The Mirror Of Literature Amusement And Instruction Volume 14 No

The splendour and extent of Constantinople are not within the compass of one of our pages; but the annexed Engraving furnishes some idea of a section of this queen of cities. It...

"The celebrated Bernard Palissy, to whom France was indebted, in the sixteenth century, for the introduction of the manufacture of enamelled pottery, had his attention first att...

In the island of Newfoundland, an institution has been formed for opening a communication with, and promoting the civilization of, the Red Indians; and procuring, if possible, a...

Here lies a gamester, poor but willing, Who left the room without a shilling. Losing each stake, till he had thrown His last, and lost the game to Death; If Paradise his soul ha...