The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-02 00:00:00

NEW MONTHLY.

Soapy Sponge promises to be rivalled in populai'ity
by " Tom Hall"—the reader of the New 11Iont.hly
being admitted each month to all kinds of delightfully
interesting secrets in regard to the latter's heartac cles
and horses. Thanks to the inexhaustible John Ox on-
ford we have another curious old German ballad h,ere
translated, bight " The Waterman," a very different
kind of fellow in all respects from our own " Jc lly
Young Waterman." Nicholas Michell as usual c on-
tinues his story of Hester Somerset, and Mr. J ally
Green proves himself to be more than ever jocose by
certain " Seaside and Sporting Recreations." A 'roost
agreeable little paper about" Nathaniel Hawthorne"' we
would commend to all those who may not be familiar
with the present state of American literature; 71nd
such as may be nervous about the possibility oX an
invasion we would refer to the article on "Fire Ara is,"
an article not only elaborate but just now very at.
tractive in its charcter. Mr. Brailsford greets so me
" friends at sea," a German soldier paints sun dry
pictures of his barrack life, and Dr. Surtees reconints
several recollections of North America through. the
medium of the periodical under notice, in which will
be found also two very readable criticisms, one. on
" Sir Charles Napier in
Scinde," and the other on
.‘ Niebuhr the Historian."

AINS WORTH.
Gradually, the reader who has not read it pre-
viously is becoming month after
month more ab-
sorbed in the. editor's enthralling romance of " Pc:ndle
Forest." His interest in the narrative is here more
especially aroused by the revelation of the mysl;eries
of Malkin Tower—the most sombre, and perhaps for
that very reason the most facinating, chapter of the
" Lancashire Witches:'
We are gratified to find
among the miscellaneous contributions to Ainsworth
another of the delightful papers headed " Shahs-
periana." Similar "continuations" will be met with
also in its pages—of
" Velthinas," of "Florence
Hamilton," and of "The Confederates," As the
poetical contribution for February, we have here,
moreover, some graceful stanzas by E. E. M. K,, en-
titled.,lhe Coquette Penitent." Besides these,
orth contains "Rough Notes from my Diary,"
" The Maiden's Retreat," by
Mr. Pecker, together with " An Evening with some
Socialists, and a
by Mr. Anthony, and
InagazinA tale called "Mrs. William
Johnson's Cafe-dinatoire."

BENTLEY.
gives
Professor Creasy
"liography of Admi-
ral Cologni," as the
meeenntit.sriabution to his series of
" Unsuccessful Great
,'' the memoir is illustrated
with the portraits of AdmiralChatun Coligni and his two
brothers, Cardinal
and D'Andelot. Mr.
Robert Smithson relates h-11 he assisted at the late
coup tr etat in Paris, and Ar.
adventures in Italy. Messrs.
Peregrine Potts sundry
Smithson and Potts are
most amusing gentlemen, whose acquaintance we
shall rejoice to renew on somee future occasion. The
Comte de la Marck furnish with some amusing
anecdotes of M. de Lafayette us
and the Duke of Or-
leans (Egalite). The latter, it appears, possessed
more good qualities than the
d© World has hitherto given
him credit tor. The Comte
la Marck, who, as
the friend of Marie Antoinette,
,vas naturally preju-
diced against the Duke of Orleans
" lie was in one particular very "P—
different to most
princes, he always feared to throw constraint over those
persons, to whatever rank or
position
might belong,
in so-
ciety; on the contrary, he
great pains he
pains to put them
thoroughly at their ease; for this he
ound necessary to
his own comfort as he could not
hims
bear to be under any
restraint; and nothing embarrassed r
more than to
meet with people who were themselv
much embar-
rassed. Ile allowed his wit and.gai
malice was ever mixed up with It. °tY full play, but no
" The Duke of Orleans was most 8
in keeping his word; ho considered that crapulously exact
engaged in fulfilling anything aPPro his honour was
misc., in however imprudent a mamentaehing to a pro-
to have been uttered. lie was retiring it might chance
yeas, and felt readily embarrassed whenand rather ner-
upon to alter his usual habits. This, ho was called
feet in a Prince; but it is a defect Wn'ict:rhaps, is a de-
rally united to amiability and goodness La men is gene-
Duke of Orleans ,could never entirely of heart. The
coming this sense of timidity. Lie could succeed in over-
speak in public." never manage to
We have an excellent sporting paper, entitled " Don-
caster Races and Racing, an amusing
the habits, &c., of crocodiles, in ‘4 zo 0 account of
ogical Notes
and Anecdotes," and several reviews
of new books.