"Chief of the Household Gods
Which hallow Scotland's lowly cottage-homes!
While looking on thy signs
That speak, though dumb, deep thought upon me comes
With glad yet solemn dreams my heart is stirr'd,
Like Childhood's when it hears the carol of a bird!
"The Mountains old and hoar
The chainless Winds-the Streams so pure and free
The God-enamel'd Flowers
The waving Forest-the eternal Sea
The Eagle floating o'er the Mountain's brow
Are Teachers all; but O! they are not such as Thou!
"O! I could worship thee !
Thou art a gift a God of love might give; For Love and Hope and Joy
In thy Almighty-written pages live!
The Slave who reads shall never crouch again; For, mind-inspired by thee, he bursts his feeble chain!
"GOD! unto Thee I kneel,
And thank Thee! Thou unto my native land- Yea to the outspread Earth-
Hast streteh'd in love Thy Everlasting hand, And Thou hast given Earth, and Sea, and Air- Yea all that heart can ask of Good and Pure and Fair!
"And, Father, Thou hast spread
Before Men's eyes this Charter of the Free, That all Thy Book might read,
And Justice love, and Truth and Liberty.
The Gift was unto Men- the Giver God!
Thou Slave! it stamps thee Man-go spurn thy weary load!
"Thou doubly-precious Book!
Unto thy light what doth not Scotland owe? Thou teachest Age to die,
And Youth in Truth unsullied up to grow! In lowly homes a Comforter art thou -
A Sunbeam sent from Gon-an everlasting bow!
"O'er thy broad ample page
How many dim and aged eyes have pored ? How many hearts o'er thee
In silence deep and holy have adored? How many Mothers, by their Infants' bed, Thy holy, blessed, pure, child-loving words have read!
"And o'er thee soft young hands
Have oft in truthful plighted Love been join'd, And thou to wedded hearts
Hast been a bond an altar of the mind! Above all kingly power or kingly law
May Scotland reverence aye-the Bible of the Ha'!"
We have no heart to write about him and his genius and his virtues now; but these lines which Scotland "will not willingly let die," will embalm
his memory-they breathe of the holy fragrance that "smells sweet and blossoms in the dust." And how beautiful are these!
"Whan morn abune yon eastern hill Had raised its glimmerin' e'e, I hied me to the heather hills,
Whar' gorcocks crawin' flee; An' e'er the laverock sought the lift, Frae out the dewy dens, I wanderin' was by mountain-streams In lane an' hoary glens.
""Auld frownin' rocks on either hand, Uprear'd their heads to Heaven, Like temple-pillars which the foot O' Time had crush'd an' riven; An' voices frae ilk mossy stane Upo' my ear did flow,
They spake o' Nature's secrets a' The tales o' long ago.
""The daisy, frae the burnie's side,
Was lookin' up to GOD
The crag that crown'd the towering peak Seem'd kneeling on the sod:
A sound was in ilk dowie glen,
An' on ilk naked rock
On mountain-peak-in valley lone- An' haly words it spoke.
"The nameless flowers that budded up- Each beauteous desart child- The heather's scarlet blossoms spread O'er many a lanely wild:
The lambkins, sporting in the glens- The mountains old and bare-
Seem'd worshipping; and there with them I breathed my morning prayer.
""Alang o'er monie a mountain-tap- Alang through monie a glen- Wi' Nature haudin' fellowship, I journey'd far frae men. Whiles suddenly a lonely tarn Wad burst upon my eye, An' whiles frae out the solitudes Wad come the breezes' cry.
"At noon, I made my grassy couch Beside a haunted stream,
A bonnie blumin' bush o' brume Waved o'er me in my dream. I laid me there in slumberous joy Upo' the giant knee
Of yonder peak, that seem'd to bend In watching over me.
" I dream'd a bonnie bonnie dream,
As sleepin' there I lay :--
I thocht I brightly roun' me saw
The fairy people stray.
I dreamt they back again had come To live in glen an' wold-
To sport in dells 'neath harvest-munes As in the days o' old.
"I saw them dance upon' the breeze, An' hide within the flowerSing bonnie an' unearthly sangs, An' skim the lakelets o'er! That hour the beings o' the past, O'ages lost an' gone Came back to earth, an' grot an' glen War' peopled every one!
"The vision fled, an' I awoke :
The sun was sinkin' doon; The mountain-birds frae hazles brown Had sung their gloamin' tune: The dew was fallin' on the leaf,
The breezes on the flower;
An' Nature's heart was beating calm,It was the evening hour.
