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 400–402.
The Months. December M L B
B, M L
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Concludes with reflections on the various articles that have appeared under
this heading, observing: 'we have not neglected to direct the attention of our
readers to "the good in every thing" which is scattered through each season of
the year, by constantly recurring to the beneficence of the
OMNIPOTENT BEING—thus enabling them to
look "Through Nature up to Nature's God."' (401–02).
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The Sketch-Book. No. LII. The Unknown Region Ed.
Timbs, John
(1801–75)
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Shafton 1827
Shafton, Piers [pseud?], ed.
1827. Snatches from Oblivion, Being the Remains of the Late Herbert
Trevelyan, Esqr., London, Hurst, Chance & Co.
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| Subjects: | Statistics, Discovery, Exploration, Imperialism, Naturalists, Natural
History, Ethnography, Race | People mentioned: |
Mungo Park,
Park, Mungo
(1771–1806)
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James Cook,
Cook, James
(1728–79)
DSB
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Thomas E
Bowdich,
Bowdich, Thomas Edward
(1791?–1824)
ODNB
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Christopher
Columbus,
Columbus, Christopher
(1451–1506)
CBD
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Thomas
Campbell
Campbell, Thomas
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University of
London
University of London
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Relates the adventures of the narrator on an expedition to 'a part of the
globe hitherto unknown, called by the natives Russell Square' (402). Describes
various of the incidents which occur in natural historical and ethnographic
terms.
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The Forget Me Not Anon Genre: | Literary Notice; Extract, Short Fiction | Publications extracted: |
Mary R Mitford
Mitford, Mary Russell
(1787–1855)
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, Forget Me
Not
Forget Me Not
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[2] A Country Apothecary Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Education, Expertise, Pharmaceuticals, Medical
Treatment |
Describing the small country town of Hazelby in Dorsetshire, the narrator
observes: 'Such a town would hardly have known what to do with a highly
informed and educated surgeon, such as one now generally sees in that most
liberal profession' (415).
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 423–24.
The Bijou Anon Genre: | Literary Notice; Extract | Publications extracted: |
Thomas Hood
Hood, Thomas
(1799–1845)
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Bijou
(1828–30)
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[2] A Lament for the Decline of Chivalry. By Thomas Hood, Esq. Subjects: | Race, Disease, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Death,
Accidents, Machinery |
Referring to the death of
King Kamehameha
II
Kamehameha II, King of the Sandwich Islands
(1797–1824)
WBI
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pens would scoff— / The only one we moderns had / Was nothing but a
Sandwich lad, / And measles took him off'. Another stanza reads: 'No
iron-crackling now is scor'd, / By dint of battle-axe or sword, / To find a
vital place— / Though certain Doctors still pretend / Awhile, before they
kill a friend, / To labour through his case'. Urges the 'ancient men of might'
to 'Sleep on, in rusty iron sleep, / As in a safety-coffin!'. (423)
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Issue 289 (22 December 1827) | Expand
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Manners & Customs of all Nations. No. XVII. G W N
N, G W
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[1] The Turks Subjects: | Cultural Geography, Genius, Endeavour |
Observes of the Turks: 'They appear to possess very little genius or
inclination for the improvement of arts and sciences, although they live
in countries which were once in the possession of the classic Greeks; but seem
to prefer a slothful mode of life to an active one, continually sauntering away
their time' (430–31).
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[3] Hatching Chickens
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Museum of Natural History Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Conchology Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Invertebrate Zoology, Museums, Aesthetics |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Grafting Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Horticulture |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Sirocco Wind Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Meteorology |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Polar Exploration Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Hydrography, Government, Patronage |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Lithography Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Small Pox Anon Genre: | Extract, Reportage | Publications extracted: |
Anon 1827c
Anon. 1827c. London Vaccine Institution for Inoculating
and Supplying Matter Free of Expense, etc [Annual Report], London: [n.
pub.]
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
China Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Recovery from Suspended Animation Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Iron Anon Genre: | Anecdote | Subjects: | Industry, Commerce |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433.
Hair Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 433–34.
Population of England Anon Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous | Publications extracted: |
Edmonds 1828
Edmonds, T.
R. 1828. Practical Moral and Political Economy; or, The
Government, Religion, and Institutions, Most Conducive to Individual Happiness
and to National Power, London: E. Wilson
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 434.
Culture of Turnips Anon
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 434.
Coals in the East Anon Genre: | Reportage | Subjects: | Mining, Imperialism |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 434.
