THE

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE

AND

Bumorist.

EDITED BY

W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, ESQ.

VOL. 85.

BEING THE FIRST PART

FOR 1849.

"LONDON:

CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND.

MDCCCXLIX.

P282,5

HARVARD

COLLE

LEG.

SEP 25 1895

binot fund.

C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.

CONTENTS OF VOL. 85.

THE BIRTH OF THE NEW YEAR. BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ.

SOAPEY SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR

AMAKEYA: A Tale oT KAFFIRLAND. BY MRS. WARD

THE TWO COATS. BY CHARLES HERVEY, Esq.

JELLACHLICH, BAN OF CROATIA

THE GIANTS' INVASION. BY JOHN OXENFORD, ESQ.

MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM COLLINS, R.A.

NOTES ON MEN AND THINGS IN THE NEW WORLD OF AUSTRALIA

58, 159 281, 489

MAJOR HEARTLY; OR, THE FLUSH OF THE BOTTLE. A SKETCH FROM LIFE

THEODORE HOOK

THE "REBEL" BOERS

A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE AT THE "BLACK EAGLE" AT AUGSBURG

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT. BY CYRUS REDDING, ESQ.

A REVIEW OF THE "LANCASHIRE WITCHES." BY DUDLEY COSTELLO, Esq. . 101

THE LAY OF THE CHATELAINE. BY HENRY LAWS LONG, ESQ.

THE DOWNFAL of the REPUBLIC

. 121

122

THE HABITUÉ'S NOTE-BOOK. BY CHARLES HERVEY, ESQ. . 125, 257, 379, 502

THE THEATRES

129, 261, 384, 507

MR. GRAB'S ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF GOLD DUST IN CALIFORNIA

. 165

I CHARGE THEE TO REMEMBER. BY MRS. PONSONBY

SUPERNATURAL Beings

THE PERILS OF THE POOR; OR, THE LOST SNUFF-BOX. BY JAMES WIL-

LYAMS GRYLLS, ESQ.

THE BRASS-BOUND BOX. A CORNISH LEGEND. BY FATHER POODLES, P.P. 190

HOME THROUGH THE VALLEY OF HELL. BY DUDLEY COSTELLO, ESQ.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PAIR OF TOP-Boots

252

. 255

A HURRICANE IN ANTIGUA. BY CAPTAIN MACKINNON, R.N.

BEGGARS AND ALMSGIVERS

. 277

. 301

KING ARTHUR

. 307

SIR WIGOLAIS OF THE WHEEL. BY JOHN OXENFORD, Esq.

. 315

A WALK IN THE LANDES OF BORDEAUX. BY W. FRANCIS AINSWORTH, Esq. 324

A VISIT TO MY UNCLE. A STORY OF THE LATE IRISH REBELLION

COLONIES AND COLONISTS; OR, ENGLAND AND HER OFFSPRING. BY WILLIAM

H. G. KINGSTON, ESQ.

339

352

354

THE BEGGARS OF LONDON. BY DUDLEY COSTELLO, ESQ.

. 404

A VISIT TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS IN THE SUMMER OF 1848

. 416

THE NEW ACADEMY OF PAINTING AT CADIZ. BY MRS. CHARLTON

. 422

ALCHEMY, ANCIENT AND MODERN .

425

433

436

441

472

BY CHARLES HERVEY, ESQ.

SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITH AND THE QUEen of DenmaRK

THE RED MEN AND THE TRAPPERS

NEW ZEALAND COOKERY-BOOK .

THE WESTERN WORLD

THE MASKED BALL AT THE OPERA.

REVOLUTIONARY ITALY

LITERATURE (FOR JANUARY) :-THE PUNJAUB. EDITED BY MAJOR G.

CARMICHAEL SMYTH.-SCENES AND THOUGHTS IN FOREIGN LANDS. BY

CHARLES TERRY.-THE FORGERY; OR, BEST INTENTIONS. BY G. P. R.

