The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-04 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINES, &c-
BLACKWOOD.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton in part XIII. of " My
Novel" fully maintains the interest of the former
parts; it is as it always has been hitherto, the great
feature of the number in which it appears. Black-
wood Waxes furious aga:nst the new scheme of re-
form to be proposed by Lord John Russell even
before its details are known, and in au article en-
titled " Disfranchisement of the Boroughs" pleads
with the frantic energy of despair the causes of the
FScarboroughes, the Harwiches, the St. Albanses, and
la other " corrupt and stupid boroughs," and
tibility
tu doing so informs us that it is upon the corrup-
and stupidity of these and such like
Places that the Protectionists build their hopes of an
anti-Free-trade majority
eccentricities of Mr in the next Parliament. The
. Ruskin are corrected by a judi-
!„ei°us application of the crutch, whilst at the same time
nil justice is done to his merits. The paper on " Por-
tu
toguese Politics" is a lame and unsuccessful attempt
rehabilitate Don Miguel, the
prototype of the cruel
Au perfidious boy, who at present tyrannises over
Liltria, and encourages the false and treacherous
i.n.urbon of Naples. Those who wish really to do Don
h4liguel a service cannot more effectuall him
an by permitting him to remain in obscurity.e The
Le;mber winds up with an excellently narrated drol-
'l,reY,
of enPeace and LovetitledCongress and the Agapedome ; a
."

BENTLEY.
lettl3,entley opens this month with a " Memoir of the
je -1' r• Lingard," illustrated by an admirably-en-
aved portrait of the great Catholic historian. "The
t:IPQra in Paris during the last thirty years" is
.a
tlant resume of the gossip anent the Academie
la Yal de Musique, and the Opera Comique, which
rillovt.° been current during that period, and includes
'Which!B of bygone operas and bygone performers,
I._e can bygone
but prove interesting to " old stagers"
ii:r naluseences, and to "young stagers" as convey-.on
41 Thereeable information. The valuable series
the
ti I Cape and the Elafirs" is continued as are
Cneedotes of Duelling" and the "Life of the
R01),,,,ua Swamp Doctor." We have also a pleasant
pri-sAPIng biographical memoir of the Marquis de
vras) and several other amusing papers.

The • FRASER.
1,1,..
~ review of Mr. Gladstone's translation of
181'5411e work, entitled " The Roman State, from
of Fraser 1850," with which the September number
aetuXer °Pens, puts us au niveau des connaisances
IVmss, " regards the present state ,of affairs in the.
colours,
his . Peninsula, and represents to us Pio Nino
the
metrue
as one in whom the spirit of
co has has completely subdued and over-
me e the spirit of humanity, and whose
refo,, Object ;
Al proposing the ti
ivef
his --4.,, a, which marked the commencement
the
tem `e`ge, was to confirm and consolidate
Pow .
tre 1, 'Power of the clergy. The falseness and
arerte",erY of the Ring of Naples, the pet of the Pope,
the sitlßniatised in terms of honest indignation, and
politician istory of
the weathercock career of the pedant
the rnl Pellegrino de Rossi, is admirably narrated
;
Gajz:ll, Was a Brummagem Guizot, with less than
tad w-.." 16 genius, and with all his faults exaggerated,
the 0'.,7,118 unix:pular with the clergy as he was with
in tirl". We are glad to see Fraser doing justice
ow, this article to the much maligned Mazzini: be is
as of to
men, and will be hereafter regardedloset e fereme"ost man of his day. ~The Episodes of
LoP e Lif are concluded in this number, and so we
first, 18 e " Age of Veneer ;" it promised well at
II NI but latterly there has been a sad falling off. In
iti fes en the Newspaper Stamp," Fraser declares
aeon€4:°tur of
the continuance of the penny stamp on
teeotn-13" °f the postage facilities which it affords,but
the blends the abolition of the paper duty and of
Ni„ klverti
—sernent duty, a recommendation in which
u e°rdially join.

Mr. IT GENTLE3IA2V'S.
Rinai d ellworth Dixon contributes some curious ori-
infle-Dilnlents, which prove to demonstration that
21ave en; the founder of Pennsylvania, was a
him for den to
; and seeing it was the custom of the age
doeh to own slaves Mr. Dixon does not blamesir t
efnbuell therefor. Sylvanns Urban announces thha
Itornilly, the new Master of the Rolls, as
for "'ed to afford literary men increased facilities
kste°Dsultin g the original records of which the.ch
11,,,cleesr,.°Ithe Rolla is the guardian—a boon for which
hZ:ves the best thanks of every literary man.
viewa-'e, in addition, several admirably written re(i
variolia°f recently published historical works,
hawn
'3l°o PaPers nn most points in history and arc

AINSWORTH'S.
rhber whThisbeaPital Periodical opens its September num:,
'the ti;" a continuation of the " Lancashire Witche.s.
deseri
nt; chapter contains a graphic and beautiful
ellaPteVtil °f " The Boggart's Glen." In the fourth
%ad vs' "le scene between the "reeve of the forest"
Thori," terror•stricken and astonished attorney,
Ici kis as Potts, is amusing. The next paper, entitledhof
teal 2/1.113611a Barber," professes to be a Sketch _
."40 —n'e' The other papers are, " The MS.
titettlaucl- the British Museum," full of observa-
;' The and-up
calculated to repay the reader;
ei,c'ard-up Club; or, Greetings and Gather,-
' lietit,",: 4,11 Nations," by a Member ; Danvte. s
Rbia t;.1„,e0, by Nicholas Michell ; "The
;14110 01,,1;" "Dr. Lardner's Handbook of Natural
per%rgY and Astronomy" (which receives, as it
,-..4'ate'vitB' just and favourable notice) ; " Florence
YaYl,"4:llatc,hY Miss Julia Addison ; the " Watery,
taret The Confederates ; or, the Days of A far-
oae 01Parma," "A Story of an Organ," "Them
4) 't ° A. Summer Memory," by B.
Rather `• Veronicaen' "A
or the Ordeal of Fire." B. M.
ti°llf:"liftworth for this month sustains its reputa-
r variety and excellence.

