preaching,' he adds, is too often to reconcile a life of sin with the assuredness of salvation'! The prelate thinks the present systems of toleration and of education rather too unlimited, and as so many causes of the evils which he laments, to which he adds the distressed state of the poor. Upon this latter point he agrees in principle with Mr. Warner, in recommending to those of his clergy who have glebes, to let out to each labourer with a family, a small allotment of land, upon which they might subsist in content and peace. The bishop clearly sees, and would endeavour to stem, the tide of opinion so strongly setting in against the whole system, spiritual and secular of the established church, and prudently concludes with informing his clergy that he is a friend to reform, hoping that they will follow his example. We trust that his advice will not have been given in vain.

ART. XVIII.-Thoughts on Various Subjects. By William Danby, Esq., of Swinton Park, Yorkshire. Svo. pp. 253. London: Rivington. York: Todd. 1831.

WE have here a Second Edition of Mr. Danby's "Ideas and Realities," considerably enlarged, and we may justly add much improved. Wit he aims not at, humour he never affects; and though he would risk occasionally to pass to the lively from the severe, he cannot be charged with much of the buoyant qualities of mirth. His thoughts are such as we may easily suppose likely to float through the mind of a country gentleman, liberally educated, surrounded by useful books, enjoying all the luxuries of a pleasant seat in Yorkshire, and finding employment in his many leisure

hours in the soothing occupations of literature. It is something for such a man to be able to say to himself every morning-Well, I shall advance so far in the preparation of my book to day! We can easily understand the feeling with which Mr. Danby sent the proof of his last sheet to the press. It must have been like parting with a friend, who had long been near him, and kept away the blue devils from his library. The general current of his

thoughts' is sober, religious, and respectable, without being very profound. They are generally clearly, sometimes neatly expressed; as in the following three or four specimens, which we shall cite.

Life has its pleasures, but the only real ones are those which are doubled on reflection; and they are most felt in the encouragement they give to hope

for more.'

Nothing can add more to the expression of our feelings than laying our hand on the arm of him to whom we are expressing them. It is an argumentum ad fratrem, a kind of animal magnetism, an electric chain, that conveys the fluid to the breast of him whom we are addressing ourselves to, if he has feelings to receive it, and if the address is worthy of exciting them. It disposes him to sympathize with us, and to listen to us with the same confidence that we seem to place in him; accordingly it is introduced into the conversation between Yorick and the Mendicant Friar, in the "Sentimental Journey," and it is much more interesting to me to recollect it in one whose example I most wish to follow, and whose memory I have the most reason to respect; my own father. This expression of natural feeling is surely among the most pleasant that can be given, received, or recorded: and if all that accompanies it is in concurrence with it, we cannot well doubt of its sincerity. It has the feeling of truth, and should only be expressive of it.'

The mind's exertion of its own powers is very sufficient to show that there is much beyond them; and the glimpse that it catches of this is as sure

a proof that it is within the reach of higher intelligence.'

'In all cases of personal attachment between the sexes, the less sensuality there is the better; for whatever degree of sentiment may be mixed with it, it is still the part that draws the human nearer to the mere animal nature, and not the less so for the sentiment that may be mixed with it; for the compari son must be made between the two; Moore's

"O the heart that has truly loved, never forgets,

But as truly loves on to the close," ought to be, and will be true, if that love has its proper seat in the mind. And, look we not forward to a far higher love than any that the excitements of this world can inspire? Young most truly

ART. XIX. Translations of the Oxford Latin Prize Poems. First Series. 8vo. pp. 193. London: Valpy. 1831.

To men of classical education, especially to those who have been educated at the universities, the publication of which we have here the first series, will be eminently acceptable. It is to contain translations of the best Latin poems which have gained prizes at Oxford, and we may observe the interest which the work excites from the long and highly respectable list of subscribers, with which the present volume is ushered into the world. Of the manner in which the translations are executed, we do not hesitate to speak in terms of the highest praise. The energy and modulation of the verse, reminds us in every page of the best days of Eng

lish poetry. A single example, from the version of Mr. Canning's Pilgrimage to Mecca, will, we think,

fully justify our applause.

What holy rites Mohammed's laws ordain;

What various duties bind his faithful train;

What pious zeal his scatter'd tribes unites In fix'd observance of these holy rites; At Mecca's shrine what votive crowds surround

With annual pomp the consecrated ground;

The Muse shall tell:-revolving years succeed,

And Time still venerate Mohammed's creed.

'Nor faint the glory shed o'er Mecca's brow:

Land of the Prophet! dear to fame art thou.

Here first in peace his infant hopes were known;

Here fix'd the Chief his temple and his throne:

Though from thy gates opposing factions here

With stern defiance drove the gifted Seer,

Yet, sacred city of his love! 'twas thine To heap the earliest incense on his shrine;

To own the terrors of his conquering blade,

And hail with joy the Exile thou hast made.

