The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-03 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINES.

TAIT'S MA GAZ INE.
2riblere is no monthly periodical so carefully
,:t..ttipas Tait's. On every portion of it the
tsr pains are bestowed. The articles are
to't,anly well-selected, and timed so as just
nit the reigning taste of the day .; but they
44 all judiciously digested and condensed,
44 Contain the greatest amount of light
alid matter within the narrowest possible
44114* Thus not an inch of ground is thrown
:irraY* " Ridgway's Apology for the Whig
4111i8ters," is a review of the Ministerial Sayings
trtl.l)oings during the last session. It is very
phet4ll and stinging'; indeed, too much so ; pro-
Yis sacrificed to point. The writer is too
Urably
wedded to epigrammatic flippancies to
ado justice to an opponent. It is dif-
'44 le to
to pn egyrize with pungency ; but one can
,t,ltear)tsaibneingel)ever and caustic (and consequently
on the side of ill-nature. " A
t:tment of Dilworth Redivivus" is a fair
e(111g"h attack on modern fashionable novels—
ll most crying literary nuisances of the age.
i
4' n the form of a catechism :
tit:erßatlti;se pow many Schools are there of Fashionable
i:t•••,-Tven.
1,41----Which be they?
'hoorThe Silver-Fork School and the Lackey
:()(•••--Explain the origins and peculiarities of each.
Silver-Fork School was founded by Theo-
sirtf',"ir, arid was remarkable for discoveries, from the
."0°04"1211.oh it, derives. its name:. namely, the custom,
'tit or, 7uc'etY., of using a silver fork,_ and the restric-
th" the knife; also the concord of wine and meats,
?Pal
11%*uitable fabric of footmen's stockings.
_tnr.
of
The prin.
Vivian
,ireyi:-e,iirdt-s of Mr. Hook
Lwaenikveythsecahuonhl
grew out of
IttSi,44er-F‘ oGrrkanSbcho'ol Thein this way. After discovery was
4atitTed, and the government of knives and forks was
tatt,,:''Ptvn, the agreements of wines and meats,
of and
life
the
riti't' of footman's stockings in various walks :4°4 of ignorance followed the pride of know ed ge,and
14 'torn and ridicule were heaped upon persons and
toutela out of the pale of good society.' The licdeien
la -
t, lor the knife was held up to abhorrence; ad
kbh kitchen wines; suppers of cold meat and pickled
Itesting gooseberries in opera-boxes, and spitting
tlt 'kilts on the carpet ; beady eyes, and pepper and-
''riori4,;(ll"°3, were, together with many other similar
'44'444 dwelt upon with contempt and detestation...
be -747." ti make out the Silver-Fork distinct from
aac'eY School, and yet composed of the same teachers ?
rev 77-1 I do. The first was revelation ; the second,
realed'''ng of those who were ignorant of the truths re-
to usagesla the Silver-Fork era the great homage was
; ill the Lackey f Mowed an adulation. of the
(.6" a vehement contempt of the middle and hum-
trh It was d the Lackey School, because
ilaralaet-ezture of servilityasae and insolence, which commonly
.4 Ex, r'zes the liveried order.
t°l eking..al°ll have spoken of the fabric of footmen's
your -111°4 the discoveries of the Silver-Fork—ex-
, 4.4' meaning,,,
Y the :sin navigation, the place of a ship is often known
pith tiLuodings: sand of such acolour, mixed. or unmlixie
1001,,h-ds, denotes a higher or a lover latitude. r.
the °wed that the latitudes of society could be known
%1.1,i quality of footmen's stockings : cotton unerringly
,it°ll the beast in the master.
irt,,,i'S.--Does he point out no other indication to be ob.
4.`1111e9 u
footmen?e
remarks that people whom nobody
and who live where nobody goes, are waited on by
footmen. But I think he
relies more on their
peal' al a criterion than on their height. He judges
ofr.tt„'s.-You have spoken of the abominationof pep-
`,A salt trousers, and beady eyes.'
fete'''`vivian Grey describes a monstEperl,a wretch, by
'4qt,
'I A """What is the moral code of these two Schools ?
cc----4ltoyle's Court Guide.' "
Actors and Actresses of the Great World"
trik.dial°gue, passable enough, but without any
I)er it'g claims to notice. "To the Memory of
,t 4 eY 13)738he Shelley," deserves more praise for
4 ood intentions than for its poetical merit.
ititila vague and rambling, full of quaint imagery
Cockney conceit. " Wine" is an essay wor-
rof its subject. We know not that we can
it
1 higher praise. " Bourbonisms" em-
'llB' in fitting language, some of the raciest
iLtehe(l°tes of Bourbon stolidity we have yet met
,i 13y all accounts, the Duke d'Angouleme
- Prodigy of ineptitude.

