The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 377, June 27, 1829

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 377, June 27, 1829

Loch Goil Head

AND RESIDENCE OF CAMPBELL, THE POET

HILLAH ON THE EUPHRATES

CURIOUS EXTRACTS FROM CURIOUS AUTHORS, FOR CURIOUS READERS

HINTS ON DRINKING

THE SELECTOR AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS

VIDOCQ

CONSUMPTION OF EUROPEAN MANUFACTURES

SOUTH AMERICAN MANNERS

The Labyrinth, at Versailles

RECENT BALLOON ASCENT

THE NATURALIST

BEES

THE ELM

CROP OF BIRDS

HATCHING

MAN.—A FRAGMENT

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

THE CHOSEN ONE

TRAVELLING ON THE CONTINENT

RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS

ANCIENT FARRIERY

CURIOUS SCRAPS

THE SKETCH-BOOK

SKETCH OF THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS

THE GATHERER

THE RANZ DES VACHES

NAPOLEON

APOSTLES

SPECULATION

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The Engraving represents Loch Goil Head, a small village in Argyleshire, as it name imports, at the end of Loch Goil. It is an exquisite vignette, of Alpine sublimity, and is rendered extremely interesting as the residence of Thomas Campbell, Esq. author of the "Pleasures of Hope," &c. and one of the most celebrated of British poets. His château, or retreat, is represented on the left of the Engraving, and its romantic position has probably inspired many of the soul-stirring compositions of the illustrious resident.

In this parish are the remains of Carrick Castle, which is said to have been built by the Danes. It stands on a rock, and was formerly surrounded

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William of Malmsbury says, "Very highly finished works in gold and silver, were the produce even of our darkest ages. The monks were the best artists. A jewel, now in the museum at Oxford, undoubtedly made by command of, and worn by Alfred the Great, is an existing witness of the height to which the art was carried. Curious reliquaries, finely wrought and set with precious stones, were usually styled throughout Europe, Opera Anglica."

Howel tells us, "In the education of their children, the Anglo-Saxons only sought to render them dauntless and apt for the two most important occupations of their future lives—war and the chase. It was a usual trial of a child's courage, to place him on the sloping roof of a building, and if, without screaming or terror, he held fast, he was styled a stout-herce, or brave boy."

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