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LITERARY NOTICES

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March, 1842. Loudon : C. Alit-

number of the Monthly,
s we predicted, under the hands of Mr. Hill, may

the leading publications of its class

lerent articles, upon

various subjects, and written in every variety of style ; and
the most morose reader, we should imagine, could not but

a its pages so►nething to instruct or delight

Amongst

other improvements, we are glad to see that it has taken up
a decided position in politics. The article on the " Prospects
of the Ministry," is very sensibly and smartly written, and
we have no doubt that the proprietors will discover their ad-

vantage in this new feature of their publication

In our next we shall endeavour to give our readers a sam-
ple of the quality of the Monthly; and, in the meantime, we
must express our opinion that it ought to be upon the shelves
of every library, and the breakfast table of every lover of our
Periodical literature.

Tads's Edinburgh Magazine, March, 1842. William Tait,
Edinburgh : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.
The present number of Tait is, in its literary matter, above

all praise ; and when, although a political opponent, and
consequently disagreeing with a great many of the opinions
with which some of its pages are interspersed, we are ready
to accord to it the character of great ability throughout, our
opinion ought, at least, to be taken as bearing the stamp of
honesty. In particular, we were delighted with the story of
" Abednego, the money-lender," by Mrs. Gore, which, of
itself, is worth the price of the number. The notice of the
" Correspondence between Buntano and Caroline von
Gundewell " is a very pleasing article, as is the notice of
Miss Burney's Diary and Letters." In the notice of
" Laing's Notes of a Traveller," the reviewer has appa-
rently been more anxious to fortify his own ultra liberal opi-
nions by the author's facts and seasonings, than to convey a
a fair idea of the spirit of his work. The wild raving which
is made to pass for poetry in Tait (" The Hunger-fiend" and
"the Poor") is his greatest blemish. The latter in especial is
only a versified lie, worthy the canting rev. politicals of the
Paisley deputation. Tait should reform this, and enable mo-
derate men of all parties to read his magazine ; for we cannot
think that the truckulent school of politiacins by whom alone
these effusions can be relished bestow upon him any great
,s his life and times. amount of patronage.

Dublin University, March, 1342. Wm. Curry, Jun., and
Co., Dublin : W. S. Orr, and Co., London.

In the present number of the " Dublin University " we
are happy to renew our acquaintance with that prince of
fellows—Harry Lorrequer ; and to learn that after this
month the exclusive editorship will be placed in his hands.
We are now furnished with six chapters of "Jack Hinton,
the Guardsman," upon which (having already commented
upon it as a separate publication) we need not say more than
than that it beats the best of his former productions. The
subject of the Portrait Gallery this month is Viscount Gort,
one of the few survivors of the last days of the Irish parlia-
ment, of whose career we are presented with a graphic and
interesting sketch. The article upon the meeting of parlia-
ment is written in a pleasant racy style ; but we scarcely think
that its author properly appreciates the mental character of
Sir Robert Peel. It may be quite true that that eminent
statesman has rarely displayed any thing approaching to the
quality of mind which is, somewhat loosely, termed "genius."
We greatly question, however, if Sir Robert is not possessed
of consummate genius, in the proper acceptation of the
term, and so far as it cau enter into the character of the
It is undeniable that, in the position in which
the party, of which he is the head, was placed by the Reform
Bill, the course which his vigorous mind adopted and perse-
veringly pursued to its present triumphant issue—the forma-
tion, out of the ruins of ancient toryism, of a powerful con-
servative party, was one dictated by no narrow reach of dis-
criminating and far-seeing judgment. No ordinary man
would have indicated or pursued such a course ; no other
course would have been attended with the same amount of
substantial benefit to the cause which its purpose was to sus-
tain ; and if we may not call the mental characteristics of

such a man genius," we may very fairly doubt whether
that quality can ever enter, at all, into the composition of a
statesman of the highest order—of a statesman as contradis-
tinguished from the mere pal liamentary Athlete.
The article on National Education is characterised by just
views, forcibly and clearly urged, upon a subject which is too
frequently, even by conservatives, treated upon grounds of
expediency rather than as one of high and immutable prin-
ciple ; and we cordially recommend it to the perusal of our
readers. There is no middle ground, we are satisfied, be-
tween that laid down by the writer, and an absolute forfei-
ture of consistency on the part of protestant and Christian
men ; and there is no course which the church of England
clergyman can properly pursue except that which is here
pointed out—viz., one of constant urging upon government,
in season and out of season, the duty of legislating upon the
question of education on high and unadulterated protestant
principles. The remaining articles are distinguished by the
ability which usually characterises this magazine, and the
reviews especially, are excellent. The tale of " Gaspar, the
Pirate " we may except from our general commendation—it
is not to our liking.

