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the most satisfactory manner, without confinement, or leaving any mark or disfigurement in the affected organ.

A mode of treatment accomplishing such results is surely a title to the gratitude of mankind, and is a most important improvement in ophthalmic science. It brings a disease, hitherto considered one of the most formidable and distressing to which the eye is subject, under the complete control of modern surgery.

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Tylney Hall. By T. Hood. 3 Vols.

"Please, sir, mamma says will you be funny?" whispered a little girl to Mr. Mathews, one evening; and Mr. Hood thinks doubtless that the public have given him the same invitation, and expect that he will be funny." This has forced him into a prodigality of humour which sometimes dazzles, but more frequently confuses his page. There is a superabundance of garnish and little meat; yet what there is, is well seasoned, and frequently judiciously ornamented. Here and there are occasional bursts of beauty and touches of sentiment and feeling that are quite exquisite; and you go on expecting your Paradise to be continued, but find that you are in a fool's Paradise after all; for the pantomimic rattle recommences, and the jack puddings of the story repeat their smart things, and perform their silly ones over and over again.

There can be but one opinion as to Mr. Hood,-that he is a man of brilliant and overflowing talent, who combines with a keen perception of the ludicrous, a fund of poetic fervour and imagination. His poem of "Eugene Aram" was the work of a master mind, but "there are diversities of gifts," and many persons, whose genius, properly so called, is of the very highest order, would find it no easy task to sustain a novel through the fiery ordeal of three volumes. Wit will not do it-humour will not do it-a perception and mere knowledge of the world would be equally unable to get through such a task-it must be a combination of many things—of wit, and wisdom, and imagination, and sound sense, tempered moreover by discretion-the knowledge of how to begin, and when to leave off, a working-day industrious business-like habit, grafted upon the more spiritual gifts, which elevate the man, and enable him, while he amuses, to instruct us in the great mystery of human nature. It is only justice, however, to "Tylney Hall to say that those who only seek amusement will be amply repaid by a perusal of the volumes. citizen's family are a comic annual in themselves; and, as we said before, there are touches of nature, fragments of pathos and feeling, which could only emanate from a mind of the very highest order. For ourselves, we could have wished that Mr. Hood had yielded more to nature, and had taken less pains to sustain a reputation of being the wittiest man in an age of dulness. The book long looked for has appeared, and though it is not in many points equal to what we expected, still it is an earnest of what Mr. Hood, if untrammelled by his punning propensities, could effect.

The Rustic Wreath. By Thomas Lister.

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Thomas Lister is another instance of untaught genius displaying its properties and powers under outward circumstances apparently the least advantageous to its development. Born in a condition comparatively humble, and deprived of many of those advantages in early life which are generally considered necessary for the direction and encouragement of talent, however considerable its intrinsic energies may be, he has succeeded in producing a volume which, if not distinguished for the finish of language and classic character of composition, which are results only to be produced by a study of the best models, is far from being deficient in depth of feeling or simple elegance of expression. In the introduction to his poems we are informed of a circumstance as much to his credit as a man, as his first

literary efforts are to his abilities as an author. His poetical productions, it appears, some time ago drew upon him the notice of many of the gentry in his vicinity, and, among other patrons, procured him the exertions of Lord Morpeth in his behalf, whose interest was exerted with success to procure for him the employment of postmaster in his native town. The conscience of the rustic poet, however, who is a member of the Society of Friends, raised an objection which the prospect of worldly advantage was unable to silence. His view of that passage of Scripture which touches upon the subject of the lawfulness of oaths did not allow him to go through the necessary forms preparatory to his admission to his new office, and he was consequently induced to decline it, although greatly tending to the furtherance of his temporal prospects. Such instances of probity are far too uncommon in the present day to be undeserving, when they do occur, of an extensive publicity. It is our sincere hope that Thomas Lister will not suffer by his adherence to principles which he has conscientiously embraced; and indeed, if we may judge from the long list of respectable subscribers to this volume, he bids fair to find greater profit in the service of the lyric muse than of his Grace the Duke of Richmond. All who have taste to appreciate the wild beauties of original though uncultivated talent, will acknowledge that a more extensive encouragement than that which he has hitherto received has been well and fully deserved.

The Keepsake for 1835. Edited by F. M. Reynolds.

