The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-29 00:00:00

Wanderer's Dream, is surpassed by nothing of the
kind in the language. We extract the following brief
account of him, from a note attached to Scott's &-
view :—" The Rev. C. R. Maturin, curate of
St. Peter's, Dublin, an eccentric character, but a
man of genius, shared the usual fa opt
and incoherentltd "mama
with el.-
_sant acsiro, tYgtity., AVA. bias. He die i4l
October, 1. 4. Tiesiaes tlve oesOni Aria preceding
articles of Review,, Maturin published tales called
the " Milesi Chief," 4 vols. ; " Wild Irish Boy,"
3 vots. ; " Melmoth, the \Yamada," 4 vols. ; the
" Albigenses," 4 vols.; two tragedies, " Bertram" and
" Manuel,"—tbtre was a third, entitled " Fredolpho,"
which was damned the first night of its performance
the. " Universe," a poem, and two volumes of Set*
mons. Among other fantastic humours of this
author, it is said that when he wished his family
to be aware that ti:e fit was on. 1161 ht used to
stick a wafer on his forehe,.ll," The present volume is
embellished with a Flattering likeness of the late Mr.
Gifford, editor of the Quarterly Review, and a pic-
turesque sketch of Chiefswoods Cottage, near Abbots-
ford, the seat of Mr, Lockhart, the prcstnt editor.

COMIC ALMANACK FOR 1836.
C. Tilt. London.

We noticed this little work on its first appearance
last year, and may here repeat what we then said, that
it is an ingenious idea, cleverly executed. The illus-
trations of the Months are by Cruickshank, and are full
of his mirthful extravagant humour. " January " is
represented by a frost scene on the Serpentine. Some
people are skaiting, some sliding, and some endeavour-
ing, in the presence of a group of admiring ladies, to '
appear unconcerned and Unhurt, when rising ftom a
fall which has evidently shaken them from head to
foot. But the most whimsical group of all is that of
some ten or a dozen unhappy wretches who have just
tumbled, head over heels, into a rast hole commencing
at the end of a long slide. One man is looking up,
with his head just raised above the ice, as if he were
blandly expostulating with destiny ; and another, with
one arm, is laying fast hold of a rope thrown to him by
some servants of the Humane Society, which it is tto
be apprehended, from the distrustful expression of their
countenances, will break long before he can be pulled
ashore. " Transfer-Day at the Bank" exhibits a
variety of grave, business-like faces, with the exception
of one or two belonging to sharpers, who, full of faith
and hope, are merrily engaged in making free with the
pockets of an elderly gentleman. The engraving is not
less remarkable for its humor than its satire. A view
of " Greenwich Park " represents a vast motley crowd,
who are rolling down the celebrated Flamstead Hill in
every possible variety of attitude and costume. One
fat gentlewoman, whom the genius of mischance has
overtaken in her somewhat too heedless descent, dis-
plays a ponderous luxuriance of calf as she tumbles
flat on her nose, amid the shouts of some Greenwich
Pensioners, who are busy eying the display. The re-
maining engravings in the work, though not equal to
those we have briefly glanced at, are yet worthy of
Cruickshank's reputation; and the humourous verses
attached to them, by way of explanation, show consi-
derable tact and ingenuity.