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ation, but are nevertheless spiritedly

)ur Portrait Gallery" contains an etching of

son Croker, with a descriptive

tole of the author of this series.
th considerable ability, and

uperior one

June, 1842. London: Simp-
Edinliurgh : W. Tait.

Tait contains some very able and
.bednego the Money Lender," by
interest, and is one of the best se-
let with. We don't like tales pub-

however. They are very tantalizing
re on Cowper an?. Burns, by Ebenezer
ly written ; and we humbly coincide in
oils which it contains. " Hydropatby, or
is an interesting and very full description

ost startling new theories of the day. The
es are all cleverly written, with a dash here
e ultra opinions of Tait's writers, but with
which we are disposed to quarrel. The re-
nent, especially, is very well written.

,ry, Character, 8(c. By Mr. and Mrs. S
. London ; How and Parsons.

ceeds with all the vigour of description and
tion which have characterised the whole of
nbers, and when completed will assuredly
ntertaining and instructive publication on

lered as an itinerary or book of
r issued from the press. The ac-

sess an intimate acquaintance with

s of the whole of that interesting and picturesque
id are equally at home whether they direct their
midst the romantic beauties of the south, or

but more advanced, because more in-
ricts of the north. Their delineations of
cter and peculiarities, and the research and

wilder,

y display in whatever can interest the anti-
he tourist, are all that can be wished, and what
niters could supply ; and a vein of philanthropic
uggestion, moreover, runs through the whole,
valuable hints may be derived for the future im-
tnd melioration of a country, the natural and
;ounces of which are yet far from becoming duly
and consequently but partially elicited.
it number is devoted exclusively to the greater
csume, of the maritime county of Antrim,

far north," and not having advantages
osition equal to those of many of the
by the introduction of British habits
far more advanced in the arts and
After visiting the flourishing town
rs proceed by railway to Belfast, their

industr

hich metropolis of the north, as regards corn-
o gratifying that (connected as it

ale trade with this town) we cannot

near the only manufacturing town of Ire-
it should be so !—its peculiar character be-
It was something new to perceive, rising
, numerous tall and thin chimneys indicative
upation, commerce, and prosperity ; the
e that issued from them giving unquestion-
employment ; while its vicinity to the ocean
all idea that the labour was unwholesome,
unhealthy• The pleasant and cheering im-
ived was increased as we trod the streets ;
:h bustle ; such an ' aspect' of business ; a
all suspicion of idleness, such unerring evi-
:entinual, and general employment, so many
Y—results of past, and anticipations of fu-
hat the contrast between this town and the

__aroeith startled us, making us for the moment
D 7 ' a clean Manchester ; where hearty breezes
ne neizhn .
from ,
,‘ (Awing sea all the impurities usually in-
evanesee'nr.e(?urse of factories. And this notion
ox..ifirialation 113
ow revert t!oltt remained during our week's stay ;
With exceeding satisfaction, for it
tries. It is 11,,°11r subsequent examinations and
r less wretchedneal
n in the kinzgri,tedly the healthiest manufac-
!tlthough densely populated,
Imrbs,than ms's is its lanes and alleys, and
1 regularly built • i, In Ireland ; the main streets
,s ; the vicinity'n, re`mutains a large number of
e suffi.eier4ly u m trkably picturesque ,• the
icean within a few luPduce pictorial effect
'fast is therefore mostrades.of its quays. The
new look. It is anauisPlemli• It is a new
ement, recent and promPr"P4 town, and
Unhappily, such remark.salng, are every-
are
wns of the country. Yet applicable to
•vely lavish to Belfast;4l:allure has been
...,r—nay, they are somewhatatur advan-
d by some other towns,—where less—
:ened and depressed by the onntX ihae!trt
ersal poverty ; a people who seem ?II catiuml
Tort for their social ands hysical advance-
or or existing equally athy ; great re-
it to be made available ; and wealth, ac.
3 it were, at their very thres.holds,—use-
lack of active energy to turn it to account.
14 prosperity are at least equally rife
3' • the natural elements—for enterprise,
.13' tial adjunct, capital, have been intro-
_..,,i- ' ',That is, by many de-

) way g

made
ling t own of Ireland, and second in
—mercial or manufacturing towns

f the citizens of Belfast, ur authors

Chaasramcateyr b.
e e
Therex p ec t e
areJ
fewin almoste
ce ex residentuin-
entry indendent o c
asperity
feymrgesmidaei
airy he
im m
attributableedie tteo etehl
-grity of the merchants, aided, in somegedbeebn:Trttleehrree:
e liberality of the house of Chichester.
ich literature and science have given to its peo-
it were, created a somewhat peculiar class ; for
avates while it improves ; and a large proportion
ints and manufacturers of Belfast are ' gentry'
phatic sense of the term •, education, and a
~,arning, having in a remarkable degree, We-
lted the sordid habits too'frequently engendered by trade."
rhe public buildings of Belfast are numerous and splendid,
1 the scenery in the neighbourhood is varied and pictu-

a, altho