The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-03 00:00:00

THE MA GA ZIN ES, &c.
BLACK 4' OUD.
Pisi!qratus UdV,ile 16 a little ormer its the develop
tnent of his novel, insomuch that the mere romance
readers, those who read alone fur the interest disc,.ver-
able in a fictitious narrative, will exult in the charms
of this sequel to the " Crxtons." Leonard haying ree
Solved to seek his fortunes in the metropolis, has
trulg., sturdily up to town, tak•ng tu der his care,
On the way, that little daughter of pour Digbv, who
ad been left at the country tavern uoprnected on
e death of lief father, the old collier. Immediately
efore the entrance of the wayfarers into London they
!me upon fin eccentric angler, fishing for one diabo-
ioedaled to by perch in the treacherous stream the Brent, al-
the latter as the "Daliiah of his exist-
euee." Arrived in town will his hole chew:
Leonard meets accidentally with Frank 11.v,-dean,
now an officer in the Guards, and it'tndal
Leslie, now a subordinate in the Foreign-office
under Audley Egerton. The three young men are
ttllort;ivdeihnby a shower to take shelter under an arch way
g
to some livery stables—au itictoeut reminding
°"° cif that capital farce et the Ly temp, to w both
An Ilrt Charles Mathews is so delightfully humorous,
treat PPeal to the Public. In the next chapter we are
--ed to a eharmitor dia:ogue between Audley
of theJlimand H.arley L'Estraege, the latter being one
1311 ost exquisite and masterly creations of Sir
lwer Lytton. Harley likens the life of Audley to
a storm in
theta by saa 3irg
saucer,i and Audley returns the compli-
thatliariel's lie is as surely the
Saucer Without the storm.
ex-
cerpted The following scrap
from their conversation is delicious in its
quaint and quiet humour:—
Du you k„,,,e," aaN Harley, in reply to his friend's
unexpecteddid
badinage, that') very well :said, Audiey ; I
"'d col think you bad so much liveliness ot rep., Ice.
A ...e. it is Insipid, it is shallow. N launching
r Psir3 in the saucer. Audley, I have the oddest
"T hat of course," said Audley drily; " you never have
any otter. What is the new on, ?"
ulisamEy (with great gravity)—"Do you believe in
41,Pnierism
AuDLEy-" Certainly not."
nAlmix—" It it were in the power of an animal mag-
netiser to get me out ot my own skin into somebody
:;18e1b! That's my saucy ! lam so tired• of myself—so
I I have run through all my ideas—knew every
on" of them by heart; when some pretentious impostor
ief an idea perks irselt up and says, 'Look at me, I'aw
l ll6w sequairatacce'—l just give it nnd and sa), 'Nut
at all, you have oily gt) a new coat on; you are the
-atlie old wretch that has bored me these last twenty
,Pasta; get away.' But if one could he in a to. w
if I could be fur hal -a, -hour your tall perter, or oue u.
Your tminent matter-of-fasts it:en, I should then realty 0,
travel into a new world. Every Eli all's brain must be a 5
World in its,P, eh? If I could i.ut make a c aruchiaf
though" eveu in yours, Audley—run over sill your
to
"gh" and sensations. Upon my wife,Fit go and talk
t at French weameriser about
Talking about mesmerism, there is a glorious
paper of that same subject in the course of the
current
number of Blackwood. We have devoured
°Ye,r3? Word of it, including the editorial note at the
tau, and find it all admirable. To our-elves is ap-
pears little short of conclusive, and we would gladly
~"°, the means of directing the attention of thousands
of readers to it as a most rational argument upon a
ineft scarcely anywhere understood. The article
0,11"Ition is simply but signiticAntly entitled
-what is Mesmerism ?" Taking the recently üb-
enued recollections of Count Pimudan as a throne,
tit% of the contributors to Maga has contrived to
Vuuee a very readable account or the ''Campaigniug
an Austrian Aide de Camp," the narrative baling
tireourse coloured throughout by the tory views of
Isrlthisgazine. " Tne Peaceful Lieutenant and his
b ilds'" a paper reading very much like at) effusion
?htb
e e author of Tne Green Hand," is cotclud• d.
dese4count of the storm at sea in it is powerfully
printed Madame Pfeiffer, by a work lately
,„*Vienna, has given a fruitful subject for
vrei:vtasui to one of B/ochwood's most intelligent re-
'waounedra• His contribution is headed " Wanderings
horl the World," and will be interesting to all those
terpti:eyel in the vicissitudes encountered by the en-
traiiriteettidisicoagr:realyveilnlear4 Delta's " Lament of &lire is a
respect worthy of one who has
pnetie3;. contributed so many graceful pieces to our
4tium iterature. The closing article in the July
sotthreerhlti of a political character, and has as a very
'lefties 44tliog these two words. " Downward Ten-
the Tr, Among the advertisements accompanying
„
them 'toes we may be permitted to mention one
moat /, cursorily, Seeing that it relates to one of the
to
B /arm' and distinguished of all the contributors
of " 1`e:941. Every tore who admires the genius
every 04e.thOusand a Year" (and who does not ?),
9,,f the sp,,, fo has cherished a grateful recollection
rhYsioie-a.",'PfititY revealed in the " Diary of a Late
amity for th "tic' who has not ?), will look with curl-
Crystal p "Lily and the Bee," a romance of the
the eve a'aces by Samuel Warren, announced as on
°I publication.

