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the scenery, men. and manners am, ng wh ch he
has served. In this endeavour he will probably '
be successful, as many will find much entertainment
in his narrative, as besides his experience in his own
country he takes :he reader to the lonian Islands,
Malta and Gibraltar. At the conclusion be records
the terms in which the thanks of the House of Com-
mons were given to the militia corps. The sketches
of the various accidents and adventures of barrack
life will be found amusin,,, and they possess the
great advantage of being illustrated by the humor-
ous pencil of John Leech.

Wayside Fancies. By Frances Freeling Broderiß

Moxon.
It is not long since the many who regard with
affection and veneration the memory of Thomas
Hood, gave a kindly welcome to the first literary
efforts of his son. His daughter has now entered
the same path, giving evidence of taste and
talent; but the hum .ur that charmed the graven,
the pathos that touched the coldest heart, is not to
be found. A cultivated taste, °and ability above the
average, must readily be acknowledged, and the
childrfn of Thomas Hood have a right to claim a
kindly welcome from the literary world, but his
genius, generous as powerful, and enduring as ori-
ginal, is busied with him. Neverthel.ss, judged by
itself, apart from all comparison, the volume before
us is above me-Jiocrity. It contains a pleasant
medley of prose and verse, and the verse is the
best, a fact which is striking and unusual.
The prose consists of little sketches chiefly
light and satiric showing a sense of the
humorous, but the poetry has some touches of
de-p feeling. The following is from a poem en-
titled "Six days shall thou labour," setting forth
the sufferings of the poor. It contains some
powerful lines :

" Can you wonder we are Chartists,—that we murmur
and repine I
We are ignorant ; teach us better; point us up to the

Divine,—
Teach us he appointed rich and poor their separate
course to take,
Doing each their solemn duty meekly, humbly, for His
sake ;
Tell us of a better world on high, where all distinctions
cease,
And the beggar and the king alike share one eternal
peace.
Waken from your calm debating in the palace ye have
built,
For your solemn legislation o'er our wrong., our woe,
our guilt ;
Come and learn our true condition, with your quiet
high-bred grace ;
The same merciful Creator made that calm and happy
face,
And those pinched and haggard features, worn with
. sorrow, sin, and pain,
And the human souls beneath them both must go to
Him again
By all these thoughts—the evil past, and that which
draweth nigh—
By life and death's great mysteries, ob, heed our warn-
ing cry;
Give to the winds the sordid thought of gaining place or
pelf,
And, working for one common weal, forego all dreams of

self. _
Ob, great and mighty of the land ! how will ye yield

your tru,t,
When the Archangel's awful trump shall summon slum-
bering dust

To meet the Judge in majesty; the record dread un-

rolls,—
How shall ye answer to your God for all these human

souls ? -
By your dearest hopes, your deepest fears of that tre-

- -
meudous day,
Oh, save us from th penalty that both of us must pay,
" Toe evil wrought by want of thought ;" the human

creatures last ;
Ttie va.t amnunt of wasted souls your indolence has cost!
The following is a pleasing little poem, full of
graceful mel dy

" A single rose for thee, lova,
One little rose for thee,
In change for all the many flowers
That thou bast given to me ;
So take it from my very heart,
Though pale and weak it be.
The wild pink buds of spring, love,
Did with our hearts unciose ;
Our marriage day was sweetly crowned
By autumn's last white rose ;
They've marked life's sunniest memories,
And may they wreathe it 4 close.
How many summer roses, love,
Have dated pleasant hours,
And brew hed a tender charm about
This quiet home of ours :
Ab, love ! ours was a happy lot,
Thus chronicled in flowers.

The work is dedicated to the memory of her
father, but the " envoi" is a kind of tribute to her
brother, who shared her early literary ex-
ploits. They have adventured, almost simulta-
neou,ly, into the field of literature ; if their
paths in it may not be so high as their father's,
they may at least be less thorny. At any rate,
they are sure of courteous consideration and
kindly welcome, if not for their own merits, at
least, in acknowledgment of the debt all who love
literature owe to the name of Thomas Hood.

