Title:  The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction, No. 496 Vol. 17, No. 496, June 27, 1831

Author:  Various

Release Date:  September 6, 2004 [EBook #13382]

Language:  English

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

Vol. 17, No. 496.] Saturday, June 27, 1831. [Price 2d.

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[Illustration:  Baron Brougham & Vaux.

Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,

&c. &c.]

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THE

MIRROR

OF

Literature, amusement,

AND

Instruction: 

CONTAINING

Original essays;

Historical narratives; biographical memoirs; sketches of society; topographical descriptions; novels and tales; anecdotes;

SELECT EXTRACTS

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.

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Vol.  XVII.

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London: 

Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand,

(NEAR SOMERSET HOUSE.)

1831.

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PREFACE.

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Each of our semi-anniversaries calls for a variation in our thankful expressions to the public for their continued patronage.  Yet we are prone to confess ourselves puzzled to ring the changes even on so pleasurable a theme as gratitude—­although it is equally delightful to the donor and receiver.  We will, however, persevere, to keep our friendship with the public in constant repair, and to gain new friends; for it is in the course of a periodical work as elsewhere