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      untainted by the asperities of party , or the debasements of superstition . The present volume has more of the scriptural sonnets , the felicitous execution of which we adverted to on a former occasion ; it is introduced by the translation of a Drama of Klopstock's On the Death of Adam ;' and enriched by fragments from the pen of Mrs . Barbauld , written shortly before her death . It is certainly not inferior , in the general merit of the compositions , to any of its predecessors , and it can scarcely fail to deepen the impressions and cherish the sentiments which they were calculated and designed to produce .

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      The Saxon ' s Daughter . By N . Michell . A romance of the days of chivalry , told in spirited and not unmusical verse . In its construction , this poem belongs to the same species with the metrical tales of Scott and Byron . But although Scott and Byron might be inspired , they are not the best fountains of inspiration for the young poet to drink at . In the present case , the author seems to be an imitator , perhaps more frequently than he is so , at least in sentiment and description . The story itself is well managed .

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      The Comic Annual . By T . Hood . Mr . Hood is late this year ; a circumstance to which we owe a very pleasant rebuke of the other Annuals for being so early . They cannot resist his reasons ; and next year we hope to see him first in the field with a lecture on their laziness . First or last , it matters not ; Mr . Hood ' s book is never ex tempore , whatever his wit may be . It suits alike summer-time and winter-time , breakfast-time and supper-time , or

      any time , with a-turn-at-tea into the bargain . The prominent topic in the present volume is the Great Conflagration , in which the author luxuriates like a salamander . It is fuel for his fire , and he warms at it , and makes light of it , and plays upon it , until the reader is forced to 4 laugh

      consumedly / The next best thing is the Ode to Mr . Buckingham , occasioned by his ' staggering * Report on Drunkenness ; or the ' Sketches on the Road ; ' we are not sure which . And our comparison only relates to the letter-press ; for as to judging between that and the pictorial wit , it altogether passes our critical coliectedness . And what ' s the use of it ? * Better 'tis to bless the sun than reason why he shines ;'

      and , by parity of reason , to enjoy than to criticise the ' Comic Annual . Let the reader judge for himself , or do without , and laugh for himself , which may be wiser . Suffice it to say , if we must be critical , that this volume is not behind those which went before it ; and that it resembles all the author ' s productions , in having always some philosophy in its fun , often same pathos in its pleasantry , with plenty of intellectual power at play amongst the most preposterous of its puns .

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      Scottish Songs . By Alexander Hume . The author of this volume has in him the genuine spirit of song . It behoves him to improve a gift which is no common possession . Not

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1835, page 141, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2642/page/61/