The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-01 00:00:00

MONTHLY REVIEW.

The great defect in this old established, and
Still, we believe, favourite periodical, is the tame
insipidity of its Reviews. There is little or no
variety of style ; still less of thought ; the work,

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in fact, seems t• be the production of one, or
perhaps two (scarcely more) diligent individuals.
Were there more WOrknienon the establishment;
mere versatality of mint and manner ; the con•
cern would be more profitable and popular. As
it is, however, we have no e".p,9, on the score of
information, to complain 4114 every Review
evinces traces of study, reflelVin, and a well
cultivated mind. Among these ''we may safely
single out the analysis of " Say's Political
Economy its writer's talent kindles a cold and
trite topic, and throws light upon the dullest
arguments. It may even be read without a
yawn—can we give it higher praise ? The fol-
lowing remarks on a late expurgated edition of
Don Juan, strike us as being very judicious.
Unhappily they are stuck among the " Minor
Notices," at the far end of the Number. The
idea of a lady undertaking the task of purifying
Don Juan, is amusing ; she must have studied
the lax parts with considerable attention, and
made great progress in her acquaintance with
the unbecoming.
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Of the story of Don Juan this volume affords us not a
hint. Even of the wit and merriment of the original we
have nothing, or next to nothing. The publication con-
sists merely of a small number of smoothly turned stanzas,
picked up here and there from the noble poet's pages, and
arranged under so many heads, after the manner of what is
called a Dictionary of Quotations. The extracts given are
certainly scrubbed and purified with the moat exquisite
,scru-
pulosity—not
only all grosser improprieties being, of course,
removed, but the most harmless jests being often, to the
great injury both of the rhyme and the spirit of the verse,
as remorselessly extracted, as if any unusual vivacity of ex-
p7ssion were in the author's estimation one of the deadly
‘;:N He--oOthe-.:for we much incline to attribute the
7OA to one of the cerulean sisterhood—is of opinion, that
I,„l3yron was often led greatly too far b 7 his imitation of
z riost*O" and Pulci : an opinion which is quite enough to
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gliOw, that his Lerdship Las not met in his present critic
with any very sympathising judge of his genius. The vo-
lume, we should remark, is very handsomely got up, and
is introduced by a preface, rather flowingly and poetically
written, thane) smacking too of the feminine gender.
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ORIENTAL HERALD.
yy There is a manifest improvement in this Ma-
gazine, as regards both the style, quality, and
quantity of its papers. Having very judiciously
resolved to drop the Argus, Mr. Buckingham
has found more leisure to attend to his Oriental
Herald ; the consequence of which is, that it is
pleasant, diversified, and to Indians especially,
remarkably intelligent. We have no space for
extracts—•indeed we should do injustice to the
work, were we to cut up its articles piece-meal;
we naay however venture confidently to recom-
mend the ingenious Paper, entitled " Mrs.
Wright's Establishment in America," the reader
will find his account in paying attention to it.

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