Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 9  (January to June 1827)
Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 2.

Christmas Plants

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Horticulture, Pharmaceuticals

People mentioned:

Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St Alban), Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561–1626) DSB ODNB
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Philip Miller Miller, Philip (1691–1771) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 3–4.

Astronomical Observations for January

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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Astronomy, Time, Piety, Wonder, Biblical Authority, Prognostication, Religious Authority


    Reflects on the passage of time and on the 'wonders displayed in the formation of the planetary world'. Reports that, according to Flavius Josephus Josephus, Flavius (c. 37–c. 100) CBD
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, 'longevity was bestowed upon Adam and his posterity for the express purpose of improving the sciences of geometry and astronomy'. Reporting the recent observation of a comet, the writer observes: 'Some persons imagine that Comets are the forerunners of greatcalamities or evils'. (3) A postscript records that Galileo Galilei Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642) DSB
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died on 8 January 1642, and reports: 'He was cited before the Holy Inquisition, and forced to abjure the Copernican Copernicus, Nicholas (1473–1543) DSB
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or true system of the world.' It continues: 'After going through the humiliating ceremony, he stamped with his foot on the earth, saying, e pur si muove, "it moves notwithstanding"'. (4)



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 8.

A Lithophagus

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Paulian 1758 [Paulian, Aimé Henri]. Dictionnaire de physique portatif [...]. A l'usage des personnes qui n'ont aucune teinture de geometrie; dans lequel on explique le sistème physique de Newton [...], Avignon: F.-B. Merande, La Veuve Girard, 1758
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Subjects:

Nutrition, Anatomy, Menageries


    Reports the case of a 'true lithophagus, or stone-eater' who could swallow large flints and powdered stones made into a paste.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 9–10.

The Months. January

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Meteorology


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 11.

Origin of the Bills of Mortality

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Death, Epidemiology, Population

People mentioned:

Thomas Pennant Pennant, Thomas (1726–98) DSB
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Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 12–13.

Church and Turret Clocks

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Instrument-makers, Invention, Patronage, Physics, Dynamics, Sound

Institutions mentioned:

Royal Military College, Sandhurst Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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    Reports the awarding of one of the 'most liberal rewards' of the Royal Society of Arts Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
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to W Wynn Wynn, W (watch- and clock-maker, of Dean Street, Soho Square, London) (fl. 1827) ML1/9/240c/6
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, 'an ingenious watch and clock maker in London', for his improvement in church and turret clocks (12). The improvement is described in some detail.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 13.

New Invention

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Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Machinery


    Reports the introduction of a 'canal-digging machine' in Paris.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 13.

Acoustics

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Sound, Exploration

Publications cited:

Parry 1826 Parry, William Edward 1826. Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Performed in the Years 1824–25, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Fury, Under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, London: John Murray
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 13.

The Pleximeter

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Medical Treatment


    Describes the invention by 'a French surgeon' of an instrument for listening to the sound produced on the chest or abdomen by percussion.



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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 18–20.

Death and Interment

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F R Y Y, F R
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Death, Medical Practitioners, Scientific Practitioners, Religion


    Reports that Francis Bacon (1st Viscount St Alban) Bacon, Francis, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561–1626) DSB ODNB
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'thinks it the office of a physician to procure easy deaths as well as to restore health' (19). Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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is also quoted as stating: 'I look upon death [...] to be as necessary to our constitutions as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning' (20).



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 20.

Spiders

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B H H, B
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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Entomology, Meteorology, Prognostication, War


    An anecdote relating to Denis B Quatremère D'Isjonval Quatremère D'Isjonval (or Disjonval), Denis Bernard (1754–1830) WBI
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, who, while a prisoner in Holland, advised a French general on the weather on the basis of his observation of the behaviour of spiders.


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A B C, 'Spiders', Mirror of Literature, 8 (1826), 422


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 20–21.

On Frost

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Meteorology, Physics, Heat

See also:

Jacobus, 'On Evaporation', Mirror of Literature, 8 (1826), 340–41


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 21–22.

Select Biography. No. XLIX. William Gifford, Esq. Gifford, William (1756–1826) ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Endeavour, Education, Mathematics, Books


    As an apprentice shoemaker, Gifford 'possessed but one book in the world—A Treatise on Algebra; of paper, ink, slate or pencil, he was totally destitute, and without a penny to buy any. Being partial to the mathematical sciences, he sat up, night after night, at his studies, and beat out small pieces of leather to a smooth surface, upon which he contrived to work his algebraic problems' (21).



Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 23.

Progress of the Arts in France

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Literary Gazette Literary Gazette (1817–62) Parthenon (1863) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Industry, Progress, Discovery


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 23.

Specific Gravities

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Instruments


    Describes the invention by John Leslie Leslie, Sir John (1766–1832) DSB ODNB
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of 'an extremely delicate apparatus for ascertaining the specific gravity of powders', and some of his results.



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Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 41–43.

Eminent Liars

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Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mental Illness


    The article relates chiefly to the tall tales of a sporting friend of the writer, of whose lies it is observed: 'I shall not attempt to trace the causes of this infirmity of mind; but wherever it exists in the same degree, I consider it as presenting a case for the consideration of the physician rather than of the moralist' (43).



Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 44.

Exposure of Iron on the Summit of Monte Rosa

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Chemistry, Heat


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 44.

On the Cause of the Fracture of Lamp Glasses

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Heat, Light

People mentioned:

Antoine A F Cadet de Vaux Cadet de Vaux (or Cadet-Devaux or Cadet le jeune), Antoine-Alexis-François (1743–1828) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 44.

Artificial Cold

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Heat, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 44.

Composition for Covering Grafts

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Horticulture


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 47.

The Deluge

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Biblical Authority, Ethnography


    Relates that the 'tradition of a deluge has been preserved by the Sandwich islanders'.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 48.

Epitaph

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Anon

Genre:

Epitaph, Poetry

Subjects:

Pharmaceuticals


    'If drugs and physic could but save / Us mortals from the dreary grave, / 'Tis known that I took full enough / Of the apothecary's stuff / To have prolong'd life's busy feast / To a full century at least; / But spite of all the doctor's skill, / Of daily draught and nightly pill, / Reader, as sure as you're alive, / I was sent here at twenty-five'.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 48.

Heaths and Roses

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Genre:

Miscellanous

Subjects:

Botany, Biogeography


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Section: Recollections of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 51–56.

Memoir of the late Duke of York Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827) ODNB
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. By Sir Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter, 1st Baronet (1771–1832) ODNB
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Genre:

Extract, Biography

Publications extracted:

Walter Scott
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Subjects:

War, Education, Mathematics, Utility


    Focuses on the Duke of York's role as 'the reformer and regenerator of the British army Army
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' (51). Reports the poor state of military education prior to his reforms. As Commander-in-Chief, the Duke had a 'gradual and meliorating influence', and , under his charge, 'a taste for studying mathematics and calculations applicable to war was gradually introduced into the army, and carried by some officers to a great length' (52). Draws attention to the foundation under his command of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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, 'where every species of scientific instruction is afforded to those officers whom it is desirable to qualify for the service of the staff', and notes that 'if the British officer brings against his scientific antagonist [...] an improved and enlightened knowledge of his profession, to the memory of the Duke of York the army and the country owe them' (53).



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 56–57.

The Royal Death Bed

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Disease, Death, Medical Practitioners

People mentioned:

Astley P Cooper Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet (1768–1841) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 57.

The Embalming

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Death, Putrefaction

People mentioned:

John Nussey, Nussey, John (d. 1862) WBI
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Everard A Brande Brande, Everard Augustus (1776–1868) WBI
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Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 79.

A New Hygrometer

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N N—e N—e, N
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Instruments, Invention, Meteorology


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 81–84.

