of its importance as a manual for the philosopher, Mr Montgomery has occasion to take up the cudgels against Kotzebue, and he whacks the gallant captain to some purpose. He clearly establishes the charge of ignorance and precipitance on the part of the Russian commander, in the charges he brings against the missionaries in the narrative of his voyage. At the same time Mr Montgomery's work bears in itself many proofs of a narrow and bigoted spirit, showing itself among these pious and devoted men. This feature, however, serves rather to recommend the book in our eyes, for it shows that no attempt has been made to gloss over facts. though they are good ;-the Bible is our perfect guide. Now, Mitti Trutu [the missionary Crook] was preaching to us on [naming the day] from the Scripture, "He that sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed;" and he told us that this was the reason of the law of England. My thought, therefore, is not with Utami, but with Hitoti, (though not because the law of England, but because the Bible, orders it,) that we ought to punish with death every one found guilty of murder.' "There was a lively exchange of looks all through the assembly, as if each had been deeply struck with the sentiments of the speaker, especially when he placed the We have been much interested with the account given ground of the punishment of death, not upon English by the missionaries, of the debates in the Parliament of precedent, but Scripture authority. Another chief folOtaheite respecting the introduction of capital punish-lowed, and rising, seemed a pillar of state,' one whose ment. For speeches to the purpose, and strict attention to decorum, the Otaheitian legislators might read a useful lesson to some professional brethren whom we could❘ easily name. "To show the spirit and candour, as well as good sense, with which the discussions were conducted, we shall furnish a sketch of some of the principal speeches delivered on the first and second day, in reference to death or banishment for murder. aspect, and presence, and costume of dress (richly native), made the spectators forget even him who had just sat down. His name was Tati; and on him all eyes were immediately and intensely fixed, while, with not less simplicity and deference to others than those who had preceded him, he spoke thus: Perhaps some of you may be surprised that I, who am the first chief here, and next to the royal family, should have held my peace so long. I wished to hear what my brethren would say, that I might gather what thoughts had grown in their breasts on this great "On the question being proposed, Hitoti, the princi- question. I am glad that I waited, because some thoughts pal chief of Papeete, stood up, and, bowing to the presi- are now growing in my own breast which I did not dent and the persons around him, said,—“ No doubt this bring with me. The chiefs, who have spoken before me, is a good law, the proposed punishment was exile for have spoken well. But is not the speech of Upuparu life to a desolate island, but a thought has been grow-like that of his brother, Hitoti-in this way? If we can ing in my heart for several days, and when you have not follow the laws of England, in all things, as Hitoti's heard my little speech you will understand what it is. thoughts would perhaps lead us, because they go too far, The laws of England, from which country we have re- -must we not stop short of Upuparu, because his thought ceived so much good of every kind-must not they be goes too far likewise? The Bible, he says, is our per good? And do not the laws of England punish mur-fect guide. It is. But what does that Scripture mean, derers by death? Now, my thought is, that as England" He that sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood does so, it would be well for us to do so. That is my be shed." Does not this go so far that we cannot follow thought.' it to the end, any more than we can follow the laws of England all the way? I am Tati; I am a judge; a man is convicted before me; he has shed blood; I order him to be put to death; I shed his blood; then who shall shed mine? Here, because I cannot go so far, I must stop. This cannot be the meaning of those words. But, perhaps, since many of the laws of the Old Testament were thrown down by the Lord Jesus Christ, and only some kept standing upright,—perhaps, I say, this is one of those which were thrown down. However, as I am ignorant, some one else will show me, that, in the New Testament, our Saviour, or his apostles, have said the same thing concerning him that sheddeth man's blood as is said in the Old Testament. Show me this in the New Testament, and then it must be our guide.' "Perfect silence followed;-and it may be observed here that, during the whole eight days' meetings of this Parliament, in no instance were two speakers on their legs at the same time; there was not an angry word uttered by one against another; nor did any assume the possession of more knowledge than the rest. In fact, none controverted the opinion of a preceding speaker, or even remarked upon it, without some respectful commendations of what appeared praiseworthy in it, while, for reasons which he modestly but manfully assigned, he deemed another sentiment better. 6 "After looking round to see whether any body were already up before him, Utami, the principal chief of Buanaauia, rose and thus addressed the president: The chief of Papeete has said well, that we have received a great many good things from the kind Christian people of England. Indeed, what have we not received from Beretane? Did they not send us (area) the gospel ?