THE Compiler of this Miscellany, in making a first adventure in the commerce of literature, has attempted to guide himself after the example of young traders in other departments, who endeavour to attract customers by the variety of their stock, and the taste displayed in the selection, and to make up in this manner for its deficiency in extent. The object being to produce a book suited for the parlour window, or to form a companion on a journey, the Editor was desirous that it should contain so much variety as might present to every reader something suited to his particular taste. It contains extracts of striking passages from the most popular authors, – mingled with pieces less known, some of which are not, on that account, the less deserving of attention. The light and gay will be found mingled with what is grave and instructive, so that readers of different natural dispositions, or the same person in a various mood of mind, may select what will best suit the humour of the moment. Many pieces will be found of a religious and moral character; and the Editor has carefully excluded such as inclined in the slightest degree to the opposite tendency. - It only remains that the Compiler offer his respectful thanks to the friends who have assisted his first attempt to enter on the business of life, and to submit his Miscellany to the candour of the Pub lic. No. 19. South Castle Street, Edinburgh. A Fragment, . . . . .... . Byron ... 94 A Fragment, . . . . . . . . . Coleridge . 134 A Penitent,, .. . . ... . Newton ... 162 A ruined Female, . . . . . . . . Pollok . . 36 . A. B. P. . 4 Address to the Mummy, . . . . . . Anon. . . 236 Affection, · · · · · · · · Cowper .. 80 Anna's Grave, . . . . . . . . . Gifford .. 183 Bashfulness, . . . . . . . . . . Cowper .. 244 Childhood, . . . . . . . . . . Rogers . . 67 Close of a Year, . . . . . . . . J. Malcolm, Esq. 233 Comfort in Affiction, · · · · · · Cowper . 89 Comfort in Affliction, . . . . . . Moore .. 197 Complaint of Solitude, . . . . . . H. K. White 82 94 Contentment, · · · · · · · · · Cowper .. 159 Death of a Believer, . . . . . . . Anon. , . . 226 90 Page. Evening • • • • • • • • • • Prior • • • Extract from the Course of Time, . . . Pollok . . 218 Farewell, . . . . . . . . . . Byron . . 168 Forget me not, • • • • • • • • Atom. . . . 199 Funeral Anthem, , , , • • • • • Manian . . 160 Funeral Hymn, . . . . . . . . Heber , , 64 Glenara, • • • • • • • • • • • Campbell . . 247 Heart's Ease, . . . . . . . . . Anon. . . . 9 Heaven, . . . . . . . . . . . Knoa . . . 48 Helvellyn, • • • • • • • • • • Sir W. Scott 185 Lines on the blank leaf of a Bible, . . . Byron . . 49 Lines written on the Author's Birth-day, : C. Lloyd . .' Looking at the Cross, . . . . . . . Neuston . . 194 Lord Byron, . . . . . . . . . Pollok . . 56 Lord Ullin's Daughter, .... Campbell . . 210 Kelly . . .' Lovest thou me ? • • • • • • • • Courpper" . . 166 Matilda, • • • • • • • • • • • Jermingham : 22l Napoleon's Farewell, . . . . . . . Byron • • 24 Night, . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery : 17 Ode, . . . . . . . . . . . . Byron . . 249 Oh ! think not my spirits, &c. • • • • Moore . . . 246 On a Tear, . : : : : : : : : : Rogers . . 1 155 On a Tombstone in Cheshire, ... Anon.'. . i 2151 On Prayer, • • • • • • • • • • Coupe : : 50 On receiving Intelligence of a young |