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heavy and fearful responsibility which is daily accruing, in consequence of the continuation of calamities that in their nature must be capable of being extinguished.

ART, XIV.-Statistics of the Trade, Industry, and Resources of Canada, and other Plantations in British

America. By HENRY BLISS, Esq.
London: J. Richardson. 1833.

THE object of this pamphlet is to show the policy of continuing the Colonial system. The author begins by considering the subject of emigration. He dwells on the value and importance of North America, and then considers what resources that country offers, and what advances it has made in commerce and agriculture. The produce of the forests supplies shelter and fuel, and the trees form a branch of commerce which has proved very profitable under the name of the timber trade. Amongst these productions maple sugar is an important article; so is the fur trade, which is fertile of reve

nue.

The other productions of Canada are treated in the same detail, and a full view is presented of the importance to which the Colony has arrived as a commercial community.

Mr. Bliss would draw from the example of Canada, the strongest arguments in favour of pursuing the Colonial system. This system, he contends, is eminently prescribed by nature and by society. In all ages and countries, the history of commerce and industry has shown, in some form or another, a modification of that economy which England was the only country at last to adopt as her general practice.

It is the opinion of the author, that if Great Britain be stripped of her Colonies, her foreign trade will barely exceed that of the United States. Upon it her maritime supremacy

and, more than that, her commercial wealth and greatness depend. The efforts of the present writer appear to be directed to the object of stimulating the new parliament to take a warm interest in the Colonial system, and to support it if they wish the country to flourish.

ART. XV.-Practical Gardening, clear, simple, and concise, for the use of all classes; containing many new and valuable directions for improved culture and early productions. By MARTIN DOYLE, Author of "Hints to Small Farmers," &c. &c. Dublin: Curry. London: Simpkin and Marshall. 1833.

WITH true Hibernian love of accuracy, Martin Doyle tells us that in this little work he proposes to teach the art, but not the science, of gardening.

The object of this work is to enable uninstructed persons to perform the duties of good scientific gardeners, and thereby improve their minds as well as their fortunes. Part I. contains a monthly calendar of the business to be done, and in each month directions are laid down, not only for what should be sown and planted, but for what may be sown or planted. Mr. Martin Doyle surely does not need to borrow his plans from other men, and he might, without impairing his credit in the least, have condescended to acknowledge that he found his should and his may, which give great advantage to these directions, originally in the Englishman's Almanack. But we will not quarrel with him for this venial offence. The directions occupy, in general, the upper half of each alternate page, whilst the remainder, as well as each opposite page, are filled up with remarks other matters to be executed

upon

in the garden during each month.

The second part presents an account of the mode in which seeds and plants, employed for popular use or luxury, may be best cultivated. In another division of the small work, Mr. Doyle favours us with instructions of a valuable kind respecting the culture of early productions. The work is really excellent on the whole; it is a model of printing; it consists of one hundred and twelve close pages, has a capital index, and (what is still more attractive) sells for the small sum of eighteen-pence.

ART. XVI.-The Cottage Muse. By T. NOEL. London: Hatchard. 1833.

THE Cottage Muse is a very pretty collection of lyrics in various metres, founded chiefly on passages of the Scriptures. They display good taste, correct judgement, and a bold but well disciplined fancy. They are highly calculated, from the melody of their numbers, and the pure and emphatic language in which they are written, to attract the attention of those who are but too little sus ceptible of being drawn to the serious subjects of these effusions; and this, in the present state of things at least, is no small merit in any book.

ART. XVII.-The British Jew, to his Fellow-countrymen. London: Ridgway, 1833.

IN the article which will be found in the last Number, on the "Genius of Judaism," we have spoken of the Hebrews in their historical and moral character. The pamphlet before us presents them as political supplicants, demanding from British Justice, the removal of such a stigma

on their nation as is implied by the combination of civil and political disabilities. The object of the author of this pamphlet is to show, that there is no just ground for this treatment of the Jews, that there is nothing in their tenets to give a good government alarm, and nothing in their principles inconsistent with their loyalty as subjects to the king.

He describes, in a strain of natural lamentation, (perhaps too truly felt by the writer) the humiliating condition to which a Jew is reduced by the force of prejudice. He challenges history to show where a Jew has been unfaithful to his political trust, or where he has not exhibited undoubted proofs of his love for his particular country, and his determination to support her true interests when those have been threatened with

danger. He appeals to the general morality of the tribe, and asks if the marriage rite is not uniformly, and almost unexceptionably, held sacred amongst them. However, he is satisfied to leave their case to the

good sense, and to that principle of justice, which are so characteristic of the English mind.

