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A 10-part series. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Shelley, Wordsworth, Byron, Dr Porteu, John Mitchell, Southey, and Coleridge,

The full title in the original is The Memoirs of Davy Dreamy

The "Tale" is unidentified in the Operative but it is called "Donnington Gibbet; A Legend of Berkshire" in Colburn's(though not attributed there either).

Begins with a critique of popular drama (see image) before briefly reviewing Mayhew's play somewhat positively (for the good acting).

An English version of Donizetti's Elisir d'Amore

A new version ofCharles Dicken'sNicholas Nickleby