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tive about every thing that concerned him, watching his very dress like the aspects of the stars, that we used to identify particular moods of his mind with particular wigs. One was more or less peevish; another Neronian; a third placable and even gay; most likely the one he wore on going out to a party. There was a darkish one, old and stumpy, which

-From its horrid hair

Shook pestilence and tasks.

Never shall I forget the admiration and terror, with which we beheld M—, one summer's afternoon, when our master nodded in his chair, and we were all standing around, make slow and daring approaches upwards between this wig and the nape of the neck, with a pin! Nods of encouragement were given by some; go it was faintly whispered by one or two. It was an unknown thing among us, for we were orderly boys at all times, and frightened ones in school. "Go it," however, he did. Higher, a little higher, a little more high. "Hah!” cried the master, darting round; and there stood poor M—, all his courage gone, fascinated to the spot, the very pin upright between his fingers! I forget what task he had; something impossible to achieve ; something too long to say by heart at once, and that would ruin the whole of his next holidays. So much for fear and respect.

I could tell tales of this man's cruelty and injustice, almost inconceivable in many such schools as we have at. present. Our greatest check upon him, or hope of a check, (for it was hopeless to appeal against a person of his great moral character and infinite respectability) was in the subjection he himself lived in to his wife: a woman with a ready smile for us, and a fine pair of black eyes. She must have been the making of his family, if he left any. When she looked in at the door sometimes, in the midst of his tempest and rage, it was like a star to drowning mariners. Yet this man had a conscience, such as it was. He had principles, and did what he thought his duty, working hard and late, and taking less pleasure than he might have done, except in the rod. But there it was. With all his learning, he had a nervous mind and untamed passions; and unfortunately the systems of education allowed a man at that time to give way to these, and confound them with doing his duty. He was a very honourable man in his day, and might have been rendered a more amiable, as well as useful one in this; but it is not the less certain (though he would have been shocked to hear it, and willingly have flogged you for saying so) that with precisely the same nature under another system of opinion, he would have made an inquisitor.

So dangerous it is to cultivate the antipathies, instead of the sympathies; and so desirable for master, as well as scholars, are the healthier and cheerfuller roads to knowledge, which philosophy has lately opened to all of us.

INDEX

ΤΟ

THE TENTH VOLUME.

ADAM, Maitre, drinking song by, 356.
Agrigentum, 191.

Alderman, the hunting, 543.
Alphabet, defence of, 594,
Ancestors, a man introduced to, 343.
Anecdote from Plutarch, 249.
Anthony and Cleopatra, 249.
Anti-out-of-town company, the, 193.
Appeal from the old to the new world,

160.

April verses, 363.

Arthur's sword, King, 452.

Authors and Editors, 92-various corres.
pondence of, 94, 95.

B

Baillie, Dr. medical works of reviewed,
364-letters of, ib. 365—studies under
Hunter, 366-aversion to sit for his
likeness, 367-attends the Princess
Amelia, 369-decline and death, 370.
Bar oratory, 167-Sir Edward Coke, his
language and sophistry, 168, 169-un-
der the commonwealth, 171-after the
restoration, 172-Judge Holt and Sir
Benjamin Shaw, 172, 173-case of
Elizabeth Canning, ib.-Mr. Davy's
speech, 174.

Bard's prophecy, the, 68.
Beirout, 534.

Bells of a parish church in Italy, letter
to, 494.

Bernardo del Carpio, 428.

Betting, lines on, 546

Birth of Genius, the, 96.
Books My, No. I. 236-II. 387.

Burke, Edmund, original letters of, 380.
453.529.

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for taking casts, ib.-a picture of Cen-
nini's, 570-a translation of, would be
useful, 571.

Childe's Destiny, the, 513.

Chivalry, Mills's, review of, 444-works
published on chivalry, ib.-the Tem-
plars, 445-the festivals in times of
chivalry, 447-method of cooking a
peacock in feudal ages, 448
Christmas, keeping, 514.
Cigar, doggrel verses to, 86.
Civic square, the, 163.

Confessions of a junior Barrister, 11.
Constantas, Gregory, his letter respecting
the Greek Schools, 424.

Conversations of Swift and Pope, 199.
Coronation of Charles the Tenth and the
Kings of Dawkey, 223.

Costanza, 110.

Country lodgings, 323.

Criticism on Female Beauty, 70, 140.