"'An', father, whan the mune arose, Upo' a mountain-height
I stude an' saw the brow of earth
Bound wi' its siller light.
Nae sound cam' on the watching ear Upo' that silent hill;
My e'en war' fill'd with tears, the hour Sae holy was an' still!
✓ Alcestis of Euripides, the, translated by Mr Chapman, 408.
Ancient fragments of the Phœnician, Chal- dean, &c. writers, by Cory, reviewed,
Archæus, a poem, by him named the Sex- ton's Daughter, 1-Part II. 3-Part III. 5-Part IV. 7-Part V. 9-Part VI. 12 -Part VII. 14-Part VIII. 16-Part IX. 18-Thoughts and images by him, 197-Legendary Lore, by him, No. IV. Land and Sea, 335-No. V. The Onyx King, Part I. 664-Part II. 741. Arnold's History of Rome, reviewed, 142. Attaché, Letters of an, 369. Avenger, the, a tale, 208.
Banker, the Murdering, a tale, 823-Chap.
Fuenos-Ayres, war in disguise, 717. Cabinet and the Country, the, 429-Lord Brougham has well branded the Mel- bourne Cabinet with the title of the "In- capables," ib.-the incapability of the Premier shewn, 430-of the Foreign Secretary, ib. of the Colonial Secre- tary, 431-of the Home Secretary, ib. -the important affairs of the nation are neglected on the pretext of tranquillizing Ireland, ib.-examples adduced of the va- nity of tranquillizing Ireland by making concessions to the Irish papists, 432-ex- tracts from O'Connell's speeches quoted in proof, ib. also Mr Roebuck's letter on those speeches, 436-further evidence by Lord Brougham, 437-no reliance can be placed on the most solemn protesta- tions of the papists, 438.
Callimachus, Hymn to Diana, by the trans- lator of Homer's Hymns, 52. Cassimir Perrier, his political character de- picted, 34-162.
Catholicism, Protestantism, and Philosophy in France. By M. Guizot, reviewed, 524. Chapman, Mr, his translation of the Alcestis
of Euripides, 408. Christopher in his Cave, 268-among the Mountains, 285.
Colonial misgovernment, 624-the political character of the Colonial Secretary de- picted, ib. his shameful conduct to Mr Boulton, Chief-Justice, Newfoundland, ex-
posed, 625-his endowments of popery the bane of colonial government, as exem- plified in Lower Canada, 628-in New South Wales, 630-in the West Indies, 632 his culpable conduct exposed, in re- gard to the exportation of the Hill Coolies of India to the West Indies, 633-some of his proceedings, as the Malta Commis- sion, are incidental specimens of the gene- ral policy of the administration, 634- besides these instances of improper con- duct, he has permitted objectionable ap- pointments to be made in our North Ame- rican colonies, 635.
Colonial and reciprocity systems considered,
Coronation Ode for Queen Victoria I., June 28, 1838, by James Montgomery, 140- Letters of an Attaché on the coronation, 369-Sonnets, on the, 402.
Corn Laws, the, 650-up to last crop, the existence of the corn laws, as affecting prices, was of no importance, ib.-the last wet and cold summer raised the price of corn, and the Radicals bave seized this formidable weapon to move the passions of the peoplo, ib. -the argument constant- ly maintained against the corn laws stated, 651-doubtful that unrestricted importa- tion of foreign corn would lower the money price of corn, 652-unrestricted importa- tion would depress the home growers as much as it would encourage the foreign growers, ib. examples of the effects of this principle quoted in other articles of consumption, 653-fallacy of the opinion that low prices are the invariable concomi- tant of prosperity, proved, 655-as well as the opinion that a free trade in grain would greatly extend our foreign trade, ib. the home trade rather would decliné much more than the foreign trade would increase, 657-official tables quoted to show the greater value of agriculture than manufactures, and of agriculture and the home trade combined, than the foreign trade, ib. whilst the cry for unrestricted importation of corn is set up, the restric- tions existing in favour of manufacturing industry are permitted to rest unmolested, 659-when the home market consumes
more than double the quantity of manu- factures than the foreign, it is unwise to change the direction of trade, 660-espe- cially when the persons who constitute the home consumers are compared with the foreign consumers, ib. --but the ques- tion assumes more importance when the national existence is concerned, 661- nor is there the least fear that the coun- try will become unable to support our in- creasing manufacturing population, when millions of acres lie uncultivated in all parts of the country which are yet capable of cultivation, 662-unbounded as the ca- pability of Britain is to support its inhabi- tants, its agricultural production must be liable to fluctuations from the nature of the seasons, 663-the happy working of the corn laws during such fluctuations proved, ib. and which effect could not have taken place had an unrestricted trade in corn ex- isted, ib.
