to be more eminently delighted with a wide carnage. What it is that entitles him to such pre-eminence we know not: he is seldom the biggest or the swiftest, but he shews by his eagerness and diligence that he is, more than any of the others, a friend to the vul

tures.

END OF VOL. XXXIII.

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THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

WITH

PREFACES

BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL,

AND CRITICAL,

BY THE

REV. LIONEL THOMAS BERGUER,

LATE OF ST. MARY HALL, OXON: FELLOW EXTRAORDINARY OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH.

IN FORTY-FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. XXXIV.

LONDON:

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1823.

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CONTENTS TO VOL. XXXIV.

No.

1. INTRODUCTORY Paper-The Reception which

a Work of this sort is likely to meet with-Some

Account of the Author and his Intentions

Home.

2. Various Opinions of the Mirror overheard by

the Author in the Shop of its Publisher

Mackenzie.
3. Of Beauty-Philosophical Opinions of it-Di-
rections for improving and preserving it Craig.

4. The Effects of a foreign Education, in a Letter

from L. G

Abercromby.

5. Of Pedantry-An Extension of that Phrase;

various Instances of it

Mackenzie.

6. Seclusion and Retirement from the World not

inconsistent with Talents or Spirit; Character of

Mr. Umphraville

Bannatyne.

7. The Importance of Names in Writing, in a Let-

ter from Nomenclator

Mackenzie.

8. The Mussulman's Mirror-its wonderful Pro-

perties; in a Letter from Vitreus Richardson.

9. Censure of a particular Piece of Indecorum at

the Theatre, in a Letter from A. W. with the

Author's Reflections upon it: Abercromby-Note

from Ignoramus

Unknown.

10. Effects of Excessive Delicacy and Refinement-

Character of Mr. Fleetwood

Craig.

11. On Duelling-Regulations proposed-Story of

Captain Douglas

Mackenzie.

12. Consequence to little Folks of Intimacy with
great ones, in a Letter from John Homespun

13. Remarks on the Poems of Ossian

Mackenzie.

Cullen.

No.

14. On Indolence

Mackenzie.

15. Of Education-A classical contrasted with a

fashionable Education

Home.

16. Of Spring-Effects of that Season on some

Minds

Mackenzie.

17. Description of a Shopkeeper Virtuoso in a Let-

ter from his Wife Rebecca Prune: Tytler-Obser-

vations suggested by it

Mackenzie.

18. Of national Character-Comparison of that of

France and England

Abercromby.

19. Some farther Particulars in the Character of

Mr. Umphraville

Craig.

20. On the Acrimony of literary Disputes; Narra-

tive of a Meeting between Sylvester and Alcan-

der

Craig.

21. Description of a nervous Wife, in a Letter from

Joseph Meekly: Lord Hailes.-Of the Connexion

formed by Misanthropy, in a Letter from Adelus.

Mackenzie.

22. On the Restraints and Disguise of modern Edu-

cation. Character of Cleone, in a Letter from

Lælius

Unknown.

23. History of a good-hearted Man, no one's Enemy

but his own

Mackenzie.

24. Advantage which the Artist in the fine Arts

has over Nature in the assemblage and arrange-

ment of Objects; exemplified in Milton's Allegro

and Penseroso

Richardson.

25. Description of the Visit of a great Lady to the

House of a Man of small, Fortune, in a second

Letter from Mr. Homespun

Mackenzie.

26. The Rules of external Behaviour a Criterion of

Manners-Modern Good-breeding compared with

the ancient

Craig.

27. The silent Expression of Sorrow-Feelings and

Behaviour of Mr. Wentworth

Cullen.