time, such a reduction was actually made, without any change of circumstances abroad or at home.
We have, however, now done all that is necessary, in announcing this semi-translation of a pamphlet that has fulfilled its purpose, accomplished its ephemeral destiny, and is gone to "the tomb of all the Capulets."
ART. XVI. Souvenirs de la Belgique, &c.; i. e. Recollections of Belgium, One Hundred Days of Misfortune, &c. By Mile. M. A. LE NORMAND. 8vo. pp. 416. Paris. 1822. Imported by Treuttel and Co. Price 10s.
E learn that Mademoiselle LE NORMAND was once atWE tached as a sort of companion to Josephine, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, and published a memoir concerning her late mistress, in which some living persons of consequence were mentioned in a manner that was to them unwelcome. She also wrote "Souvenirs Prophétiques," "La Sibylle aux Congrés d'Aix-la-Chapelle et de Carlobad," and some works which treat of fortune-telling; for this lady is a phrenologist, professing a great variety of occult arts and sciences, and has been consulted about futurity by people of high rank and fashion. Brussels has been a principal scene of her machinations; and some suspicions seem to have been entertained that she was secretly employed by the French government, to facilitate meetings and communications between persons disposed to re-annex the Netherlands to France. These apprehensions probably led to her detention in prison: but, as nothing criminative appeared against her, except that she had told fortunes, interpreted dreams, laid claim to a familiar spirit, and practised other such witchcraft, she was released after about a hundred days of confinement; it being no longer the fashion to punish a superstitious credulity. Of this lady's history and imprisonment, the volume before us gives a detailed, declamatory, and pompous account, naming many agents of police, and many conspicuous persons. We do not conceive, however, that any part of the book can be interesting to persons resident in this country; although we readily believe that it may attain a certain popularity amid the scenes of her adventures, and among the persons of her acquaintance. Trials for sorcery, it seems, are still practicable in Flanders as well as in Somersetshire.-Notes without number illustrate the obscurities of the text.
* The title is "Mémoires Historiques et Secrets de L'Impératrice Joséphine, première Épouse de Napoléon.
To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.
Belus, Temple of, account of its supposed ruins, 142. Berber, visit to the capital of 375. The country, 377.. Bertholletia Excelsa,which yields Brazil chestnuts, account or, 272. 276.
Berthollet, M., anecdote of, and of Napoleon, 314. Birds, observations on preserv- ing them stuffed, 210. From Java and Sumatra, description of, 229. 360. Birs-Nimrood supposed to be the tower of Babel, 142. Blind person taught to convey her thoughts by printing, 517. Bonaparte, Napoleon, See Na- poleon,..
Louis, account of his reign in Holland, and anecdotes
anecdotes of his court, 484 -495. Booth, Mr., his correction of an error in Mr. Place's book on Population, 448.
Born, Bertrand de, Servente by, 460.
Boué, Dr., on the geognosy of Germany, 57. Brazil, anticipated improvement of, 262. See also Cattle,
Sheep, Aqueduct. British adminstration, French pamphlet on the system of, 542.
constitution, M. Neck- er's eulogy on, 541. Brother's Grave, verses on, 164. Brown, Mr., on the Rafflesia, .230.
Bruang, See Bear.
Bruch, near Montserrat, pillar erected there by the Span- iards, 477.
Bryant, Mr., an American poet, extract from his "Ages," 30. Buckingham, Duke of, (temp. Charles II.) his entertainment of the Grand Duke of Tus- cany, 39. His levee deline- --ated, 199.
Burckhardt, Mr., estimate of the valuable results of his travels, 338.
Burdens, public, and taxable in- come, view of, 124. 131. 134. Burton, Mr., on the Pelecanus Aquilus, 225.
Cabrit, a species of antelope, account of, 226. Cæsar, Julius, view of his cha- racter, 523.
Octavius, unfavorably
represented, 528. Cæsarea Philippi, account of, 341.
Cairel, Elias, his lines to the
Marquis of Montferrat, 455. Calyptomena viridis, description of, 361.
Canada, Upper, advice and
plans for settlers there, 251. Cannon, remarks on very quick firing from, 477. Caoutchouc, obtained in large quantities in the missions of the Oroonoko, 270. Capital employed on land, ob- servations on, 214.
Cappe, Mrs., particulars of her life, 392.
Caravansera, Turkish, picture of, 14.
Carduus, on some species of, 367. Carlos, Prince of Spain, a tra-
gedy, account of, and extracts from, 66-79.
Cast Iron, See Iron. Catalonia, its great power and efforts in the war with Bona- parte, 473.
Cathleen and Kevin, story of,
the basis of one of Moore's melodies, 332.
Catiline, a tragedy, extracts from, 384.
Cattle, mode of drilling them, at Brazil, 260. Caves, sepulchral, in Syria, 345. Charades, mode of acting, by
theatrical representation, 491. Charles II., sketch of, as walking in St. James's Park, 198. Chestnut-tree, its bark said to have more tanning principle than the oak, 518. Chestnuts, Brazil, from the Ber-
tholetia excelsa, 276. Chrysanthemum Indicum, ob- servations on, 366. Cicadiada, on two new genera of, 226.
