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CONTENTS OF NO. XXII. ART. I. Observations on Popular Antiquities, chiefly illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. By John Brand, M. A. Fellow and Sec. of the Society of Antiquarians of London. Arranged II. 1. A Voyage round the World in the Years 1803, 4, 5, and 6, performed by order of his Imperial Majesty Alex- ander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the Ship Neva, 2. Voyages and Travels in various Parts of the World, du- ring the Years 1803-7, by G. H. Von Langsdorff, Aulic Counsellor to his Majesty the Emperor of Rus- III. The Works of Thomas Gray, with the Memoirs of his Life and Writings by William Mason; to which are subjoined, Extracts Philological, Poetical, and Criti- IV. Elements of Agricultural Chymistry, in a Course of Lec- tures for the Board of Agriculture. By Sir Humphry Davy, LL. D. F. R. S. L. & E. V. P. R. I. &c. &c. V. 1. The Works of Confucius, containing the Original Text, with a Translation. By J. Marshman. 2. Hora Sinicæ: Translations from the Popular Literature of the Chinese. By the Rev. Robert Morrison, Protest- VI. 1. Practical Observations on Ectropium, Artificial Pupil, and Cataract. By William Adams, Member of the 2. Official Papers relating to Operations performed by order of the Directors of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, for the Purpose of ascertaining the general Efficacy of the new Modes of Treatment practised by Mr. Adams. VII. Waverley; or, 'tis Sixty Years since. VIII. The Satires of Juvenal, translated into English Verse. By Charles Badham, M. D. with Notes and Illustrations. IX. Correspondance Littéraire, &c. depuis 1753 jusqu'en 1769. Par le Baron de Grimm et Diderot. X. 1. The School for Wits, or the Cream of the Jests; selected by Ralph Wewitzer. 2. The Flowers of Wit, or a Choice Collection of Bon Mots, both ancient and modern; with biographical and critical Remarks; by the Rev. Henry Kett, author of the Elements of General Knowledge; Emily, a modern tale, &c. &c. XI. 1. The Corsair, a Tale, By Lord Byron. 2. Lara, a Tale. XII. Researches in Greece, by William Martin Leake. XIII. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper; including the Series edited, with Prefaces Biographical and Critical, by Dr. Samuel Johnson: and the most approved Translations. The Additional Lives by Alexander Chalmers, F. S. A. New Publications. Index Page 347 354 377 399 423 428 458 480 505 515 THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. ART. I. JULY, 1814. Observations on Popular Antiquities, chiefly illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. By John Brand, M. A. Fellow and Sec. of the Society of Antiquarians of London. Arranged and revised, with Additions, by Henry Ellis, F. R. S. Sec. S. A. London. 1813. The WoWu Salu THE word 'vulgar' ought to be obliterated from the title of this work. What should we say if a traveller, viewing only the present degradation of the Royal Abbey of St. Medard, or the episcopal hall of Eltham, were to describe the one as a laystall, and the other as a ruinous barn? The devotional opinions and customs now living only in the recollection of the inhabitants of unpolished or secluded districts, were once incorporated in the splendid ritual of the Romish church. The mechanic and the schoolboy are amused by sports and holydays, which formed the recreation of the throne itself; and those who are amongst the wisest in their generation, gave credit to errors and superstitions, which even the most illiterate are now half ashamed to acknowledge. It is equally unnecessary to apologize, as Mr. Brand and other writers have done, for the seeming unimportance of the subject.' There are few departments of literature which have a better claim upon our attention. Customs, arbitrary and unmeaning in the judgment of the careless observer, guide us as surely as the pages of the historian. Nor are the wildest superstitions to be rejected. They also supply the want of historical evidence, and, as Mr. Scott has well observed, connect the religion, and we shall add, the philosophy of one age, with the follies of the next. If they are picturesque, let the poet weave them in 'his wild and wondrous lay.' If they are too obscure to assist the antiquary, or two inelegant to claim a place in verse, they will not be lost upon the investigator of the human intellect: to him they will answer the same end as the morbid specimens which the anatomist treasures in his museum, and in which he finds the elucidation of the structure and functions of the healthy subject. These inquiries may be more legitimately considered as forming a chapter in the history of the moral and physical habits of the middle ages, which retained their influence to a later period than is usually supposed. Even in the days of Queen Ann, authority was VOL. XI. NO. XXII. S |