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Vol. 111. London: Blackw-oods.

The name of Agnes Strickland, as an historian
of Royal females, has been so long before the pub-
lic, in connection with her " Lives of the Queens of
England," that the announcement of a new work
from her pen, on the Queens of Scotland, required
no other herald to bespeak the public favour than
the name of its fair authoress. The two preceding
volumes we have already noticed, and the third,
which has just been published, is exclusively occu-
pied with the memoir of the celebrated Mary Stuart,
better known as Mary Queen of Scots. The story,
however, is not complete, as it is only brought
down to the year 1563, when she returned to Holy-
rood after the death of her brother, Lord John of
Coldingham. We have, therefore, yet to expect in
another volume that portion of Mary's life upon
which so many differences of opinion have arisen ;
and the manner in which Miss Strickland has dealt
with this portion of her subject, will, of necessity,
increase the interest with which the succeeding
volume will be looked for. One of the most inte-
resting portions of the present volume is that in
which Mary upbraids the English ambassador for
the indignity and discourtesy shown to her by
Elizabeth ; indeed, the whole account of Mary's
departure from France for her own kingdom of
Scotland forms a very affecting narrative. There
are perhaps few portions of our history which excite
more attention than the life of Mary Queen of
Scots, and Miss Strickland, in the work before us,
has amply shown her capability for the difficult task.

Spirits of the Past. London : Tegg.

• Of all classes of literature, there is none which in
the present day more requires the introduction of a
good name than that of poetry. The taste of the
age has become so sternly matter of fact, that a
poem by an author unknown to fame is really a
drug in the market ; but the volume before us
labours under no such disadvantage, for, in
,addi-
tion to its intrinsic merits, it bears the name of
Nicholas Michell, whose poem entitled " Ruins of
Many Lands" shows him to be possessed of histo-
rical knowledge, refined taste, and true poetic
genius. The present %ork is divided into three
books, the first being devoted to Scripture charac-
ters, from Cain to Queen Esther; the second treats
of military heroes, including Xerxes, Hannibal,
Julius Caesar, Richard Cceur de Lion, and Napo-
leon Buonaparte ; and the third descants on cele-
brated women, including Helen, Sappho, Lucretia,
Laura, and Lady Jane Grey. We may remark,
that in speaking of Jephthah's daughter he alludes
to the sacrifice as one of life, though many have
believed that it was to perpetual virginity. We
subjoin a stanza on Napoleon, which is followed by
a spirited description of the battle of Waterloo :

NAPOLEO

BUONAPARTE

,ack, and trace the crimson way
!sostris, polished Timour, trod 1
Le far-spread suffering, the dismay,

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The victor's havoc, and the aconies rod;
Slain thousands sent to Hades ere their time,
Thrones crushed, and towns unpeopled at his nod
And all, that one proud man might higher climb,
And move among his kind a little god,—
The sorrowing soul may scarce her patience keep,

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