TO CORRESPONDENTS. As W. Mudford's Tale is intended to reach beyond four Numbers, we must of course reject it. His petulant letter, in which he announces to us the superior merit of his own performances, only served to excite a smile of contempt. W. Templeton's halte also to chastise this consequential gentleman, has produced an angry note, because his Animadversions, which came too late for insertion, did not appear last month. We now leave there too gentlemen to settle this important dispute between themselves, and here drop the subject. The Triumph of Truth, a Tale, shall have a place in the next Number; but we recommend conciseness and brevity. We should wish to know something about Muly before we take any extracts from the letters; at present the passages have an appearance of incoherency. The piece, figned Petrarch, fhall. receive due attention. The War Hoob, and the Song of Tychicus, shall have admission ; but the other effort is too im. perfect for insertion. With the Descriptive Sketch we are much pleased; there is a neatness in the sentiment and a force in ihe language, by which the reader of taste and discernment will be gratified. The Panegyric on a Goldfinch shall appear in our Miscellany; but we are forry that the Sketch of the Wolverhampton Theatre came too late for this Month's insertion. We are, however, obliged to Civis for his attention. We close the Year by observing, that we with our Correspondents to be more correct and spirited in their Communications. To write less, and with greater accuracy, would be more creditable to themselves and more acceptable to their readers. Could also the juvenile writer lay aside that vanity which too often accompanies his imperfect productions, it would prove a great advantage to him; for our own part we are free to declare that, in the prosecution of our labours, we have frequent occasion to remark, that modefty and merit are almoft inseparably united. To such of our correspondents we pay an unremitting attention, persuaded that their communications will impart a permanent value to our Miscellany. INDEX TO THE EIGHTH VOLMUE. The Letter P. signifies that the Piece, to which it is annexed, is to be found in the Poetry; and the Letter R. intimates that it is an Article Page Blessings of Early Rising ...... 392 Bridgewater..... ...... 370 moirs of ................... ....R. 409 Curious Epitaph.............. Charity, Address to........P. 345 Calf fhut up, Lines on ..... P. 185 Charmouth. Culloden, Plain of.. M: 1. Rees 247Copernicus wure 54, 159 46 360 D. .......... . U ............... ....... 395 Boileau................... Deity, Reflections on, ........ 242 Duel of the Duke of York.... ib. Dorchester ........ . 25 Doddridge, Judge, Anecdote of 26 Debt, new Way to pay it :3 H. English Style................ 10 Letter ll. .......... 140 Hay-market Theatre ........ Letter IV.. .... 368 |Hogs, Management of ........157 .... 40 Hope or Fruition, Oration on 172 119 Herbert, George .... ib. Husbandman .... 22 Hounslow Heath ... on the Old and New Teita. I and J. 11 370 ........... F. Jefferies, Judge, Life of ...... 280 - Death in the Tower 2,83 Escape of them ..... 128 Invitation to Mr. Gibbon...... 320 P. 294 ...... 380 K. iin.........7 Locke ................" Linnet, Epitaph on........ ....... 335 P. 402 to his Memoirs 102 Lyme ... Coluinbus..... Page Page Pindar, Peter, Lines addrefied ..... P. 399 R. 426 R. 32 Racine ........... 407 Roland, Madame....... Rewards, Eliay on .... River Cam, Ode to ........P. 77 Retirement................P. 186 Rebellion of the Duke of Mon- mouth..... ...... 271 ....... ..... 21 ......... 350 . 379 120 ed Deal................ ... 175 Stoneing among the Jews ...... Spring, Lines on............P. 79 Eve............ P. 81 to Dr. Berkenhout 2 30 Sonnini's Travels into Egypt, R. 19% Towers. ..............R. 214 Slinging........... ...... 228 Slave Trade .......... .... ibid. Summer's Evening ........P. 298 Sidinouth described .... 141 Sea, Reflections on..... ......145 Sensibility described .......... 222 Saunders, Sir Edward, Life of 283 57 Serpent Charmers. .......... 347 Stockbridge......... .... 390 P. 403 Shake 386 328 :: 354 Page 1 Page Theocritus' Pastoral Poetry... 13 Wraxall's Memoirs, Extracts 221 fiom ...... Death ...... ...R. 85 With, the ................ 3 Weyhill..... ....... 23 ...... 221 333/ Wisdom in a Monarch and Sub- jedt ........................ 344 Whipping among the Ancient Jews ..... ................ 355 ....... 303 118 Wiche, George, his Death ... 370 ........ 380 the Death of ............P. 399 DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER, FOR PLACING THE ENGRAVINGS. ...... 217 Printed by C. WHITTINGHAM, Dean Street, Fetter Lane. |