The International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science

International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850

The revolutions of society are almost as sure if not as regular as those of the planets. The inventions of a generation weary after a while, but they are very likely to be revived if they have once ministered successfully to pleasure or ambition. The famous coteries in which l...

Chapters

4. Part 4

To this Mrs. Lawson made a response as composed as she could; she would have retorted bitterly and violently, but her husband had a connection with the Thompson establishment, a...

3. Part 3

LEIGH HUNT, it is apprehended, will be appointed laureate. The _Athenæum_ objects, and we think very properly urges, that if the office is to be continued, it should be given to...

5. Part 5

"He was, early in 1794, leaving his chambers in the Temple for the purpose of paying a visit in the Northern outskirts of London. Upon crossing Fleet Street he had to traverse B...

1. Part 1

The revolutions of society are almost as sure if not as regular as those of the planets. The inventions of a generation weary after a while, but they are very likely to be reviv...

6. Part 6

Some posthumous compositions of Mr. Ward are appended to the Memoirs. They consist of "characters," similar to those of Chesterfield and other writers, and of "sketches" and ess...

2. Part 2

When she afterward lost a considerable part of her property, and became blind, she occupied a small dwelling in an ecclesiastical foundation in Paris, but continued to receive p...

7. Part 7

Ivan listened in amazement: in the first place, at the sudden decision and warmth of his attached friends, with whom he had dwelt twelve years; then at the time required. He fel...

8. Part 8

Lace-making, in regard to the health of the operatives, has one great advantage. It is a business which is carried on without the necessity of assembling great numbers of workpe...