'I never talk about the clouds; I never wander forth alone I weighed, last winter, sixteen stone,- 'I never wish to raise a veil, I never tell a tender tale, I cannot kneel as once I did; I never do as I am bid, I'm not a Lover now! I make strange blunders every day, Take smiles for wrinkles, black for grey, And neices for their aunt; I've learnt to utter yours and you Instead of thine and thou; And Belles may read, and Beaux may write, I burned my Album Sunday night ;— hearts away, When Laura sings young When Mary draws her white gloves out, "Too hot to kick one's heels about!" I'm not a Lover now! 'I'm busy now with state affairs; I ask the price of rail-road shares ; Upon the withered bough.. I save a fortune in perfumes ;- I may be yet, what others are, A party's chief or tool: Come shower or sunshine,-hope or fear,- My heart and lute are broken here;- Lady! the mist,' &c. The mixture of pleasantry, satire, and an under-current of sad feeling which characterizes these stanzas, strongly reminds us of some of the songs of our elder poets. The Winter's Wreath has, in some respects, stronger claims to our approbation than any of the rest. It is of a more decidedly moral and religious cast, its object being to present 'a volume to young persons, in which nothing injurious in example or sentiment should be introduced.' Tales and amatory verses, with all such stimulating articles, are excluded; and an attempt has been made, which does great honour to the Editor's heart, to combine the grave with the gay, the useful with the pleasing, in the attractive form of a literary album, with a more religious regard to tendency and general effect. Among the contributors will be found the names of W. Wordsworth; Mrs. Hannah More; the Rev. T. Gisborne; Mrs. Hemans, Mrs. Grant; Miss Holford; T. B. Macauley; William Roscoe; and the Rev. W. Scoresby. Speaking generally, we must say that the prose contributions are by far the most valuable; but, amid much versification that does not rise above mediocrity, there is some poetry of a higher order. Among the engravings to this volume, there is a very interesting portrait of the late Bishop Heber; also, a view of Barley Wood, and a very beautiful one of Winandermere. We cordially recommend the volume as a most unexceptionable present to young persons. Of the Bijou, we can say nothing, not having yet seen its contents. ART. XI. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION.. In the press, and will be published early in December, in 2 vols. 12mo. The Antidote; or Memoirs of a Modern Freethinker including Letters and Conversations on Scepticism and the Evidences of Christianity. The Rev. J. R. Pitinan has in the press, and nearly ready for publication, in 2 vols. 8vo., a Second Course of Sermons for the Year, containing two for each Sunday, and one for each Holyday. Abridged from the most eminent Divines of the Established Church, and adapted to the service of the day. Dr. Conquest will publish early in December, a Fourth and carefully revised Edition of his Outlines of Modern Midwifery; and early in the Spring, a work on the Diseases of Women and Children. Mr. Aspin is preparing for publication, Urania's Mirror, Second Part, containing Representations of the Planets; with Descriptions, and an Apparatus forming a substitute for an Orrery; the whole fitted up in an ornamental Box. In the press, and to be published by subscription, (price 6s.) Introductory Essays to the following Astronomical subjects: 1. Introduction: to find a Meridian Line: the Elevation of the Pole: the Height of the Equator: the Uses of Gnomons.-2. Division of Time. -3. The Shape and Dimensions of the Earth.-4. The Parallax and Refraction of the Heavenly Bodies -5. The fixed Stars.-6. The Motion of the Sun, and its Apparent Orbit.-7. The Apparent Diameter of the Sun and Primary Planets: the Real Magnitudes of the Sun and Planets: the Distance of the Planets from the Sun.-8. The Orbits of the Planets.-9. The Motion of the Primary Plauets.-10. The Motion of the Secondaries. Preparing for publication, Hope Les. lie, or Early Times in the Massachusetts. By the Author of "Redwood;" "A New England Tale," &c. In the press, The Lady's Monitor; or Letters and Essays on Conduct, Morals, Religion, &c. addressed to young ladies. By Lady Jane Grey, Queen Katharine, &c. &c. A New Volume of Tales, by the Author of " May you like it," is in the press, and will appear before Christ mas. Fine Arts. Moon, Boys, and Graves, Printsellers and Publishers, (Successors to Hurst, Robinson, and Co.) 6, Pall Mall, are preparing for publication, a Complete Catalogue of the stock of Engravings recently purchased by them from the assignees of H., R., and Co.'s estate. The Catalogue will be arranged alphabetically according to the names of the painters, and will include a variety of new works in the course of publication. It will also include complete lists of Engravings contained in the Musée François, Boydell's large and small Shakspeare, Forster's British Gallery, Tomkins's British Gallery of Old Masters, &c. &c. Also, in the press, a Descriptive Catalogue of the works of that admirable artist, Wenceslaus Hollar, arranged according to their various classes, with a Biographical Account of his Life, from the MSS. of the late Messrs. Robert Graves, sen. and jun. with additions, by Francis Graves. In the press, the Process of Historical Proof explained and exemplified; to which are subjoined, Observations on the Peculiar Points of the Christian Evidence. By Isaac Taylor, jun. Author of" Elements of Thought;" and "Transmission of Ancient Books." The following Works are in the press, by the Rev. James Hinton, A. M. and George Cox, of the Classical School at Oxford. 