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London, England, 1828-01-28 00:00:00

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THE GAZELLE.—The gazelle is hunted at
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quick enough ; hut the falcons fix on it, attack its eyes,
and so retard it till the greyhound can come up, and seize
it. —London Medical Gazette, Jan. 26.

This very useful publication professes to be
mythological, historical, and geographical com-
mentary on Pope's Hoincr and Dryden's Virgi!
(the lEneid), but though limited ill its applica-
tion to, and explanations of, these well-known
Greek and Latin Bards, the limitation is of i;o
extensive a nature, and spreads out into so manv
various branches, that it may be looked on as a
species of Classical Dictionary, wherein the stu-
dent will find almost as much matter as in Lem-
priere's popular " Bibliotheca Classic:l." In one
respect the present work is far superior to the
worthy Doctor's; for, though it treats as a matter
of necessity on many circumstances which, from
the well-known character of the Pagan mytho-
logy, arc not merely faulty, but even revolting to
all established notions of taste and deli-
cacy, it never once trespasses on decorum,
or excites an impure idea. Dr. Lempriere, un-
luckily, is not quite so immaculate, but gives
their full force to many of the most exception-
able classical traditions. The geographical por-
tion of the present treatise is also superior, or at
any rate equal, to the same department of the
Classical Dictionary, in proof of which (to say
nothing of a hundred other instances) we may
compare the two accounts of " Italy ;" the one
is slight and !lovenly; the other diligent, concise,
and definite, both with regard to its descriptions
and its localities. It is, however, on what may
be termed the philosophical portion of the work,
that we are most inclined to lay stress. Here the
author is in his clement. He not only gives in de-
tail the most favourite Homeric and Virgilian le,
`ends, but endeavours, in most cases with success,
to trace them upwards to their fountain head. He
gives their probable origin, speculates on their
bearing, separates the fictitious from the historical
portion, throws light upon their obscurities,
and simplifies. all that is apparently complex
about them. In this respect he is another
Palmphatus (though without his prosing and
prolix explanations).. Should the student wish
for proof's of what we have hole advanced, we
would direct his attention to the author's account
of the Pigmies, • which, though in sketch, will
furnish him, we conceive, with almost all that is
known or recorded on the subject. We may
add that the book is a great desideratum to a
scholar's library, -as it is manifestly the result of
unwearied diligence, clear conception, and long
acquaintance with the Classics.