Yes!-thou art known to fame! to thee, 'tis said,

A voice divine the wandering Abraham led:

Within thy courts, at his command re stored,

Blazed the pure altars of Creation's Lord. And hence thy race, for ancient faith renown'd,

Surpassing favour with Mohammed found;

His seat of empire hence thy walls be

came,

And shared for sanctity Mohammed's fame.

Nor strange that hence, with pious gifts array'd,

Thy shrine revered the Moslem tribes invade;

ART. XX.-Stories for Young Children. By the Author of Conversations on Chemistry," &c. 12mo, pp. 103. London : Longman, &c. 1831.

A VERY pretty little book, well calculated to explain to children, in language which they may easily comprehend, many of the common objects which at first puzzle their uninformed minds, such as the building of houses, the planting of trees, the manufacture of bricks, the cutting of glass, and some of the simplest elements of mechanics. The incidents of the stories in which these things are explained are natural and sufficiently attractive.

ART. XXI.-1. Pietas Privata.The Book of Private Devotion: A series of Prayers and Meditations; with an Introductory Essay on Prayer, chiefly from the writings of Hannah More. 2. Daily Communings, Spiritual and Devotional. By the Right Rev. George Horne. London: Nisbet, 1831.

WE are glad to meet with such publications as these, for never was there a period, perhaps, in the history of the world, when they were so much wanted. Mrs. Hannah More's religions feelings are well known-her whole life having been one round of dedication to pious Horne's and benevolent thoughts. Dr. Horne's Communings' form a complete manual of religion in themselves. A passage is selected from the Psalms, which is slightly amplified, and at the same time expounded, in the prayer, or rather we might call it the aspiration that follows it; and thus a small volume is composed, which may be said to contain the spiritual essence of the whole Book of the Psalms. One of these prayers is appropriated to each day in the year. The two volumes are beautifully printed, and would easily find room in a gentleman's waistcoat-pocket, or a lady's reticule.

which are now manufactured for that purpose, and which are particularly well calculated for sustaining all the tall growing plants, such as fuschias, georginas, pinks, and others which require protection against high winds. The evil of wood is, that it soon becomes decayed, and easily yielding to the blast, both plant and stake fall at once to the ground. Moreover, the iron rod from its slightness is much less conspicuous than the wood, and consequently tends in no degree to diminish the natural beauty of the plant to which it lends assistance.

Red Spiders.-These insects are the pest of some gardens. It is recommended by an experimentalist, that the leaves of plants which they infest, should be frequently syringed on both sides with clear water, which has been found completely to destroy them. In green-houses the same effect may be produced, by the application of steam.

Atmospheric Tides.-It has been inferred with a great degree of probability, from a variety of ascertained facts, that there exists an analogy between the lunar influence on the tides of the ocean and the temperature of the atmosphere. During the last winter, the lowest degree of temperature, both in London and Paris, was in each period of frost the day, or day but one, after one of the lunar quarters.

Elevation of Territory.- From observations that have been made by Boblaye, in the Morea and Egina, it appears that the whole soil of the Peninsula has risen considerably, not in a continuous manner, but by sudden starts, so that the grounds abandoned by the sea, are marked out in steps or layers, in irregular gradations.

Mr. Campbell.-This gentleman

has of late been a watcher of the dead. The breath had scarcely quitted the frame of Sir Thomas Lawrence, when the author of the "Pleasures of Hope" was proclaimed as already engaged upon the memoirs of the illustrious artist. The task, however, if ever really undertaken, was soon abandoned. Now, again, a similar trick is played off with respect to Mrs. Siddons, who was no sooner buried than her will was opened, bequeathing to the same gentleman the task of celebrating her name to all posterity. It is said that she has left considerable materials for her biography if so, we hope that they will be consigned to some person who really will make use of them.

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Cholera Morbus.-It is reported that this dreadful malady has already found its way to Vienna, and to Pest in Hungary. It appears from the Riga Medical Report up to the morning of the 15th of June, that the total number of hospital patients was 1,386; cured, 308; dead, 798; house patients, 1,226; cured, 558; dead, 488. Total,

2,612

cured, 866; dead, 1,286; and left, 466. The physicians say that the disease is now of a much milder character than at first. From the 31st of May to the 1st June, there were only twenty-four deaths; from the 1st (13th) to the 2d (14th) thirty-one deaths, but only seventynine new cases. From the 2d (14th) to the 3d (15th) twenty-nine, and eighty-five new cases, whilst hitherto upwards of 100 people were daily attacked. The number of hospital deaths alone was from sixty to seventy daily.

M. Bonpland. Tidings have been at length received of this eminent naturalist. From a letter written by him to a friend at Buenos Ayres, it appears, notwithstanding all the reports which have been