The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-02 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINES.

METROPOLITAN .MAGAZINE.
Better late than never. Why or vvberef
ceived our copy, which, of course,
it is we know not, but the Metropailan is ale
notice in brief terms. " Jacob
ways a day behind hand ; we have only just r:
we can only
and thong
see, continues his autobiography,
as Peter Simple,
he is not so pleasant a gossip Con-
yet, as he breaks up fresh ground, be
trives to render himself very diverting. " Chit;
chat" is what all chit-chat should be, but
what English chit-chat seldom is, I'9,
and sparkling, hopping gracefully and airily
from subject to subject, like a bird &obi:
spray to spray. " Sicilian Facts" will
~
read with strong interest, for they have all
the wild romance of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Siciliaa
fictions. The subject of the present anecdote
is the murder of a Sicilian nobleman by a priest:
ders, yet never doing any thing ;
' Dick Dennet" is a life-like sketch of one at
Faithfull,' h
those very common, sanguine characters NO°
are always in a bustle, always going to do Non"
always on the
jog, yet never getting forward.
°

flßetlteTrlsSoHt
Bishop
The MS
AhoGpAnrsZiolNEe. Ow
Horsley
are
tinned in this number, though without the Pale
of the church, we question whether theY w;l'
meet with a single reader. They are s°lei )
doctrinal confined to the discussion of points 0f
divinity, than which no bleached bones 01 all
Arabian sand were ever dryer. The school' en
of old days were fond of raising learned quibbles
on scriptural matters ; but this race of soleinn'
laborious triflers is gone by now : the last, we'
believe, still lingers in the person of Dr. Mrs:;
Bishop of Peterborough.. We are not sorrY
their extinction, for the heart should be the
seat of religion, not the head. There is
$
pretty sketch, by way of frontispiece t°
the present number, of Cole-orton
with the little village parish church
placed
the Centre of the grounds. Of the two edifices.
we prefer the church. It wears an aspect ohfc
mingled grace and simplicity ; whereas the 03
is cold, formal, naked, with a sort of pond' 1113:t
start air of assumption about it, just as if le
were ashamed of its modest neighbour, and `sere
determined to stare it out of countenano, 00`,,
give it the cut direct. Yet the late owner
this aristocratic-looking mansion, Sir G. Bea
_,
mont, was a most worthy man, highly acc o;
plished, and of no mean skill as a painter.
111.1•
was, besides, the bosom friend of Wordswort
ENCYCLOPIEDIA OF GARDENING.
GARDENER'S MAGAZINE.
We class these two works together, for _ tticl
rs;
are both published by the same booksellers
and bo
both edited by the same gentleman ;
10 011
treat on the same subject. The Enc'v C P re'
displays in every page proofs of uncominos
search, and is profusely embellished with
tPc
rited wood-cuts of many of the most celebra
England'
noblemen's and gentlemen's seats in ro
and on the continent. The sketches of s°
_r
private mansions in the neighbourhoo id
Warsaw, convey a vivid idea of their archtec
tural magnificence.

ARNOLD'S MAGAZINE.
too, thf,
Fine A periodical devoted for the most part
ine Arts, though like " a universal geni4
it has something to say on every subject, anti _
tI
profound upon none. We dislike thissort 0,
charlatanism ; it never answers in the long 0-1,11„
The best, indeed the only good article i_
,i;
number, is that on the " genius of Stothard•

. The AsiaticASliAs,TlC JOU.RthNeAnit
most
w7believe,
able
yeller
its
journal that derives its name and the Wilk of 1
information from the East. It will always be
interesting to our Anglo-Indians, for it contain:
a copious obituary, and a world of miseellane°
gossip.
--ma
UNITED SERVICE JOURNA-4* •
„rti 10111
There are several very interesting ..---e .1 of
this number ; among them is a minute Mai .s
" Camaign of Waterloo," which slioelcst,
the
marks of anentimate familiarity with the subJad
and is written quite in a con amore spirit; iate
a sketch of the military ~ Services, of the Isviri
creditors, on
oYorkn
the ,
tulol-flength figurer 1115
eyes 01
_.O
shortly be exhibited to the admiring
Carlton-terrace. the column u

SPORTING MAGAZINE. . _ re-
Contains an interesting communication ,
Co •
specting Yacht Clubs—that most noble laLl
truly British of all amusements. We are glad
of
to perceive that the popular opinion in fav°llThe
yachting is every year gaining strength'e-
or
pictorial embellishments are neither bett
worse than usual.

NEW SPORTING MAGA
The "Hunting Reminiscences" N
0f Ni
gemsftguhrreatphheire odfestio:ni s.num recommendationsber,
ofsi these h aesogtrial e%`yin
gs:
10.
isnttfeeurollfoowffhpsipucilplr,pi
tia.ess,kFeiteclidi
Fielding
aisb bittern on on the this
painter ef the
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equal to the Bittern.
IT ,
o strokeST
hgTivAeet
aoGt
raEon,
the Eapmdk 'or
si
;E:
wocnhaTaei.n,g—ohaoenOdd lowea
as
s night
comedian' t ti 1 I 1 t
.e
e„Dfavii lif
the furor of extravagance in his acting, Pe,' jlfis`„;
money, he ran to the
character of Lovegold in the comedy of trt- a haPrnif
his front 0 %c a , a
snatched the harpsichord-player's wig oil; c ney! Y° „
as loud as he could, " You have got my 'll.fig" till Ylir-
have got my money ! and I'll keep your dig ti
return it !" The gentlemen of Cecilia's ban% ir r°
put their hands on their heads to secure the ' ton°
0
and immediately quitted the orchestra. A tlia pp'
oman whose bald head had been exposotl,; Pip, of 1:p
f which got the ridiculous plgcr a tPuLl`":4 for "
plause, could get no satisfaction from 11,71trat.,10
insult, for he called it a theatrical joke.-- mO;4
sfrhaentfitcht;(ocrtsiht'agell,:i:ssl.ol;ga
TALES OT A VOYAGER'TO 1:" 4130 Mof
OCEAN.—This very interesting work forms Librat./
number of the Cheap Naval and Military nblics:i
Entertainment, now in the course of monthlY.Pon all"
tion. The lover of original and striking ficti ~i li, „iv
and aato.-0017"
of true descriptions of the geogra by
tory of a wonderful and nf - -entPed part of the, 00;
where every object is a marveluileu" and a InYster•YlilOrti
tnhoot but esteem
aaswayvalurabtole
thaceceAsrsoiotinc toc'elelli,"iolyt
their appearance at theagperesent moment is par' reseli"
well timed, as a more valuable and interesting P
could scarcely be made to any young person.