— | But does not Hitoti's speech go too far? If we take the laws of England for our guide, then must we not punish with death those who break into a house?-those who write a wrong name?-those who steal a sheep?-And will any man in Tahiti say that death should grow for these? No, no; this goes too far; so I think we should stop. The law, as it is written, I think is good; perhaps I am wrong; but that is my thought.' "After a moment or two of stillness, Upuparu, a noble, intelligent, and stately chief stood forth. It was a pleasure to look upon his animated countenance and frank demeanour, without the smallest affectation either of superiority or condescension. He paid several graceful compliments to the former speakers, while, according to his thought, in some things each was right, and each was wrong. My brother, Hitoti, who proposed that we should punish murder with death, because England does 0, was wrong, as has been shown by Utami. For they are not the laws of England which are to guide us, "Much cordial approbation was evident at the conclusion of Tati's speech, and its evangelical appeal seemed to remove some difficulty and doubt respecting the true Scriptural authority applicable to the case. "Next rose Pati, a chief and a judge of Eimeo, formerly a high-priest of Oro, and the first who, at the hazard of his life, had abjured idolatry. My breast,' he exclaimed, 'is full of thought, and surprise, and delight. When I look round at this fare bure ra (house of God,) in which we are assembled, and consider who we are that take sweet counsel together here, it is to me all mea huru e (a thing of amazement), and mea faa oaoa te aau (a thing that makes glad my heart.) Tati has settled the question; for it is not the gospel that is our guide; and who can find directions for putting to death? I know many passages which forbid, but I know not one which commands, to kill. But then another thought is growing in my breast, and, if you will hearken to my little speech, you shall know what it is. Laws, to punish those that commit crime, are good for us. tell me, why do Christians punish? Is it because we are angry, and have pleasure in causing pain? Is it because we love revenge, as we did when we were heathens? But None of these: Christians do not love revenge; Christians must not be angry; they cannot have pleasure in eausing pain. Christians do not, therefore, punish for these. Is it not that, by the suffering which is inflicted, we may prevent the criminal from repeating his crime, and frighten others from doing as he has done to deserve the like? Well, then, does not every body know that it would be a greater punishment to be banished for ever from Tahiti, to a desolate island, than just, in a moment, to be put to death? And could the banished man commit murder again there? And would not others be more frightened by such a sentence than by one to take away his life? So my thought is that Tati is right, and the law had best remain as it has been written.' great impression upon the minds of their countrymen, and powerfully recommended to them the God that heareth prayer.'" We subjoin an instance of that pragmatical and sulky feeling, which would represent cheerfulness as inconsist ent with Christianity. "A circumstance occurred to-day which exhibits a peculiar trait of the character of these islanders-their keen sense of the ridiculous, and that turn for sarcasm which distinguishes the whole people, wherever we have been. This humour was formerly indulged to a mischievous excess, and even now, influenced as their minds generally are by Christian principle, requires to be re"One of the taata rii, or little men, a commoner, or pressed rather than encouraged. On this occasion, howrepresentative of a district, now presented himself, and ever, they took their own counsel, and the scene was sinwas listened to with as much attention as had been given gularly ludicrous. A chief, having degraded himself by to the lordly personages who preceded him. He said: some signal offence, was brought to trial for the same by • As no one else stands up, I will make my little speech, his brother chiefs, who conceived that their order had because several pleasant thoughts have been growing in been disgraced by the misconduct of this unworthy memmy breast, and I wish you to hear them. Perhaps every ber of it. As it was necessary for him to be tried by thing good and necessary has been said already by the his peers, a certain chief, not more than three feet eight chiefs; yet, as we are not met to adopt this law or that inches high, who, on account of his pigmy size, is held law, because one great man or another recommends it, in small repute among the fraternity, (they, as we have but as we, the taata rii, just the same as the chiefs, are formerly remarked, being generally men of mighty to throw all our thoughts together, that out of the whole bone,' and huge stature,) was appointed judge. Before heap the meeting may make those to stand upright which him, therefore, gorgeously arrayed in judicial costume, are best, whencesoever they come-this is my thought. with a fine purau mat, and a brilliant feather cap, the All that Tati said was good; but he did not mention haughty culprit, who would fain have looked down upon that one reason for punishing-as a missionary told us, him with the contempt with which a mastiff eyes a cur, when he was reading the law to us, in private-is, to was forced to stand with due humility and reverence. make the offender good again if possible. Now, if we The dwarf, however, dressed in a little brief autho kill a murderer, how can we make him better? But if rity,' played the giant well; while the giant, to his own