The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-06 00:00:00

POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL.

A serviceable Monthly Miscellany, well suited
to the taste of the day, its object being to further
theinterests, by timely and temperate, discus-
sion, of art, science, and. general literature. The
best essay in the Number before us is one on the
subject of" Malaria," which is the production of
the author of the " Anatomy of Suicide."

SPORTING REVIEW.
Contains this month, a remarkably spirited
portrait, engraved by Hall, from an original
picture, of the Flying Childers; and a plan of
the Hippodrome Race-course. in the literary
department we find - a lively sketch, entitled
" The Westminster Boy," from the pen of Lord
William Lennox ; and some appropriate remarks
on the " Preservation of Game," by the Hon.
Grantley Berkeley, who exhibits here to greater
advantage than in his capacity of novelist.

COLONIAL MAGAZINE.
There are several intelligent articles in this
Number, and among them we may notice the one
which is devoted to a consideration of the
" China Expedition," wherein the writer justly
observes :—" The results of the expedition will
teach the nation a wholesome moral lesson, not
to rely too much on physical force for the at-
tainment of great national requirements ; not to
undervalue any people merely because we are
their superiors in courage; but, above all, it de-
monstrates the vast superiority of mind over mat-
ter. In fighting the British have in China been
invariably victorious ; in diplomacy they have
been as invariably worsted; and the conditions of
a peace have been agreed to, which do not even
achieve the objects which Lord J. Russell stated
in the House of Commons, the expedition had in
view." "Western Australia" is an apparently
impartial account of this new and rapidly in-
creasing settlement.

MOIL T.HLY LAW MAGAZINE.
The important question of " Medical Re-
form," which is slowly, but surely, growing on
public attention, is ably discussed in this N um-
ber ; and the oppressive conduct of the College
of Surgeons towards the members of the medi-
cal profession generally, freely and boldly de-
nounced. "It will scarcely be believed," says
the writer, " that the members of the College
had not, till of late years, free access to the
museum and library, that the access to the
museum is still subject to restrictions, and that
they cannot even procure the loan of a book
from a library purchased by their own money."
Surely reform is much needed here ! The
" Law of Libel" is a brief notice of Mr. O'Con-
nell's Bill to secure the " Liberty of the Press,"
which, it may be remembered, was brought into
Parliament in 1837. The introductory remarks
on libel are pertinent and judicious.

KNIGHT' S PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE.
PIRT XXXII. Knight, London, 1841.
In this Part we have the entire play of the
" Tempest," illustrated with plates, pourtraying
some of the most striking incidents in each act.
In a brief introductory notice, occur some inge-
nious speculations on the subject of the chrono-
logy of this noble drama.

TYTLER'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND.
VOL. I. Tait, Edinburgh, 1841.
This is a reprint, in small octavo, ,of Ty-tler's
History of Scotland,—a carefully digested work,
valuable for its strictly accurate character, and
the frequent errors which it rectifies of preceding
historians. Having noticed the work from time
to time, as the successive volumes appeared, we
shall on the present occasion content ourselves
with observing that the reprint before us is neatly
got up; is of most commodious size for one's
book shelf; and has the additional recommenda-
tion of cheapness.

CANADIAN SCENERY P ART XIV.
Virtue, London, 1841.

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The present Part contains four engravings, re-
presenting some of the most beautiful landscape
scenery in the Canadas. The best, or, at any rate,
the most picturesque, of them, is the sketch of the
" Lake of a Thousand Isles," which might almost
be mistaken for a scene in fairy land. The lite-
rary part of the work is under the superintend-
ence of Mi. Willis, who is an industrious hook-
manufacturer.

ENGLISH JOURNAL—PART IV.
Row and Parsons, London,lB4l.
A cheap weekly Miscellany, in which we find
original tales, essays, and sketches of character,
by some of our most popular living authors. In
this Part, which is the fourth, there is an amus-
ing tale by Mrs. Hall, entitled " Kate Connor,"
and some ingenious observations on " The Philo-
sophy of Shopping," by Mrs. Alaric Watts.

WESTERN'S COMMENTARIES ON THE
CONSTITUTION, 6.c.
;Richards, London, 1841.

As we anticipated in a former notice, this work
has reached a third edition. It was one much
wanted, and has been executed with a diligence
and ability that leaves nothing to be desired.
Mr. Western, the author, has judiciously incor-
porated the text of De Lolme—the best analyti-
cal commentator on the English Constitution—
with the work, and made several useful additions
relating to recent Acts of Parliament. His
mode of arrangement is excellent ; his manner is
clear and concise ; and his matter is such only as
has an immediate and direct bearing on the sub-
ject. It is greatly to Mr. Western's credit, that
he has avoided giving a decided political charac-
ter to his work. There is not the slightest indi-
cation of partizanship in it. We may add that
his sense of humanity has induced the author to
express himself in opposition to the principle of
imprisonment for debt, and the infliction of capi-
tal punishments

THE PA STUN LETTERS—VoI. 2,
irnight, London, 1841..
The first volume of this work ikppeared a short
time since, and the present one completes it. It
is a collection of original letters written during
the *Tim of Henry the Sixth Edward the
:WO) and Rick rd tilt Third, chiefly by Sir