THE

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE

AND

Humoris t.

EDITED BY

W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, ESQ.

184 5.

PART THE SECOND.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

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CONTENTS OF THE SECOND PART

FOR 1845.

PASSAGES in the Lives of the celebrated Statesmen of Europe: No. IV.

Metternich

Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-pay. By the

Author of "Stories of Waterloo." Nos. XI., XII., XIII., XIV. 14, 176,

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355, 617

Country Life in Italy. By L. Mariotti. La Scartocciata The

Stewardess's Story

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49

55, 201, 338, 599

The Pleasures of Grumbling. By Angus B. Reach

The Robertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope

The Cock and the Fox. (Æsop Illustrated.) By the Author of " Peter

Priggins"

The Festival of Santa Maria. An Adventure in Castile

66

70

81

An Excursion up the Oronooka, and Ramble through Venezuela

A March to Palmyra. By Corry Connellan

91, 227

115

The Bokhara Victims. By Captain Grover, F.R.S.

130

A Sketch of the Lives Lord Stowell and Eldon; together with some

Corrections and Additions to Mr. Twiss's Life of the latter

Cecco del Orso. By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq.

The Brothers of Birchington. a Lay of St. Thomas A'Becket. By

Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq.

The Steeple-Chaser. By the Author of " Peter Priggins"

Literary and Familiar Reminiscences of Thomas Campbell, Esq. By

Amicus.

Chénier's Love Dream. By the Hon. G. Sydney Smythe

A Peep into the Royal Academy

Costume and Characters of the Court of George ii. By Miss Strick-

Thoughts on Inns. By the Author of "Hillingdon Hall"

305

The Chest of Cigars. By Lancelot Wagstaff, Esq.

The Principality of the Captive Jews. By Francis Ainsworth, Esq.

Written after Witnessing the Performance of a Young American

Actress in "Christine of Sweden." By Charlotte Cushman

The Ass Eating Thistles. (Æsop Illustrated.) By the Author

"Peter Priggins"

Recreations in Natural History. No. XXIV., XXV., Elephants

Beauteous Little Mary. By Edward Kenealy

The Fiddler of Frankfort. By Dudley Costello

The Gray Old Ash Tree. By Thomas Miller

Selections from Jean Paul Friederich Richter. By John Oxenford

The Last Adventures of Hereward the Saxon. By Thomas Wright,

M.A.

The Opera

Revelations of London. By the Editor

Extract from the Log of a Privateer's-man, a Hundred Years Ago. By

Captain Marryat, Ř.N.

Death and the Ruffians. A Tale from Chaucer. By Leigh Hunt

Bob Robinson's First Love. By Lancelot Wagstaff, Esq.

399

402

406, 662

421, 513

503

509

519

526

Sketch of the late Rev. R. H. Barham, with a few Lines to his Memory.

In a Letter to the Editor from John Hughes, Esq.

The Last Moments of Andrea Zurbaran, the Celebrated Spanish Painter.

Suggested by the beautiful Picture of Mr. Haghe. By Thomas Ros-

coe, Esq.

Beauchamp; or, the Error. By G. P. R. James, Esq.

The Mummelsee. By John Oxenford, Esq.

The Fortune of France; or, the Hotel de Cluny. By Dudley Costello,

Esq.

Anacreontique. By Edward Kenealy, Esq.

Jacob Omnium, M.P. The Merchant Prince

567

598

Petrarch to Laura. By Edward Kenealy, Esq.

598

Where shall we Meet, Love? By J. L. Forrest, Esq.

The Fox in the Well. (Esop Illustrated.) By the Author of " Peter

Priggins"

The Rivers and Cities of Babylonia. By Francis W. Ainsworth, Esq.

Part I.

Count d'Orsay's Portrait of Lord Byron

LITERATURE OF THE MONTH (for May) :-Self. By the Author of
"Cecil."-Thiers' History of the Consulate and the Empire.-The
Marlborough Despatches. Edited by Sir G. Murray.—Jonathan Sharp.
-Peninsular Sketches. Edited by W. H. Maxwell, Esq.-De Rohan;
or, the Court Conspirator. By Eugene Sue.-Colonel Cameron's
Georgia, Circassia, and Russia

135-144

(for June):-Sybil; or, the Two Nations.
By B. Disraeli.-Memoirs of Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender.-
Lives of the Queens of England. Vol. VIII. By Miss Strickland.-
Diplomatic Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. Richard Hill

281-292

(for July):-Memoirs of Lady Hester Lucy
Stanhope.-The White Slave; or, the Russian Peasant Girl.-Me-
moirs of Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I.

408-420

(for August):-The Dispatches and Letters

of Vice-admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes by Sir Nicholas

Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G. The Third Volume.-The Mission; or,

Scenes in Africa. Written for Young People. By Captain Marryat.

-A Tour Through the Valley of the Meuse, with the Legend of the

Walloon Country and the Ardennes. By Dudley Costello.-Count

Königsmark. An Historical Romance. By Captain Chamier, R.N. 665–672

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NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE

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CONTENTS FOR MAY.

PASSAGES IN THE LIVES OF CELEBRATED STATESMEN OF EUROPE.

No. IV. .

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LIGHTS AND SHADES IN THE LIFE OF A GENTLEMAN ON HALF-PAY.

By the Author of "STORIES OF WATERLOO." No. XI..

COUNTRY LIFE IN ITALY. LA SCARTOCCIATA. By L. MARIOTTI

THE PLEASURES OF GRUMBLING. BY ANGUS B. REACH.

THE ROBERTSES ON THEIR TRAVELS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE

THE COCK AND THE FOX. (ESOP ILLUSTRATED.) By the Author

of "PETER PRIGGINS"

THE FESTIVAL of Santa MARIA. AN ADventure in CASTILE

AN EXCURSION UP THE ORONOOKA, AND RAMBLE THROUGH

VENEZUELA

A MARCH TO PALMYRA. BY CORRY CONNELLAN, ESQ.

THE BOKHARA VICTIMS. BY CAPTain Grover, UnaTT., F.R.S.

LITERATURE:-Self. By the Author of "Cecil."-Thiers' History of

the Consulate and the Empire.-The Letters and Despatches of John

Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, from 1702 to 1712. Edited

by General the Right Honourable Sir George Murray.-Jonathan

Sharp; or, the Adventures of a Kentuckian. Written by Himself.

-Peninsular Sketches by Actors on the Scene. Edited by W. H.

Maxwell, Esq., author of "The Life of the Duke of Wellington,"

"Stories of Waterloo," &c.-De Rohan; or, the Court Conspirator:

an Historical Romance. By M. Eugène Sue, author of the " Mys-

teries of Paris," "The Wandering Jew," &c.-Personal Adventures

and Excursions in Georgia, Circassia, and Russia. By Lieut.-colonel

G. Poulett Cameron, C.B., lately employed on a Special Service in

Persia, &c.

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