The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-07 00:00:00

NATIONAL 21.121 GAZINE.

The essay, or criticism, or whatever else it may be
called, on " Combe's Phrenology," opens in a most grave
and grandiloquent style, and ends, as might be anticipated
from such a commencement, in just nothing at all. The
mountain labours ; its throes are convulsive—awful ; and
the result is a mouse ! The author explicitly states that
he is gnorant of phrenology, yet pretends to prove that
it is false. It is so ; yet its falsity is not to be demon-
strated by an avowed Ignoramus. We have generally ob-
served that men with unexceptionable foreheads are strongly
tempted to place faith in this system ; while those who are
deficient in sound moral, mental, and virtuous bumps,
are decided sceptics. The " Abbey Grange" is a passable
story, illustrated by a spirited lithographic engraving.
The " Reviews of New Books," which occupy a promi-
nent place in this periodical, seem to us to be fairly enough
executed. In particular, the notice of a foolish tragedy
entitled the " Cicisbeo" is smartly, and even humorously,
written.

BL A CEW 0 OD' S LADY'S MAGAZINE—NEW
MONTHLY BELLE A S SEMBLEE.
Two periodicals which cater chiefly to the tastes of the
fair sex, and not unsuccessfully, inasmuch as they have
much sentimental poesy, a brace of sentimental tales each,
and the fashions of the month engraved and described with
all the skill and care that such important matters deserve.

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
The most entertaining article in the Number before us, is
the description of the famous battle of Ostrolenka, which, it
may be remembered, was fought between the Poles and Rus-
sians, some months after the former had broken out into
open insurrection, in that year of revolutions, 1830. This
sketch—which is from the pen of a brave Polish officer
who was engaged in the battle—is drawn with consummate
spirit and vividness, and is illustrated by a map, showing
the exact position of the two armies during the sanguinary
conflict. Next in interest to this, is the account of the
present state of the " cavalry" colonies in the south of
Russia, which has a very recommendatory matter-of-fact-
❑ess about it.

THE ECCLESIASTICAL LEGAL GUIDE,
Hodson, Fleet-street.

This is a compilation said to be selected and arranged
from the private papers and documents of a succession of
Secretaries to Archbishops and Bishops, from cases and
opinions of civil lawyers, and from decisions of the Judges
in matters relating to ecclesiastical offices and property.
In thil. Number there is a good deal of legal information,
on the subject of sequestrations, simony, perpetual cura-
cies, &c., which must prove useful to the clergy, patrons,
churchwardens, and parish officers.

CHRISTIAN REFORMER.
Sherwood and Co.

Of the articles in the present Number, those on the
" Quaker Controversy in England," and on the" University
of Gottingen," together with Mr. Wood's " Letters on Ame-
rica," are the most calculated to interest the general reader.
They will well reward an attentive perusal. The reviewing
department displays, as usual, much ability. We regret
that want of space should prevent us from giving so ample
a notice of the varied contents of this Number as their
importance deserves.

ARBORETUM BRITANNICUM. Nos. 52, 53, 6-54.

Longman and Co.
This excellent work will be completed in two more
Numbers at the utmost, after which the price will be
raised to non-subscribers. It will form one of the best
Encyclopaedias of Arboriculture ever published.