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above all , * the affecting circumstances of the author's early death , " in the bloom of his strength and manly beauty , and the blossom of his mental energy and vigour ; " when " the world was still - bright and beautiful to his eyes , and no chillin g influence had fallen upon
him , " would disarm criticism , if the excellence of the poems did not defy it . It is impossible to read the first act of the unfinished tragedy of " Pygmalion " without a conviction that , had Peter John Allan been spared , he would have won-the laurels of a true poet . We can do no more than barely glance at the names of a few of the principal poems , as an inducement for the judicious reader to cull for
himself . " The Isles of the Blest . " " Lament of the Indian . " " Apostrophe to the Memory of Byron . " '" The Battle of Cressy ;" a spirited rendering of the vivid pele-mele of Eroissart's description . " The Christian and the Moor , " from Irving ' s " Conquest of Granada , " & e . Among the minor poems , the " Dead Butterfly , " and " The "Withered Leaf , " are beautiful conceptions . We select as a specimen the following sonnet , embodying an idea of united tenderness and sublimity : —
" ; THE RAINBOW . " God of Creation J breathless let me bow Here , in the stillness of the lonely grove , And fancy'tis thine own majestic brow , Radiant with smiles , that speak a Father ' s love s For all on earth . I view above me now Thine arch in brightness clad . I ne ' er behold Yon shining token of thy gracious vow , That my heart flies not swiftly , uncontrolled , And joyous as a winged bird , to meet Thv promised mercv . In that mercv bold ,
May not the guilty bosom learn to heat With hope of thy forgiveness , and unfold Fresh leaves beneath thy fost'ring light , and bear Fruits for repentance meet , with penitence and prayer ? "
Six Months among the Malays . By Dr . Tyai ^ . London : James Blackwood , Paternoster-row . —In this most interesting little volume the author of the " Romance of Travel" has maintained his character fully as a shrewd observer and instrnctive narrator of natural habits and cnstoms . The anecdotes interspersed are salient and striking , and , if our limits allow , we shall take an extract or two in an ensuing number from these pages , which are also particularly adapted to the
student of history . The volume , though concocted apparently for a juvenile application , is so replete with instruction and interest connected with a people but little known , as to qualify it for the study of the matured in judgment . The type is excellent , and so are the illustrations , and reflect great credit on the enterprising publisher , to whom the public is already indebted for many similarly useful and creditable publications .
The Co-operative Principle not opposed to a true Political JEconomy . By the Eev . C . Marriott , B . I ) . Oxford : J . II . Parker . —This work is framed under the idea that , with the present political organi-
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above all , * the affecting circumstances of the author's early death , " in the bloom of his strength and manly beauty , and the blossom of his mental energy and vigour ; " when " the world was still - bright and beautiful to his eyes , and no chillin g influence had fallen upon
him , " would disarm criticism , if the excellence of the poems did not defy it . It is impossible to read the first act of the unfinished tragedy of " Pygmalion " without a conviction that , had Peter John Allan been spared , he would have won-the laurels of a true poet . We can do no more than barely glance at the names of a few of the principal poems , as an inducement for the judicious reader to cull for
himself . " The Isles of the Blest . " " Lament of the Indian . " " Apostrophe to the Memory of Byron . " '" The Battle of Cressy ;" a spirited rendering of the vivid pele-mele of Eroissart's description . " The Christian and the Moor , " from Irving ' s " Conquest of Granada , " & e . Among the minor poems , the " Dead Butterfly , " and " The "Withered Leaf , " are beautiful conceptions . We select as a specimen the following sonnet , embodying an idea of united tenderness and sublimity : —
" ; THE RAINBOW . " God of Creation J breathless let me bow Here , in the stillness of the lonely grove , And fancy'tis thine own majestic brow , Radiant with smiles , that speak a Father ' s love s For all on earth . I view above me now Thine arch in brightness clad . I ne ' er behold Yon shining token of thy gracious vow , That my heart flies not swiftly , uncontrolled , And joyous as a winged bird , to meet Thv promised mercv . In that mercv bold ,
May not the guilty bosom learn to heat With hope of thy forgiveness , and unfold Fresh leaves beneath thy fost'ring light , and bear Fruits for repentance meet , with penitence and prayer ? "
Six Months among the Malays . By Dr . Tyai ^ . London : James Blackwood , Paternoster-row . —In this most interesting little volume the author of the " Romance of Travel" has maintained his character fully as a shrewd observer and instrnctive narrator of natural habits and cnstoms . The anecdotes interspersed are salient and striking , and , if our limits allow , we shall take an extract or two in an ensuing number from these pages , which are also particularly adapted to the
student of history . The volume , though concocted apparently for a juvenile application , is so replete with instruction and interest connected with a people but little known , as to qualify it for the study of the matured in judgment . The type is excellent , and so are the illustrations , and reflect great credit on the enterprising publisher , to whom the public is already indebted for many similarly useful and creditable publications .
The Co-operative Principle not opposed to a true Political JEconomy . By the Eev . C . Marriott , B . I ) . Oxford : J . II . Parker . —This work is framed under the idea that , with the present political organi-