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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction

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THE NEW PALACE IN ST. JAMES’S PARK. Palaces are at all times objects of national interest, or rather they are national concerns. They belong to the attributes of royalty, and in some insta... Read more

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THE YORK COLUMN. Five years have now elapsed since the improvements in St. James’s Park were commenced, by order of Government, for the gratification of the people. We were early in our co... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 574 Vol. XX, No. 574. Saturday, November 3, 1832 Author: Various Release Date: November 10, 2004 [EBook #... Read more

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CROSSES [Illustration: (At Eyam.)] [Illustration: (At Wheston.)] [Illustration: (Beauchief Abbey.)] Mr. Rhodes, the elegant topographer of the Peak, observes, “there are but fe... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XII, No. 338.] Saturday, November 1, 1828. [Price 2d. Nelson’s Monument, at Liverpool. [Illustration] (To the Editor of the Mirro... Read more

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SUSSEX PLACE, Is said to have been erected from the designs of Mr. Nash, but is considered as one of the least successful of his productions. It was among the earliest of the terraces in the Par... Read more

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EUROPEAN CITIES.—NAPLES. [Illustration: European Cities.—Naples.] In our last volume we commenced the design of illustrating the principal Cities of Europe, by a series of ... Read more

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INDEX. * * * * * VOL. X. * * * * * ABERNETHY’s lectures, 207. Accomplishments, value of, 199. &nbs... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIV, No. 395.] Saturday, October 24, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration] The Original Royal Exchange. (Fr... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. X, no. 280.] Saturday, October 27, 1827. [Price 2d. Illustrations of Shakspeare. * * * * * No. XIII. ... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 12, No. 323.] Saturday, July 19, 1828. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Columbia college] ... Read more

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THE NATURALIST. See the Engravings. A delightful volume, of title almost synonymous with this division of the mirror, has just been published. It is entitled The Journal of a Naturalist,[1] with... Read more

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VILLAS IN THE REGENT’S PARK [Illustration: Hanover Lodge.] [Illustration: Grove house.] The villas of this district are among the most pleasing of all the architectural creations tha... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. No. 469.] Saturday January 1, 1831 [price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Copied from one of the prints of last year&rs... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XVII. No. 472.] Saturday, January 22, 1831. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Christ church, Donc... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIII, No. 365.] Saturday, April 11, 1829. [Price. 2d. * * * * * Old Somerset house. [Illustration: Old So... Read more

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ST. DUNSTAN’S, FLEET STREET. [Illustration] No church in London is perhaps better known than the above, which is distinctively called Saint Dunstan’s in the West. External elegance h... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 12, No. 348.] Saturday, December 27, 1828. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Barber’s Barn, Hackney.] T... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 12, No. 342.] Saturday, November 22, 1828. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Council office, &c. Wh... Read more

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TEMPLE AT ABURY. Sermons in stones And good in every thing.—Shakspeare. What means the mysterious circle of stocks and stones on the other side? Such will be t... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 17, No. 483.] Saturday, April 2, 1831. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Grotto at Ascot place.] Here is a pi... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 20, No. 564] Saturday, September 1, 1832. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Belvoir castle.] Belvoir Castle, ... Read more

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CORNWALL TERRACE Regent’s park. Adjoining York Terrace, engraved and described in No. 358, of the mirror, is Cornwall Terrace, one of the earliest and most admired of all the buildings in the Pa... Read more

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OLD HALL, IN DERBYSHIRE. [Illustration] This picturesque specimen of olden architecture stands upon the Norton Lees estate, on the northern verge of Derbyshire upon the adjacent county of York; about ... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIX. No. 542.] Saturday, April 14, 1832. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Entrance lodge.] The ... Read more

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THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. DUNSTAN IN THE WEST. [Illustration: New church of st. Dunstan in the West, Fleet street.] In our fourteenth volume we took a farewell glance of the old church of St. Dunsta... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Vol. 13, No. 374 Author: Various Release Date: March 17, 2004 [EBook #11611] Language: English Character set encodin... Read more