thNONTHL Y MA GA ZINE.
!e re is an evident improvement in this Ma-
-1:41-i‘; The present number is just what it
be) sportive, airy, piquant, and, to a cer-
qegree, instructive. The first article on
l
-t stock Jobbing," advocates the genera
a(l,l4i'siltnetit of these institutions as holding out
kr it: 1141 security to the public. " Hints to
chN4,lB) by Captain Cram," is a clever quiz on
hhatt, -J'alldevilie propensity among travellers to
),(3°-"at with the long bow. The following are
14,ett\-11 instances of a long shot. The. Cap-
' W*Berielating some of his maritime exploits :
tkLi*lti 144 a Pleasant sort of passage enough, but I
Witrhq sport sadly. We, however, managed to rac-
kk:kle ad. the how and rifle, and I need not tell. you, Pwith
17'411 the
over my less practised compann2ns.o_.zcec:-
S,o wiy, when the weather was fine, Captain All
iantY love of the sport, had the boat. lowered,s and
ett -44 up a shooting party. There is capital.l hiosobty-
-44 rt the Atlant' , but the game, though plentiful, leDur'ng our passage I met with no
to flying fish. ' One day I managed,how
°NI bag Aft
of amphibious birds, the sai-
d
t4.l.otving Y brace these
goiit,lsts! Vviender
ethtiemveesry trees in which they build
had some good fishing. The
veliti,° an extraordinarily rapacious fish ; an
one
etaday
,„-'" I will 'elate. We caught so. many
'11,44 te'v:r4,l Were thrown in the sea again, and we conti
sr'Y for the sake of the sport. One ?f. the fish,
short of
tkEll::)lpeuajit..l'l.trit, had his tail cut off, and..bein
tr a, arid,
In' upon my hook ; in about a minutegl hooked
routor ?eh to
.our surprise,.. it proved to be the
l
I,,est 'ea dolphin, positively caught by his own tai
1. f "' forget to tell you that we landed at Bermuda,
nund the , n'ggers all bald, which. I heard was occa-
,lls tvthi ttie habit of butting in their personal encoun-
-1,184 "teh other, This fact convinces me that. the
;'stl ,C eonibat' * is not, as Gall has placed it, be.
'lv 'me ear th.Thel_veZ,lian are a very singular people.
ar
Iti.:ibta; those. who lived on the other side of
amphibious, and live for days uncle'
litrl4lll fie .! consequenncto of their living en-
doubt the fact.. Fis
to teh
eztre% jy Gavegood, no
but
'ear!! kinds of meat are inferior
14t the of Enoi i
ue except pork, their dians literally eat it till the bristles grow ow
r, !'
1341wer and his Book" is a fierce tirade
Teeda~atnst some of the social principles
•n deve-
tue late work ou " England and the
soaid There is much that is superficialoplp,
Phistical in Mr. Bulwer's volumes; man)
411 1,1°,4S are taken up in haste and defended in
tiorl ".`emPerate spirit ; priggism and assurnp-.
iithiware b,
th .7 no means unfrequent in them ; still
‘bou!-:sariding these drawbacks, the work
ti"
in taler,t, as the virulent opposition it
14t,sincet with in various quarters proves beyond a
14r,di°n* Hag it been a mere silly catchpenny
RiA:tlueti,()) not a 1-and would have been raised.
retitkl* Who could think it worth his while
4 traziltßY Upon the wheel ? ". Recollection.s
contain one or two clever graphic

touches, but the writer is too fond of showing
off his classic lore. He ambitions a knowledge
of Latinity. It is a pity he takes such pains to
show his ears. He should imitate King Midas,
and conceal them. Out of four Latin quota-
tions which he puts forth with much pomp,
three are wrong, and so essentially so, as to
convince us that the author is ignorant even of
the distinction between Latin verse and prose.
" The Widowed Wife" is a very deUghtful tale,
told with infinite ease and spirit. ' The Man
with the —" is laborious trifling. The writer
has bestowed much pains on an ungracious sub-
ject. " Scenes on the Neva" are piquant
enough to stimulate the most jaded palate.

JOHNSTONE'S EDINBURGH MAGA-

ZINE.

Of all the new periodicals with which we
have for months past been inundated, we know
of none that puts forth stronger claims to popu-
larity than this. Mrs. Johnstone seems per-
fectly at home in her new editorial capacity.
There are few of her articles that will not bear
reperusal, by which we would he understood as
pronouncing a very high panegyric. Her
literary sketch of Lockhart, however, is not one
of her best. Prejudice is too predominant
throughout it. The literary character of the
editor of the Quarterly Review can only be
handled by a man. It is too stern, too robust,
too caustic and penetrating to be rightly appre-
ciated by one of the gentler sex. We can
clearly perceive by Mrs. Johnstone's cursory
sketch of " Matthew Wald"—a most extraor-
dinary work of fiction notwithstanding its re-
pulsive character—that she cannot comprehend
its spirit. She conceives it to be merely a
work of " frantic pathos." Site should read it
again, and would then perhaps discover that it
is one of the most subtle, profound, minute
analysis of morbid passion ever yet conceived
and executed. The character of Matthew Wald
(which must be always caviare to the multi-
tude) stands ;alone like Hamlet, in our litera-
ture. It is a perfect study for a metaphy-
sician. " Mary Anne's Hair" is a lively anec-
dote, with a vein of arch good-humour running
through it. " Advice to a Certain Order of
Servant Lasses" is an unacknowledged plagiarism
from Swift's ironical " Advice to Servants."
The " Gypsies" is full of entertaining informa-
tion respecting the origin, progress, and so forth
of this anomalous vagabond community. " An-
drew the Savoyard" is the best article in the
number.