The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-13 00:00:00

NAGAZ INES.

DUBLIN.—" Sweet Anne Page" is very sad in this
number, and the dark fate which enshrouded the
heroine is a warning to those who persist iu sacri•
ficing others to suit their own views and prejudices.
Stephen Langton seems to have a bright future before
him, and thus one portion of the tale is less
chequered. "My Queen" is continued, and gives a
pleasing account of the Charades and Tableaux,
but the fair heroine's fortunes do not flourish in
accordance with her success on the mimic stage here
so quaintly represented. " Haunted Lives" is con-
tinued in a long instalment, which is very eventful.
" Pleasant Passages from Early French History"
refer to some interesting scenes that occurred among
our neighbours, and are well worthy of perusal.
" Music in Poetry" is a suggestive article, that will

interest the attentive reader. It is said that some of
our greatest prose writers have been poets of the first
rank often, "but their work=, even while they illus-
trate the points of family-likeness, show yet more
clearly the gulfs of essential difference between
verse and prose." A paper on Dr. Doran's " Saints
and Sinners" is very interesting, and some of the
anecdotes are very amusing. " Ireland in 1868"
is the concluding article, and it is said that of the
three countries Ireland has her interests most con-
sulted. The first question is already before Par-
liament, and the Irish difficulty occupies the leading
statesmen of the day.
FRASER'S MAGAZINE.—" The Culture of Emer-
son" is the title of the opening paper, which takes
an interesting survey of the gradual process by
which the author of " Representative Men" has
reached his present position as a leader of American
thought. Nearly 40 years ago he stood a young
preacher in a Boston pulpit, and one of the listeners
to his earliest sermons has recorded the inefface-
able impression which was made upon his
mind by the preacher. " The last thing,"
said this gentleman, "that any of us who heard
him would have predicted for the youth whose quiet
simplicity and pety captivated all was that he
would become the religious revolutionist of Ame-
rica." Leaving this more thoughtful and serious
article, we find ourselves in the midst of a pleasant
artistic discussion on the Portraits at South Ken-
sington, introducing, too, a short discourse on
B ,res. '6 Bolsover Forest" is of a very different
sort, t kking us into the midst of birds' nesting,
_ _

forest rambles, and all the other wonders of a boy's
life in the country. Among the remaining papers we
find the third instalment of the Life of Sir Philip
Sydney, by the late Robert Southey ; and a criticism
on Kinglake's recent instalment of his "invasion of
the Crimea."

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE—(BeIit-
-1"Y, New Burlington-street).--" The Overland
Route to China" is growing to be morn a matter of
importance and interest to the British traveller than
it used to be, and accordingly a full account of the
district lying between India and China attract
some readers, especially as the article before us
contains some curious information. " The Wind
among the Trees" is a slight but graceful paper,
quoting the various impressions which the changeful
voice of the wind has made on some of our principal
poets and writers. " The Mail of Orleans" sup-
plies the subject for a biographical sketch. A
tn:;morial essay of more recent date on " Henry
Lord Brougham," comes from the pen of the veteran
Cyrus Redding. The stories now in progress are
" The Arliugtons," " The List Days of an Old
Country House," and " Christine," all which pro.
ceed as usual. "

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. (Bentley, New Burling-
ton-street.)—The readers of this long-established