The Types, &c. By a Lady recently deceased.-A little volume of piety and warm devotional feeling; the thoughts very pleasingly and elegantly versified. Life of the Rev. Josiah Thomson, a Secession Minister. By Nathan Oliver, Esq. We advise all persons who are desirous of knowing the spirit of the secession churches, the great evils attending churches voluntarily supported, the effect on the character and conduct of the Minister as well as of the congregation, to read this amusing and instructive little volume. The character of the Rev. Josiah Thomson is admirably drawn, and worthy to be framed and glazed. The Youthful Impostor. By H. M. Reynolds, 3 vols.-This novel is framed on the story of that foolish and wretched person called "The Fortunate Youth," and even the discovery of the imposture is adopted in the fictitious history, which took place in the real. Upon this groundwork is raised a pile of events improbable and most revolting, consisting of robbery, swindling, seduction, adultery, and parricide. The profligacy of the French novels is now infusing itself into our own. We perceive, both from allusions and from occasional references, that they are read by the writers of simi. lar works in our country; and as ours are written with all the disgusting and loathsome impurity and profligacy of the French, but without the skill and talent, we sincerely hope that the only way to put a stop to them will be adopted by the good policy of the public-not to purchase or read them. The present is totally unfit for the perusal either of a young man or a young woman. We hope, in charity, that the name of the writer is fictitious. The Fellow Commoners, 3 vols.-One of those performances that are written with less difficulty than they are read. The Inquisitor. This volume consists of a commentary on Dante, an account of travels in Spain, and miscellaneous letters. We think the first rather dull; the second sufficiently entertaining; and the third-let Mr. Willis and Mr. Bulwer answer them. We do not wish to disparage the volume. It is worthy of an evening's perusal; and we laughed heartily over the author's extract from a military dispatch of one of the Queen's generals in the Madrid Gazette, Aug. 22-"Habiendo mutado dos facciosos, y herido uno," &c.-" Having killed two of the rebels, and wounded one, captured two mares, three fowling-pieces, one hat, and a night-cap," &c. Are the heroes of Zaragossa come to this? A Plea for the aged and infirm Poor, with a few Hints to the Guardians of the Poor, &c. By a Country Clergyman. 1836. The author of this well-written and benevolent little tract, entertains fears least the persons to whom is entrusted by law the power over the poor, should be induced to attempt to make the law strongly operative, by bringing its regulations too speedily and severely into action. Undoubtedly all power is liable to be abused, and should be jealously watched; and the poor always have need of some one superior to themselves to maintain their rights and plead for their destitution. Such a friend they have found in the author, whose views on the subject generally agree with those so eloquently and strikingly advanced by Mr. Wordsworth in his last poetical volume. The general results of these opinions are, we think-1. That all former abuses of the law of the poor, in idleness, and in profligacy, should be stopt. 2. That relief to poor and necessitous, whether from age, sickness, or the infirmity of age, or want of employment, should be not less than it previously was; at any rate, quile sufficient for their proper maintenance. 3. That the guardians should exercise great discretion on the subject of dispossessing the poor who live on charitable relief, of their cottages, and consigning them to the Union Workhouses, and that a respect and tenderness should be shown towards the natural feeling which exist so strongly in the bosom of the poor-to have a home of their own, and to live under the protection of the Lares of their own independent hearth. Lastly, the author enjoins on the rising generation the absolute necessity of providence in youth to provide against the necessities of age. This little tract will be most useful to those who administer the charity of the law, and to those who receive it. FINE ARTS. SCHOOL OF DESIGN. Ar the close of the last session, Parliament, at the instance of the President of the Board of Trade, sanctioned a grant of 1500l. to establish in the metropolis a School of Design in the arts connected with manufactures. We understand that a council has been formed, consisting of several distinguished artists, and gentlemen who have taken an interest in the subject, together with a representation of several of the principal branches of manufactures. Amongst those who have undertaken to assist as members of this body are, Sir Francis Chantrey, R. A., Mr. A. W. Callcott, R. A., Mr. C. L. Eastlake, R. A., Mr. C. R. Cockerell, R.A., Mr. Henry T. Hope, M. P., Mr. Ridley Colborne, M.P., Mr. J. Morison, M.P. Mr. Hawes, M. P., Mr. Bellenden Ker, Alderman Copeland, M. P., china), Mr. Thomson, of Clithero, (for calico-printing, Mr. A. Pellatt, (for glass) and others. The Council are at present actively occupied, with the President of the Board of Trade, in forming the preliminary arrangements, and the School will be opened as soon as possible. (for Fac-similes of Historical and Literary Curiosities. By Charles John Smith. No. IV. 4to. It is only by enumerating the contents of Mr. Smith's work that we can give any idea of its great interest and curiosity. The present part contains: 1. The declaration of eight bishops in favour of Henry VIII.'s assumption of ecclesiastical power, signed by Cranmer, Tunstall, Stockesley, Clerk, Goodrich, Shaxton, Latimer, and Hilsey. 