Hints on the Science of Dreaming

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Genre:

Extract, Essay

Publications extracted:

Inspector Inspector (1826–27) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Psychology, Metaphysics, Associationism, Physiology, Nutrition, Temperance, Quackery, Exploration, Instruments, Race


    Offers no account of the author's 'views of the metaphysical part of this subject' which he or she has 'for years endeavoured to analyze, and reduce to rules by personal experiment'. The author observes: 'whether dreams are to be accounted for by the ordinary laws of imagination and association; or whether the theories of Hobbes Hobbes, Thomas (1588–1679) DSB
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, Hartley Hartley, David (1705–57) DSB
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, or bishop Newton Newton, Thomas (1704–82) ODNB
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, be the more correct, or agreeable to my experience, I need not now explain'. Promises to readers the means to 'control the character' of their dreams. Rejects the notion of 'half-informed physiologists' that unpleasant dreams result from 'repletion of blood in the sinuses of the brain'. Attributes them instead largely to the 'derangement of the sinuses of the stomach and digestive organs' in consequence of inappropriate eating. 'Nature, Providence, Abernethy Abernethy, John (1764–1831) ODNB
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, and Dreaming, are all against clogging and turnpiking the interior'. (91) Describes as dangerous quackery the advice on procuring pleasant dreams published by 'a ruffian, whom some amusingly call a philosopher, one Dr. Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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, an American'. Advises against large or small 'bed rooms', reporting: 'In one of the first kind which I had, I dreamed of nothing but being out hunting bears with captain Parry Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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, in nankeens without drawers; and in one of the latter, I was regularly twice a week, a rat in an air pump'. Gives advice on making beds, and continues, 'But where is the use of having a philosophically constructed bed, if you do not study a scientific and accurate method of lying in it?—you may as well put a Troughton's Troughton, Edward (1753–1836) DSB
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equatorial sector into the hands of an Esquimaux'. (92)



Section: The Selector; or, Choice Extracts from New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 84–87.

Captain Hall's Hall, Basil (1788–1844) ODNB
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Interview with Bonaparte Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821) CBD
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  [1/2]Anon, 'Captain Hall's Interview with Bonaparte', Mirror of Literature, 9 (1827), 99–103

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Genre:

Extract, Serial

Publications extracted:

Hall 1826 Hall, Basil 1826. Voyage to Loo-choo, and Other Places in the Eastern Seas, in the Year 1816: Including an Account of Captain Maxwell's Attack on the Batteries at Canton; and Notes of an Interview with Buonaparte at St. Helena, in August 1817, Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications, 1, Edinburgh: Constable
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Mathematics


    Describes Basil Hall's attempts to see Napoleon on St Helena. Napoleon declines to see him until he learns that Hall is the son of James Hall, Hall, Sir James (1761–1832) DSB
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who spent some time at Brienne at the period when Napoleon was a student at the military college Brienne. military college
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there. Napoleon remembers Hall's father as the first Englishman he ever met, and observes: 'he was fond of mathematics—he did not associate much with the younger part of the scholars, but rather with the priests and professors' (87).



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Section: Anecdotes and Recollections

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 90.

Mr. Abernethy Abernethy, John (1764–1831) ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Dagley 1826 Dagley, Richard 1826. Death's Doings: Consisting of Numerous Original Compositions, in Prose and Verse, the Friendly Contributions of Various Writers; Principally Intended as Illustrations of Twenty-four Plates, London: J. Andrews and W. Cole
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 92–94.

Astronomical Observations for February

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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Meteorology, Natural Economy, Astronomy, Light, Instruments

People mentioned:

Gian D Cassini Cassini, Gian Domenico (Jean-Dominique) (Cassini I) (1625–1712) DSB
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    Begins with preliminary observations on the necessity of winter to purify the air, disperse 'those unwholesome and infectious vapours which would fill us with disease and death', and destroy 'innumerable multitudes of noxious insects, which otherwise would devour the few existing remains of vegetation' (92). Discusses the discovery and cause of the zodiacal light, and gives instructions for constructing an astronomical telescope.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 96.

The Months. February

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Meteorology, Natural History, Horticulture, Agriculture


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 98–99.

The Cross of the South

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

National Magazine National Magazine (1826–27) COPAC
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Aesthetics, Travel, Piety, Feeling


    The writer describes the striking alteration in the appearance of the heavens on travelling to the southern hemisphere, and its effect upon the European traveller. He refers to the particular beauty of the 'Cross of the south', and observes that it is an 'object of peculiar veneration' to Roman Catholics (98). He describes how, on his first voyage across the equator, several of the crew followed the example of one bred a Catholic in falling to their knees at the sight of it, 'not indeed from religion' but because 'their stubborn hearts were overcome by the solemn stillness and beauty of the scene around them, and the pure feeling which such sights and such a recognition were calculated to inspire' (99).



Section: The Selector; or, Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 99–103.

Captain Hall's Hall, Basil (1788–1844) ODNB
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Interview with Bonaparte Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821) CBD
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  [2/2]Anon, 'Captain Hall's Interview with Bonaparte', Mirror of Literature, 9 (1827), 84–87

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Serial

Publications extracted:

Hall 1826 Hall, Basil 1826. Voyage to Loo-choo, and Other Places in the Eastern Seas, in the Year 1816: Including an Account of Captain Maxwell's Attack on the Batteries at Canton; and Notes of an Interview with Buonaparte at St. Helena, in August 1817, Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications, 1, Edinburgh: Constable
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Government, Patronage, Society, Exploration, Ethnography


    Basil Hall tells Napoleon that his father, James Hall, Hall, Sir James (1761–1832) DSB
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had often expressed 'great admiration of the encouragement he had given to science while he was emperor of the French', which gratifies Napoleon. On learning that James Hall was president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Society of Edinburgh
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, Napoleon asks detailed questions about the organization of the society. He also inquires at length concerning the voyage into the eastern seas of HMS Lyra HMS Lyra
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, and its discoveries.



Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 103.

Diminution in the Weight of Water when Frozen

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Omicron Omicron
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Genre:

Letter, Rejoinder

Subjects:

Physics, Experiment, Heat, Meteorology


    In response to an earlier letter (Jacobus, 'On Frost', Mirror of Literature, 9 (1827), 20–21), the writer details his or her experiments on the subject.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 104.

Chemical Dangers

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Experiment, Chemistry, Display, Accidents

People mentioned:

Guillaume F Rouelle Rouelle, Guillaume-François (1703–70) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 107–09.

Embalming

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F R Y Y, F R
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Death, Putrefaction, Museums

Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society Royal Society of London
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Publications cited:

Grew 1681 Grew, Nehemiah 1681. Musaeum Regalis Societatis; or, A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge: Whereunto is Subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts. London: printed for the author
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Section: Anecdotes and Recollections

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 113.

Steam-Vessels

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Extract

Publications extracted:

Keppel 1827 Keppel, George Thomas 1827. Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England: By Bussorah, Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the Court of Persia, the Western Shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney Novogorod, Moscow and St. Petersburgh, in the year 1824, London: Henry Colburn
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Subjects:

Steamships, Invention, Superstition, Cultural Geography


Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 117–18.

Pestilence of Zaragoza

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Extract

Publications extracted:

Southey 1823–32 Southey, Robert 1823–32. History of the Peninsular War, 3 vols, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Epidemiology, War, Putrefaction


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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 124–26.

Sarcophagiana; or, Reminiscences and Recollections of Scriblerus Sarcophagus

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Genre:

Short Fiction, Reminiscences, Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Authorship, Cosmology, Phrenology, Controversy


    Relates of the fictional Scriblerus Sacrophagus that his 'work on Cosmogony was published when his intellect was most vigorous, yet it was little read, less understood'. Describes his 'long argument with a profound friend on phrenological science', which included the 'convincing' argument that since 'veracity and mendacity are incompatible' it follows that phrenology 'must be veracious if it be not mendacious'. (125)



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 126.

Frosts

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H, Royal Observatory, Greenwich H
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Meteorology, Physics, Heat

Institutions mentioned:

Royal Observatory, Greenwich Royal Observatory, Greenwich
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 127.

The Tree-Fern of Australia

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous, Extract

Publications extracted:

Allan Cunningham Cunningham, Allan (1791–1839) ODNB
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Subjects:

Botany, Exploration


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 130–31.

Ascent of the Grand St. Bernard

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Anon

Genre:

Travelogue, Extract

Publications extracted:

Gentleman's Magazine Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Museums, Palaeontology, Mineralogy


    Describes the existence of a 'collection of fossils and minerals' at the Hospice de Grand St. Bernard Hospice de Grand St Bernard
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Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 132.

Siege of Gerona

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Southey 1823–32 Southey, Robert 1823–32. History of the Peninsular War, 3 vols, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

War, Epidemiology


Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 134–35.

Mr. Wynn's Wynn, W (watch- and clock-maker, of Dean Street, Soho Square, London) (fl. 1827) ML1/9/240c/6
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Improvements in Church Clocks

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W Wynn, Dean-street, Soho-square Wynn, W (watch- and clock-maker, of Dean Street, Soho Square, London) (fl. 1827) ML1/9/240c/6
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Invention, Time

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Anon, 'Church and Turret Clocks', Mirror of Literature, 9 (1827), 12–13


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 135.

Strength of Cohesion in Wood

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Anon

Genre:

Extract—Miscellaneous; Table

Publications extracted:

Monthly Magazine Monthly Magazine (1796–1843) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physics

Publications cited:

Bevan 1826 Bevan, Benjamin 1826. 'Experiments on the Strength of Cohesion of Wood', Philosophical Magazine, 68, 269–70; 343–44
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 135.

