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verous tribe. When the writer has proved, mathema-
tic.dly, that the circle can be :guar. d. and ,ietinlismted
in what manner, he may tagin to eulogize the ret,:ting
Cry, and hi in a likely way to a nee ot
(c,ve!ts to hts ortit-n—not before! " tt's
GaLer) of Lit, rry P,.riraits " and Pen and Ink
eties," afford s li j. et, for two other criticA
which cannon fail to be perused with intert st chit fly
from their quotations. " Alithoi, gia Germanica" ex-
hibits a falling off in those translated lyrics which
usually decorate the pages of this able magazine ; and
the " Miscellanea Mystica," is more than ever a mere
botching of very indifferent book-lore ; it is a feeble
echo from the superstition of a past generation, and
the particularization of which superstition appears to us
somewhat anomalous amidst the sensible spirit which
usually characterises the Dublin University.

DOLMAYS MAGAZINE.
Sterling as hash been the ring of the literary metal
in former numbers of this periodical, the one for the
present month, the sixteenth of its publication, is, with•
out any shadow of a question, the ablest that has hi-
therto appeared. Some amongst the contributions would
have adorned the pages of our oldest magazines ; arid
the remainder do not dwindle into insignificance by the
juxta-position. What we may mention as the peculiar
feature of Dolman is, its combination of brilliancy and
sparkle with solidity and research ; besides which it has
acquired the least attainable or all polemical celebrities,
that of being an enthusiastic exponent of the religion
which it undertakes to advocate ( the R .man Cat holic),with
out in any degree insulting those of a different creed. L
would, however, be most erroneous to imagine that
the magaziee under notice is of an exclusively
clerical character ; it is more strictly speaking of an
essentially literary character, the literature being in its
instance coloured with the sentiment of the lt,iman
Catholic Church, imbued with the notions peculiar to
that extraordinary Church, even in its ejaculations
breathing the spirit which appertains alone to those
religionists. If merely for these reasons, Dolman's
Magazine must undoubtedly attract the curious perusal
of ail who are interested in the variety of phases as-
sumed under the generic title of Christianity—and
surely there is no rational man but will class himself in
the number! The recent movement of the Tractarians,
and the frequent recurrence of secessions from the
Established Church, will undoubtedly impart an addi-
tional attraction to the only monthly organ of that reli-
gion towards which all this ecclesiastical agitation has
been tending. In the editor of Dolman, Mr. Miles
Gerald Keen, we recognise a mind peculiarly fitted
for the conduct of such a publication : and, in saying
so, we are arguing merely from what he has already
accomplished in its regard. He has, for example.
grouped together its constituent parts so as to impart to
the entire number one appropriate and pervading tone ;
and this quality is, moreover, accompanied by a most
agreeable variety both in theme and composition. " The
Drunkard's Ei-ath," with which Dolman commences, is
a stern but moving picture of the woes that supervene
upon that sin, of the moral bitting with which it infects its
victim, and of the villain- ns degradation of those who
habituate themselves to its commission, more likely to
render sobriety popular with the lovers of the wine cup
than a dozen sermons from the pulpit—saving only
when those sermons are nerved with eloquence as
homely, as earnest, and as poetical as that of Dr. Ulla-
thorne, from which the superscription to Mr. Price's
story is transcribed. " Facetim of the Bench and Bar"
is a lively packet of bon-mots, unlike many similar
efforts at drollery, which are formed of vapid quibbles
and abortive puns. The essay upon the " Dramatic
Genius of Sergeant Talfourd" is forcibly conceived, and
though we do not precisely look, with its writer, for
Taliourd's bust "among those of Euripedes, of Sopliocles,
and of Aschylus," we are such sincere and earnest lovers
of his genius that we participate in the admiration ex-
pressed by Mr. Ivers. Another living bard is also the
recipient of very marked applause in up atter portion
of the magazine, in a paper temptingly headed
" Who is the Author of the New Timon ?"
