The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-01 00:00:00

MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

This is a better number than we have seen for
many months : it has not certainly much variety,
but what it has, is of a good order. The
" Tcrra Incognita" gives an ingenious and
novel account of some l►arts (hitherto almost
unexplored) of New Holland. The details of
the magnificence of the inte►nal woods and forests
of this immense island, are new, we believe, to
most readers ; we shall therefore gratify them with
an extract.

Dense forests covered the ground in every direction—
hills and vallies were alike wooded. What the pine-forests
of Norway, or those of North America may be, I know not;
but of this I am confident—that the immense variety and
magnificence of the native forests of New South Wales can-
not be surpassed. On the banks of rivers, and on the
richest soils, • generally, the graceful and luxuriant cedar
preponderates ; about the creeks, and in the best of what
is termed forest-laud, the leafy and wide-spreading apple-
tree grows in the greatest profusion, but intermingled
with clamps of black and green wattle, which exude the
finest medicinal gums ; on arid, stony, and barren soils
the many-coated tea-tree shoots abroad its grey and wiry-
leafed branches. These characteristic trees are, for the
most part, low and broad—like, and not generally larger
than, the English Oak ; but with them, and among them,
grow the majestic iron bark—hard as ebony, and flexible
as whalebone—tall as " the mast of some great admiral ;"
the stringy bark of equal rise and of greater use, affording
to the native its fibrous coat for his rude canoe, and ruder
hut—and, to the civilized artisan, its solid trunk, which
he may work to any purpose. With these, again, are the
blue and red gums, and. the mahogany-tree, of no less
magnitude, and with deciduous bark ; forest and swampy
oaks, smaller in size, but. not much less aspiring than their
bulkier neighbours :—all these. are long in the trunk, run-
- fling from fifty to a hundred feat without a-branch, and

We have reecived.two numbers of this plea-
sant and versatile periodical, for which we return
our friend Bolster, our most sincere thanks.
His Magazine, indeed, does honour to his spirit
and intelligence, it possessee both information
and amusement, and affords a very felicitous
sample of Irish humour, that best of all possible
humour, as Pangloss, the optimist, would say. The
tales in each number illustrative of old Irish man-
ners, are wrought up with impressive effect, and
will, we doubt not, be popular. One word at part-
ing :—Mr. Bolster, make the future numbers of
your Magazine more suitable to the general reader.
If you review, review those books about which
the public is interested, but beware of exclusive-
ness in your subjects, which may be well enough
for a newspaper, but is death to a periodical.
We perceive that you have waxed very eloquent
on the merits of sundry poets, (who, however
meritorious to a certain extent,) yet do not
possess sufficient stamina in their poetical consti-
tution to justify your unwarrantable eulogiums ;
moderate these excesses in future, and believe us,
your Magazine will be the better for it. With
this caution (which we give with the less reluct-
ance, because we find symptoms of vigour and
life in your Magazine, which we should be sorry
to see die a premature death,) we bid you a
friendly adieu.

ROBINS' LONDON AND DUBLIN MAGAZINE.
We like this Number excessively ; it is full
of matter of no ordinary interest, as the " Mate-
rials for Irish history will abundantly prove.
Our limits prevent us from entering into detail
on the subject, so we will just recommend en pas-
sant the article entitled " The Oscotian." We
may here revert to Mr. Robins's two other in-
fant Periodicals—the Gentleman's and Lady's
Pocket Magazine—they are both very pretty and
Lilliputian, and far above the intellect of six-
pence—the utmost price (picture included) de-
manded for them.