Of the embellishments of the "Keepsake" there can be but one opinion the subjects are selected with skill and taste, and they are engraved in the most perfect style of which the art is capable. The frontispiece is after one of Lawrence's happiest works—a portrait of Lady Beresford, the once beautiful Mrs. Hope. Time has, we understand, touched her lightly-but-she is a grandmamma. "My Aunt Mansfield" is a clever picture, by an artist with whose name we are not familiar. Cattermole has furnished a design of high merit; the Sledge is a very interesting print; the Love Quarrel, the Gipsy Children, and the Widowed Mother, are successful prints, from the pencil of the Misses Sharpe; the German Lovers is a fine adaptation of Retzch; but the gem of the book is "La Valière," by Chalon. Indeed, as a whole, the series of embellishments has rarely been surpassed. Mr. Reynolds has again enlisted in his corps many aristocratic recruits, and several of them seem as well trained to the "exercise" of writing as more practised and more professional hands. Lords, ladies, baronets, honourables, and honourable members lead the van; and in truth they, with the aid of more plebeian pens, have furnished forth a goodly volume, that will well please all ranks and stations, now that the coming season of fire-sides makes amusement more welcome than information.

Octavia Elphinstone, a Manx Story, and Lois, a Drama. 2 vols.

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By Miss Anne Talant.

The two volumes before us, as the title sets forth, contain a Tale and a Drama. The Tale we have read with great interest and gratification; there is much good sense-much good feeling-some admirable descriptions and many proofs of a brilliant but well-directed imagination throughout the whole."

The character of the spoiled child, the fair Elphine, is well conceived and pleasingly developed-the interest never flags-and the whole is wound up with a much greater degree of skill than belongs to the usual race of débutants. We sincerely congratulate Miss Talant on her talents, and have been really edified by her graphic descriptions of the scenery and locale of the Isle of Man. We have conceived a strong desire to visit the places she has so ably pourtrayed, and some fine summer morning pur

pose sailing from Liverpool, with "Octavia Elphinstone" as our travelling companion.

The Drama is a sort of make-weight, we suspect, to complete the volumes; and though we cannot award to "Lois" the praise we bestow upon " Octavia," yet, bearing in mind how much more difficult it is to write a play than a story, we assure the lady, that though we consider she has failed in producing a drama that would act well, she has woven her materials with considerable effect, and betrayed much skill in the construction of the plot. We have no doubt of again meeting her in the pleasant walks of literature. We shall gladly renew so agreeable and profitable an acquaintance.

Hours in the Bowers. By Samuel Bamford.

Here is a curious book, not radical poems, but poems by a radical. His "hours" were the years, and his "bowers" were the gaols in which he was imprisoned. Coldbath-fields inspired his "Eclogues," and Lincoln Castle his "Hymns;" in fact, by his own account, "he has been confined in the greater number of the prisons of England." The Bench and the Fleet, we are sorry to say, are often the bowers in which poets have sung, but here we have a Newgate bird. He seems, however, an enthusiastic misguided man, who, in his aspirations after an impracticable system of civil liberty, does not see that he is proceeding to the destruction of every thing that is valuable, and associating with every thing that is vile in society. He laments Brandreth, the baker, and his party, at Derby; let him think of Ings, the butcher, and his party, at Cato-street.

His poetry is such as might be expected from his station and sentiments, generally faulty and mean; sometimes correct and energetic. In his "March to Moscow" are such lines as

There is fierce Murat

With his plumed hat.*

His "Song of the Brave" concludes with something better:

Then who would not live with the brave?

The wretch without virtue or worth."
And who would not die with the brave?
The coward that clings to the earth.
And who shall partake with the brave
The fame which his valour hath won ?.
Oh he that will fight with the brave
Till the battle of freedom be won.

Parker's Parliamentary Short-Hand.

Little books upon this subject have of late so multiplied, that we have been compelled to omit all notice of them, in a double sense. But the small book before us has tempted us to a look; first, because of its exceeding neatness, and next, because of its attractive frontispiece, in which a number of words are given with so much brevity and such distinctness as to be absolutely startling. We have not at hand the necessary type, or we should depart from our accustomed plan, and give an extract. Mr. Parker's method is at once simple and complete. He introduces it by a sensible preface, and explains so clearly all he desires, that even with such a miniature magazine," he who runs may read." We recommend it to all who desire knowledge of an art, always desirable, and often most useful. Those who make a business of short-hand will find in it many hints by which the old systems may be improved; it dispels many of the acknowledged difficulties, and suggests a variety of ideas on the subject that have not occurred to writers in past times. But to the tyro in the "art" it is especially valuable; it leads him rapidly and pleasantly along a road he must have imagined exceedingly difficult, and brings him by a short cut to a knowledge of short-hand.

