Produced by Brendan OConnor, Jonathan Ingram, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Library of Early Journals.) {Transcriber's note: Spellings are sometimes erratic. A few obvious misprints have been corrected, but in general the original spelling has been retained. Accents in the French phrases are inconsistent, and have not been standardised. Greek phrases have been transliterated, and are enclosed in + signs +autochthones gaias+.} BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. CCCXLVII. SEPTEMBER, 1844. VOL. LVI. CONTENTS. M. LOUIS BLANC, 265 A NIGHT ON THE BANKS OF THE TENNESSEE, 278 THE EXECUTION OF MONTROSE, 289 THE WITCHFINDER. PART I., 297 NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN, 312 POEMS BY COVENTRY PATMORE, 331 MARSTON; OR, THE MEMOIRS OF A STATESMAN. PART XIII., 343 IT IS NO FICTION, 364 THE BURNS' FESTIVAL, 370 STANZAS FOR THE BURNS' FESTIVAL. BY DELTA, 399 * * * * * EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, 45, GEORGE STREET; AND 22, PALL-MALL, LONDON. _To whom all Communications (post paid) must be addressed._ SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND HUGHES, EDINBURGH. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. CCCXLVII. SEPTEMBER, 1844. VOL. LVI. M. LOUIS BLANC{A}