he be sent to a desolate island, where he is all solitary, inexpressible mortification, and the delight of the byand compelled to think for himself, it may please God to standers, enacted the part of the dwarf not less successmake the bad things in his heart to die, and good things fully, for he felt and looked as little as even his accusers to grow there. But, if we kill him, where will his soul could desire. The court having heard the evidence, on which a verdict of guilty was instantly pronounced, the judge gathered himself up in all his official dignity, lectured the criminal with great but merited severity, and pronounced sentence upon him with as much justice as can consist without any mercy." go?' "Others spoke to the same purport, and, in the result, it was unanimously determined that banishment, not death, should be inflicted on murderers." The passage which we cite next will serve to explain what we mean, when we say that we discern occasional traces of puritanism in its most unamiable form among the missionaries. Our Saviour warned his hearers against believing that those men upon whom the tower of Siloam fell, were necessarily greater sinners than others. The following anecdote is scarcely related in a kindred spirit: "About the time when the gospel was beginning to make its way in Raiatea, a canoe, with four men in it, was upset at sea, and the people were thrown into the water, where (though nearly amphibious) they must have been drowned amidst the everlasting waves, drifting them to and fro, unless speedily carried to shore, or taken up by some vessel. Two of the men having embraced Christianity immediately cried, Let us pray to Jehovah ; for He can save us.'-' Why did you not pray to Him sooner?' replied their pagan comrades; here we are in the water, and it is useless to pray now.' The Christians, however, did cry mightily unto their God, while all four were clinging for life to the broken canoe. In this situation a shark suddenly rushed towards them, and seized one of the men. His companions held him as fast and as long as they could; but the monster prevailed in the tug between them, and hurried the unfortunate vic tim into the abyss, marking the track with his blood. He was one of the two who were idolaters. After some time the tide bore the surviving three to the reef, when, just as they were cast upon it, a second shark snatched the other idolater with his jaws, and carried off his prey, shrieking in vain for assistance, which the two Christians, themselves struggling with the breakers, could not afford him. This circumstance very naturally made a This tendency towards denunciation of judgments, and particularly repulsive to Kotzebue. an undue austerity, we can easily imagine to have been explain, though not to exculpate, his careless misappre This may serve to hension of the missionary character. We dwell upon these points, not because we underrate the worth of these pious labourers, but because we wish to see the only blemish in their conduct removed. We earnestly recommend this work to our readers. History of Scotland. By Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq. Volume Fourth. 8vo. Edinburgh. William Tait. 1831. (Unpublished.) THIS Volume is worthy of its predecessors. The style of the narrative is flowing and elegant; the leading events are selected with a happy tact, and told in a manner that conveys to the reader distinct notions of the progress of the nation in civil polity, wealth, and refinement, and at the same time a picturesque view of the face of the country and its inhabitants. Without any parade of systern, Mr Tytler is evidently guided in the composition of his history by a sound critical judgment, and his research after every source from which information could be derived, has been as extensive as indefatigable. If he proceed as he has begun, his work will ultimately prove not merely the best, but the only complete and authentie history of Scotland which we possess. The volume now before us contains the history of the reigns of the second and third, and part of that of the fourth, James. The reader will be better able to judge of its merits by copious extracts, than by any remarks we can make upon it; and our selections will have, the volume being yet unpublished, on this occasion, the additional charm of perfect novelty. perty, and the captivity of their wives and children, instructed the remotest adherents of the justiciar of Arbroath, how terrible was the vengeance which they had provoked. What must have been the state of the govern In the following narrative of a feud, during the reignment, and how miserable the consequences of those feuof James the Second, we recognise the lawless spirit of the times: "In the meantime, amid a constant series of petty feuds and tumults, which, originating in private ambition, and individual hostility, are undeserving the notice of the historian, one, from the magnitude of the scale on which it was acted, as well as from the illustrations which it affords us of the extraordinary manners of the times, requires a more particular recital. The religious house of Arbroath had appointed Alexander Lindsay, eldest son of the Earl of Crawford, their chief justiciar, a man of the most ferocious habits, but of great ambition and undaunted courage, who, from his fierce aspect, and the extreme length and bushiness of his beard, was afterwards commonly known by the appellation of the Tiger, or Earl Beardy.' The prudent monks, however, soon discovered that the Tiger was too expensive a protector, and having deposed him from his office, they conferred it upou Ogilvy of Innerquharity, an unpardonable offence