Multiplication of Animals Stirs Curious Debate
A column discusses rapid animal population growth with arithmetic examples showing pigs could reach 33 million in twelve years if unchecked. It includes satirical and historical asides on politics, religion, and social norms, plus vivid anti slavery testimony and anecdotes from Ireland and Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampden
John Hampden
Clarendon
Cinna
Mark Beresford
Romney Robinson
Ireland
Passim
Passin
Philadelphia
la Aladdin
Anon
Eglentine
New York
Pat
Pat O'Sullivan
Mr. O’sullivan
Pat Brady
Pat O’sullivan
Highlands
Autumn science of nature shows fungi and spiders
Review praises R Mudie's Autumn in eight chapters detailing seasonal decay. It describes autumnal fungi in northern woods and Amanita Muscaria effects, then surveys spiders and their web weaving and hunting methods, noting ecological roles and curiosity for readers, ending with a teaser on Dickens Pickwick continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Mudie
Thomas Ward and Co
Mudie
Scandinavia
Russia
Siberia
Greville
England
The Frolics of Bob Sawyer in the Bristol Ride
In a Bristol to London journey Bob Sawyer tolls bells with Weller as Pickwick and Ben Allen accompany him. Sawyer’s antics on the coach roof amuse and irritate, including milky punch, a red handkerchief flag, and a bottle that passes between friends. They dine mid-journey, drink Madeira, and nap as the carriage advances toward Berkeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Sawyer
Mr. Pickwick
Sam Weller
Bob Sawyer
Benjamin Allen
Nockemorf
Pickwick
Mr. Weller
Sam
Allen
Sara
Dickey
Ben
Bristol
Samuel Weller
Ben Allep
Mr. Winkle
Ben Allen
Ms. Pickwick
Robert Sawyer
Bob Schwyer
Bob Sawyers
Mr. Sawyer
Mr. Pigkwick
Mr. Allen
Daily Press
Birmingham
London
Cambridge
Paris
Durios
Bristol Channel
Society of Merchants
Corporation of the Trinity House
Ilfracombe
Trinity House Corporation
Holmes
Chamber of Commerce
Kingsveld
Kingeroad
John Bull
Carpacia
Insprack
Gleig
Lymington Church
Samuel Baldwin
Transmigrations of the Brahmin Philosophers in Verse
A mixture of verse and prose explores death as a cue for life transformations. The poem parodies roles from gardener to judge, coachman to sexton, suggesting all trades and identities persist beyond death in a satirical, rhymed meditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelf
Plato
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Colums
Curious
Burton
Heat
Calabar
Court of Mixed Commission
Freetown
Duke of Marlborough
Duke
Napoleon
Benison
Bim
Jonely
The
Pickwick Club
Bsa
Chepman and Hall
Dickens
Fraser's Magazine
Fraser
Journal
Royal North British Fusileers
Tere
Alexander
Sandy
Haven
Gang
Loyola
Pickle
Court Magazine
Mforthly
Churten
Caroline Georgiane Lasceller
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