In another department of the contents, entitled “Select Extracts”, there are two articles: an “Account of Colonel Beaufoy’s Journey to the Summit of Mount Blanc”[36] and the “Account of the Remarkable Case of Margaret Lyall, Who continued in a State of Sleep nearly Six Weeks”[37], both very readable, which is a good deal when all is said. The Antiquarian Reportory contained six articles as antiquated as one could wish, all the way from a “Grant of the Lands of Kyrkenes by Macbeth, son of Finlach”[38] to a “Mock Poem upon the Expedition of the Highland Host”[39]. The Original Poetry department contained three poems, none of them startling. The third one, the shortest, is by far the best, bearing the title “Verses”[40]. They were written in honor of the entry of the Allies into Paris, 1814; and bear the unmistakable brand and seal of James Hogg, with his ardent song for “Auld Scotland!--land o’ hearts the wale!” ... “Land hae I bragged o’ thine an’ thee, Even when thy back was at the wa’; An’ thou my proudest sang sall be, As lang as I hae breath to draw.” [36] Ibid., V. i, p. 59 [37] Ibid., V. i, p. 61 [38] Ibid., V. i, p. 65 [39] Ibid., V. i, p. 69 [40] Ibid., V. i, p. 72 Next comes the “Review of New Publications”, devoting three pages to Dr. Thomas Chalmers’ “Discourses on the Christian Revelation”[41], concluding with the words: “If a few great and original minds, like that of Dr. Chalmers, should arise to advocate the cause of Christianity, it would no longer be the fashion to exalt the triumphs of reason and of science.”[42] The other reviews were of “Harold, the Dauntless; a Poem. By the Author of ‘The Bridal of Triermain’”[43], of “Armota, a Fragment”[44], and “Stories for Children, selected from the History of England”[45]. Of what came under the heading, Periodical Works, we have already spoken. Then followed “Literary and Scientific Intelligence”[46], notices of works preparing for publication in Edinburgh and London, and the monthly list of new publications in the same two cities. There is a page of French books, published since January 1817. After that the Monthly Register of foreign intelligence, proceedings of Parliament, the British Chronicle, commercial and agricultural reports for the month, a meteorological table, and two pages of births, marriages and deaths, complete the number for April 1817. [41] Ibid., V. i, p. 73 [42] Ibid., V. i, p. 75 [43] Ibid., V. i, p. 76 [44] Ibid., V. i, p. 78 [45] Ibid., V. i, p. 79 [46] Ibid., V. i, P. 85