The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction - Volume 17, No. 496, June 27, 1831

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction, No. 496, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net 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 Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MIRROR, NO. 496 *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, William Flis, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 17. No. 496. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1831. PRICE 2d. BARON BROUGHAM & VAUX. Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, &c. &c. 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. VOL. XVII. London: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. LIMBIRD, 143, STRAND, (Near Somerset House.) 1831. [pg iii] PREFACE.