The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827

NAVARINO AND THE ISLAND OF SPHAGIA

SEASONABLE RELICS

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF HELEN

HORSE-CHESTNUTS

SONNET

ORIGINAL TRANSLATIONS

Arcana of Science

THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS

THE SPECTRE'S VOYAGE

IRISH GRANDEES

THE WEE MAN

Manners & Customs of all Nations

No. XV. LIVING AT CALAIS

ROMAN FUNERALS

SLAVERY IN THE EAST

The Gatherer

LEVEES

PERVERSE PUN

AUTHORS AND EDITORS

CURE FOR ENVY

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As our victories, though managed by the hand, are achieved by the head, we feel little disposed to meddle with what Burke calls "the mystery of murder," or "the present perfection of gunnery, cannoneering, bombarding, and mining;" and inveterate as may be the weapon of the goose-quill, we trust our readers will not suspect us of any other policy than that of pleasing them, the ne plus ultra of all public servants. As our title implies, we are bound to present or reflect in our pages certain illustrations of popular topics, veluti IN SPECULUM; accordingly, we hope the accompanying View and Plan of the Bay of Navarino will be received in good season, quod rerum est omnium primum.

Thus far, the political or present interest attached to Navarino: with the recent event which has raised, or we may say resuscitated such interest, our readers have doubtless become familiar, and leaving the ephemeral glory to the Sun of all newspapers, and meaner "chronicles of the times," we shall proceed to the sober duty of describing the Bay of Navarino, as, it will be seen, a place of some interest in the annals of ancient as well as of modern warfare.

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To the curious dilettanti in dates, &c. (such as our friend P.T.W. &c.) the following almost coinciding circumstances may not prove uninteresting:—The recent engagement took place on the anniversary of the memorable battle of Salamis, 480 B.C. when the invading army of Xerxes was defeated by the Greeks; and on which day Euripides, the Greek tragic poet, was born: Nestor is said to have been born at Navarino, as we have already mentioned: and, lastly, the attack, of which the subjoined plan is illustrative, was made on the eve of the anniversary of the glorious battle of Trafalgar, in which victory the vice-admiral of Navarino, then captain of the Orient, was engaged.

1. The English Squadron.

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