Corruption, Whig-Radical, exposed, 345. Cory's Ancient Fragments, reviewed, 105. Country and the Cabinet, the, 429. Crustaceous Tour, a, by the Irish Oyster
Earlier English Moral Songs and Poems, on the, No. I., 453.
Euripides, the Alcestis of, translated by Mr Chapman, 408.
Extract from the drawer of our What-not, the law of content, 120-general expe- diency, 121-dependence of morality on the divine will, 123-origin of the fine arts, 124-form, 126-correction of Hume's doctrine of association, 127-the apathy of the stoies, 129-spirit of the age, 130-remarks on a passage in Cole- ridge's "Aids to Reflections," 135. Family antiquity, the sentiment of, 403. Food of the herring and salmon, on the, by John Stark, Edinburgh; I. food of the her. ring, 175-11. food of the salmon, 185. France, war in disguise, 717. Funerals, 469.
Geology and love, a tale, 386-Chap. II., 390-Chap. III., 393 - Chap. IV., 397. Geraldine, Tupper's, 835. Glance over the poetry of Thomas Warton,
a, 553. Herring, on the food of the, 175. Hrical coincidences quoted betwixt
measures of the 17th century, and Lose of the present men in power, 597 -character of an bonest and worthy Parliament man, quoted, 599-the cha- racter of a sneaker, quoted, ib.
Hymn to Diana. -- Callimachus, by the translator of Homer's hymns, 52.
Introduction to the philosophy of conscious- ness, Part IV., Chap. I., 234-Chap. II., 236-Chap. III., 237-Chap. IV. 241-Chap. V. 242. Part V. Chap.
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I., 539-Chap. II., 543-Chap. III., 546-Chap. IV., 551.
Ireland, its tranquillity considered, 795. Kenyon, John, his poems reviewed, 779. Lace-Merchant of Namur, the, a tale, 245. Law and facts from the North, 57. Legendary Lore, by Archæus, No. IV., Land and Sea, Chap. I., 335-Chap. II., 337-Chap. III., 341-No. V. The Onyx Ring, Part I., Chap. I., 664- Chap. II., 665-Chap. III., 667-Chap. IV., 670-Chap. V., 672-Chap. VI., 674-Chap. VII., 676 - Chap. VIII., 678-Chap. IX., 680-Chap. X., 681 -Chap. XI., 682. - Part IIL., Chap. I., 741 Chap. II., 742-Chap. III., 744 -Chap. IV., 745-Chap. V., 747- Chap. VI. Henry's Papers, 749-Chap. VII. Henry's Papers, continued, 752- Chap. VIII. Extracts from Maria's Note- book, 755-Chap. IX., 757-Chap. X., 761-Chap. XI., 764.
Letter from Tomkins - Bagman, versus Pedlar; to Christopher North, Esq. 508. Letters of an Attaché the Coronation, 369 -the Review, 378-the Review of the Guards, 383.
Liberalism of Popery, the, 730-the poli- tical character of popery as it has always been described, ib. -the support given by popery to liberalism proved to be for fraudulent purposes, first, in reference to the ballot, ib. second, to the voluntary principle, 731--and thirdly, as to nation- al education, 732-history supports this view of the hollowness of popery, as wit- nessed in the suppression of the reforma- tion in Poland, 734 in its attempted suppression in England, 735-if a doubt exists of the tyrannical intention of popery in those times, a glance at its proceedings in the present age in surrounding coun- tries, will dispel it, 736 if the preten- sions of popery were sincere towards li- beralism, she would support all Protestant Governments which are based on tolerant principles, 737-the union now of popery and liberalism is a sign of the times, as pregnant with gloomy forebodings, as it was in times past, 739-the remarkably prophetic sentiments of Bishop Horsley on such an ominous combination, aptly quoted, 740-popery has never yet suc- ceeded in her aggressions against protes- tantism, and it is hoped never will, ib. Lines suggested by a poem called "The Fiight of Youth," in the August number
(p. 271), of Blackwood's Magazine, 401.
