The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 1 (1817)

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‘CONTENTS OF VoL. i “NO. I. MAY, 1817. Pa “ART. I. Review of Byron’s Childe pis ante Ut. Wer oe . 3 il, —————. Coleridge’s Christabel, ‘&e. ~~ -'12 ————— Maturin’s Tragedy of Bertram, 19 - IV. ————— Pierpont’s Airs of Palestine, _ 28 V. ——— Silliman’s Sketch of Dr. Dwight, 26 Vt. -_——— Captain Riley’s Narrative, . 34 VIT.——— Wilkinson’s Meawae see? 40 VUTI. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, 44 IX. Religious hy Soagieence ~~ 4g X. Poetry, . 50 XI. Thespian Register, : 50 XII. Monthly Summary of Political Bite ; MCR 54 XIII. Domestic Ocdurrences; 59 XLV. Notices of Proposed Publications, 67 XV. Monthly Catalogue of New vere: = MOMS, . ; 68 XVL Report of Diseases, ee A ~ 68 RVI). Miscellany, . ©... . « NO. It. rs ART. i pas of Lieutenant Bowerbank’s Journal, kept during Bonaparte’s _ stay on board the Bellerophon, 81 ae if. ————— _Warden’s Letters written on _ board the Northumberland, &c. . 89 Report of the Canal Commis- sioners, ~ we 1V. ——- Moore’s s irish Melodies, &c. 113 Vv. ——— The Village, a Poem, . 119 - MIL. Transactions of Learned Societies, . 122 ‘WAL. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, 131 ' WILL. Review and Register of the Fine Arts, 135 IX. Religious ee Bat oe Ks xX: Poetry, : : 136 XI. Thespian Register, ‘ 139 XI. Monthly Summary of Political Intelli- gence, ; . 142 XUt. Domestic Occurrences, : Sade bt XIV. Monthly Catalogue of New Alas . tions, with Critical Remarks, . . 153 XV, Sa oc of Diseases, es 168 NO. ITI. JULY, 1817. ART. I. Review of Harold the Dauntless, 165 fr. —— Sampson’e Oration, . . 174 s Mineralogy, 183 ive Biographical Sketch of Dr. Rush, . 187 Y. Transactions of Learned Societies, 193 VI. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, 196 VIL. Review and Register of the Fine Arts, 198 VIIL. Religious Intel agPHCE, tert erga Oe 1X, Poetry, —. 202 X. Thespian Register, | 205 Xi. Monthly Summary of Political Intelli- gence;; : - > 252 XM. Domestic Occurrences ; 225 XII. Monthly Catalogue of New Publica: tions, with Critical Remarks, 234 XIV. Mathematical Lucubrations, a See XV. Report of Diseases, &c. ; . 239 XVI. Miscellany, : Fics ot he ee A.§———— 3 “NO. IV. . aueusT, 1817. ART. I. Review of Allston’s hin: ee Il, ————— Colden’s Life of Fulton, . Mathieu’s Version of a Chi- nese se Poe, A = ————— Reid’s Essay on ypochon- driacal and ends Affections, . Vv. Original Communications, viz. Memoir — of Lady Harriet Ackland—Ac- - - count of the New-York Institution _ —Preventives and Remedies of the _ Hydrophobia— An Indian Talk—Dr. Akerly on the Hessian — Fly, with a Cut—On the Verifica- tion of Presentiments—Power of Painting upon Brutes—Reading of Macbeth’s Soliloquy—On the Trade with Russia, &c. 268 VI. Transactions of Learned Societies, 286 VIL. Literary and Philosophical intelligence, 290 VIL. Review and Register of the _- ete 294 IX. Bie ps Intelligence, 296 259 262 Iv. X. Poetry, — . ae Gee RE aS _ XL. Thespian Register, : XII. Monthly Summary of Political Intelli- ° : gence, : tps aoe XII}. Domestic Occurrences, - 307 XIV. Monthly Catalogue of New Publica: : tions, with Critical. Remarks, 318 XV. Mathematical Lucubrations, 319 XVI. Report of Diseases, &c. 317 AVII. Cabinet of Varieties, : 319 NO. V. SEPTEMBER, 1817. ART. I. Review of Legh’s J — in-. Egypt, 325 Il. ——- Moore's Lalla Rookh, Ree III. —-_———- Lord Byron’s Manfred 348 IV Barton’s Prodrémus, . « O50 - V. Museum of Natural Sciences, 358 VI. Orginal Communications, viz. On the Cultivation of the Locust Tree— . Nautical Observations—On _ the Trade with China—Coflee Houses —Steam Engines—Hydrophobia, 363 VIL. Biography, - om VIII. Transactions of Learned Societies, 374 IX. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, 379 X. Review and Register of the Fine Arts, 383 XI, Religious Intelligence, : - 384 XI. Monthly Summary of rues Intelli- ence, 2 386 XIII. Domestic Occurrences, : ~ »S9% XIV. Monthly Catalogue of New Publica- tions, with Critical Remarks, . 396 XV. Mathematical Lucubrations, 400 XVI. Report of Diseases, &c. ; 400 XVII. Cabinet of Varieties, . . 403 NO. VI. OCTOBER, 1817. ART. I. Review of Phillips’s Speeches 405 If. — of Miss Edgeworth’s Harring- ton and Ormond, «Sgt eas

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eras . Ao Ft) Se CONTENTS. se ted Byron’s Lament of Tasso, 432 XII. Tena Register, “yi. LV. ———— Manual of Botany for the North-.- XIII. Monthly Suinmary of Political Ineli- ear ern States, ; pees. V5 0 pence, =~. tty ee es Museum of Natural Sciences, “. « 431 XIV. Domestic Cccurrences, : 468 VI. Original Communications, . ., 442 XV. ‘Monthly Catalogue of New Publica- ae VIL. Orginal Biography y.i7 30. 2. 446 tions, with Critical Remarks, . 473 WIL. Transactions of Learned Sosiceen > 449 XVI. Mathematical Lucubrations, 3 . 417 EX. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, 454 XVII. Report of Diseases, &c. es . A478 _ _X. Review and Register of the Fine aoe 456 XVIII. Cabinet of Vane ieee oi OS ae oe ae cae 459 | ert TO ) READERS. ghee ON completing the first volume of their work, ‘the Editors cannot - withhold their acknowledgments for the distinguished urage- ment they have received in an undertaking which is immediavely de- pendent on the favourable opinion and ‘liberal dispositions of the public. The unprecedented support which they have obtained in a few months, renders the establishment of at least one literary jour- fal, in our country, on a broad and permanent*basis, no longer. pro- | blematical. Already the number of subscribers to this paste: es the Northern and Middle States amoubts to nearly three thousand,— three fourths of whom are citizens of the State of New-York. ; the American Montuty Maeazine and Critica, Review is sates ed for general circulation, and addresses itself. to national patronage. “The See ence of the Editors assures them that this appeal will not be in vain. - Fhereis not a State, nor a Territory in the Union from _ which they have not received subscriptions. They trust that ey exertions will secure not only a continuance, but an increase of -vour. ‘That they may be enabled to give a greater quantity of light geading without curtailing the other departments of the work, they ‘contemplate adding another sheet, in another-year, to each N umber, to be devoted to miscellaneous selections of an amusive cha- vacter.

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