Volume 1
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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 17–19.
The Mermaid
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Genre:
Serial, Miscellaneous
Relevant illustrations:
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Subjects:
Monstrosities, Menageries, Natural History, Controversy,
Imposture
People mentioned:
Pliny
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:
L'honoré
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Section: Miscellanies
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
Section: Useful Domestic Hints
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 32.
Cement
Anon
Genre:
Recipe
Subjects:
Industrial Chemistry
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), 35–38.
The Mermaid
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Genre:
Serial, Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Natural History, Monstrosities, Menageries, Imposture
People mentioned:
François Valentyn
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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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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 52–54.
Melancholy of Tailors. By Charles Lamb, Esq.
Anon
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Genre:
Essay, Extract
Publications extracted:
Charles
Lamb
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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
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
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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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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
DSB
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who has been lately be-scoped and tendencied by
Macvey Napier,
Esq.
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View the register entry >> ' (88). 'Geologers all, great, middling, and small, / Whether
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), 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
c . 1219–c . 1292)
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'In all ages the Devil has rendered great service to the learned'.
'Tertullian
c . 160–c . 220)
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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!'.
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.
Section: Useful Domestic Hints
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 111.
Accidents by Fire
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Accidents, Medical Treatment
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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 133–34.
The Mendicant Robber of Orleans
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Dissection, Display, Medical Treatment
Section: Miscellanies
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 139.
Coral Reefs
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Invertebrate Zoology
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 139.
Chinese Doctors
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Medical Practitioners
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 140.
Cocquenar
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Narcotics
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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
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 159.
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Botany
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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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.
Section: The Gatherer
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 176.
Bleeding
Anon
Genre:
Anecdote, Drollery
Subjects:
Medical Treatment
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 176.
Indian Bears
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Animal Behaviour
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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).
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
(1882–84)
Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:
Medical Practitioners, Dissection, Electricity, Medical
Treatment
People mentioned:
[Joshua
Brookes] ,
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John Millikin ,
fl. 1823–46)
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Astley P
Cooper
Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet
(1768–1841)
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Institutions mentioned:
[Blenheim Street Anatomy
School]
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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 313.
The Protean
Anon
Genre:
Reportage
Relevant illustrations:
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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.'
Section: The Gatherer
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 320.
Doctors Differ
Anon
Genre:
Anecdote
Subjects:
Medical Practitioners, Controversy
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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 338–40.
The Difficulties of a Consulting Surgeon
A Consulting Surgeon
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Genre:
Letter, Autobiography
Subjects:
Medical Practitioners, Professionalization, Commerce, Education,
Speculation, Publishing, Lecturing, Status, Morality, Quackery
People mentioned:
Astley P
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
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 352.
Extraordinary Fruit
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Natural History
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 352.
Remarkable Fish
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Natural History
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 365.
Recipe for a Sore Throat
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Pharmaceuticals
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 365.
Fruit Trees
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Horticulture, Chemistry
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 365–66.
Oil from Pumpkins
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Domestic Economy
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 366.
Fruit Trees
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Horticulture
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 366.
Sea Sickness
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Medical Treatment
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 366.
Hooping Cough
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Medical Treatment
Section: The Gatherer
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 366.
Multiplicands and Multiplicators
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Mathematics, Amusement
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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 370–73.
Medical Quackery
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 384.
Glue
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Domestic Economy
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 384.
Gravel Walks
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Horticulture
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 384.
Mushrooms
Anon
Genre:
Instructions
Subjects:
Medical Treatment
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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 385–86.
Execution of a Criminal in the Sandwich Islands
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Relevant illustrations:
wdct.
Illustrators:
Sears
fl . 1826–59)
Engen 1985
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Subjects:
Ethnography
Publications cited:
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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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 393–95.
Medical Quackery
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Anon
Genre:
Serial, Letter, Spoof
Subjects:
Medical Practitioners, Quackery, Instrument-makers, Government,
Commerce, Publishing, Electricity, Astrology
People mentioned:
William Rawson
Sir William (formerly Adams)
(1783–1827)
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Institutions mentioned:
Royal College of Physicians
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Section: Useful Domestic Hints
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Section: Select Biography
Section: Spirit of the Public Journals
Section: The Novelist
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 410–13.
Ellen: A Simple Tale
Charles Bellamy
fl . 1823)
ML1/1/26c/3
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Genre:
Short Fiction
Subjects:
Natural History, Collecting
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).
Section: Useful Domestic Hints
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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 422–24.
Medical Quackery
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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
Sir William
(1772–1828)
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Section: Miscellanies
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 430–31.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Geology
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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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 435–37.
Medical Quackery
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Anon
Genre:
Serial, Letter, Spoof
Subjects:
Medical Practitioners, Education, Quackery, Pharmaceuticals,
Hydropathy
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 437–38.
Oranges
P T W, pseud.
[Peter T Westcott ]
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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Genre:
Letter
Subjects:
Health, Horticulture, Acclimatization
Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 441–42.
Fairy Castles
Anon
Genre:
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Meteorology, Light
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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Mirror of Literature , 1 (1822–23), 455–57.
Medical Quackery
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Genre:
Serial, Letter, Spoof
Subjects:
Medical Practitioners, Quackery, Dissection, Intellectual Property,
Expertise, Anatomy, Instruments, Commerce, Pharmaceuticals, Surgery,
Publishing, Lecturing, Societies
People mentioned:
Joshua Brookes ,
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Astley P
Cooper
Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet
(1768–1841)
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Institutions mentioned:
Ophthalmic Institution,
Regent's Park
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Royal Society,
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Medical
Society
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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]
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[Peter T Westcott ]
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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Genre:
Introduction / Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Botany, Theology of Nature, Design, Aesthetics, Microscopy
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