Crusaders, Tales of the, reviewed, 27.
Culprit, the universal, 251.

D

Damascus, account of, 335. 433.

Dawkey, coronation of the kings of, 223.

Deep thinker, the, 441.

Defence of the Alphabet, 594.

Dialogue of Sir W. Temple, Dr. More,
and William Penn, 278.

with a sportsman, 323.

Dignum and his times, 403.

Dream, the maiden's, 321.
Drinking song, 356.

Dublin, Old, by Lady Morgan, 57.

E

East, Letters from the, No. XVII. 113-
XVIII. 335-XIX. 433-XX. 534.
Embellishments of London, 271-notice
of a letter upon, ib. 272—remarks upon
gates as ornamental to cities, ib.-tri-
umphal arch at Hyde Park corner, 273
-origin and use of triumphal arches,
274-improvements that have taken
place already in the parks, 275-the
new lodgings, 277.

Epigram from Martial, 166.
Eternity, lines to the past, 56.

76

F

Family Journal, the, No. VIII. 41-IX.

199-X. 323—XI. 429-XII. 514.
Farewell to the dart. 184.

Female beauty, criticism on, 70. 140.
Florence to Siena, a walk from, 463.
Fountain, the charmed, 528.
Fragment, 571.

Furze bush, lines to the, 32.

G

Genlis, Madame de, review of her Me-
moirs, 78-receives 40,000 francs for
her works, 79-canting of, ib. 80-her
egotism, ib.-exaggerated sentiment,
81-her trumpery criticism and culo-
gium on Charles II. 82—is made a ca-
noness at six years of age, ib.-her
education and dress, 83-descriptions
of fashionable life, 84. 85.
Graves of a household, the, 534.
Greece in the spring of 1825, 291. 409-
Nipoli di Romania, 292-different
Greek chiefs, 293 of the legislative
body, 294. 295-journey to Tripolizza,
297-Colonel Xidi, 298-various chiefs,
300-Botzari, 301-character of the
Suliots, 302-dialogue with Botzari,
303-Calamata, 306-Navarino, 309
-Santa Rosa's fall, 310-Spezzia, 312
-Hydra, 313-Ipsara, 317-Canaris,
ib.-Colouris, 318-Athens, 320—con-
cluded, 409-Egyptian descent, ib —
description of Navarino, 410-schools
of Greece, 412-Egina, 413—Piada,
414. 415-state of the garrisons, 417
-remarks, ib.-Greek army, fleet, &c.
418. 419-resources, enemies, &c. 420.
421.

Greek woman, the, 174.

Grimm's Ghost, XXVI. 193-XXVII. 333
-XXVIII. 403-XXIX. 509.
Guatemala, an account of, 578-geogra
phical description, 579-population,
ib.-contest with Mexico, 580, 581-
congress of, 582-journal of Dr. Sa-
vagnino, 583-account of the Indians
of, 589-rights of the Indians, &c. 591.
Gunpowder-plot, the, 556.

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Ionia, lines to the ruins of, 473.
Irish circuit, an, 393-travelling on, 394
-an Irish king's evidence, and mode
of treatment, 395-entrance into an
assize town, 396-description of a
crown court of assize, 397-character
of the lower orders of Irish on such
occasions, 398 Larry Cronan, 399—
conduct of on his trial, 401-continued,
497-remarks on Irish crime, ib.-re-
specting trials for rape, 498-sin-
gular trial for murder, 499. 500,501
-execution of Mr. S, 506—of his
servant and confessions, 508.

J

Jerusalem, description of, 113.
Junior Barrister, confessions of a, 11.

K

Kelly's memoirs, reviewed, 487-anec-
dote of Pachierotti, 488-singing lady
at Vienna, 488-Curran and Father
O'Leary, 490-the Duc d'Aguillon, 491
-account of Sheridan's Pizarro, 492
-anecdote of Sheridan and Harris,
493.

King's bench and its inmates, account of
the, 123,

L

Lament of Alcæus upon the anniversary
of his rejection by Sappho, 566.
Landing of the pilgrim fathers in New
England, 402.

Letter from Mr. Mark Higginbotham, 134.
to the bells of a parish church in
Italy, 494.
Letters from Rome, No. III, 33-IV. 243.
to County Cousins, No. IV. 123.
from the East, 113. 335. 433. 534.
of Mr. J. Hunter, 366.

of Edmund Burke, original, 380.
453. 529.