1. First Steps to the Latin Classics; comprising simple sentences arranged in a progressive series, with directions for Construing, and a Literal Interlinear Translation. 2. Parsing Lessons; containing the Grammatical and Syntactical Parsing of every word in the "First Steps to the Latin Classics." In 2 Parts. 3. Easy Roman Histories, abridged from Classical Authors; with Directions for Construing, and an Appendix, as a Companion to the "First Steps to the Latin Classics." 4. A Complete Vocabulary of all the words which occur in the "Easy Roman Histories;" in which the words employed with unusual meanings are pointed out by a distinct reference. ***The "First Steps" may be had without the "Interlinear Translation," and bound up with the "Parsing Lessons." In the press, Introductory Report to the Code of Prison Discipline, explanatory of the principles on which the Code is founded. Being part of the System of Penal Laws prepared for the State of Louisiana. By Edward Living ston. In the press, the Balance of Crime, or the guiltiness of Sucinianism compared with the guiltiness of profligacy addressed to young doubters. By the Rev. Isaac Taylor of Ongar. A Short Series of Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine, by Dr. Lardner, the Professor of Mechanical Philosophy in the New University, is announced for publication. The Author professes to have treated the subject in the most familiar style, and to have stripped it so far of mathematical reasoning and technical phraseology, as to render it at once intelligible and interesting to the general reader. ART. XII. List of WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED. FINE ARTS. Twenty-six Illustrations to Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler. 8vo. prints, 14. 1s. 4to. India proofs, 21. 2s. On the first of November was published, the First Part of a New General Atlas of fifty-one Maps, with the divisions and boundaries carefully coloured; constructed entirely from drawings, and engraved by Sidney Hall. new ***The discoveries of recent voya gers and travellers in every known region of the globe, the nautical surveys and exploratory enterprises instituted by various governments and states, and the important changes made in the den arcation of boundaries between contiguous territories belonging to different Powers, continue to supply a multitude of data for increasing our knowledge of the earth and its divisions, natural and political; and are daily furnishing additions and amendments for the published records of that knowledge. From these considerations, and from the very natural desire of applying to a useful purpose materials which had long been accumulating, the present undertaking originated. In preparing the drawings, the best and most recent authorities have been consulted; reference has been had to archives and to private collections not generally accessible, and the emendatory suggestions of experienced travellers, both native and foreign, have been requested and obtained. The work will be completed in seventeen parts, each containing three maps. A part will be published every month, price 10s. 6d. The size of each map has been fixed at twenty inches by sixteen, those dimensions being found most con venient for preservation and reference; and in the chorographical delineations, as well as in the orthography of the names inserted, the strictest attention to accuracy has been and will be unremittingly bestowed. A few India proof impressions will be taken off and carefully coloured, price 15s. per number; and as no more will be printed than are previously subscribed for, early orders are solicited. MEDICINE, Reports of Medical Cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of Diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy; embracing Dropsy, Inflammation of the Lungs, Phthisis, and Fever. By Richard Bright, M.D. F. R. S. &c. 4to. with 16 coloured plates. 41. 4s. boards. MISCELLANEOUS. A Treatise on the Steam Engine, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive. By John Farey, Engineer. Illustrated by numerous wood-cuts and 25 copperplates, engraved by Wilson Lowry, from drawings by Mr. Farey. In 1 vol. 4to. 51. 5. boards. Conversations on the Animal Economy. By a Physician. In 2 vols. 12mo. illustrated by plates, &c. 16s. boards. A Treatise on the New Method of Land Surveying; with the improved Plan of keeping the Field Book. Designed for the use of Schools, and for those who wish to be practitioners in the science. By Thomas Hornby, Land-Surveyor. Plates. 8vo. 10s. 6d. THEOLOGY. Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon. A New Edition. 25, 6d, bds, GENERAL INDEX. VOL. XXVIII. NEW SERIES. Abjuration, stanzas entitled, 273, 4. of, 543, et seq. his Aird's religious characteristics, 166, et juvenile, 171; contents of the work, 172; Albany, in South Africa, British settlement Alexander's translation of Mirza Modeen's Lieut., travels from India to Allbut's elements of useful knowledge in American Sketches, 83, et seq. Amulet, the, 557, et seq.; angel visits, by Anglicana Vestigia, 428, et seq. Antipathy, observations on, 173.* Apologie der Neuern Theologie, &c. see Applause, human, on the love of, 212, 13. |