The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-07 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 fur the thoughts which it inspires.
Accustomed to encounter it year after year, we look
on it as an old friend, " applealing "—to quote the
beautiful lines of L. E. L. inscribed on the title-
page :

" Appealing, by the magic of its name,
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 compare this
very volume to some ancient aristocrat, remarkable only
for his former celebrity and his glittering adornments,
really insignificant among our humbler aristocrats of
mind, and yet nevertheless, an object of interest and
attention. Perhaps we are speaking too censoriously
of our old friend—let us briefly con-ider 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 no doubt
find r
and satnornythebry
by
Miss
lPizaarhdeoteh,
Gonatt, " The Good 'Angel," are greatly superior to
their companions ; both are beautiful tales—the first
,iiatmild anay
admirers.
Mor ti e
is rendered attractive by the noble character of its
heroine; the second by the good moral and good ad-
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vice which it contains. One of the engravings "Th
Two Suitors," represents two ladies
_ the in a garden -
amining a letter; the expressions mf
ile beamin in that countenances,of
more especially the roguish f r
itously convegyed. The
the younger one, is very
me-not for 1847," is of ex-
binding
.
ceeding beauty, we might almost say that its outward
and such an as•
of the " Forget- a
appearance is its greatest attraction,
dy
work, would not in this case be necessarily erogad: sertion, though in general little comp l ntar to a
tory to its inward merits. The green morocco bin d
ing is of the most delicate hue, and on it is entwine
a graceful and luxuriant wreath of garden flowers.
From a little poem entitled " The Hunting of the
Lady Maude," we transcribe a verse, the latter 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!"

DARING ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY AND MURDER
AT SOUTH SHIELDS —On Sunday, Mrs. Cabey, who
keeps a public house in Union alley, South Shields, was
awoke about six o'clock by hearing a noise down stairs.
On going to see what was the matter she saw a man at-
tempting to get in by the bar window. She immediately
screamed, when a fellow who was standing outside pulled
out a pistol and deliberately fired at her, wounding her
in the shoulder. They then decamped. The neigh-
bours were alarmed, and on ascertaining her condition,
procured the attendance of a surgeon, who, on examin-
ing the wound, pronounced it to be not of a serious cha-
racter, but asserted that if she had been struck a little
lower down, it would in all probability have proved fetal.
As the tallies did not get into the house, of course they
Jai not receive the booty. Some tellows who were seen
stdkirq:; about on the previous evening are suspected.
One man is in custody, but as yet nothing positive has
transpired.—Sunderland Herald,