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MAGAZINE DAY.
EL-IC:K[l,oo,o's' MAGAZINE. There is no mistaking the fine " Roman band"
that appears in every page of the criticism on Dry-
den in this Number. As it is announced under the
title of " North's Specimens of the British Critics,"
Ise presume we shall have a regular series of articles_
on this prolific subject, and we care not how many of
them
we have, should the succeeding ones hate only
raete
half t point, emphasis, and discrimination, that cha-
ri se the present specimen. There is no man off
the day better qualified by his high appreciation o
"glo-
Ths poetic in all its phases to play the critic on
Sous John Drydea ' as his contemporaries loved to
call him. True, the poet of King Charles's day was
snore remarkable for the vigour of his reasoning
Powers than the wildness and fervour of his imagine-
like Pope, he professed to "stoop to truth and
f
looralise his song," while the Professor,
'who is " o
Imagination all compact," has dwelt from his youth
ridcards in fairy land, haunted by such visions of the
and wonderful as no English poet has seen since
Penner. Still, though fancy predominates over. the
pure understanding in the poems of Professor Wilson,
PonelniwteneetAihsetter feel the force of Dryden's various
simple and straightforward powers of
rgumeat, which however, are by no means wanting
in subtilt _ _y mil
e' en'occasion demands, as in his "Hind
rodw fp,n.ther," . the‘ incomparable. ease and majestic ,
Wits. of MS versification, the fertility of his illustra-
14:13, which in the striking poem of "Theodore and 1
2r,ia" in
make the reader's blood tl-eeze in
'ems. Por some years it has been the fashion to
Faderste the school 'of Dryden and Pope.
.That
,201 Was certainly not the highest in English
gt„r'; atill it was a noble one, and we hope that as
bt'suitt:ts or 'Wilson has led the way, others will n
iti ta to turn their attention to these undeservedly
al'eteee,ted members of the British classics. The
31,05-feler of London" is from the pen of Mr. Thomas
snae":"e• It contains one or two striking historical
is ratiii)°,,el such as that to Wallace, but, as a whole, itd
the Cy such
in the turn of its thought And
Au flow
of its rhythm. " Spain as pectin Is furnishes
nf,i, Spitinl°.the curious particulars respg the state. ahe author the overthrow of the Carlist faction.
SOuthern
to assures us that in some of the large
tawardsE °/ens a growing shyness is being evinced der at,
vo,nglish travellers, which we do not at all won
Itonseanse that we bear in' mind the immense deal of
t 4114111 "It certain recent tourists have scribbled
klvhe '111? that country. There is not a blockhead
aLgestit oti board a steamer,. and leaves England for
fertly I°ls '41.1Y a few weeks, but thinks himself Per-
e npalified to discuss the social and political
4'lle's,the Peninsula. From an article entitled
ateusi 'overland Passage " we quote the following
4.lalantigdrlescription of the passage of the desert near
in:-..
4Atle
Itsaha of Ph they reached the gulf of Suez, with the blue
1111% 1%10
the gulf '4l,n,s h
was i in the distance, and continued running un
84 one hundred and sixty miles long.
killeatit4canle hi sight. Here all is dreary : desertt.ss
t'kale idon_a_l,ll,ts forra the whole landscape. Arabbotaho.
el?er. 6iZt and conveyed the passengers from
1 alls were i own looked dismal; its walls
was and forti•
crowded
lisiekiy.look.n decay; the landing place
. .
na.
a 11,iate'sa:d the ins creatures, the evident victims of
ornament of the place was a large
%Loeb ee• 4,8'1 tomb. This condition of things was not
'tote' of7,,,Prc'ted when the Party found themselves in the
species 4riessyS• Hill and Co.
whet th .frightful insect, made war against sleep ; and
Mosquitoes, and every
lee, e eir reign had
.. _
and the travellers
ie roPtch or fli,. P.as'ed away,.
ers k„,e , s continued their persecution. The tree,
'tt once f.'" It 104 barin in aing their
she ei rl4ll Suez to Alexandria; ' nd it is described as
AI Ser triode
to , a 4;heAOU °Li the SeVeriVe Onlypassage-mones
4,2.
ttnere, Th to Cairo,
kahndartehesnurteakteo Oil;
, rotiveytFi.ces w i .•
Ito'". ully ae
.0 A, ab drivers and carriers seem to
• Pilch i,„ quireu those arts of extortion, which.
`° be fenutia.neh abundance wherever English money l'•
finery ,e,e,TheY cheat, and lie, and cajole, with extra.