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ST. PETER’S CHURCH, PIMLICO. [Illustration: St. Peter’s Church, Pimlico.] The engraving represents the new church on the eastern side of Wilton Place, in the Parish of St. George, Ha... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 528, Saturday, January 7, 1832 Author: Various Release Date: June 13, 2004 [EBook #12601] Language: E... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 10, No. 287.] Saturday, December 15, 1827. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: New steam carriage.] Explanation... Read more

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BOLSOVER CASTLE Bolsover is a populous village on the eastern verge of Derbyshire upon the adjacent county of Nottingham; and but a short distance from the town of Chesterfield. The Castle occup... Read more

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THREE BOROUGHS: 1. Dunwich, Suffolk. 2. Old sarum, Wilts. 3. Bramber, Sussex. Proposed to be wholly disfranchised by “the Reform Bill.... Read more

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PONTEFRACT CASTLE. Pontrefact, a place of considerable note in English history, is situated about two miles south-west from Ferrybridge, nine miles nearly east from Wakefield, and fifteen miles north-... Read more

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CHAPEL ON THE BRIDGE, WAKEFIELD Chapels on bridges are not so unfrequent in architectural history as the rarity of their remains would indicate. Among the early records of bridge-building we rea... Read more

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RELICS OF ARIOSTO. [Illustration: Inkstand.] [Illustration: Chair.] We need not bespeak the reader’s interest in these “trivial fond” relics—these consecrated ... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 579 Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 Author: Various Release Date: April 4, 2005 [EBook #15536] Language: E... Read more

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WHY ARE NOT THE ENGLISH A MUSICAL PEOPLE? We cannot help it.—Massinger’s Roman Actor. Astronomy, music, and architecture, are the floating topics of the day; o... Read more

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BLARNEY CASTLE. [Illustration: Blarney Castle.] This Engraving, to use a cant phrase, is an exquisite “bit of Blarney;” but independent of the vulgar association, it has a multitude ... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIV, No. 384.] Saturday, August 8, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * Voltaire’s Chateau, at Ferney. [Illustratio... Read more

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OLD COVENT GARDEN. [Illustration: Old Covent Garden. ] The notoriety of Covent Garden is of too multifarious a description to render the above illustration uninteresting to either of our readers... Read more

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WINDSOR CASTLE, (N.E.) Our sketchy tour of Windsor Castle has hitherto been told in visits far between, perhaps, if not few, for the interesting character of the whole fabric.[1] The present Cut inclu... Read more

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THE PENITENT’S RETURN. By Mrs. Hemans. Can guilt or misery ever enter here? All! no, the spirit of domestic peace, Though calm and gentle as the broodin... Read more

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THE ADMIRALTY-OFFICE. The Admiralty Office, Whitehall, has few pretensions to architectual beauty. It is, however, to use a common phrase, a commanding pile, and its association with Britain&rsq... Read more

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WILTON CASTLE. [Illustration: Wilton Castle.] Here is one of the ivy-mantled relics that lend even a charm to romantic nature on the banks of the Wye. Its shattered tower and crumbling wal... Read more

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CONSTANTINOPLE. [Illustration: Constantinople] “Queen of the Morn! Sultana of the East!” The splendour and extent of Constantinople are not within the compass of on... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 583 Volume 20, Number 583, Saturday, December 29, 1832 Author: Various Release Date: June 5, 2004 [EBook #12521] Lang... Read more

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THE ISLE OF WIGHT. [Illustration: (Wilkes’s Cottage.)] Notes from A pedestrian excursion in the island. By a Correspondent. Although the roads of the island have within the last twenty yea... Read more

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OPORTO [Illustration: Oporto.] Persons who are looking for “news from the seat of war” will probably hail the timely appearance of this Engraving, and regard it as folks sitting at a... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 569 Volume XX., No. 569. Saturday, October 6, 1832 Author: Various Release Date: November 10, 2004 [EBook #1400... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 Author: Various Release Date: May 30, 2005 [EBook #15944] Language: English Cha... Read more

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Title: Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 276 Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827 Author: Various Release Date: May 29, 2005 [EBook #15935] Language: English... Read more

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ANNE HATHAWAY’S COTTAGE. [Illustration: Anne Hathaway’s Cottage.] This is another of Mr. Rider’s beautiful “Views to Illustrate the Life of Shakspeare,"[1]—it ... Read more

