QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. VOLUME II! AUGUST-NOVEMBER, 1824. LONDON: PRINTED FOR CHARLES KNIGHT, PALL MALL EAST. MDCCCXXIV. CONTENTS OF Vol. III. . .... . . . . The Flight of the Swallows ; ' . . ,'.. ? 1 A Conversation between Mr. Abraham Cowley and Mr. John Milton, touching the great Civil War Visit to Cowper’s favourite Village . . " Crumbs of Criticism, No. III. . . . . . . . 51 Music . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Narenor, Part II. , . . . . . . . . 81 Opening of the Eleventh Iliad . , Recollections of Barbary, No. II. . The Grief of the Maiden (from Schiller) . The Literary History of the Provençals The Incognito ; or Count Fitz-Hum Early Recollections. . . . . . . . . 169 Judas Maccabeus, a Fragment in imitation of Milton . . 173 Scotch Quadrilles . . . . . . . . 177 The Anniversary; Shelly's Posthumous Poems ; Franken- stein ; Sullivan's Poems; Montgomery's Occupations ; Gentian's Ballad; Song to Mr. Gentian's Incarnation ; . 285 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Advertisement . . .'. . . . . vii On Dante's Inferno . . . . . . . . 239 Letter to the Editor ... ...... . . . . . . 251 Song of a Persian Girl :::::::::: . . . . . 254 Malta during the Jatę War.“ .. ... . i . . . . 255 Behind the Scenes sor a Bičakfast in Newgate . . . 274 Roscoe's Edition of Pope's• Horks Modern French Comedy and Elegy Batrachomyomachia, and Hymn to Pan The Literary History of the Provençals . , On Cotemporary Italian Writers .. AProphetic Account of a National Epic Poem, “ The Welling-. • 334 · · · · . 378 · · · 464 ADVERTISEMENT. THE Publisher of the Quarterly Magazine has most sincerely to express his regret, that the appearance of the present Number should have been twice delayed beyond the period of its announcement. As far as this delay has been occasioned by the lingering anxiety of a severe domestic calamity, he is sure to receive the indulgence of his supporters ; but, as it may be justly charged upon him that every contingency should be provided for in the conduct of a periodical work, he owes it to himself and to the public, to offer a few words of explanation. The Quarterly Magazine was established at the earnest solicitation of some young men of great talents and acquirements, who had distinguished themselves in a local miscellany of no ordinary character. Their promises of support were cordial and enthusiastic, their ability to realize those promises was unquestionable. The public favour was largely bestowed upon the undertaking ; and the work, as it proceeded, acquired a considerable distinction amongst the discerning and the intelligent. For this patronage the Publisher is most grateful. There were many things, however, connected with its management, which gave the publisher pain. He had to contend, in one or two instances, with unsettled opinions, with captious objections, but above all, with something like a heartless indifference to the consequences of wanton neglect. It is too often the condition of genius that it fancies itself absolved from the ordinary laws of human action ; and substitutes irregular excitements for settled principles. Whether or not |