c, THE NEWMON THLY.
tio eracetul tribute to the memory of the Right
n• " Richard Labor Sheil" leads off the July limn-
rot the Neu. Monthly—a circumstance not the less
aratifg in seeing the deceased orator was one of
e most remarkable among the many celebrated con-
trit--taw„
tm
6;s to this periodical. lindiately after this
B°graphic sketch, which is from the pen of Cyrus
lhadding, we find, by a rather bungling contrivance,
gutherabusive fiction relating to the religion of which
'r• Shell was a meruber up to the moment of his
teraise. It is from the baud of the contributor who
bed already disgraced the pages of the Ativ Monthly
13' Punderiog thus grossly to the bigotry and In u-
ttraace of his countrymen. From this article we
a lifWith satisfaction to a ch.rining criticism the
ers and Writings of poor " lirrtity Coleridge. As
takeitnen of his humorous skill in versification we
"1:11e the. capital lines addressed by bim "Jo the
116 Pie," beginning—
What shall we bey of thee, pert. perking Mitt,
Whose every motion terms to fish for praistz,
Whose wh,-10 existence is a game at brag?
Art thou a atra,nger quite to pue.'s s,
With black and white toy pretty self adornintZ,
441 Like a blithe widow in her second ni.,urning?"
traalliete of Hoitne Vale," the next contribution, is a
„
114411.4 m by Mrs. Bushby, from the Danish of Jens
,1'
esen• " London Stropping, Carriage-hiring,
ith"„;I)F, &c.," bill be found a very agreeable, and
is better still, a very useful paper, by all the
ic't`tl readers of the New Monthly. Nicholas Michell
e4tiourtnt
t.ptrlosedts.„onward in the track or his heroine, Ji ester
The jumble of utcentticities of thought
tetiltied It Hodge. rodge," is rather a spasmodic at-
the at wit, than wit in reality. "Furctner Rev.la-
su,,s of the Revolution of F..bruaryi have been
by'gmeaLed by books recently given to the world
Sauzer, Lucien de la Hodde, Allred
"auw
tut , and ..cettas Regoault. Thereupon follows a
amci,.ll,et account of the War in K rfir'and,
kbri With a chapter on " Tne Overland Route
ti California," bouie pleasant notes anent the,
sto Pent," and ac, ntinuation of Mr. Jolly Green
p attestierY about " All the World and his Wite," corn
tt's the current number of the New Monthly rather
)]Y.

THE ECLECTIC.
the
Descartes"
is celebrated in the opening paper of
tr Eclectic, somewhat too briefi3, it is true, but still
beterlY, and with a judicious appreciation on the
I,!_tt of the reviewer of his historical position end phi-
opthical claims. Pulsky's Tales and Traditions
DLlungary" are next criticised and in a manner, it
ebt be admitted, singularly genial and delightfuL
rattle' Dc Foe, one of the brightest tames
t;' Engli,h literature, a name dear to every
totie English heart as that of the author of " Robin-
,.l3 etusoe," is, after thi', weighed in the balance
th, Eclectic, and not found wanting. " Firma-
. t'lltal
Architecture" is another fine paper, both in
A sublime subject and in its admirable treatment.
k ;(2: tz article relating to " Gillies's Memoirs of
tr4"erery Veteran," and an ingenious comment on
of aPilleius," make up the rest of the number deserving
any notice, the close of the periodical being filled
ile`oWith literary notices of a very brief and miscella-
-118 character.