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    What he means by talking about the risks of reform , and advising all honest men to " hold back as firmly down hill as they pulled vigorously up hill / ' is not so manifest , coining front his pen . The advice , however , is very harmless . " Honest men" so far from thinking they are going down the hill , do not

    even see the top yet—nay , most of them think they never shall see it , for that each step onwards will but open to them a wider prospect and greater heights to be attained . Should we ever arrive at so perfect a state of things as to make every change a change for the worse , the Rev . Sydney Smith may hold back if he will . At present , if he thinks our tide is running too fast , he cannot do better than engage for us the services of his own Mrs Partington .

    The Student of Padua . A Domestic Tragedy . This play has been considerably abused ; we do not think the worse of it on that account . The author ' s view of nature and society is morbid and cynical ; but there is evidently " stuff" in him that , either in prose or verse , may eventually find its way to success . Literature has great need of men " who can , and will . "

    The Policy of England towards Spain * In this able pamphlet the reader will find the political relations of Spain with England and France , fully and fairly stated , and some of the main questions at issue as satisfactorily answered .

    Micrographia . By C . R . Goring , M . D . ; and Mr Pritchard , M . R . L Those who are curious in microscopes , will here find an accurate account of the most complicated of those instruments . Cuvier's method of dissecting microscopic subjects under fluid , will be found interesting .

    Oliver and Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanack for 1887 . Contains not only very minute information , but on a great variety of subjects .

    The Romance of Nature . By Louisa Ann Twamley . Miss Twamley need scarcely have informed us that all hex beautiful flowers were drawn from nature , the fact being evident from the freshness and truth of their design and colouring . We think the water-lily a failure in its effect ; but was it possible to give a correct image of its floating purity ?

    Guidone . A Dramatic Poem . By W . Smith . Esq . The author seems fully aware that his production is the revewe of an acting drama ; we are equally aware both of the develop-

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    Critical Notices . 125

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1837, page 125, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1828/page/78/