The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829

RUGBY SCHOOL

CHOICE HINTS FOR A PLAN TO DISCHARGE THE NATIONAL DEBT

ANSWER OF THE LONDON STONE.2

HAVER BREAD

THE SKETCH-BOOK

RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS

LEAD MINERS

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY

MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS.8

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

THE GATHERER

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"Great events sometimes spring from trivial causes," of the truth of this adage, no man is, I think, so great a heretic, as to express any doubt—were such the case, it would be by no means difficult to conjure up a host of evidence, in support of our proposition; but, seeing that "such things are," let us at once to the point.

The present age is so rife in whims and proposals, that I am rather apprehensive, some may doubt the feasibility of the following. Nevertheless, it is, methinks, quite as good, as many others which recently were strangled, in struggling for existence.

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Secondly.—Let proper officers be appointed to collect these skins into commodious warehouses.

Lastly.—That such a number of horses, mares, and geldings as the said skins will conveniently cover, be flayed (without fear of Mr. Martin!) and their backs forthwith enveloped in fleece.

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