EDITOR'S ADDRESS
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
OUR SONG OF THE MONTH.
PROLOGUE.
Our Opening Chaunt.
GEORGE COLMAN.
THE "MONSTRE" BALLOON.
HANDY ANDY.
THE LEGEND OF MANOR HALL
TERENCE O'SHAUGHNESSY'S FIRST ATTEMPT TO GET MARRIED.
REDDY O'DRYSCULL,
Scrap , No. I.
The Sabine Farmer's Serenade;
PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE,
THE HOT WELLS OF CLIFTON. Scrap , No. II.
TO THE HOT WELLS OF CLIFTON,
"WHO MILKED MY COW?" OR, THE MARINE GHOST.
OLD AGE AND YOUTH.
AN EVENING OF VISITS.
METASTASIO.
FONTENELLE.
SAM. LOVER.
WHO ARE YOU?
METROPOLITAN MEN OF SCIENCE.
SONG,
KYAN'S PATENT THE NINE MUSES, AND THE DRY-ROT.
THE ORIGINAL OF "NOT A DRUM WAS HEARD." Scrap , No. III.
THE ORIGINAL OF "NOT A DRUM WAS HEARD."
A GOSSIP WITH SOME OLD ENGLISH POETS.
THE RISING PERIODICAL;
AN ITALIAN ANECDOTE.
OUR SONG OF THE MONTH. (2)
OLIVER TWIST,
RICHIE BARTER;
PLUNDER CREEK. 1783.
THE SPECTRE.
AUTHORS AND ACTORS;
A CRITICAL GOSSIP WITH LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU.
A LAMENT OVER THE BANNISTER.
THEATRICAL ADVERTISEMENT, EXTRAORDINARY.
THE ABBESS AND THE DUCHESS.
EDWARD SAVILLE.
A FRAGMENT OF ROMANCE.
LINES
HANDY ANDY. No. II.
TO A LYRIC AND ARTIST.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF RICHARDSON, THE SHOWMAN.
PADDY BLAKE'S ECHO.
RECOLLECTIONS OF CHILDHOOD.
EPIGRAM.
FIRE-SIDE STORIES. No. I.
THE WIDE AWAKE CLUB.
OUR SONG OF THE MONTH. (3)
OLIVER TWIST, (2)
A REMNANT OF THE TIME OF IZAAK WALTON.
THE "ORIGINAL" DRAGON.
A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF BEAUMARCHAIS.
MARS AND VENUS.
AN EVENING MEDITATION.
THE DEVIL AND JOHNNY DIXON.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
FAMILY STORIES. No. II.
NIGHTS AT SEA:
REMAINS OF HAJJI BABA.
THE PORTRAIT GALLERY.
THE SORROWS OF LIFE.
STRAY CHAPTERS.
IMPROMPTU.
MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL FOOTE.
THE TWO BUTLERS.
THE LITTLE BIT OF TAPE.
HIPPOTHANASIA; OR, THE LAST OF TAILS.
OUR SONG OF THE MONTH. (4)
OLIVER TWIST, (3)
A CONTRADICTION.
THE GRAND CHAM OF TARTARY, AND THE HUMBLE-BEE.
THE DUMB WAITER.
FAMILY STORIES. No. III.
FRIAR LAURENCE AND JULIET.
CHAPTER IN THE LIFE OF A STATESMAN,
REMAINS OF HAJJI BABA. CHAPTER III.
SONNET TO A FOG.
HANDY ANDY. No. III.
EPIGRAM. (2)
INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOGRAPHY OF MY AUNT JEMIMA, THE POLITICAL ECONOMIST.
SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A GAMBLER.
LES POISSONS D'AVRIL.
THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.
THE ANATOMY OF COURAGE.
THE SONG OF THE COVER.
THE COBBLER OF DORT.
AN EPIGRAM.
ANOTHER.
HERO AND LEANDER.
THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON.
MEMOIRS OF SHERIDAN.
A SUMMER NIGHT'S REVERIE.
SONGS OF THE MONTH.
OLIVER TWIST, (4)
THE PORTRAIT GALLERY. No. II.
PETER PLUMBAGO'S CORRESPONDENCE.
THE BLUE WONDER. [90] A MARRIAGE ON CREDIT.
THE YOUTH'S NEW VADE-MECUM.
A VISIT TO THE MADRIGAL SOCIETY.
LOVE AND POVERTY.
REFLECTIONS IN A HORSE-POND.
NIGHTS AT SEA: (2)
THE USEFUL YOUNG MAN.
REMAINS OF HAJJI BABA. CHAPTER V.
EPIGRAM. (3)
SHAKSPEARE PAPERS. No. I.
EPIGRAM (4)
A STEAM TRIP TO HAMBURG.
STRAY CHAPTERS. (2)
THE LEGEND OF BOHIS HEAD.
BOB BURNS AND BERANGER.
FAMILY STORIES. No. IV. THE SQUIRE'S STORY.
OUR SONG OF THE MONTH. (5)
PERIODICAL LITERATURE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
EPITAPH.
A GEOGRAPHICAL EPIGRAM.
DARBY THE SWIFT;
SHAKSPEARE PAPERS. No. II.
FAMILY STORIES. No. V.
EPIGRAM. (5)
THE ROMANCE OF A DAY.
THE MAN WITH THE TUFT.
THE MINISTER'S FATE.
EPIGRAM. (6)
LOVE IN THE CITY. PREFACE.
EPIGRAM. (7)
MRS. JENNINGS,
HINTS FOR AN HISTORICAL PLAY,
JOHN POOLEDOUNE,
THE LEGEND OF MOUNT PILATE.
GLORVINA, THE MAID OF MEATH.
THE ROYAL ROSE OF ENGLAND.
NIGHTS AT SEA: (3)
INDEX.
Transcriber Notes:
FOOTNOTES:
George Colman
GEORGE COLMAN,
The Younger
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