Enormous Fossil Vertebrata

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Palaeontology, Discovery

Publications cited:

Edinburgh Philosophical Journal Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1819–26) Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1826–64) Waterloo Directory
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 136.

Mr. Steffen's Steffen, Mr (fl. 1827) ML1/9/240c/9
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Sitometer

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Metrology, Technology


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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 138–39.

Velocity of Sound

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F R Y Y, F R
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Sound, Experiment

People mentioned:

Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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William Derham Derham, William (1657–1735) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

Academia del Cimento, Florence Academia del Cimento, Florence
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 140–41.

My Common-Place Book. No. XVII. A Scene in the Isle of Wight

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Viator Viator
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Travelogue

Subjects:

Natural History, Collecting


    The narrator records: 'On the turf road we observe a variety of curious shells. We stop to examine them, and while we are selecting the most beautiful of them, a clap of thunder makes us jump on our feet and look around' (141).



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 142–44.

The Novelist. No. XCVII. The Black Trader

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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Short Fiction, Extract

Publications extracted:

Van Dyk 1827 Van Dyk, Harry Stoe 1827. The Gondola, London: Lupton Relfe
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Instruments


    At one point the narrator reports that 'the clouds, the seaman's barometer, indicated a gale' (143).



Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 150–51.

The Rock of Avignon, and the Palace of the Popes

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

[Best] 1826 [Best, Henry D.] 1826. Four Years in France; or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there During that Period; Preceded by Some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith, London: Henry Colburn.
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Subjects:

Geology, Biblical Authority, Scientific Practitioners, Infidelity


    Discusses the evident separation of the Rock of Avignon from the hills on the other side of the Rhone, observing that its cause 'is a question that might puzzle a writer of theories on the formation of the earth'. Remarks: 'If we can believe, what philosophers would readily enough believe were not the fact asserted in the bible,—that the earth was at one time covered with water, even the tops of the mountains,—and if we can suppose also that currents existed in this deluge; then, on the subsiding of the waters, these currents might meet with the summits and ridges of hills, and work and wear for themselves a passage, the waters of the deluge gradually retiring, but, in the mean time, sustaining the currents at the requisite height'. Urges 'humility in Scriptural interpretation'. (150)



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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 155–57.

Astronomical Observations for March

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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Astronomy


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 158.

The Glow Worm

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D D
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Entomology, Gender, Sex


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 164–65.

Norwich—A Port

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Polemic

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Engineering, Navigation, Controversy

People mentioned:

Thomas Telford, Telford, Thomas (1757–1834) ODNB
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William Cubitt Cubitt, Sir William (1785–1861) ODNB
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Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 165–66.

The Palace of St. Cloud Palace de Saint Cloud, Saint Cloud
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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous, Extract

Publications extracted:

Best 1826 [Best, Henry D.] 1826. Four Years in France; or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there During that Period; Preceded by Some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith, London: Henry Colburn.
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Instruments


    Reports that on one of the panes of the dining room window 'a thermometer, with the scale marked on glass, was fixed on the outside; thus the temperature of the outer air might be known without opening the casement' (165).



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 167–68.

Visit to the Harem of the Aga, at Damietta

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Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Menu von Minutoli 1827 Menu von Minutoli, Wolfradine 1827. Recollections of Egypt, London: Treuttel & Wurtz
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Subjects:

Race, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Quackery, Faith, Miracle, Superstition


    Reports a general conviction among the 'Orientals' that all Europeans 'have a knowledge of medicine and necromancy'. Observes that it is 'easy to acquire the reputation of an able physician', and reports: 'the really skilful medical man who accompanied us during our tour in Upper Egypt, was accustomed [...] in imitation of the celebrated Sangrado, of happy memory, to administer only the most simple remedies, which never failed to produce a prompt and marvellous effect'. (167) The reference is to Dr Sangrado, a quack doctor in Alain R Le Sage's Le Sage, Alain René (1668–1747) CBD
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novel Gil Blas Le Sage, Alain René 1715–35. Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, Paris: Ribou
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, who prescribed warm water and bleeding for every ailment.



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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 171–73.

The Months. The Naturalist's Diary for March

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Genre:

Regular Feature—Extract, Miscellaneous; Extract, Poetry

Publications extracted:

Time's Telescope Time's Telescope (1814–34) Waterloo Directory
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, Felicia D Hemans Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (1793–1835) ODNB
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, New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Natural History

People mentioned:

Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus (or von Linné), Carl (1707–78) DSB
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Publications cited:

Ireland 1816, Ireland, W. M. 1816. 'Some Account of the External Changes Which Take Place in the Surinam Frog (Rana paradoxa, Linn.), From its Earlier Stages Till it Becomes a Perfect Animal', Quarterly Journal of Science, 1, 55–59
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Jenyns 1827, Jenyns, Leonard 1827. 'Observations on the Ornithology of Cambridgeshire', Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2, 287–324
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Tusser 1573 Tusser, Thomas 1573. Fiue Hundreth Points of Good Husbandry: Vnited to as Many of Good Huswiferie, First Deuised, & Nowe Lately Augmented with Diuerse Approued Lessons Concerning Hopps & Gardening, and other Needeful Matters Together, with an Abstract Before Euery Moneth, Conteining the Whole Effect of the Sayd Moneth with a Table & a Preface in the Beginning both Necessary to be Reade, for the Better Vnderstanding of the Booke, London: Rychard Totell
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 174–75.

Select Biography. No. LI. Dr Kitchiner Kitchiner, William (1778–1827) ODNB
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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Obituary, Extract

Publications extracted:

Literary Gazette Literary Gazette (1817–62) Parthenon (1863) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Authorship


Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 177–78.

On Specific Gravity

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Miscellaneous, Table

Subjects:

History of Science, Physics, Mathematics

People mentioned:

Archimedes, Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) DSB
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Henry van Etten, Etten, Henry van (fl. 1650) WBI
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Johann H Alsted, Alsted, Johann Heinrich (1588–1638) DSB
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Marino Ghetaldi, Ghetaldi (Ghettaldi), Marino (1566 (or 1568)–1626) DSB
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John Ward Ward, John (fl. 1698–1728 ) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society Royal Society of London
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Publications cited:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 178.

A New Invention

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

London Journal of Arts and Sciences London Journal of Arts and Sciences (1820–54) Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences (1855–67) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Discovery, Metallurgy, Technology


    Describes a new method of 'rendering cast-iron soft and malleable'.



Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 181–82.

An Irish Hedge School

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Reminiscences

Publications extracted:

Anon 1826a Anon. 1826a. Scenes and Sketches of a Soldier's Life in Ireland, Edinburgh: W. Tait; London: C. Tait
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Subjects:

Mathematics


    The narrator relates that the 'urchins' that came out of the school 'were obliged to make their best bow, by drawing back the left leg, catching the tuft of hair that hung over their forehead, and bringing their stiff necks to the precise mathematical curve that constituted politeness' (181).



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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 186–87.

History of Corn

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Agriculture, Acclimatization


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 193.

Hull Infirmary Hull General Infirmary
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T C ss C ss, T
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

Bonner Sc Bonner, George Wilmot (1796–1836) ODNB
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Subjects:

Hospitals, Patronage, Architecture


    Gives a brief history and description of the hospital. The writer observes: 'In the construction of the building great attention was paid to the interior arrangement, and no hospital in the kingdom has a freer circulation of air, or more complete provision in every respect for the objects of its care' (193).



Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 199–200.

Lichens

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Natural Economy, Providence


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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 205–06.

History of Bellows

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Invention, Machinery

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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Section: Anecdotes and Recollections

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 208.

Dr. Franklin Franklin, Benjamin (1706–90) DSB
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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Extract

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Heroism, Morality, Religion


    Records the reported observations of Franklin's daughter concerning his final illness, his moral conduct, and his religious beliefs.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 208.

Belzoni Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (1778–1823) CBD
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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Extract

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Collecting, Status, Patronage, Museums


    Laments that Giovanni Belzoni 'died in poverty' and that 'others reaped the reputation that should be his'. Observes that 'No just mention of Belzoni occurs in the British Museum British Museum
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, in enumerating the articles that enrich it through his labours'. Regrets that 'Rich men are beginning to find they can buy a name'.



Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 215.

Recipe for the Hooping-Cough

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Anon

Genre:

Recipe

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 215.

A Cure for the Cholera Morbus

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B B
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Genre:

Recipe

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 217–18.

