The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-04 00:00:00

7'HE SPORTING REVIEW.

A beautifully engraved portrait of Sir Harry
George Wakelyn Smith—the Hero of Aliwal—co-
pied from a full length photograph, is the frontispiece
to the number for November. The companion
plate is a portrait of " Aliwal," the war-horse of this
, Craven, and Haw-
oipping
Ca
gstosrs as ever; and
Harry Hicover, we are glad to see, re-appears this
month among the contributors in asspirit as sagaci-
th distinguishedorn are
a s captain.
jocose
and
sagaci-
ous and good humoured as heretofore.

SDIMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE.
Mr. Charles Ellerman, who has recenty done yeo-
man's service in the cause of Sanitary Reform, by
his writings on the disinfecting fluid, pursues his
" Reminiscences of Cuba," and in doing so evinces
his usual intelligence. Mr. Shreeve terminates his
interesting chaptrs on the "History of Sierra Leone"
—the White Man's Grave. Dr. Verteuil gives a
graphic sketch of the " Island of Trinidad," and be-
sides these there are several very able papers in the
Colonial for November.

C H JOURNAL.
AmongMng BthEe RcoSn'tSribEuptorisNatoUCEll(a;.lnbers during the
past October, we observe Mrs S. C. 'fall, the female
Carleton of Brompton, and Leitch Ritchie, the beau
a keepsake.' The
poetry
a r3o!
an
d prosewriter forcr nu o au
eadninntoa o t
her
double columns of
the Edinburgh Journal are, as ever, not only dc-
lightrul to read, but worthy to be preserved.

SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE.
The improvement visible .
in the illustrations of this
weekly and monthly periodical really so remarkable
as to demand a word of particular commendation.
For instance, there is a capital little sketch from a
drawing by Kenny Meadows, "Which is the Tallest?"
In the number immediately afterwards there is a
graceful and characteristic woodcut, pencilled by H.
K. Browne, the inimitable " Phiz," entitled " The
Soldier's Return." " Morning," by G. Dodgson ;
" An Irish Cabin," by F. W. Topham ; and the
Disappointment," by Alexander Johnston,, are
clever in like manner. These, embellishments are en-
graved on wood by the skilful bands of G. and E.

Dalziel. The letter-press is in a great measure
worthy of the illustrations.

THE PEOPLE'S .10(71?1VAL.
The engraved portrait of Lieutenant Holman, the
Blind Traveller, copied from the painting by J. P.
Knight, R.A., displayed in this vear's Exhibition of
!the Royal Academy, is the most-interesting woodcut
in the number for November. The sketch by H. G.
Hine, of " Sweep! Ho !" is the most comical that has
yet appeared in the People's Journal. Lord Nugent
continues his intelligent essays upon " Crime and its
Treatment." Miss Martineau pursues her disquisi-
tions on " Household Education" and her descriptions
of the " Holy Lands." Other contributors, such as
Mrs. Loudon and the editor, Mr. John Saunders, add
to the attractions of the letter-press. From the
poetical contents we must transcribe one song—
though it is one of sixty-four verses—for it
is the last song of a great poet, Pierre Jean llc
Beranger. The bard of France, like the bards of old,
is a prophet, and he has in a hale old age—being in
his sixty-eighth year broken silence in these six
Sibylline stanzas. It is not difficult to see that the
retrograde policy of Louis Philippe has elicited this
warning voice from the Poet of France, of Liberty,
and of Napoleon.