14this nee '14143 ; and the majority of the passengers
~_l3' on tiseaB"l seem to have been detained unnecessa-
`4o first rcatd, and treated badly at the station-houses.
attd the Part of the desert is rather rocky than sandy.
tile road seem
pieces to
when to have been formed chiefly by
tae we andtravellers.
of °f stone ..
_rock, which sorely triefd t
*oils aD ; Oa. flesh i'!und r e dlt
o fi is
caresses eovere
do
and rat,.,
h with
a tgi ernecwe'
•que the ht;'ne is soon eaten by the wolvescamels e plle ion..
'Ns
saki were „lei*, bleach in the sun. Little troops t
Bernet. .• from time to time, sometimes on camels_e
teeth lutes
'lts hi , ot; horses. They were armed to thto
Nike snit as n
tsodsitalle3'dParty of egpnae_s,;:nd looked ferocious enough .
pacific travellers tremble fur their
detkraed Aleillttels• But they were the patrols. of Mo-
ih• data the ' and guardians of the goods which in other
4ethet steYtiZusid haye delighted to plunder. Ther.e builtare
11'net rot: on this road through the desert, all
11.4!); RAI: °F woder, the Paella Of these, four are
eller - ; hilt four are houses. fur the reception of
Nies de The
euinr-- The station No 6 though
vt.. 8 aDtti4 Y are generally from twelve to sixteen
mintele ' the ennst , .' •
wl, to ths oies of an Englishhotel, . e
hOiesher;
.01,d.travellers o thedesert. by no mean
flt consists of
al 'e sal, , %Kithen and servants' room, with a large
_qv (.04 ~,_.
v,
444 cePtt°cour9t"T the whole end, and completii.g
testi. with (lir • Three sides of the saloon were fure-
em se With divans: There was a long table in the
llita°' the several chairs, and a glass window at each
Neil' and the„alt But this was unluckily the season o
into iceilio,, J were the torment of the travellers ; table,
css,otlf,i. isose,atnlid floors swarmed with them. They flew
tide:2'4s w„: Ys, and the mouth. Thousands of
th Prh —e albo bu • i d biting every
se it e less 1 , zzing roum an
kend . ites bi_eie tiast was no sooner laid on the.ta.ble
nnui,,, ,_, Kened With flies.
beds were hiving,
heater ~able ante No The , 1 142 It is the la 4, the halfway-liouse, was rat,her,
has • vuw of e'e largest of them all, and na-
atalalaPße co bed-reosos, and two public saloons. It
~ W4°44 for n,rt-yard, in which were turkeys, sheep,
e,„ tae Use of travellers."
14 -gust passnie on to notice the next article, entitled
tee has
e"1°•" Th* •
_rest nis subject, although in some de-
la°. ' ancl year is still of more than ordinary in-
-I,oese tnns_er glad_ to see it handled in the corn-
terieuti of u.,"e,in which it is now presented to us.
mtel;', is fire, -1- wnshend's book, of which this is a
Saved
of
'' to present Us with, to him, well
le 0:You null)._ rd then to suggest explanations,
thetgort, to
st'ist grounds, of these " wonderful facts."
lei
tlle lases ow us that miracles are not miracles,
ht that she.
,of nature are but imperfectly known,
end 'a Is much •
Ilkie • erstood_ s„,.in heaven tied in earth not.
thi tlng nh 4 e are glad to see that there is
it 4, aeleneerean air of' something more definite in
s, bee_ ~ or I-
veuatever term apply to it;
"e°P).ll/it'g more t• • We may • of
elll Itehed di • angible, and there is more. _
t ntions t, an in the vague and unphilosophical
tr euiy div iiat
tkl, ' °Pt our r
have lately isLued from the press
et hi In sehic, eaders to read the following ex-
tseirtl4 self:es," a !Tian beomes a tn9stneriser in spite
nes, the eve..
tes 's ho "nsttnas of
itgdit... use with
,_ the year 1842, we dined aa
tlte O•e".'er•nsetty "Parts: of eight (numeric perfection_
deV9!ne/57 , according to the ingenious author of
est„,,Ltlsioes b • n the
the Mackay's book on popu-
-411;4 if the being on the dr '
17ts, , tote „ author had awing-room table, some one
61(loese.,(1' the Part treated of mesmerism. Upon
'eel tae-party Y who had recently returned from
kielise: ileeeous 21no had lived a studious life, and of a
*Wile it rats ranaPeratnent—said he had lately wit-
beije (Ilse au ehe exhibition and would undertake to
teti:',l44 nne present.' Upon this, two or three
14411 ling n„red as patient and he co' mmeneed ex
tld will had Vn a lady Or •fi P tears old,
tie ame rash nty. v y
b,%t ta N 4, butrnately from. childhood, clever,
;%esere ridicoioer imaginative. To make the
4,Yes,,,,??eltiu,„ „,, n, h! Knelt on both knees, and com-
silia
ad y
amtialindd keeping a
mteciunß We'ty's,ses with both hands slowly before her
evel,iLtit hiro 2 wnenever she took her eyes off, to look
perfectly grave face when
Nill. endured fowls laughing unreservedly. After
iittediiierf!onlelefs:reith,
etill'ersoME three minutes, the lady's eyes
1'0)1 forwards, and was only pre-
Olen , Be shoo_
.411 ire b.._
8 y bring caueht by the mes-
PI Per4r to het. 4er, and in rather a rough manner,
~ to eer`nsele d a.enses; then susniei me lest she had
)741 hTteettlfe; heeeresivi_ing him, questioned her seriously
ti_itts ir.4_.
