Star.
London, England, 1825-11-19 00:00:00

LINES WRITTEN AT ROUEN.

Ti r City of Rouen (formerly the capital of Normandy,
Ito land of chivalry), is one of the most extraordinary-
looking old towns in Europe. The extreme narrowness
of its streets and great elevation of its houses, with their
overhanging upper stories, give an appearance of heavi.
Deis and gloom to the town, that contrasts finely with
the beauty of its situation. It is surrounded on all sides
by heights, laid out in 62tilevards ; receiving first, and
retaining last, the rays of the rising and setting sun ; and
fading magnificent panoramic views of the windings
of the Seine. Its squares ar.d street* are ornamented
with fountains.

The Seine is like a belt of gold—
Beneath an autumn sky,
That fluata in many a crimson fold,
Like a banner hung or. high!
The town sleeps darkly, on the stream,
When lights and shadows play;
While wave on wave, like dream on decant,
Smile, as they glide away !
And here 1 stand—as here 1 stood,
flow many years ago?
When life danced onward, like the flood,
With music in its flow!

But now my breast, like yonder dome,
Where sleeps the Lion•heart,•
half a temple—half a tomb,
But has no earthly part !
3ly spirit keeps the trace, like thee,
Of many a lost parade—
Dreams of the soul's young chivalry,
Of many a wild crusade !

Like thee, dark town—like thee in all
f:ut thy many gushing fountains,
Yet Lrightent4l, still, by lights that fall
From heaven—like thy blue mountains!
The heart of Richard of England is deposited in the Cathedral
r Rouen.

I:Niniscruces of MICHAEL KELLY, of the King's
Neat, c and si heatre Royal, Drury Lane, including a
Period fifn early Ilalf a Century; with Original Anec.
(,Ites of many Distinguished Persons, 2 v oh. Bvo.

London.
l'Oo doet not know, or has not heard of the kind
',rated and good.natured Mic. Ki lly, %shills a layout ate
*.shall classes of society, front the King upon the
to the call-boy of a theatre? The friend and
companion of almost every person connected with the
stare for nearly half a century, few pet-inns have
ill a better ppm tunny of healing those flashes of wit
which ale always best when they come unexpected and
tiptepaied. Mr. Kelly has not only heard many
such, butt lie has devoted a portion of his good old age
in recording them for the benefit of posterity. Ilis
utak, wh;cli his Majesty has generously coiree,cended
to panonize, is full of amusing anecdotes c f :row s and
at,thuss, plays and play-houses, Princes and Statesmen ;
all narrated with good humour, and embodying a
memoir if the Author's own life. We have already
TIO:e.1 .1 few anecdotes from these highly interesting
to which we now add the following, relating
to slaridan, which we quote from among many others
of the same distinguished individual:
"One of Mr. Sheridan's favourite amusements in his
hours of recreation, was that of making blunders for
ate, and r, lating them to my friends, vouching for the
truth of them with the most perfect gravity. One 1
:member was, that one night, when Drury-lane Theatre
crowded to excess in every part, 1 was peeping
:::rough the hole in the stage curtain, and John Kemble,
v.las was standing on the stage near me, asked me how
the house looked ? and that I r eplied, " By J—s, you
can't stick a pin's head in any part of it—it is literally
chuck hill ; but how much fuller will it be to-morrow
right, when the King comes ?"
An they of Mr. Sheridan's jests against me was, that
one. day, having walked with him to Kemble's house, in
Great ltostell-street, Bloomsbury, when the streets
were very dirty, and having gone up the steps while
Mr. Sheridan was scraping the dirt off his shoes, " I asked
him to scrape for me, while I was knocking at the door.*
Dining with Dr. Parr, Mr. Kelly tells us that .4 he
was a chtermined smoker, and, on that day not a little
of a soaker; he drank a great deal of wine, to say
7othing of copious draughts of Hollands and water
cite% When he was first asked whom he considered
the first Greek scholar in Europe? he answered-,-.The
first Grecian scholar in Europe is Porson, the third is
lir. Burney ; I leave you to guess the second."
It appriats that Madame Storace fell a sacrifice to
superstition. She was taken suddenly ill at Mr. Kelly's,
in the presence of a Medical Gentleman, who advised
I,er to be bled. The next day, Dr. Hooper wished to
bleed her, but she refused, because it was Friday—and
consequence of the delay, lost her life. " No power
Could prevail upon Mr. Sheridan to commence any
business, or set out upon a journey, on a Friday ; nor
'would he allow, if he could possibly avoid it, a piece
o be produced on a Friday night."
cdotes of Monkeys, 4-c. 80. 12mo. Londc,n, 1825.
This little volume contains numerous anecdotes of
!:ose sagacions animals, who seem at once to imitate
insultend human nature by their cunning and dexte-
rity. Anecdotes of instinct so frequently approach the
move% us without violating truth, that it is difficult to
limit its operations in animals, as we see it so often sur-
!!ss anything we could have conceived or expected.
1 he anecdotes in this volume are extremely well told,
usually accompanied with some ingenious or sati-
rical remark. The publication of the volume is par-
ticularly seasonable, when, at a Theatre Royal, the
a. ian who successfully imitates a monkey on the stage
Is more attractive than he who embodies the finest con-
teptions of a Shakspeare or a Sheridan ; yet such is

the case, and et True 'tis pity—pity 'tis 'tic true." With
these remarks we quote from this amusing volume an
anecdote ofwhat the author calls a pedagogical monkey.
" A Gentleman in Demerara was led into the woods
bordering the upper part of the Essequibo, in chase 014
mild animal he had wounded, he had not proceeded
far, before his attention was attracted by cries resem-
bling those of children suffering pain ; he looked in the
direction whence the sound proceeded, and observed
many monkeys in a large tree. Some were chattering,
others shewing great anger, at the remnants of certain
sugar-canes and fruits, and one was lamenting over the li
remnants of an old hat. Several were occupied in
spatting the parts, usually subjected to such punish-
ment, of six or seven young monkeys, while others held
their legs. The Gentleman watched from his covert
this strange proceeding, and, from all he observed, was
convinced that the young ones had either been left to
guard the plunder, an.l had eaten it, or that they had
been detected in this act of petty larceny, and were un-
dergoing the penalty of their transgression."
Dr. Grey's Memoria Technica ; or, Method of Artificial
Memory. h'evised, Abridged, and Adapted to gene-
ral use. By JOHN HENRY TODD. 12mo. London,
1 82.5.

Although the player Rich, when imperfect in thel
part of Macheath, after performing it for thirty suc-
cessive nights, excused himself by remaking, that a
man's memory would not last for ever, yet it is certain
that the retentive faculties are much improved by freely
exercising them, and that they may receive valuable
aid by a system like that of Dr. Grey's Memo-
ria Technica, which is much simplified and improved
by Mr. Todd. We therefore recommend it to all who
read, and wish to treasure up %%hat they read.
industry. A Tale of Real 1825.
ThiF is a domestic story, replete with interest, and
well calculated to im.,ress u,eful ie,sons of diligence,
perseverance, economy on the minds of youth.