in by no preface, and, like an excellent course of savoury dishes and sweetmeats, needing none. The same taste, good sense, and judgment as before prevailed, have been exercised by the compiler, in collecting the materials for his present offering at the shrine of public amusement and lounging curiosity. Some of these pieces are "original." The following epigram is, we believe, of that description.

"Says Sir Toby, 'My friend, can you get me a nag
'That will ride very quiet--and serve as a fag?"
'Yes, I've one that will suit you; he's steady and mild,
"And so safe in his paces, he'd carry a child.'

'A child!' says Sir Toby, that is not the sort;

'Do you think he can carry two bottles of port ?" "

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This is one of those books which, to read, says Johnson, the busy may find time, and the idle patience.

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A Sermon preached at the Parish Church of Chertsey, in Surrey, 5th Xr. 1895, being the Day appointed for a general Thanksgiving. By the, Rep, John Stonard, A. M. Published at the Request of the Parishioners, for the Benefit of their Sunday Schools. 4to. pp. 22. Wetton and Son, Chertsey. 1806...

We have lately expressed our disapprobation of mere moral › discourses stuffed with classical allusions. The Rev. Mr. Stonard · outdoes the outdoings of most preachers in this way. We have here profane history, travels, orations, poems, and plays. Tacitus, Acerbi, Demosthenes, Homer, Milton, Horace, Pope, Warton, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Eschylus, Sophocles, and Shakespeare, with a plentiful, but certainly not a very decent, mixture of “sacra profanis" We shall give a precious sample of this "assuitur pannus."

"The high blown pride of mortals, we know, must at length break under them. (Shakespeare, Henry VIII.) The fastidious insolence of usurped power, over-satiated with th the fruition of unreasonable, and unprofitable desires, can never long maintain its elevation; the head of the tyrant swims as he looks down the pinnacle on which he stands trembles under him, and the yawning gulph beneath (Sophoclis dipus Rex) opens its fiery chaos to receive his fall, (Milton, P, La) When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish, then shall they, be destroyed for ever. (Psalm 92.)" Sermon, p. 15.

By these ingenious means, by odds and ends, by longs and by shorts, by hook and by crook, Mr, Stonard has contrived to weave a

sermon which has certainly some good things in it. However, as, the reverend gentleman seems to be a lover of languages, we think he could not do better than to devote a little of his time to a language called Hebrew, when he will learn that it does not become an expounder of the Bible to talk of " Cherubims," P. 20.

Eventful Marriage. By the Author of Monckton, or the Fate of Elenor. 4 Vols. 18s. Boards. Crosby and Co. 1806. THIS is one of three novels whose curious advertisement in the British Press we have now before us. The curiosity of it is in the notice which it contains in this elegant paragraph. "The above have been read by a respectable literary gentleman, who approves of the moral tendency and the abilities of the writers; all which are written in chapters." This "respectable literary gentleman" is a very cunning rogue, he "approves of the moral tendency of the writers;" and as to the works themselves, he has read them, and they "are written in chapters." For the former we cannot vouchfor the latter, as it respects the "Eventful Marriage," we will; and to this fine climax of praise nothing can be added.

Eversfield Abbey. By the Authoress of the Aunt and the Niece. 3 Vols. Crosby. 1896..

THIS is also one of the three alluded to in the preceding article. There is some humour in the character of the cheesemonger's wife of Bristol, and it is but just to the merits of the writer's godfathers and godmothers to own that they have well instructed her in the vulgar tongue. The rest of the work is very flat and insipid. The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, displayed in a Series of select Engravings, representing the most beautiful, curious,, and interesting ancient Edifices of this Country; with an historical and descriptive Account of each Subject. By John Britton. Parts I. II, and III. 10s. 6d. each. 4to. Large Paper, 16s. With Engravings. The Author, 10, Tavistock Place, Russel Square. Longman and Co. Paternoster Row. 1805.

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THE object of this truly elegant, ingenious, and interesting work/ is," to preserve correct delineations, and accurate accounts, of the architectural antiquities that remain to dignify and ornament this, country." It has at present reached no farther than the third part, but from these specimens, supported, as we understand, by the communications and assistance of the first antiquaries of the age,

* See M. M. No. 123. He might as well tell us of childrens,

whose patronage has not only continued, but greatly increased, since the appearance of Part I. we have every reason to augur that it will meet with all the success it deserves, and, seeing its merits, Mr. Britton's most sanguine wishes cannot desire more.

The first part appeared on the 24th June, 1805, the second in September, and the third in the December following. A part is intended to be published every three months, containing "six, seven, or eight engravings, with letter-press descriptions of each subject. Four of the plates will be finished in the best style, and the others will be principally illustrative details of the former."

Part I. presents as with, first, the western front of St. Botolph's, priory church, at Colchester; secondly, the remains of the west front, &c. of the same; thirdly, interior of the ruins of the same, with its plan; fourthly, part of the western front of Dunstaple priory church, Bedfordshire; fifthly, the western front of the same; sixthly, ornaments of the same; seventhly, the tower gate-way of Layer Marney house; and, eighthly, St. Nicholas' church and the abbey gate-way, Abingdon,

Part II. furnishes us with a "History of King's College Chapel, Cambridge." First, ground plan, with the groining, &c. of the roof; secondly, plan of the groining and section of the roof; thirdly, section of a part of the south side; fourthly, south entrance porch; fifthly, north-west view of the chapel; sixthly, west front, and, seventhly, interior, looking west,

Part III. is" an Essay towards a History of Temples and Round Churches." The first plate is a ground plan of the church of the holy sepulchre, at Cambridge; second, St. Sepulchre's Church, western entrance; third, interior, looking west; fourth, plan of St. Sepulchre's Church, Northampton; fiftli, exterior view of the same; sixth, interior; seventh, plan of the Temple' Church, London; and, eighth, circular part of the same.