,h4t it
was ueP were feigned or real. She as-
Ahtt,.4lstible, ciii not simulated, that the sensation
too keit__ ierent from that of ordinary steep.
tie ale
part ". unpleasant • but that the only dis
e Zan d 1 was the
%c eouis es haceissared that s_being; roused. Upon this the
hot ha fie believertr nothing of mesmerisine,
‘llkiotetielve "tentPted the was anything in it, he
el4to e ' and haei oke. Another lady pre-
atii she h •isme the og a' family, was new most
II: lukt P before
experiment repeated upon her. She
4ttisd thitte4H, satanciti: an experienced mesmeriser,
/44,,iii):ct4iteCiltiadrere_e,re:IYasgivstill
Wittuyerodulo us, and. he-
to an imaginative
at,f %ors ; Renti,,,,alu., d coneklerable persuasion to
Nilifit it, th"PPriments"l„Who had before operated to try
ilse.csarie 4t he had ; "e Pretested that he k new within e
I:,,iltie _o_. state L s nee seen a person said to be in the
. .t ‘3,.11 hi;
pt that if he succeeded again in in.
kitiilll‘-:bretisiy:TiteoW not
heat all how to awake the pa
sqs Atilsii3; the ee,„dtg,ll, was instructed in the mini
tst_ aikii reesio Y itetl patient who hadpreviously
toe
tare), h„
with
exhib• c ,
cee'e ato weeil" with the ""ns. After sotne further
t irit
,as mill pr, Sent, hepecromission of the lady's hie,-
itltiit:he
pa was
was
in
thi,
eap,amtirliced agein the same
ik. iris, ha the former
patient the only difference
e Sitting instead of' kneel-
less 4 vlb,
0,.-;- cnstantly.
Is erke? and aes°t kept constantly. bursting into fits of
apoilogising telling him that
lea:1 t, 4, ace was ire
alYt4tll,lsbit„t. t"4l:3,lakashed, othese7stiwblee're tOoof tmheucohthteerrreilieersdoutos
lirliNferigileal and laP a constant running fire of com-
Of vtlee. I_
~, serious,
~,,i ge lath 1„r
or upon the mesmeriser and
com-
et eeiti er assu , o,e minutes, the fits of laugh-
eilstest ept tneu a rather unnatu.ral c.haracter.
ate iii
.dtsioep,, need herself I
lots ti Into ...ann, and . tolaugh in spite of the
Ql,et. it.'t til, state of gha lin a minute or two more
rlh IP' which fixed, the fst Y catalepsy, the eyes wide
hYstand_ eb was
convulsetures all rigid (except the
isZe, std 447% tOW much 1), and pale as a corpse.
tfltitoeto4ih4revetnielideffnireirer?c(isnefsrf:gh tened, interfered, and
srhe After some time, water
Amin to herself, and ap-
-41).1,11
ttA,,,
..:_.............___Ln tote into
ssd at how sPeo,A,7„.,
!to4 darts rof ti zi LIINAG42/ N, E.
ttltt t)1
~,,,,0
lileoll,ti Ileqle Pnss.iP,lng collect; ion of amusing
Nrte x1415.4au a°
.1-11Plornatic Doings," seems
pit:that i ih , , an, (I.linted with the political on dits
1 for hg eland 44114 ding to the changes recently
in
tzetsy
eveer,..tof the Court at Windsor says
ese ilivite.!l representative of foreign Powers
4 nee iu the year to the royaa
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table. Years now elapse without certain esteemed
clip i° ni:itists from friendly nAtioils receiving Vi;it
honour; and we have had, but a few weeks since,
the example of the representative of a great foreign
Power leaving this country, after a residence of thirty
years, without obtaining audience of leave. The re-
cently introduced rules of etiquette at Windsor have
been a source of astonishment to all civilised Europe,
were it only on account of the exclusion of all men
of literature and science." But though we fear it is
too true that literary and scientific men are too often
excluded from the courtly circles of Windsor, dwarfs
and aboriginal Indians, and such like curiosities, have
not been slow to find a welcome there. " A New
Chapter in the History of Napoleon Bonaparte" is a
plain, straightforward account of the writer's attempt
,to connive at the French Emperor's escape at
Rochefort; matters were all but brought to a satis-
factory termination, when Napoleon, to the astonish.
went of all his friends in that town, announced his
intention to be guided by the counsels of General
Savary, and embark for England in the Bellerophon.
