camstances that has since occurred.— A Correspondent reminds me of my hint
about a Quarterly Publication.— What may be supposed to have contributed
towards doing away all farther idea of such a thing from my mind.— And very
substanUal reasons for not again embarking in periodicals.-— Unsneoessfiil
journey in search of the needful— Little reason to oongratulate myself on the
success of my Home WhokMle Sale to the !^ade —Bad news from the westt
met with bad news 60m the north.— A little speck, indicating a new species
of troublto, in the horizon.— Bad consequences of so many disagreeables.— A
friend in need.«i*Not yet to be beaten off the field.— Allusipn to boyish sports
of rather a severe and dangerous description.— Battles of the books in the
Latin School of Dunbar in ancient times described.— Early indications of a
determined and unyielding spirit.— Allusion to the story of the Dragoon.—
Anecdote of the London Watermen.— A mind less firm might have been
crushed under the eyUs 1 haye been called to endure.— A new expedition
contemplated.— My two sons set out for London.— If they were not success-
fril, it was not for want of the means to operate with, nor exertions on their
part, in the use of those means.— The nature and extent of my Loudon Ca«
uJogue described.— Many artides in some— much value in* other lots.—
Full time for exertion.— More biUs'oome back.— A significant hint fitim an
old friend.— Bad accounts from the north and the west^Lamentable State of
the coimtry in the month of May.— More afflictive extracts from the Annual
Register for that year.— Sad times for me.— •The Blasting Summer of 181 6-.