ART. XVIII.-The Field Book, or Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; compiled from the best Authorities, Ancient and Modern. By the Author of "Wild Sports of the West." Large 8vo. London: E. Wilson. 1833.

THE title of this book is calculated to do great injustice to the importance of its merits, for our readers will not be a little surprised to learn that the modest denomination of "Field Book" belongs to a vast and comprehensive Cyclopedia, in which every subject, every minute point that can in the least degree

interest a country gentleman, is explained with a learning, an ability, and a general accuracy, such as render it one of the most valuable contributions of the time, to our standard literature.

We have had within the last twenty years, fewer works on the old and truly national sports of England, than it was the custom in former days for the sporting world to receive. The considerable innovations which have recently taken place in these pursuits, have in a great measure tended to give an obsolete character to the older works. But whilst the principal theme itself ceased to be, at least as frequently treated of as in earlier times, there have been wanting neither few, nor good writers to take up particular branches of the great subject. The object of the present author has been to collect from the detached works of the many eminent persons who have written upon the various topics embraced under the general head of Field Book, and to present to the public an ample and certain means of reference, whereby they might, at any given moment, have satisfactory information upon any point of curiosity.

The work is arranged in alphabetical order, so that the facilities of reference are equal to those of any of the most popular dictionaries. The number of words is not confined merely to those which would indicate only principal materials or subjects, but they are so extensive as to form a complete glossary of all those terms that are used in the field, or in the household of the farmer.

Veterinary medicine forms a very important part of this volume. The anatomy of the horse, the various diseases of that animal, and the methods of cure, are indicated in such a manner as to show very considerable research and judgment on the part of the author. This, however, is

only a part of the very extensive zoological information given in the work, inasmuch as all those animals which come under the term domestic are fully described, and their management detailed.

Birds and fishes, such at least as can excite any interest in the country gentleman, are noticed in considerable detail, and on such a plan as that whilst the most illiterate can understand the description, the most scientific will be pleased with its technical accuracy. The more erudite portion of the contents, we are informed by the author, are drawn from Blaine, Percival, Cuvier, Montagu, and Rennie; the canine descriptions are given on the authority of Blaine and Browne; Daniel is followed principally in what relates to fishes; whilst the angling department is illustrated occasionally by choice information derived from such amateurs of the sport as Sir Humphry Davy. Strutt is the author most relied on by the compiler in matters of ancient practice; whilst Sir John Sebright's curious work on falconry supplies the chief materials on that subject. Mowbray cannot be excelled as a writer on the breeding and management of game; and his researches have accordingly been liberally made use of in this volume; whilst White's Selborne and Jesse's Gleanings, have been enlisted in the good work of expounding what is beautiful in natural history,

As the value of such a work as this is not to be justly understood without a specimen, we shall select a few articles, each of which shall be on a different subject, for the purpose of representing the merit of its general execution.

Turning over the first few pages of the letter A, we find excellent articles on Abdomen, Aberdevine (the siskin); Adder, a poisonous reptile; Age, in which the method of determining the ages of horses and dogs

is given; Air-gun, and Angling. There are numerous intermediate terms between these, which are, of course, explained much more briefly. The words, however, which we have just mentioned, are placed respectively at the head of descriptions of some length, in which a great deal of useful information is conveyed. Thus, in the article Abdomen, we have an account of the mode of treating such wounds of the horse as he sometimes meets with in the abdomen in leaping hedges or pales: in that of Aberdevine, an excellent account is given of a very beautiful and popular bird, with its management: in that on the Adder, not only is a full description of this poisonous reptile presented to us, but the treatment of a wound made by its bite is fully described in the article on Angling, a copious account is given of its history, and particularly of the measures which have been adopted by the legislature, for protecting both the practice of angling,

and the fish themselves.

In the department of games and sports, we have very ample and practical descriptions of the most approved of those pastimes. Thus copious accounts are given of backgammon, billiards, &c.

A vast number of useful, or rather necessary receipts, together with directions regarding the health, comfort, and convenience of country gentlemen, is given, and will be found of great importance to families residing at a distance from the metropolis, or from any of the large

cities.