The impress of truth is, we think, visibly stamped on
this narrative, which we would willingly subjoin, were
it not too long for the purposes of quotation. Miss
Cook is one of the most cheerful and buoyant ver-
sifiers of the day, but we know not that she has yet
produced anything more touching, and, at the same
time, natural, than the following " Forest Thought:"—
The fine old oak hath passed away, its noble stem bath
shrunk,
Till roving footsteps speeding on, leap o'er the sapless
trunk ;
Its glory hath departed, and the wrestler with the storm
Is crumbled, till it yields no home to keep the squirrel

warm ;
But bright green moss is clothing it, all soft, and sweet,
and fresh,
As true as when it first entwined the sapling in its mesh,
It leaveth not the ruin spot, but beautiful to see,
It yearneth still the closer to the old gray tree.
I know this heart must wither, and become as dead a thing;
It will not heed the winter• cloud, nor feel the sun cf spring ;
In low decaying solitude, this form ere long shall fade,
And moulder 'neath the grave-sod, like the tree in forest
glade.
Oh ! let me hope that some kind thoughts will turn
toward my name,
And glowing breasts that love me tow, will love me still
the same.
Let gentle Memory fill the home where once I used to be,
And cling to me like green moss to the old gray tree.

"A Discourse of Puppies" contains some good points,
but there is an air of pedantry about it, and a con•
stant attempt at saying smart things, which are some-
times very far-fetched. "The Wolf and the Lamh"
is a story from the pen of the indefatigable author of
" Peter Priggins," whose genius would show to
greater advantage if he would trust more to his own
resources, and less avowedly imitate the style of
Theodore Hook. From an article entitled "Two
"Military Executions in Spain," we quote the follow•
ing affecting passage :
At another execution that I witnessed, a charac-
teristic incident occurred. It was in Navarre, at a reriod
of the war when the system of reprisals was carried to
great length by both parties. The Carlists had beet:
committing some atrocities, murdering prisoners, or-
something of that kind, and by way of retaliation, twenty
out of a number of prisoners whom the Queen's troops
had recently made, were to be shot. The victims had to
be chosen by lot, and fbr this purpose they were brought
out of their place Of confinement. A wretched-looking
set they certainly were. Although they had not b,-en
very long prisoners, the st•ite of squalid misery into
which they had sunk was really pitiable. They were of
all ages, from lads of sixteen to men of sixty, or who, at
east, looked as old as that, being perhaps prematurely
aged by the life of privations they had led, and by the
sufferings of their captivity. There was no lack, how-
ever, of fine, stalwart fellows, with bronzed faces. mus
cular forms, bushy beards, and hair hanging in long
curls over their necks ; models of Spanish mountaineers,
whose iron frames enabled them to bear up against all
hardships. The varieties of dross were strange and
striking enough. The poor devils had none of them too
much clothing, and what they had was, for the most
part, worn and tattered. Here might he seen a man with
a full, Aress coat, the facings soiled and greasy. a strand
or two of an old tarnished epaulette dangling from his
shoulder, hempen sandals, and a pair of linen trousers,
formerly white, completing his costume. This was an
officer, but many were not even so well off as that.
Jackets with a sleeve or the collar tern off were
abundant, shirts by no means numerous, and shoes very
rare. There was one old fellow amongst them who at-
tracted my notice particularly, He was just the sort of
man one sees in pictures of Napoleon's vielle garde, with
soldier legibly written on every one of his features, and in
every movement of his upright, midtary figure ; his
hands and face weather beaten to the colour of maho-
gany ; his gaze stern and fixed ; his thick iron-gray
moustache covering his mouth, and the points descend
ing almost on his breast. He had evidently made a sort
of attempt to furbish himself up for his melancholy pa-
rade. His old uniform jacket had had the dust knocked
out of it, and was buttoned close up to the chin, as well
as the intermittent buttons would allow ; his forage-cap,
or rather what remained of it, was placed on his head
with a certain air of smartness, and his tattered shoes
were fastened with bits of twine. Pipe-clay and blacking
had of course not been at his command."