THE

GLEANER:

A SERIES OF

PERIODICAL ESSAYS;

SELECTED AND ARRANGED FROM

SCARCE OR NEGLECTED VOLUMES,

WITH

AN INTRODUCTION, AND NOTES,

BY

NATHAN DRAKE, M. D.

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AUTHOR OF LITERARY HOURS," AND OF 66

PERIODICAL LITERATURE."

ESSAYS ON

PRINTED FOR SUTTABY, EVANCE, AND CO. STATIONERS' COURT;

AND

ROBERT BALDWIN, PATER-NOSTER ROW; ALSO FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH, AND MICHAEL KEENE, DUBLIN.

CXLV. On the genius of Schiller, the German
dramatic poet

.....

CXLVI. An epistle in verse

CXLVII. Melai, a Constantinopolitan tale

CXLVIII.

The same concluded

CXLIX. Observations on pastoral poetry

CL. Remarks on Herodotus. On the state of

Scotland with regard to letters

CLI. On the character and writings of Drum-

mond of Hawthornden..

CLII. On the irrational pursuits of Virtu. Mar-

tilmasse Daye, a poem ....

CLIII. The Dean of Badajoz, a tale

109

CLIV.

last age.

Sketch of some worn-out characters of the

The Haunted House, an

anecdote

120

CLV. Critical remarks on some celebrated au-

thors-Hume. Robertson. Franklin..

128

CLVI. Petition of the Sharks. The African Boy,

a fragment...

135

CLVII. Critical remarks continued.-Gibbon. Gil-

CLXV. On the character of Sir William Jones ..

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