2. A letter from Dr. Edward Young to Dodsley, with a vignette of his residence at Welwyn. 3. Report of Sir Christopher Wren, 1675, respecting the finishing of the Monument-very curious; as discussing whether its crowning member should be a statue, or ball with flames, (which was adopted,) or a phoenix. 4. A letter of Howard, the philanthropist, with vignettes of his birth-place at Clapton, and residence at Cardington. 5. A letter of Hume, written only five days before his death; and another of Gibbon. A letter of George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham, respecting the fire of London, 1666. 7. Memorandum of Hogarth relative to his picture of Sigis. munda, with a vignette of his tomb at Chiswick. 8. Portions of Poems by So 6. merville and A. Ramsay. 9. Letters of Dr. Johnson and his biographer, Boswell. 10. A curious hieroglyphical letter by the Princess Louisa - Hollandina, sister of Prince Rupert, and "the greatest artist" of the numerous princesses of that family. II. A letter of Capt. Coram, founder of the Foundling Hospital, and a certificate Proposing Mr. John Nichols, the historian of Leicestershire, for election at the Society of Antiquaries, wholly in the handwriting of Richard Gough, esq. the editor of Camden, &c., and Director of the Society. Such are the various and interesting contents of this number. Mr. Smith has issued a prospectus, announcing that he proposes to continue the work on a more extended plan, which will include entire plates of remarkable and original views, and representations of singular antiquarian relics. Parts V. and VI. of SHAW's Speci mens of the Details of Elizabethan Architecture, contain many interesting examples of internal as well as external decoration in carving, in stucco, and in painting; piece at Loseley House, Surrey, the anparticularly a most magnificent chimney cient seat of the Mores. The same gentleman's very cheap and proceeded to its fifth number. useful Encyclopædia of Ornament has The plates from Hans Holbein's original designs for goldsmiths' work, preserved in the British Museum, are particularly interesting and curious; and in the coloured copies afford a striking proof of the taste and splendour of the Tudor period in jewellery. Part V. of Mr. B. R. GREEN'S Series of Heads after the Antique, completes the work. It comprises, a Marine God, in the Vatican; the Venus of Melos, in the Louvre; a Bearded Bacchus, in the British Museum; and a plate in outline of the five most celebrated statues, whose heads have been previously drawn. The whole work is highly creditable to the artist: it is a pleasing drawing-room book, as well as admirably suited for its primary destination as a copy-book for pupils. The Botanist, conducted by B. Maund, F.L.S. and the Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A. F.L.S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. Part I. This is another of those attractive publications which the present taste for floriculture has produced. It contains four beautifully coloured plates of new and admired plants, (Enkianthus reticulatus, Mimulus Cardinalis, Aristolochia trifida, and Eriostemon cuspidatus,) preceded by an Introduction, and accompanied by an exceedingly full and satisfactory notice of the subjects figured. We like the plan on which this work sets out; it is suffieiently scientific, the Linnæan and natural classification both in Latin and English being laid before the reader, illustrated by wood-cuts; at the same time it is accompanied by a popular and geographical notice, and by information respecting the propagation and cultivation of the subjects illustrated; matter interesting to every lover of flowers, even though not a professed botanist. It is accompanied by a Dictionary of Botanical Terms, by Professor Henslow, a portion of which will be annexed to each monthly number, and will form a separate volume, highly useful to the tyro in Botany. We have now detailed the plan of the work, and have only to add that its general execution is very praiseworthy, and that we believe it to be deserving of the patronage of the public, to which we cordially recommend it. The Drawing Book of Animals and Rustic Groups, by T. S. Cooper, contains some pleasing studies of animals and still life, at all times so interesting to the juvenile draughtsman, to whom this work of Mr. Cooper's must be acceptable. Twenty-one Views in Belfast and its Neighbourhood. 4to.-These are effective wood-engravings, originally made for the Dublin Penny Journal, a well-compiled miscellany, which was rich in the topography and antiquities of Ireland, but is now discontinued, after a respectable career of four volumes. The present views are accompanied by descriptions, written by Mr. Philip Dixon Hardy, of Dublin, who was the editor of the Penny Journal. The Birth-day-The subject of this print is pleasing, an elder sister adorning with a wreath of flowers a very pretty and arch looking child. The contrast between the somewhat pensive features of the elder girl with the exquisite smile of the little pet, is very charming. The print is a very soft and pleasing specimen of mezzotinto engraving by Win. Carlos; it is taken from a drawing by Miss Fanny Corbaux, in the possession of John Bentley, esq. Birch-house, Manchester, to