Love and Geology, a tale, 386. Memoranda of the origin and history of Our Village, and of its Founders, 358. Mexico, war in disguise, 717. Misgovernment of the colonies demonstrated, Mitchell, T. L., Major, his three Expedi-
tions into the interior of Eastern Austra- lia, reviewed, 690.
Montgomery, James, his Coronation Ode for Victoria I., June 28, 1838, 140. Moral songs and poems, on the earlier Eng- lish, No. I. 453. Murdering Banker, the, a tale, 823. My First Circuit: Law and facts from the North, in a letter to Christopher North, Esq, from an old contributor, 57.
Namur, the Lace-Merchant of, a tale, 245 -the apparition, 246-an interference, 248-the obstacle, ib. -the mistake, 250 -the lessons, ib.- the helper, 252-the treasure, 253-the journey to Valerian des Anges, 255-the lifting of the trea- sure, 256-the dream, 257-the duchess, 258-the duke, 259-the secret, 261- separation, 263-as you were, 264- Abubeker again, 266-all's well that ends well, 267.
New South Wales, three expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia, by Ma- jor T. L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General, re- viewed, 690.
Our Would-be Rector, 833. Orpheus, thoughts on, 21. Our Pocket Companions, 573.
Our Two Vases, extracts from them with- out comment, 804.
Oyster Eater, a crustaceous tour by the Irish, 637.
Philosophy, Catholicism, and Protestantism,
in France. By M. Guizot, reviewed, 524. Picture Gallery, the, 439-He will come to-morrow, a tale, Chap. I. 441-Chap. II. 444-Chap. III. 448-Chap. IV.
Poems by John Kenyon reviewed, 779 Poetry of Thomas Warton, a glance over it, 553.
Popery, its progress at the present time traced, 494-its liberalism proved to be hypocritical, 730.
Progress of popery, the, 494 the Roman Catholics of England and Scotland took very little part in bringing about the emancipation act of 1829, and none in the revolutionary measures connected with the war with France, ib. now that they see political power within their grasp, they are using the means of wealth and influence at their disposal to gain it, 495-their numbers are increasing in the country, in the legislature, and in offices of trust, 496-its progress in Canada, Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, the United States, proved from the tract of Mr Bickersteth the writings of Dr Lang, and other documents, 498 the proceedings of the Roman Catholic missions, Dr Wiseman's lectures, and the account of those missions in Australia, by Dr Ullathome, noticed, 500-the pe- tition of the Irish papists for emanci- pation, quoted, 502 - the successful
progress of popery, and attempted acts of the papists since their entrance into Parliament, enumerated, 503-the office- bearers of the society for the diffusion of Catholic publications enumerated, and the objects of that society described, 504 -papists are now united throughout the empire in one complete organization, 505 vigorous and animated exertions are required on the part of Protestants to maintain their cause, 507.
Protestantism, Catholicism, and Philoso- phy in France. By M. Guizot, reviewed,
Reciprocity and Colonial Systems, the, 317 -two different principles have governed this country in their foreign and colonial relations, ib.- the two systems have come into collision, ib. - impossible to enjoy the advantages of both, ib.-the vital point which separates the two sys- tems is, whether the producers or con- sumers shail have the ruling power, ib.- to protect the producers, the navigation laws were enacted, 318-the reciprocity system is founded on diametrically oppo- site principles, ib. the reciprocity act quoted, 319-the effects of the recipro- city system on the maritime strength, and resources of the empire, demonstrated to be injurious to our commercial navy, 320-its alleged favourable effects on the commerce of the country examined, and proved to be unable to preserve our European trade from decay, 323-where- as the restrictive system has been unable to check the growth of our commerce with our colonies, 326-the favourable results of the restrictive system in our colonial trade, has enabled the advocates of the reci- procity system to blind the nation regarding the real tendency of the latter, 328-the grand error of the latter system is the sacri- ficing the national security and defence to the national wealth, 329-the two grand articles of national independence are grain and shipping, ib. a free trade cannot be maintained in either, 330-in the applica- tion of the reciprocity system, the price at which different commodities can be raised in different countries, is an essential dis- tinction to be kept in view, ib. the acts and reasonings of foreign nations in rela- tion to prices, stated and considered, and their injurious effects on this country shown, 331-the two points on which the reciprocity system is well-founded is the repeal of duties on foreign raw produce, and the opening of the trade of our colo- nies to the colonies of other nations, 334 -the true principles of reciprocity in commerce stated, ib.
Rector, our Would-be, 833. Rome, Arnold's History of that empire, reviewed, 142. Salmon, on the food of the, 185.
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