Clergy, of Spain, character of,
Cnicus, on some species of, 367. Colebrooke, Mr., on the Indian
species of Menispermum, 227. Coleridge, Mr., essay on his poetry, 168.
Columbe, account of new spe- cies of, 229. Commerce, observations on the principles
their proceedings, 440. Copper, fine, and in great quan- tities, found near Lake Supe- rior, in America, 514. Corn, on the importation of, 216. Cosmo, Duke of Tuscany, his unfortunate marriage, 34. His travels in England, 36. Cotton-plant, observations on, 366.
Council of State, in France, ac-
count of, 309. Courdistan, account of the peo-
ple of, 148. See also Kirkook. Crania, on two species of, 364. Crocodile, curious battle with, 279.
Dead Sea, described, 247. Debt, national, of England, its amount at various periods, 121. Derby, Charlotte, Countess of, her character drawn, 192. D'Israeli, Mr., his correction of the mis-statement that he compiled the Varieties of Li- terature, 224. Dog, wild, of Sumatra, account of, 230. Dogs of Rosetta, their number and voracity, 243.
Don, Mr., on the genus Saxi- fraga, 362.
Drummond, Mr., on the germi-
nation of mosses, 226. Druses, their manners and cus- toms, 350. Duhesme, General, blamed for his conduct during the war in Spain in 1808, 476. Dunster Hermitage, sonnet on, 163.
Dwarf, female, deaf and dumb, portrait of, 195.
Earth, argillaceous, eaten for food without injury, 278. Ecbatana, See Hamadan. Edmonston, Mr., on the Snowy Owl, 59. On a species of Larus, 61. On the Immer goose, 63.
Eisleben, account of, 223. Elephant, fossil parts of, found in Scotland, 55. Emigrants, French, observations on the present attempts to in- demnify them, 502. Enthusiasm, essay on, 154. Epworth, account of, 223. Equality, social, observations on that principle, 500. Ezra, in Syria, durability of the antient dwellings there, 342.
Fenella, See Dwarf. Fever, yellow, at Barcelona, ac- count of, 503. Theory and treatment of, 509. Forteguerri, Niccolo, some ac
count of, 354. Specimen of his Ricciardetto, translated, 356.
Fothergill, Mr., on the economy of the Toad, 368. Foula, account of, 64. France, statement of the efforts to cause a counter-revolution in, 495. On the principles attacked, 500. On the com- merce of, in 1820 and 1821, and on the principles of com- merce, 534. On represent- ative rights in, 541. French, and English, their na- tional character contrasted, 103. French soldiers, anec- dotes of their bravery and humanity, 220.
Fumigation said to cure syphilis, 517.
Fungi, on new species of, 56.
Geognosy of Germany, memoir
on, 57. Geological notices, 54. George IV., lines on the acces- sion of, 436. Gerona, preparations for the siege of, 479. Its situation and defences, 480. Its me- morable siege, 481. Glareola, on new species of,
Glen, great, of Scotland, geog- nostical sketch of, 62. Glendalough, valley and abbey, account of, 332. Gold, sonnet to, 433. Gooseberry, method of destroy- ing insects that infest that bush, 212. Gossypium, remarks on, 366. Granite, veins of, in the great Glen of Scotland, 62. Greville, Mr., on new Scotish fungi, 56. On a new Grim- mia, ib.
(and Mr. Arnott,) on a new arrangement of Mosses, 58. On two new Algæ, 64. Grierson, Dr., on the mole, 64. Griffith, Captain, called Honor and Glory Griffith, anecdote of, 219.
Grimmia, on a new species of, 56. Griper, Mr. and Mrs., deline- ation of, 183.
Guaco, or climbing willow, its juice a remedy against the poison of snakes, 513. Guilding, Mr., on Lamia am- putator, 367.
Gulls, Arctic, and Skua, ac- count of, 65.
Haidinger, Mr., on the crystal-
lizations of copper pyrites, 53. Hamadan, valley of, depicted, 8. Hamilton, Dr., on the Hortus Malabaricus, 364.
Harrison, Miss, life of, and cha- racter of her aunt and mother, 392, &c. Hieroglyphics, observations on the origin and meaning of,
Hill, Mr., on the Ornithorhyn- chus paradoxus, 369. Hop, its fine qualities contained in the powder of the cones, not in the cones themselves, 515. Horses, Persian, account of,150. Horsfield, Dr., on birds from Java, 229.
Hortus Malabaricus, commen- tary on, 364.
Howe, Earl, punning anecdote of, 221.
Howl, Irish, traced to a very remote origin, 331. Hunter, Dr. Wm., anecdote of, 397.
Hypnum recognitum, remarks on, 364.
I and J Jerusalem, modern, observations on, 246.
Jews, defence of, 104. Illinois, favorable picture of,
254. Constitution of that state, 255.
Immer Goose, observations on, 63.
Ink, made from chestnut-bark,
518. Receipt to destroy the mouldiness of, ib.
Insects, See Kirby, See Leach. Ireland, remarks on the state of,
44. On the rebellion of 1796, 45. On employing and edu- cating the poor, 51. Iron, its great importance and increased use in buildings, &c., 398. On the strength of, 400.
Ismaylys, a religious sect in Sy- ria, account of, 346.
Hardwicke, General, on the wild Kanchil, its great cunning, 232.
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