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till the languages of Babel
Weapons for this warfare yield ;
Anil with these we well are able,
By the Spirit's might, to wield,
In the battle,
Truth's sharp sword, and faith's strong shield

Thus through fifty years victorious,
Thou hest led our brethren on ;
Arm them now for deeds more glorious,
Till the latest field is won ;
And all people,
Bow the knee, and kiss the Son.

LITERARY NOTICES.

The Picturesque Hand Book to Liverpool. Wareing Webb,

Liverpool ; Tilt and Bogue, London.
Our'townsman, Mr. Webb, has furnished us with one of
the prettiest hand books ever published, of this or any other
place. Our readers have no doubt seen the " Stranger's
Pocket Guide to Liverpool ;" a work which ran through
three editions in a very short period. The copyright having
passed into fresh hands, the work has been almost entirely
re-written ; much valuable information for the tourist and
visitor has been added, and the whole embellished with illus-
trations which render it a perfect gem. Every stranger, who
desires to be guided to a knowledge of the walks, public
buildings, and statistics of Liverpool, ought to make the pos-
session of this work his first step ; and few inhabitants of
taste will be without it, to place in the hands of any friend
who may pay our town a casual visit.

Dublin University Magazine. June, 1842. William Curry,
jun., and Co., Dublin ; W. S. Orr and Co., London.
Our friend Harry Lorrequer has provided for us this
month an admirable number. Exclusive of his own con-
tinuation of Jack Hinton, of the merits of which we have
spoken elsewhere, we have " The Bears and the Bishop,"
one of those queer metrical stories for which Ingoldsby and
the writers of the Dublin University have given us a keen
relish. " The Water Cure" well analyzed. " Roman Me-
dals," a short exhibition of facts illustrating the present
temper and spirit of the Church of Rome. No. 3of the ad-
mirable analysis of the glorious career of "the Duke," for
which Maxwell's life of him furnishes the basis. " Fragments
of a Dreamer's Note Book" are concluded in this number.
Some of the fragments are peculiarly beautiful. " Stray Leaf-
lets from the German Oak" betray an occasional want of
evenness of versification, but are nevertheless spiritedly
written. " Our Portrait Gallery" contains an etching of
the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, with a descriptive
sketch, written in the usual style of the author of this series.
The other articles are written with considerable ability, and
as a whole the number is a very superior one.

Tail's Edinburgh Magazine. June, 1842. London: Simp- I
kin, Marshall, and Co. Edinburgh: W. Tait.
The present number of Tait contains some very able and
interesting articles. " Abednego the Money Lender," by
Mrs. Gore, increases in interest, and is one of the best se-
rial tales we have lately met with. We don't like tales pub-
lished in this way, however. They are very tantalizing
affairs. The lecture on Cowper ant', Barns, by Ebenezer
Elliott, is pleasantly written ; and we humbly coincide in
many of the opinions which it contains. " Hydropathy, or
the Water Cure," is an interesting and very full description
of one of the most startling new theories of the day. The
remaining articles are all cleverly written, with a dash here
and there of the ultra opinions of Tait's writers, but with
nothing against which we are disposed to quarrel. The re-
viewing department, especially, is very well written.

Ireland, its Scenery, Character, arc. By Mr. and Mrs. S
C. Hall. London ; How and Parsons.

This work proceeds with all the vigour of description and
beauty of illustration which have characterised the whole of
the previous numbers, and when completed will assuredly
form the most entertaining and instructive publication on
Ireland, whether considered as an itinerary or book of
reference, that has ever issued from the press. The ac-

complished authors possess an intimate acquaintance with
the localities of the whole of that interesting and picturesque
country, and are equally at home whether they direct their
footsteps amidst the romantic beauties of the south, or
sojourn in the wilder, but more advanced, because more in-
tellectual, districts of the north. Their delineations of
national character and peculiarities, and the research and
accuracy they display in whatever can interest the anti-
quarian, or the tourist, are all that can be wished, and what
few other writers could supply ; and a vein of philanthropic
feeling and suggestion, moreover, runs through the whole,
from which valuable hints may be derived for the future im-
provement and melioration of a country, the natural and
abundant resources of which are yet far from becoming duly
appreciated, and consequently but partially elicited.
The present number is devoted exclusively to the greater
part, we presume, of the maritime county of Antrim,
which, though in " the far north," and not having advantages
in soil, climate, and position equal to those of many of the
southern districts, is, by the introduction of British habits
and British industry, far more advanced in the arts and
enjoyments of social life. After visiting the flourishing town
of Lisburn, our travellers proceed by railway to Belfast, their
account of which metropolis of the north, as regards com-
merce and manufacture, is so gratifying that (connected as it
intimately is in profitable trade with this town) we cannot

