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Review Of Literature.
discourse , he will cheerfull y hail his faithful Brother as an acknowledged labourer m that vineyard wherein he himself so rejoices to work . Music . — When first the Architect Divine .-Charter-song and chorus of bt . Patrick ' s Lodge , No . 50 , Dublin ; the words by Brother John J-lazhtt , P . M ., 14 ; music by Brother John Smith , Mus . Doc . M'Lean , Bachelors' AValkDublinThis is invested with
, . — song much of a popular style , for the profits arising from its sale are to be apjiropriated to the funds of the Female Orphan School : —we recommend that each Brother should speedily supply himself with a copy . My Book ; or , the Anatomy of Conduct . By Brother Skelton . bimpkm and Marshall —Told in quaint rambling there
. a manner , are some good things in this book . The author , it will be remembered , was Master of the Ceremonies to the Grand Stewards' Lodge ; it would be . therefore , " treason Masonic" to imagine that , called to such an office , his bode should not possess some - points of observance apjilicable generally . The style is , as we have said , odd ; and the author evidently is a new hand at book-making ; still it is not ivithout a good deal of merit .
The Scenic Annual , edited by Thomas Campbell . Virtue . —This work , as the name of its editor would imply , puts forth stronger claims on the attention of the general reader than many of the pretty ephemeral race , denominated " annuals , " ajipearing at this season . Mr . Campbell has contributed both verse and prose , and both are stamped with his individual j > ower , his sweetness of versification , his eloquence , and freshness of descri ption . The following ; from a paper on Burns , is all have for
we space : — " The poetic genius of Burns , nourished on scanty learning , and inspired by Nature herself , will furnish a text for the philosopher , who sjieculates on the influence of book-acquired learning on gifted minds of the first order . Milton , on the one hand , stands an example of the poetic benefits of mueh learning ; whilst Shakspeare and Burns confront and refute the assertion , that ' a little learning is a dangerous thing That much is covetable
learning by a poet , has long since ceased to be my opinion . * * * When Nature takes Genius by the hand , she always conducts her pupil to the tender and beautiful , and by a shorter road than the learned languages . * * " The best of Burns ' s Poems , in my opinion , is his ' Tarn o'Shanter . ' It was said of the most perfect Greek sculptures , that they seemed to be rather melted than chiselled marbleIn like this al
. manner , poem - ways appears to me as if the poet had not written , but improvised it as if he had never blotted a line , or clipt off a fragment of its language , but had cast it off unpremeditated from the glowing mould of his imagination . "
_ Southey ' s Poetical Works . Longman . —Mr . Southey is now superintending a monthly issue of his poems , enriched by many new contri - butions . His prefatory introduction to Wat Tyler is interesting from circumstances which must at once present themselves to the mind of the reader . He says : — " Twenty years ago , upon the surreptitious publication of this notable drama , ancl the use which was made of it , I said what it then became me to say in a letter to one of those gentlemen who thought proper to revile me , not for having entertained democratical opinions , but for VOL . iv . ,,. u
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature.
discourse , he will cheerfull y hail his faithful Brother as an acknowledged labourer m that vineyard wherein he himself so rejoices to work . Music . — When first the Architect Divine .-Charter-song and chorus of bt . Patrick ' s Lodge , No . 50 , Dublin ; the words by Brother John J-lazhtt , P . M ., 14 ; music by Brother John Smith , Mus . Doc . M'Lean , Bachelors' AValkDublinThis is invested with
, . — song much of a popular style , for the profits arising from its sale are to be apjiropriated to the funds of the Female Orphan School : —we recommend that each Brother should speedily supply himself with a copy . My Book ; or , the Anatomy of Conduct . By Brother Skelton . bimpkm and Marshall —Told in quaint rambling there
. a manner , are some good things in this book . The author , it will be remembered , was Master of the Ceremonies to the Grand Stewards' Lodge ; it would be . therefore , " treason Masonic" to imagine that , called to such an office , his bode should not possess some - points of observance apjilicable generally . The style is , as we have said , odd ; and the author evidently is a new hand at book-making ; still it is not ivithout a good deal of merit .
The Scenic Annual , edited by Thomas Campbell . Virtue . —This work , as the name of its editor would imply , puts forth stronger claims on the attention of the general reader than many of the pretty ephemeral race , denominated " annuals , " ajipearing at this season . Mr . Campbell has contributed both verse and prose , and both are stamped with his individual j > ower , his sweetness of versification , his eloquence , and freshness of descri ption . The following ; from a paper on Burns , is all have for
we space : — " The poetic genius of Burns , nourished on scanty learning , and inspired by Nature herself , will furnish a text for the philosopher , who sjieculates on the influence of book-acquired learning on gifted minds of the first order . Milton , on the one hand , stands an example of the poetic benefits of mueh learning ; whilst Shakspeare and Burns confront and refute the assertion , that ' a little learning is a dangerous thing That much is covetable
learning by a poet , has long since ceased to be my opinion . * * * When Nature takes Genius by the hand , she always conducts her pupil to the tender and beautiful , and by a shorter road than the learned languages . * * " The best of Burns ' s Poems , in my opinion , is his ' Tarn o'Shanter . ' It was said of the most perfect Greek sculptures , that they seemed to be rather melted than chiselled marbleIn like this al
. manner , poem - ways appears to me as if the poet had not written , but improvised it as if he had never blotted a line , or clipt off a fragment of its language , but had cast it off unpremeditated from the glowing mould of his imagination . "
_ Southey ' s Poetical Works . Longman . —Mr . Southey is now superintending a monthly issue of his poems , enriched by many new contri - butions . His prefatory introduction to Wat Tyler is interesting from circumstances which must at once present themselves to the mind of the reader . He says : — " Twenty years ago , upon the surreptitious publication of this notable drama , ancl the use which was made of it , I said what it then became me to say in a letter to one of those gentlemen who thought proper to revile me , not for having entertained democratical opinions , but for VOL . iv . ,,. u