The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-28 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

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',AXES OF SCOTLAND.
'tains four clever engravings of four of the
tilePieturesque lakes in North Britain, chiefly
bounty of Inverness. 'The letter-press
,rorilinco; ; dri:ent is full of agreeable, and to us, novel,
6,
respecting the wanderings of Prince
jt)
vge
51c t 5." Edward in the memorable epoch of
]re. A.
• Or

;hey' '
C/SCOz,
peas 0, S NoVELIST'S lIBRARY.
1,301°: Gil ti P'''-t• X 171. LONDON, 1533.
picke4 I 'hit is, jas illustrated by George Cruickshank
„ably ity „, 'deed, a rare boon to the public, which
' ardoubtless fully appreciate. The
ritthat six in number, and we know not
010'4 ex is not executed as Cruickshank only
,d to thr°: Ipertit:e Such things. Of the novel, it is
exprestl° "n of
ant at this time of day to put forth any
„'t4lest,Pni"• It is heterodox to the ex-
° `rk 'lm f
no is 1 tit dissent, even so much as to hint
'the sit~tr6ktie,s, asits drawbacks ; that its various cha-
okable° sketches of character, " come like
anlj, inter sQ depart just as one is beginning to
mosl°r 'ktiittlee,.ste!l in their goings-on ; that it lacks a
to fra us interest, being constantly broken up
'4o°l col!lttlerits and episodes which have little or
~3110ftfi ''kerereeticm with the main story ; and that
Ngraeeful and easy be the style, arch and
feto (1,,,0t1s
the numerous incidental reflections,
tr
ueell ° tattestionahle the knowledge of practical
plO~Pi'lanuers contained in it, yet that, as a
of e, the
eye rgy. tale wants fire, and vigour, and
lot /'/ Le Sage drew character with inimitable
uut it was in water-colours. His best
kth, °attest description is that of the Arch-
i°° it,1',4°,1 Grenada, which will he recognised to
0114,44.4 bl time. His Don Raphael, too, is an
yet portrait of a cool, easy-natured
tee.
gii,h We have nothing like it in our
literature. Even Jonathan Wilde
drawn ,
• with incomparably more breadth
11111) 'lt' Will not compete with it in point of
'ibe'laalll Propriety of keepir-g. Le Sage, like
died at the advanced age of eighty.

LITERATURE.