Astronomical Observations for April. Eclipse of the Sun—The Solar Spots—Their Magnitude—Phenomena Planetarum

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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Astronomy, Observation, Instruments

People mentioned:

Christoph Scheiner, Scheiner, Christoph (1573–1650) DSB
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Johannes Hevelius Hevelius, Johannes (1611–87) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 220.

Manners and Customs of All Nations. No. IX. Laplanders and Rein-Deer

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Ethnography, Natural History, Exhibitions, Acclimatization

Institutions mentioned:

Bullock's Museum Bullock's Museum, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly
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Publications cited:

Brooke 1826 Brooke, Arthur de Capell 1826. Winter Sketches in Lapland; or, Illustrations of a Journey from Alten on the Shores of the Polar Sea in 69°55" North Lat. Through Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish Lapland, to Torneå at the Extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia: Intended to Exhibit a Complete View of the Mode of Travelling with Rein Deer, the Most Striking Incidents that Occured During the Journey, and the General Character of the Winter Scenery of Lapland, London: John Murray
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See also:

Anon, 'Laplanders and Rein-Deer', Mirror of Literature, 1 (1822–23), 129–30


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 224–25.

The Months. April

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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Natural History, Aesthetics, Feeling


Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 231.

Specific Gravity

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Physics

See also:

Anon, 'Specific Gravities', Mirror of Literature, 9 (1827), 23


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 231–32.

The Doctor Outwitted

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Morality


    The anecdote concerns the avaricious behaviour of a doctor called in to assist a woman in labour.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 232.

[Cognomens of Medical Practitioners]

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners


    Relates an anecdote of George Horne Horne, George (1730–92) ODNB
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concerning six physicians in 'one of our universities' who were known as 'plague, pestilence, and famine, battle, murder, and sudden death'.



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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 73*–84*.

The Last Illness of his Late Royal Highness the Duke of York Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827) ODNB
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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Taylor 1827 Taylor, Herbert 1827. The Last Illness and Decease of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, London: William Sams
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Subjects:

Disease, Death, Heroism, Piety, Medical Practitioners, Skill

People mentioned:

Henry Halford, Halford (formerly Vaughan), Sir Henry (1766–1844) ODNB
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Matthew J Tierney, Tierney, Sir Matthew John (1776–1845) ODNB
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Astley P Cooper Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, 1st Baronet (1768–1841) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 235–36.

The Sketch Book. No. XXXIII. The Grumbling Traveller

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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Short Fiction

Subjects:

Medical Pratitioners, Pharmaceuticals


    The narrator observes: 'A long bill of fare was produced, as long as an apothecary's bill' (235).



Section: Anecdotes and Recollections

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 239.

A Bit of Advice

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Genre:

Extract, Instructions

Publications extracted:

Indicator Indicator (1819–21) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mental Illness, Medical Treatment


    Advises that otherwise unexplained melancholy is due to 'some physical weakness' which should be rectified. 'The blood of a melancholy man is thick and slow' and he should therefore put his blood in motion by exercise, drinking wine, and other 'excitements'.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 239.

[Philosophy Like Medicine]

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Genre:

Epigram, Extract

Publications extracted:

Literary Magnet Literary Magnet (1823–27) Wright's London Magnet (1828) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


    'Philosophy, like medicine, has abundance of drugs,—few good remedies, and scarcely any specifics'.



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 241–43.

The Shepherd's Calendar. By the Ettrick Shepherd. General Anecdotes—Sheep

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Hogg] 1827 [Hogg, James] 1827. 'The Shepherd's Calendar: General Anecdotes', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 21 (1827), 434–48
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 247.

Epistolatory Elegance

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Genre:

Extract, Letter

Publications extracted:

Madras Courier Madras Courier (1785–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Race, Vulcanology


    A letter to the newspaper introduces an 'amusing' attempt at the English epistolatory style by a Bengalee copying clerk. It includes the following: 'Contemplating with adoration the sublime grandeur of English gentlemen, my heart and mind rebound and beat with such palpitation for joy, that it may be likened unto the vulcanic raptures of Mount Vusivious in England'.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 247–48.

Celeriac

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Genre:

Miscellaneous, Instructions

Subjects:

Horticulture


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 248.

[Miniature Mechanism]

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Machinery, Instrument-makers

People mentioned:

—— Boverick Boverick, —— (fl. 1760?) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 251–53.

The Months. Seasonable Indications

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Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Hunt 1821, 38–48 Hunt, Leigh 1821. The Months: Descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year, London: C & J Ollier
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Subjects:

Natural History


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 253–54.

Evergreen Shrubs

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction; List

Subjects:

Horticulture


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 255.

[Sundial of King Charles I Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1600–49) ODNB
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]

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Instrument-makers


    Relates that Richard Delamain Delamain, Richard, the elder (d. 1644?) DSB ODNB
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made a 'ring dial' for Charles I which he valued so much that on the morning before his execution he 'ordered it to be given to the duke of York James II and VII, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1633–1701) ODNB
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, with a book showing its use'.



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 257–60.

The Jew Slopseller

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Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous, Extract

Publications extracted:

Monthly Magazine Monthly Magazine (1796–1843) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Human Species, Commerce, Race, Monstrosities, Natural History, Religion, Genius, Exhibitions


    The writer begins by observing quizically: 'We know not if, among the several qualities, to the possession of which philosophers have ascribed our superiority over frogs and jackdaws, the spirit of commerce has been duly registered—whether the continually working principle of barter, wanting in all other animals, has given a triumphant distinction to humanity, and thus proved the immortal essence of man in his day-book and ledger' (257). Describes the 'Jew slopseller' in terms that are sometimes those of natural history. Observes of his appearance, 'Horace Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BC) CBD
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himself never imagined such a monster; it would be the head of a fox on the body of a mastiff—of a cat, fixed on the neck of an antelope'. States of his behaviour, 'it would seem some spirit of gain inhabited his every tendon and nerve, and that his body echoed and throbbed throughout with their clamour and their stirring'. Considers that his 'prime god is made at his majesty's mint' and observes: 'If he can give to second-cloth the passing freshness of superfine, he is, in his own esteem, a second Descartes Descartes, René Du Perron (1596–1650) DSB
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; if he can replace copper for gold, another Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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'. States that he 'has no love of nature, animate or still', except with a view to making money: 'Shew him Mount Vesuvius in full eruption, and he will speculate on getting it up in a raree-show'. Describes the slop-seller as preying, crocodile-like and fox-like, on honest sailors. (258)



Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 263.

Honey Hunting

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

[Phillips 1827] [Phillips, T.] 1827. Scenes and Occurrences in Albany and Caffer-Land, South Africa, London: W. Marsh
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Subjects:

Ethnography, Natural History


Section: Useful Domestic Hints

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 263–64.

Cure for a Consumption

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N G G, N
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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 264.

Bleaching Straw

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Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Chemistry, Domestic Economy


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 264.

[Anecdote of a Turkey]

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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Natural History, Error, Acclimatization


    Relates that the bailie of a coastal town in Fife, watching a ship break up in a storm, noticed a turkey being washed ashore. 'Whether it was that turkeys had never then been seen in Fifeshire, or that the terrific scene had utterly confused all distinctions in his mind between zoology and ornithology' he was terrified, and announced to the town that he had seen 'a dreadful cretur'. On being questioned further he reported that he took it to be 'ane elephant'.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 264.

[Dog-and-Duck Water]

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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Hydropathy, Publishing


    Reports that John Pringle Pringle, Sir John, 1st Baronet (1707–82) ODNB
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mentioned in one of his works having cured a soldier by daily use of the 'dog-and-duck water'—that is, the celebrated waters drawn from the medicinal spring at the Dog and Duck Dog and Duck, tavern and medicinal spa
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tavern on the site later occupied by the Bethlehem Royal Hospital Bethlehem Royal Hospital
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. 'A French physician, who translated this passage of Sir John's, said, that "the cure was effected by administering an excellent broth made of a dog and duck!"'.



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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 266.

The Months. The Cuckoo

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Genre:

Regular Feature—Miscellaneous; Poetry; Poetry, Extract

Publications extracted:

Knight's Quarterly Magazine, 1 (1823): 48 Knight's Quarterly Magazine (1823–25) Quarterly Magazine (1825) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Natural History


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 268.

What is Man?

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H W Dewhurst Dewhurst, H W (fl. 1827) ML1/9/250/2
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Human Species, Natural History, Human Development, Physiology, Ageing


    Considers the capacities of humans in different stages of development, comparing them with those of other animal species, and concentrating particularly on the decline of the human body in old age.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 268–70.

