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l history written by Cyrano Bergerac, and done into English by Tho. St. Serf. London 1659." The same, Englished by A. Lovell, A.M., London, 1687. 4. "_The Man in the Moon, or Travels into the Lunar Regions_," by W. Thomson, London, 1783. In this lucubration the Man in the Moon shows the Man of the People (Charles Fox), many eminent contemporaries, by means of a magical glass. 5. "_The Man in the Moon_, consisting of Essays and Critiques." London, 1804. Of no value. After shining feebly like a rushlight for about two months, it went out in smoke. 6. _The Man in the Moon_. London, 1820. A Political Squib. 7. _The Loyal Man in the Moon_, 1820, is a Political Satire, with thirteen cuts. 8. _The Man in the Moon_, London, 1827(?). A Poem. _N.B._ The word _poem_ has many meanings. 9. _The Man in the Moon_. Edinburgh, 1832. A small sheet, sold for political purposes, at the high price of a penny. The Lunar Man pledges himself to "do as I like, and not to care one straw for the opinion of any person on earth." 10. _The Man in the Moon_. London, 1847. This is a comical serial, edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach; and is rich, racy, and now rare. 11. _The Moon's Histories_. By a Lady. London, 1848. _The Mirror of Pythagoras_ _Vide_ p. 147. "In laying thus the blame upon the moone, Thou imitat'st subtill _Pythagoras_, Who, what he would the people should beleeve, The same be wrote with blood upon a glasse, And turn'd it opposite 'gainst the new moone Whose beames reflecting on it with full force, Shew'd all those lynes, to them that stood behinde, Most playnly writ in circle of the moone; And then he said, Not I, but the new moone Fair _Cynthia_, perswades you this and that." _Summer to Sol_, in _A Pleasant Comedie, called Summer's Last Will and Testament_. Written by Thomas Nash. London, 1600. _The East Coast of Greenland_. _Vide_ p. 171. "When an eclipse of the moon takes place, they attribute it to the moon's going into their houses, and peeping into every nook and corner, in search of skins and eatables, and on such occasions accordingly, they conceal all they can, and make as much noise as possible, in order to frighten away their unbidden guest." --_Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland_: Capt. W. A. Graah, of the Danish Roy. Navy. London, 1837, p. 124. _Lord Iddesleigh on the Moon_. _Vide_ p. 189. S
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