The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-07 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Wonder Castle : a Structure of Seven Stories.
A. F. Frere. With a Frontispiece by g•
Wehnert. Addey and Co. There is a. considerable amount of talent ry
played in this little volume ; the stories are velia
interesting, and will certainly prove attractive Ditig
agreeable to young readers. The most araugost
is " The Search aster Ugliness," in which the natio
ugly man ever seen goes abroad to search fori is,
ugliest woman for a wife. The prettiest tweoisl
however, the last, called " Recollections of tibel
Stile," which is related in a touching, simple' the
earnest manner. The ancient resting-place oe old
village, where the young gambolled and t' ass
conversed, had seen successive generatieirls ho
away from the scene, while it remainea•
character of Sir Guys well described ; th.ret.ftabl°
indulged, arrogant boy became a hasty, 3 by
man, and finally ruinedheisrhipiness fb! very
' his own overbearing disposition,
pleasing heroine, and9icelf 1° of
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simple life are very ably given, frnoirnsee.4fe'tio 911
first played with the children in the fields arOtlalihe
till she returned from abroad to die at home. rto
had many troubles ; but at last she arrange'',
depart to a distant country. It is thus relate(' 'ot
" So the marriage took place, and away they ler
across the seas, and she was made happy after %co
long sorrow and the wish of her childhood, ht,
fulfilled. It pained me to lose her from inY„sigli 10
but I knew it was for her advantage ; and °Dm the
the dark winter days I liked to think of her in st
land of perpetual sunshine and flowers, and al
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fancied her a child again, twining wreaths of ,rria,
with her companions." " The Wandering .`-top
cesses " and The Magic Needle " also c°ll
novelty and instruction.

A Life of Wellington for Boys. By Walter A--12.1iscilie;
author of "Syria and the Holy Land." A`u
and Co. it
This work is inten,led for juvenile readers• the
gives the life of the great commander in °t
.simplest and most concise form. Its chief °
is by the omission of superfluous details and
the
cessary descriptions, to fix on the reader's mill,
causes and consequences of actions and ev°l.ter,o
as clear a manner as possible. The wr.,.,1
says the preface, " has borne in mind the tlie
own criticism on Sir William Allan's picture 9ci his
Battle of Waterloo. Good, very good,' sal 0
Grace ; not too much smoke.' Now, storiesoll
well as pictures of battles have their smoke, °too'
of which consists of superfluous details, that. Os
fuse the reader, and hinder his perception Toe,
main features of the action. "The present col de'
de'
however, is not deficient in interest, nor is it ' fir
void of details as to render it tedious. All 53ere
culars of the important events are given, and De'
are eight illustrations. Several interesting, DO'
dotes are given in conclusion, of which the 1°
lug is one : „of;
" In the country one day the Duke saw in the gf-, tb°
a young boy, whom he recognised as belong,hig:crir
gardens, but who was busil engaged in soulo '°clOø°
table Occupation on the ground. The Duke wen",:terit;
and looked, but still could not solve the ill 700",
What are you about ?' he asked, in his poii" boii
w, ay. It's a pet toad I'm feeding ' answered the tos'
and they're going to send me to, school, and heirt ot
will die." Never mind ; go to school,' said the diJ
captain ; I'll take care of the toad.' And so lv?,/
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The boy went to school, and subsequently ree,e1,.„016
letter
well-knwnhwicnhauretnga
reported the
ri
thwewting of
well beinF,
F.
M. ofthe
the tO3( ;),"ce 1
Wellington."

New Nursery ACI"-
Songs. By Mrs. Folien. .`"
and Co. of the
This is a little volume of nursery songs/ ch
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simplest description suited for very inuneria°'
.
011. They are lively and pleasing, and in —f tli
t,,0 imitate the beauties and avoid the defeots,°djes'
musical nonsense" of Mother Goose's rne'°Øllol3
Many of them are arranged to suit old tuncs,a pfe"
c.
as " Buy a Broom," & An illustration I'ol'
fixed to each of them, and they are likely Voo
a welcome addition to the nursery collecv

songs.

THE FOG OF YESTERDAY,—We are inforuhed by by t
respondent that the fog of yesterday was taken/f.
Blackfoot-Indians for an t epse, the arrival ears agcl;
was prophesied by a Saga mother of the:i's Ye-ioti°4l
Our correspondent concludes singular conunillniegic,:yc.
in the following words :—" The birds at the c°,11"0
Gardens all went to root, and the Bantara-g:,:-de°-'d
gave forth the same " czow " as at Equinox.,d
which, no doubt, gave or:gin to the favourite 0".
lish son, " Bright Chanticleer proclaims the 311,,ehil;CS:ijo
ADVANTAGES OF PORTLAND ROADS AS A f r
REFUFE.— Captain John James Holdsworti
barque Susan Crisp, has, we erceive addressed "itosPi'
to the Shipping Gazette, dated from' Portland nerr
the contents of which he is desirous should be ghe-
known in shipping circles. "Having," As i--teesad-t
" been fortunate enough to run into this roams rolioh-0
the gales which overtook the large fleet of eleof
vessels which left the Downs -the nierßing colT
oth.;ote"
17th of January, he, in common with marl/
manders accustomed to the channel, !Iveig ije;
was_ most agreeably sucolised to find, comparatzio
so fine an anchorage. Indeed (he add) ter
no.o hesitate to say that as soon as the breakvv:d.; pi'
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rpertogress is completed, there will not be alisoi aa of
f age in the English Channel. Having taieh°,f°
portunitye of comparing notes with many eat
aV • els at Portland, he found that they seea _s,,,ecvVe
thisnundefined, but unfavourable, impression reteta.of
roadstead, which had been entirely dissillA dint° J
expresses a hope that his letter will be the ral,.e inste-ot
fherio_smretchoempmreesnsdatiodn o
.. masters. of vessels, tli‘ g gl4°
la.
aiisni
klbdi
senagont
of
propertyi
directions,
b.OU t iann heavy eal
lives,
etahtehye
should
so r foidecl
trectiois. run
hav 10' 311
Roads. Messrs. Bowen and Block
course.
description of P o
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