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NEW BUILDINGS, INNER TEMPLE. [Illustration: New Buildings, Inner Temple.] “The Temple,” as our readers may be aware, is an immense range of buildings, stretching from Fleet-street to... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 272, Saturday, September 8, 1827 Author: Various Release Date: June 12, 2004 [EBook #12595] Language: ... Read more

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SION HOUSE. [Illustration: Sion House.] Taylor, the water poet, or Samuel Ireland, the picturesque Thames tourist, could not, in all their enthusiasm of jingling rhymes and aquatint plates, have... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. X, no. 271.] Saturday, September 1, 1827. [Price 2d. The New Prison, Norwich. [Illustration: The New Prison, Norwich] The old gao... Read more

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THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE, AT ROME. [Illustration: The Arch of Constantine, at Rome.] “Still harping” on the Fine Arts—Architecture and Painting. Of the former, the ab... Read more

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MONKEY ISLAND. [Illustration: Monkey island.] This picturesque spot is situate in the middle of the river Thames, near Cliefden, Bucks,[1] and about three-quarters of a mile from the village of ... Read more

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SWISS COTTAGE, AT THE COLOSSEUM, IN THE REGENT’S PARK. [Illustration: Swiss Cottage, At The Colosseum] It is now upwards of three years since we directed the attention of our readers to th... Read more

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LORD BYRON. Letters and journals of lord Byron, with notices of his life, by Thomas Moore, Vol. ii. [To attempt anything like an analysis of a “great big book,” of 823 pages, like the pres... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XX. No. 557.] Saturday, July 14, 1832. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Birthplace of Bewick, th... Read more

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SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. [Although the reader will scarcely fail to recognise the typographical amendments contemplated in the Preface to our last volume, we may be allowed to point attention to the... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 362, Saturday, March 21, 1829 Author: Various Release Date: June 3, 2004 [EBook #12498] Language: Eng... Read more

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CURIOUS EXTRACTS FROM CURIOUS AUTHORS, FOR CURIOUS READERS. (For the Mirror.) Hollingshed, who was contemporary with Queen Elizabeth, informs us, “there were very few chimneys (in England in his... Read more

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THE STRAND, ANCIENT AND MODERN. (Inscription copied from the original of the annexed Engraving.) The Strand, In its ancient state, anno 1547. With the Strand Cross, Convent Garden, &c. ... Read more

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TOMB OF GOWER, THE POET. [Illustration: Tomb of Gower, the Poet.] Dr. Johnson has dignified Gower with the character of “The father of English poetry”; so that no apology is required... Read more

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POLYNESIAN ISLANDS. [Illustration: Tucopia.] [Illustration: Piercy islands] Mr. George Bennett,[1] whose “Journals” and “Researches” denote him to be a shrewd and i... Read more

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CLIFTON. [Illustration] Clifton is the Montpellier of England, and is associated with all that is delightful in nature: of this, the Engraving before us is a true picture, whether we contemplate... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 279, October 20, 1827 Author: Various Release Date: May 30, 2005 [EBook #15945] Language: English Cha... Read more

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LAW INSTITUTION. [Illustration: Law institution.] This handsome portico is situate on the west side of Chancery Lane. It represents, however, but a portion of the building, which extends t... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 17, No. 493.] Saturday, June 11, 1831. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Boat-house at Virginia water.] Laker... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, No. 283, 17 Nov 1827 Author: Various Release Date: January 31, 2004 [EBook #10896] Language: English Chara... Read more

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CASTLE OF THE SEVEN TOWERS [Illustration: Castle of the Seven Towers at Constantinople.] 1. Triumphal Arch of Constantine. 2. First Tower of the Pentagon. 3. ... Read more

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CALENDAR OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. This volume professes to be “A Familiar Analysis of the Calendar of the Church of England,” by explaining and illustrating its Fasts and Festivals, &... Read more

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NAVARINO AND THE ISLAND OF SPHAGIA. [Illustration: Navarino and the island of Sphagia.] As our victories, though managed by the hand, are achieved by the head, we feel little disposed to meddle ... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 13, No. 372.] Saturday, may 30, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * Epsom New Race Stand. [Illustration: Epsom New Race ... Read more

