BLACKWOOD'SEDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
No. CCCLXXIV. DECEMBER, 1846. VOL. LX.
CONTENTS.
| Kohl in Denmark and in the Marshes, | 645 |
| Lord Metcalfe's Government of Jamaica, | 662 |
| Annals and Antiquities of London, | 673 |
| Marlborough's Dispatches. 1711-1712, | 690 |
| Mildred. A Tale. Part I., | 709 |
| The Law and its Punishments, | 721 |
| Legends of the Thames, | 729 |
| Recent Royal Marriages, | 740 |
| St Magnus', Kirkwall, | 753 |
| The Game Laws, | 754 |
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KOHL IN DENMARK AND IN THE MARSHES.
Die Marschen und Inseln der Herzogthümer Schleswig und Holstein. Reisen inDänemark und den Herzogthümer Schleswig und Holstein.
Mr. Kohl, the most prolific of modernGerman writers, the most indefatigableof travellers, is already wellknown to the English public by his"Sketches of the English," "Travelsin Ireland," and many other publicationstoo numerous to remember. Heis a gentleman of marvellous facilityin travelling over foreign ground—ofextraordinary capabilities in the manufacturingof books. Within fiveyears he has given to the world, h