in the eyes of the Master of Crawford, who instantly collected an army of his vassals, for the double purpose of inflicting vengeance upon the intruder, and violently repossessing himself of the dignity from which he had been ejected. There can be little doubt that the Ogilvies must have sunk under this threatened attack, but accident gave them a powerful ally in Sir Alexander Seton of Gordon, afterwards Earl of Huntley, who, as he returned from court, happened to lodge for the night at the castle of Ogilvy, at the very moment when this baron was mustering his forces against the meditated assault of Crawford. Seton, although in no way personally interested in the quarrel, found himself, it is said, compelled to assist the Ogilvies, by a rude but ancient custom, which bound the guest to take common part with his host in all dangers which might occur so long as the food eaten under his roof remained in his stomach. With the small train of attendants and friends who accompanied bim, he instantly joined the forces of Innerquharity, and proceeding to the town of Arbroath, found the opposite party drawn up in great strength on the outside of the gates. The families thus opposed in mortal defiance to each other, could number amongst their adherents many of the bravest and most opulent gentlemen in the country; and the two armies thus composed exhibited a splendid appearance of armed knights, barbed horses, and embroidered banners. As the two lines, however, approached each other, and spears were placing in the rest, the Earl of Crawford, who had received information of the intended combat, being anxious to avert it, suddenly appeared on the field, and galloping up between the two armies, was accidentally slain by a soldier, who was enraged at his interference, and ignorant of his rank. The event naturally increased the bitterness of hostility, and the Crawfords, who were assisted by a large party of the vassals of Douglas, infuriated at the loss of their chief, attacked the Ogilvies with a desperation which soon broke their ranks, and reduced them to irreclaimable disorder. Such, however, was the gallantry of their resistance, that they were almost entirely cut to pieces; and five hundred men, including many noble barons in Forfar and Angus, were left dead upon the field. Seton him self had nearly paid with his life the penalty of his adherence to a barbarous custom; and John Forbes of Pitsligo, one of his followers, was slain; nor was the loss which the Ogilvies sustained in the field their worst misfortune; for Lindsay, with his characteristic ferocity, and protected by the authority of Douglas, let loose his army upon their estates, and the flames of their castles, the slaughter of their vassals, the plunder of their pro dal manners and customs, which have been admired by superficial enquirers, where the pacific attempt of a few monks to exercise their undoubted privilege in choosing their own protector, could involve a whole province in bloodshed, and kindle the flames of civil war in the heart of the country!" of the century, we subjoin a characteristic trait of politi In order to complete the picture of the moral feeling cal intrigue under James the Third. "We have seen that the excellent Kennedy, who had filled the see of St Andrews with so much credit to himself and benefit to the nation, died in the commencement of the year 1466. Patrick Graham, his uterine brother, then Bishop of Brechin, a prelate of singular and primitive virtue, was chosen to succeed him, and as his promotion was obnoxious to the powerful faction of the Boyds, who then ruled every thing at court, the bishopelect secretly left the country for Rome, and on his arrival, without difficulty, procured his confirmation from Popé Paul the Second. Fearing, however, that his enemies were too strong for him, he delayed his return, and the controversy regarding the claim of the see of York to the supremacy of the Scottish church, having been revived by Archbishop Nevill, during his stay in Italy, Graham so earnestly and successfully exerted himself for the independence of his own church, that Sixtus the Fourth, Pope Paul's successor, became convinced by his arguments that the claim of York was completely unfounded. The result was a measure which forms an era in the history of the national church. The see of St Andrews was erected into an archbishopric, by a bull of Sixtus the Fourth, and the twelve bishops of Scotland solemnly enjoined to be subject to that see in all future time. In addition to this high privilege which he had gained for his own church, Graham, who felt deeply the abuses which had deformed it for so long a period, induced the pope to confer upon him the office of legate, for the space of three years, purposing, on his return for Scotland, to make a determined effort for their removal. "But little did this good man foresee the storm which there awaited him, the persecution which a nobility who had fattened on the sale of church livings, a dissolute priesthood, and a weak and capricious monarch, were prepared to raise against him. His bulls of primacy and legation, which had been published before his arrival, seemed only to awaken the jealousy of the bishops, who accused him to the king of intruding himself into the legation, and carrying on a private negotiation with the Roman court, without having first procured the royal license. The moment he set his foot in Scotland, he was cited to answer these complaints, and inhibited from assuming his title as archbishop, or exercising his legatine functions. In vain did he remonstrate against the sentence-in vain appeal to the bulls which he spread before