Vacations in Ireland. By Charles Richard Weld.

Longman.
A volume of pleasant sketches of a traveller's ad-
ventures amolig the beautiful scenery of the sister
isle. It is descriptive of the experiences of many
visits, bu• though the earlier excursions were made
many ye irs ag the author has thought that a few
sketches of life, as it was before railway excursions
were the fishion, will not be without interest, while
the grandeur and beauty of the scenery he de•
scribes, remains unaltered. His other visits have
been made more recently, the latest only last year.
The reader will therefore have an opportunity of
comparing the past and the present, as well as of
forming an acquaintance with the still wild and
little visited distri.ts in the West of Ireland. The
author writes in a clear and lively stye, and the
anecdotes and sketches of the national character
which he introduces c imbine to render bis volume
entertaining and agreeable. The chapters on Lord
Rosse's telescope are full of scientific interest. They
ate reprinted from " Fraser's Magaziiie." The
author during his stay in Ireland was frequently
the guest of L'ird Rosse. This work contains much
pleasant. reading for those desirous of making
themselves ainita nted with Irish life and scenery
without undergoing the fatigues of a personal in-
spection.

Boy Princes. By J. C. Edgar, author of "The
Boyhood of Great Men," &T. Bogue.
Mr E 'gar has, he/ ~e this, con ributed to the
knowledge and amu etnent of juvenile readers by
the sensible and instructive books he has written
for their p-rsusal. The present volume consists of
a series of portraits of " Scions of royalty cut off
in youth," and includes memoirs of many
that hive filled an illustrious place in
the pages of history. They are not re-
stricted to one age or country, but extend from
William the Atheling to Napoleon 11., and give to
the you' hful reader a mostinterestingiroduction to
general history. Though possessing the character of
an hi,torical work, the work is entirely devoid of
that dryness and want of interest which is too
often met with in children's histories. It is written
in a simple and clear style, but in a manner likely
to rivet the attention and arouse the interest of its
readers.

Nightshade. A Novel.

By Wm. Johnston,

M. A. Bent ley.
This story will be appreciated by the class who
admire polemical work,' it is not attractive for the
general reader. It relates chiefly to the arts em-
ployed by certain bigoted individuals, to induce or
compel young girls to enter convent,,, whether or
not their natural desires or mode of life
point that
way. A great deal of skill is displayed in the ar-
rangement of the plot, and the character of the
principal actor in the strange scenes ably deli-
neated. Some passages will appear exaggerated,
and many doubtle=s will not go so far as the writer
in the arguments he adduces, but he has evi-
dently written hie book with the best intentions,
and with a view to impart knowledge to those
whose innocence deserves, and whose ignorance
demands instruction.

I Winter's Sketches
Pyreneesetches in the South of France and
the
Johnson, M.R.C,S.
This
Chapmanl and Hari 31. F.
it'le book will- be agreeable either to those
who stay at home and
niavt:e
thetraveller who would
lands he may be
form an idea beforehand desire to obtain an idea
of foreign countries
lor to of n
the journey,
about to visit. There arewith
several
relative to the
sketches, anec-
dotes, and descriptions met
various places of note passed inand
the men of muk who have been connected
the locality. Some remarks are added at thel with
con-
mineral
con-
clusion of the work concerning the climatic
the
in-
fluences on disease, and the use of the
waters in cur.,. An analysis is given of various
places suggest-d for remedies, and their advantages
and disadvantages for the several ailments.

A Metrical ilistory of England, for young people.
By Mrs. Wood. Darton and. Co.
This is an ingenious little volume,- giving the
history of England in verse. The authoress re-
marks that in teaching her children she always
f and that verse was much more easily com-
mitted to mt mory than prose, and made a much
greater impression on the mind. She therefore
thought others might find this little work a use-
ful medium of instruction. She does not confine
herself to a mere recital of facts, but contrives to
we a good deal of incidental information about