The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-23 00:00:00

LITERATURE

PO R GET-ME.NO T.
Ackermann, London, 1838.
This is, we believe, the oldest of the Annuals, and is certainly one of the best conducted of the glittering frater-
Inity. The literary department contains numerous clever
nse,,tiles,st.wo of which,-namely, " The Siege" by Jerrold,
t.:PCßleeding-Heart Yard" by Mackenzie, are full of ex-
adroitly worked-up incident. Miss Landon, now
Maclean, contributes two or.three poems, though not
dialber best style ; and Miss Browne an animated poetic
Iltalogue
trust entitled " The Poet and the Magician." Nor
aron we omit to mention the " Genie of 'Wealth," which is
de oriental tale penned in a sprightly, vigorous manner,
ti
by one who is familiar with the customs and legendary
traditions of the East. The Illustrations are eleven in num-
her, are, the majority of them, from the pencil of Rolls,
is
r.anks deservedly h;gh as an engraver. The " Siege"
stirring, animated sketch, containing a variety of figures
;Tedarmed with considerable skill. The countenance of the
warrior, who is leaning sadly against the battle-
his feet of. 4 fortress, with some spent cannon balls at
Pe th 'eet, as if hopeless of being able longer to defen bevsieged town, is full of expression. Mor.niny itu.eeeY:r
with
a little boy sitting on his motherxis s
; his little hands clasped together in prayer.
4ess ugUre is well delineated ; but there is more stern-
•
ratit in the lady's countenance than the occasion war,
sleotti A
" Highland Gillie" shows us a wild, mountainous
sh landscape, with a Highlander and his sinewy,
es 37 "
horse standing together in the fore-ground. Mar-
r„i_ is a striking view of this celebrated cockney watering-
are, re
Ihe picture is a clever one, but the artist has imi-
I T,u_rner's manner rather too closely. " The Prinscess
ni the
seen west" exhibits a pretty little fragment of sylvan
Oft
hery:na.s.
seen through a. half-op.ened window. The figure
Idchan female who is kneeling at the feet of a lady
alivene near this window, is truly symmetrical in its pro-
Portio
Youa„,E7_. In the plate entitled " Almeira," we see two
females" who appear busily engaged in a brisk alter-
". As the one is all smiles and sweetness, and the
°tiler loak
that .‘ Bas sour as a vinegar-cruet, we take for granted
1,13, thee latter has got the worst of the argument. Possi-
both LeY are quarrelling about a " sweet-heart" with whom
Las tua" fallen in love ; and the smiling one feels that she
in ~.ne best chance of success. The broad masses of shade
2 engravin. are well defined, especially in the back-
W-1:1114(1* Alice Lee"—which by-the-bye, is illustrated
seitu Some sweet stanzas from the pen of L. E. L.Tel)
are:
...;Its the interior of an old, high-roofed baronial h•
waerei, at an oaken table, curiously carved, are seated two
.
iveverable men, while a young lady—doubtless the fair
nerojoe
of Scott's " Woodstock"—is reading to them some
fil-rages, from the Bible probably, for she is on her knees,
plateattitude of devotion. Stocks is the engraver of this
, which is one of the best in the volu The remain.
g Plates are of the
avenge o,d r of mer mit.e.

STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION.
Smith, London, 1838.
&Ye have here editions of some of the most popular of
67 tt's and Crabbe's poems ; Goldsmith's Vicar of Wake-
teid ; Kirke White's poems ; and Bligh's Narrative of the
jiny of the Bounty ;—each of which is completed in one
eent,o part ; printed with remarkable elegance, on excel-
af Paper, acrd priced at the comparatively insignificant sum
out°L.le shilling. When Scott's Lady of the Lake first came
here quarto, the selling price was a guinea-and-a-half, and
cheap we have it, notes and all. for a shilling ! Truly, this is
literature with a vengeance !

ELLIS'S BRITISH TARIFF.
wilier! 8 the eleventh edition, containing all the alterations
t`lo have been made in our laws concerning trade and%eat Rio:house regulations during the last Session of ParlT-
Icrin:Arr most useful work. In a neat, compendious, plain
ofinf "I'. Ellis supplies every mercantile man with the sort
anortoation
too we Which he most requires. Such a work, which
pensab'e inmate of every counting-house, is now
tjoil 7eil known to the public to need any recommenda-
ita I."' us. Every year adds to its merit, and adds to
cul
i cr ation.