A series of Essays has been commenced on the important but too much neglected science of Physiology. These are writen in a popular style, and are as free from technicalities as is compatible with scientific explanations. They will be found to contain much valuable information on a subject with which every one should be acquainted. At the commencement of the present volume the elegant and expensive embellishments which now accompany the ATHENEUM were first introduced. The plan was adopted with the expectation of thereby increasing the circulation of the work, which alone could justify the proprietor in incurring the expense of such a measure. We are happy to say that so far we have not been disappointed, and that it is intended the embellishments of the next volume shall not be inferior to those of the present. These plates, combined with the large amount of matter contained in the ATHENEUM, and the quality of the paper on which it is printed, render the work cheaper than almost any other publication in this country. With regard to the ensuing volume we will only say—that if unremitting assiduity in selecting and arranging the choicest flowers from the well-cultivated garden of English literature,- longer experience,—and careful attention to the mechanical execution of the work,—will render it superior to the present volume, we can venture to promise that it will be so. Boston, March 15, 1829. INDEX. ABERNETHY, Mr., sketch of 321 406 287 Contemporary authors, statesmen, &c., 87 sketches of. 61 100 144 169 87, 408, 448 No. V.-The Rev. Dr. Chalmers 176 302 88 No. VII.-Mr. Moore, (with a por- 445 87 Contemporary foreign authors and 163, 281 statesmen, characters of. 9 and, Peer of France, and member 31 153 ber of the French Chamber of 221 151 237 368 128 127 180 85 408 Barton's New Year's Eve 167 89 223 Deaf-and-dumb page, the 165 197 Diamonds and pebbles 328 Discovery, progress of 288 398 327 48 244 Duellists, the. A tale of the "thirty 326 329 239 128 129 324 88 East India Company's finances 328 288 207 elementary 316 286 87 31 47 366 246 48 141 208 449 168 328 208 359 249 Eggs 405 206 Lying Essays on Physiology 38, 115, 225, 345, 469 Light and darkness 365 236 406 London," an octogenarian's reminis- 247 9 167 London fashions, (with six elegant colored plates) 42, 126, 204, 283, 364, 486 191 208 159 287 215 474 205 Mansie Wauch. The June jaunt 435 339 Martin's engraving of the deluge 162 208 287 206 169 359 166 409 408 Mitford, Miss M. R. Hannah Bint 388 286 245 428 407 Monteco, an Italian story, in two parts. 49 289 103 71 Montgomery's Universal Prayer, Death, 240 366 403 84 388 Moore, Mr. Thomas, sketch of, (with 445 a portrait) 206 Mortar, potatoes mixed with 168 206 166 366 Mountains, dwarf plants of 311 effects of on the atmosphere 165 208 formed by crystallisation 366 Muckle and little Sandy Gordon 366 327 Muckle mou'd Meg and the lang gun. A reminiscence of a fowler 121 Mushrooms 205 190 poisonous and innocent 45 85 328 46 368 Nature, works of, their superiority above those of art 431 47 Neele, Henry 208 Netherlands, the, state of pauperism, 368 202 464 271 248 61 311 403 481 88 printed 407 205 403 47 123 Parr, Dr., writing materials of 166 165 263 115 Sensuality men 378 Snuff Party rage in the 15th century 168 Roseleaf, moral of a 30 288 398 Rousseau : his Eloise, and Confessions 369 318 287 245 247 245 44 Saxe, Marshal 47 Scientific Miscellany 43, 88, 164, 206, 243, 285, 365, 405 38 Scotch advocate os. grimalkin 248 Scott, Sir Walter 407 anecdote of 87 Sea, green color of the 244 Sensibility 448 208 Servants 328 Sévigné, Madame de 434 352 Shepherd, Ettrick, the. Beauty of wo- 223 Noctes Ambrosianæ 464 100 488 328 46 168 127 408 367 288 Sphinx, the. An extravaganza, etched 48 254 205 48 45 Story-telling 207 Studious, the, important to 287 368 406 Susanna Strickland. Old Hannah; or, 481 363 359 48 Talleyrand 286 403 123 Thermometer, the 365 398 488 The sore toe 367 36 448 Thomas's Wards of London 242 281 248 Thumb, the 164 407 Too handsome for anything. By the 111 233 Trees, longevity of 191 208 University of London 202 46, 87, 128, 168, 208, 246, 286, 326, 366, 407, 447, 488 246 Vienna, the last day of the year in 278 36 395 247 242 242 Varieties Richardson's (Mrs.) poems 285 Water, pure 243 368 88, 248, 288, 448 Wheel, punishment of the 208 Wit, native 209 Old age 19 113 POETRY 443 ture of the deluge 162 L. E. L. Change 445 A winter thought 486 352 The nightingale flower 486 The Churchyard 452 To a lady on the Little angler, the 37 death of her son 377 Lockhart, J. G. A farewell to the year 271 Beggars, the 146 Love, happy effects of 112 Béranger. Summer rain 469 Lyre's complaint, the 100 Boon of memory, the 189 120 Breeze, the Message to the dead 219 Mont Blanc 363 352 Butterfly, the Montgomery, Robert. Consumption 241 Cats, the scrupulous, or a case of con Infancy 241 science. A Spanish fable 83 241 Change 445 Mouse-tower, the. A German legend 148 Child's first grief, the 201 Music of the spheres, the Churchyard, the 452 My Genevieve. A ballad Cold winter is coming 111 486 Coleridge, S. T. Happy effects of love 112 Nightingale flower, the My Genevieve 113 Old age, virtuous, picture of 241 Something childish, Outlaw, the 196 but very natural 114 The ancient mariner 113 Place of rest, the 76 Consumption, description of a female dying of Richardson, Mrs. G. G. The little an241 37 Crabbe, Mr. The gipsies gler 146 St. Mary's kirkDale, Rev. T. Diurnal prayers 463 yard 37 Delta. Summer morning landscape 59 Deluge, the, poem on Mr. Martin's pic Scrupulous cats, the, or a case of con 102 ture of 83 science. A Spanish fable Ship at sea, the 253 Dirge to the memory of Miss Ellen Sister's dream, the 180 235 Gee, of Kew Diurnal prayers 114 Something childish, but very natural 463 316 Dream of Eugene Aram Spanish exile's adieu to his country 324 Elegiac stanzas 19 125 Elegy to the memory of Miss Emily Spider and the fly, the. A new verKay, of Ewell 283 sion of an old story 427 Evening 153 Stanzas 29 for music 141 Farewell to the year, a 271 37 Forsaken hearth, the St. Mary's kirkyard 59 Gipsies, the 146 Summer rain 469 Godwin, Catharine Grace. Early re Tasso's coronation 301 collections of a wanderer 396 419 Happiness 83 The lament of one who can get no Heber, Bishop. Happiness 83 employ 474 Hemans, Mrs. Message to the dead 120 To a butterfly seen in the streets of a Tasso's coronation 301 city 160 The boon of memory 189 To a lady on the death of her son 377 The child's first grief 201 Traveller dying in the desert, the 71 The forsaken hearth 86 388 The land of dreams Victim bride, the 443 419 The lyre's complaint 100 Vision of tears, the 280 The voice of the wind 280 Voice of the wind, the Hood, Thomas. The dream of Eu Watts, Alaric A. The youngling of 276 the flock 308 Howitt, Mrs. The spider and the fly 427 Winter thought, a 486 Wishes of youth 225 Infancy, picture of 241 I think of thoe 344 Youngling of the flock, the 308 276 Song gene Aram |