Star.
London, England, 1829-05-25 00:00:00

LI I ERATURE.

roman Itivisw, No. I.—litrek, Young, and Young.
This Periodical is no* too well known, and too fiim'y
established, to require any intends ctory or .rect•mtnen-
dainty remaiis from us. Of the Number here an-
nounced we miry alfitri; refining to its pages for a
proof of the affirmation, th'at it i.os.e•ses, in an eminent
degree. every iequisite for a leading Critical Journal o.*
the Literature and Present State of Europe. The first
article, entitled “ Russia, Turkey, and India," will. if
we mistake not, excite a considerable sensation among
the attentive observers if the pie ent proceedings of
Russia against Tusk:y. The Reviewer takes a blld,
impartial, and able view of the pore's r f the N .r.
them Autocrats in their career of aggrandisement, and
proves, most triumphantly, that a more unblushirg,
barbarous, faithlesv, and basely cunning course of pa.
ticy, was never, could never, have been adopted, than
that which has led the Russiins to their present pitch
of nnwieldly and insecure dominion. Tuo much can-
not be said in praise of this paper. It is written in a
irit of fairness and temperate justice; but the miser-
able imam, s of pol tical sophistry are torn aside wi.b
a motile,* hand, and the bare abomination t f
treachery, baseness, and mere brute force, held forth
in true and comemptibk colours. We hope the pre.
sent freaks of the northern cormorant, in his cape.
dition eastward, oil. occupy the attention of the writer
of this able article. an I call forth some further exercise
of his pen in a cane Imrthy of all the talent and energy
which he has shown him.elf capable of bringing to the
subject. Art. Hs on Symbolism and Mythology, will
interest the classical reader; and Art. 111. on Klop.
s ock's Life and Odes, is no less worthy of praise, by
the learned and liberal manner in which the German
Milton is considered, both as a poet and as a man.
Perhays the most pleasing pap r in the npmber, for the
general reader. is Art. IV. on Arabian Literature. Art.
V. on Roman Law, is an erudite paper. evidently from
she same writer aho has before enriched the pages of
the Fun eign Review by learned disquisitions on the same
,nsperiant subject. Art. VI. on Voltaire, is, beyond all
question, one of the most splendid, liberal, and en.
lightened criticisms on the character of an author, and
of the aue in which be lived, that has appeared in the
annals of periodical literature. Art. VII. on Bruns-
wick and Hanover, will, we imagine, save us the trouble
of going to war with the redoubtable Duke Chalks of
Brunswick ; for the Reviewer puts his Serene Highness
fairly hors cis combat. This paper gains lamest by the
letter ut has present Majesty, when Prince of Wales, to
his ward, the then heir, and now the reigning Duke. of
Brunswick. Nothing can be mate dignified and noble'
than the conduct of his Majesty throughout the whole
&fair. Art.Vlll„on the &gory of the English Revolu-
men oil 1688, by Guist, extinguishes that worthy man
in the most complete atsdastistactory way possible. We
recopmend it to his perasal.;: for amp re learned and ei s.
berae paper we have, seldom sera. The Short Re. •
aiews.and Notices of We ktere lively and cote, taining ;
among others, one on Victor Hugo. and on a Spankh
numskull named Torsente, are well worthy of pausal.