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Mr . AUston ' s Angels walk up and down marble steps in his Jacob's Dream ; if be must take this subject , he should have copied , as it never can be improved , the ladder of light in Rembrandt . Harlowe ' g Mrs . Siddons in Lady Macbeth is a magnificent memorial of a magnificence which can never be adequately portrayed , unless it should be , as it may some day , by a kindred spirit in a kindred form .
The Keepsake has survived its rival of last year , the Anuiversary , and maintains a pre-eminence of splendour corresponding with its superior size , price , and pretensions . The former volume , we are told , was ie found in every respectable bookseller ' s shop in Europe , India , and America , " aad this certainly deserves an equally extensive circulation . Art has
done her utmost in the embellishments , and our country may send them forth proudly into the world as specimens of what her sons can do . " Thus painters write their names at Co . " The portrait of Lady Georgiana Ellis , ( by Heath , from Lawrence , ) the two views on Virginia Water , ( by Wallis , from Turner , ) and the Princess Dot ia and the Pilgrims ,
( by Heath , from Wilkie , ) m . ay be particularized as having each , though in a different way , an almost magical effect . But there is scarcely one of the eighteen engravings , of which we may consider twelve as given to the purchaser of the volume , notwithstanding its higher price ( 21 * . ) than those previously noticed , which docs not deserve the expression of our admiration . In turning to the
literary department , we must moderate our tone- There are , as before , several very choice and well-told tales ; aud these are its chief support . Sir Walter Scott contributes a Tragedy , the production of his juvenile days , not exactly translated , but got up and arranged , from the German , which is very like the many other bloody and mysterious and extravagant dramas of that short-lived school which Canning
and Frere laughed out of this country . Some letters from Lord Byron , apparently to Douglas Kinnaird , are iuserted ; they are characteristic , but do not amount to much . And there are also the following very pictorial , poetical , aud philosophical lines by Coleridge : " The Poefa Arwper , to a Levy ' s Question respecting the . jfccoywlpthmerits most desirable in an Imtructret ? of Children \ .
" O ' er wayward childhood would ' st thou hold firm rule , And sun thee in the light of happy face * i ¦ -
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Love , Hope , and Patience , these must be thy Graces , And in thine own heart let them first keep school . For as old Atlas on his broad neck places Heaven ' s starry globe and tiiere sustains it : so Do these upbear the little world below
Of Education , Patience , Love , and Hope . Methinks , I see them group'd in seemly show , The straiteu'd arms uprais'd , the palms aslope , And robes that touching , as adown they flow , Distinctly blend , like snow emboss'd in snow .
O part them never ! If Hopk prostrate lie , Love too will sink and die . But Love is subtle , and will proof derive From her own life that Hope is yet alive .
And bending o ' er , with soul-transfusiug eyes , And the soft murmurs of the Mother Dove , Woos back the fleeting spirit , and half supplies : Thus Love repays to Hope what Hope first gave to Love .
Yet haply there will come a weary day , Wheu over-task'd at length Both Love and Hope beneath the load give way . Then with a statue's smile , a statue ' s strength Stands the mute sister , Patience , nothing loth , And both supporting does the work of both . "—P . 279 .
The Landscape Annual , otherwise entitled ' The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy , by Thomas Roscoe , Esq ., illustrated from drawings by S . Prout , Esq ., " has a completely distinct character from the rest of these publications . Its peculiar object is sufficiently indicated by the title . It contains twenty-five beautiful
engravings of the most interesting objects which present themselves to the traveller on his route from Geneva to Rome . The accompanying descriptions are , as might be expected , distinguished alike by correctness and elegance . It is a work of great interest and permanent worth . But it is time for us now to give a hasty glance at the provision of sweets .
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Monthly Report of General Literature . 875
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1829, page 875, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2579/page/59/
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