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BRAY CHURCH. Who has not heard of the Vicar of Bray, and his turning, turning, and turning again? Here is his church, and a goodly tower withal, which we, in our turn, have endeavoured to turn t... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, Issue 344 (Supplementary Issue) Author: Various Release Date: January 17, 2004 [eBook #10730] Language: E... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIX. No. 538.] Saturday, march 17, 1832. [Price 2_d_. * * * * * [Illustration: The arbalest, or cro... Read more

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BURNHAM ABBEY [Illustration: Burnham Abbey, From a Sketch, by a Correspondent.] Burnham is a village of some consideration, in Buckinghamshire, and gives name to a deanery and hundred. Its... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol 14, no. 400.] Saturday, November 21, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * The Limoeiro, at Lisbon. [Illustration: The Limo... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XII, no. 339.] Saturday, November 8, 1828. [Price 2d. Great Milton. [Illustration: Great Milton.] Great Milton, a picturesque vil... Read more

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LUCIFER. By J.A. St. John.[3] [3] We have abridged this tale to suit our limits, though we trust not at the expense of the... Read more

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POPE’S TEMPLE, AT HAGLEY [Illustration: Pope’s Temple, at Hagley] Reader! are you going out of town “in search of the picturesque”—if so, bend your course to t... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIX. No. 554.] Saturday, June 30, 1832. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Curious chimney-piece.]... Read more

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HARROW SCHOOL. [Illustration: Harrow school.] To lofty Harrow now.—Thomson. Harrow-on-the-hill was a place of some consideration, even before the foundation of the scholas... Read more

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THE NATURALIST. [Illustration: Mantis, or walking leaf.] [Illustration: Branched starfish.] Castles, cathedrals, and churches, palaces, and parks, and architectural subjects generally, hav... Read more

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ROSAMOND’S WELL AND LABYRINTH. [Illustration: Rosamond’s Well and Labyrinth at Woodstock.] For the originals of the annexed engravings we are indebted to the sketchbooks of two estee... Read more

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KINGSTON NEW BRIDGE. Through many a bridge the wealthy river roll’d. Southey. The annexed picturesque engraving represents the new bridge[1] from Kingston-upon-Thames to Hampton-Wick, in t... Read more

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MOCHA. [Illustration: Mocha.] “Bon pour la digestion,” said the young Princess Esterhazy, when sent to bed by her governess without her dinner; we say the same of coffee; and hope th... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 20, No. 565.] Saturday, September 8, 1832. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Persian bath.] * * *... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 14, No. 403.] Saturday, December 5, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * Fall of the Staubbath. [Illustration: Fall of th... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381 Saturday, July 18, 1829 Author: Various Release Date: February 27, 2004 [EBook #11332] Language: ... Read more

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MACCLESFIELD BRIDGE. This picturesque structure crosses the Canal towards the Northern verge of the Regent’s Park; and nearly opposite to it is a road leading to Primrose Hill, as celebrated in ... Read more

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SPIRIT OF “THE ANNUALS” FOR 1828. Our readers have annually anticipated a high treat from this splendid intellectual banquet, served up by some of the master[1] spirits of the age. &... Read more

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PREFACE Wassailing, prefaces, and waits, are nearly at a stand-still; and in these days of universality and everything, we almost resolved to leave this page blank, and every reader to write his own p... Read more

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LORD GROSVENOR’S GALLERY, PARK LANE. [Illustration: The Grosvenor gallery, Park lane.] At the commencement of our Twelfth Volume, we took occasion to allude to the public spirit of the Ear... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 476, Saturday, February 12, 1831 Author: Various Release Date: June 9, 2004 [EBook #12567] Language: ... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 20 No. 576.] Saturday, November 17, 1832. [Price 2d. [Illustration] Wingfield manor-house. This interesting structure is referred to by a cle... Read more

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BANKSIDE.—OLD THEATRES. [Illustration: Bankside in 1648.] [Illustration: Bull and bear-baiting theatres.] [Illustration: Bear-baiting—&sh y;rose—globe.] T... Read more

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BIRTHPLACE OF DR. JOHNSON, AT LICHFIELD. [Illustration] In the large corner house, on the right of the Engraving, Samuel Johnson was born on the 18th of September, N.S. 1709. We learn from Boswe... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 17, No. 486.] Saturday, April 23, 1831. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Windsor Castle. George the FOURTH&r... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XX, No. 577.] Saturday, November 24, 1832. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Domestic antiquities.] Dom... Read more

