The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-05 00:00:00

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LITERATURE.
O.V rnz rAIiOCMAL SYSTAIII AND PA
PE —Cu Glasgow,. 1003.
There is much of Doctor Chalmers' fervid co-
ituerice in this Treatise, which would':. otherwise
be Lu owing to the dry, practical, mat-
ter-of-tact nature of the subject. ThrotOiout
the work the Rev. Author shows an evident-,
kindly sympathy for the poorer clasSes of society,
and recommends the higher orders to hold more
frequent intercourse with, and exhibit a met,
considerate feeling towards, them, if they WGLI
wish to keep the country in a state of colitinuols
tranquillity. "There is a very genera: forebo;l-
-ing," he observes, " that we arc flist ripening f r
a catastrophe; and we will not say that they
the common people of our laud who are
tiler to blame for it. The very distance at SlH_,'
the rich keep themselves from the poor, v.(
enough or itself to engender a f.(Aiilg in
the hosouii of the latter, and to fill them will all
rankling and suspicious imagination . The al
tio.l &conies mutual; and even though on the
o.te side there should be nothing; worse-than the
I bitual inattention of lTlinds otherwise taken up,
this might bear to the general eye the aspect of
a lordly or aristocratic scorn; and if so inte•e-
Inc ter, will separate by a still wider nwal in r
val the patrician and plebeian order of the mu-
tomtit; from each °tiler." Those who take at!
interest in the workings of the parochial mystein
will du well to peruse this Treatise with 4ttention.

HALES IBELANII. Pert xur,
How and Parnu, Ltquipit, 1841.
In point of embel,ishments) this Part io every
way equal, if not superior, to its prede(43Stai. In
particular, the sketch of " Power#court Watt,r•
fall" is eminently beautiful; the varyinv umbra.
geous s:iuduws of the thick copses on either side
the cataract the brilliant, silvery flashing. tights
of the falling water, the dark, rnfiied rod
at the bottom, fringed also with waoo
and relieved by the solitary figure of as
angler;—these details are handled with a
skill and delicacy that do great credit to ttie
engraver, Mr. Willmore. Hardly less clever, in
its way, is the view of the " Four Courtio"- in ihtb-
lin, wherein the difficulties of a long range of
perspective are mastered in a very artist Vie
style: In the letter-press department ova Inca
with several curious particulars respecting the
antiquities of the county of Wexford, ar.d an in-
teresting account of the neighbourhood of Ban
now—interspersed with characteristic anecdotes
—where, it seems the editor spent the years of
her childhood.

CR UIKSILINK S WINIB US. 7714 London, 1841.
This amusing Miscellany has now reached its
Fifth Number, and continues its career with un-
abated spirit and efficiency. There are some
laughable comic sketches by Cruikshank, entitled
" A Skating Party," Wherein an awkward squad
of skaters are represented tumbling and rolling
about in all directions, and in the most grotesque
attitudes ; a view of a storm on the sea-coast,
with a shipwreck in the distance, by the same
artist, but his more serious and impressive
manner : 'and several whimsical articles in prose
and 'verse, more especially a hurnourous essay
'ander tha head of " Duns Demonstrated."

THE FORGET-ME-NOT. Ackcrrnann, London,lB4l.
" The Forget-me-Not" is one of the oldest and
most carefully edited of the Annuals, having, as
Mr. Shoberl informs us, just completed its twen-
tieth year. He is right, when he adds in his
Prefice,. that " whether through fashion, caprice,
or the positive demerits of some of those new
comi e'.itors which started each succeeding year
in the race of imitation, and mostly broke down
in their first course, certain it is tha\ the
Annuals, from especial favourites of the public,
have conic to be regarded almost with:indiffer-
ence." There is certainly a very- evident indif-
ference exh:.bitcd towards Annuals by the pub-
lic ; and the reason is that they arc, for the
most part, of the flimsiest character possible;
and in the limited sphere to which they usually
confi:ie themselves, evince but very ordinary
ability; the poetry being, in nine eases out cf
ten, but second-rate, and the prose fictions little,
Vat all, superior. " The Forget-me-Not," how-
ever, is an exception, and consequently has been
able to hold its ground in public estimation. In
the volume before us—which, by the bye, pre-
sents a very gorgeous exterior this year—the:e
is a judicious selection of prose and verse ; the
prose tales, in particular, are some of them e3i-
cellent; and it is not often that we find hi an
Annual, such an interesting story as Miss Law-
ranee's " Louis the Eleventh at Plessis-les-
Tours," which refers to the closing days of this
crafty and sagacious, but tyrannical monarch,
and represents him,' as well as his confidential
adviser, Oliver the Barber,in a very' vivid night
to the reader. Of the poems, our favourite are
those contributed by Miss M. A. Browne—:s,-
pecially the " Memory of the Dead" which is
full of genuine pathos. The Plates are eleven
in number, and it is manifest that great pains
have been taken with them by their respectiv6
engravers. " A Scene in Wales" shows a young
Welch peasant girl seated on a mossy bank,
under the shadow of a spreading, elm, with a
milk-pail in her lap, and a pet goat at her Let.
The countenance of the maiden is very prepos-
sessing; she seems rapt in thought, but of a
phasing nature, for an arch smile is lurking in
the angles of her pretty expressive meuth.
Fort Rouge" is a scene on the sea-shoro.of
Calais. The town is seen in the distance, with
the low range of coast stretching far beyond it;
and in the foreground is a group of sailors and
their wives, who are indolently lying full-length
on the sands, amidst a motley, variety of chests,
baskets, and tubs, which appear to have been
just unladen from a fishing-smack.. The picture
teems with life and bustle. " Rouen, Nor-
mandy," is a remarkably well-engraved
and exhibits a view of one of the principal
streets in this fine old French city. Of the re-
maining illustrations, the best is the " Surprise
of Montrose," which is engraved by Rolls fro..:
an original design by Eckhout.

