The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction., 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. Volume 19, No. 536, Saturday, March 3, 1832. Author: Various Release Date: March 11, 2004 [EBook #11540] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Bill Walker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. [pg 129] THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XIX. NO. 536. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1832. [PRICE 2d. ENTRANCE TO THE BOTANIC GARDEN, MANCHESTER. Manchester is distinguished among the large towns of the kingdom for its majority of enlightened individuals. "The whole population," it has been pertinently observed by a native, "seems to be imbued with a general thirst for knowledge and improvement." Even amidst the hum of its hundreds of thousand spindles, and its busy haunts of industry, the people have learned to cultivate the pleasures of natural and experimental science, and the delights of literature.