his Family, with the Holbein print, distinguish the Bijou from all
other publications of its class, and are characteristic of the good
taste of Mr. Pickering, the proprietor. Altogether, the Bijou for 1829
is very superior to the last volume, and, to our taste, it is one of
the most attractive of the Christmas presents.

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THE WINTER'S WREATH.


This is a _provincial_, but not a first appearance in London; the
present being the fourth "_Wreath_" that has been entwined for the
lovers of song and sentiment. It is culled from Liverpool, (next to
our own metropolis) the most literary city in the empire; but many of
its flowers have been gathered from our metropolitan parterre. Thus,
in addition to the respected names of Roscoe, Currie, and Shepherd,
(of Liverpool), we have among the contributors those of Hemans,
Bowring, Howitt, Opie, with Mitford, Montgomery, and Wiffen. The
editorship has passed into different hands, and "the introduction of
religious topics has been carefully avoided" as unsuited to a work of
elegant amusement.

The plates are twelve in number, among which are _Lady Blanche and
her Merlin_, after Northcote (rather too hard in the features); an
exquisite _View of the Thames near Windsor_, after Havell; _Medora
and the Corsair_, after Howard; the _Sailor Boy_, by Lizars; and a
beautiful _Wreath_ Title-page, after Vandyke. All these will bear