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TAIT'S EDINBURGH

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CONTENTS or NO. XVI. FOR APRIL, 1835,

Diary of an M.P.-Traditionary Ballads, by Mary Howitt, Ne. II., Lilien May-The Holy Alli ance of 1835, by O. P. Q.-Poetry of the Loom-Phadde and his Friends-Poetry, by the Author of "Corn Law Rhymes"-Baines' History of the Cotton-Manufacture Lines on the Death of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esq.-Experiences of Richard Taylor, Esq., Chap. X.-Frankland, the Barrister (concluded)—L. S. D.-Loose Fish; an excellent new Song-Literary Register-Political Register. NO. XVII., for MAY, will contain-Diary of an M.P. (continued)-West Country Exclusives, No. II.-Life and Writings of Burger-O'Connell and the Catholic Association-Oxford, by the English Opium-Eater-Howitt's Pantika-The British Army, as it is, and as it ought to be; and various other Papers.

In politics, this Magazine has but one aim-the good of the People. Its motto may be rendered, "Justice to the many, justice to the few, justice to all !" But, although the independent tone of its political articles is one of the chief characteristics of Tait's Magazine, only a very limited por tion of each Number is devoted to politics. Seldom is less than three-fourths of the whole space occupied by original papers, contributed by a number of the most distinguished writers of the day, some of them of politics widely differing from those of the Magazine. Among these have been the English Opium-Eater, the celebrated O. P. Q., the Author of the Exposition of the False Medium, Mr. and Mrs. Howitt, the Author of Corn Law Rhymes, Miss Martineau, Mr. Leigh Hunt, the Author of Annals of the Parish, the Author of the O'Hara Tales, the Authoress of Mothers and Daughters and the Hamiltons, the Author of Anti-Draco, the Author of the Morayshire Floods, and other writers of high reputation in the literary world. In original poetry, Tait's Magazine, ever since its commencement, has been allowed to excel all the contemporary periodicals. To the New Series, Tales and Sketches of Life and Manners have been regularly contributed by two of the most eminent female writers of the day; chiefly under the titles of The Beggar's Wallet, and the Expe riences of Richard Taylor, Esq. The Magazine continues to be indebted to Mrs. Johnston for what Leigh Hunt terms "its admirable Summaries of New Books;" of which that well qualified judge signified his approbation by aunouncing something of the same kind as a leading feature in the Prospectus of his London Journal. It has, in brief, been the aim of the Conductors of this Magazine to mix Political discussions of interest with Literature, and Information with Amusement, in such proportions as may be acceptable to a very wide circle of readers-to the ladies of a family as well as the gentlemen.

The volume of Tait's Magazine for 1834, although costing only Twelve Shillings, contains as much letter-press, by a number of the ablest writers of the day, as is given by the London Magazines and the Quarterly Reviews for Thirty-six Shillings; or as is contained in twenty volumes of Novels, as usually published in post 8vo., at 10s. 6d. each, or £10. 10s. in all. To say nothing of condensation of matter, and variety of subject, each Number of Tait's Magazine gives, for One Shilling, mort reading than is contained in a volume and two-thirds of a volume of a modern novel, at Seresteen Shillings and Sixpence,

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