CONTENTS.

The Pieces in Verse are distinguished by their titles being printed in italics.

No. I.

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,

No. I.; Apocrypha Question; Ladies' Sale; Mr. Knowles ;

Mechanics' Institution; Miss Foote, &c.

No. II.

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

Drawings; Minor Theatre; Errors of the Press, &c.

No. III.

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;

"Where is my Father's Grave?"-Harry Marten to Charles

Heron;
Professor Sandford; Swan's Views, &c.-Epigram.

No. IV.

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;

Name of Editor; Mr. Lyon; Polish Literature, &c.—Letter on

Amateur Theatricals.

No. V.

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

the former; Garret Window Story; New Exchange; Mr.

Ewing;
"Glasgow Magistrate," &c.

No. VI.

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.

V.; Winter Parties; Dancing; Miss Thomson; Alexander and

the Minor Theatre; Tom Reynolds; Dorsey; Harriston, &c.

No. VII.

Leaves from a Lounger's Note-Book, No. I.; Journals of
Soldiers; Idyls of Gesner.-The Returned Letter-Bag; or, The
Fourteenth of February; with Specimens of Serious and Comic
Valentine Verses.—Heron Correspondence, No. VI.; Apostoli-

cal Silks; Bachelors' Balls; New Fashions; Glasgow Arcade;

Employment of Females; Foote and Harvey's Works of Art, &c.

No. VIII.

The Snow Storm, a Drygate Story, by Mr. Archibald M'-

Crony.-Heron Correspondence, No. VII.; Theatrical Dinner

in Edinburgh; Sir Walter Scott's Acknowledgment of the

Authorship of Waverley; Azzoher; Royal and Minor Theatres;

Mr. Melrose and Mrs. Mangeon; Play of Montrose; Collegian

and its Publisher; Milton's Prose; Port M'Queen, &c.

No. IX.

The One-Legged Bookbinder, by the Hermit of the West.-

New Readings, No. V.-Love, Poetry, and Music.—Questions

for Debating Societies, No. III.-Epigram.-Sonnet on the Bass

Rock.-Heron Correspondence, No. VIII.; Mrs. Heron; Ball

at the Wheat Sheaf; Theatricals; African Roscius; Mrs. Man-

geon; Library of Useful Knowledge; Anatomy of Drunkenness ;

Anecdotes of Impudence; Mr. Kirkland; The Scrutinist, &c.

No. X.

The Steam-Boat Quay.—Epistle from a Lover to his Mistress.

-A Week's Diary of a Sight-See-er; Rev. Mr. Brown; Cap-

tain Weddell's Voyage; M. Chabert; Miss Pearson; Duelling;

Mr. Knowles's Pupils, &c.-Heron Correspondence, No. IX.;

Thomas Campbell, Esq.; Busy Bodies, &c.-The Maximist,

No. I.-Cure for Love.

No. XI.

The Emigrants of Avondale, by the Hermit of the West.-

New Readings, No. VI.-Local Epigrammatist, No. II.-

Diary of a Sight See-er, No. II.; Mr. Kean; Mr. Ryder;

The Lord Rector; Mary Woolstonecraft; Kean as a Huron

Chief; Gymnastics, &c.-Heron Correspondence, No. X.; Vine

Tavern; Shaws Water and Greenock Ladies; Cromwell's Camp,

&c.-The Maximist, No. II.-On Mr. Campbell's Arrival.

No. XII.

Reminiscences of Driddell, the Pye- Poet, No. I.-Leaves from
a Lounger's Note-Book, No. II.; Courage; Dr. Drake; Liter-
ature; Phrenology; The Well-Bred Style; Lord Normanby.-
The Shereef Selim, a Turkish Tale.-Heron Correspondence,
No. XI.; St. Enoch's Church; Civic Magniloquence; Mr.
Ryder; Minor Theatre; Dinner to the Lord Rector; Swan's
Views; Falkirk Magazine, &c.—Local Literary Intelligence.

No. XIII.

Hannah Barclay; or, Quaker-Love, a Drygate Story.-New
Readings, No. VII.-Grace Gadabout to the Editor, on the Water-
ing-Places; with his Reply.-Heron Correspondence, No. XII.;
Secession Church, and Testimony; Miss Graddon; Alexander,
and Sweeps, and Hunchbacks; Account of the Dinner to Thomas
Campbell, Esq., &c.-On sundry Local Annoyances.

No. XIV.

Leaves from a Lounger's Note-Book, No. III.; Knowles's

Virginius; Lauzun's Memoirs; Jewish Spy's Theory of Man.-

Remembrance.—The Maximist, No. III.-Local Literary Intelli-

gence, No. II.-Music.-Heron Correspondence, No. XIII;

Quacks: Mons. Gouffe; Alexander; Kirkland; Lewis: China

Sales; Fashions, &c.-Meum et Tuum; L. M'L.; Dr. Stirling.

No. XV.

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New Readings, No. VIII.-Reminiscences of Driddell, No.

II.; with Extracts from his Works.-Baxter's Works, a Tale.-

The Sofa, No. I.; Venus Steamer; St. Enoch's and its Archi-

tect; The Bridges of Glasgow; Botanic Garden Promenades;

Alexander's Farewell, and Attack upon "The Ant," &c.

