MEMS. OF A MEDICAL MAN-No. I. PERCY ARMSTRONG-No. II. THE BRO- LAST VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP VERSLUYS, OF ANTWERP SCENES AND SKETCHES-No. IV. THE LOST CITY IRELAND AND ITALY-BOB MEEKINS AND GEMINIANI THE PAST AND PRESENT STATE OF IRISH LITERATURE Page. 2 I SAW THEE-TIME'S RUDE HAND HAD DIMMED THE LINES THAT BEAUTY THE VISION OF A PATRIOT 351 352 NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Poetry of S. is too evangelical for our periodical; and the Lines marked W. contain too many ungracious epithets in allusion to a certain high personage, to entitle them to our sanction. We thank T. D. for the complimentary manner in which his suggestion is conveyed; but a reference to the London periodicals will convince him that we must persevere in the course he wishes us to change. We can point to the example set to us by the New Monthly, Metropolitan, &c Some Election Addresses have been sent to us for insertion. It is not usual, we believe, for political periodicals to give them a place; but as we intend paying particular attention to the claims of all persons offering themselves to a reformed constituency, we will condense them into an article on the forthcoming Elections, and endeavour to comprehend the merits of all. We request that communications relative to the subject may be forwarded to us immediately. To all our numerous well-wishers, who usually conclude their communications by expressing their solicitude for our success, we take this mode of returning our acknowledgments. We are gratified at being enabled to inform them, that we continue to receive additional proofs that the experiment which we have tried to revive the Literature of our Country will not have been made in vain. LARA will perceive that we have given a place to his communication. From our estimation of his capability, we would solicit a continuance of his services. In forwarding their literary compositions to us, writers of his power are not conferring a personal obligation upon ourselves, so much as contributing to the early efforts we are making to found AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL LITERATURE; and if, at length, through our own perseverance, and their patriotic assistance, we shall be successful, we will be far prouder to share the triumph with them than owe it to the aid of other NAMES which belong to Ireland, but are bound to England by a golden chain. We request that all Communications may be sent to us as early in each month as possible, under cover, to the Editors, at their Office, 16, College-green, Dublin. |