Life and literature, proposals for abridg-
ing, 88.

Lion fight, the, 283.

London Lyrics, 22 183. 267. 448. 556.
embellishments of, 271.

Love and ingratitude, 547.

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Painting, Cennino Cennini's treatise on,
567.

Pamphlets, remarkable, 229.
Papers, the Thompson, 176.
Pecchio, Giuseppe, Greece in the Spring
of 1825, by, 291 409.

Pepys, Samuel, memoirs of, reviewed, 97.
Poetry, London Lyrics-morning calls,

22 the inspiration of Tasso, 26-
lines to the furze bush, 32-lines to the
humming bird, 40-the past eternity,
56-the bard's prophecy, 68-a voya-
ger's dream of land, 77-doggrel verses
to my cigar, 86-the birth of genius,
96-records of woman, No. II. Costan-
za, 110—the Sicilian captive, 122–
King Harold, 133-the spirit of the fo-
rest, 138-epigrain, 166-the Greek
woman, 174-the two sisters, 183—
farewell to the Dart, 184-Agrigen-
tum, 191-the ten thousand at the sa-
cred mount, 196—the lady of the cas-
tle, 207-legend of the Coppleston
oak, 217-the hour of romance, 228-
stanzas, 235 the rubicon, 241-An-
thony and Cleopatra, 249-Ulla, or the
adjuration, 259-the preponderating
motive, 277-stanzas, by T. Campbell,
289-the maiden's dream, 321-Ca-
ractacus, 333-sonnet to Spain, 352—
drinking song, by Maitre Adam, 356
-April verses, 364-records of wo-
man, No. III. the bride of the Greek
isle, 370-the bride's farewell, ib
song, 379-the landing of the pilgrim
fathers in New England, 402-Bernar-
do del Carpio, 428-the untombed
mariners, 432-the inconstant, 440-
song, 443-London lyrics-an actor's
meditations,448-King Arthur's sword,
452-the portrait, 462-stanzas, 469
-to the ruins of lonia, a sonnet, 473
-ideal likenesses, 485-song, 508-
the childe's destiny, 513-the charm-
ed fountain, 528-the graves of a
household, 534-French skeleton, lines
to, 541-lines on betting, 546-the
gun-powder-plot, 556-lament of Al-
cæus upon the anniversary of his re-
jection by Sappho, 560-a fragment,
571-records of woman, No. IV. the

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Rubicon, the, 241.

Russian travelling sketches, 46-writer's
Voyage to Russia, ib.-chief Russian
officers foreigners, 47-the Russian
army. ib.-steam-boat to Petersburgh,
48-public buildings, ib.-Russian la-
dies, 50-the English club ib.-Mos-
cow, 57-Ostrof, 52-dinner at, 53-
Tsaritsino Selo, 54-continued page
209-Russian gardens, ib.-Prince Ga-
litsin, ib.-his character, 210-Ostan-
kino, 211-Count Sheremetof's hospi-
tal, 212-Count Rumantsoff, 213-
Bethany, 214-Platon, 215-continued
510-Rojestvenskoyé Archangels-
koyé, &c. 519, 520-Kuskóvo, 524-
Vassilovskoyé, 525-suburbs of Mos-
cow, ib.

S

Santa Rosa, Count, his letter to M. Pec-
chio, 427.

School of dress, the old, 253.

-s of Greece, letter of Constantas
respecting, 424.

Schoolmaster of the old leaven, 599.
Sketches of the Irish Bar, No. X. 11-
XI 393-concluded, 497.

Sheridan, Moore's Life of, 474-remarks

on the School for Scandal, 480, 481—
singular mystery in all Sheridan's pro-
ceedings in life, 483-style of Mr.
Moore's work, 484.
Sicilian captive, the, 122.
Skeleton, lines to the, 541.
Song, 379. 443. 508. 593.
Sonnets, 352. 473. 600.
Spain, Sonnet to, 352.
Spirit of the forest, 138.

St. George for Merry England, 557.
Stanzas, 235. 469.

Suggestions respecting the plan of a col-
lege in London, by T. Campbell, 1—
alteration of name of to College, ib.-
arguments against such an establish-
ment in London, answered, 2-Phy-
sic and study of medicine, ib.-expen-
ses of proposed establishment, 3—
surgeon apothecaries, 4-the classic
languages, 7-living languages, 8—

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