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Confessions of Harry Lorrequer. No. 5. Dublin :

W. Curry, Jun., & Co.

The interest of these amusing confessions is undi-
minished. The graphic sketches of life which they
embody are pre-eminently characteristic and attractive.
This number is as redolent of wit, humour, fun, and
frolic, as any of the preceding, which is the highest
encomium we need bestow upon it. The story about
the elopement is laughable in the extreme, as is also
the account of Mr. Burke's adventures in Dublin. The
illustrative sketches are capital. Phiz seems to have
entered con amore into the merry humours of the dash-
ing hero of these confessions.

Charles the Tenth and Louis Phillippe : the Secret His-
tory of the Revolution of July, 1830. London :
Saunders and Otley. 1839.
A work like the present has been long a desideratum.
We have had a sufficient number of republican treatises
and histories of the recent revolution in France. A
work by one of the adherents of the ancient monarchy
has been wanting, in order to give us a correct view of
the events and circumstances which preceded and ac,
companied the movement which placed Louis Phillippe
on the throne of France. This want has been amply
and satisfactorily supplied in the volume before us.
We are not surprised that the author has drawn upon
himself the condemnation of a certain portion of the
liberal press. Such a consequence was only natural,
and it forms, in our opinion, the highest encomium
which could be pronounced on the work. The author
is a staunch and unflinching conservative. This alone
constitutes a very high recommendation in his favour.
Independently of this, the intrinsic merits of the work,
as an historical record, are of the highest order. In
his notices of contemporary characters, the author dis-
plays great penetration of mind and soundness ' of
judgment. To those who wish to consult a clear
and concise narrative of the important events which
have transpired in France, during the last ten or
twelve years, we can cordially recommend the pre-
sent volume. It will serve to dissipate many of the
errors which have obtained currency in this country
respecting the secret sources and real authors of the
late revolution. We may add that the work contains
many sound and wholesome political lessons, which
cannot fail to be appreciated by every candid reader.

The Dukes of Normanby, from the Time of Rollo to
the Expulsion of King John by Philip Augustus of
France. By Jonathan Duncan, Esq. 8.A., Author
of " The Religions of Profane Antiquity." Lon-
don : Joseph Rickerby. 1839.
This elaborate work supplies a deficiency which has
been long lamented in the historical literature of this
Kingdom. Concerning the earlier history of the Nor-
man race we have no preceding work which supplies
any thing but the most scanty information. Gold-
smith and his successors have merely touched in the
most cursory manner on this important subject. It
is true that we have numerous well-written histories of
the Norman and Plantagenet princes, in their character
of princes of England ; but we have none in which
their history is given as Dukes of Normanby. This
forms the principal object of the interesting volume
before us, in which the contemporaneous history of
England is merely glanced at for the purpose of eluci-
dation. The author, in collecting. his materials, has
diligently consulted the, old chroniclers, and derived
from that source a mass of. authentic information of
the highest value in an historical point of view. The
diligence and perseverance with which he has accom-
plished the difficult task of collation and correction
are highly creditable. The history includes the reigns
of Rollo, William Longsword, Richard the First,
Richard the Second, Richard the Third, Robert the
First, William the Conqueror, Robert the Second,
Henry the First, Henry the Second, Richard Coeur de
Lion; and. John. Tlaeappendix .contains an account'
of the Tapestry of Bayeux, a list of •the„Notrnan
Barons who fought at Hastings, and the Prophecy of
Merlin. This work is eminently adapted for the use
of schools, into-which we sincerely hope to find it,ex.