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THE “INTELLECTUAL CAT.” (For the Mirror.) The cat mania has hitherto been more popular in France than in England. To be sure, we have the threadbare story of Whittington and his cat;... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 20 No. 575.] Saturday, November 10, 1832. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration] Framlingham castle. &... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIV, No. 397.] Saturday, November 7, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * Burleigh, Northamptonshire. [Illustration] The ... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 12, No. 331.] Saturday, September 13, 1828. [Price 2d. * * * * * Charlecote Hall, near Stratford-upon-Avon. [Illustra... Read more

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OUR LADY’S CHAPEL, [Illustration: St. Saviour, Southwark.] The Engraving represents the interior of the Virgin Mary’s Chapel, commonly called the Lady Chapel, and appended to the anc... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 14, No. 401.] Saturday, November 28, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * The Siamese Twins. [Illustration: The Siamese T... Read more

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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 12, No. 329, Saturday, August 30, 1828 Author: Various Release Date: February 29, 2004 [EBook #11370] Language:&nb... Read more

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NUMBER ONE. “It’s very hard! and so it is, To live in such a row, And witness this, that every Miss But me has got a... Read more

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VOL. XIX. London: Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (Near Somerset-House.) 1832. * * * * * Preface. Here we are with our Nineteenth Volume complete.... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIII, No. 358.] Saturday, February 28, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: York terrace, regent&rsq... Read more

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FALLS OF THE GENESEE. [Illustration: Falls of the Genesee.] The Genesee is one of the most picturesque rivers of North America. Its name is indeed characteristic: the word Genesee be... Read more

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ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS. No. III. [Illustration: Hanover terrace, regent’s Park.] “The architectural spirit which has arisen in London since the late peace, and ramified fr... Read more

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OLD SARUM [Illustration] Among the earliest antiquarian records, Old Sarum is described as a city of the Belgae; and its historical details have proved an exhaustless mine for the researches of topogr... Read more

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GASPARD MONGE’S MAUSOLEUM. [Illustration] (To the Editor of the Mirror.) Sir,—As one of your correspondents has favoured you with a drawing of the gaol I designed for the city and cou... Read more

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THE ELEPHANTS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. [Illustration: The Elephant, in the zoological gardens, regent’s park.] The annexed Engraving will probably afford the reader ... Read more

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ENTRANCE TO THE BOTANIC GARDEN, MANCHESTER. [Illustration: Entrance to the Botanic Garden, Manchester.] Manchester is distinguished among the large towns of the kingdom for its majority of enlig... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 14, No. 404.] Saturday, December 12, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * The Royal Observatory, Greenwich. [Illustration: ... Read more

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CUMBERLAND TERRACE, REGENT’S PARK. The annexed Engraving completes our Series of Architectural Illustrations of the regent’s park, and is, withal the most magnificent Terrace in the circui... Read more

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VIRGIL’S TOMB. [Illustration: Virgil’s Tomb.] This consecrated relic of genius stands on the hill of Posilipo, in the environs of Naples. Its recent state is so beautifully des... Read more

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EXETER HALL, STRAND. We rejoice to see the site of Burleigh House partly occupied by the above Building. Its object is to afford accommodation for the meetings of Philanthropic Societies—&... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. X, No. 289.] Saturday, December 22, 1827. [Price 2d. Bushy Park. [Illustration:] Among the suburban beauties of the metropolis, and as ... Read more

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THE COLOSSEUM, IN THE REGENT’S PARK. In a recent Number of the mirror we offered ourselves as the reader’s cicerone throughout the interior of this stupendous building, the exterior of whi... Read more

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THE BRAHMIN BULL, IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. [Illustration: The Brahmin bull, in the zoological gardens, regent’s park.] The Zoological Society possess several Zebus, ... Read more

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REGENT’S PARK. A visit to these Gardens is one of the most delightful of the rational recreations of the metropolis. The walk out is pleasant enough: though there is little rural bea... Read more

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NOTICES OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE LATE SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. With Five Engravings: 1. Abbotsford, (from the Garden.) 2. The armoury. 3. The poet’s study. 4. ... Read more

