The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 1/, 1834,

LITERATURE.

PEAN GEMS.

" She was my idol. Night and day to scan
The fine expansion of her form, and mark
The unfolding mind, like vernal rose-buds,, start
To sudden beauty, was my chief delight.
To find her fairy footsteps following me,—
Her hand upon my garments,—or her lip
Long sealed to mine,—and in the watch of night
The quiet breath of innocence to feel
Soft on my cheek,—was such a full content
Of happiness, as none but mothers know.
Her voice was like some tiny harp that yields
To the slight-finger'd breeze,—and as it held
Long converse with her doll, or kindly soothed
Her moaning kitten, or with patient care
Conn'd o'er her alphabet,—but most of all
Its tender cadence in her evening prayer,
Thrill'd on the ear like some ethereal tone,
Heard in sweet dreams.—

—But now I sit alone,
Musing of her,—and dew with mornful tears
The little robes that once with woman's pride
I wrought, as if there was a need to deck
What God had made so beautiful. I start,
Half fancying from her empty crib there comes
A restless sound,—and breathe accustom'd words,
" Hush, hush, Louisa, dearest."—Then I weep,
As though it were a sin to speak to one
Whose home is with the angels.—

—cone to God !
And yet I wish I had not seen the pang
That wrung her features, nor the ghastly white
Settling around her lips. I would that Heaven
Had taken its own like some transplanted flower,
Blooming in all its freshness.—.

—Gone' to God !
Be still, my heart !—what could a mother's prayer,
In all its wildest ecstacy of hope,
Ask for its darling like the bliss of heaven ?"

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

DON MIGUEL IN EXILE.—.We learn from un-
doubted authority that Don Miguel, always Don Miguel, is
exciting great attention and more disgust at Genoa by the
reckless coarseness and carelessness oT his demeanour. It seems
to be his primary object to show that he takes nothing to
heart, which he thinks is best effected by bold feats of horse-
manship in the streets, and all sorts of equestrian antics to
make the people stare. It is added that the Kin.. of Sardinia
and the Genoese authorities are much annoyed by these un-
dignified proceedings.

We learn by a letter from Mount de Marsan, that
on the 6th instant five dromedaries, two males and three fe-
males, arrived in that town under the care of an African
driver, who is to remain some months with them, in order to
instruct the servants of M. Lareillet, the owner of these ani-
mals, as to the manner of feeding and treating them. M.
Lareillet, a public-spirited ironmaster, has had these drome-
daries brought at his own expense from Africa, for the pur-
pose of seeing if they can be made useful as beasts of burden,
in the Landes or sandy plains of that part of the country.
FALLING OF THE CLIFF AT RAMSGATE.--
Friday evening last a large portion of the cliff directly in front
of the Royal Crescent, consisting of several tons of chalk, fell
with a tremendous crash, and, singular to relate, five or six
men, who were at work at the foot of the cliff at the time,
were most providentially saved from being buried alive by a
small piece of chalk which fell, first hitting one of them on the
back, who instantly complained to his companions, " for God's
sake run for your lives." They had scarcely time to get out
of the way ere the whole mass fell, and buried the spot where
they were standing 15 or 20 feet. Thus but for this timely
Waraing the whole must in one moment have been hurried into
oternity.—Kentish Gazette.

THE CASKET OF AMERICAN AND ,EURO•

Reid and Co., Glasgow ; Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh
and Whittaker and Co., London. 1834.

The art of book-making by " Selections," " Extracts,"
" Gems," and " Pieces," is one requiring taste and talent of
a kind, concerning the real order and merit of which, no
two critics ever entertained the sable opinion ; and we be-
lieve the same might be said of the intrinsic value of all
books " got up" after such a fashion. Genius, however
exalted, taste, however well cultivated, talents, however uni-

versal, are inadequate to the task of pleasing every person,
when merely exercised in the selection of materials fur-
nished by others. Almost every man who reads exten-
sively, has some favourite passage in an author, which he
thinks unequalled, and the moment he finds it omitted in a
work like that before us, he at once denounces the Editor
as a person incapable of appreciating excellence of a high
order. There is something very cruel in this conduct. In
selections brevity must be studied ; independently of which,
there are a thousand minor circumstances, which, severally,
more or less,influence the conduct in selecting,without biassing
the judgment with respect to the merits of a particular passage.
For example, it might contain something offensive to certain
individuals, or parties, whom it might be dangerous to
offend ; or it might be judged to give a character to the book,
not intended to be given.