The Novelist. No. C. The Golden Cup and the Dish of Silver

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Extract, Short Fiction

Publications extracted:

Hood 1827 Hood, Thomas 1827. National Tales, 2 vols, London: William H. Ainsworth
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Subjects:

Race, Medical Practitioners, Religion, Morality, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment, Mental Illness, Temperance


    The narrator begins by reporting the particularly cruel usage of Jews in Turkey. The story relates to a 'Yussef, a Hebrew of great wealth and wisdom, but outwardly, a poor beggarly druggist', living in Constantinople (269). Forced to eat pork by an aga, he is later summoned to attend one of the aga's favourite concubines. Not even permitted to examine or speak to her, he is ordered to prepare medicines, but instead fills 'physic bottles' with wine. The illness of the favourite being 'merely a languor and melancholy', she is cured by the wine (270). Yussef thus becomes the aga's trusted physician, while, according to the aga's earlier promise, obliging him to drink a dish of wine against his own religious convictions.



Section: Retrospective Gleanings

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 273.

Royal Mathematics

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M L B B, M L
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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Mathematics, Error

People mentioned:

King James I, James I, King of England and Scotland (formerly King James VI of Scotland) (1566–1625) ODNB
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Henry Sacheverell Sacheverell, Henry (bap. 1674–1724) ODNB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 277–78.

The Tranatula

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Genre:

Miscellaneous, Reportage

Subjects:

Disease, Physiology, Experiment, Error, Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

Georgius Baglivi Baglivi, Georgius (1668–1707) DSB
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    'Every body knows the strange effects which for many years were attributed to the bite of the tarantula, and the extent to which even scientific persons allowed their credulity to carry them on the subject' (277). Canvasses various of the physiological explanations formerly offered for the phenomena. Describes the overhaul of the subject by Dr Sanguietti Sanguietti, Dr (fl. 18th century) ML1/9/250b/5
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and Francesco Serao Serao, Francesco (1702–1783) WBI
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, whose experiments and publications 'effected a complete change in the opinions of well informed persons [...] who no longer believed in the venomous qualities of the tranatula, and the malady which had been attributed to their bite'. Reports a recent case detailed in the Osservatore Medico Osservatore Medico (1823–33) RLIN
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of Naples in which the bite of a trantula resulted in serious symptoms. Describes the treatment of the patient by Dr Mazzolani Mazzolani, Dr (fl. 1827) ML1/9/250b/5
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. Observes: 'By this case the negative conclusions of Dr. Sanguietti are shown to be without foundation', but records that the 'extraordinary symptoms formerly described' were 'probably the offspring of a heated imagination'. (278)



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 279.

Lines Addressed to Mr. Accum Accum, Friedrich Christian (1769–1838) DSB
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F G G, F
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Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Adulteration


    'How shocking 'tis our fate to dread, / By dealing with our baker! / And, while we eat our daily bread, / Befriend the undertaker! / Death oft, by pistol, sword, or knife, / Inflicts a mortal wound; / But who would think the staff of life / Would fell us to the ground?'.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 279.

Forest Vegetation

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany

Publications cited:

Rooke 1799 Rooke, Hayman 1799. A Sketch of the Ancient and Present State of Sherwood Forest, Nottingham: S. Tupman
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    Discusses the antiquity of various trees, based on ciphers cut into the wood.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 280.

Bees in Egypt

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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Agriculture, Entomology


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Section: Anecdotes and Recollections

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 287.

On a Worm Doctor

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Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

[Wadd 1827a] Wadd, William 1827a. Nugae Canorae; or, Epitaphian Mementos (in Stone-Cutters' Verse) of the Medici Family of Modern Times. By Unus Quorum, London: Callow & Wilson
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Death, Putrefaction


    ' ——, of worm-destroying note, / With little folks who breed 'em, / Has all his life been poisoning worms, / And now's consign'd to feed 'em. / Thus, 'twixt our doctor and his foes, / Accounts are pretty 'trim; / For many years he lived by those, / And now these live on him.'



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 288–90.

The Sketch Book. No. XXXV. Merry England on May Morning

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Genre:

Regular Feature—Extract, Miscellaneous; Extract, Poetry

Publications extracted:

Shafton 1827 Shafton, Pierce [pseud.] 1827. Vagaries, in Quest of the Wild and the Whimsical, London: J. Andrews
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Subjects:

Political Economy, Steam-power


    The writer revels in the thought of the traditional celebrations of May-day, but contrasts them with the present state of the nation, which has ceased to be 'poetical'. 'We are, in serious prose, a nation of stock-jobbers, political economists, and shopkeepers'. 'As we have become enlightened, we have ceased to be poetical; we have lost poetry, and we have gained steam-engines'. (289)



Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 293.

The Spring Buck of South Africa

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Genre:

Miscellaneous, Extract

Publications extracted:

Phillips 1827 [Phillips, T.] 1827. Scenes and Occurrences in Albany and Caffer-Land, South Africa, London: W. Marsh
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Subjects:

Natural History


Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 294.

Electric Column

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Instruments, Electricity, Meteorology, Metrology

People mentioned:

Jean A Deluc Deluc, Jean André (1727–1817) DSB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 294.

Steam

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Mathematics, Physics, Steam-power


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 294.

Sea Water

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Chemistry, Instruments, Metrology


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 294–95.

A Hint to Surgeons

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Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Veterinary Science, Animal Behaviour

People mentioned:

Anthony von Iffland Iffland, Anthony von (1798–1876) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 298–300.

Astronomical Observations for May

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Pasche Pasche
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Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Astronomy

People mentioned:

Edmond Halley Halley, Edmond (1656?–1743) DSB
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    Gives a detailed description of the factors affecting the timing of eclipses.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 300–01.

Letter to the Editor. On the Remains of Stonehenge

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Jonathan Oldbuck Oldbuck, Jonathan
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Genre:

Letter, Rejoinder

Subjects:

Geology, Archaeology


    In response to an earlier article on Stonehenge, Oldbuck (the titular character in Walter Scott's Scott, Sir Walter, 1st Baronet (1771–1832) ODNB
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The Antiquary [Scott, Walter] 1816. The Antiquary, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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) makes various observations, concluding with a correction of the earlier writer's assertion that the stones had been brought from Purbeck. He offers his credentials as 'a geologist and rambler through the isle of Purbeck' (301).



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 301.

Chickweed

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Pharmaceuticals

People mentioned:

William Withering, Withering, William (1741–99) DSB
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William Lewis Lewis, William (bap. 1743–72) ODNB
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Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 310.

The Tallipot Tree

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Botany, Wonder

People mentioned:

Richard Fletcher Fletcher, Rev Richard (of Hampstead) (fl. 1827) ML1/9/252a/4
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 316–17.

An Idler's Album; or, Sketches of Men and Things. My Uncle and His Study

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M L B B, M L
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Genre:

Short Fiction, Drollery

Subjects:

Amusement, Botany, Collecting, Archaeology, Exploration, Dissection, Phrenology, Materialism, Infidelity, Metaphysics, Zoology, Cruelty, Entomology, Aesthetics, Commerce, Chemistry, Alchemy, Accidents, Museums, Mineralogy


    The narrator's uncle is a virtuoso, 'a most extraordinary being, a species of multum-in-parvo man'. By profession, he is a divine, but, 'for amusement', he is 'any thing and every thing that his ever-varying fancy impels him to be, in the pursuit of arts and sciences'. The narrator reports his recent conversation with his uncle concerning the disordered contents of his study. First, he observes 'a large press, from which appeared hanging the rough edges of a couple of quires of blotting paper; it was for pressing sea-weeds and other plants. Near it stood some of the former in a large white pie-dish; and by that laid a handful of land-weeds, with earth and stones, yet adhering to their roots, and two or three slender red worms twining about them'. As the narrator stumbles through the litter of the study, the dust flies about him 'as it curled about Belzoni Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (1778–1823) CBD
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in his awful enterprises amid the ashes of the Egyptian dead'. His uncle owns a cast of an executed murderer following his dissection, but only as 'a curiosity', being no convert to phrenology. He believes that phrenologists have 'now mixed up with their science the mysticisms of Kantean Kant, Immanuel (1724–1804) DSB
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metaphysics, by way of rendering it intelligible!'. (316) The narrator is reluctant to help his uncle take snails out of their shells, and confesses his dislike of the gore and discomfort of natural history. His uncle defends natural history: it provides him with fresh air and exercise, it allows him to put together beautiful and valuable collections ('entomologists value a complete set of our British [insects] only, at above five hundred pounds'), and increases his enjoyment in the countryside beyond that of the poet or painter. The narrator offers to blow his uncle up in searching for the philosopher's stone if his uncle will allow him a room in his house for his 'chemical operations', but his uncle already considers that he has the philosopher's stone in the 'art of happiness'. On inspection of his uncle's museum, where all was 'arranged and ticketed in scientific order' he is 'very near pursuing the same line of instructive amusement', and has since 'commenced a museum upon gleanings in our mineralogical counties'. (317)



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 318–19.

