THE EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, AND LITERARY MISCELLANY; A NEW SERIES OF THE SCOTS MAGAZINE. JANUARY-JUNE, 1818. Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. VOL. II. EDINBURGH: 1818. THE The Scots magazine, ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. SURVEY OF FRENCHLITERATURE, several of the most interesting pro- marrano...9 ductions of the French press dur. Werner and the Wernerian Society... 15 ing December 1817. (By a Corre- Natural History-1. Ornithologia Zet- spondent in Paris ) comecom.com landica.-2. Studyof the Marine Ani. mals of Shetland recommended.-3. Hot Spring rising through the Sea Here's to them that's awa, a Song; and in the Mediterranean.4. Vapour rising from the Sea in Winter, called in Halifar • The Barber. '-5. Gulf Ode to the Spirit of Kosciuskommen ib. 16 On the Death of the Princess Charlotte 71 On the Political State of Algiers, the The Poor Man's Labour. By the late Effects of the recent English Expedi- John Philpot Curran commacammanamera 72 tion, &c. Communicated by Profes-3 LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC Account of an Attempt to surprise the Castle of Edinburgh during the Re- Memoirs of the Wernerian Society, Vol. II.-Resolutions adopted at Etymological Notices, by the late Sir meetings in Newcastle and London James Foulis of Colinten, Bart. ww... 26 respecting the invention of the Safety Observations on the Agamemnon of Lamp.--French Patents lately grant- Eschylus,illustrated with translations, ed, &c. &c. and Works preparing for Publication naman 75 Monthly List of New Publications comm.77 Life and Writings of James Hogg -35 REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. British Chronicles 88 Shakspeare and his Times. By Nathan Appointments and Promotions.com ib. A Father's Gift to his Children 55 Commercial Report 90 92 94 .32 |