iL The numb ÜBLIN UNIVERSITY.
nter for the current month fully sustains
teinw.ii"-eStablished reputation of our talented on-
laelcar,Y. It opens with an elaborate noticethoefertheef
il
Tile gri, by the learned and enthusiastic au
Le e',hvee Lamps of Architecture," which it stylnes.
rethl"d-til lamp, designating it as " the Lamp f
ireol :).,'' Next follows some additional " Leaves
untio,;": Portfolio of a Manager," the eighth contrr.
Nue4 ;feta the veteran, which will be heartily we
tteßikrel -fY his numerous friends, no less from sincerehn
"reel ,‘er the author, who never had an enemy, than
q.r4 Lneir
r set), and Own unquestionable merits. Stephen
t°},rel th „ ,
some of the later writers against the stage
r,en„ek-uujects in the present number. We have,
‘"01(1)+, conclusion of " Warm Water versus.
tiveo L.in which an interesting account his
and the" the renowned inventor of hydropa.t
eys,
Nl'llieh e.,Preoeedings carried on under his
.auspic
0,
Alvetild ,i'euld satisfy the most energetic patient wh
mie% mevote his entire time to the prescribed reme-
tit), jhe cold douche the " half bath," the " sit-
the',‘"fiath," the " cold foot-bath,"' the " wet compass,"
ter ra,,"„rY, Paelciu up," are all given in turn, so that
tzirt.yatri_le,tiaern the course pursued at the headiqudar-
Nly 11.‘ue water cure. The account of a sing,,eniasye
the uninitiated in these maters.
41_ eolock in the morning, ' dry packingih up,' and
teattip,,ration
v„„„ till eight, followed immediat y by' cold
Ithiti two baht:,iu;',.'sw.
Nv„titer "°`l,K) and drink some glasses of cold
‘tle ii,,Y the ti'ay ; breakfast ; rest an hour, walk to
rest for.o
aluk,aalkfternigtn;ind,ine atone o'clock
' packed up
by_
fore ,s'or three houi:s' perspiration ; succeeded ash the;
m cY, (Cold bath,' walk, supper, ' sitting
aa
la-
d4orioh° "(1. Verily, the pursuit of health is
if
ale" occupation. We should not be surprised
tie,l4lnight consider the remedy even worse than any
'raraZ with which they had ever been afflicted." The
the e -18
Two Visits" is a most humorous account of
tuft.traordinary changes produced among a set of
tick oPters by a report of the expected elevai
(1),4 the an amiable country clergyman to a seat
'this bu. ePleeopal bench. The barrister, with
ime f3,l° Well crammed with briefs, and
.aviah--"ionable physicianh and a host of minor fry
thev
Lattentions old college companion whom
: j,,,0, „,
~ „ed.° unhesitating
T i.
erney, „ , vcut a few years before.
1 sour' is continued with unabated
e% than The Count de Maurepas turns out to be no
I.rde,,ttn Pouche, and the innocent Cure from thed
ntul.-•"8 no less than an experienced Mouchar
l.'
4histil'elee meets once more his old friend Colonel
413114 nfuo longer a gay officer of dragoons, but a had!
14,44 gitive. D. P. McCarthy contributes an a.
zip. , e n of Calderon's " Constant Prince," being
t'?f the` Scenes and Stories from the Spanish.
cot,l, Jonathan Freke Slingeby gives us ins
ovv4 ' experiences, interspersed with many hisoi
Rem P2etieal gems. He also tells an exquisite Le-
e' The of Loch Dochart," that will enchant the readers..l
keteh Last of the Mscarthys," a pleasing poetical
Zery s',C:oi_tnes next, and the number concludes with
.a
her 11,1"‘ing paper on " The Church of Rome in
that ''ations with Secular Governments," a subject
kid rssesses peculiar interest at the present moment,
Ittioth° which Ave may possibly advert hereafter in
er part of our journal.

The /V EIV MO ATH L Y.
114 Ely September number of this periodical fully
aeriall" its literary position amongst the monthly
ter 3.
Many of the papers are of deep in
rest y
dall qic n are admirably written,
The whether
Leal,4 Great
Paris ?r original. The first paper,
is fail l'etcs," by Mr. Clutterbuck of Crippl ate,
oat . n,f gAnuine humour and cannot be read elag-ith-
nlua-iflgormin
banned"' and W 311111121 exercise of the risi”blae
Tae other papers are " The Patriarch ,
e.
rice 0,1 b 9 J. E. Carpenter ; " The English in A.m„ a
lico, " The Requital of Frances Hildyard,
~
th;(ce of
Larnartine's History of the Restoration,
titi'vetlxtracts from which are like all the author's pro-
Sona:lB9 eloquent, graceful, and poetical; " Hester
-"etl" by Nicholu Michell ; " Children of the