Upon the whole, we regard this book as one of indispensable necessity to all persons living in the country: whatever be their station in life, they will find some piece of knowledge in this work that will be sure to serve them; but to those who are in a situation to require advice about

horses or dogs, who seek the sports of the field, and would wish to do for themselves in a great number of small, but still important matters, that which they now require others to do for them, to such we say, that no house in which they are masters, or have an influence, should be for a single day without such a work as this.

ART. XIX.-Rejected Addresses; or the new Theatrum Poetarum, 12mo. eighteen edition, carefully revised with an original Preface and Notes. By The Authors. London: Murray. 1833.

How many pleasing and bitter associations, does the sight of this ancient friend of ours produce in our minds !

What a strange and awful theme for contemplation is presented by the history of the interval since the first Rejected Addresses appeared before the world. We cordially welcome the happy countenance which first enthralled our affections, and meet it now, still vigorous in the flush of youthful strength as it is, with a perfect recollection of all we owed to it in its prime.

In this, the eighteenth edition, which the authors have been specifically called on to sanction and revise, the public will rejoice to obtain a carefully corrected edition of the original work, together with a variety

of additional notes; but what is most deserving attention, is a long and highly curious preface, curious for the facts, as illustrative of some of our men of genius. Messrs. Smith, for it is idle now to pretend any mystery about the matter-these gentlemen, we repeat, commence their preface by an allusion to the difficulties which at first beset them, in finding out a bookseller willing to accept their very moderate terms; for they

offered the manuscript merely as a speculation, out of which they were to take their chance of remuneration. Many (and some of these were eminent and knowing booksellers, too) rejected the manuscript: one in particular, declined it on deliberation, with that sort of tempered expression, such as if the fellow thought he was breaking some calamitous intelligence to the owners of the work. "The things," said the poor imitator of ancient days, "the things are very good-vastly good considering beginners-young men-not in the habit of writingnever do-would not pay for advertisements; such were the rejoinders usually to be met with in the market which the bibliopoles were in the habit of frequenting. In this extremity, the authors received an inspiration, no doubt from on high, and the finger of an unseen spirit must have pointed to the Covent Garden end of Bow-street, for it was thither that they took the manuscript; it was there that they sought Mr. John Miller; it was there that they bargained with him to have nothing to do with the risks, but to get half of the profits, if any arose; and it was there that, in a few years afterwards, they actually received one thousand pounds, as the value of the purchase of the moiety, which by the first agreement with the bookseller remained in their hands! Let this be a lesson to booksellers.

A very amiable feeling is manifested by these two gentlemen in commemorating the philosophic conduct of those eminent persons to whom they acknowledge, in several instances, that they had behaved in a manner very different, from what they subsequently thought they should. Of the twelve eminent writers who formed the models for the celebrated imitations, only seven now remain to the literature of the country. Sir Walter Scott once said before one of the authors, as he

pointed to the description of the fire, which is really as good as the great poet himself could have made it, in his (Sir Walter's) supposed address, "I certainly must have written this myself, although I forget upon what occasion." Again, Miss Lydia White, a literary lady invited one of the authors to dinner, but recollecting that the Hon. Wm. Spencer was to be one of the party, she proposed to him not to come. On finding out by Miss White's answer, that she did not like, she said, to place him in the company of one of those men who made that shame. ful attack upon him, "Oh,” replied that sensible and accomplished poet, "the very man upon earth I should like to know." Lord Byron desired Mr. Murray to tell Mr. Smith his opinions on the same offence, so far as he was concerned. "Tell him," said the noble bard, " that we forgive him, were he twenty times our satirist." Amongst other curious results to which the publication of this work gave rise, was that of a remark made by a Leicestershire clergyman: :- - He did not think that the addresses ought to have been rejected, for he was of opinion that some of them were very good. It is plain that his reverence mistook the drift of the matter altogether. Amongst the anecdotes appended as notes to various passages in the volume, we found the following; the subject of it will at once be our apology for violating our general custom of excluding extracts from our notices :

"At Mr. Murray's dinner-table the annotator met Lord Byron and Sir John Malcolm. Lord B. talked of intending to travel in Persia. "What must I do when I set off?" said he to Sir John. "Cut off your buttons!" My buttons! what, these metal ones?" "Yes; the Persians are in the main very honest fellows; but if you go thus bedizened, you

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