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    teach good feelings , by a kind of systematic distribution of-rods and sugar-plumbs ; and , as is usual with such efforts , inculcating conventionalisms for morality . Floral Sketches , and other Poems . By Agnes Strickland .

    These simple and unaffected poems are full of sweetness , freshness , and nature . The book is well calculated as a Christmas present , and of the best kind , for young people . Life of Alt Pasha . Family Library , No . LXI .

    An excellent edition of this interesting , we had almost said terrible , biography . The portrait of ' Asian the Lion' is admirable for character , and finely engraved . The life-like look of the eyes is wonderful for truth , and without the least extravagance in expression .

    The Usurper , a Tragedy . By Alfred Whitehead . Mr Whitehead is a poet ; but not a dramatic poet , " by this light . " We are not insensible to the finer passages ; we object to the elements of the story . That Carella , the hero , was able to raise himself so quickly , by telling the people they had

    grievances , shows that the people feIt the fact . Now the sympathy of the author seems to be with the king , prince , princess , &c . ; and the fall of the " Usurper" and restoration of " legitimacy " is made the end of the action and moral of the piece , more because he is a usurper , and they the hereditary owners of the people , than for any better reason . But as a poet , we shall speak of Mr Whitehead hereafter .

    Boilean ' s French Self-Instructor , fyc . It is an excellent assistant in learning the language , capable , in many instances , of supplying the place of a good teacher , and of guiding almost any master in the art of teaching . It is already known as part of 6 The Linguist / A Residence in France , fyc . By J . F . Cooper . 2 vols . London , 1836 .

    There are many good ^ things in these volumes , but on the whole they disappoint us , especially when compared with his first Visit to Switzerland . Mr Cooper is ever and anon guilty of American Trollope-ising ; and he seems but too ready to visit the sins of their rulers upon the whole English people . We are delighted with him as a " native " novelist , not as a travelling politician . Such passages as the following are , however , amusing : —

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    6 ( f Critical Notices .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1837, page 60, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1828/page/13/