The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-05 00:00:00

FIE MAGAZINES.

h -DOUG/. S JERROLD'S.
Tt. two additional chapters of "St. Giles and
litoue- in this number. Master Ralph Gum's ini-
qed , Plot :
hayt:"ortire 'by
st " the fair maid of Kent," is ren-
lvhc, reserved the intervention of Bright Jem, w.ho,
herfor his nephew, takes her to Capstick,
Ahorils4felY delivers her into the hands of Snipeton, by
kcora,4he i 4 transferred to St. Giles, with directions to
A rany her to his country-house at Hampstead.
~11',10,,,QpIller minute, and to the joy and ill-concealed astonish-
„'L the pair, the girl saw in St. Giles the wanderer and
tD whom she 'had given the shelter of a barn—and
rbt„leld in his new fellow-servant, Becky, the soft-
y maiden of the Lamb and Star."
the `,;e return of Capstick has been petitioned against on
hrill;°und of bribery, much to the indignation of h
Inuffin-maker. Tangle, turned off by the. St.
P4rtY, offers to split upon them; and Capstick,
4,lid Tangle are left in consultation. We have
IsiliZ,t,l;lllation ofHistory for Young England.,"
our-,,,„Y'ne period is the reign of Henry III.) th.e rise
Elten present Parliamentary constitution is admirably
keqive. ""16 article entitled " Criminals" is most sag-
r'aost atrocious criminals were innocent little babbies
e 4ndathey grew up to be hanged ! Of two men born on
to kna.ay, it has happened that one has been 'launched
tkkenetem;,_ ,
t —"Y by the hangman, whilst the other has been.
bhp, -0 his place in the respectable family vault, and his
443 ory re,
virtu Joices in an epitaph, blossoming with those scent.
/tbileolii"e's which spring up so plentifully for dead men
'atith they have not to be buried at the expense of the
Suc
Yel`ghgtrah is the theme which the writer undertakes to il-
'of and in so doing he goes deeply into the meta-
it and shows why it is that the generality
sh'Z'lld take such an interest in criminal literature;
''ll3°',,s the criminal in his moral and social relation-
ti te,""e reader is made to feel the moral magnetism
itoil:Ptttion—to feel, in fact, that had he been placed in
criti:. circumstances, he too might have fallen, and the
14°elt. .circumstances,
to be the abstract thing it is in the statute
t‘C)4tN 411 who take an interest in the prevention as
ll
hqrdistinguished from the punishment of crime—a
4110,4ve at heart the amelioration of the condition of their
41'e -a"; creatures, should ponder over this article. There
t'l.lvll,:a,rietY of other articles in the present number, all
-.C4 Possess considerable merit.

1, ... 1
HOOD'S MAGAZINE.
hero de Castro "—already dramatised by Lando!—
The
Al`c.° pursued to the completion of the third act.
an_
".4.4l)Pears to have been elaborately constructed_ . d
tit/7411Y' corrected. A Word with Dr. Johnson "is a
er
Peath the
bold performance. The writer dares to im-
toke "Le celebrated " Preface" to Shakspere with. in-
la
tf that IleY and harshness. He is right in his estimate
tis most beautiful and sonorous composition ;it is
iltia,e . .
4% it tolls in its condemnation of the
.Great Master
hate Is Is admirable as a piece of rhetoric. We shall
hid.' the continuation of this essay with much late
-
1 ' the elucidation of Marc Antony's glorious oration
C j i.
C(),,,i,';',ls Casar is sagacious throughout. "My Old
1)04 i' just such a paper as would have delighted
444 Laman Blanchard
ithe narrative is simple enough
. wcroft's everlasting " Bush-
while it displays talent in
i:k11. Re4rir''isinC;4.o. nti n.'luierd and
%lilting scenery, it displays also his power of spinning
daltWfully long "yarn." There are sprinklings of little
and ends, stray thoughts, scraps of. prose and
thL4e, facetice, and so forth, in the magazine, most of
''''' excellent, some of them execrable. Some " Son-
(1:Iti elSnowdon " by J. Jones are worthy of that.
h, glitrul sonneteer. From a fine-spirited article,
1,1111,'4 " Claim of Periodical Writers to Participate in
klOnefits of The Literary Fund," we gladly quote the
l'SZ'ing. The observations are sensible and just ; end
veg4teni of that association requires a most corcpre-
?lota n reform. Periodical writers and reporters are a
therZ? nreerous class than many imagine : and for these
41Et 4trti n i
refuge. Against them The Literary Fund s
litiis, el d Thus speaks the writer :
ti,eitall'a7;Zinsein,;
dFrance the whole body of respectable
ged as men of letters, why should liberal
I,,Nes`l,,,,qr,a.vrre eof demarcation to the detriment of the
," ePort:nnionf linessher w riters ? Writers in perzodzcalhs
aavne
''erbaps.',l4o have never published a separate vdolutmen,
nine:
P
4u°ne more general and essential go.o ha
Iltirrew
fitie select, who are recognised as corningwithin the
h4..n.lts -,e,nuition f the Society% regulations. wFrom the
li-i4,4`4 ,orfCtiuneer!Porte°rs we have huedena "Lord Chancellor, who,
him, instead of taking
kne,.7 the 11:_a!Iled her back p
,ewledged ilu, would, notwithstanding his great and ac--
Ittied relief ~citents, have been deemed inerible to have re.
clai irem the Literary Fund, unless. he coFueldwhpaeNre.
ks, .."I to the authorship of some specific book.
linitleZe Wieve, are fully aware, when they.subscribe their
slid tocit.tito this fund for the purpose of providsing temporary
414nv e necessitous members of the literary fraternity, that
tini ,of these whose daily or weekly, or monthldye,liogrhqt,uearr;
llople',tibrations, they peruse with benefit and
ettiv.i it is a grievance which clamours loudly for its
i. "L• The writer proceeds
to the
partiel have an objection, and a eery strong
(ipplt,", ar manner in which literary persons one
requiredtoo to
114 ~' ,0 tbe society Its printed has been how
,ttri
ko'stlve have seen the signatures attached to it, ands we mice
hu,„e.onseientiously, that we are shocked to obServe.
.11 Illti"s:nating manner in which the male or female applicant
mint seek fur relief. No mendicant could be required to do
bribe " nko.LParish pauper could he asked more minutel, to
th,a whereabouts and his wants. In the first pplcet
krr,„ rules and regulations of the association, a printed
Iviii; ',..s to be applied for ; this form has then to be fill! 1 p
future very particular of the applicant's present property and
epea.
,eXpectations—thus exposing his circumstances . too
after-Y,lO the committee. But, more than this, he is required
reu„..,ue has himself tilled up the printed form, to go
of his
re loa friends and obtain their attestation to the truth
terlia ellort, to disclose to them that he is in distress, and
414 from this forced exposure of his circumstances, to do
an „Lit Permanent mischief in some quarters, for the sake of
14/10-4,t.whih is temporary, and never of considerable
illotja . .
et 913641411 We hale to make le to the mode in.