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MISCELLANEOUS' MAGAZINES.

The manager of BCtitley's Monthiij .Review, final
in; the name interfered with it, • has -changed its
title to•the New Monthly Review, with witrplx the
British Journal is now incorporated. :Me 'firit
number promises well. It opens with a memoir
of Mr.' DiSraeli, remarkable for Sits impartiality and
appreciation of genius. It is so mUch the fashion.
at present to attack and decry all t ose whom their
abiliti:es-haVe raised above the co Hu on level—it
Seems to be so generally considered, ;by the .envioua
and mediocre, a mark of taste alid judgment to
, affect a, lofty 'superiority over thoselMore brilliantly
giftedi-thut a- generous and fair suited criticism
on .a celebrated author and politiciah -Is- something.
quite original. A chapter on " The • Origin • -of•
Great Names" is curious and entertaining. " A
Trip to Parnassus," which mountain seems to be
quite out of reach, to judge from the specimens
given, is very amusing. The writer suggests that
some Government measure should protect the pub-
lic from the "mental assaults" of "ruthless poetas-
ters ;" and that, as in military or nautical offices,
candidates must answer certain questions, aspi-
rants for poetic honours should pass an examina-
tion in Horace's Art of Poetry, before allowed to
publish. The _National Miscellany. gives us the
third number of the " Military Geography of Tur-
key." A -paper, entitled "How to Settle our
Poor," considers an old question in a new light.
"The Political and Military ASpect of Sweden" is
:tha subject of some importance at present, and may,
erefOre, prove attractive. A criticism ob.\
`"Kean," a drama by Alexandre Dumas, favours the
reader with the plot, which is the most absurd
and improbable that. could well be ,
Tait! s Edinburgh Magazine opens with2a-paper'ore
"Testimonials,". 'which are certdiO h"growing
numerous and general. " rlted gmiis con-
s! and foreign.
tinued. Several sketches of traii6l
place's are 0'1;6 met with. Among thectreinalL;ing
subjects may.be mentioned "University- Reform•,,•
and' " FalStaff and Mistress Ursula."--1-11facphaibs
Edinburgh Journal has many sensiKe papers,
chiefly on ecclesiastical subjects. Some remarks
on the war are very just.—The ScOtisk
presents the reader with an essay on ." Epidemic
DelusiOns," in which, of course, table-rapping finds
a place. :It is proposed in a attire article to in-
quire into the nature of these delusions, and the
mode of remedying them. A paper on "English
Literature and the Reformation" scarcely renders
justice to Alexander Pope: —The Assurance
Magazine has much information on busines.s points.
—The Family Friend and Home Companion are
continued with their usual variety.—Vrr's Circle
of the Sciences progresses satisfactorily.—SnighCs
Cyclopedia ispublished in monthly parts, and will
plajie- a valuable work- of reference When coin-
pret ed.—The Lund we Live in has reached the
fourth , part.—The fifth number of Macaulay's
Essays has now appeared, and contains the exciting
"History of Lord Clive," the eloquent essay on
" Von Rabke's History of the Popes," "Gladstone
on Church and State," and the "Comic Dramatists
of the Reformation."