Origins and Inventions. No. XXV

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N D B B, N D
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous



[2] Ancient Mode of Conveying Water to London, &c

Subjects:

Engineering

People mentioned:

Peter Morrice Morrice (or Maurice), Peter (fl. 1582) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 321–23.

The Months. May

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous, Poetry

Subjects:

Natural History


Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 328.

Intelligence in a Wasp

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Genre:

Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Bevan 1827 Bevan, Edward 1827. The Honey Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management, London: Baldwin, Craddock and Joy
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Subjects:

Entomology, Reason

Publications cited:

Darwin 1794–96 Darwin, Erasmus 1794–96. Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life, London: James Johnson
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 328.

Singular Disease of Lapland Rein-Deer

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Brooke 1826 Brooke, Arthur de Capell 1826. Winter Sketches in Lapland; or, Illustrations of a Journey from Alten on the Shores of the Polar Sea in 69°55" North Lat. Through Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish Lapland, to Torneå at the Extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia: Intended to Exhibit a Complete View of the Mode of Travelling with Rein Deer, the Most Striking Incidents that Occured During the Journey, and the General Character of the Winter Scenery of Lapland, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Zoology


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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 331–33.

Early Medical Knowledge

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F R Y Y, F R
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

History of Science, Medical Treatment, Serendipity, Instinct, Induction, Race, Religion, Superstition, Chemistry, Surgery, Dissection, Quackery, Radicalism, Infidelity

People mentioned:

John of Gaddesden, John of Gaddesden (d. 1348/9) ODNB
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Guido de Cauliaco, Cauliaco, Guido de (fl. 1363) ML1/9/254/1
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John of Salisbury, John of Salisbury (d. 1180) ODNB
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Richard Wiseman Wiseman, Richard (1620?–76) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 333–34.

Aphorisms and Apothegms

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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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Genre:

Epigram

Subjects:

Theology of Nature, Plenitude


    Quotes from George Cheyne Cheyne, George (1671–1743) DSB
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: 'All the integral parts of nature have a beautiful analogy to one another and to their mighty original, whose images are more or less expressive, according to their several gradations in the scale of beings' (333).



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 335.

[Astronomy and Gastronomy]

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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Astronomy, Technology


    A 'worthy city baronet' gazing at the gas lights in front of the Mansion House Mansion House
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, and being asked by an old acquaintance if he is 'studying astronomy', replies to the contrary that he is 'studying gastronomy'; to his friend's surprise he enquires: 'Do you doubt my voracity?'.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 336–38.

The Sketch-Book. No. XXXVI. Separation. By Miss Pardoe Pardoe, Julia (1804–62) ODNB
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

National Magazine National Magazine (1826–27) COPAC
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Subjects:

Feeling, Instruments


    The writer observes: 'The very feelings which in bygone days have endeared us to fond hearts and gentle spirits, may be perhaps those most calculated to estrange the affections of others; the animal spirits whose flow may have gladdened a fond circle, fail, or become enfeebled beneath a sense of isolation [...]; the character is formed by circumstances; they act as a thermometer to inhabit its several changes and gradations' (337).



Section: Arts and Sciences

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 338.

Efficacy of the Chloruret of Lime as a Disinfecting Agent

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H W Dewhurst Dewhurst, H W (fl. 1827) ML1/9/250/2
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Genre:

Reportage, Extract

Publications extracted:

Archives Générales de Médécin Archives Générales de Médécin (1823–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Death, Putrefaction, Chemistry

People mentioned:

Antoine G Labarraque Labarraque, Antoine Germain (1777–1850) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 338.

Marking Ink

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Anon

Genre:

Instructions

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Chemistry


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 338.

Improved Chronometers

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Anon

Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Invention, Exhibitions, Instruments, Time, Magnetism, Navigation, Exploration

People mentioned:

Jacques F Houriet Houriet, Jacques Frédéric (1743–1830) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 338.

Compression of Water

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Genre:

Reportage

Subjects:

Physics, Microbiology

People mentioned:

Mr Parkins, Parkins, Mr (fl. 1827) ML1/9/254a/8
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Christian G Ehrenberg, Ehrenberg, Christian Gottfried (1795–1876) DSB
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Friedrich W Hemprich Hemprich, Friedrich Wilhelm (1796–1825) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society Royal Society of London
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Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 342.

A Lunar Guide-Post

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Genre:

Anecdote, Extract

Publications extracted:

Thompson 1827 Thompson, George 1827. Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa: Comprising a View of the Cape Colony, with Observations on the Progress and Prospects of British Emigrants, London: Henry Colburn
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Subjects:

Exploration, Astronomy, Navigation, Race


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 343–44.

Cowardice of the Lion

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Genre:

Extract, Anecdote

Publications extracted:

Thompson 1827 Thompson, George 1827. Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa: Comprising a View of the Cape Colony, with Observations on the Progress and Prospects of British Emigrants, London: Henry Colburn
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Subjects:

Exploration, Animal Behaviour


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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 345–46.

New London Bridge London Bridge
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.—Proposed Level Street

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Genre:

Reportage

Relevant illustrations:

Wdct.

Illustrators:

Bonner Bonner, George Wilmot (1796–1836) ODNB
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Subjects:

Engineering

People mentioned:

Peter Jeffery Jeffery, Peter (fl. 1827) ML1/9/255/1
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 349.

Delightful Woods

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous; Poetry, Extract

Publications extracted:

Pope 1713 Pope, Alexander 1713. Windsor Forest. To the Right Honourable George Lord Lansdown, London: B. Lintott
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Subjects:

Botany, Utility, Nationalism


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 350–51.

The Sketch Book. No. XXXVII. Old Faces

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W P S S, W P
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Transport, Steamships, Engineering, Exploration


    The writer discusses the 'soothing' feelings aroused by an 'old familiar face'. Observing that distance of place sometimes has the same effect as length of time, the writer considers that there can be little of this sentiment in Britain: 'The abominable facility of travelling by fly-coaches and steam-packets gives us all a species of ubiquity—we are here and there and every where'. This does not apply to distant lands: there are only sailing ships to Africa or Asia, 'The Bay of Biscay and the sands of Arabia equally defy Mr. M'Adam McAdam, John Loudon (1756–1836) ODNB
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', and 'The Niger is not navigated by steam-boats, nor are the deserts of Africa accommodated by post-coaches passing every hour' (350). An editorial footnote notes that the writer 'does not take cognizance of "The Enterprise" Enterprise, ship
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[a steam-vessel which sailed to India in 1825] and the creations of our great two-hundred horse power Watt Watt, James (1736–1819) DSB
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'. (351)



Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 355–56.

Captain Parry's Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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Expedition

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Anon

Genre:

Introduction, Literary Notice; Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

[Croly] 1827 [Croly, George] 1827. May Fair: In Four Cantos, London: William H. Ainsworth
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Subjects:

Exploration, Navigation, Chemistry, Steam-power, Machinery, Publishing


    The poet reviews quizzically all the items it is supposed Parry will take with him, including 'Some gallons of Sir Humphrey's Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
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acid' and 'The new steam-acting Perkins' Perkins, Jacob (1766–1849) CBD
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ploughs'. He informs the reader that, after three months of adventures (including 'Sentimental loves of Squaws'), on 'Quarter-day you'll have him back, / With his volume in his pack'.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 357–58.

Kelly Kelly, Michael (1762–1826) ODNB
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and the Christmas Turkey

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Genre:

Extract, Anecdote, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Dibdin 1827 Dibdin, Thomas John 1827. The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin of the Theatres Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane, Haymarket, &c., and Author of The Cabinet, &c, 2 vols, London: H. Colburn
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Architecture, Dissection


    Dibdin describes a visit with Michael Kelly to the house of his friend the surgeon James Wilson Wilson, James (1765–1821) WBI
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, 'who then occupied the spacious mansion, museum, and anatomical theatre of the celebrated John Hunter'. Kelly is squeamish, and is made to believe that three dead turkeys are in fact cadavers.



Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 360.

[Laughter a Cure]

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Anon

Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Pharmaceuticals


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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 362–63.

