LITERARY MISCELLANT,
:: FOR JULY 1797 ; .
With a View of CRAIGNETHAN CÁstle, neur Lanark, the Pro-
perty of Lord Douglas. : ;.: :.
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Register of the Weather for July, 2 Anecdotes relative to the Cossacks
Some German Words u bich exiit of the Ukraine Tartary, · · 41
in the vulgar Scotch Dialect, 3 Anecdotes of Persons connected
Account of the Deliverance of with the French Revolution, 43
Messrs. Carter, Haskett, and
Amar, . . . . . . ib.
Shaw, from the Savages of i Fabre d' Eglantine, . . 45
Tate's Illand, and their subfe.
Herault de Schelles, . . 46
quent Diltreffes, - . - ib. On Conversation, . . . . 48
Description of Garrick's Monu- Books and Pamphlets published in
ment in Westminster Abbey, 7 London in June 1797, · · 50
New Patents in the Months of May'.
published in
and June, 1797, ::::8 Edinburgh, &c. fince January
The Vision of Ofreidan, ... 9 1797, .,. . . . . . 52
Memoirs of Mr Benjamin. Stilling. The False Key, a Tale, . . 53
fleet, a celebrated Naturalist, II.
POETRY.
Curious Anecdotes, Biographical Characters of eminent English Wri-
and Scientific, . . • . • '13 ters, . . . . . . - 57
Account of the Entertainment gia Sonnets by Mr Park, ... 59
ven by the Earl of Atholto Jas. V. 15 Inscription for a table which was
Account of the Expedition of Jas. formerly used as a writing Délk
V. to the Western and Northern by Thomson the Poet, · · ib.
Illands, . . . . . . 16 To the rising Sun, · · · ib.
The Life of Geffner, . . - 19 John and Joan, a Tale, • - 60
Anecdotes of Cardinal York, - 19 Extract from an Ode on Sir Jos
Topographical Description of St. Banks, · · · · · ·..
Domingo, its population, pro-
MONTHLY REGISTER. .
duce, &c. . . . . . 20 Proceedings of Parliament, ..
Some account of the Life of Zim. The second Budget, . . .
merman, firft Physician to the Foreign Intelligence, . . .
King of England at Hancuer, 23 Interesting Intelligence from the
Account of the late Mutiny in the London Gazettes, · · · · 68
Fleet at Portsmouth and the Nore, Affairs in Scotland, .. . . 73
and the trial of Richard Parker, 29 Highland Society, . . . . ib.
Description of the simple Manners General Court Martial at Air, 74
of a Welch Village, . 35 Trial of Thomas Potts before the
On the Woollen Manufactures in High Court of Justiciary, - 75
North Wales, · · · · · 37 Scots Militia Bill, · ·. - 76
Description of Mount Ætna, -40 Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 57
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