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Critical Notices Of The Literature Of The Last Three Months,
capable of almost annihilating it ; and solely for tbe profit of the few rash and fraudulent speculators , who , trading- tipon insufficient , or without capital , trust to a credit they do not deserve , and to a state of society that looks upon insolvency , thus brought about , as a misfortune , and not as a crime . " Mr . Capper has judiciously divided his subject into four parts ; viz ., the historical , political , p hysical , and moral . The first commences with the era of fable and the early Hindoo dynastiesand ends with the
, second Burmese war and the annexation of Pegu ; the second comprises thc local governments of India , and the various fiscal systems prevailing ; the third is a sketch of the progress of the arts and of science and industry in India ; and the fourth treats of the language , religion , manners , education , together with tho administration of justice , and morale of Indian societv . Last on our journalistic listis the " Correspondence of Thomas Gray
, and William Mason . " * Thc letters of the former , as indeed those of the latter also , will always bo worthy of perusal . Independently , too , of their literary merit , they have the quiet charm of being the natural productions of a kind heart and a cultivated mind ; while the highest praise we can give to either writer is to say , that the one was ivell ivorthy of the esteem and friendship of the other .
In tho department of History , strictly speaking , the last three months have not been particularly bountiful . We have a new edition of Mackintosh ' s History of England , edited and revised by the author ' s son ; f and an antiquarian work , if we may be allowed to call it one , on China , carefully edited and reprinted by the Hakluyt Society ; % with an introduction from the pen of Mr . Major , having reference to the religious war now waging between the Tartar dynasty and the indigenous
Chinese . If there is one species of literature typical of the times we live in , it is that which records the wanderings of our coun trymen throughout the world . Every one , in the present day , travels with the apparent object of writing a book , and although the very largo proportion are not worth reading when Avritten , yet amongst the mass , there are a few which are interesting as containing novelties , and readable , as being more or less full of
adventure . The first on our list records Mr . Tyrone Power ' s recollections of a ten years' residence in China ; inclusive of peregrinations in Spain , Morocco , Egypt , India , Australia , and New Zealand . § The greater portion of tho work , which , notwithstanding the extent of country over Avhich Mr . Power travelled , is not a long one , is devoted to China and to the excursions which he and his two English friends made in the neighbourhood of the chief cities . The descriptions of the various temples
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Critical Notices Of The Literature Of The Last Three Months,
capable of almost annihilating it ; and solely for tbe profit of the few rash and fraudulent speculators , who , trading- tipon insufficient , or without capital , trust to a credit they do not deserve , and to a state of society that looks upon insolvency , thus brought about , as a misfortune , and not as a crime . " Mr . Capper has judiciously divided his subject into four parts ; viz ., the historical , political , p hysical , and moral . The first commences with the era of fable and the early Hindoo dynastiesand ends with the
, second Burmese war and the annexation of Pegu ; the second comprises thc local governments of India , and the various fiscal systems prevailing ; the third is a sketch of the progress of the arts and of science and industry in India ; and the fourth treats of the language , religion , manners , education , together with tho administration of justice , and morale of Indian societv . Last on our journalistic listis the " Correspondence of Thomas Gray
, and William Mason . " * Thc letters of the former , as indeed those of the latter also , will always bo worthy of perusal . Independently , too , of their literary merit , they have the quiet charm of being the natural productions of a kind heart and a cultivated mind ; while the highest praise we can give to either writer is to say , that the one was ivell ivorthy of the esteem and friendship of the other .
In tho department of History , strictly speaking , the last three months have not been particularly bountiful . We have a new edition of Mackintosh ' s History of England , edited and revised by the author ' s son ; f and an antiquarian work , if we may be allowed to call it one , on China , carefully edited and reprinted by the Hakluyt Society ; % with an introduction from the pen of Mr . Major , having reference to the religious war now waging between the Tartar dynasty and the indigenous
Chinese . If there is one species of literature typical of the times we live in , it is that which records the wanderings of our coun trymen throughout the world . Every one , in the present day , travels with the apparent object of writing a book , and although the very largo proportion are not worth reading when Avritten , yet amongst the mass , there are a few which are interesting as containing novelties , and readable , as being more or less full of
adventure . The first on our list records Mr . Tyrone Power ' s recollections of a ten years' residence in China ; inclusive of peregrinations in Spain , Morocco , Egypt , India , Australia , and New Zealand . § The greater portion of tho work , which , notwithstanding the extent of country over Avhich Mr . Power travelled , is not a long one , is devoted to China and to the excursions which he and his two English friends made in the neighbourhood of the chief cities . The descriptions of the various temples