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Review Of Literature. '
REVIEW OF LITERATURE . '
Lectures on Freemasonry , exhibiting the Beauties ofthe Royal Art By Brother D . G . Goyder . Third Edition . John Reid and Co ., Glasgow ; Oliver and Boyd , Edinburgh ; AVhittaker ancl Co ., London . — These Lectures , which are published in an exceedingly cheap ancl convenient form , are illustrative of the natural connexion between Freemasonry , Morality , and Religion . Without venturing to raise the veil behind which Masonic Mystery is enshrined , these Lectures are calculated to awaken the laudable desires of the uninitiated , and to direct the attention of the non-favoured to the fullest elucidation aud application of moral truth . A corner should be found for them in the Ark of every Masonic Lodge .
A Moral Contrast . By F . Bolingbroke Ribbans , C . Coll . Camb . F . S . A Longman and Co ., London . —In this short tale of simple construction , but of beautiful moral texture and most appropriate application , the learned and benevolent author has drawn a forcible contrast between propriety and waywardness in youth . It is , in our opinion , eminently qualified to attain the improvement of youth , which , in the very modest introduction to the work , is declared to be the author ' s sole aim .
The Mabinogion , from the Llyfr Coch o TJergest , and other Ancient Welsh Manuscripts , S ; c . By Lady Charlotte Guest . Part I ., containing the Lady of the Fountain . Longman and Co ., London . —AVe regret that our limits will not admit of an extended notice of this beautiful production , not less in justice to the noble authoress and her spirited publishers , than as a loss to our readers . The Lady of the Fountain is one of the earliest , and classes among the best of ancient Welsh minstrelsy , and its translation is faithfully rendered bLadGuest . In
y y addition to the interesting romance which forms the chief feature of this number of the Mabinogion , and of the copious notes that follow the text , it is illustrated by a very perfect facsimile of the MS . of the Red Book of Hergest , from which the romance of the Lady of the Fountain is taken . Our regret at want of space to review this work as it deserves , is considerably lightened by the knowledge , that it has received the most flattering encomiums from our brother critics ; in the utmost extent of ivhose praise we fully concur .
The Idler in Italy . By the Countess of Blessington . 2 vols . Henry Colburn . —Lady Blessington has succeeded in throwing a new charm over Italy , in these pleasant and piquant reminiscences of her former adventures and researches . Herself the very impersonation of feminine grace and elegant erudition , it is no wonder that she has elicited new beauties even in the land of natural beauty , impassioned feeling , and classic lore . We congratulate Mr . Colburn on the reception these volumes have met with , ancl the public on their possession .
Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa , in 1836 and 1837 . By Capt . M . C _ Harris , H . E . I . Company ' s Engineers , R . A . S ., & c . & c . — In this very interesting work , the reader has presented to his imagination , depicted in the most graphic , and we doubt not , accurate manner , much of the interior of Southern Africa of which no accurate account has hitherto appeared . But the most remarkable feature in its production is , that the certainty of extreme privation , and the utmost risk of per-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature. '
REVIEW OF LITERATURE . '
Lectures on Freemasonry , exhibiting the Beauties ofthe Royal Art By Brother D . G . Goyder . Third Edition . John Reid and Co ., Glasgow ; Oliver and Boyd , Edinburgh ; AVhittaker ancl Co ., London . — These Lectures , which are published in an exceedingly cheap ancl convenient form , are illustrative of the natural connexion between Freemasonry , Morality , and Religion . Without venturing to raise the veil behind which Masonic Mystery is enshrined , these Lectures are calculated to awaken the laudable desires of the uninitiated , and to direct the attention of the non-favoured to the fullest elucidation aud application of moral truth . A corner should be found for them in the Ark of every Masonic Lodge .
A Moral Contrast . By F . Bolingbroke Ribbans , C . Coll . Camb . F . S . A Longman and Co ., London . —In this short tale of simple construction , but of beautiful moral texture and most appropriate application , the learned and benevolent author has drawn a forcible contrast between propriety and waywardness in youth . It is , in our opinion , eminently qualified to attain the improvement of youth , which , in the very modest introduction to the work , is declared to be the author ' s sole aim .
The Mabinogion , from the Llyfr Coch o TJergest , and other Ancient Welsh Manuscripts , S ; c . By Lady Charlotte Guest . Part I ., containing the Lady of the Fountain . Longman and Co ., London . —AVe regret that our limits will not admit of an extended notice of this beautiful production , not less in justice to the noble authoress and her spirited publishers , than as a loss to our readers . The Lady of the Fountain is one of the earliest , and classes among the best of ancient Welsh minstrelsy , and its translation is faithfully rendered bLadGuest . In
y y addition to the interesting romance which forms the chief feature of this number of the Mabinogion , and of the copious notes that follow the text , it is illustrated by a very perfect facsimile of the MS . of the Red Book of Hergest , from which the romance of the Lady of the Fountain is taken . Our regret at want of space to review this work as it deserves , is considerably lightened by the knowledge , that it has received the most flattering encomiums from our brother critics ; in the utmost extent of ivhose praise we fully concur .
The Idler in Italy . By the Countess of Blessington . 2 vols . Henry Colburn . —Lady Blessington has succeeded in throwing a new charm over Italy , in these pleasant and piquant reminiscences of her former adventures and researches . Herself the very impersonation of feminine grace and elegant erudition , it is no wonder that she has elicited new beauties even in the land of natural beauty , impassioned feeling , and classic lore . We congratulate Mr . Colburn on the reception these volumes have met with , ancl the public on their possession .
Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa , in 1836 and 1837 . By Capt . M . C _ Harris , H . E . I . Company ' s Engineers , R . A . S ., & c . & c . — In this very interesting work , the reader has presented to his imagination , depicted in the most graphic , and we doubt not , accurate manner , much of the interior of Southern Africa of which no accurate account has hitherto appeared . But the most remarkable feature in its production is , that the certainty of extreme privation , and the utmost risk of per-