The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-08 00:00:00

If Tait would only eschew politics it would be one of the
very best magazines in existence. Its literary merits
are of a very superior order.

The Monthly Chronicle. May, 1838.
This periodical bids fair to sustain the high pretensions
with which it was usheied into public notice. Its literary
and scientific articles are of .a very superior description,
whilst its political essays have the merit of being ex-
tremely "well written. This number contains two arti-
cles of a political tendency—a paper on " The Irish
Church," and some strictures on " Lord Brougham."
The former of these is penned in the style truculent of
Richard Shiel, whom we suspect to be the author. The
notice of the " Life and Writings of Sir Walter Scott"
is neither very clever nor very original. The paper on
" Warming and Ventilating" contains some very judici-
ous and useful remarks on the stoves of Arnott and Joyce,
which have recently engaged so much public attention.
The continuation of "Zicci" possesses a very powerful
interest. The essay on "planners" is excellent. "The
Architecture of London" is a very learned paper. The
miscellaneous contents of this number of the Monthly
Chronicle display considerable taste and ability.

The Asiatic Journal. May, 1838.
This number contains several very interesting papers.
The "Review of Eastern News" is temperately ex-
pressed. The article on "The Passage of the Red Sea
by the Israelites, and its locality; and on the Situation
of Mount Sinai," is very learned and elaborate. "Bom-
bay" is a very lively paper, containing much original
information. The verses on "Twilight" are pleasing.
"A Voyage up the Red Sea" is spiritedly written. The
verses on. the "Death of a Young Officer" have much
originality. The paper on "The New Criminal Law of
India" contains a brief epitome of the proposed code.
The communication on the " Interpretations of the Lats,
or Pillars, of Hindostan," displays a profound acquaint-
ance with the ancient languages of that country. The
miscellaneous intelligence in the Asiatic is always of a.
highly interesting character.

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Parbury's Oriental Herald. May, 1838.
In this number we find some very interesting details
respecting the " Maldiva Islands," the geography,
history, and statistics of which have heen hitherto but
indifferently,tnown. "The East India Voyage, No. 5,"
contains some very useful advice to outward-bound cadets.
The remarks on "The East India Slave Trade" abound
in gross exaggerations and perversions of facts. The
Indian, Chinese, and Australaian intelligence in the
Oriental Herald will be found to possess great interest.
The mass of news collected under this head is astonishing.

The New Monthly Belle Assemble. May, 1838.
Variety is the leading feature of this agreeable perio-
dical, as, indeed, it ought to be. The principal articles
are:—" The Widow's Vow," " A Scene at the Court of
Queen Anne," "My Spanish Kinsfolk," " Broken
Faith," "Je ne Change qu'en Mourant," " Notes
during a short Residence in Paris," " Sketches by an
Old Maid," " Leonard Harleigh," and " The Ruins of
Quarendon Chapel." The tales in this number are
very superior. The poetry and lighter articles are of a
very amusing and instructive character. This elegant
magazine deserves to be popular.

The Sportsman. New Series. May, 1838.
The illustrations to this number of the Sportsman
are :—" The Sportsman's Study," containing a portrait
of Mr. Apperley, the celebrated "Nimrod," and a view
of a "Trout Pool: The latter is an emquisite engraving.
The literary and spurting articles are of a very high
character, especially the " Anecdotes of the late John
Mytton, Esq.," the " NeilF,Theries," the " Sporting
Biography," the " English System of Racing in 1838,"
the " Treatise on the Management of Horses," " Sport-
ing, by Nimrod," 'and the " Prize Essay on the Inflam-
matory Complaints of Horses." The miscellaneous
intelligence embraces a great variety of subjects, all of
which are of interest to the sportsman.

The Farmer's Magazine. May, 1838.
This journal is one of the cheapest and most useful
published. The variety of its contents is surprising It
is scarcely necessary to dilate upon their importance.
Among the principal articles this month, we would enu-
merate the articles " On Making Hay," " On Spade
Husbandry and Cottage Gardens," " On Steam Car-
riages and Railways," " Professor Johnson's Lectures
on Botany," " On the Culture of Wheat within the
Tropics," "On the Cultivation and Use of Mange!
Wurzel," " The population of England not redundant,"
" On the Inflammatory Complaints of Horses," "The
Horse—Stable Operations," "On Smut in Wheat,"
&c., &c. To the farmer this publication will prove a
substitute for almost all others.

The Anthropological Magazine. May, 1838.
The present number of this magazine contains an
essay by the editor, Dr. Epps, on " The Postoffice and
Reduction of Postage." The subject is treated of in all
its bearings, and with much ability. The information
embodied in this article ought to be in the possession of
every one. If the facts which it details were more ge-
nerally known we should find the public taking more
energetic steps to procure a reform of the Postoffice
system.