JAMES, ESQ.-FORTY DAYS IN THE DESERT, ON THE TRACK OF THE

ISRAELITES. BY THE AUTHOR OF "WALKS AROUND JERUSALEM.' -THE

DIAMOND AND THE PEARL. BY MRS. GORE.-ILLUSTRATED POEMS. BY

MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY.-DOCTOR BIRCH AND HIS YOUNG FRIENDS. BY

M. A. TITMARSH.-THE ROMANCE OF THE PEERAGE; OR, CURIOSITIES OF

FAMILY HISTORY. BY GEORGE LILLIE CRAIK.-A VOICE FROM THE

MOUNT. BY THE REV. RICHARD COBBOLD, A.M.-ALTHAM. BY JOHN S.

CUMMINS, ESQ., LIEUT.-COL., CANADA MILITIA. JEALOUSY. BY THE

AUTHOR OF "FIVE YEARS IN THE EAST," &c.-MARRYAT'S "LITTLE

SAVAGE. BY CAPTAIN MARKYAT, R.N.-MACKINNON'S HISTORY OF

CIVILISATION. BY WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACKINNON, M.P., F.R.S.

131 to 142

(FOR FEBRUARY): - ADVENTURES IN BORNEO.-MARTIN

TOUTROND: A FRENCHMAN IN LONDON IN 1831.-LUCILLE BELMONT.-

AUSTRIA. BY EDWARD P. THOMSON, ESQ. - DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY :

THE INFERNO. BY JOHN A. CARLYLE, M.D.-ANECDOTES OF THE ARIS-

TOCRACY AND EPISODES IN ANCESTRAL STORY. BY J. BERNARD BURKE,

ESQ. THE OLD JUDGE; OR LIFE IN A COLONY.-VISIONS OF THE TIMES

OF OLD; OR, THE ANTIQUARIAN ENTHUSIAST. BY ROBERT BIGSBY,

ESQ., LL.D.-THE ILLUSTRATED COMPANION TO THE LATIN DICTIONARY

AND GREEK LEXICON. — BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF LAMARTINE AND

RAPHAEL

263 to 268

(FOR MARCH). -MY UNCLE THE CURATE. BY THE AUTHOR

OF THE BACHELOR OF THE ALBANY." —MORDAUNT HALL; OR, A SEP-
TEMBER NIGHT.-CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHILLER WITH KÖRNER. BY
LEONARD SIMPSON, ESQ.-CROMWELL DOOLAN; OR, LIFE IN THE ARMY.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “ECHOES FROM THE BACKWOODS."-SHAKSPEARE.
BY HENRY CURLING.-A BOOK FOR A CORNER. BY LEIGH HUNT.-MIS-
CELLANEOUS NOTICES

386 to 394

MARDI; AND A VOYAGE THITHER. BY

GEORGINA HAMMOND. BY MRS. MACKENZIE
OWEN TUDOR. — THE CASTLEREAGH LETTERS AND DE-

SPATCHES.-THE EMIGRANT FAMILY.-ROCKINGHAM; OR, THE YOUNGER

BROTHER. HELEN CHARTERIS.-LOFODEN; OR, THE EXILES of Nor-

WAY. BY E. W. LANDOR.—EXMOOR; OR, THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. HUBERT

IN THE WEST. BY MAJOR HERBERT BYNG HALL-MISCELLANEOUS

NOTICES

510 to 520

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

THE BIRTH OF THE NEW YEAR.

BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ.

I.

THANK God! dark Eighteen-forty-eight hath pass'd

Away at last.

Worker of woe!-none, none shall shed a tear

Upon thy bier,

But gladsome hearts shall bear it to the tomb

Where sleep the world's dead years,-Time's crowded catacomb.

II.

No bell shall toll, no mourners gather round

But gratulations loud and bosoms light

Thy burial ground,

Shall hail thy flight,

For who would mourn thy death whose stormy life
Was mad and wanton war, or madder civil strife?

III.

E'en as the mould is on thy coffin thrown,

It yields a tone

Of joyous advent, not bereavement's woe.

What means it? Lo!

From that Pandora's box of grief and fear,

In Hope's effulgent form up springs the new born Year. Jan.-VOL. LXXXV. NO. CCCXXXVII.

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