The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-07 00:00:00

LITERATURE

JOURNAL OF THE HEART.
EDITED BY THE AUTHORESS OF " FLIRTATION."
Second Series. London—Cochrane and Co., 1835.
This is a pleasant volume enough ; albeit we cannot
perceive why so interesting a title has been bestowed
upon it. With the fancy it has much to do ; with the
heart little—we had almost said nothing. In the con-
ception of the several pretty tales of which it is com-
posed, the fair authoress may have been more solicitous
to pourtray her feelings than to tax her imagination, or
consult her judgment ; but as these tales differ in no
material circumstance from the agreeable fictions of other
elegant writers we cannot admit the right of placing them
upon a different footing. That we may not be deemed hr
percritical in our observations on alady'sperformance, in:
every way worthy of respectful treatment, we ask, in all
kindliness, what has the tale of the " Three Lights"---
a superstition of the Highlands of Scotland—to d°
with the journalized feelings and emotions of a lady's
heart ? What is there about 'the old anecdote 0,
" Jumper Cox" which peculiarly belongs to the heart'
Who, for example, will say that the fragment of
tragedy called the ,4 Countess of Essex" is aught but
an attempt to represent the effects produced by the,
stormiest passions ? And as for the " Emperor anu
the Abbot"—a translation from the German—it has 0
more connection with a journal of the heart than had the
tears shed by Ferdinand Count Fathom at the relation
of the adventures of Don Zelos, the miserable Castilian.
Do we regret this ? By no means. The nearest 14;
proach to a correct journal of the heart that has I. a
been given to the world is the " Confessions" 0f
J. Rousseau—a work which few lovers of morality 01.
religion will desire to see multiplied. It may be °Pte
jetted that the author was a deist, and a man destitute
of principle ; but even admitting:this, we doubt ninch
if the journalised feelings of a more religious h°6°,
would present a much more agreeable view of hum',
nature. Man in himself, and as he is known to hi:
self, is a very little, mean, trifling, capricious creattl.es
Those individuals known to the rest of their spec
as Great Men—men of wonderful learning, s°l#.o;
ing knowledge, and most refined taste, are no except'
to this rule. On the contrary, among them it may

taken as an axiom as sound as any in Euclid. is
We are, therefore, by no means sorry that there
so small an affinity between the title of this vlitint
and its contents. Nearly fifty pages of the begin r,
of the volume are written after the manner °f a knina
he
nal or sentimental diary ; but this is the part °f the
nal
book with which we have been the least pleased• d
have an unconquerable aversion to the suppressinno
names in journals and biographies. If the real 118 the
is not to be given, we think it would be sparing
CO.
patience of the reader to suppress the anecdote ch
meted with it. If delicacy is to be consulted ill stibe
matters, in the name of reason let the whole affair
affrefr
for ever forgotten. If Lady Somebody
at,'"
Lady Anybody, let them either keep the in the
to themselves, or give us at full length Die
names of the parties offending and offended.
sett •
public solicits no confidential intelligence, andis ab
o
by the silly and impertinent custom, among Peneooi,
fashion, of introducing personages whose titles lvof
suffer contamination by appearing in the pages,„izeJ
Novel, and who are only ambitious of being rec°6-,
by the erudite in the mystery of asterisks and darerool
But, allowing for all these drawbacks, the " OA! no
of the Heart" is a very agreeable volume, and %I'm' of
doubt, be very popular in the higher cirelesis
fashionable life. The " Warning of the Artist the
remarkably clever sketch, and we recommend it to
youthful knights of the easel and pallet.

SKETCHES AND RECOLLECTII
BY J. POOLE, ESQ.

2 vols. Colburn, London, 1835.
• COY
The majority of these 44 Sketches" form 11) hef
siderable portion of our " Recollections," for tioo
have already been published, some in the " L°Titbes
Magazine," long since " dead," and some, in 00
" New Monthly," which is still numbered aflog
" quick." The history of one of them-4h°' yet
mean, entitled " A Cockney's Rural Sports"---iseo
a little curious. It originally appeared, many ?roe;
since, in " Taylor and Hessy's London Maloo
thence it was dug up, and transplanted, last Oro
in the more congenial soil of the " New Muntbeol
and now it blossoms for the third time in the ego,
the work before us. The paper is unquestioua" e
th
sprightly and amusing one, but scarcely deser°
honours of a double resurrection. Of Mr. Fee
ate
tte
maining " Sketches and Recollections," as ,e,vibtS'
judgment upon them in our ',Magazine Notices,
roar
they appeared from time to time in the various Pelle ill
cals of the month, we need here say nothing fu: .reel
their praise, than that those who have already sed
them will not be sorry to meet with them agallice; id?
those who have not, will be struck with their nolo
ness and ingenuity. The two best are the o°4
Pedlington Guide," which ridicules in a well-05,4 our
vein of irony the inflated local descriptinns,7ooll,
watering-place guide books ; and the " Inconlwr
of a Convenient Distance," the conception 1n 04e
is as happy as its execution is dexterous. to be,
two masterly papers, Mr. Poole shows hirnseih'e CD)
(like the far-famed bath of that name, in
Road) quite a Peerless Pool.

ITALIAN AND ENGLISH DICTION
-R
Tegg, London, 1835. tooft
" The object of the present work," says the a por
Mr. Meadows, " has been to remove, as much 95,4 the
sible, all the difficulties attending the reading loll'
ancient Italian writers, who, for the innumerableolipellS
ties displayed in their productions, demand an e
place among men of superior genius." This soil/
Mr. Meadows has, to a certain extent, succei, oore,
accomplished ; and, in order to render his wOrl66'
complete, has prefixed to his Dictionary no " Ibe
and practical Grammar of the Italian tongue,*;B re
is r
book got up with remarkable neatness, ariu
sonable in price. •

AS
SUBJECTS ESSAYJR CT SCO .ND OTHER E C
tij
OcNrEDAVWIETHRArGs.E; 0 go
OF MARINE INSUILINCE.—BT ROBERT STICTILVIS'
H. Baily and Co., Cornhill, 1835.
This very valuable treatise on the law of jesl‘
Insurance, which is deserving of a place on the or
of every underwriter, and ought to have .);
propriated to itself in the office of every extensive id
mercialist, has just reached a fifth edition. °feed
provements which the author has effected in alm 0
°5'104
page of it, to meet the latest changes which ha/ees go
place in the law and the practice of marine Poliel /401
far to entitle it to the distinction of a new work'objee/
thing essential to a right understanding of the 6 id
is
has been omitted. Te minutest details of risks tbe
he
responsibilities, are fairly and simply placed f°re.oble
public. Not only every actual, but every Oneedlisria
and possible case of loss, damage, time e
T
notice, and all that could affect the legality or
c 7 de'
of paying policies, is assumed, 144vestigated, al,' ie
cided upon, according to the existing la*°'
t 0105bv::
very important to merchants. It may be
quence to add, that Mr. Stephens, the author °'
work, has only recently retired from Lloyd's..
etore
„ , • tle
An " Essay on Arbitration, more pst
artl 'Y
it relates to Commerce and Marine Insurance, ha Jobs'
same author, and published by Baily and JOllO
been put into our hands. It is dedicated to
vie
Campbell, and from the slight attention wri
4y di° "
were able to bestow upon it, we can only I-
3, verfee:
bears the impress of much legal reading, and e,,,,hteP
acquaintance with all the details of the subject o
it treats.