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_Dr. Maginn's Miscellanies_.--Towards the end of 1840, Dr. Maginn
issued the prospectus of a work to be published weekly in numbers,
and to be entitled "_Magazine Miscellanies_, by Dr. Maginn," which was
intended to comprise a selection from his contributions to Blackwood,
Fraser, &c. Will any one of your multitudinous readers kindly inform
me whether this work was ever published, or any portion of it?

J.M.B.

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_Dr. Maginn's "Shakspeare Papers."_--The Doctor published several very
able critical dissertations under this, or some similar title, about
the year 1837, in one of the monthly magazines, for references to
which I shall feel obliged.

J.M.B.

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_Dr. Maginn's Homeric Ballads._--Between 1839 and 1842, the "Homeric
Ballads," from thirteen to sixteen, appeared in _Fraser's Magazine_.
Will any correspondent favour me with specific references to the
numbers or months in which they were published? I may add, that I
shall esteem it as a very great favour to receive authentic reference
to any articles contributed to Blackwood, Fraser, &c., &c., by
Dr. Maginn. The difficulty of determining authorship from internal