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LITERATURE.

The I,T.Axo; or, Co lIISTIAN and his. COMRADES. By the Right

Honourable Lord Byron.
The poem of the Island while it displays many of
the beauties, and much of the energies of Lord By-
ron's Muse, is wholly free from those objections on
the score of morality which have with too math jus-
tice been made to many of his recent productions.,
The subject of the Poem is Captain Bligh's well-known
narrative of the mutiny on board the Bounty. Chris-
tian was the leadei, and with his associates escaped to
Otaheite; they afterwards founded a small colony, to
wlikh the British Government has, with great huma-
nity And liberality, sent out supplies, at Pitcairn's
Island. Lord Byron, in his Poem, does not touch upon
these points, but in order to do moral as well as .poe-
treat justice on the mutineers, he leaves them to their
fate--

• " But not unknown
Nor unredresi I Revenge may have her own:
Rous'd Discipline aloud proclaims their cause,
And injured Navies- urke their broken laws!"
Christian and his cony ales are all killed by a Bri-
tish crew sent in pursuit of th-An, with the exception
of. one young mutineer, who is saved by a young girl
of Otheite; the loves of this pair form a prominent
part of the Poem, from which we quote the follow-
ing deiciiption of Neuha, the Otuheitan fair:
•
"There sate the gentle savage of the wild,
In growth a woman, though in ytArs a ,child ;
The infint of an iufaut world, as pure
From Nature—lovely, warm, and prentature ;
Dusky like Night, but Night with all her stars,
Or cavern sparkling with its native spars ;
With eyes that were a language and a spell,
A form like Aphrodite's in her shell,
With all her loves around her on the deep,
Voluktitous as the first approach of sleep ;
Yet full of life—for through her tropic cheek
The blush would make its way, and all but speak ;
The sun-born blood suffus'd her neck, and threw
O'er her clear 12.ta-biciwn skin a lucid hue,
Like coral reddening through the darkened wave,
Which draws the diver to the crimsoned cave. •
Such was this daughter of the Southern, Seas,
Herter a billow in her energies,
To bear the bark of others' happiness,
Nor feel a sorrow till their joy grew less
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The Wottin in NI mtaTuss Edited by Frederic Shoberl. China;
eolitaining Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, Character,
and Costumes of the People of that Empire ; accompanied by.
32 coloured Engravings, 2 vols.
We have so frequently had occasion to notice Mr.
A-ckermann's elegant work, the /Vorld. in Miniature,
aod.always in terms of such warm but just admira-
tion, that we need now merely observe, that China,
an empire in itself of peculiar interest, furnishes the
subject of the present volumes, and that they contain
the same faithful picture of manners and customs as
the preceding parts of the work, and are equally rich
in embellishments.—As a post-chaise companion—a
parlour portfolio— or an acceptable present—we know
°flew books more suitable than the World in Miniature.
Tate DUCARDED SpN, a TALE; and other Ilittuts. By Charles
Barwell Coles, Esq. 12mo. •
This little volume is quite a typographical curiosity;'
it is printed on pick, tinted paper, which, we believe,
was some time ago- recommended in one of the Ma-
gazines as better than White paper. We confess on
the first blush of the " Discarded Son" we did not
think so, but by the time that we had finished reading.
the 50 pages of which the Poems consist, we had
got so pleased with the subject that we even admired
the tinted paper, which has certainly a very delicate
appearance, that, we doubt not, will recommend it
with the fair set.The4' Discarded Son," is adomestic
Tale founded on facts, of which the author is the
hero; he relates his misfortunes with much feeling.;
his verse is harmonious, and often elegant:7lre minor
Poems also possess considerable merit. From these
we select the following :.•