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ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN, or THE MAIDEN OF THE MIST A novel. By sir Walter Scott, Bart. The author of this delightful novel, by the fertility of his genius, has almost exhausted the rhetoric of admir... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIII, No. 357.] Saturday, February 21, 1829. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Warwick castle.] Warwick... Read more

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MILAN CATHEDRAL [Illustration: Milan cathedral.] “Show the motley-minded gentleman in;”—the old friend with a new face, or, in plain words, the mirror in a new type. ... Read more

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ST. PANCRAS (OLD) CHURCH. [Illustration: St. Pancras (old) church.] This humble village fane is situated to the north of London, somewhat more than a mile from Holborn Bars. Persons unacqu... Read more

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FROM New and expensive works; POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED: The spirit of the public journals; discoveries in the arts and sciences; USEFUL DOMESTIC HINTS; &c. &c. &c. * * * ... Read more

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LALEHAM PARK: [Illustration: The Residence of the Young Queen of Portugal.] Circumstances, in themselves trivial, often confer celebrity upon places hitherto of unlettered note. Thus... Read more

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THE FORTUNE PLAYHOUSE. [Illustration: The Fortune Playhouse.] The Engraving represents one of the playhouses of Shakspeare’s time, as the premises appeared a few years since. This th... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. XIX. No. 543.] Saturday, April 21, 1832. [Price 2d. * * * * * Melrose Abbey. [Illustration: Melrose... Read more

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THE ALHAMBRA, IN SPAIN [Illustration: General View.] [Illustration: Palace of Charles V., see page 340.] * * * * * Accumulated novelties from Books published within... Read more

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RUGBY SCHOOL [Illustration: Rugby School.] On the eastern border of Warwickshire, about 13 miles from Coventry, and 16 from Warwick, stands the cheerful town of Rugby, a place of great antiquity... Read more

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ANCIENT PALACE OF HOLYROOD, AT EDINBURGH. Here is another of the resting-places of fallen royalty; and a happy haven has it proved to many a crowned head; a retreat where the plain reproof of flattery... Read more

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Glammis Castle Here is a castellated palace, or princely castle, associated with many great and daring events in the roll of Scottish history. It stands in the valley of Strathmore, in a park of... Read more

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS. * * * * * No. XIV. * * * * * [Illustration] The first of the above engravings represents one of the Body Guard... Read more

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 17, No. 484.] Saturday, April 9, 1831. [Price 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: Corfe castle.] Corfe castle. The ann... Read more

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CLARENDON HOUSE, PICCADILLY. [Illustration: Clarendon house, Piccadilly.] The virtuous and uncompromising chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, had a splendid mansion facing the upper end of St. Ja... Read more

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THE PICTURESQUE ANNUAL. This is certainly one of the most splendid works of the kind ever produced in this or any other country. This is high but not unmerited praise; as the reader will believe... Read more

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FISHMONGER’S HALL [Illustration: Fishmongers’ hall.] [Illustration: Arms of the company.] These Cuts may be welcome illustrations of the olden magnificence of the City of Londo... Read more

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HERMITAGE AT FROGMORE. [Illustration] Frogmore is one of the most delightful of the still retreats of Royalty. It was formerly the seat of the Hon. Mrs. Egerton, of whom it was purchased by Quee... Read more

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RARE ARCTIC BIRDS. [Illustration: The white-horned owl ] [Illustration: The cock of the plains ] [Illustration: Legs and feet of the mountain Grouse.] Few of the results of recent ex... Read more

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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENTS’S PARK. [Illustration: Emu Enclosure] [Illustration: Pelican Enclosure] [Illustration: Aviary for Small Birds] Our strolls to this scene of intellec... Read more

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REGENT BRIDGE, EDINBURGH. Edinburgh, “the Queen of the North,” abounds in splendid specimens of classical architecture. Since the year 1769, when the building of the New Town commenc... Read more

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AMPTHILL HOUSE, THE SEAT OF LORD HOLLAND. [Illustration] This is a delightful retreat for the statesman and man of letters—distinctions which its illustrious occupant enjoys with high honou... Read more

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SWAN RIVER (See the Engraving) “A view in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth. The ob... Read more

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