England in the Nineteenth Century. London: How and

Part 111. of the northern, and part 111. of the southern
division have appeared simultaneously, and the latter of
Cornwall. The literary department of each exhibits much
research, and powers of description of no ordinary nature.
In treating of Lancashire considerable space is necessarily
devoted to the rise and progress of the several manufactures
for which the county is celebrated ; and, after an extended
and interesting account of the cotton trade in the two previ-
ous numbers, we have here a descriptive sketch of the plate
glass manufactories of St. Helen's and Ravenhead, with in-
teresting details of the materials employed, and the various
processes employed in perfecting that beautiful and useful
article. The casting of the plates, and the subsequent grind-
ing and polishing of their surfaces are succinctly described•
We have also in this part a comprehensive description of
Liverpool, written, so far as a cursory perusal enables us to
judge, with judgment and accuracy, and illustrated by nu-
merous wood-cuts. As a specimen of the writer's style, we
quote the following passage, introductory to this part of the
subject :

" In one of the opening pages on entering upon this ac-
count of Lancashire we alluded to the prevalence of red sand-
stone along the- shores of the Mersey, which upon approach-
ing Liverpool by the railway will be seen cut into deeply a
good part of the way from Newton. In the formation the
great tunnel is excavated, which passes under the town, com-
mencing at Edgehill, and looking as if it led to the shores of
Avernus. Here we imagined the fictions of Eastern romance
were about to be realized ; we mean those which relate, how
from dark and -mysterious caverns descending towards the
heart of the earth some magician leads the hero of the tale,
or he is conducted by a talisman in his possession, until he
suddenly finds himself in the palace of enchantment, or in
delightful gardens where the trees bear emeralds and rubies
more valuable than the golden apples of the Hesperides. We
are carried along by invisible agency, through or rather under
the earth, and know not what country is above our heads in
our state of purgatorial darkness, which we imagine is to
prepare us for something out of the common way. All at
once, when we think we are approaching the centre of `the
great globe itself,' we emerge into day, and find, it is true,
no enchanted palaces around us—no Hesperian gardens—
but one of the finest towns in the world; the abode of indus-
try and of opulence • the home of commerce and magnifi-
cence. familiar to those far sojourners who inhabit ` realms
that Caesar never knew,'—whose merchants are princes, and
whose name is borne in ocean leagues ` thrice from the centre
to the uttermost pole' by all the Kinds that blow—we are in
Liverpool !"
The illustrations of Liverpool alone, comprising public
buildings, marine views, &c. are no fewer than twenty in
number; and there are also views of ancient seats in the
neighbourhood, finely engraved in wood. The frontispiece

is a vignette representation of a stage-coach and a pedestrian
--•

party crossing the bleak and dangerous sands of Ulverston
at low water, drawn by Creswick, and engraved by Hinch-
liff. We are bound in candour, however, to state that the
illustrations do not appear to us to be quite equal to those in
Mr. and Mrs. Hall's work on Ireland, with which this work
is uniformly printed; but it must be admitted that this
country is less rich in romantic scenery and antiquities than
the sister land. As a tout ensemble,, however, the work is at
once entertaining and instructive, and the price extremely
moderate. The continuation of Cornwall affords a wider
scope for the pen of the tourist and historian, and the pencil
of the artist. It is one of the most interesting counties in
England, whether as regards its bold and rugged sea coast,
or its interior picturesque and varied character, its mines,
&c. The author appears to possess an intimate knowledge
of its localities, and pursues his task con more. There are

numerous wood-cuts, and a fine vignette view of " the
Land's End," executed on steel, by Godfrey, in the first

The antiquarian love interspersed

throughout is highly interesting, calculated as it is to call
forth reminiseences;of " the deeds of the days of other years."

Ireland; its Scenery, Character, tic. By Mr. and Mrs
S. C. Hall. London: Howe and Parsons, Fleet-street.

Part XVII. of this work is now published. We took it

up purposing merely to dip into it cursorily, but (and it is
perhaps the highest compliment we can bestow upon the taste
and indefatigable research of the accomplished authors,) but
were insensibly induced to peruse its contents from beginning
to end, spell-bound as we found ourselves, though at a sacri-
fice of time from more serious and immediate avocations, to
proceed from page to page by the variety and interest of the
contents—the philosophical, and we may add philanthropic
deductions arrived at, in re -d

:ernal in-

. to several of the it.
stitutions of a most interesting
local facts and historicalreeninstefsecences
portion of the empire; the
of the localities treated
of ; the vivid descriptions
customs, nery, and the admirable and
kindly portraitures of national character,
whom virtues of a
supersti-
tions and affections of the inhabitantsi
high and ennobling order, are so strongnlucommingleddescription
with,to
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suppression of
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but not overborne by, vices and habits, strongly
which were, indeed, " a consummation devoutly 3
wished." The present number concludes the
Dublin, and its beautiful and diversified vicinity,
lively sketch of Donnybrook fair, as it was befornec
from its high" but questionable " estate," and as it tn‘ow
is,
l
happily, redeemed from its wonted dissipation and conconi
tant evils, by thoral magisterial restraints, and the influence