the court-in vain assert what was conspicuously true, that he had been the instrument of placing the Scottish church on a proud equality with that of the sister kingdom, and that his efforts were conscientiously directed to her good. The royal mind was poisoned, his judges were corrupted by money, which the prelates and ecclesiastics, who were his enemies, did not scruple to expend on this base conspiracy. Accusations were forged against him, by Schevez, an able but profligate man, who, from his skill in the then fashionable studies of judicial astrology, had risen into favour at court; agents were employed at Rome, who raked up imputations of heresy; his bankers and creditors in that city, to whom he was indebted for large sums expended in procuring the bull for the archbishopric, insisted on premature payment; and the rector of his own university forging a quarrel, for the purpose of persecution, dragged him into his court, and boldly pronounced against him the sentence of excommunication. Despising the jurisdiction of his nferior, and confident in his own rectitude, Graham 'efused obedience, and bore himself with spirit against his enemies; but the unworthy conduct of the king, who corroborated the sentence, entirely broke his heart, and threw him into a state of distraction, from which he never completely recovered. He was committed to the charge of Schevez, his mortal enemy, who succeeded him in the primacy, and, unappeased in his enmity, even by success, continued to persecute his victim, removing him from prison to prison, till he died at last, overcome with age and misfortune, in the castle of Lochleven.” Descending to matters of inferior moment, some of our readers may wish to know the fashion of dress among the magnates of the land at that early period. "There follows a curious statute on the subject of dress, which is interesting, from its minuteness. It declares, that with regard to the dresses to be worn by earls, lords of parliament, commissaries of boroughs, and advocates, at all parliaments and general councils, the earls shall take care to use mantles of brown granyt,' open in the front, farred with ermine, and lined before with the same, surmounted by little hoods of the same cloth, which are to be used upon the shoulders. The other lords of parliament are directed to have a mantle of red cloth, open in front, and lined with silk, or furred with Cristy gray, grece, or purray, with a hood furred in the same manner, and composed of the same cloth;' whilst all commissaries of boroughs are commanded to have a pair of cloaks,-such is the phrase made use of, -of blue cloth, made to open on the right shoulder, to be trimmed with fur, and having hoods of the same colour. If any earl, lord of parliament, or commissary, appears in parliament, or at the general council, without this dress, he is to pay a fine of ten pounds to the king. All men of law who are employed and paid as 'forespeakers,' are to wear a dress of green cloth, made after the fashion of a 'tunykill,' or tunic, with the sleeves open like a tabard, under a penalty of five pounds to the king, if they appear either in parliament or at general councils without it; and in every borough where parliament or general councils are to be held, it is directed that there be constructed where the bar uses to stand,' a platform, consisting of three lines of seats, each line higher than the other, upon which the commissaries of the boroughs are to take their places." The dress of private members of society has also been recorded for the admiration of future ages. care to make their wives and daughters to be habited in a manner correspondent to their estate; that is to say, on their heads short curches, with little hoods, such u are used in Flanders, England, and other countries; and, as to the gowns, no woman should wear mertricks er letvis, or tails of unbefitting length, nor trimmed with furs, except on holydays.' In like manner, it was ordered, that poor gentlemen living in the country, whose property was within forty pounds, of old extent, should regulate their dress according to the same standard; whilst amongst the lower classes, no labourers or busbandmen were to wear, on their work days, any other stuff than grey or white cloth, and on holydays, light blue, green, or red—their wives dressing correspondently, and using curches of their own making. And the stuf they wore was not to exceed the price of forty pence the ell. No woman was to come to the kirk or market with her face "mussalit," or covered, so that she might not be known, under the penalty of forfeiting the curch. And as to the clerks, no one was to wear gowns of scarlet, or furring of mertricks, unless he were a dignified officer in a cathedral or college-church, or a nobleman or doctor, er a person having an income of two hundred marks. And these orders touching the dresses of the community, were to be immediately published throughout the country, and carried into peremptory and rigorous execution.”” We now turn to a passage which places Mr Tytler's powers as a delineator of character in a favourable light. The monarch who forms the subject of the sketch is James the Third: "It has been the fashion of some historians to represent James as a compound of indolence, caprice, and inbecility; but the assertion is equally rash and unfounded. His character was different from the age in which be lived, for it was unwarlike, but in some respects it was far beyond his own times. A love of repose and sechsion, in the midst of which he might devote himself to pursuits which, though enervating, were intellectual, and bespoke an elegant and cultivated mind, rendered