The Encyclopedist; or, Circle of the Sciences. No. VI. Geometry

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Essay

Subjects:

Mathematics, History of Science, Astronomy, Machinery, Invention, Military Technology, Nationalism

People mentioned:

Thales, Thales (625BC–547BC) DSB
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Anaximander, Anaximander (610–546/5 BC) DSB
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Anaxagoras, Anaxagoras (500–428 BC) DSB
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Pythagoras of Samos, Pythagoras of Samos (c. 560–c. 480 BC) DSB
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Archytas of Tarentum, Archytas of Tarentum (fl. 375 BC) DSB
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Plato, Plato (428–348/7 BC) DSB
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Aristotle, Aristotle (384–322 BC) DSB
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Euclid, Euclid (fl. 295 BC) DSB
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Archimedes, Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) DSB
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Apollonius of Perga, Apollonius of Perga (2nd half of 3rd century BC–early 2nd century BC) DSB
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Charles Hutton, Hutton, Charles (1737–1823) DSB
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King Alfred Alfred, King of the West Saxons (849/9–901) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Barlow 1814 Barlow, Peter 1814. A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Comprising an Explanation of the Terms and Principles of Pure and Mixed Mathematics, and Such Branches of Natural Philosophy as are Susceptible of Mathematical Investigation. With Historical Sketches of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Several Departments of these Sciences, and an Account of the Discoveries and Writings of the Most Celebrated Authors, both Ancient and Modern, London: G. and S. Robinson [etc.]
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Jacobus, 'History of Arithmetic', Mirror of Literature, 3 (1824), 325–26, Jacobus, 'History of Logarithms', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 115–16, Jacobus, 'History of Book-keeping', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 19–21, Jacobus, 'History of Algebra', Mirror of Literature, 4 (1824), 217–18


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 365–67.

Astronomical Occurrences for June 1827

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Pasche Pasche
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Astronomy, Time


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 369–71.

The Months. June

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Genre:

Regular Feature—Miscellaneous; Poetry

Subjects:

Natural History, Feeling


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 372–75.

Native Reminiscences. By a Young American. Hans Hosman Hosman, Hans (mentioned 1827) ML1/9/256a/4
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Genre:

Biography, Extract

Publications extracted:

Inspector Inspector (1826–27) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Reading, Time, Astronomy, Astrology, Meteorology, Prognostication


    The narrator describes Hans Hosman, a 'venerable Dutchman' he knew some years before 'in the neighbourhood of Franklin, in Mississippi' (372). Hosman had only three books: a guide to New York, a Dutch Bible, and an almanac dated 1797. The last of these was one of his 'most especial treasures, and as the holy book ministered to the comfort of his soul, he resorted to this very frequently to obtain information in many matters relating to his body.' He frequently used it 'to learn the day of the month, the changes of the moon, the rising and setting of the sun, &c.' but 'it was more especially his oracle on the subject of the weather, when it was his constant practice to consult it, before undertaking any affair of great importance'. Often the planets 'most capriciously flew into the face of his oracle, manifestly setting at defiance its prognostications, but this never once staggered his faith in its complete authenticity. He used to say that their strange conduct must be attributed to the new-fangled notions existing in the world of latter days'. (373)



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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 380–81.

The Balloon and the Eagle. A Fable

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S B M M, S B
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Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Aeronautics, Accidents, Piety


    An eagle is jealous of two people in a balloon, until the gas escapes and they plummet to earth. The moral, stated by the eagle, is: 'Thus perish all / Who'd vainly hope to rise / Beyond the sublunary sphere / Allotted by their Maker here / Far into other skies' (380–81).



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 381–83.

The Topographer. No. XXII. The Burning Cliff, Dorset.

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Genre:

Regular Feature—Introduction; Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Gentleman's Magazine Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Vulcanology, Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology

Publications cited:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 390–91.

An Arctic Winter

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Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Brooke 1826 Brooke, Arthur de Capell 1826. Winter Sketches in Lapland; or, Illustrations of a Journey from Alten on the Shores of the Polar Sea in 69°55" North Lat. Through Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish Lapland, to Torneå at the Extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia: Intended to Exhibit a Complete View of the Mode of Travelling with Rein Deer, the Most Striking Incidents that Occured During the Journey, and the General Character of the Winter Scenery of Lapland, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Exploration, Aesthetics, Design


    Describes, among other things, the aurora borealis.



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 391.

The Sey Fishery

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Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Brooke 1826 Brooke, Arthur de Capell 1826. Winter Sketches in Lapland; or, Illustrations of a Journey from Alten on the Shores of the Polar Sea in 69°55" North Lat. Through Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish Lapland, to Torneå at the Extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia: Intended to Exhibit a Complete View of the Mode of Travelling with Rein Deer, the Most Striking Incidents that Occured During the Journey, and the General Character of the Winter Scenery of Lapland, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Natural History, Hunting


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 391–92.

The Laplander and the Bruin

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Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Brooke 1826 Brooke, Arthur de Capell 1826. Winter Sketches in Lapland; or, Illustrations of a Journey from Alten on the Shores of the Polar Sea in 69°55" North Lat. Through Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish Lapland, to Torneå at the Extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia: Intended to Exhibit a Complete View of the Mode of Travelling with Rein Deer, the Most Striking Incidents that Occured During the Journey, and the General Character of the Winter Scenery of Lapland, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Natural History, Hunting, Animal Behaviour, Ethnography


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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 395–96.

Bird's Nests

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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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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Ornithology, Instinct, Design, Providence

People mentioned:

William Bingley Bingley, William (1774–1823) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Pennant, ed. 1790 Pennant, Thomas, ed. 1790. Indian Zoology [...] An Essay on India [...], trans. by J. Aikin, London: R. Faulder
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 396–97.

Select Biography. No. LV. John Kimber Kimber, John (mentioned 1827) ML1/9/258/2
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, The Bibliomaniac Farmer

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Extract, Biography

Publications extracted:

Horsfield 1824–27 Horsfield, Thomas Walker 1824-27. The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity: With an Appendix Containing an Essay on the Natural History of the District, by Gideon Mantell, 2 vols, Lewes: J. Baxter
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Subjects:

Collecting, Amusement, Reading, Illustration, Instruments


    Although Kimber's learning was only superficial, he enjoyed possessing books, especially 'such as were highly embellished'. All his books were packed in boxes, piled upon one another. Of an evening he would spend hours looking at the books in his chimney corner. He also spent large sums on scientific instruments ('he was equally a patron of science'). 'Costly maps decorated the boxes in which they were enclosed; magnificent globes were safely packed in cases, which warned the carrier to be wary of his charge; theodolites and telescopes, protractors and quadrants, planetariums, lunariums, and portable orreries, were sheltered in boxes from the dust of the chambermaid, and ever ready for use as soon as unpacked'. (397) On his death, his books and philosophical apparatus attracted good prices when auctioned in Lewes.



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 400–04.

The Serious Affliction of Having a Good Appetite

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Genre:

Extract, Short Fiction, Drollery

Publications extracted:

Inspector Inspector (1826–27) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Nutrition, Disease, Engineering


    The narrator has always had a huge appetite, but is slight in build: 'At fourteen, I was long, lean, and cadaverous, and to those who had never seen me dine, of a pulmonary appearance; those who had, candidly acknowledged, that if there was a consumption visible, it was in the dinner, and not in the diner' (401). As a young man in love he strives at a dinner not to reveal his appetite to 'the sentimental Amelia'. Before the evening is over he finds that his 'abstinence had most remarkably Macadamized McAdam, John Loudon (1756–1836) ODNB
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the road to her affections' (402). When he is found out, her relatives think he has 'the appetite of an elephant' (403).



Section: The Selector, and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 407.

Habits of the Walrus

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Anon

Genre:

Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Brooke 1826 Brooke, Arthur de Capell 1826. Winter Sketches in Lapland; or, Illustrations of a Journey from Alten on the Shores of the Polar Sea in 69°55" North Lat. Through Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish Lapland, to Torneå at the Extremity of the Gulf of Bothnia: Intended to Exhibit a Complete View of the Mode of Travelling with Rein Deer, the Most Striking Incidents that Occured During the Journey, and the General Character of the Winter Scenery of Lapland, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Natural History, Hunting, Animal Behaviour, Commerce

People mentioned:

John Colquhoun, Colquhoun, John (1805–85) ODNB
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William Congreve Congreve, Sir William (1772–1828) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 412–13.