We perceive that the writer of this article coincides with
the opinion which we ourselves expressed irnme• lately
upon the publication of that remarkable poem, namely,
that it proceeded either from the pen of Sir Edward
Bulwer Lytton, or from that of some most accomplished
imitator. The character and the alternations of fortune
peculiar to Sir Thomas More—the purest name in our
English annals I—occupy the present part of the series
upon " The Vicissitudes of Illustrious Men." We must
accord the author of these papers every encouragement
for the mass of authorities brought to bear upon the nar-
rative, as well as for the enthusiasm diaplayed towards the
character of his hero and towards the Genius of Truth. The
editor's contribution, quaintly headed " The Expediency
of Transferring the Holy See to Leeds" is a masterpiece
of argument ; it has a singular beauty from its logical
simplicity, and a singular power in its accumulation of
facts. We are not desirous of having our word taken for
granted in speaking thus emphatically ; but entreat our
readers to refer, themselves, to the original for the corro-
boration of our remarks. Whatever may be our diffe-
rences of opinion upon religious points it is impossible
to deny Mr. Keen the possession of more than ordinary
powers as a controversialist. Seeing the keenne.s of his
retorts, and the lucid arrangement of his subject, an
orthodox phrenologist would scarcely hesitate to pro-
nounce his " development" as equally remarkable with
hat of Mr. Newman. If continued thus Dolman is cer-
tain to secure a wide circulation.

SIMMOA 8 COLONIAL.
But that the question is worn to the very destitution
of opposition, we should undoubtedly have been drawn
into the utterance of some few commentaries upon the
opening paper in the Colonial, being that of "Syste-
matic Colonization—Corn-law Repeal." As it is, pro-
tection is not merely threadbare, it is a scarcecrow
without scarcely a rag to cover the nakedness of its
absurdity. As well might we review the authenticity
of some antique chart of the earth in which the Medi-
terranean a'sumes the form of the letter S, with Ireland
in the middle of it, England at Nova Zernbla, and
Spain washed by the Adriatic, as attempt to demon-
strate as true a system whose falsity is felt
by the populace, and proclaimed by the Parliament.
" The Emigrant" is continued as usual, with marks of
real merit, quite glorious to look upon, when good stories
are so scarce and vie ones so plentiful. Char:es Hooton's
" Rides. Rambles, and Sketches in Texas" are pursued
with a liveliness that invests them with a charm even in
their repetition. From the " New Zealand Outlines"
we subjoin a brief extract, fraught with truthfulness.
It is upon the appearance of a newly colonized country,
and is picturesque because it is literal:—
" The grand defect of the sylvan scenes of New Zealand,
is in the deficiency of animal life. Excepting a tew birds,
mostly of diminutive size, there are no tenants of these
splendid woods. The character given to a landscape by
deer starting from the coverts, or by a herd of kangaroos, is
there entirely wanting. Perhaps this solitude of the forests
serves to heighten the impression of sub:imity which, seldom
excited by mere woodland scenery, is powerfully produced
by that of New Zealand. After having been accustomed f.>r
many months to wander amidst such scenes, I not unfre-
quently was struck with a thrilling admiration of their
beauty, and with wonder- at their magnificence.
" The first labours of man in a new country are ever to
detract from its beauty : the unsightly stamps, the half-
cleared soi,, the uncouth timber-fences, the charred logs,
the heaps of rubbish, the weather-boarded but ; utility here
in chipping, burning, and paring; magnificence ano beauty
there in the garden of Nature; here man, and there God.
But it is not, therefore, unpleasing to see the lovely in
m ture sacrificed to the excellent in use. There is a moral
beauty in the reclaiming of the wilderness—the extension of
the home of the civilised—the rooting cut the lair of the
savage. Here it is that the dauntless heart and adventurous
spirit meet with their noblest antagonists—the untrodden
wilderness, the giant forest. He who subdues them is
mightier than mighty conquerors. The waving woods, and
the rushing streams, and the ft rtile earth, are his for an in-
heritance, and all men are richer for his labours."
As a whole the June number of the Colonial is read-
able and amusing.