The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-04 00:00:00

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Aide 3 by his glatiuu, co, p cuntri?-..utors, Ci,riesto'
pher carat-re. s each mouth to lii ith i.it. ri&i,nribem,
with a snag z! =e worthy of his repivi.ati,Aa. With the
leaf) motor) ~f June eoinei to u, the prr.s..tit in del
nurrititir of Blaci,worgi.. Foremost among. atm wide.
comprised in it must be ti tillied Itarabl,
no one else than the historian ot
.Europe,-. Archibald
m-
Aliao I. is a scholarly and eliAuentjltsquisition on
the drams as a literary cohipotq:ou, entitled very lug
gestively ".Eichylus, Shakspere,,and Sehtller:' Several
-exquisite fragments from the masterpteeea -,:of these
three divinist cf playwrights are :scl.ittered through the
paper by way of.quotatione. Sometimea, in,tt.e hurry of
hi,► very fluent- and soriereus aryls, it._..would be well if
Mr. Alison avoided morecarefully the: abominable v.ce
of tautology, as where he 'say's of Slaskspete (p. 647)
" That he acquainted :with, every. evi.n
the most secret pangs of j, alettaaia ovine. d
in . the astuteness of • sago's art, • and:, the
,pangs of the Moor's suffering ; or, again, where he
says, enameratieg the prouts of dramitoo:tialent given ot
late years -among ottrselt•ea—(p. 657)77" brieriden
Knowles has written some effective. dramas; Bulwer
some chartailz dramatic rommices, dis:lhguished by all
kis usual puma-, patties, aid itinig!nevian; and very
recently Mr. Marston has hrou.,ht , forward an in-
structing' tragedy, in which the important part of his
unhappy geren Marie de Mata.ie has heel, stnEicain.
by the last of these great actresses with equal taste,
dignity, and patties." A zain, and yet se, would
entreat and implore Mr. Alison to avoid in future this
besetting fault pi tautology, a literary, blemishes pail ful
as a discoutant note in music or the screeching of a riot)
ping.. oi.ec already 'it will he observed that
this numcer of Bieck/a-cod the name of Bulwer
has be-en reet:t!un..o, namely, in bi 3 crnrauter• as
a - dramatist, Id .the very same Centribation we
meet with it again, nam,iy, in reference wills, tamer.
tloo- to poet and as a translator, that is to say when the
varit.-r alludes to his vcraien or "'Schiller." . As au addi
teatitriany of—(was ere gaing io say the ver.ati-
lny,:but, we recollect speech as chairman ad the din-
ner to iti..cread), and substitute the more correct and to
him mere agreeable expression)—the comprehensive
aPiks of his genius, we find in the same instalment of
Ebony an article bight " The Experiences of. Free
Trade," being a panegyric upon his last political pam-
phlet; besides which the instozine ow, s to him its prin-
cipal attraction in the new mai/twat affareed by him
or his charming •.N, vet." The tenth part—the one be•
fore tes—io vernal), the very best that has yet appeared.
It closes with the separation OfJaenuyaind Ilia mother
froavilheir wealthy relation, Richard Avenel, in course-
qaence of a quarrel in which the last-mentioni d come.
off rather shabbily, but still with a surprising (Away of
cleverness. Colonel and Mrs. Pomply are admit able
daguerreotypes of people from that vulgarist of all vwear
sets, the hignly genteel. The scene about Mr. Digby is
capitally drawn. That unfortutiate is left at a roadside
inn, evidently dying; and the quarrel which immediately,
precedes this, between a honiceopathist and a regular
practitioner, will be .found a delicious bit of burlesque.
Ditto the love scenes between Richard Avenel and the
Bon. Mrs. M'Catehley. The dejtrine dartsant, be waver,
is the grand feature of the instalmel.t, and in its dele-,
neation Sir Bulwer Lytton has again afforded a brilliant
evidence of his ability. A comical string of verses
precedes "My Novel," entitled '"The , Vision
of Polyphemus." Before this, moreaver, we are.
treated to a rather intaystieg and curious account
of certain " Vestiges of the Ancient Inhabitants of
Scotland," a paper of course doubly interesting. to: our
countrymen beyond the Tweed. Somebody in the course
ot the number writs a a letter to the editor anent " Our
Commercial and Manufacturing Prosperity." Hous-
saye'a " Sketches and Essays" are passed in agreeable
review by a critic who appears to be delightfully con-
genial, though wisely' fastidious. " Modern State
Trials," tieing an elaborate notice of the wok so called
by.its lamented author, William Charles Townsend, the
late Recorder of Macclesfield, and a series pt papers at-
tributed by many to Samuel Warren, are in the June
number of Blucitwood brought to a conclusion. They

have been throughout su peculiarly enthralling in in--
terest and so strangely powerful in composition that we
cannot but regret parting with one wh..,m We regard
under the light of en old end v.ell-beluv,d favourite.

Such is thechurv.cter of the conteuts of the curreti

number of Blackwood.

BENTLEY.
The opening article of the Miscellany for this month

is entitled "Horace Walpole and the Literary World of
the
,E,gliteenth Century';" it is illustrsted with a por-
trait ut Gray the Po. t, tog, av-t d by Greettbacb, from
the origtital by Eckardt, which tousled part cf the.
Strawberry-hilt Collection; the paper' contains s.veral
interesting. Extracts from-the correspondence of Horace
Walpole with Mason, in the course 'of which Walpole
enters at let:gth into the hist,ry of his measurable tour
with Gray as his tutor. The Lord of Strawberry•hill
also giv.-s us some very characteris,ic anecdotes of
Gibbon, and moat amusingly quiz s the inane pomposi.
ees of he Deniegorgon, es he Ise. tiously calls she ,j real
Lexicographer. Its "Z Notes anti Anecdotes"
we have au elaborate and cat Eiudy-w utters Mental of the
11.-. bits anti haunts of the hutuu.ing-birds, illusaisted by
n. veral cntEr•aining tnecdutt s of the doin,s of these
star, of the tropics. " The French Translator" we
trat,sfer to our column:, and eau roach th,t the
net-Anita,' trithelati, it from t3htltspere is nut one wt it
more ab-urd than the trubsiati,,us from the .Kiiglish,
which may be met with tvery day to me French news—
papers.