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To Correspondents.

Observations on the appearances of Nature in every month, in England, as well as in different parts of the world, especially in North and South America, will be very desirable; and accounts of obsolete or existing customs, and sketches of neglected or contemporary biography, will be always acceptable: these should be addressed to the Editor, to the care of Messrs. Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, Paternoster Row, London; and transmitted before the 1st of July 1828.

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If one train of thinking be more desirable than another, it is that which regards the Phenomena of Nature, with a constant reference to a SUPREME INTELLIGENT AUTHOR.

PALEY.

When Spring unlocks the flowers, to paint the laughing soil;
When Summer's balmy showers refresh the mower's toil;
When Winter binds in frosty chains the fallow and the flood,
In GOD the earth rejoiceth still, and owns his Maker good.
The birds that wake the morning, and those that love the shade;
The winds that sweep the mountain, or lull the drowsy glade;
The sun that from his amber bower rejoiceth on his way,
The moon and stars, their Master's name in silent pomp display.
Shall man, the lord of Nature, expectant of the sky,-
Shall man, alone unthankful, his little praise deny ?

No, let the year forsake his course, the seasons cease to be,
Thee, Master, must we always love; and, SAVIOUR, honour Thee.
The flowers of Spring may wither,-the hope of Summer fade,-—
The Autumn droop in Winter,—the birds forsake the shade,
The wind be lulled the sun and moon forget their old decree,
But we in Nature's latest hour, O Lord! will cling to Thee.

BISHOP HEBER.

Natural History is no work for one that loves his chair or bed. Speculation may be pursued on a soft couch, but Nature must be observed in the open air. I have collected materials with indefatigable pertinacity. I have gathered glow-worms in the evening, and snails in the morning; I have seen the daisy close and open; I have heard the owl shriek at midnight, and hunted insects in the heat of noon.

JOHNSON.

Abo, fire at, 389
Adams, Mr. 247

Advent, custom in, 319, 320
Sunday, 319

African marigolds, 253

sketches, 188

FOR 1828.

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Bell-flower, 179

Approach of Winter, a Sonnet, Belladonna, 181

April explained, 83

25, note

fish, 83

Apricot, 102

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Ben-Nevis, 213

Benger, Eliz. O., 10
Bevan, Dr. 73

Birds, lines on, 133

nests, 97

Birth-days, 1, 398
Black-bird, 79

Kings, day of, 9

Blaps mortisaga, 101-obtusa, ib.
Bloodworms, 81

Blue-bottle, The, a sketch, 211
Bode, Professor, 51

Bonneval, customs at, 46, 48, 62,
67, 85, 112, 148, 163, 194, 220,
308, 358

Bowring, Mr. 32, 76, 110, 159, 360
Box-tree, 102
Brandon, Rich. 13
Breathings of Spring, a poem, 99
Brimstone butterfly, 80
Bron, custom at, 46
Brussels, jubilee at, 172

Clarence, H. R. H. Duke of, 195
Clay hair-worm, 81

Bulbs in water-glasses, manage- Clear frost, a sonnet, 30

Bryony, 134, 160

Buck-wheat, 181

ment of, 295

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Cliffs of Dover, a poem, 341

Climbing Boy, a poem,

109

Close of the Year, lines on, 386
Clover, 134, 160

Coleoptera, 101

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Della of Blackwood's Magazine,
poetry by, 25 note, 29, 168, 178,
179, 208, 329
Desolation of Eyam, 223
Dial, lines on, 146

Dignum, Charles, 67

Dionysia, 310

Distant Ship, a poem, 343

Dog-days, 170

rose, 160

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Domesday, Introduction to, 389- Flower-de-luce, 164

391.

Dragon-fly, 100, 161

Dreux, custom at, 355

Drummond, Dr. First Steps to
Botany noticed, 104 note

Duck-meat, 182
Ducket, Lionel, 169

Early Morning; a sonnet, 137
Earth-worms, 34

Easter Monday, 36-ceremony at
Poitiers, 86-at La Motte du
Pougard, 36, 37
Easter-day, 85
eggs, 85-87

85, 86

glasses, 296

Flowers, time of their appearance,
104-odours of,105-variety of,
157-lines on, 158-holy, 164

Fly-catcher, spotted, 127
Fonnereau, Rev. Mr. 285
Fool-pope, 3

Foolish women, 45

Fools, feast of, its origin, 2
Forest trees, Sl
Forests, beauty of, 249
Forget-me-not, 164
Foscolo, Ugo, 223
Four-o'clock flower, 104

week, customs in France, Foxglove, 161

Tuesday, 86

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France, customs in, 2, 3, 8-10, 11,
44, 47, 48, 62, 64, 67, 68, 83, 85,
111, 148-151, 163, 194, 209, 220,
309, 319, 350, 355, 359, 387-396
hail-storm in, 182
Franklin, Captain, 276
French wines, 260
Friday, customs on, 397

Elizabeth, Q. particulars of, 270- Frost, a continued one described,

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137, 395

Giraffe, 198

scene, 187

Glow-worm, 130

Gnats, 34

Evening. a poem, 95—a sonnet, Gifford, William, 360

star, lines on, 156

Fair of St. Gilles, 220
Fall of the leaf, 292

Faux, Mr. 72

February, explained, 35
sonnet on, 54

Goatsucker, 127
Godiva pageant, 120

Golden-green beetle, 161
rod, 179, 352

Goldfinch, 75, 210

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