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THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—A new serial story buds out in this
vernal May number of Blackwood—with a promise
(if we may speak of it thus fantastically) as of many
an after passion-flower blossoming among the
bristling thistle-wreath surrounding the effigy of
old Geordie Buchanan. A passion-plant inter-
woven with that symbol of the true Scot's motto,
Nemo me impure lacessit ! For a passion-lower,
if flower at all, this may-bud, " Part I." of the
new tale, promises to be—a tale of that time of blood
and terror, the Great French Revolution. Its
title is sententiously and significantly, "Metamor-
phoses." And already, even, speaking of it only
in reference to a cursors glance at this one initial
instalment (and carrying out our botanical sym-
bolism of its character), we may say of it, as Alfred
Tennyson sang in " Maud," xxi., 10,—

" There has fallen a splendid tear
From the passion-flowers at the gate !"
More of it when the story has a little further ad-
vanced. Besides this opening of a new romance,
Maga has, this month, but six other contributions.
One of these a sequel to the paper descriptive of
" The Scot Abroad," as a "Man of Letters"—view-
ing that national type (this time) in his robuster
character as a " Man of the Sword," under which
generic title we obtain glimpses of many a gallant
wanderer from Caledonia—hero after hero, whose
foot is not on his native heath, and whose name
is not MacGregor. Among them, of course, as any
one might have felt confident—George Keith, Earl
Marischal of Scotland, and his younger brother,
James, who, after fighting bravely for
the Stuarts in 1716, terminated their roving
career upon the Continent, by taking
up their abode at Potsdam, in the Court and
among the personal associates of the Great Fre-
deric. Chivalrous exiles, of whom Mr. Macaulay
has written in the Edinburgh—" They were not
only accomplished men, but nobles and warriors,
capable of serving him (the King d Prussia) in war
and diplomacy, as well as of amusing him at sup-
per. Alone of all his companions they appear never
to have had any reason to complain of his de-
meanour towards them. Some of those who knew
the palace best pronounced that Lord Marischal
was the only human being whom Frederic ever
really loved." There is a garrulous piscatorial
paper in an earlier part of this same number of
Blackwood upon the subject of " Fish-Ponds and
Fishing-Boats," not by any means, however, as
appetising as might have been expected from a theme
so very pleasantly Waltonian. A mutilated bundle
of " Letters from the Banks of the Irawaddee" has
been dressed up into something like a figure—as a
premature cub is precociously licked into shape—
and precipitately pitch-forked immediately after-
wards into Maga as a substantial contribu-
tion. We can't make head or tail of it, as it
is ! For example, it begins by plunging us
souse I head over heels, in medias res, with—
"We started (from Calcutta) on Thursday
morning half-an-hour earlier than I had said, &c."
" This Turk he had an only daughter"—sang the
bard of " Ye Lovinge Rallade of Lord Bateman" :
not a jot more unexpectedly—never having men-
tioned before the existence of any Turk
whatever ! And so with this impertinent
first sentence of these " Letters from the Banks of
the Irawaddee"—taking such a vast deal for
granted in the way of the reader's foreknowledge !
"We started (from Calcutta) on Thursday morn-
ing, half-an-hour earlier than I had said, &c."
Said When 7 and to whom ? On Thursday !
On what Thursday ? We started ! Who started ?
And whither did " they" start ? Well, fortu-
nately, the context tells us that in time, and—
whence " they" started—well, luckily, we are
enabled to glean even that scrap of intelligence
through the chance medium of the casual paren-
thesis And, then, the foot-notes sprinkled at
the bottom of the pages which follow—
whose notes, in the name of fortune, are
they ? Not the writer's own, surely. He
can't possibly be perpetually contradicting him-
self in so very absurd a manner—stating some-
thing in the text merely to deny it an instant
afterwards in a pert little foot-note. Yet, if not his,
whose ? The whole thing is an unmistakeable
muddle, or what the people in the " north-
countrie " call a " mullipuffie." Anything else,
indeed in the way of a bungling jumble, it might
be called, as for example an epistolary hotch-
potch or a literary gallimaufry. It comes upon
us, an unwelcome, unaccustomed, unaccount-
able blunder on the part of Blackwood. And we
turn from it at last with a sense of satisfaction.
We turn from it with pleasure, even though it be
to glance petulantly over the partially clever,
but also partially preposterous criticism about
" England's Political Future," with which
the new number of Maga opens, a review
suggested by the recent notable brochure by
M. le Comte do Montalembert. " The
Art of Travel," is a pleasant readable
paper, having reference to the book so entitled,
written by Francis Galton, a book which Black-
wood's Reviewer remarks might more suitably have
been designated "Hardships made Easy." In the last
article in the number, the political article of the
month, the one relating to " The Peace," we are
delighted to observe Maga stating the upshot
of it all, point blank in these words—" Clearly,
then, John Bull is not over-pleased with the new
treaty." Clearly. There is no mistake about that.
And then Well, we shall see I Time will
show sooner or later—what then ! Be sure of this,
something is in store for us ! Something very dif-
ferent from the peace dreamt of by the Paris Ple-
nipotentiaries ! Something very different indeed
from the squibs and crackers they are going to fire
off in the parks on her Majesty's birth-day ! Some-
thing—what can it be, we wonder ? And so will
" the Powers that be"—when it does come, as
come it will, in Heaven's good time, infallibly