LITERARY REPORT.

Mr. Horace Smith's Reuben Apsley forms the December Number of the popular collection of fictions entitled" Colburn's Modern Novelists," and will conclude the series.-And on the 1st January next will be commenced, in single monthly volumes, exactly on the plan of the Waverley Novels, Byron, &c., a new, revised, and more select collection, beginning with Mr. Bulwer's popular novel of Pelham, This edition will be beautifully printed in an entirely new letter, and embellished with Plates from designs by eminent artists. The engrav ings will be executed under the superintendence of the Messrs. Finden; and the volumes will be expressly revised and corrected, with the addition of Notes, by the several authors.

Mr. Loudon announces a new publication, to be entitled Arboretum Britannicum, or Portraits from Nature, on a scale of a quarter of an inch to a foot, of all the trees of ten years' growth which endure the open air in Britain; drawn from trees within ten miles of London: with botanical specimens of the flowers and fruit or seeds of each tree, to a scale of two inches to a foot. The first Number is to appear in January next.

[With this notice Mr. Loudon has sent us a specimen-it is very beautiful; but our readers will be satisfied that anything undertaken by Mr. Loudon will be well done. We shall avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity to notice this work; and feel assured that our very high expectations will not be disappointed.]" To give an idea of the pains that Mr. Loudon has taken to obtain information for this work, it may be stated that he has forwarded copies of the Return-Paper and the Prospectus sent herewith to all the botanic gardens in Europe, and to more than a thousand of the proprietors of those country-seats in Great Britain and Ireland which contain collections of foreign trees, or remarkable indigenous ones."

One of the most attractive of the literary announcements of the day is that of a cheap library of French Romance, by the most celebrated authors, 'to be comprised in 40 volumes, at the rate of only 2s. 6d. per volume, bound in morocco cloth. It is entitled "Petite Bibliothèque des Dames ;" and the advertised list of its contents shows it to consist, not of the works of the existing dangerous and objectionable French school, but of those of such of its immediate predecessors as have acquired a high and standard character for talent, uncontaminated by moral blemish-as, for instance, Mesdames de Staël, De Genlis, De Montolieu, Cottin, &c. We observe also announced from the same quarter a cheap library devoted to that very fascinating class of French literature, its Memoirs, and advertised to consist of 25 vols. Svo., at the moderate price of 5s. per volume, bound. This latter collection will doubtless furnish an excellent illustration of the literary and political history of the last fifty years, comprising, as it appears to do, some of the choicest productions of French talent and esprit that are to be found within that period.

The Life and Times of William the Third, King of England and Stadtholder of Holland, by the Hon. Arthur Trevor, is in the press.

Nearly ready for publication, a Practical Exposition of the Gospel according to St. John, in the form of Lectures, intended to assist the practice of Domestic Instruction and Devotion. By John Bird Sumner, D.D., Lord Bishop of Chester.

Mr. Alexander Watkin has in the press the Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman, with an Explanation of the Preference of its various Kinds, Illustrations of its Defects, External Indications of Form, Beauty, Mind, and Habits, Influence of these on Offspring, and Laws regulating the Resemblance of Progeny to Parents.

In a few days will appear, Domestic Life in England from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; with Notices of Origins, Inventions, and Modern Improvements.

In the press, a Life of the Right Rev. Reginald Heber, late Lord Bishop of Calcutta, by Thos. Taylor.

Faustus, a dramatic mystery-The First Walpurgis Night-The Bride of Corinth ; translated from the German of Goethe, by John Anster, LL.D., will speedily appear.

The Annual Obituary, for 1835, will be published in January.

Short Whist; a sketch of its History, Rise, Progress, &c., with Instructions for Beginners, by Major A*****, will shortly be published.

The Road-Book to Italy, by Mr. Brockedon, the publication of which has been for some time delayed, will be completed in February.

The Saxon's Daughter, a Tale of Chivalry, in Six Cantos, by the author of " An Essay on Woman," is announced for publication.

LIST OF NEW BOOKS. Warleigh; or, the Fatal Oak, a Legend of Devon, 3 vols. 1. 11s. 6d.

History of the Germanic Empire, by S. A. Dunham, Esq., LL.D., &c., Vol. I. (forming Vol. LX. of Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia), 12mo. 6s.

Carrington's Collected Poems, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo. 10s.

A Guide to Geology, by John Phillips, 12mo. 5s.

