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Review Of New Publications.

In splendor ' s gaiest hall , and laugh'd , and sung The merry roundelay , or bade the harp Swell with tumultuous joy . No more is heard The song of g ladness : and the blooming cheek—¦ / » The graceful step that held th' admiring eye , Hath ^ ceas'd to charm ! the throbbing heart is still ! Both sires and children , all have had their days

Of pain and ease , disquietude and joy , And now repose on earth , our common nurse ! - She whisper'd not , nor with enticing look Call'd to her arms these sons of affluence ; ..

She never calls the great , the rich , the proud With soft and winning accent , but preserves Silence unbroken , save when some slow knell Sends through the air at midnight a report Warning and terrible . But to the poor She yields a voice of comfort , saniiified And pointed rightly by that word of truth .

Heaven hath vouchsafe ! to man . Most goodly then These scatter'd spires appear , these aged toweis Which to some little flock the path-way tell That leads to lite eternal , where the ills Which strew'd their mortal way shall never come . And honour'd be the men who here preside , And , with sincerity and holy zeal ,

Point the celestial road ! to simple minds Reveal those holy truths , the which to hear ,. And from the heart receive most willingly , Blunts the keen shafts . of sorrow ; well they know The conflict will be short—the triumph sure . ' P . . 35 . . Dr . Booker has published a poem on the same subject , which we shall take an oppportunity of reviewing in a future number . , Geraldina , a Novel , founded on recent Event . \ zmo . 2 Vols . - , s . Boards .

Robinsons . 179 S . OF this novel the morality is indeed very exceptionable . It is designed : 0 illustrate the mischiefs that result from ill-asserted marriages : but , in doingthis , it impresses on the reader the dangerous idea that persons of the most cultivated understanding , of the purest and most honourabi-mind , and who have imbibed the most correCt and elevated princip les of moral duty , may - yet violate the most sacred tics which bind society together , in order to

gratif y the tender passion . Though by the perusal of such a novel the mind of the young-reader will not be much improved , it will be sometimes dive . ted by the ridiculous description of the character of the Revels , and by the well-drawn portraits of Withers and his lady . The Beauties ofSauringfr . extracted from his Sermons-juith Memoirs of his Life

, , and Writings , & c . b y the Rev . D . Rioas . zd edition , price zs . bd . icwcd , izmo . Lee and Hurst . IT has of late become popular to select from the most em ! n » r . t writ ? rs such parts of their respective woiks as are most conspicuous for ipp . opriatijn of thought , eleg-atice of expression , and energy of seutiirfct .

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DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE; Article 5
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INTERVIEW OF CAPTAIN VANCOUVER WITH THE CHIEFS OF NOOTKA SOUND. Article 27
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DURING THE CONFINEMENT OF LOUIS XVI. KING OF FRANCE. Article 32
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SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 40
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF MAOUNA. Article 44
BARBAROUS ATTACK OF THE NATIVES. Article 45
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 54
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PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 63
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OBITUARY. Article 70
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Review Of New Publications.

In splendor ' s gaiest hall , and laugh'd , and sung The merry roundelay , or bade the harp Swell with tumultuous joy . No more is heard The song of g ladness : and the blooming cheek—¦ / » The graceful step that held th' admiring eye , Hath ^ ceas'd to charm ! the throbbing heart is still ! Both sires and children , all have had their days

Of pain and ease , disquietude and joy , And now repose on earth , our common nurse ! - She whisper'd not , nor with enticing look Call'd to her arms these sons of affluence ; ..

She never calls the great , the rich , the proud With soft and winning accent , but preserves Silence unbroken , save when some slow knell Sends through the air at midnight a report Warning and terrible . But to the poor She yields a voice of comfort , saniiified And pointed rightly by that word of truth .

Heaven hath vouchsafe ! to man . Most goodly then These scatter'd spires appear , these aged toweis Which to some little flock the path-way tell That leads to lite eternal , where the ills Which strew'd their mortal way shall never come . And honour'd be the men who here preside , And , with sincerity and holy zeal ,

Point the celestial road ! to simple minds Reveal those holy truths , the which to hear ,. And from the heart receive most willingly , Blunts the keen shafts . of sorrow ; well they know The conflict will be short—the triumph sure . ' P . . 35 . . Dr . Booker has published a poem on the same subject , which we shall take an oppportunity of reviewing in a future number . , Geraldina , a Novel , founded on recent Event . \ zmo . 2 Vols . - , s . Boards .

Robinsons . 179 S . OF this novel the morality is indeed very exceptionable . It is designed : 0 illustrate the mischiefs that result from ill-asserted marriages : but , in doingthis , it impresses on the reader the dangerous idea that persons of the most cultivated understanding , of the purest and most honourabi-mind , and who have imbibed the most correCt and elevated princip les of moral duty , may - yet violate the most sacred tics which bind society together , in order to

gratif y the tender passion . Though by the perusal of such a novel the mind of the young-reader will not be much improved , it will be sometimes dive . ted by the ridiculous description of the character of the Revels , and by the well-drawn portraits of Withers and his lady . The Beauties ofSauringfr . extracted from his Sermons-juith Memoirs of his Life

, , and Writings , & c . b y the Rev . D . Rioas . zd edition , price zs . bd . icwcd , izmo . Lee and Hurst . IT has of late become popular to select from the most em ! n » r . t writ ? rs such parts of their respective woiks as are most conspicuous for ipp . opriatijn of thought , eleg-atice of expression , and energy of seutiirfct .

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