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Mount Sorel; or, the Heiress of the De Veres. Chap-
man and Hall.—The third part of this delightful tale is

and increases the interest which the former
two had excited. The characters of Edmund Lovel, Re-
ginald, De Vere the haughty and unhappy aristocrat, and
of Hiegins, the jacobite and hater of all the conventiali-
ties of elegant life, are finely developed. The main inte-

centre's in the character of

the gentle and lovely Clarice de Vere, upon whom the
knowledge of her love for Reginald is just breaking, and
the struggles of the unfortunate Edmund to repress his
nnreturned passion. In the developement of these two
characters, the writer has sbewn a deep and intimate ac-
quaintance with the workings of the human heart. We
give an extract or two in another part cf our paper, not
the best specimens of our author's style, but yet evincing
considerable power.

The Libra"y of Trace!. Chapman and Hall, London.
—We have before us the 6th number of Part 11. of this
interesting work, and can truly say that it continues to
be conducted with the same care and judgment as the
former numbers in the respective literary, typographic,
and illustrative departments. This is a continuation of
the travels and researches in Egypt and Nubia by J. A.
St. John, author of " Egypt and Mohamed Ali," &c.,
and comprises, in a journey from Mimeh to Manfalout,
descriptions of the Grottoes of Benihassan—of Manfalout
—Story-telling on the Nile—a most striking account of
the Crocodile Mummy Pits, with a fatal adventure within
these frightful subterranean abodes—a second exploration
of them—Conscription in Egypt—visit to Siout—anec-
dotes of Defterdar Bev—the " Cities of the Dead"—
Siout to Abydos—t he Red and White Convents—Market
day at Serat—the Palace of Memnon—the Temple of the
Goddess of Love—Visit to Thebes, and to the Tombs of
the Kings. The whole is interspersed with entertaining
anecdotes and historical reminiscences ; and the vignette
woodcut illustrations are in the first style of the art, and
form pleasing auxiliaries to the narrative. We insert
some extracts in another column.

The Illustrated Sailors' Magazine. 12, Vv'ellington-
street, Strand.—The second number of this useful pub-
lication fully comes up to our anticipations, and to the
promise held out by the publishers in their first number.
The illustrated article is the commencement of a tale by
the author of Cavendish," and the remainder of the
contents are interesting and valuable.

The Naval and Military Sketch Book. Hugh Cun-
ningham, Strand.—This is a spirited commencement of a
very spirted enterprise—an attempt to gather together,
in a publication fit for the hands of all readers, the most
striking occurrences, past and contemporary, connected
with our naval and military services, or with those of
other nations. It is liberally and very ably illustrated.

Wade's London Review. W. S. Orr & Co., London.
—This is a very interesting number of a magazine which
bids fair to attain a very high standing in the ranks of
our periodical literature. The reviews are well written,
without being pedantic; and the lighter articles are smart
and attractive.

The Mirror, ( New Series,) February.—The number
before us supports the interest and the reputation of this
well-known periodical.

Fanny the Little Milliner.—The interest of this story
deepens in the present number.

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STORY OF IBN KmASIB.—" Lord Lindsay, in speaking
of this place, relates from Ibn Batuta, a'story which may
" The Old Duke in his Prime."—A song bearing this be worth repeating :—Ages ago, in the days of the Abbas-
le, and which, it may readily be conceived, refers to sides, to whom Egypt bowed the knee, from tht middle
__a veteran of Waterloo and " a thousand other fields," of the eighth to that of the ninth century, one of the Ca-
has just been published ; and such are its merits, not only liphs, even the great Haroun Al Raschid himself, was dis-
musical, but poetical and patriotic, that we are proud to pleased with the Egyptians, and desirous at once to
hail it as written by one townsman, Mr. John Murphy, punish and make them an example to others, picked out
and the music by another, Mr. Molineux, professor of the lowest of his slaves, one Ibn Kasib, the bath-warmer
singing, &c. The subject is one which, independent of of the palace. and sent him governor to Egypt, in full con-
its musical and literary merits, is likely to obtain the ear fidence that the insolence, rapacity, and cruelty of such a
of a British public; and we shall be much surprised if it ruler, would imply express his resentment. Never was
do not become a great favourite, both at general assem- a man more mistaken than the Caliph ; never was
blies and in domestic circles. The air is at once simple, Egypt happier than under the mild rule of Ibn Khasib.
but masculine and effective ; and the accompaniments— His fame spread far and wide : many even of the Caliph's
in which the fife, drum, and other martial instruments, immediate courtiers, and one, especially, of his nearest
may be appropriately introduced—are arranged with a kinsmen, visited, and was entertained by him ; in short,
degree of skill and taste highly creditable to the corn- Ibn Khasib was a second Chebib. On the return of his
poser. We relieve ourselves from the trouble of all eu- kinsman to Bagdad, the Caliph, who had remarked and
logy on the words by giving them at full, and we doubt wondered at his absence, inquired where he had been ?
not but our readers will concur with us in awarding to To Egypt,' replied the prince, and proceeded to extol
the author that meed which is due to his powers as a poet, the humanity, justice, benevolence, and generosity of the
and his feeling as a patriot : governor, and display the presents he had received from
THE OLD DUKE IN HIS PRIME. him. The Caliph, enraged at the failure of his scheme,
sent instant and peremptory orders for his degradation ;
that his house should be razed to the ground ; his goods
confiscated, his eyes put out, and that he should be cast
forth, naked and a beggar, into the streets of Bagdad.
To hear, of course, was to obey ; a few weeks, and behold
Ibn Khasib, friendless, hungry, destitute, groping his way
through the streets, or sitting near the gate of the Serag-
lio, forgotten by his own fellow-slaves, unheeded by the
nobles who had eaten his bread and salt in Egypt, and
whose silken garments touched as they swept pig him;
the summer birds fly with the summer flowers! He was
accosted one morning by a poet Ibn Khasib,' said
he, I was on the point of starting for Egypt with a poem
in your praise ; your arrival here in Bagdad saves me the
trouble of that long journey ; and, if you will listen, I
shall have great pleasure in repeating it." " Poor and
blind, naked and miserable," replied Ibn Khasib, "what
have Ito give thee ! Go, my friend, seek a richer patron ;
ray star is set.' Only iren to me,' replied the child
of song ; and as for recompense, God only do for you as
you hlve done for others!' Khasib listened, and his
heart was touched ; they were the first words of sympa-
thy that had consoled him in his misfortune. " Cut open
this seam," said he, when the song was ended, " and ac-
cept this ruby ;" it was the only valuable that he had
been able to secrete of the reck of his fortunes. The
poet expostulated. Ibn Khasib insisted ; and the poet
accordingly carried the gem to the jewellers' bazaar.
Such a stone,' cried the syndic of the jewellers, can
only belong to the Caliph ;' and before the Caliph they
brought him. He told his little story ; the Caliph's eye
glistened ; he sent for Ibn Khasib, owned he had done
wrong, loaded him with presents, and sent him back to
Egypt, proprietor of Minieh, the spot he was fondest of
in all the valley of the Nile,—that Nile, to whose bounty
the poet's fancy had likened his own ; the place is still
called after him, ' Minieh Ibn Khasib,' and his posterity
flourished there, for I cannot say how many generation,
since they were extinct, when my authority, Ibn Batuta,
visited the spot in the fourteenth century."—Library of
Travel.

N E W

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