Dublin University.—The " Fortunes of Glen-
core" is continued, and the story is much more
interesting this month. The scene of the adven-
tures is now in Italy, and an exciting account is
given of the misunderstanding which arose be-
tween a Russian prince and an English nobleman.
We are introduced to the beautiful " Countess,"
as she was invariably styled, at the moment when
a great change is about to take place in her position.
From being the queen of the brilliant little society
of Florence, she was forced to fly away in disgrace,
in consequence of some rumours being circulated,
the authenticity of which does not yet appear.
The panic thus created was the fulfilment of the
vengeance that Glencore bad been planning on his
solitary couch, far away from the festive city.
" The Darragh" is the commencement of what
promises to be a tale of interest ; it relates the
event of the takinc, possession of an old estate.
Contiguous to the place of importance the Darragh,
was a small property that belonged to an English-
man, the friend of the master, General Nugent.
A nephew of the latter spent his time in stir-
ring up the minds of the peasantry against
the changes, and the confusion that arose in
consequence may be divined. Montfort., the
Englishman, was, if anything, too decided
and harsh in his measures with such an excitable
people as those on the estates, and this, of course,
added fuel to the fire of their indignation. The
future portion of the story is most likely involved
in crime and mystery. In the paper on "Novels
and Novelists" Mrs. Behn is selected as the study.
It is said that " few Englishwomen who have de-
voted themselves to literature as a vocation have
achieved a greater success in their day than did
Mrs. Behn." Although Aphara Behn met with
many admirers and gained great applause, she also
had many enemies, and was assailed with a great
deal of criticism. Her plays were condemned as
not being sufficiently proper in their style for a
lady to have composed. It is, however, urged, in
part extenuation of her faults, that in the period
she lived in, the code of morality was not so strict,
and that it was jealousy, or envy, perhaps, that
dictated the criticism. The dust of Aphara Behn,
it is said, "is mingled with the ashes of kings,
bards, and patriots in that noble temple in which
our Byron has no statue." " Kadisha ; or, the
First Jealousy," is a well-written piece on a curious
Eastern legend, referring to the origin of jealousy.
"Great Wits and Little Stories" is an article which
refers to the records recently given to the public
of the sayings and doings of Samuel Rogers. Some
remarks are made on the work entitled " History
of the Ottoman Turks," recently published. It is
said that this is the ablest historical treatise which
has yet appeared on this subject. " What we con-
ceive Mr. Creasy to have aimed at and to
have accomplished is the drawing of a continuous
portraiture of the Turkish Government and national
character, in their military, civil, moral, religious,
or social relations." " Early English Poetry"
is devoted to the father of English poetry, Chaucer.
An interesting memoir of his life and writings is
briefly given, and it is observed that while students
generally acknowledge his high rank among his
order, the circle of his readers is limited and con-
tracted. After analysing the causes that have led
to this result, it is argued that although his works
b
may not be widely diffused, his memory must e
enduring, and " while brilliant fancy and nervous
language have the power of pleasing,
be read with delight." Chaucer will

Co'burn,' s United Mervice. —The contemplated
reform of " Our Military Colleges and the Staff "
affords opportunity for some useful suggestions.
From an interesting paper on "Marine Architec-
ture," we gather, among other things, what im-
portance France attaches to Cherbourg, and how
desirable it is we should have a harbour for our
fleet equally convenient for the purpose of attack.
" A. Retrospective Glance our the gad Blockade

and the Slave Trade" shows how ill the former
worked to suppress the latter. " Pacific Prospects
in Russia" open out a wide field for enterprise.
The provinces of " Moldo-Wallachia" are the sub-
ject of an able historical sketch brought down to
1848. It will well repay perusal ; so in a minor
degree will a brief review of the " Present State of
Georgia," which state is anything but satisfactory.
"Theatricals in the Crimea" suggests the utility
of such amusements for the promotion of the moral
welfare of th© troops, and demonstrates by a
somewhat lengthy prologue, spoken on the open-
ing of the Royal Fusilier Theatre, Light Divi-
sion, the existence of both wit and humour, if
not a love of brevity, in the corps. "The
Genie (Sappers, &a.), Gendarmerie, and Garde
Muuicipale of France," aro described in a
short memoir. " Oriental Sketches," by a Molda-
vian Boyard, or " Constantinople during the Occu-
pation of the Allies," possesses an interest inde-
pendent of the nationality of the writer. "The
Battle and Siege of Akhaldzik, in August, 1828,
during the last Russo-Turkish Campaign in Asia,"
commends itself to the attention of the professional
reader, who, by the way, will find the narrative of
"The War in the Peloponnesus in 1820" concluded.
The editor is severe on our "Mock Triumph ;" and
says of the Naval Review—" Under existing cir-
cumstances, the invincible armada could only ex-
cite a feeling of mortification, resentment, and dis-
appointment." The force of these remarks is, how-
ever, somewhat diminished by a disingenuous "At-
tempt to Intimidate the Crimean Board" into an
acquittal of the Crimean delinquents, under cover
of a protest against an alleged attempt by the press
to do the same thing to secure a precisely opposite
result.

