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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Collegiate C / iurci of Wolverhampton . Bi / the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D . Perpetual Curate . Longman and Co . —This work is evidently a " labour of love , hence it combines all the qualities which render a book of this kind tne most delightful reading . Doctor Oliver does not lay before us the mere dry bones of antiquity , but recommends his subject with all the graces and refinements of a mau of letters . Plis volume is not a mere dull chronibook where events noiecl
cle of bye-n-one things — a common-place are down in barren singleness , but even the « li ghtest reader " may be wooed through these pages by the attractive style ivith which the author has invested his antiquarian theme . To us a work of this kind-so executed—has peculiar worth and beauty . It casts a golden halo about the past , and to the solemness ot reality adds the " dim religious light" of poetry . It is of such labours as Dr . Oliver ' s , that Warton
exclaims" Not harsh and rugscd are the wmilms ways ^ Of hoar antiquity , but strewed teith Jlaieers . If ev » ry " perpetual curate" would follow the example of Doctor Oliver , what a delig htful addition should we have to the most interesting , the most valuable species of literature ! The liev . Dr . Oliver has in the press a new edition of his Lectures , carefully revised .
Chess made East / . By Geo . Walker . Sherwood and Co . —This is an abridgement of the Royal Game ; an ample treatise was brought before the public some time since ; and to the merits of which we bore our ready testimony . The present form , adapted for the pocket is not only convenient—but as it retains all the leading points ot the scientific gatne-we give it the preference . Mr . Walker , as far as we ourselves but learnershas produced a sort ot iveatly
can judge , being , iWkon . r " that will enable the student in chess to comprehend the most important moves—and allow him to lose with respectability—until he shall by experience acquire the power to win with credit . Altogether , we prefer this pocket vade-mecum .
The Old World and the New ; or a Journal of Reflections and Observations made on a Tour in Europe . By the Rev . Orville Dewey . Eox—Mr . Dewey is an American , and has here presented us with a couple of volumes , which , if they contain nothing profound y original , are nevertheless filled with considerable good sense — soineeloquenceand some information . The great charm of the book is its charitable find ourselves in with onedesirous of seeing all
spirit ; we company , things in the best light that can be brought to bear _ upon them ;^ ^ not space for lengthened extract , and must therefore content omselve . with the American ' s homage to Shakspeare : — "I have a strange feeling about Shakspeare , that I never heard anybody express . Though he ' is seated , by the admiration > of mankind there being tte
upon an inaccessible height , yet never was a among S ^ t men of the world , whom I have felt , vf he were lvvmg , that I couldso , e « dy approach and so familiarly converse with . He impresses me with awe , TXrne with a sort of Lonishment , when I read him ; yet he draws my love and confidence iu such a way , that it seems to me I should not have feared him at all ; hut could have met him at the ccnnei of the VOL . tu . oV
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Miscellaneous,
An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Collegiate C / iurci of Wolverhampton . Bi / the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D . Perpetual Curate . Longman and Co . —This work is evidently a " labour of love , hence it combines all the qualities which render a book of this kind tne most delightful reading . Doctor Oliver does not lay before us the mere dry bones of antiquity , but recommends his subject with all the graces and refinements of a mau of letters . Plis volume is not a mere dull chronibook where events noiecl
cle of bye-n-one things — a common-place are down in barren singleness , but even the « li ghtest reader " may be wooed through these pages by the attractive style ivith which the author has invested his antiquarian theme . To us a work of this kind-so executed—has peculiar worth and beauty . It casts a golden halo about the past , and to the solemness ot reality adds the " dim religious light" of poetry . It is of such labours as Dr . Oliver ' s , that Warton
exclaims" Not harsh and rugscd are the wmilms ways ^ Of hoar antiquity , but strewed teith Jlaieers . If ev » ry " perpetual curate" would follow the example of Doctor Oliver , what a delig htful addition should we have to the most interesting , the most valuable species of literature ! The liev . Dr . Oliver has in the press a new edition of his Lectures , carefully revised .
Chess made East / . By Geo . Walker . Sherwood and Co . —This is an abridgement of the Royal Game ; an ample treatise was brought before the public some time since ; and to the merits of which we bore our ready testimony . The present form , adapted for the pocket is not only convenient—but as it retains all the leading points ot the scientific gatne-we give it the preference . Mr . Walker , as far as we ourselves but learnershas produced a sort ot iveatly
can judge , being , iWkon . r " that will enable the student in chess to comprehend the most important moves—and allow him to lose with respectability—until he shall by experience acquire the power to win with credit . Altogether , we prefer this pocket vade-mecum .
The Old World and the New ; or a Journal of Reflections and Observations made on a Tour in Europe . By the Rev . Orville Dewey . Eox—Mr . Dewey is an American , and has here presented us with a couple of volumes , which , if they contain nothing profound y original , are nevertheless filled with considerable good sense — soineeloquenceand some information . The great charm of the book is its charitable find ourselves in with onedesirous of seeing all
spirit ; we company , things in the best light that can be brought to bear _ upon them ;^ ^ not space for lengthened extract , and must therefore content omselve . with the American ' s homage to Shakspeare : — "I have a strange feeling about Shakspeare , that I never heard anybody express . Though he ' is seated , by the admiration > of mankind there being tte
upon an inaccessible height , yet never was a among S ^ t men of the world , whom I have felt , vf he were lvvmg , that I couldso , e « dy approach and so familiarly converse with . He impresses me with awe , TXrne with a sort of Lonishment , when I read him ; yet he draws my love and confidence iu such a way , that it seems to me I should not have feared him at all ; hut could have met him at the ccnnei of the VOL . tu . oV