Edinburgh Magazine, July-Dec 1790, Capt Bligh, Franklin, Marie Antoinette

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"The Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany", Volume XII, July - December 1790, Edinburgh: Printed for J. Sibbald:- and Sold by J. Murray, London. 1790. This book consists of six months of the Edinburgh Magazine as well as the Monthly Register bound into the rear of the book with its own pagination. "The Monthly Register " which carried the recurrent sections of: Foreign Intelligence, Scotch Affairs, English Affairs, Irish Affairs, as well as Marriages, Births, and Deaths, is bound in the rear of this book. Each of the monthly issues are typically 20+/_ pages, and due to the turbulent times, and the unfolding of events in France as well as the rest of Europe, these short news clips document those historic events. The Edinburgh Magazine contained anecdotes, biographical accounts, sketches of many of the important personages of the period, Poetry, Review of New Publications, Monthly Register of the Weather, as well as Editorial opinions and articles written exclusively for the Edinburgh Magazine or gleaned from other contemporary periodicals.The following is a sampling of the titles to be found within: The History of Madame Tiquet, Condemned for Attempting the Assassination of Her Husband Narrative of Taylor's Revival After Being Hanged Anecdotes of Dr. Franklin Continuation of Lieut. Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny on board His Majesty Ship the Bounty State of the Dead Bodies in the Cemetery of the Innocence at Paris in 1786 and 1787 Memoirs of the Life of the Late Sir Alexander Dick Life of Soame Jenyns, Esq. With a Short Account of His Family Memoir of the Late Sir John Lockhart Ross, Bart. Vice Admiral of the Blue On the Vitrified Ports in the Highlands On Irritability Considered as a Vital Principle in Organized Bodies Of the Origin and Formation of Coal Of a King's Behaviour Indifferent Things by King James VI Account of Barjac, Valet to Cardinal Fleury Mr. Bruce's Discovery of the Source of the Nile & Reception at the House of an Abyssinian Chief Description of the City of Constantinople and Suburbs by the Count de Ferrieres Sauvedebaeuf Of the Present Reigning Sultan, Selim, Regulations of the Seraglio; Of the Presumptive Heir, and Mode of Succession in the Ottoman Empire Ancient Fortification in the Highlands of Scotland Sir Gawen: A Tale Restriction of Monte Rosa, by Mons. Saussure Account of the Czar Peter III. by the King of Sweden Account of the Bastille Account of the Private Life of Lewis XIV Account of Rio de Janeiro Sir Arthur Davillan: A Gothic Story Anecdotes of Dr. Jortin Extract From Mr. Burke's Letter on the Revolution in France Description of an Elephant in Abyssinia: by Mr. Bruce Mr. Bruce's Conversation with the King of Sennaar Means of Destroying Insects, or Preventing Their Increase Account of the Discovery of a Sixth and Seventh Satellite of the Planet Saturn: With Remarks on the Construction of Its Ring, Its Atmosphere, Its Rotation on an Axis, and Its Spheroivical Figure by William Herschel Account of the Proceedings of the Chatelet, With Regard to the Duc d'Orleans The History of Nicolas Pedrosa, and His Escape from the Inquisition in Madrid Address Presented to the National Assembly by the Jews Residing at Paris Reflections on the Affair at Versailles on the Sixth of October 1789. (Marie Antoinette) On the Religious Establishment of England Letter from Gorgon, a Painter of the Deformea and Terrible, to a Tragic Poet Effects of the Cold Winter of 1788-89 on Animals and Vegetables Character of the Honourable Sir Francis Buller, Bart. One of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench Character of the Hon. Sir John Scott, Knight, His Majesty's Solicitor General Letter from Rousseau to Voltaire An Account of the Diseases Particular to the Negroes in the West-Indies, and Which are Produced by Their Slavery - by Benjamin Rush, M.D. The obituary for Dr. Franklin Trial of the Monster (Renwick Williams for the assault of Ann Porter and suspected of upwards of 50 more) This is just a few of the titles to be found within. read more

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