Colburn's New Monthly.—" The Peace and its
Adversaries " is the important topic which forms
the subject of the opening article in the New
Monthly. The writer is quite satisfied with the
peace and all belonging to it, and surreys its ad-
versaries with lofty scorn and contemptuous bitter-
ness, which generally form the strongest arguments
of those who are in the wrong. Thus, he tells us
that " Peace is grateful to the intelligence of the
nation, though it may not please those whom am-
bition governs in place of reason and humanity,
any more than the ignorant, selfish, or unimagi-
native." Certainly it requires a great effort of the
imagination to realise the benefits of the present
peace ! The author of " The Unholy Wish" gives
us the commencement of a story which promises
to be interesting. It relates to the loss of a money
letter, which is supposed to be stolen by the driver
of the mail cart, who happened to be a young man
of superior station and character, who had accepted
that office as a temporary occupation whilst seeking
a more congenial employment. It is narrated in
the author's usual agreeable style, and contains the
proper ingredient of romance. " The History of
the Newspaper Press," by Alexander Andrews,
gives us some introductory remarks and the open-
ing chapter. In the former portion there is an in-
teresting collection of the remarks made on the

liberty Of the press by many great men, presenting
a formidable array of epigrammatic tributes, from
the declaration of Hume, that " its liberties and
the liberties of the people must stand or fall toge-
ther," down to the reported observation of Napo-
leon 1., that " four hostile newspapers are more
to be feared than a hundred thousand bayonets."
Florentia's narrative of her "Pilgrimage to the
French Palaces" is continued, and describes the
Palais Royal. Mention is made in its historical
recollections of the melancholy fate of the beauti-
ful Henrietta of England, sister-in-law of Louis the
Fourteenth. She died when very young,
of poison administered, if not with the consent, at
least without the opposition, of her husband, the
Due D'Orleans. His son, the next duke, became
regent, and a sketch of his early career is given by
Florentia. " Cousin Carl," translated from the
Danish by Mrs. Bushby, continues to be as lively
and entertaining as ever. In the present number
the adventurous hero quits his kind hosts abruptly
after having broken off his supposed engagement
with Jette, under the character of her pretended
cousin, and kindly arranged matters for the per-
plexed lovers. It remains to be seen how the un-
suspecting family will receive the intelligence of the
trick that has been so cleverly played them.
" Finishing with Scotland," is the singular title of
a sketch of a tour in Scotland, which he thinks
may afford some useful hints to travellers contem-
plating similar excursions. " Ballads from English
History," by James Payn, are graceful and musical.
The present one relates the well-known and ro-
mantic story of " Edgar and Elfrida." " Th©
Cathedral Angels" is a pleasing and imaginative
little sketch, though somewhat vague. "Pleasure
in Business" is a sensible paper, on the harshness
and gloom considered by many a necessary part of
business. Many engaged in active pursuits might
gather some useful hints from these observations.
Sir Nathaniel commences a new series of papers
under the unpretending title of " Scissors and,
Paste-work." The present instalment is devoted
to the consideration of the select letters of Robert
Southey, recently published under the editorship
of Mr. \Vatter, his son-in-law.

Bentley's Miscellany.—Mr. Harrison Ainsworth's
story of " The Spendthrift" commences this num-
ber. It narrates the perplexities of Gage, who has
been checked in his wild career, and it leaves affairs
in a most exciting position between Clare Fairlie
and her father. The numerous admirers of this
author will no doubt take pleasure in his lively
sketches of social existence among this class a hun-
dred years ago. " The Court, Aristocracy, and
Diplomacy of Austria" takes a review of her rulers
from Charles the Fifth down to Leopold 11. Mr.
Dudley Costello continues his story of " The Joint-
stock Banker," which promises to extend to a con-
siderable length. A criticism on the Royal Aca-
demy Exhibition is one of the most attracti're fea-
tures in the magazine. " Omer Paella's Campaign"
is an article on that painful and unsatisfactory
branch of the war, the Asian campaign, which has
so recently been brought before the public. "Tom
Elliot's Prize" is, we presume, the first instalment
of a story possessing nothing very original or
pleasing to recommend it. The acquaintance of a
medical student, the nephew of a simple and credu-
lous old maid, with the youngest (laughter of a
wealthy lawyer, ends in an elopement. Monks-
hood's contribution is perhaps scarcely so attractive
as usual. The subject is " Grote's History of
Greece," of which the twelfth and concluding vo-
lume has recently appeared. There are two papers
or sketches of country life and scenery, entitled
" Summer Days at Tenby," and " A Glimpse of
Beanaeld."