With the exception of the preface, we, however, are well
pleased with this volume. Others, too, will be pleased with
it, especially all those who, like Lady Morgan's attorney in
" O'Donnell," plunge no deeper than the pages of the
_ _

" Elegant Extracts" for a knowledge of English and Fo-
reign Literature. The very attempt to make the reading
public better acquainted with trans-Atlantic writers is wor-
thy of Mr. Reid and those publishers whose names are as-
sociated with his in the title page. The only thing which
we dislike in it is the preface, or introductory sketch
of the present state of American literature. It is
written in the worst possible tone and temper ; in an
ignorance, too, of the very question of which it pur-
poses to treat ; and contradicts itself in several places.
We trust that when this compilation reaches a se-
cond edition, care will be taken to remedy this defect.
We may be losers by not knowing More of American lite-
rature, but our ignorance ought not to expose us to insult,

so long as our booksellers—and Mr. Reid among the num-
ber—make tours through Germany to collect the best works
published in that country, for the edification of Englishmen.
Several of the selections are very beautiful ; and we
intend now and again making extracts from them. The
following lines are equal to the finest pathetic pieces in the
language :

ARRIVALS.
Colonel and M.S. Stratford, in Piccadily, from Naples; Captain
Willoughby, in Albemarle-street, from Paris ; the Ladies Hervey,
in St. James's-square, from Putney-heath ; Mr. and Mrs. Brough-
ton, and family, at the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris ;
Major M'Gowan, in Park-place, from Paris; Captain Pelham, in
Pall-mall, from the Continent ; Capt. and Mrs. Knight, in Dover-
street, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter, in Park-
lane, from their seat in Essex ; Rev. G. H. Templer and Miss
Templer, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat,
Shopwick, Somersetshire ; Count Villa Real, at ditto, from Paris ;
the Earl of Ripon, in Carlton-gardens, from Tunbridge Wells ; the
Right Hon. E. G. Stanley, from ditto ; Baron and Baroness Dims-
dale and family, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Cam-
field-place, Herts ; the Marquis of Worcester, at Park-place, from
Brighton.

DEPARTURES.
The Earl of Egremont, from Brighton, for Petworth Pleneral ;
Mrs. Orr, from Gloucester-place, for Cheltenham; Major-Gene-
ral Sir George and Lady Leith, for Germany ; Sir John and Lady
Pollen, for ditto ; Sir A. and Lady Maclane, for the Continent ;
Owen Wynne, Esq., and Aliss Richter, from the Waterloo Hotel,
jermyn-street, for Petworth, Sussex ; the Duke of Manchester,
for his seat,Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire ; Sir James and
Lady Graham and family, from Grosvenor-place, for the Isle of
Wight ; Sir Thomas and Lady Wiliams, on a tour ; Col. and Mrs.
Caldwell, for the Isle of Wight; Mr. and Airs. Ord, from the
Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brighton ; Sir W. Lumley,
Bart., for his seat in Berks ; Mrs. and Miss Fanning, from Batt's
Hotel, Dover-street, for Italy ; Col. and Mrs L. P. Jones, from
ditto, to Southend; W. Boyd, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland ; the
Misses James, from ditto - John Hall, Esq., from Symmond's
Hotel, St. James's-street, lor Windsor; the Hon. Col. and Mrs.
Stapleton, from Hitchcock's St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street,
for Worthing ; Mrs. Gen. Stapleton, from ditto, for ditto ; George
EdmundenaD n
opP;ailrfearknt:
Esq., Mrs., and Miss Platt, from ditto, for their
a ;
Horsham, Sussex; the Rev. Henry, Mrs. Palmer,
d ditto, for their seat, Caleton Hall, Northampton-
shire agens, Esq., from ditto, for his seat in Surrey ;
Archibald Hope, Esq., from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street,
for Scotland ; Henry Thompson Esq. from ditto, for Hants ;
'
Major Gardiner, for Brighton • 'Col. Burnett and Major Russell,
for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. John Clayton, from Chandos-street, for
Berkshire.
ast,family,D

Mr. Charles Kemble arrived at Liverpool on Mon-
day last, by the packet-ship United States. His daughter,
Mrs. Butler, remains in America. Mr. Kemble looks re-
markably well, and expresses himself as well pleased with his
reception.

YORKSHIRE AMATEUR MUSIC MEETING.-
We understand, that the twenty-sixth Yorkshire amatuer mu-
sic meeting takes place at Sheffield, next week. We are glad
to hear that it is likely to be one of the finest concerts that has
been given in the county. Miss Clara Novello is engaged ;
and Mr. Herrmam is to lead. Many strangers are confidently
expected to be present at this great musical treat.

We understand that Mr. Laurent's Benefit, which
was announced for the Opera, will, in consequence of ar-
rangements with the proprietors, take place on a very grand
scale at Vauxhall, on Friday the 18th instant. Independently of
the usual entertainments, Mr. Laurent has obtained the kind
assistance of all the Opera singers—Mademoiselles Grisi,
Degli Antoni, Salvi, and E. Seguin ; Messieurs Rubini, Tam-
burini, Curioni, Ivanoff, Guibilei, and Mr. Seguin of Covent-
garden Theatre, all of whom will appear for that night only
at Vauxhall. A Quadrille Neapolitain will be danced by
sixteen female dancers of the Opera. We believe that this
Gala is patronized by great a number of the nobility, and will
be certainly very attractive. Mr. Laurent particularly merits
the interest of the British public, for having originally esta-
blished the English Theatre at Paris, which under his manage-
ment was highly successful ; besides having been three years
manager at Tivoli Garden.