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inquiry , becauses , \ ye . are acquainted , wit * the name of Wright , as uan extraordinary painter ; hut he is here given as the engraver , and the painter is said to be Worthington . This is a very interesting plate ; yet some of the drawing and feeling of the draughtsman have been lost . Of the print , " The Boy and Dog , " by Humphreys , from Sir Thomas Lawrence , we are tempted to ask , though it may be
deemed presumptuous , whether there be not a want of drawing in the off-leg ? or , is this the engraver ' s fault ? The next print is by Worthington , from the same accomplished artist ; namely , " Portrait of a Lady : " minutely examined , the engraving does not shew a fine style , nor give the clearness of colour for which Sir
Thomas is celebrated ; it has , nevertheless , an elegant appearance . " The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare , " from Westall , by Augustus Fox , is a promising print , from a young man : it reminds us of \ V \ Finden ' s beautiful , finished engraving in illustration of Beattie ' s Minstrel . Mr . Fox would do well
to consult some of the fine prints , like thaif justunamed , in order to acquire harmony and keeping , which are wanting here . Mr . E . Finden has given us , in the next plate , " The Oriental Love-Letter , " from JPickersgill ; with which much pains have evidently been taken , and it may be justly pronounced a clever historical engraving , by one who'devotes
himself chiefly to the landscape branch of the art . In Shakespeare's Interview with Queen Elizabeth , " from Stothard , Mr . Ensom has presented us with his best performance ; it is an exceedingly interesting print . Of " Haddon Hall , " by Wallis , from Reinagle , we cannot say much , rernemt > ering , as we do , the beautiful plates of Goodall and others in the landscape department . There are in the
Bijou several head-pieces , after Stothard , which are as hastily executed as they were tastefully jntended . ~ -On the whole , judging from the specimens of art before U jS , the Bigou promises to be one of the bes ^ of pur , annuals . It is decidedly the first jn its embellishments of those already pu ^ shed , an 4 yye should place the Sou veqir . in the . second r # nk , an . d the Forget
JVIe JSJpt in the third . ' ^ Ji e- y ^ mul ^ * la , WQre sober ia its cj&a ^ ter than sp ^ me # f its annual comp ^ hfo ^ a ^ t ) ae , $ ( litQyain } 0 to " blend reli ^ pu ^ i infitru ^ ti ^ ii . with literary amuse * njen ^ " pn ojpenjfng the volume we are presented witjn a Jong list of contributors in capital ' s , fyeginni flg with Mr . Coleridge anil ending with the ( ate Mrs . l ^ arbauld . In jthta . crowd of nartiqs are aoin , e , fchat
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the . eye rests nptfn with ilelighfc , and the female reader will see with satisfaction that a large proportion of these are of her own sex : for example , Mrs . Hemans , ( always welcome , ) the late Mrs . Henry Tighe , Mrs . Opie , Miss Porter , Mrs . H . More , and Miss Mitford . The number of Reverends in the list is , however , somewhat ominous ; and we would suggest to the Editor that' stindrv of the
serious verses of these pious contributors belong to the Evangelical and Methodist Magazines . Amongst these baits for " the religious world , " T . Hood ' s " Ode , imitated from Horace , " has rather a grotesque appearance . Having named Mrs . Barbauld , we must say , that her papers are not in good custody , whilst such as some of those found in this year's Amulet are suffered to come'abroad . But let us give the reader an exquisite little
poem : " The Dial of Flowers . * By Mrs , Hemans . 'Twos a lovely thought to mark the hours As they floated \ m light away , By the opening and the folding flowers That laugh to the Summer ' s day .
Thus had each moment its own rich hue , And its graceful cup or bell , In whose colour'd vase might sleep the dew , Like a pearl in an ocean shell . To such sweet signs might the time have flown Iu a golden current on , Ere from the garden , man ' s first abode , The glorious guests were gone .
So might the days have been brightly told , Those days of song and dreams—When shepherds gather'd their flocks of old , By the blue Arcadian streams . So in those isles of delight , that rest Far off in a breezeless main , Which many a bark , with a weary guest , Hath sought , but still in vain .
Yet is not life , in its real flight , Mark'd thus—even thus—on earth , By the closing of one hope ' s delight , And another's gentle birth ? Oh ! let us live , so that flower by flower , Shutting in turn , may leave A lingerer still for the sun-set hour , A charm for the shaded eve . "
* "This dial was , I believe , formed by Linnaeus , and marked the hours by the opening and closing , at regular intervals , of the flowers arranged in it . **
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 924, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/68/
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