Our commendation of the "Keepsake" might be extended much further,
were we to consult our inclination to do justice to its high
character. With so lavish an expenditure and such an array of talent
as we have shown it to contain, to wonder at its success,

Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time.

We congratulate the proprietors on their prospects of remuneration,
for the attractions of their publication are irresistible. It is
altogether a splendid enterprise, and we doubt not the reward will be
more than proportionate to the expectation it has raised--both in the
proprietors and their patrons--the public.

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THE ANNIVERSARY,

_EDITED BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM._


Perhaps we are getting too panegyrical, for panegyric savours of the
poppy; but we must not flinch from our duty.

_Allan Cunningham_--there is poetry in the name, written or sung--and
high-wrought poetry too, in nearly every production to which that
name is attached--and among these "The Anniversary for 1829." All the
departments of this work too, (as in the "Keepsake") are unique. Mr.