the Times of the Martyrs, by the Rev. Edward Irving, which will repay
the reader's curiosity. The Honeycomb and Bitter Gourd is a pleasing
little story; and Paddy Kelleger and his Pig, is a fine bit of humour,
in Mr. Croker's best style. The brief Memoir of the late Sir George
Beaumont is a just tribute to the memory of that liberal patron of the
Fine Arts, and is an opportune introduction into such a work as the
present. The letter of Lord Byron, too, from Genoa in 1823, will be
interesting to the noble poet's admirers.

Among the illustrations we can only notice the Lute, by C. Rolls,
after Bonnington; Morning, by E. Goodall, from Linton's "joyful"
picture; Sir W. Scott in his Study (qy. the forehead); a little
"Monkeyana," by Landseer; Chillon, by Wallis, from a drawing by
Clarkson Stanfield--a sublime picture; Fonthill, an exquisite scene
from one of Turner's drawings; Beatrice, from a picture by Howard; the
Lake View of Newstead, after Danby; the Snuff-Box, from Stephanoff;
and last, though not least, Gainsborough's charming Young Cottagers,
transferred to steel, by J.H. Robinson--perhaps the most attractive
print in the whole series.

With this hasty notice we conclude, in the language of our
announcement of the present work, "wishing the publisher _many
Anniversaries_"

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