The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-03 00:00:00

THE MAC AZINES-CONTINUED.

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TAIT'S MAGAZINE.

The best article in this Number, Ixhich is of
average excellence, is that furnished by De Quincey,
and entitled " A Tory's Account of Toryism, Whig-

gism, and Radicalism." It is mote moderate in its
tone than we were prepared to expect, considering its
author's well known political bias, and gives an accu-
rate historical view of the gradual rise and progress of

the order of the gentry—that is, of those whose influence
controls, to a certain extent, the decisions of the House

of Commons—after the long " reign of the last
Tudor." The article will repay an attentive perU,al,
for the " Opium Eater" is unquestionably, when he
ehoOses to be so, and does not mystify himself
and. his readers with metaphysical subtleties, one

of the most instructive writers of 'the day.
" Tribulations of the Reverend Cowal Kilinun "
is by Mr. John Galt, and possesses much
of his dry, quiet humour, and shrewd observa-
tion. " The Experiences of Richard Taylor "is not
so happy in its sketches of familiar, every-day life,
as usual. There arc cleVer passages in it, neverthe-
less. The notice of Lord Brougham's- "Treatise
on Natural Theology," is not such as the subject de-
served. It has considerable show of reasoning, but
little or nothing of the substance. It is all foliage,

and no frnit—all promise and no performance. The
" Forest Lord" is a pleasing legendary ballad, by
Mary Howitt, who touches off poetic trifles of this

sort in a very airy, fanciful spirit. But the best poor

in the Number is the " Wanderer's Return," which is
vividly descriptive, and evinces, besides, a true appre-
hension of the pathetic.

THE NEW 310,:VTHLY BELLE ASSEMBLEE,

This periodical is edited by Mrs. Cornwall Baron
Nilson—a lady whose writings please us much better
han the effusions of her numerous contributors. By

the way, we never hear of the Poet Clennel out of her
pages. He must be a cusiosity, judging from the
compositions to which he prefixes the honorary appel-
lation of verses. His Christian name is really ominous ;
God grant that the association to which it gives rise
in our mind may never be actually realized! The en-
gravings of the fashions for the month are tolerably,
executed.

THE PARTERRE—Effingham Wilson.

This unpretending periodical is making its way into
public,favour very rapidly, and in truth, very deser-
vedly. Its tales, essays, and anecdotes are the best of
their kind, and the engraVings are well designed and
very fairly, executed.

THE ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE.
Longman and Co.

Of this publication-Mr. Loudon is the conductor;
and in every Number we find proofs of his great in-
dustry, ability, and knowledge of the details of the
different branches of the profession of which it treats.
We recommend it to the study of architects.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
Simphin and Marshall.

With pleasure we learn, from a brief article entitled
" Close of the Year," that this periodical, which has
always had our best wishes in its favour—though we
are the opponents of its politics—is daily increasing its
circulation, and as a natural consequence, its popularity.
Its literary merit is unquestionable ; and were it to
devote less space to questions of a sectarian, rather than
of a really .religious character, there can be no doubt
but that in a very short time it would become quite as
popular in England and Scotland as it is at present in
any part of Ireland. The present Number is not equal
to the last in power ; though superior to it in variety,
which, after all, is the great charm in works of this
description. •

MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper.
We are not a jot better pleased with this Number

than we were with the last, and unless it improves very
considerably, we must cease to notice it. We find arti-
cles classed as original, which are mere extracts from
works long since published. The " Skctch of the
personal character of the late Sir James Mackintosh :
by Lord Abinger," is copied wholesale from the Life of
Sir James, .by his son, published a few months since.
" Posting in Russia" is a paper of the same stamp.
We cannot patronize a system of literary piracy.

THE MlRROR.—Limbird.

LADIES' MAGAZINE. Dobbs and Page.

SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. NO. xxxx.
London : Catlett, Strand, 1835.

An agreeable miscellany of literature, amusement, and
instruction, which has too many claims on oar notice to
be passed over without a word of recommendation, in
our enumeration of the periodicals of the past month.
Several of the articles scattered here and there through
it arc very good ; the anecdotes are excellent ; and the
selections from new works evince the judgment. and
taste of the Editor. -

A MANUAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.
Nos. XV. and XVL Clirton.
This work, which is principally from the German
of Dr. Hermann Burmeister, is the most perfect of
the kind in the world. The plates are numerous, and
well executed.

THE ARBORETUM BRI7'TANNICUM; OR
. HARDY TREES OF BRITAIN.
Br J. a LOUDON. Ridgway.
This excellent work has reached the twelfth Num-
The part before us is embellished with sixteen
)eautiful engravings.

The present Number is embellished with a splendid
engraving of the beautiful Gabrielle D'Estrees, Du-
chesse de Beaufort, the favourite mistress of Henry IV.
of France, accompanied with a wellwritten biographical
sketch of the life of that celebrated Lady. Her dress
is the large-sized Elizabethan ruff of three tiers
of lace. From her girdle is suspended a small
mirror set in gold, after the manner of Court beauties
in those days. Her countenance is' full of sweetness
and simplicity, though history ascribes to her no more of
these qualities than necessarily appertains to a lovely
female exterior. The fashionable embellishments for
the month are executed in the usual correct style which
distinguishes the engravings of this periodical.

THE Q UARTERLY JOURNAL of AGRICULTURE.
AND THE PRIZE ESSAYS
AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL

This excellent publication contains a very impor-
tant and valuable article, entitled a " Retrospect of
the Corn Trade, British and Foreign, during the year
1835." By Agriculturists generally it cannot be perused
with too much attention. Mr. .Gray Fearnside, of
Mark Lane, is the author—a good authority on such
a subject. There arc several other very useful papers
in this Number of the Agriculturists' Quarterly
Journal. Mr. Paterson's prize essay, on the topo-
graphy and natural history Of the Island of Arran, is
among the best articles we have met with in any pre-
vious Number of this periodical.

NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNTqf SCOTLAND
No. 8, containing part of the
CO UNTIES of ELGIN and HADDINGTON,
WITH MAP.
Lendon: Gadd, Strand. 1835.
We have so repeatedly spoken in terms of the
highest commendation of this work—an imperishable
monument of the industry, intelligence, and patriotism
of the Scottish clergy—that it would be a waste of
time on our part to do more, for the time to come, than