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Pritacc and Lord , the Imauni , ( obedience to wifeom irbiuding on all mankind , ) chief of the true believers , the successor appointed by the Lord of all worlds , the evidence of God ( on whom be glory and exaltation ) to all his creatures : —the peace and mercy of God be upon his
spotless ancestors ; may his true call on mankind to submission , aid , and guidance , continue to be the bonnden duty of the faithful in listening and attention . The completion was vouchsafed in the year 618 . The mercy of God be on our Master , Mohammed , and his pious and immaculate hou . se . " ( P . i ) 6 . ) The above is said to be a literal translation : and
several other inscriptions are given , which are very much in the same style . For the past glories and present desolation of Babylon , (• ' the beauty of the Chaldees * excellency , " " the golden city , " " the lady of kingdoms , " " the praise of the whole earth , " ) for the description of the Athleh tree , ( " perhaps a scion of
the monarch of the hanging gardens , " ) and of the bricks which were part of the walls three hundred and fifty feet highfor all inscriptions , vases , gems , relics , cuneiform writing , &c , &c , we must refer to Capt . Mignau himself . His work is embellished with good plates , and furnished with maps .
Literature , whether grave or gay , has scarcely fair chance of attention this month . The eyes are so dazzled by the glitter of the Annuals , that they cau with difficulty be steadily fixed on common typography . We have therefore dispatched our portion of that first , and now proceed to enumerate and characterize the individuals of this splendid species .
Friendship ' s Offering was the first competitor with the Forget Me Not ( which we noticed last month ) , and , like that publication , maintains a gallant and successful struggle with the numerous rivals which have since arisen . The volume before us is not surpassed , if it be equalled , by any of the class to which it belongs . Its embellishments support the high character which we assigned to
those of last year's volume . In landscape , Vesuvius ( by Jeavons , from Turner ) , Echx > ( by Good all , from A maid ) , and Spoleto ( by Jeavons , from a painting by Capt . Grindlay ) ; and in group or figure , Reading the News ( by Robinson , from Wilkie ) and Early Sorrow ( by Finden , from Westall ) are as good as heart can wish . The literary portion is considerably improved . There is a tale , The White Bristol , " from the powerful pen
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of the " OHaras , " many very pleasant things bearing the names of Mitford , Howitt , Hall , Pringle , Jewsbury , &c , and some beautiful lines by Dr . Bowring , entitled " God and Heaven . "
The Winter ' s TVreath claims a praise the reverse of that just bestowed ; for here , while the former literary character is sustained , the pictorial merit of the work has decidedly advanced . Altogether , it takes a higher rank than heretofore . It comes up from its provincial
bhth-place ( Liverpool ) as once did ( O , why was it only once ? J the venerated philosopher and philanthropist to whom it is dedicated , and like him takes its place among whatever the Metropolis can boast in this annual assemblage of the intellectual and splendid . Without being theological , there is a serious and moral to » e kept np in this publication which cannot fail to recommend it to a numerous and respectable
class of readers . The Gem lacks some of its last year's lustre . It is bigger ; we would rather have had it brighter . The index is no longer rich with the names of Scott and Bunira , Lamb and Hood . We would not disparage it now , in comparison with many others ; but it is not as last year , when " none but itself could be its parallel . " Was its extraordinary sale , 5000 copies of the first edition , and 2500 of
the second , which was larger than that of any other Annual of the same class in its first year , not sufficient to repay or stimulate the proprietors to hold on in their course ? Or has their expenditure been guided—unwisely , we think , if it be so—in a different direction ? They should have persevered . It must have answered ultimately . The true spirit of enterprize is that breathed in the following noble lines which they have given us from the German of Schiller :
11 Coujmbus . Cheerly , bold mariner f Heed not the scoff Of flippant ignorance ! Though , in despair , The steersman ' s wearied hand drop- from the helm , Still westward , westward ! There the golden shores , Already to thy spirit visible , Or soon , or late , thy straining eyes shall bless ! God , God is thy Conductor ! Trust in Him—And onward hold thy patient course , athwart
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$ 72 Monthly Report of General Literature .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1829, page 872, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2579/page/56/
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