Aftt, lis••
:(O.ER,,s. OF THE DUCHESS
Th RAIV TES. LONDON. 1833.
e fifth
, volume of this work has just al)-
Ittti but is scarcely so interesting as its pre-
to,ors for the fair
authoress seems to have
Itt(lfiealY exhausted her stock of gossip,
'age, reminiscences, and so forth. How-
the h
"°‘'k will be read, and with avidity, for
Run
ed with all that light buoyant vivacity
'1 the French Memoir writers are so
k
rt, 71ED ADDRESSES. Pith EDITION
LONDON, 1833-
Rejected Addresses" was, perhaps, the
tonate jenx d esprit ever penned. It
i,')4,t once into unbounded popularity, and
trt w, at the distance of twenty years, re-
its reputation undiminished. The only
Similar character, that ever equalled it
, NCe
'4O eBS, was Tickeil's famous (now almost
I Ott
en) squib, entitled " Anticipation," in
i
, \lotne witty friend of the earlier Sheridan—
n's " Sherry-derry" anticipated the
ee° 1/4711ts that certain well-known Members of
t!'‘ ~,itil44)ent would make on a certain great popular
Ic3uts h • 0 apply, that when they did actually
0011 t ,
s tt,t their legs, the whole House shook and
(41
,tlt ith laughter. Like most celebrated
Jee e " Rejected Addresses" was scouted
ac1:0 booksellers, and at length was only
)4. to 'ttlt,,,edt as a sort of forlorn hope, by an ob-
ds),
tt~t,ikte:lut shrewd bibliopole, in Bow-street. Its
tttt iWas instantaneous. The S,niths had no
to climb" (such as Beattie describes)
Iv
dic•ttb t, Itt road to farce ; they might say, with
r 1111' 4%
gig 10 ii)'Gke 'ltch justice as Lord Byron, that they
15 11 , °lle morning, and found themselves
ria IttC We are surprised to learn, from the
tkt"4) k
t c nui,vledgment in their pleasant pre-
p, tltec'' this edition, that the " Rejected
late yr Ittpt ,13e4" was " hit off at a heat." From
/111tr41, evidence we should have judged
:rele °`/: so nicely polished is the lan-
,Pd P`rtd. s° studied (apparently) the rhythm,
eP°,oo atl
41)v Utter absence is there of negligence, and,
noss t au,
1,1 ltoli I) so admirable is the tact displayed
Irdbe
dl
tt
hlh these clever parodies, which we have not
00 co 1 td
etrt% ' since our school-boy days in 1817, we
arse tO
110 V our no small surprise, that we relish
!i just
go
,00,00
,11t4le v 4s. much as ever. We do not find
varnish is rubbed off in a single instance;
°tr"A eel contrary, we think more highly of the
e,Qtl' of Southey and Dr. Busby than we
prooe ,11th 'in our first perusal. It is seldom that
f cork!iir (u• has the good luck to retain (after a
id bde le of years) all his original freshness in
o Jes ,
• 'd , of his readers. The present edition is
h f • it is •
,redo g 1 one ; t ugossiping, anecdoti-
bestjtrt
Iltic illustrative to the heart's content. The
'be 011e'i • 114,14111 of the Lcicestershire clergyman, as de-
.(4
irti CI 1,0, 0i t 10,14 the preface, is alone worth the price of
Sitl.°le book. " I do not see," quoth this
01°0 'lo4ld °I-fact annotator, " why these Addresses
ltt, have been rejected ; I think some of
tvr very
good." This is as rich as the re-
• of theiir-,er grave bishop on " Gulliver's Tra-
iir'l,o,
ohture' tr. Gulliver has met with many strange
ti 3. but I must confess I have my doubts
I."' le Flying Island. How can islands fly
O,l' „,.
fentirt, ?" It must be confessed that the
i,t4jtv 3 PrOdUced some men of uncommon
• `lcl IteW. Among the notes with which the
ttli4t;Eelied Addresses" abounds, we cannot
e
1' IL retemptation of quoting an anecdote or
° BPect.
the 11' tigh illg Lord Byron. The subject,
i.ilr,ir 4, ham., ,
dvo is not yet worn quite thread-
c( „••••
os, op
seen, to show that poet and prophet
_are
oCPiiirt Ne.e.q, 4
Palo rout.» e bard having afterwards returned to
quitted it, under domestic circum-
iis",,,i9 the ,'",Y nutorious. His good-humoured forgive-
, de.0,00,, Iti4„,•titliors has been already alluded to in the pre-
14.)iih4Nlt;Iwng of this illustrious poet, however trivial.
itte,/ „? At...
• or- o' tt -mrr, . .
than interesting. We knew him well.'
v. istvet maleYe dinner-table the annotator met him and
or 1,5.14);‘ t 5 t'lm• Lord Byron ta.ked of intending to
lee' %rj What
pe , must I do when I 814 l.ff ? said
eo '44.1 "• Cut ..11- your Imams 1" My buttons !
P e erb- inttal "Des?' ; the
,10,Lre itorb.,„ ; t.ie Persians are. in
,itee"./ 'e'luvra ; but if you go thus bedizened,
at 110—Y he murdered for your buttons.' At a
nk Lewis's ctianibers in the Albany, Lord
titsiti'''ed to the writer his determination not to go
adding, ' I never will dine with a middle-

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aged man who fi'la up his table with young ensigns, and
has looking-glass panels to his book-cases.' Lord Byron,
when one of the Drury lane Committee of Management,
chall••ngerl the writer to Ring alternately (like the iiwains
in Virgil) the praise• of Mrs. Marilyn, the acrress, who,
by the by, was hissed (If the stage for an imputed inti-
macy, of which she was quite innocent.

