The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-10 00:00:00

lies much the same.

Wism ar.
At id is Aurelia alter'd P
Edri c.
Yes, the is chang'd, I think.
Aurel ia,
1,. Ethic !
You.

How, bq ?

You riddle ?

I gliess'd it.

Wism ar.

Edric.
:In a manner scarcely possible I
Wisir2 ir.

Uric.
She looks lovelier them ever.
Wismar.

Aurelia.

Oh, for shame.

The touch of bashfulness in the last line is
truly Hibernian ! It is with regret we tear our-
selves away from the consideration of this highly
comic tragedy ; but best friends Must part, and
our chicf consolation is► that in the course
of a few months we may be presented by the au-
thor with another tragedy, as jocose and face-
tious as the present. By the bye, Wismar
would make a capital pantomime ; Grimaldi
would enact the fat Count to the life.

SYDENHAM, 3 VoLx.—LoNnoN, 1830.

" Sydenham, or Memoirs of a Man of the
World" is a well-told tale, not over-abundant in
incident, but what there is, is made the most of,
and wrought up in a highly popular and attrac-
tive manner. Throughout the tale occasional
passing reflections on men and manners are in-
troduced with considerable effect, insomuch as
they are stamped by truth and pointed with sa-
tire and great worldly acuteness. The characters
ponrtrayed are, for the most part, those which
abound in modern society, and which, after
having run their brief career and created their
little sensation, fade—drop off, and become ex-
tinct.

LIBRARY OF ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE.
LONDON, 1830.

The account of the New Zealanders, their
history, manners, religion, state of society,
civilization, &c., which form the fifth volume of
the first part of the " Library of Entertaining
Knowledge," are full, distinct, and satisfactory,
an" form the most delightful reading possible.
The narrative of those two eminent voyagers,
Tasman and Cooke, are replete with interest.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
EDINBURGH, 1830.
By the prospectus of this popular and com-
prehensive miscellany, which is now being repub-
islitd, and which contains a larger body of useful

information than any former Encyclopedia—we
learn that it is intended to publish a parr
monthly, six parts and
entire work is to be brought within the compass
of twenty quarto volumes. Wino Nve consider
the amazing lcig,th to which works of this va-
rious nature have hitherto been Tun out, that
one Encyclopedia is in sixty, another in seventy,
and another in thirty or forty volumes, the utility
of so condensed a miscelkny as the present will
be evident. With regard to its literary merits,
wo have no need to say more than that amonp,
its contributors are to be found the names of
some of the brightest intellects in Europe. Scott,
Mackintosh, Mayfair, Stewart, Hazlitt,
Jeffrey, and many others of nearly equal note,
arc among its chief supporters.

THE REPROOF OF BRUTUS.—LoNpox, 1830.
So far as smoothness of versification, correct-
ness of imagery, soundness of thought, and
general energy of manner, can make a poem
popular, we think we may confidently promise
the author of this volume no slight modicum of
popularity. He is a fluent and accomplished
veraifyer.

SOUTHEY'S LIFE OF NELSON.—LosnoN, 1830.

Mr. Murray has acted with his usual judg-
ment in reprinting Southey's admirable " Life
of Nelson ;" one of the most popular and capti-
vating pieces of biography in this or any lan-
guage—for the benefit of the subscribers to his
agreeable miscellany, " The Family Library."
Few books have had greater circulation than
these authentic memoirs, and few have ever better
deserved it. Their chances of circulation are
now, if possible, increased, inasmuch as the
price is considerably diminished, and the book
itself, apparently without being in any way
abridged or curtailed, has been brought within
the commodious compass of one volume.

CARIVELL, OR CRIME AND SORROW.
LONDON, 1830.

A well-written tale, possessing much natural
pathos and force of description. From the std le
of the sentiments, and the general turn of the
incidents, we should conceive that. " Carvell"
was the production of a lady. We have heard
it, indeed, attributed to a near relative of the
late celebrated Sheridan. If so, it does her
great credit, and will meet with numerous ad-
mirers.

XENOPHON'S ANABASIS, WITH EXPLANA-
TORY NOTES.—LoNnox, 1830.

This is an extremely useful school-book, full
of valuable observations in the shape of notes,
which clear up, and render familiar to the young
student's mind, all that, from local or other
causes, may appear confused and unintelligible
in the text. The Editor is Mr. F. C. Belfour,
who has done himself much credit by his task.

ELEMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY.-LONDON, 1830.
This is an intelligent little elementary treatise,
designed chiefly for the benefit of young students
i❑ geography. Mr. Murray has conferred a
benefit on the rising generation by its publication.

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.
EDINBURGH, 1830.

There is much condensed and pertinent know-
ledge in this periodical, which, as its title im-
ports, is wholly devoted to practical subjects. It
is under the patronage of the Highland Society
of Scotland---a fact which forms of itself the
best possible voucher for its merits. To farmers
and agriculturists in general we strongly recom-
mend it, as a work from which they will derive
an abundance, not of visionary or theoretical,
but of sound practical information.

'WEBSTER'S ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
LONDON, 1830.

So far as this work has as yet proceeded, we
have every reason to be satisfied with it. In its
arrangement it is a very manifest improvement
on Todd's Johnson, and in its matter contains
many thousands of words more than
any Dic-
tionary that has been hitherto published. It is
impossible to refer to any one page of it without
discovering that Dr. Webster is a capital ety-
mologist. His derivations are exceedingly just,
and his terms of explanation arc full, without
being redundant. The work will appear in
twelve parts, each consisting of twenty sheets, at
intervals of two months. When completed, it
will form two handsome quarto volumes.