When, after enumerating the embellishments, we add, that they are etched and engraved by Storer, Smith, Roffe, and others, in their best style, after very scientific and tasteful drawngs, by Sandby, Baynes, Neil, Bond, Prout, &c. no better recommendation is necessary.

The letter press will be found to afford as much satisfaction as will in general be required. The best sources have been visited and profited by. The selections and compressions are creditable to the industry and good sense of Mr. Britton. Some trifling inaecuracies which aut incuria fudit etc. barely deserve to be mentioned. In the account of the Temple Church, we are told that “In this

year (1185) their new church was dedicated by Heraclitus, Patri arch of Jerusalem." Pt. 3. p. 13. The word dedicated a sks for some further information-consecrated would have been a preferable term. Instead of Heraclitus, here and at p. 15, the inscription formerly over the little door next the cloister, which is copied in Strype's edit. of Stowe's Survey of London, teaches us to read Heraclius.

With respect to this fine relic of antiquity, (the Temple Church,) we were happy to find an expostulatory note very much to the honour of Mr. B.'s taste and judgment. "As the societies," says he, of the Middle Temple and Inner Temple are equally interested in the stability of their public buildings, and as they have evinced a disposition to sacrifice a little private interest to general utility and beauty, we are surprised that they do not remove the several petty shops, &c. which are built against the sides of this church, and which not only disfigure the building, but are highly injurious to its walls and foundations." Part III. p. 15.

Not doubting the success of Mr. Britton's undertaking, we expect soon to see the fourth part of this valuable publication. The Blueviad. A Satirical Poem. By Edward Goulbourne, Esq. Royal Horse Guards. pp. 119. Maynard. 1806.

THE preface to this Satire informs us, that these lines " were never intended for the public eye." How far that is the fact, we cannot say, but we may safely venture our belief that they were never intended for the eye of the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, whose judgment the author was, in all probability, not very ambitious of receiving.

In his dedication, Mr. Goulbourne implores" fortune to keep his work out of the hands of the critics;" but it is possible that, in offering up this prayer, he did not include amongst "the critics," a dozen, who lately sat in Westminster Hall, into whose just hands fortune consequently suffered the Blueviad to fall. The judgment formed on a review of this military gentleman's manual exercise, is therefore on record in the courts above.* It is true, that at the aforesaid bar, the critics merely looked to its faults, and although something might be said in favour of its merits, yet it would not be safe for us to point them out, or to descant upon them.

* Mr. Justice Grose, in last Hilary Term, pronounced the sentence of the court on Mr. Goulbourne, convicted upon three several indictments of libelling Captain and Mrs Bird, Lieut. Col. Dorien, and Captain Abney. The injured parties received £.50 amongst them.

The Fight off Trafalgar. A Descriptive Poem. By George Davies Harley, Comedian, and Author of Poems, &c. &c. 4to. pp. 24. 2s. Longman and Co. 1806.

Our attention is now called to a heap of verse-tributes to the memory of one whose valour, seconded by fortune, makes him rank on the roll of fame far above all the naval heroes of past times. The first that we have taken up is Mr. Harley's, and we may pay him the compliment to say, he has had some success in attempting that, in which no one has greatly succeeded. The reason of this general failure arises, as it appears to us, from the actions of the hero, surpassing all praise, and the truth of his history being more resplendent than the most glowing fictions of poetry.

Many of Mr. Harley's stanzas are ably written, but on the whole, since in his preface he leaves it to us to decide, we think that it would have been wiser to have compressed his matter into what he first intended-" A national song."

The stanza in the title page made us smile. It tells us that the skies bellowed and cried sadly when Nelson died.

The grief of the skies, as responsive of ours,

Mean'd in thunder-and answer'd earth's sorrows in show'rs:

Twas the DIRGE of the HEAV'NS."

This is rare; but a friend of ours said a better thing on Nelson's coffin being landed, during the hail storm at Westminster bridge. He observed, that the hero no sooner came ashore, than he was huil'd from Heaven.

Verses on the Death of Lord Nelson. 4to. pp. 9. 1s. Clarke,

1806.

ALL we can say of this publication, is to repeat the title; as thus-Here are "Verses on the Death of Lord Nelson,” in nině pages, and you may buy them of Mr. Clarke for one shilling.

A Poem on the Death of Admiral Lord Nelson, with Hints for erecting a National Monument to perpetuate his honoured Memory, and that of the gallant Heroes, who with him have fought, bled, and conquered, in the Cause of Britain. Dedicated, by Permission, to T. Harris, Esq. By T. Marshall, late of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. 4to. pp. 15. 1s. Cawthorne. 1806.

ANOTHER shilling's worth! the title page is worth the money. Six more pages than in the last. But seriously this is “the first effort of Mr. M.'s Muse, and he has seized a great subject, resolved,