Treatise on Isometrical Drawing, by T. Sapwith, plates, royal 8vo. 16s.

Lectures on Surgery, as delivered at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, by W. Lawrence, 12mo. 5s. 6d.

Autobiography of a Dissenting Minister, fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

The Musical Bijou for 1835, 4to. 15s. The Sacred Musical Gift for 1835, 4to. 10s. 6d.

The Musical Talisman for 1835, 4to. 10s. Pratt's Life of Brainerd, "Christian's Family Library," 12mo. 5s.

The Sacred Classics, Vol. II., " Beveridge's Thoughts," Vol. II., 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Heath's Book of Beauty for 1835, 21s. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, with his Life, 2 vols. 13s.

The Principles of Ophthalmic Surgery, by J. Walker, 12mo. 5s. 6d.

De la Macy, a Tale of Real Life, 2 vols. 20s. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, translated and abridged by H. M'Murtrie, M.D., 8vo. 12s.

Will Watch, by the Author of "Cavendish," 3 vols. 1. 11s. 6d.

Bagster on the Management of Bees, with 40 engravings, fcap. 8vo. 6s. 6d.

Meadows' Italian Dictionary, 18mo. 7s.
The Comic Almanac, 12 plates, by Cruik-
shank, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

The Biblical Keepsake for 1835, 21s.
Lunar Tables, by Mrs. Taylor, royal 8vo. 16s.

Francesca Carrara, by the Author of "Ro-
mance and Reality," &c., 3 vols. 17. 11s. 6d.
Analytical Digest of all Reported Cases, by
S. B. Harrison, Esq., 3 vols. 8vo. 3. 12s.
Sacred Minstrelsy, Vol. I., folio, 21s.
The New Year's Gift, 1835, 8s.
'Journey throughout Ireland in 1834, by H.
D. Inglis, 2 vols. 21s.

Cabinet of Friendship; a Tribute to the
Memory of John Aitkin, post 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Rev. Richard Watson's Works, Vol. V., containing Life of Wesley, &c., 8vo. 8s. 6d.

The Northern Tourist, 1835, containing 73 Views, 4to. 21s. cloth.

FINE ARTS.

Leaves from the Memorandum Book of Alfred Crowquil, No. 1. This is a clever book of caricatures, beginning with Tea-leaves for breakfast. We have Strong Black, represented by a sturdy negro carrying a heavy basket; Hyson, a tall thin boy, with a diminutive father; Fine Dust, a housemaid shaking a hall-mat and blinding herself and the passengers; Gunpowder, the explosion of a cockney's fowling piece, to the great damage of a passenger's head; and Mixed, a curious group of masqueraders of all characters. For dinner we have Mustard, a group collected round the family board; Pepper, unfortunate passengers on the box of a stage-coach in a hail-storm; Salt, the assault of a town; Catsup, a boatswain's mate with his nine tails elevated; and, as Castors to hold these pungent condiments, we have a variety of beaver hats on appropriate physiognomies. These and others are all very well and droll in their place, but we have one more still better and droller, because more original. This is a personification of the vowels. A is a chap with his hands behind his back, listening to the story of E, who points out I as the subject of it. Poor I is the picture of astonishment at such a charge, while O expands his hands and mouth that such things should be. U, however, directs himself to another object, who expostulates as Y with a cockney aspiration. The story is well and briefly told, as far as vowels representing the pronouns and interjections-Ah, Eh, I, Oh, You, and Why-can tell a story. We are promised a Second Number, and we shall be glad to see it.

Zincography. It is but a few years past that we had to record an advance in the fine arts in the invention of lithography, which afforded increased facilities in the art of engraving. Lithography is now, however, likely to be displaced, at any rate to a great degree, by the invention of an ingenious Frenchman, M. Breugnot, who has succeeded in preparing a composition of metal, the basis of which is zinc, upon which drawing and writing can be effected with equal, if not with greater facility than upon stone, and as easily applied to paper with the same machinery. The art of zincography has several advantages over that of lithography; amongst others, in the portability and comparative cheapness of the plates, over the necessary bulkiness and cost of stone. These plates can be adapted to a lady's portfolio, to any thickness, and to any size, a desideratum much wanted in lithography. The invention of zincography has received the sanction of the Royal Academy of Paris, and the Parisians have already succeeded in printing large window blinds with one plate, and we believe experiments have been made on silk and cotton, which warrant the supposition that zincography will soon be applied in our silk and cotton printing establishments.

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