... REVIEWS. Hall aid Thb Hamlet. By the Author of the Book of the Seasons, 4c.—Mr. Howitt's now work, « The Hall and The Hamlet, conveys the same faithful portraiture of English country life, with a greater display or original character, that rendered ...

... REVIEWS. Tiir PffßLicATioss.—Notwithstanding the unfavourable aspect of the times, the literary season of 1817 has been already characterized the production of many works of great merit; and publishers, indeed, seem to be increasing in activity. Mr. Colburn ...

... REVIEWS. The Natural History oj the Ballet-girl. By Albert smith. London : D. Bogue, Fieet-street. The subject of this little work does not give the same S5. e n '® adTe r«ion and humour as its predecessor irtnt; but to those unacquainted with theatrical ...

... REVIEWS. A NEW HISTORY OF GREECE.* GREEKhistories abound. To give aby nomeans exhiaustive list, We have, for the whole story, Grote, Thirlwall, Curtius, Abbott, the invaluable work of Adolf Hlolm, and-1ongo intervailo-Oman and Cox ; while for particular ...

... REVIEWS. THE LIFE OF LIVES..* O IF the term studies be held to connote material for the use of students, it is not a happy description for the contents of this volume. It is wvell known that Dr. Farrar is an industrious reader and has a good memory ...

... travel they hold the first places, and to these names we would nowlunhesitatingly add that .of the writer of the book under review. This volume deals with an infinite variety of subjects, such as the Great Wall, the Christian. Missions, the Decadence of ...

... write Edward FitzGerald with a small g. However, it is impossible to review in detail a work of this kind, and no individual contribution stands out in the last volume. The reviewer has only to say that the big job has now come to a happy conclusion, ...

... REVIEWS. BACK TO WATERLOO.* IN hiis Campaign of 1815 Judge Morris has done for English readers trnuch Avhat. MA Ropes has done for Americaus and M. Ioussaye, in pite of some small imperfections and errors, for Frenchmen. He as - given a clear, unbiassed ...

... REVIEWS. D ye t AND BYRONISM.0 THE latest volume to appear under Mr. Coleridge's edito Murray Byron contins , it is true, four poems never previouslY printed, and one of them-the it mayalm t Lo an Go thoghtby r. Coleridge to have been addressed to Lady ...

... wearing mourning originated in the fear felt by the living of those who are dead. It has sometimes appeared to the present reviewer that it might be also a token of the fear of Death himself, or even an appeal to Death's sense of justice.. Down in the West ...

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