The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners; With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage: Volume 15. This item is unavailable.The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners; With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage: Volume 15

The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men And Manners; With Strictures On Their Epitome, The Stage. This late-18th/early-19th century miscellany from London-based The Monthly Mirror gathers biography, travel writing, literary criticism, poetry, theatre notices, and miscellaneous items from Britain and Europe. The issue centers on cultural life around the early 19th century, with biographical sketches (such as Dr Arnold, Madame Du Mesnil, and Johnson), obituaries and marriage notices, and portraits. Theatre and literary criticism dominates, including notes on the British Stage, Provincial Drama, new plays by Colman, and evaluations of leading actors, alongside discussions of contemporary novels and correspondence about authors. The miscellany also features Romantic-era poetry and prose, moral and didactic essays, travel writing through Wales, and natural history notes. Rich in portraits and engravings, it reflects preoccupations with celebrity, national taste, and the arts as civilizational progress in early 19th-century Britain.