Humber.

without

* civilize, adorn,

"Because the spirit of man cannot demean itself lively in this body,
some recreating intermission of labour and serious things,-
and make discreet the mind, by the learned and affable meeting of frequent
Academies, and the procurement of wise and artful recitations, sweetened with
eloquent and graceful enticements,*** that the call of WISDOM and VIRTUE
may be heard every where."-MILTON.

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,
PATERNOSTER ROW;

SOLD ALSO BY BELL AND BRADFUTE, AND BLACK, EDINBURGH;

WARDLAW AND CUNNINGHAME, GLASGOW;

AND HODGES AND M'ARTHUR, DUBLIN.

1826.

I.R

On Taste....

DISCUSSION: Was the Suppression of the Knights Templars occa-

sioned by the Crimes of the Order?

1

15

29

34

Serenade

On Political Economy

Lyrical Stanzas

57

58

71

On the Etymology of the English Verb. Part I.

73

To a Lady

86

Epigram

ib.

Astrea; a Poem: addressed to Myra. Canto VII.

87

SONG: Bacchanal..

93

The Voice of Death

DISCUSSION: Are Fairs and similar Amusements injurious to the

Morals of the Lower Orders?.

Lines to the Memory of the late Dr. Abraham Rees

On the Principal Causes of the Darkness of the Middle Ages

DISCUSSION: Is it true that, as the Boundaries of Science are ex-

tended, the Empire of Imagination is diminished?

On the Importance of the Principles of Phrenology, as applicable

DISCUSSION: Is the Salic Law unjust in excluding Females from

the Throne?..

279

Stanzas on a Sleeping Child

287

On the Etymology of the English Verb. Part II.

289

Wed me not

302

The Post

SONNET: To the Memory of the late Mrs. Anne Radcliffe

....

ib.

303