him unpopular amongst a nobility who treated such studies with contempt. A passion for mathematics and the study of judicial astrology, a taste for architecture and the erection of noble and splendid buildings, an addiction to the science and the practice of music, and a general disposition to patronise the professors of literature and philosophy, rather than to surround himself with a crowd of fierce retainers; such were the features in the character of this unfortunate prince, which have drawn upon him the reprobation of most of the contemporary historians, but which he possessed in common with some of the most illustrious monarchs who have figured in history. This turn of mind, however, in itself, when duly regulated, rather praiseworthy than the contrary, led to consequences which were less excusable. Aware of the impossibility of finding men of congenial tastes amongst his nobles, James had the weakness, not only to patronise, but to exalt to the rank of favourites and companions, the professors of his favourite studies. Architects, musi cians, painters, and astrologers, were treated with distinction, and admitted to the familiar converse of the sovereign, whilst the highest nobles of the land found a cold and distant reception at court, or retired with a positive denial of access. Cochrane, an architect, or, as he is indignantly termed by our feudal historians, a mason; Rogers, a professor of music; Ireland, a man of literary and scientific acquirements, who had been educated in France, were warmly favoured and encouraged; whilst, even upon such low proficients as tailors, smiths. and fencing-masters, the treasures, the smiles and encouragement of the monarch were profusely lavished.” The question regarding this king's character is afterwards discussed more in detail, and equally felicitously: "There follows a minute and interesting sumptuary law, relative to the impoverishment of the realm by the sumptuous apparel of men and women; which, as presenting a vivid picture of the dresses of the times, I shall give as nearly as possible in the quaint words of the original. It will perhaps be recollected, that in a parliament of James the First, held in the year 1429, the same subject had attracted the attention of the legislature; and the present necessity of a revision of the laws against immoderate costliness in apparel, indicates an increasing wealth and prosperity in the country. 'Seeing,' it declares, that each estate has been greatly impoverished through the sumptuous clothing of men and women, especially within the burghs, and amongst the commonalty to landwart," the lords think it speedful that restriction of such vanity should be made in this manner. First, no man within burgh that lives by merchandise, except he be a person of dignity, as one of the aldermen or bailies, or other good worthy men that are of the council of the town, shall either himself wear, or allow his wife to wear, clothes of silk, or costly scarlet gowns, or furring of mertricks ;' and they are directed to take special" He was an enthusiast in music, and took great de light in architecture, and the construction of splendid We close the volume with the most sincere respect for its amiable and talented author. The labours of Mr Tytler and some others of our contemporaries, promise, erelong, to banish the whole host of silly and contradictory traditions from Scottish history-a consummation most devoutly to be wished for. London: Poems. By William Danby, Esq., of Gisbrowe. Post THE poet now before us has not dared the regions of song idly or presumptuously. In long apprenticeship among the hills and woods, he has sedulously cultivated, to meditation and sensibility, a mind ever well inclined to both. Dwelling, as he does, amid some of the loveliest, most beautiful, and most various scenery of England, and having made himself well at home amongst all the other most striking scenes of his native country, he comes before us well prepared to command our attention and admiration. No one who has listened to his wild and eloquent voice whilst speaking of some beloved scene-no one who has watched carefully the gradual developement of his beautiful imagination-no one who has seen the whole tenor of his retired life-no one who knows what he has done to make himself a fit worshipper at the Muse's shrine, can ever doubt his power and ability to dare the loftiest and stormiest heights of Fame. As a favourable specimen of Mr Danby's power in one line of composition, we select three stanzas from the first poem, called Gisbrowe: "Now on the pathway, overarch'd with boughs, But, oh! a fairer flower than all beside, Is that pure maid, who sits to view the shining tide! "Yes; there the lonely, solitary flower, From God's own Paradise transplanted here, Wrapp'd in the guileless bliss that knows not fear; And cherish'd thoughts disturb its quiet rest, "Passion is woman's dowery; the rich blood Grows darker hued upon her fragrant cheek On which the heart must feed, or else must break; Let them not pass it by, for words are weak There is singular simplicity here in every line-no straining after loud-sounding language, which merely attracts the idle reader for the moment, and wins over no one whose admiration is of value. In this same poem, there are a few beautiful stanzas on the death of a beloved young friend, who died in early youth; but want of space hinders us from transcribing them. Much different from the above are these succeeding stanzas from "The Knell," and equally excellent : "It is the voice of death! the angel soars Above the destined world to mark his prey; Can blunt that point, or ward it from the heart, |