The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY.

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. • • „,1"
Mr. Sheil, one of the most versatile and able contrl"-
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to this Magazine, has again entered with his usual drill:,
skill pale male into the , very heart -of the -Claus
tion. . He has familiarized us is its strange squitiw4_
its extraordinary national peculiarities—it :4 drolleDe
its effrontery, and its excitements It is altogether Poi
lightful paper, a stimulating compound of sarenteto
description. " Mr. Abernethy" is a sketch drawn °7OlO
hand of a master. W trace its truth' in everrtis
" The Death-boat of Heligoland" is an en"-„ (fltt
poem, full of wildness; and powerful imagerp---
Annuls is a v.-ell-written review of these 311-,0 sll
little trifles; fair measure of justice is dealt out oft
equally. " The Roman Theatre" is long, and SioW
(lull, but possesses information, its redeeming Prglal
" Penenden Heath" is a just and vigorous account tiob•
proceedings that took place there a week or so.iince• poi
Kett has but bare justice done him in a careful entoner„-id
of his evil qualities. Ample extracts from this 0-0
sketch of character and incident, will be found in ales(
column. Taken altogether, this number of the
Monthly" may be pronounced superior to many of it°
decessors.

MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Hof
The article on Insanity" in the present nu',
this grave Quaker-like periodical, though • not '7.00
merit in the style and quality of its information, of
great fault ; it generalizes too much. Now a tneditt4
scientific treatise, or indeed any work of a practical of
ought, in nine cases out of telt to be a Treallr,
particularitieu; whereas this,.:though strongly virl/bigh
something even eloquent, is full of general lematke Wfe
convey a tolerably correct notion on the subject of i
nity, but give no details respecting its mode of preirenild
or cure, sufficiently minute to answer arty satilf°.„et:j
purpose. " A Tale of the Pyrenees" ie
ten—it forms one of a series signed " lEvab," nonn.
with Continental adventures, and has better and strl3rvsi,
points of interest than magazine romances in rico
with less absurd rhetorical exaggeration. fpU
Report" is a practicable and servicable paper, t'
of facts, drawn, as we should conceive, from „rio
sonal experience. The " Letter on Affairs in Geo?
takes up the different public topics- of the Ill°,
in a lively, rambling, and• diverting manner; it gio:co
pleasant stimulus to a deficient memory. We have no °Lily
for extracts, as our columns of to-day are more than 'l'7
circumscribed.

LONDON MAGAZINE.
,4 The Opening of the London University" isa fi"„01.-
spirited account of the ceremonies observed on that inlr, I
ant occasion. It speaks also of the University in the bit
that every man of au enlightened mind would desire 0: s
it spoken of. " Last day of the Year in Vienna'-' 1.10,
graphic sketch of power and interest. " A Woutan;i"
tory" is pretty, but sentimental,—that is to 057'0,i;
is all about a broken heart--a subject which is an s6° ,ito
nation, first, front its improbability; secondly, frog%
triteness. " Drummond of Hawtbornden" has some I,eigll
sible remarks on this old poet's stykiof versification, vidf.rth
will go far to neutralize the 'venom of the late Mr.• oiP°o4
who, in his admirable edition of Ben Jenson, has treso
the Scotch Bard s ith more than usual intemPerti
Pope, however, has not thought it beneath him, to bor.-0,
one of his mimilies about the Alps in the Zsay on.CritiO,
" Alps peep o'er Alps, and hills on hills arise," foils,
similar idea given at nearly equal length in one of Dr_fher
mond's choicest-sonnets. As a whole the presento7v
is a very excellent one, and just sufficiently prat:ties'
render it generally acceptable.

BLACKWOOD'S MAGARINE. • ef
We have scarcely yet bad time to do justice to the O-
of this Magazine; but having finished one of its arty,
intended manifestly to be fine, on the subject of lie'
are entitled to pronounce our opinion, viz., that it i°
sufferably stupid, and proceeds on wrong calculatio;io
The remaining articles are numerous, and we may P.
take another opportunity of recurring to them.

TILE EXTRACTOR.
The comprehensive and leading features of this
lication arc, to furnish, free from all tedicius'reduntinw
the spirit of the whole of the foreign and dorneiti,CASJ
views, Magazines, Journals—in a word, the conceOnces
essence of all our periodicals. Such are the Characte°o
of the Extractor, and we need scarcely add, that freill the
specimen of the First Number, now lying on our table! 01.
Editor has strictly acted up to the spirit of his profttio
Of the quality of his selections, we can speak in at
highest terms of praise. Their variety also is another
argument in their favour.

EDWARDS' BOTANICAL REGISTER ; or, 01‘,,,jijlik
MENTAL FLOWER GARDEN AND SOP
BURY, No. IX. Coloured Plates. hid

This month's number fully maintains the Iv
reputation the work has acquired in the 13° of
meal World, as well as in the drawing-wools
our nobility. The following short extracts fr°
two threeinor of i
ofts tchoenst s
subjects will suffice to she:t.b
richness e
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" Cyrisus Movrimomus.—A very beautiful. bir d
border shrub, remarkable for the profusion of bright leicie;'
flowers, with which its long slender branches arc ha
It does not grow above two or three feet high, and. is eas
propagated by layers."
`Q CoNANTBERA CAMFANULATA.,-.-A nativef
higher range of the Cordilleras, where it seems to belj
trout uncommon, appearing among the earliest of the ra;o
flowers with which the green-sward is adorned Plwri As
first melting of the snow. It is a hardy.greea,housePilio
remaining in flower for, several weeks, and yernarlushleri",
the intense bright blueof its nodding blossoms. Itrequire-0
to be grown in light sandy loam, to be well watered le
cooling into flower, and after the .blossoming is over t!,
-
I.ept dry."
" CALA NDIUNIA GRANDIFLORA,--This bllalitgoL
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culent plant is a native of Chili. It forms.a ban e
hush, covered with fair glaucous leaves, and from the no
mit of its tortuous branches arise racemes of large id.
rosy purple flowers, opening in succession for many 11,‘""001
Great care is required in its cultivation, not to give' itds
much water late in the summer, which proves. WA ot,
speedily. It should 1)1 kept in a greephouse,.
..arcous earth, during the winter ; and in theesumP"'
may he plunged in the open border in, a warra:sel
situation. It is propagated by cuttings, or by set4i"