The Sketch-Book. No. XXXIX. The Geologist and Antiquarian

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Jacobus Jacobus
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Short Fiction, Drollery

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Archaeology, Geology, Invention, Publishing, Controversy, Mineralogy


    The narrator describes his friend, Dr Gregory Grubworm, who is a member of many learned societies, and has, 'after many years of anxious study, made several grand discoveries in the arts, which he is convinced will greatly benefit mankind' (412–13). He is shy of disclosing them in his lifetime, although he intends to leave his manuscripts for publication after his death. The narrator offers an account of his 'recent invention for discovering gold and silver buried in the earth', of which he learned after finding his friend in a warm dispute on the subject with 'Professor Mouldy, Member of the Geological Society of Amsterdam'. Gives Grubworm's account of his invention—a divining rod—and his use of the rod to find a silver horseshoe which 'belonged to Cæsar's own horse'. Promises a true account of 'the forthcoming argument between my friend and another learned professor (which is expected to take place next month)'. (413)



Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 415–17.

Rural Pleasures

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous, Drollery

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Commerce, Experiment, Horticulture, Pollution, Natural History, Nomenclature, Taxonomy, Botany, Sex, Race, Lecturing, Matter Theory, Exploration


    The narrator disputes the supposed pleasures of country living, and is scathing about 'Gentleman-farming' as being either sordid if practiced for gain, or a waste of the land if not. 'The notion of gentlemen's agriculture being beneficial to the community in the way of experiment, is altogether a sham plea. The real farmer, who lives by his labour, alone makes useful experiments, because he alone undertakes them at a heavy personal risk'. The narrator is less scathing of gardening, but observes that 'the florist may have [...] a hundred times more pleasure in London, than can be obtained in the country' since the plants of 'every clime are there laid at his feet, collected within the small space of a nursery ground'. (416) Observes that, since it is more difficult to grow plants in the 'smoke of London', the associated excitement is greater. As 'generally pursued', natural history is 'a most pompous inanity; a substitution of sounds of ideas, of nomenclature for knowledge'. 'With the exception of a very few men of real science, almost uniformly inhabiting great cities, your observers of the loves of the cockchafers, the Paul Prys into the mysteries of the cryptogameic hymen, are for the most part the heaviest mortals that breathe'. Observes of the parochialism of country gentlemen that a stranger in their company 'is as completely thrown out of all conversation or understanding, as a New Zealander at a lecture on the atomic theory'. (417)



Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 420–21.

Mental Associations

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Genre:

Essay, Extract

Publications extracted:

Hathaway 1827 Hathaway, T. 1827. Essays on the Following Subjects; Pleasures of Literature. Leisure, Education, etc., Bishops Stortford: [n. pub.?]
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Subjects:

Associationism, Education, Reading, Scientific Practitioners, Astronomy, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy

People mentioned:

Dugald Stewart, Stewart, Dugald (1753–1828) ODNB
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Isaac Newton Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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Section: Anecdotes and Recollections

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 422.

Dr. Johnson Johnson, Samuel (1709–84) ODNB
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Genre:

Extract, Anecdote, Drollery

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine New Monthly Magazine (1814–81) New Monthly (1882–84) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sound, Anatomy, Nomenclature


    'DR. JOHNSON, when a lady who travelled with him in a carriage, remarked that she could not hear him in consequence of the noise, is said to have answered, "Madam, the stripetuosity of circumrotary motion renders the modulations of ordinary discourse inaudible; and the cartilaginous materials which compose our auricular members become stultified to the exercise of their natural functions!"'.



Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 422.

Tenacity of Life in Fish

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Zoology

People mentioned:

Louis C de S de Freycinet Freycinet, Louis Claude de Saulces de (1779–1842) WBI
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 422–23.

Saint Elmo's Light

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Anon

Genre:

Recollections

Subjects:

Superstition, Piety, Meteorology, Prognostication, Light, Electromagnetism


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 423–24.

The Date Tree

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Nutrition, Agriculture, Nationalism


Section: The Gatherer

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 424.

[Apothecaries' Charges]

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Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Commerce


    'COLMAN Colman, George, the younger (1762–1836) ODNB
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told an apothecary lately who brought him in a tolerably heavy charge for medicine and visits, that he could return his visits, and dispense with his medicine.'



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 424.

[E D Clarke's Clarke, Edward Daniel (1769–1822) DSB
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Polymathy]

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Genre:

Anecdote

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners


    '"I HAVE lived," said Dr. E. D. Clarke, "to know that the great secret of human happiness is this: never suffer your energies to stagnate.—The old adage of 'too many irons in the fire,' conveys an abominable lie. You cannot have too many; poker, tongs, and all:—keep all going."'



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 424.

[M. Talma the Dentist]

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Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners


    An anecdote concerning the dentist father of François J Talma Talma, François Joseph (1763–1826) CBD
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, who thought an actress was calling for his aid when merely practicing a song.



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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 428–30.

Pedants

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Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Mathematics, Scientific Practitioners, Nomenclature, Reasoning, Natural Philosophy, Amusement, Physiology


    Observes that individuals should remember that not all share their knowledge, or their pleasure in it. Despite his delight in 'absolute certainty', the mathematician should not 'support every assertion with a demonstration'; he would probably be 'believed more firmly without the demonstration' (428–29). Classifies three types of pedant: the ignorant, the semi-learned, and the learned. The 'whole art' of the ignorant pedant consists in 'talking unintellibibly, and using a certain bead-roll of scientific terms'. The semi-learned pedant 'knows a little not generally known', and thinks himself so wise that he will not 'degrade himself to refute an opponent'. Describes the 'semi-learned pedant in natural philosophy, who is for ever amusing one with deductions, and inductions, and what not', and who will give a learned disquisition on any subject arising in conversation. (429) Learned pedants are neither so numerous nor so culpable. The learned pedant's conduct arises 'from an underrating of his own talents, which leads him to believe that all are equally as learned and wise as himself' (430).



Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 430.

The Bee

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H W Dewhurst Dewhurst, H W (fl. 1827) ML1/9/250/2
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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Entomology, Instinct


Section: Spirit of the Public Journals

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 431–35.

Literary Reminiscences. The Author of "Lacon" Colton, Charles Caleb (bap. 1777–1832) ODNB
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Genre:

Extract, Reminiscences

Publications extracted:

Literary Magnet Literary Magnet (1823–27) Wright's London Magnet (1828) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Phrenology, Physiognomy, Chemistry, Mechanics

People mentioned:

Johann K Lavater Lavater, Johann Kaspar (1741–1801) CBD
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    Describes Charles Colton in physiognomical and phrenological terms. Records that he appeared well-informed on every subject: 'He appeared to have an intimate knowledge of chemistry, and to be, in theory at least, a very excellent mechanic; and these various kinds of knowledge are often displayed in a very considerable degree, in his endeavours to illustrate some of the favourite maxims in his Lacon Colton, Charles Caleb 1820–22. Lacon; or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those Who Think, 2 vols, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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' (434).



Section: The Selector; and Literary Notices of New Works

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 435–37.

The Wild Pigeon of America

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Genre:

Extract, Reminiscences

Publications extracted:

John J Audubon Audubon, John James (1785–1851) DSB
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, Edinburgh Journal of Science Edinburgh Journal of Science (1824–32) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Hunting, Plenitude, Theology of Nature, Animal Behaviour


Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 438–39.

The Process of Intoxication

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Genre:

Extract

Publications extracted:

MacNish 1827 MacNish, Robert 1827. The Anatomy of Drunkenness, Glasgow: W R M'Phun
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Subjects:

Temperance, Physiology


Section: Miscellanies

Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 439–40.

Impropriety of Burying in Churches

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Death, Putrefaction

People mentioned:

Fredrik Hasselquist, Hasselquist (or Hasselqvist), Fredrik (1722–52) WBI
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Matthew Hale Hale, Sir Matthew (1609–76) ODNB
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Mirror of Literature,  9 (1827), 440.

Jesuit's Bark

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Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

History of Science, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Treatment, Quackery

People mentioned:

Thomas Birch, Birch, Thomas (1705–66) ODNB
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Thomas Baker Baker, Thomas (1656–1740) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society Royal Society of London
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Publications cited:

Talbor 1682, Talbor, Robert 1682. The English Remedy; or, Talbor's Wonderful Secret, for Cureing of Agues and Feavers. Sold by the Author Sir Robert Talbor, to the most Christian King, and Since his Death, Ordered by his Majesty to be Published in French, for the Benefit of his Subjects; And Now Translated into English for Publick Good, London: Jos. Hindmarsh
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Harvey 1683 Harvey, Gideon 1683. The Conclave of Physicians: Detecting their Intrigues, Frauds, and Plots, Against their Patients. Also a Peculiar Discourse of the Jesuits Bark; The History Thereof, with its True Use, and Abuse. Moreover, a Narrative of an Eminent Case in Physick, London: J. Partridge
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