The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-11 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Elijah the Prophet. An Epic Poem. BY u"
Washington Moon. Hatchard.
Mr. Moon has indeed undertaken, what he h-
self admits to be, a difficult and an ambitious Os;
He very appropriately exclaims at the close of b 0
poem, when attempting to describe the trawls"
of the Prophet :
" 0, who can picture that transcendent sight!
Who fitly can relate the -wondrous story !
Who paint the serial beauty of that night,
Or sing the fleetness of those steeds of glory.
And God's triumphant chariot of light
Entering Heaven ! Never in depth or height
Had mortal gazed on such a scene before ;
Never shall years, how long soe'er their MP'
The solemn grandeur of that hour restore!' ur toA
These lines we have quoted give a very acc
specimen of the versification, occasionally the
dious and occasionally halting. In alluding t° tbo
difficulty of clothing thoughts in language.'hvio
writer gracefully likens them to butterflies
behold upon a rose-bush,
" And try to catch—so instantly they rise !
If caught, the beauty of their plumage with the; "'
WWI
The Dole of Malaga. An Episode of
Dramatised. By Digby P. Starkey. tfrs)
Potter, and Galpin. ,atb°‘
Very effectively.and very happily has the antio
of this drama succeeded in portraying the r°ll3o th°
spirit of that age of chivalry and adventllll:l3fall
time of Ferdinand and Isabella, and the d°4llo to
of the Moors in Spain. Very beautifully, tba
nature and to history, does the character he gal'
great Queen appear upon these pages, and t
lant chivalry of the defeated Omar is, as
Tba
Ferdinand declares, worthy of an thellidal lit
last scene closes with a double tragedy, and
line enforces the lesson—
" That Kings are groat—as they are raerciftll2
Edit
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Aunt Judy's Magazine. Nos. I. and 11.
Mrs. Alfred Gatty. Bell and DuldP cle'
With the month of May commenced
cud fut
lightful sixpenny magazine, especially ilitelitbefo
young people, and one that is likely to make I,roota
of the month a welcome day in many a 011°° if IV
and play-garden. The first serial st°lllooollci'
Cousins and their Friends," is by that irer/gia 110
ing writer for the young, the author of oreal
Charlie" and " Sydney -Grey." All tb°sec:at
111
whose children may have passed some Plea:08 W,
profitable hours over those favourite vol 1: AO'
hardly require any other recomraendation
wwe Pb
vf.ta;
Judy. We cannot say, by-the-way, t,113„t but ,
ticularly admire the title of the magazine' iotr
is, of course, purely a matter of taste. la
Plisheb
duction to the first number the ace° io
editress declares " her honest endeavour 5
fo r 0'
of
to provide the best of mental food
ictio
ages of young people and for manY viiiese
taste," and, as far as cau be judged bY ory
first numbers, her endeavours have bee°
adorn tv,t
cessful. Some very pretty illustrations oallb:1
brochure. The frontispiece to the Julleraii,
reveals poor Kathleen Lord, with all her
wo stair);
and dictionaries tumbling pele-mete cif) was° 0,
There is a sweet little hymn set to simple cal 0° I,
Alfred Gatty in this number, but the P°` 00131
tributious are not of the highest order. l-1
• cool cos del+
singers as Mary Howitt or Eliza 03 oe,
ng
Y°llto Llti°tlejfeP
selected it would be happy for the
eta.
If not, we should say it would be Wellly
casionally some piece from our best polo _ _
Good roe'rY' good g 0 1,10
provided
ildoevde
withto ltehaer n
bestv e verses
.b yhear t $ 111 or or,
is the best rule for the school-room Undera" ~he a
tic
tures, or none for the nursery.
redid
great
care of Mrs. Alfred Gatty we may Pre
cess for Aunt Judy's Magazine.

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