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tion contained in these volumes ; information however , tliere is , and we shall conclude with a novel and ingenious method of making boots all in one piece . " Take a horse , cut off his hind legs considerably above the bocks , pull the skin down over the hoofs , just as if you were pulling off a stocking ; when off , scrape the hair from the skin with a
sharp knife , aud remove every particle of flesh that may have adhered to the inside ; hang the skins to dry , and in the process of drying , draw them two or three times on your legs that they may take their shape , form , and figure . The upper part becomes the mouth of the boot , the round projecting part of the hock the heel . The whoJe operation
may be performed , and the boots ready for use , in the course of a week . The people here do not even sew up the end of the foot , but allow the great toes to project for the . convenience of the stirnip . The boots are very light , and , in every sense , * easy as a glove . ' I have seeu some that had been tanned , and had soles added , which render them the perfection of comfort . "—Vol . I . p . 151 .
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Aiir . XI . — Clarke ' s Introduction to Heraldry , with Forty-eight Engravings . Waslibourn , Salisbury Square . The Heraldry of Crests , with 104 Plates , containing upwards of 3500 different Crests , &c . Washbourn .
Ien editions have been sold of the first of these works * , a portion of the second appeartd several years since under the title of Elveii ' s Heraldry ; and the cheap and handsome form of the republication , together Avith tlie extent of the additions and corrections , reflect great credit on the editor and publisher ,
both winch characters , in the present case , are united in one person . However lightly we may esteem ' * the boast of heraldry and pomp of power , " the occasions are so frequently occurring in which a geuerai acquaintance with this artificial science maybe subservient both t o ) pleasure a-nd utility , that Mre readily
give these voluiueg the introduction and i (/ commendation which they ideservej as the best statement of it& principles , and display of . their application , wUiwh can he had at so model ate a charge . They are the grammar of a language whose' chai . ickitt the antiquarian is often compelled to encipher in his researche s and they pve an intelligent interest both to our
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observation of the ornaments of living greatness , and our wanderings among the ancient and perhaps mouldering piles where the men of history revelled in life or were entombed at death .
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Art . XII . —The Maid of Scio , a Tale of Modern Greece . In Six Cantos . By Eleanor Snowden . 12 mo . Dover . 1829 . The reader of this little poem is favourably prepossessed at the outset . It has no preface ; and , considering that the writer is a lady , and as we understaud , a very young lady , the abserrce of
all deprecation of criticism , all apology for publication , is an augury of a very creditable independence of spirit , and clear understanding of the relation between authors and the public . Whether the decisive act of publishing so early testifies an equally correct judgment of
the interests of the writer , may be doubted . A poem in six cantos furnishes no easy ordeal of poetical talent ; and however great inay be the promise of this talent , the mere mechanical arrangement of a work of such length itquires more experience than can possibly have been attained without considerable
practice . There is a degree of elegance in some passages of this poem , and a liveliness of fancy in others , which lead us to hope much from the writer ' s future efforts , if well and energetically directed . Let the reader judge if our hopes are well founded .
** Vet there is one who would not waste , For all the gifts that mortals taste , And all their fairy dreams of bliss , A word , a thought , on scenes like this . Ah , no ! her heart could not forget The toils , the wrongs , the woes of Greece ; Nor could she view , with eye
unwet , Those toils , those wrongs , those woes increase . Th * enchantress , pleasure , smiles in vain , And lures her to become her own : The loveliest of thfc * pi aid en train In secret weeps , and ' weeps alouc .
There is a cool and lort £ ly bower , Kit shelter for a summer " * hour - A spot of solitude and shade , Kor melancholy musing made .
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332 Critical Notices . — Miscellaneous .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1830, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2584/page/44/
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