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Review Of New Publications.
Edmund Oliver . B y Charles Lloyd , 2 vols . inmo . % s . boards . Lee and Hurst , THIS is a tale that ranks far above the class of common narrations . Mr . Lloyd informs us that it was written with the design of counteracting that generalizing spirit , which seems to have insinuated itself among modern philosophers . Against this spirit his attacks are made with ardour , and , as they appear to us , with success . Edmund Oliver is represented as a young man ' of excessive sensibility and
impetuous desires , tamed down bv disappointment . ' The book commences with his return to London after an estrangement from his family ; the events that follow , with the feelings they occasion , are detailed in letters . He meets with Gertrude , a woman for whom be entertains a strong affection ; but absence and neglect had alienated hersentiments of love from him , and she had therefore transferred them to another . His letters grow so much the more impassioned as he becomes acquainted with this circumstance . They are written
in a flowing style , and bear a great resemblance to the rich fullness of Rousseau . An error somewhat remarkable has escaped the Author ' s attention , —the daughter of Gertrude is born a boy . This performance carries with it the recommendation of irresistible eloquence , and contains no principle that may not be approved of by the rig id moralist and the devout christian .
Poems , by S . T . Coleridge . Second Edition . To which are now . added Poems by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd , o-vo . 6 s . boards . Robinsons . IN this edition Mr . Coleridge has availed himself of the criticisms made on the first , and ' returns his acknowledgments to the different reviewers for the assistance which they have niYorded him in detecting his poetic deficiencies . ' The dedication , is one of the novelties of this edition . It is written in
blank verse , of which the following passage makes a part . ' Who counts the beatings of the lonely heart , That Being knows , how I have lov'd thee ever , — Lov'd as a brother , as a son rever'd thee I OI ' tis to mean ever-new delight , My eager'eye glist ' ning with memory ' s tear , To talk of thee and thine ; or when the blast
Of the shrill winter , rattling our rude sash , Endears the cleanly hearth and social bowl ; Or when , as now , on some delicious eve , We in our sweet sequester'd orchard-plot Sit on the tree crook'd earth-ward ; whose old boughs That hung above us in an arborous roof , Stirr'd by the faint gale of departing May ,
Send their loose blossoms slanting o ' er our heads !' The Poems of Mr . Lloyd and Mr . Lamb , which form a part of the volume , have considerable merit .
Our goad old Castle on the Rock ; or Union with One Thing Needful . Addressed to the'People of England , isw . 3 d . Wright . THIS is an address divided into four sections : of which the heads are , ' The Common Cause '— ' Our good old Castle on the Rock '— ' The Castle in Danger '— ' The Castle Preserved . ' By ' the common cau : e , we are to understand ' the cause of all nations ; ' but the Castle refers to Great Britain
alone : to rescue which . from danger , we are informed , can only be effected by unanimity among ourselves . The pamphlet is well written , it deserves a serious perusal ; and it is hoped , as the intentions of it are good , that it may prove as useful as we could wish .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
Edmund Oliver . B y Charles Lloyd , 2 vols . inmo . % s . boards . Lee and Hurst , THIS is a tale that ranks far above the class of common narrations . Mr . Lloyd informs us that it was written with the design of counteracting that generalizing spirit , which seems to have insinuated itself among modern philosophers . Against this spirit his attacks are made with ardour , and , as they appear to us , with success . Edmund Oliver is represented as a young man ' of excessive sensibility and
impetuous desires , tamed down bv disappointment . ' The book commences with his return to London after an estrangement from his family ; the events that follow , with the feelings they occasion , are detailed in letters . He meets with Gertrude , a woman for whom be entertains a strong affection ; but absence and neglect had alienated hersentiments of love from him , and she had therefore transferred them to another . His letters grow so much the more impassioned as he becomes acquainted with this circumstance . They are written
in a flowing style , and bear a great resemblance to the rich fullness of Rousseau . An error somewhat remarkable has escaped the Author ' s attention , —the daughter of Gertrude is born a boy . This performance carries with it the recommendation of irresistible eloquence , and contains no principle that may not be approved of by the rig id moralist and the devout christian .
Poems , by S . T . Coleridge . Second Edition . To which are now . added Poems by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd , o-vo . 6 s . boards . Robinsons . IN this edition Mr . Coleridge has availed himself of the criticisms made on the first , and ' returns his acknowledgments to the different reviewers for the assistance which they have niYorded him in detecting his poetic deficiencies . ' The dedication , is one of the novelties of this edition . It is written in
blank verse , of which the following passage makes a part . ' Who counts the beatings of the lonely heart , That Being knows , how I have lov'd thee ever , — Lov'd as a brother , as a son rever'd thee I OI ' tis to mean ever-new delight , My eager'eye glist ' ning with memory ' s tear , To talk of thee and thine ; or when the blast
Of the shrill winter , rattling our rude sash , Endears the cleanly hearth and social bowl ; Or when , as now , on some delicious eve , We in our sweet sequester'd orchard-plot Sit on the tree crook'd earth-ward ; whose old boughs That hung above us in an arborous roof , Stirr'd by the faint gale of departing May ,
Send their loose blossoms slanting o ' er our heads !' The Poems of Mr . Lloyd and Mr . Lamb , which form a part of the volume , have considerable merit .
Our goad old Castle on the Rock ; or Union with One Thing Needful . Addressed to the'People of England , isw . 3 d . Wright . THIS is an address divided into four sections : of which the heads are , ' The Common Cause '— ' Our good old Castle on the Rock '— ' The Castle in Danger '— ' The Castle Preserved . ' By ' the common cau : e , we are to understand ' the cause of all nations ; ' but the Castle refers to Great Britain
alone : to rescue which . from danger , we are informed , can only be effected by unanimity among ourselves . The pamphlet is well written , it deserves a serious perusal ; and it is hoped , as the intentions of it are good , that it may prove as useful as we could wish .