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London, England, 1851-02-13 00:00:00

EVENING,

MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.)

THE GENTLEMAN'S.

The present number of the Gentleman's Maga-
zine is illustrated by a portrait, hitherto unengrx,ed,
of Samuel Pepys, at present in the possession of Mr.
Peter Cunningham, who gives the following account
of it :

"This hitherto unengraved portrait, which is pre-
fixed to the present mr:gozine. gas bought by me at the
sale in 1848 of the pictures, &c., of the family of Pepys
Cockerel!. It was called in the catalogue, 'Portrait of
a Musician,' but is unquestionably the picture referred
to by Pepys in the following passages of his Diary;—
" 1666, March 17. To Hales's, and paid him 141. for
the picture and 1/. ss. for the frame. This day I began
to sit, and he will make me, I think, a very fine picture.
lie oromiscs it shall be as good as my wife's, and I sit to
have it full of shadows, and do almost break my neck
looking over my shoulder to make the posture fir him to
work by.
`• ' March 30. To Hales's, and there sat till almost
quite drill.: upon working my gowne, which I hired to
be drawn in; an Indian gowne.
" April il. To Hales's, where there was nothing
found to be dono more to my picture, but the muslque,
which now pl. ales we mightily, it being painted true.'"
It illustrates the continuation of the story of " Nell
Gwyn," related by Peter Cunningham. The rorga-
zinc contains an ably written parallel between Laud-
ism and Puseyism, besides several other articles of
great antiquarian and historical interest.

CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Part V.
This admirable reprint of an admirable work has
progressed so far as Chap. 15.

THE NAUTICAL.
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The Nautical Magazine of Fe1;;;;ry fully main-
tains the high character of its predecessors. It is a
complete naval chronicle.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.
There are two capital stories in the present number
—" The Legend of Castle Gregory," which might
well be drawn out into a three-volume historical ro-
mance, and a psychological tale anent a certain Tobias
Guarnerius, Rho, by villanous contrivance, im-
prisoned his defunct mother's soul in the sounding-
board of his fiddle, which thenceforth. emitted notes
of magical and over-exciting power, to the possessor's
great emolument, but ultimate ruin. A biographical
notice, accompanied with a portrait, is given of Samuel
_Lover, the accomplished poet, dramatist, story-teller,
and painter, whose Irish songs have gained for him
a world-wide reputation. Jonathan Freke Slingby
strikes the lyre this month with his wonted sweetness
and polished executio❑ ; and in the second number of
" Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager," we find
a most amusing account of Mr. Calcraft's dealings
with some of those eminent foreign singers, whose
exorbitant demands render them the vampyres of
theatrical managers. Among the other papers are a very
ably and powerfully written article on " Tenant
Right and the Tenant League," adverse to the sys-
tem and to the agitation—a highly interesting sketch
of the rise and successful industry of those sterling
benefactors of the masses, William and Robert Cham-
bers, of Edinburgh, and a scathing critique on that
pretentious production, Mr. Sewell's Literal and
Rytbmical Translation of the Odes and Epodes of
Horace. Only fancy, 0 dura messorum ilia, being
rendered " 0 digestion, hard as iron of the reaper !"
as if digestion were an organ, not a function ; and
sic de ceteris, countless misdemeanours being com-
mitted by a scholar of no small reputation. The
writer of the concluding effusion on " Tubular Con-
stitutions" may possibly deem his production witty
and profound; but to us it seems to be near akin to
unmitigated nonsense. Bating these couple of
trashy pages, the Irish serial worthily maintains its
high and established reputation.