The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-05 00:00:00

THE ANNUALS.

ACKERMAN'S FORGET-ME-NOT for 1847.
The first of the annuals bids fair to be the last.
Almost all " its lovely companions are faded and
gone," but the Forget-me-not still lives; as it pre-
ceded, so it survives them. The present is truly a
most beautiful volume ; but, beautiful as it is, for us
it has rather a retrospective than an intrinsic value.
We welcome it, we gladly welcome it—not so much
for what it is, as for the thoughts which ill inspires.
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Accustomed to encounter it year after year, we look
on it as an old friend, " appealing
"—to quote the
beautiful lines of L. E. L.. inscribed on the ttle-
page :
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" Appealing, by the magic of its namer
To gentle feelings and affections kept
Within the heart like gold."
Of the individual merits of the present volume we
need say little. The days of the annuals; are gone
by. An elegant volume of fanciful illustrations and
improbable tales is valuable rather as a vestige, of
what has been ; it possesses an hereditary claim to
our regard. Indeed we might almost co mpare this
very volume to some ancient aristocrat, remarkable only
for his former celebrity and his glittering a, iornments,
really insignificant among our humbler ariztocrats of
mind, and yet nevertheless, an object of interest and
attention. Perhaps we are speaking too cevsoriously
of our old friend—let us briefly consider its attrac-
tions. The tales, and the poetry, and the engravings,
for the most part resemble the tales, poetry, and en-
gravings of most annuals ; as such they will 130 doubt
find many admirers. A story by Mless Pardee,
" Matilda Mortimer," and another by Elizabeth
Gonatt, " The Good Angel," are greatly superior to
their companions ; both are beautiful tales- —the first
is rendered attractive by the noble character of its
heroine ; the second by the good moral and good ad-
vice which it contains. One of the engravi ags "The
Two Suitors," represents twe ladies in a g :arden ex-
amining a letter; the expression of the cou, atenances,
more especially the roguish smile beaming in that of
the younger one, is very felicitously convey ed. The
binding of the " Forget-me-not for 1847," is of ex-
ceeding beauty, we might almost say that its outward
appearance
littleattraction,as-
sertion,thoughgeneral co
nplimer itary to a
work, would not in this case be necessaril deroga-
tory to its inward merits. The green mor acco bind-
ing is of the most delicate hue, and on it is entwined
a graceful
alt andti e p
o e luxuriante ntentitled
ewdre,a,tih
wreath of
Ilunti ag of thef garde] flowers.
From
Lady Maude," we transcribe a verse, the latt kr lines of
which convey a beautiful idea—
" 01 scare not from his green recess
The shy and graceful deer!
Break not the forest silentness
With sounds of strife and fear!
The joy of every living thing
In river, field, or grove,
Is Nature's glad thank-offering
Unto the God of love!"

It
is
yotfo hhoenrour the smith-
Mtge, ,ty and
his
field Club Cattle show with their presence.
THE FIRE IN THE NEW-CUT.--On Thursda,3 r after-
osatla
Highnessted to be
pthreinienetentn Albert
after-
noon several men belonging to the Fire Brigat le were
busy searching among the ruins for the remainder rof the
sovereigns alleged to have been lost in the fire. During
their search they found a cat which had escap( td from
the flames by creeping into an empty cistern. T hey also
found upwards of 45 sovereigns. Mr. Fergus . had in-
sured the life of the poor little dwarf, but not G o a large
amount. Morris, one of the firemen, met wi• a severe
accident, by a piece of burning material fallir g upon his
head and severely burning him. He was tt %ken to the
hospital.
THE LATE CONFLAGRATION AT Ni SWFOUND-
LAND.—The Court of Common Council have given the
sum of 3151. towards the public subscription ; raised for
the relief of the sufferers by the great cen flagration
which occurred on the 15th of July last, at t• 4.. John's,
Newfoundland. The amount already collected amounts
to nearly 7,0004