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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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AMERICA. Article 54
TRAVELS BY A FREEMASON. Article 11
ON THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. Article 17
LONDON AND ITS MASONS. Article 1
ANIMAL AND HUMAN INSTINCT. Article 21
THE EMPEROR'S VISIT. Article 28
REV. BRO. OLIVER, D.D., VICAR OF SCOPWICK. Article 30
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 31
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 63
NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 40
METROPOLITAN. Article 43
PROVINCIAL. Article 45
SCOTLAND. Article 51
COLONIAL. Article 52
INDIA. Article 54
TURKEY. Article 56
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH Of MAY. Article 57
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. Article 59
CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION. Article 60
Obituary Article 60
NOTICE. Article 62
ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE. Article 62
NOTES ON ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH Article 6
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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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