The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829)

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829)

THE NATURALIST

THE GLOWWORM

THE TALIPOT TREE,

THE DEATHWATCH MAGNIFIED

BIRDS' NESTS

FINE ARTS

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS

THE SKETCH-BOOK

THE FIRST AND LAST CRIME

RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS

REGAL TABLET

THE SELECTOR, AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS

MOUNT ARAFAT, AND THE PILGRIMAGE TO MEKKA

SOUTH AMERICAN MANNERS

ORATORIOS

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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 the very appropriate motto of

The author in his preface, says, "Many years have now passed away since we were presented with that very interesting and amusing book, the 'Natural History of Selborne;' nor do I recollect any publication at all resembling it having since appeared."2 He then acknowledges the impression which this book left on his mind; and its having given rise to the present work, to which, in our humble opinion, it is a worthy companion.

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Our Engraving is copied from the Gardener's Magazine, where it is reduced from the Transactions of the Asiatic Society.

Although the present may be a late hour to dissipate the faith placed in signs and tokens, we are persuaded that a more intimate knowledge of this insect will not prove uninteresting to our readers.3

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