THE ANT. A PERIODICAL PAPER PUBLISHED IN GLASGOW DURING THE YEARS 1826 AND 1827. IN TWO SERIES-ORIGINAL AND SELECT. THE ORIGINALS FROM THE PEN, AND THE SELECTIONS FROM THE Original Department. A NEW EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, AND AN APPENDIX. OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH; AND WHITTAKER, TREACHER, & CO. LONDON. 1829. HARVARD Robinson E. Khull & Son, Printers, 8, East Clyde Street, Glasgow. ΤΟ THOMAS CAMPBELL, L. L. D. LORD RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, THIS VOLUME, THE ONLY ONE NOT ALREADY DEDICATED TO HIM, PUBLISHED IN GLASGOW DURING THE FIRST YEAR HE HAS HELD THAT DISTINGUISHED LITERARY HONOUR, IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. The Pieces in Verse are distinguished by their titles being printed in italics. Original Prospectus, with List of Articles projected.-On the Execution of Iglesias.-Specimens of a Series of New Readings in Bailey and Johnson, No. I.-The Local Epigrammatist, No. I. -The Heron Correspondence, on the Chit-Chat of Glasgow, Specimens of New Readings, No. II.-Mislaid Epilogue to a New Play. What you Please; or, the Dangers of Discretion.— Heron Correspondence, No. II.; Theatrical Criticism; Brown's Questions for Debating Societies, No. I.-On the Recent Architectural Embellishments of Glasgow; St. David's Church; Remonstrance of a late Member of the Incorporation of Taylors; Drygate Stories, No. I.-The Light in the Garret Window, a Tale of the Trongate.-Questions for Debating Societies, No. II. -Eulogium on Drunkenness.—Constancy; or, Pray will it Last?-Heron Correspondence, No. III.; Series of Concerts; The First Sigh, an Illustration.-New Readings in Bailey and Johnson, No. III.-The Picture Gallery, No. I.; On a Bac- chante, by Henderson.-Heron Correspondence, No. IV.; Mrs. Knyvett; Anniversaries of Burns and Byron, and Monument to Glasgow at Six in the Morning, by the Hermit of the West.- New Readings, No. IV.-The Picture Gallery, No. II.; On Brown's View of Loch Lomond.--Letter from an Aleppo Mer- chant on the Site of the Exchange.-Heron Correspondence, No. Leaves from a Lounger's Note-Book, No. I.; Journals of |