whom the print is dedicated. It measures thirteen inches by eleven. Our The English Bijou Almanac for 1837. Schloss. Our conjectures were various as we opened the packet containing this infinitesimal tome. Our first and natural supposition was that some antiquarian friend had sent Sylvanus Urban an antient seal, carefully deposited, secundum morem, in a small wooden box. next, on discovering the morocco jeweller's case, that some pious relative of a deceased person of eminence had complimented him with a ring, in acknowledg ment for one of the excellent articles in lined case, still we were somewhat at a loss, his Obituary. On opening the satinhelp of which we at length drew from its but we perceived a little ribbon, by the innermost receptacle of vari-coloured and gilded leather, the tiny volume whose extreme dimensions are here represented. "a little volume planned By elfen touch in elfen land." Its thickness is scarcely more than the leaves, and it is embellished with no less third of an inch, yet it contains forty than seven plates, which are portraits of merville, Von Raumer, Goethe, Coleher Majesty Queen Adelaide, Mrs. Soridge, Cooper, and Mad. Malibran, to each of which is attached a page of poetry by L. E. L. Besides the almanac and poetry, there are several pages of vais concluded with the music of a Rondo rious literary information, and the whole from Balfe's Maid of Artois. The likenesses are generally good, and that of Malibran, which is particularly successful, Mr. Schloss has published on a separate sheet. knowledgments for the attention of the We beg to express our best acBookseller to all the Faeries. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. New Works announced for Publication. Mr. D'ISRAELI'S History of English Literature is in so forward a state, that it is expected to appear early in the season. Temples Ancient and Modern; or, Notes on Church Architecture, comprising the principles which should guide us in the erection of New Churches. By W. BARDWELL, Architect. A Collection of Latin Metrical Mysteries and Moralities, published from a MS. preserved at Orleans, with one or two other hitherto inedited Latin Poems, connected with the early history of the Stage. Printed in a form to range with the recently published volume of the Towneley Mysteries. By Mr. THOMAS WRIGHT. Proofs and Illustrations of the AttriDutes of God, from the facts and laws of the Physical Universe. By the late JoHN MACULLOCH, M.D. F.R.Š. &c. Sermons preached at Hodnet. By the Rev Charles B. TAYLER, author of "The Records of a Good Man's Life." Lectures on Romanism and Dissent. By the Rev. J. H. NEWMAN. A Treatise on the Church of Christ. By the Rev. W. PALMER. The Missionary, a Poem; with a brief History of Missions. By T. TAYLOR, author of the Life of Crabbe." Letters to Lord Brougham, containing details of a recent Visit to Italy. By Sir A. BROOKE FAULKNER. Saint Agnes' Fountain; or, the Enshrined Heart. An old English legendary narrative ballad; with other Poems. By T. W. KELLY, author of " Myrtle Leaves. Poems, Original and Translated. By C. PERCY WYATT, B. A. The Fourth and last volume of the Fauna Boreali-Americana, containing the Insects. By the Reverend W. KIRBY, F.R. S., &c. BARTON and CASTLE'S British Flora Medica. The First Part of an entirely new work, entitled Mechanics of Fluids, comprising Hydrodynamics and Hydraulic Architecture. Conspectus of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis of 1836. By Dr. CASTLE. History of England, in Monthly Numbers. By Dr. LINGARD. History of the French Revolution. By THOMAS CARLYLE. The Travels of Messrs. Moorcroft and Trebeck, in the Panjab, Ladakh, Cashmir, &c. From their Journals and Notes, communicated by the Government of Bengal to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. By H. H. WILSON, Professor of Sanscrit in the University of Oxford. Travels in Crete, by ROBERT PASHLEY, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Dr. CARDWELL has in the press an edition of Josephus's Jewish War; and the Delegates of the Oxford University Press have resolved on publishing the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius, from the text which the late lamented Dr. Burton had been preparing with great care and labour for some years previous to his death. We have received two large and curious catalogues of Sales of Books, by Silvestre, of Paris; the one a Catalogue of the rare books and MSS. in the Oriental languages, and the different dialects of the North of Europe, forming the library of M. de R. which will be sold on the 9th of February, and the nine following days; the other a singularly rich and well-arranged catalogue of curious and rare works in general literature, forming the library of M. le Comte de la Bwhich will be sold on the 4th of April, and the twenty-two following days. Bent's List of New Books and Engravings for 1836 exhibits a decrease of New Publications last year; the number of Books amounting to 1250, (1500 Volumes,) exclusive of new editions, pamphlets, and periodicals, being 150 less than in 1835. The number of Engravings is 98, (including 40 Portraits,) 17 of which are engraved in the line manner, 66 in mezzotinto, and 15 in chalk, aquatinta, &c. BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Jan. 19. A public meeting of this association took place at Exeter Hall for the purpose of explaining the objects of the association, and the means by which it was proposed to carry them into effect. George Webster, esq. of Dulwich, took the