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    of the whole community rich anc | $ oor . It ij ill be seen at qq ^ i that so extensive a plaji # ^ iMd ^ Tter Mie whbi e ^ tiriS W ^^ fei y /' The probable bbjedtiohs t 6 it % 6 l % idsilly nlet 1 h pe Cours « of the work . Ofir limifsidcrnbt permit us to ehter oh the discussion of details ; -far tfcte ^ riticTple \^ urted uivocally declare our assent Th 6 drily serious etfrtir of the plan , we think , is the of at five or si

    that of fixiti ^ period boitimencing education - x years of agfc , Wbieff ik rntielr tbo late ^ We eafhe ^ tly recommend fheworktcith ^ attention of the public . Sketches qf > tUe ^ Ry # enees . IJy the Awthor 0 f c Slight Kemi niscenoe « of tfe # - RHine / and / * The Grpssip ' s W § 0 k 9 r Long ^ mai ]; 9 J ) t f > Gp . London . 1837 . We Iffiye ' ^ ekjis ^ d a perfect conception of the chariatct ^ r 6 f P ^ reneaii ~ s&&Aei y . fvotii these ' Sketches ; * the bfst f evidence , t ; hat ( hey ^ re ' Wntfieh with truth and life . The writer is rather discursive ^ mid too apt to expatia te on her individ ual emotioiis and associations , for our taste , but this wilt not be disjjleasjng to rndiV y readers . The Pyrenees are characterized b ^ feaj irrfes of mingled feeauty and grandeur , and bein ^^ inhabitied ^^ a pea ^ dntry enjoying- comfort and independence , the fin ^ innuenceis Bqi ^ vjed tvbm physical nature are erth ^ nced Hy the itf 6 Va ! l associatiotis which pervade them . Excursions through the Highlands and Isles of Scotiato&Ju 153 S and 1836 ; By the Rev . C . L . Smith , M . Ai lurol . ^ JLoh-¦

    don , 1837 . Simpkin and Marshall . •\ lYv-iy ^ u , A very good , literal book of description , calculated ° to feb useful to anyi one proposing to travel by thfe sariie fautei We {could wish the author had not detailed his acts itia exptessions of devotion in the mountains . Stfch pubH 6 iii ? 6 riFof the

    most sacred emotions always gives us painful iftiJjiir ^ ssfiQns of profanation , and suspicions of insincerity . Tftti ^ e wfiti *^ bffer up a p rayer in secret , destroy the beauty—and , vt ^ sKbMd / tBink , the effect also—by repeating it in the streets . "'¦ bs "¦ '' . The Great Metropolis . Second Series . 2 vols . London . 1837 , Saunders and Otley .

    The same " spirit of inquiry" and we may add , in many instances , the same " confounded" knowledge of facts which characterized the first series , are manifested in the present volumes . In many of his views of what is called high life , and , indeed , in most of the subjec t * he iindert ^ k € . ^^^ l ^ y : bare , there are inaccuracies of detail ; but where he is wrong in one particular , he is right in a dozen others , and as nothingja set down irt malice , we think he alvvay ^ ittakfes ample amends tor his tew errors . ^ ' •'" ' *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 38, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/63/