No. XVI.

The Watering-Places, by the Hermit of the West, No. I.;

GOUROCK.-The Changeful, yet Unchanged.-The Modern

Friend, a Narrative and Sketch.-Animal Food.-Letter to the

Dilletanti Society.—Ballad.—A Ghost Story. -Sonnet.-The

Sofa, No. II.; Swan's Views; James Scott; Canada; Song on

the Clyde; Boxing; Provincial Theatres; Song, Come meet me at

Gloamin', &c.-The Maximist, No. IV.-The Hope Fulfilled.-

Epigrams.

No. XVII.

Gourock, a Sketch.-The Phraseologist, No. I.-The Sofa,
No. III.; Steam Organ; Booksellers give Fame; Dr. Scott;
Love Song of a Bedouin Chief; Translation from the Servian;
Sir Walter Scott; Mr. M'Diarmid; Jewish Actress, &c.

No. XVIII.

The Watering-Places, No. II.; DUMBLANE.-Heron Cor-

respondence, No. XIV.; Miss Foote; The Fiddlers; Conun-

drums; Miller and Bell's Claims; Gourock Club; Fashions, &c.

No. XIX.

Rob Roy's Grave.-Lines on Keats.-The Journeyman

Rhymer.-The Mysogonist.-Dramatic Scene; Alberto.—The

Sofa, No. IV.; Glasgow Fair; Lord Douglas; Civic Voyage;

Scott's Napoleon; Theatricals; Mr. Lyon's Establishment, &c.-

More Miseries, in a Series of Groans.-List of Contributors.

No. XX.

The Watering-Places, No. III.; ARDENTINNY.-New Read-

ings, No. IX.-The Settee, No. I.; New Discoveries; Mr.

Chambers; Literary Souvenir, &c.-Ay, these were Nights.

No. XXI.

The Watering-Places, No. IV.; LARGS.-A Dream.-The

Midnight Hour.—The March of Discovery, Stride I.—From the

German.-Notice of an Important Auto-Biographical Work..

The Contrast.-Burlesque Questions for Debating Societies.-

Content. The Maximist, No. V.-Heron Correspondence, No.

XV.; Regatta of the Yacht Club; Mr. Bland; Miss Noel;

Botanical Candidates; Meg Dods; Confessions of a Femicide, &c.

No. XXII.

Blind Angus, by the Hermit of the West.-To mummo' -More

Miseries, Groans 7th to 14th.-The Sofa, No. V.; Library-

Parlours; Lent Books; Rich and Poor Authors; Constable's

Miscellany; The Casquet; Errors of the Press, &c.

No. XXIII.

The Watering-Places, No. V.; Helensburgh.- The Lamp

of Love.-I ask not Wealth.-To Miss Noel.-Sketch of the

Origin of the Holy War in Palestine.—An Inn, from an Old

Play.-Abdarraman's Address to the First Palm-Tree introduced

into Spain.-Letter to the Lord Provost on the Public Amuse-

ments of Glasgow, and on a Plan for supporting the Legitimate

Drama.-Lines on the Theatre.-Sonnet.-The Heron Cor-

respondence, No. XVI.; Grammar School Studies; Poor Rates;

Pollok; Grouse, &c.-The Lay of the Homeless.-Sonnet on St.

Paul's. By the Home of my Youth.-The Maximist, No. VI.

No. XXIV.

Tit for Tat, an Anecdotical Recollection,-Minutes of a Se-

derunt of the Careless Club.-More Miseries, Groans 15th to

19th. The Sofa, No. VI.; Inns; Sea-Bathing; Errata;

Scottish Rant; The Western Magazine, &c.

No. XXV.

The Bookseller's Wife, by a Back-Shop Lounger.-The

Struggle.-Matthew Fact to the Editor, upon the Allegories of

the Elder Essayists.-Johnson's Second Journey.-The Disin-

humed.-Travels into the Vulgar Parts of the City, by a Fine

Gentleman.-We meet as Lovers, or we meet no more.-The

Heron Correspondence, No. XVII.; Livery Gloves; New

Shops; "Sufferers"; Dumfries Magazine; Byrne's Battle;

First Announcement of the Chronicles of the Canongate; Who

is the Femicide? &c.-More Miseries, Groans 20th to 29th.-

The Maximist, No. VII.

No. XXVI.

On Some of the Personal Peculiarities of the Literary Men of

the Last and Present Age.-The Phraseologist, No. II.-The

Representative of Majesty.-The Sofa, No. VII.; Vine and

Fig-Tree; Kean's Villa; Barber's French; Tonga Islands; Dr.

Chalmers; Anecdotes; Epitaph, &c.—Remember Thee!

CONCLUDING PORTION.

Chronological and Bibliographical Catalogue of Literary Period-

ical Works published in Glasgow during the Present Century.-

New Readings, No. X., a Specimen from the Alphabet.-The

Heron Family: Conclusion of the Correspondence, in the Marriage

of a Member; Madame Pasta; Miss Pearson, &c.-Resolutions

of the Dunce Club.-Concluding Tete-a-Tete with the Public upon

The Settee, No. II., and ending with The Benison; or, L'Envoye.