THE PARISH CLERK. 3 Vas.
Colburn, London, 1841.
The Editorship of these volumes was the last
literary task of:Theodore Hook, and his long in-
disposition was, we dare say, often relieved by
perusing their contents, which are exceedingly
y exceedingly
entertaining., and, in some instances, display
fund of broad drollery, not much inferior to that
possessed by the lamented Editor himself' The
work
from
ttoi lii
work is entitled " The Parish Clerk.o,';
circumstance of its being a collection
from time to time by one of those important pa-
rochial functionaries. A brief; lively introduction
inlbrms us that the author having been recom-
mended by Abernethy to try sea-air for a dys-
pepsia under which he laboured, went down to
Brighton ; but being soon heartily tired of this
diaa;hmtlnwahalevoMy'aitigCleillig:-palace, he set off one fine
close insmuggler's vessel ; and
while sailing shore along the Sussex
coast, lie came to a retired spot, on which stood a
solitary farm-house wliere he instantly landed,
and, the place being: greatly to his liking, he re-
solvedfal.
iform,
to i take up
eu it?his abode for a few weeks at the
. mind was tenanted by an amphi-
bious sot t of animal, half smuggler, half ihriner,
who readily agreed'to board, lodge, and " do for
him," at the cheap rate of fifteen shillings a-week
lie.
aultishorbccame gradually better aequain t-
As our
ed with 1
supper
boards
v,ould
amusing. sociallandlord, ~qualities, adnidseto'rle'eqrueedniSylitillilel3z.n"V
together, on which occasions the, festive
took
be enlivened by the preience of
several of the neighbouring tradesmen and yeo-
manry. One of their most frequent
and
able guests uas one Davy v D igl4's / who, lavcec cal are
told, cc was a shrewd, clever, uneducated, d une u . - or ra-
ther half a quarter educated fellow, who com-
bined in his own person the trades and occupa-
tions of parish clerk and sexton, parish Sunday-
school-master, parish tailor, and, what suited him
best, parish
addition to these callings, Davy also pursued the
genius—who,
gamekeeper and parish fiddler." 1,,
vocation of a poet, and with considerable ability,
as will be seen by the following touching lines,
which be composed shortly after the birth of the
twin childri.n of a neigbouring Squire :--
. "Oh beauteous babbies ! What a lovely pair !
Only one on 'cm's dark, and Cother's fair ;
The father's virtues, and the znother's'grue
Is seen distinctly in the young u'ns' face !"
betterpr o stikeilawl.lgvicinaisu
ought
tntlo Teis
our author states that he derived the substance.';');•
• the stories which are contained in the v i -"-
o untes
before us. These, for the most part, are ~..
lively character ; are somewhat hastily . °` -t
cd, and not with a sufficient eye to
incident; but are fresh and vigorous in el
manner; and so irresistibly comic ' point ol
as to set all onc's..critical gravity in Some part-,
at defiane-.

Lord Heytcsbury s appointment to the Govt:
norship of the Isle of Wight, we perceive, by the follow-
ing. extract from his patent, is merely honorary:--"Pro-
video always, and our will and pleasure is, that the said
William Lord Heytesbury shall not, in right or by vir-
tue of the said several offices hereinbefore respectively,
granted, or of any or either of them, or of holding or
occupying the same respectively, or otherwise howso-
ever, be entitled unto, nor be authorised or empowered to
have,
accept, receive, .or take any manner
ry. salary, Pe"-
wages,
fees,annuities, or allowances, gratuities, dues,
rewards, profits. commodities, or emoluments, to the said
office or offices, or any or either of them, heretofore due,
payable, accustomed, belonging, or appertaining as of
right or otherwise, or any of them, or any part or parts
thereof respectively,"