A large circle of readers will be gratified to hear that the author of "Frank Fairlegh" has undertaken to furnish, for the forthcoming Volume, a continuation of the adventures of that general favourite. The series of beautiful and affecting sketches, bearing the title of "The Maiden Aunt," is also to be continued in the Volume. And the other papers which are either prepared, or in preparation, will, we think we can promise, not merely sustain the character of the Magazine up to the point it has already reached, but also show that we have not been inattentive to, or unwilling to profit by, the criticisms and suggestions of a public whom we have hitherto found so favourable and indulgent. While on this subject, let us return our respectful thanks for a great variety of interesting and able communications and contributions, which we have found it altogether impossible to acknowledge separately. 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Such as may continue to be sent will be respectfully received; as carefully read as may be consistent with our other arrangements; and replied to without any unnecessary delay. But the authors of such papers will be so good as keep in view, that, without at all fettering our freedom of choice, we must, cæteris paribus, give a preference to those upon whom we can rely for our regular supply of such papers as we need, and that we cannot, in common fairness, suffer them to be elbowed aside by casual contributions, except when these are of such manifest excellence, as that their rejection or postponement would be a positive injustice to the Magazine. After this intimation, which we trust will be received in the spirit in which it is given, it is only reasonable that we should request to be allowed our own time in replying to unsolicited communications. Those only who have had experience of similar publications can form any idea, how serious an encroachment upon the time of both Editor and Publisher is occasioned by having to examine and reply to communications of no value whatever to the Magazine. We shall treat no person with intentional discourtesy; but, as we do not ask for contributions, those who voluntarily send any, must feel that they can have no right to complain, if we postpone the consideration of them to such matters as have a more legitimate claim upon our attention. Importunate urgency, such as we have sometimes been subjected to, will undoubtedly succeed in extracting a reply from us out of the regular course; but it is as well that those who may be disposed to have recourse to it should be aware, that the answer in that case is always of one kind-the rejection of the paper offered. LONDON, October, 1846. INDEX. ABBOTSFORD, Mrs. Coutts's Visit to, 64. A'Becket, Thomas, Parentage of, 352. Account of a Jewish Wedding, 393. Advantages of a numerous Family, 144. Adventure in the Three Kings, 100, 139. Against hasty Opinion, 272. America, the little Owl of, 170. Amusement of a Prisoner in the Bastile, Andersen, Translation from, 157, 184. Anger, Advice to restrain, by Lord Col- Baptist, St. John the, Feast of, 143. Bartholomew Fair, 300. Bartlemos, Election of Mayor of, at New- Basle, Adventure at the Rifle Meeting at, Bastile, Amusement of a Prisoner in the, Baths. Public, and Wash-houses, 321. Battle of Bosworth Field, Anniversary of, Battle of Trafalgar, Anniversary of, 394. Beauty everywhere around us, 272. Bird Catcher, The King and the, 16. Birds, Use and value of small, 238. Blame, Praise and, the use of, 16. Borax and the Boracic Acid Lagoons of Boppard on the Rhine, A glance at Marien- Bothwell Castle, 375. Breton Tradition, 26. Brilliant Reputation, Inconvenient con- Britain, The Romans in, 290. Brown Owl, The, 169. Bruce's Heart, The, 401. Bruce, The Death of, 384. Buonaroti, Michael Angelo, Biographical Buzzard, The Common, 62. Catacombs, The Church in the, 355, 371. Cavern, The, of Yeermallik, 282. Character, Real, when discerned, 288. Chimney Swallow, The, 313. Chinese, Anecdote of the, 16. Chinese Exhibition, Farewell Visit to the Churches, Round, in England, 326. Church, Lines on a ruined, 112 Church, The, in the Catacombs. 355, 371. Cinque Ports, The, 225, 337, 369. City, The, of Chester, 193. Clever People, Mistakes in judging of others, Dairies, The, of Holstein, 6. Dangers of the Polar Seas, 107. Dark, On the supposed power of some Davies, Lady Eleanor, Anecdote of, 304. Description of a Summer's Eve, 399. Detached Thoughts from Jean Paul Dilemma, A, (Anecdote of the Chinese,) 16. Discovery o Madeira, 83. Discovery of Wine, 128. Dog Days, 156. Don Carlos, (Schiller's,) Extract from, 53. 272. Druidical Monuments. 14. Duncombe Park, 145, 164, 198. Duty, No man's feelings hurt by doing his, Farewell Visit to the Chinese Exhibition,339. Fate, the, of the Flemings, 81. Feast of St. John the Baptist, 143. Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude, 414. Festival of the Transfiguration, 223. Flemings, the Fate of the, 81. Flight of Mary Queen of Scots into Eng- Forgiveness, Courage necessary to, 288. Fox, the Vision of the Eagle and the, 189. Fra ne, Physical, Effect of imagination on Frank Fairlegh, 3, 22, 41, 56, 71, 87, 103, Franking Letters, Origin of, 96. Friendship, Remark regarding, 48. Goatsucker, the, 373. Government, Wise, Criterion of, 16. H. Halloween Observances. 408. Hall's, (Mr. and Mrs.) Week at Killarney, Harvest Home, 234. Hasty Opinion, Against, 272. Heart, the Bruce's, 401. Heir, the Spinster's, 230, 250. Helstone, Account of "the Furry" at, 31. Hirundinidæ, the, 312, 312. Historical Notice of St. Katherine's Hos- Historical Sketch of the Isle of Thanet, History, Natural, of Birds, 56, 59, 168, 217, Hospital, St. Katherine's, Historical Notice Hour, the, of Sorrow, 144. Hudson River, Description of an Island on, Marseilles, St. Victor of, 187. Mary Beatrice of Modena, 321, 404. Mary Queen of Scots, Flight of, into Eng- May, Description of the Month of, 11. Mayor of Bartlemas, Election of, at New- May-poles, Customs connected with, 13. Michael Angelo Buonaroti, Biographical Musæus, Translation from, 136. Mythology, On the Manners and, of the Kate, My Cousin, 284. Katharine Penfold, 2. Kidderminster, Singular Usage at, 347. Kings, Adventure in the Three, 100, 139, Poetry:- The Little Errand Runner, 238. The Story of Sir Tudor-ap-Grono, 319. The Village Smithy, 47. To the Nautilus, 336. Polar Seas, Dangers of, 107. Popocapeteth-Narrative of an Expedition Popular Year Book, 11, 29, 45, 75, 94, 111, Ports, the Cinque, 225, 337, 369. Potatoes, Introduction of, into Persia, 176. Preservation of Eight Sailors on the Coast Priest, Comparison of a Soldier with a, 159. Q. Queen (the) and the Quakeress, 96. R. Railways, A Ramble upon, 385. Reading without Reflection, evil effect Real Character when discerned, 288. Red-breast, Sonnet to the, 144. Reflections on having left a place of Re- Reform Club-house, Kitchen of the, 402. Religious principles only to be depended on Remarkable Volcanic Phenomena, 129, Reminiscences of the Court of Caroline Reputation, Brilliant, inconvenient con- Revolutions, by what generally produced, Mary Stuart, 54. William Tell, 55. Schiller, Life and Writings of, 17, 52. Scenes from the life of a Private Pupil, 3, 22, 41, 56, 71, 87, 103, 123, 132. Seas, Polar, Dangers of, 107. Self-Respect-Eudosia; or, 300, 314. Shepherds, The, of Les Bas Landes, 239. Short-horned Owl, The, 169. Shrikes, 171. Siberia, Frozen Subsoil or Ground Ice of, Silk Weaver of Lyons, The, 228. Sketches, Biographical, of eminent Paint- Sketches, Roadside, of Germany and the Sketch, Historical, of the isle of Thanet, Slander, 256. Slight incidents, Triumph of, over the Mind, 288. Small Birds, Use and Value of, 238. Smart, Alexander, Notice of Rambling Smithy, The Village, 47. Snowdonia, 97. Snowy Owl, The, 170. Soldier, Comparison of, with a Priest, 159. Song, The Painter's travelling, 144. Sonnets illustrating the development of Poetical Talent in a Working Man, 48. Sorrow, Childhood's, 400. Sparrow-hawk, The, 61. Spinster's Heir, The. 230, 250 Stanzas, 288. St. Anne's day, 206. St. Bartholomew, Feast of, 253. St. Crispin's day, 395. St. Declan, Feast of, 187. St. Ethelreda, 394. St. Ferrol, Festival of, 325. St. James, Feast of, 12, 206. St. Luke, Feast of, 394. St. Roch's day, 234. St. Serf's day, 156. St. Simon and St. Jude, Feast of, 414. St. Swithin's day, 174. St. Urban's day, 75. St. Victor of Marseilles, 187. St. Wilfrid, Festival of, 223. Story of Sir Tudor ap Grono, 319. Stuart, Mary (Schiller's), Extract from, 54. Suffering bravely superior to enterprising Suicide, Remarks by Sir Thomas Brown on, 224. Suicide, The, 160. Summer's Eve, Description of, 399. Sunday, Trinity, 111. Subsoil, Frozen, of Siberia, 263. Superstition, A Portuguese, 298. Suspicion, 208. Swallow Family, The, 312, 342. TALES- T. Adventure in the Three Kings, 100, 139. Eudosia, 300, 314. Frank Fairlegh, 3, 22, 41, 56, 71, 87, Gautier de la Salle, 364, 380. Isabella Morgan, or Rich and Poor, 395. Pierre Pitos, 73. The Maiden Aunt, 145, 164, 198. The Spinster's Heir, 230, 250. The White Rock, 318. Tawny Owl, The, 169. Taylor, Bishop, on Fear, 144. Telesile of Nanci, 332. Tell, William (Schiller's), Extract from, 55. Thomas the Rhymer, 271. Thoughts, detached, from Jean Paul Rich- Thrush, Lesson from the, 62. Tillotson, Archbishop, Remark by, 96. Titian, Biographical Sketch of, 324. To-morrow, 173. Tradition, Breton, 26. Trafalgar, Anniversary of the Battle of, 394. Triumph of slight incidents over the mind, 288. True Ghost Story, 80. Tudor (Sir) ap Grono, Story of, 319. U. Use and Value of Small Birds, 238. V. Value, Commercial, of Insects, 320. Vision, The, of the Eagle and the Fox, 189. Visit, Farewell, to the Chinese Exhibi- Volcanic Phenomena, 129, 161. W. Warrior, The Youthful, 112. Wenham Ice Lake, 348. West Bow, The, Edinburgh, 354. Woodside Chequers, 77. Wilderness, Railway through the, 16. Wine, Discovery of, 128. Wolverhampton, Observance on the eve of Working Man, Sonnets illustrating the Y. Year Book, Popular, 11, 29, 45, 75, 94, 111, |