chair, and read the address which had been agreed to by the council, and which detailed the grievances under which general practitioners of the medical profession were now suffering. The address particularly complained of the Colleges of Surgeons and Physicians, and indignities cast on medical men by the new Poor Law. Mr. Murray said that he had abandoned the medical profession, because he found himself restrained by exclusive bodies, who, instead of protecting him, refused him admission. After some discussion, the address, together with the rules and regulations, were agreed to. NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. At a meeting of the friends of numismatic science, held at the apartments of the Royal Astronomical Society, on the 22d Dec. arrangements were made for the establishment of a Numismatic Society, in order to afford to amateurs in medals an opportunity of exhibiting and inspect ing rare and curious specimens of all ages, as well as for the reading of papers in illustration of numismatic subjects. The annual subscription is fixed at one guinea, which will become due on the 1st of Jan. in each year. The following gentlemen were nominated to fill the offices of the Society. President and Treasurer, Dr. Lee; Council, Edw. Haw. kins, esq. F.R.S. and S.A.; Capt. W.H. Smyth, R.N. F.R. S. and S.A. &c.; Sir Henry Ellis, K. H. F.R. S. Sec. S. A. Thomas Burgon, esq. William Wyon, esq. A.R.A.: W. D. Haggard, esq. F.S.A. F.R.A.S; Secretaries, John Yonge Akerman, esq. F.S. A. and Isaac Cullimore, esq. M. R. S. L. At the second meeting on the 26th Jan. a numerous body of voluntary members had subscribed, and the future additions A communicawill be made by ballot. tion was read from Sir H. Ellis, in which, after mentioning the constant applications at the British Museum for disposal of Queen Anne's Farthings, he inclosed a report of a trial at Dublin in 1814, for the theft of one of those coins, which had been valued at 5007. and for which the culprit actually suffered a twelvemonth's imprisonment. FOREIGN LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. The Index Librorum Prohibitorum," year 1826, contains the "Meup to the ditations," and almost all the works of Des Cartes; the "Catéchisme Historique" of Fleury; many letters and treatises of Malebranche; and the "Traité de la Vérité de la Religion Chrétienne, par Abbaddie." The discovery has recently been made, in the Royal Library of Paris, of four inedited books of Fleury's "Histoire Ecclésiastique." The MS. was intended to form the twenty-first volume of the work, but was never published. It is now announced for publication, and will contain the history of the Church from 1415, where the printed volumes end, to 1517, the last session of the Council of La. teran. M. de Lamennais, the celebrated Roman Catholic priest, and author of " Paroles d'un Croyant," &c. has just published a work, under the title of "Affaires de Rome," in which he predicts the ruin of popery and the papacy. Retzsch, the celebrated German artist, continues his "Illustrations of Shakspeare," by the publication of Romeo and Juliet. This simple announcement is enough to induce many of our readers to complete their sets of this unrivalled artist's production. His latest production, "Satan playing at Chess with Man for his Soul," is another most striking effort of the same wild and original genius that inspired the Faust. The unedited" Correspondence of the House of Orange-Nassau" is now in course of publication, under the sanction of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. This work will be of great value, from the light it throws on the early history of the Reformation. Some numbers have just appeared at Leipzig of a curious and interesting work, entitled, "Contributions to Early Literature; or, the Curiosities of the Ducal Public Library at Gotha." The editors, Messsrs. Jacobs and Ukert, are the librarians of that valuable institution. A Society of young literary men in St. Petersberg are preparing a Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Russian Authors. A new scientific and military History of the French Expedition to Egypt, bas been laid before the French Academy of Sciences, of which M. Louis Reybaud is the principal editor. So many works have been published on this subject, that it became a desideratum to cull the best parts of each, and unite them into a whole. Such has been the task of M. Louis Reybaud and his colleagues; and, according to the report made of it by M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, it is ably performed. The epochs of Pharaoh, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, and the Arabs, are treated of; and, lastly, that of the French expedition. To the political changes of Egypt are added its natural history, ethnography, agriculture, statistics, and the actual state of the country. M. Reybaud has had access to the papers of Berthier, Kleber, &c., and the whole is enriched by 150 portraits, and a superb atlas. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. Jan. 7. Sir Geo. Staunton, Bart., V.P. Read, A paper by J. M. Dickenson, esq. of the Bombay Civil Service, on the ancient history of Assyria, as connected with the destruction of the kingdom of Israel. The writer endeavours to reconcile the apparent discrepancies found in the Greek, Persian, and Hebrew accounts of Assyria; and the result is, that the Median sovereigns mentioned by Herodotus and Ctesias form, in fact, two separate dynasties: that of Ctesias being |