The contest. ran A% follows :
" Wake, muse of fire, your ardent lyre,
Pour forth your amorous ditty,
But first profound, in duty bound,
Applaud the new committee ;
Their scenic art from Thespis cart
All jaded nags discarding,
To London drove this queen of love,
Enchanting Mrs. Mardyn.
Though tides of love around her rove,
I fear she'll choose Pactolus—
In that bright surge bards ne'er immerge,
So I must e'en swim soius.
Out, out, alas!' ill-fated gas,
That shin'st round Covent-garden,
Thy ray how flat, compared with that
From eye of Mrs. Mardyn!
" And so on_ The reader has, no doubt, already dis-
covered ' which is the justice, and which is the thief.'
" Lord Byron at that time wore a vet y narrow cravat
of white .-arsnet. with the shirt-collar falling over it ; a
back coat and 'waistcoat, and very broad white trousers,
to hide his lame foot—thee were of Russi duck in the
morning, and jean in the evening. His watch chain had
a number of small gold seals appended to it, and was looped
up to a button of his waistcoat. His 'ace is as void of
colour ; t e wore no whiskers. His eyes were grey,
fr ng,d with long black lashes; and his air was imposing,
but rather supercilious. He undervalued David Hum.;
denying his claim to genius on account of his bulk, and
calling him, from the heroic epistle,
_ . . .

The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.'
One of this extraordinary nun's gations was, that fat
is an oily dropsy,' To stave off its visitation, he fre-
quently chewed tobacco in lieu of dinner, alleging that it
atisorbed the gastric juice of the stomach, and prevented
hunger. Pass your hand down my side,' said his Lord-
ship to the writer ; ' can you count my ribs?' Every
one of them.' lam delighted to hear you say so. 1
called last week on Lady —; Ah, Lord Byron,' sail
she, how tat you grow !' But you know Lady is
fond of siying spiteful things !' Let this gossip be summed
up with the words of Lord Chestetfi-ld, in his character
of Bolingbroke Upon the whole, on a survey of this
extraordinary character, what can we say, but ' Alas, poor
hum +n nature !'
" H's favourite Pope's description of man is applicable
to Byron individually ;--
"' Chaos of thought and passion all confused,
Still by himself abused or disabused;
Created part to rise and part to fall,
Great lord of all things, yet a slave to all :
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd—
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world.'
" The writer never heard him allude to his deformed
foot except upon one occasion, when, entering the green-
room of Drury-lane, he fi and Lord Byron alone, the
younger Byrne and Miss Smith the dancer having just
lett him, after an angry conference about a pus seal.
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Had you been here—a
minute sooner,' said Lord 8.,
you would have heard a question about dancing referred
to me ; —me! (looking mournfully downward) whom
f.te from my birth has prohibittd from taking a single step.",

MEMOIRS OF SILVIO PELLICO.
LONDON. 1833.
A work which should be perused by all who
desire to become acquainted with the true cha-
racter of absolute Government. The work is a
translation from the Itali.m, by Mr. T. Roscoe.

EWING'S GEOGRAPHY. EDlNBuitair. 1833.
A very ably digested compilation from the
works of Pinkerton, Guthrie, and Evans, and
well calculated for the use of schools. The maps
are carefully executed. The present edition is
the fourteenth. A pretty convincing proof of
the utility of Mr. Ewing's labours.

NUBIA AND AB Y SSINIA.
EDINBURGH. 1833.

This volume forms the twelfth of the " Edin-
burgh Cabinet Library," a useful miscellany,
well selected, and handsomely got up. For the
major portion of his materials respecting two
of the most extraordinary countries in the world,
the editor is indebted to the researches of Salt,
Bruce, and Buckhardt.

SECOND EDITION.

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