resist quoting it .
" As we drew near the only manufacturing town of Ire-
land—alas that it should be so !—its peculiar character be-
came apparent. It was something new to perceive, rising
above the houses, numerous tall and thin chimneys indicative
of industry, occupation, commerce, and prosperity ; the
volumes of smoke that issued from them giving unquestion-
able tokens of full employment i while its vicinity to the ocean
removed at once all idea that the labour was unwholesome,
err the labourers unhealthy. The pleasant and cheering im-
pression we received was increased as we trod the streets ;
she
thud was so much bustle ; such an ' aspect' of business ; a
deuce cf aece of all suspicion of idlene, such employment,rpoofs of eailet continual, and general so many
ture, suceZewitY—results of past, and anticipations of fu-
towns of Bertthat the contrast between this town and the
believe we h startled us, making us for the moment
swept into the ne,l4 a clean Manchester ; where hearty breezes
separable from ~ghboltring sea all the impurities usually in-
was not mate er. ourse of factories. And this notion
and we now revert ,±0 it remained during our week's stay ;
received confirmation with exceeding satisfaction, for it
after inquiries. It ismnude" subsequent examinations and
town in the kingdrbtedly the healthiest manufac-
turing; although densely populated,
there is far less wretchednues its lanes and alleys, and
about its suburbs, than elsewh;serile:ln Ireland ; the main streets
are wide and regularly built contains a large number of
ar tot"'bly picturesque • the
public edifices; the vicinity is nee:
mountains are sufficiently ne
and the open ocean is within a produce ' few
mileso. pictorial effect,
situation of Belfast is therefore most a% • ! its quays. The
k. It is • pcious. It is a
town, and has a new 100 an imp ._ new
f Improvement, recent and pro._ .nit town, and
signs o Unhappily, suchrere ''"sing, are every
where apparent. arks are app
f the t licable -to
very few other towns o . coun ry. Yet nature has been
very exclusively lavish to Belfast
by no means ; its natural advan-
tages
no way greater—nay, they are somewhat I
d by some other towns,—where
than those enjoye
and depressed by the ce the heart
and mind are sickened . l ntemplation
• ersal poverty , a peop e who seern incite
of apparently universal
for their social
naphys• l d -a-
ble of making an effort.ethical a vance-
existing, equally pathy ; great re
ment, rich and poor .
be made available; and wealth, -
ac-
sources never sought to
at their very thresholds,—use•
tually deposited, as it were,
energy to turn it to account.
less, because of the lack of active
The elements of vast prosperity are at least equally rife
throughout the island ; the natural elements—for enterprise,
activity, enter ri
have been se,activity, and that essential adjunct, capital,
~
b y many intro-
duced into Belfast, and have made it what is,
in
de-
grees, the most flourishing town of Ireland, and second
towns
of to few of the commercial or manufacturing
of England."
Of the intelligence of the citizens of Belfast, ur authors
also remark
" Society in Belfast is,be expecteJ almost exclu-
as may
sively of a 4 c
nyamercial character.' There are few resident
gentry—that is to e—M
the town, although says gentry independent of conim.e
hood ; its many reside in the immediate nei, Abour-
prise and prosperityintegrity being mainly attributable to the enter-
at first, by she liberality
the merchants. aided, in some degree,
high tone which iiterar_litY of the house of Chichester. The
ple, have, as it Were:crere and science have given to its peo-
knowledge elevates vallleacri a somewhat peculiar class ; for
of the merchants and mailer Proses ; and a large proportion
in the most emphatic see_acturers of Belfast are ' gentry'
thirst for learning, hariZtlethe term; education, and a
vented the sordid habits too frequencylararkable degree, pre-
The public buildings of Belfast engendered by trade."
are numerous
and the scenery in the neighbourhood is varied and pictu-