Naphtha Anon Genre: | Miscellaneous | Subjects: | Mining, Gas Chemistry, Light |
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 434–35.
Fossils Anon
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"Fashionable Tales" Anon Genre: | Literary Notice; Extract | Publications extracted: |
[Phipps] 1828
[Phipps,
Constantine Henry] 1828. Yes and No: A Tale of the Day, 2
vols, London: Henry Colburn
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| Subjects: | Exploration, Chemistry, Scientific Practitioners |
The extract describes the party at a country house, which includes 'Captains
that have been to the North Pole; chemists who can extract ice from
caloric'.
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Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 440.
[Arcana of Science and Art] Anon Genre: | Advertisement | Subjects: | Periodicals, Publishing |
'The Editor
Timbs, John
(1801–75)
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MIRROR
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and
Instruction
(1822–47)
Mirror Monthly Magazine
(1847–49)
Waterloo Directory
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AND ART
Arcana of Science and Art
(1828–38)
Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art
(1838–80)
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View the register entry >>, For 1828: Being the popular Discoveries and Improvements
of the past Year, in Antiquities Architecture, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry,
Fine Arts, Geography, Geology, Mechanical Science, Medicine, Meteorology,
Mineralogy, Natural Philosophy, Rural Economy, Statistics, Useful Arts,
Zoology, &c. Abridged from the Transactions of Public Societies, and other
Scientific Journals, English and Foreign, in a closely-printed volume.'
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Section: Arcana of Science Mirror of Literature, 10 (1827), 449–52.
Outline of the History of Gas Lighting Anon Genre: | Abstract, Miscellaneous | Publications abstracted: |
Matthews 1827,
Matthews,
William 1827. An Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress, &
Present State of Gas-Lighting, London: Rowland Hunter
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, London
Magazine
London Magazine
(1820–29)
Waterloo
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Manufactories, Machinery, Progress, Societies, Patronage, Government,
Accidents, Intellectual Property, Controversy, Commerce, Patents | People mentioned: |
William
Murdoch,
Murdoch, William
(1754–1839)
ODNB
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Philippe Lebon,
Lebon, Philippe
(1767–1804)
Day and McNeil 1996
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William Henry,
Henry, William
(1774–1836)
DSB
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Samuel Clegg,
Clegg, Samuel, the elder
(1781–1861)
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Josiah
Pemberton,
Pemberton, Josiah
(fl. 1806)
ML1/10/290a/1
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Frederick A
Winsor,
Winsor, Frederick Albert
(1763–1830)
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Friedrich C
Accum,
Accum, Friedrich Christian
(1769–1838)
DSB
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Henry P
Brougham,
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and
Vaux
(1778–1868)
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John Taylor,
Taylor, John
(1779–1863)
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William
Congreve
Congreve, Sir William
(1772–1828)
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Soho Manufactory,
Birmingham,
Soho Manufactory, Birmingham
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Royal Society,
Royal Society of London
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Royal Society
of Arts,
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
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New Patriotic Imperial and National Light
and Heat Company,
New Patriotic Imperial and National Light and Heat Company
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London and
Westminster Chartered Gaslight and Coke Company,
London and Westminster Chartered Gaslight and Coke Company
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Messrs Taylor and Martineau,
Taylor and Martineau (Messrs), firm
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Society of
Apothecaries—Apothecaries' Hall,
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London—Apothecaries' Hall
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City of London Gas Light and
Coke Company,
City of London Gas Light and Coke Company
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South London Gas Light and Coke
Company,
South London Gas Light and Coke Company
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Imperial Gas Light and Coke
Company
Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company
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| Publications cited: |
Beckmann 1797,
Beckmann,
Johann 1797. A History of Inventions and Discoveries, trans.
by William Johnston, 3 vols, London: J. Bell
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Hales 1727,
Hales, Stephen
1727. Vegetable Staticks; or, An Account of Some Statical Experiments on the
Sap in Vegetables: Being an Essay Towards a Natural History of Vegetation;
Also, a Specimen of an Attempt to Analyse the Air, by a Great Variety of
Chymio-Statical Experiments; Which were Read at Several Meetings Before the
Royal Society, London: W. and J. Innys and T. Woodward
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Watson
1781–87,
Watson,
Richard 1781–87. Chemical Essays, 5 vols, Cambridge: T.
& J. Merrill, and J. Deighton; London: P. Elmsly [and 7 others]
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Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
(1665–1900+)
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