CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

No.

I. Introductory.

The Sheltered Solitude of a Sum-

mer's Noon, favourable to the indulgence of

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II. Montchensey, a Tale of the Days of Shakspeare 18
III. The Same, continued

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IV. Observations, Critical and Miscellaneous, on an
Anonymous Version of "Les Jardins," par M.
l'Abbé De Lille. Preliminary Remarks

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V. Observations, Critical and Miscellaneous, on the
First Book of the Anonymous Version of "Les
Jardins," par M. l'Abbé De Lille

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VI. Montchensey, a Tale of the Days of Shakspeare,
continued

↓ VII. The Same, continued

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VIII. Notices, Biographical and Critical, of Two once
celebrated Poets, Natives of Hadleigh in Suf- *

folk

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William Alabaster, D.D. and Joseph
Beaumont, D. D.-ALABASTER.

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IX. The Same, continued; BEAUMONT, Criticisms

on, and Extracts from, his Psyche

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No. I.

Now, while the fervid ray shoots o'er the skies,
How grateful feels the margin of the flood!
How grateful now to trace the devious course
Of some wild pastoral stream, that changes oft
Its varied lapse; and ever as it winds,
Enchantment follows, and new beauties rise.
O Nature! lovely Nature! thou canst give
Delight thyself a thousand ways, and lend
Το every object charms! With thee, even books
A higher relish gain. The poet's lay

Grows sweeter in the shade of wavy woods,
Or lulling lapse of crystal stream beside;
Dim umbrage lends to philosophic lore
Severer thought; and Meditation leads
Her pupil Wisdom to the green resort
Of solemn silence, her inspiring school.

BIDLAKE.

THERE is no part of a SUMMER'S DAY in the country more delightful, perhaps, to the con

NOONTIDE LEISURE.

VOL. I.