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mination of an essentially ignorant and ferocious Popish priesthood? Were it not for that domination, organized conspiracies, assassination and murder, would no longer be the order of the day in the sister island; and, instead of remaining an incessant drain -an absorbing incumbrance-a malevolently destructive dead weight upon the parent state, Ireland might be rendered one of the brightest jewels of the English crown.

effects produced by the withering sway which the the disciples of Loyola exercised for more than a century over the national mind. They clearly saw that the surest means of extirpating scriptural doctrines was to fetter the national intellect, by means of a preposterous system of education; and they conse quently introduced such a system into the public schools of Poland, which were for along time almost exclusively conducted by them. This ineasure produced its natural consequences: science and literature were almost annihilated; and Poland, which had made rapid strides in every kind of improvement during the sixteenth century, instead of advancing, retrogaded with equal rapidity. It was at such a price that Romanism was saved in Poland, and no country in the world affords, perhaps, a more striking illustration of the blessings which a political commuligion, and of the calamities which are entailed on a nity derives from the introduction of a scriptural renation by its extinction; because the above-mentioned country rose in its welfare and glory with the progress of the Reformation, and declined in the same Roman Catholic reaction. The effects which were ratio as the scriptural doctrines gave way to the produced in Poland by the abolition of the Jesuits vanced; because as soon as that incubus which paraare a corroborating evidence of what we have adlysed the energies of the nation was removed (and

Poland, however, is our immediate object. Here is the commencement of Count Krasinski's preface :"The rapid progress and equally speedy decline of the Reformation in Poland presents to the Protestant reader a melancholy, but at the same time an instructive picture. The Protestant cause attained in that country in the course of half a century such a degree of strength, that its final triumph over Romanism seemed to be quite certain. Yet, notwithstanding this advantageous position, it was overthrown and nearly destroyed in the course of another half century. This extraordinary reaction was not effected by the strong hand of a legally constituted authority, as was the case in Italy, Spain, and some other countries; but by a bigotted and unprincipled faction, acting not with the assistance, but in opposition to the laws of the country. Such an event is perhaps unparalleled in the annals of the religious world, and is the more remarkable, as the free institutions of Poland, which had greatly facilitated the progress of the Reform-great must be those energies, if they could not be ation, were afterwards rendered subservient to the per-system of education introduced into that country, the crushed by such a long oppression,) and a better secution of its disciples. The Jesuits, who defended national intellect advanced so rapidly, that during a in that country the interests of Rome, being unable to period of about twenty years subsequent to the abocombat their antagonists with fire and sword, adopted fition of the Jesuits, the Polish literature produced, other measures, which inflicted on Poland more severe in spite of the most unfavourable political circumcalamities than those which might have been pro- stances, more valuable works than it did during a duced by bloody conflicts between religious parties. whole century when public education was entirely As the laws of the country did not allow any inhabitconducted by them." ant of Poland to be persecuted on account of his religious opinions, they left no means untried in order to evade those salutary laws; and the odious maxim that no faith should be kept with heretics (hæreticis non est servanda fides) was constantly advocated by them, as well as by other champions of Romanism in our country. But the most invariable and lamentably successful line of policy pursued by the Jesuits in Poland, was to agitate the lower classes, by means of the confessional aud the pulpit, and to insure, by their intrigues with the higher ranks of society, an impunity to the excesses which an infuriated mob committed at their instigation against the anti-Romanists. Thus, many Protestants churches and schools were destroyed by riots excited by the Jesuits, and directed by the pupils of their colleges; whilst the proceedings instituted by the legal authorities, in order to punish those excesses, were rendered nugatory by the influence of their order, whose members publicly eulogized those acts of violence committed in an open breach of the laws of the country." The long reign of the feeble-minded Sigismund III. was especially favourable to the promotion of their schemes; they gained during that reign a paramount influence over the affairs of Poland, and finally produced the most fatal effects :

"Such were the rebellion of the numerous parties which followed the Eastern church, internal feuds, foreign invasion, and the loss of many important provinces. Yet these calamities, great as they were, may be considered as less disastrous than the moral

Notwithstanding all the calamities of Poland, past and present, our author cherishes a lively hope for the future:

"We do not, however, (he observes,) entertain any doubt that, should once the political excitement which now universally prevails in Poland be set at rest, by the attainment of the great object which creates that excitement, the national mind will turn with the same fervour as it did during the sixteenth century towards religion, and accomplish the great work of the Reformation, which was prevented at that time by a concurrence of unfortunate circumstances. As Christians and Poles, we humbly pray to God, and hope from his mercy for the religious and politi cal emancipation of our country; and as Providence creates nothing in vain, we firmly believe that it has not implanted in the hearts of the Polish nation that strong feeling to which we have alluded, and which has caused so much suffering to that nation, without an adequate purpose. We therefore hope and trust that the Almighty, after having prepared our nation by the severe trials to which, in his inscrutable ways, he has submitted us, will finally relieve it from its unfortunate condition, and give to it the grace of becoming in his hands a useful instrument for promoting the knowledge of the word of God, which is the only true foundation of the present and future happiness of mankind; particularly amongst the numerous populations of the Slavonian race, amongst whom that knowledge had already been strongly ma

nifested, even before the Reformation of the sixteenth century."

Of the intense vitality of the reformation in Poland at one period, and of its vast spread and power, the following passage, with the note appended, affords a very striking illustration :—

"These doctrines were professed by the most eminent nobles of the land; they were discussed by frequent and numerous synods; and the churches where they were preached, the schools where they taught, as well as the presses devoted to their propagation, flourished over all Poland in great numbers;* whilst their disciples were able to muster in battle array forces sufficient to keep in check those of the Romanists. It is therefore evident, that a party which was so powerfully represented could not but exercise an adequate influence on the affairs of the country; and the contrary opinion about its importance may be chiefly ascribed to the circumstance, that when the Protestant cause began to decline, the Romanists carefully sought to destroy all records which had any relation to the doctrines of the Reformation. The Jesuits invariably exacted from the families which had relapsed in Romanism the surrender of all books and documents connected in any way with their former persuasion, and which they always committed to the flames. They even purchased at a high price similar documents wherever they could get them, in order to devote them equally to destruction."

The present volume of Count Krasinski's work brings the eventful history down to the death of Sigismund Augustus, "whose leaning towards the doctrines of the reformation was evident, and whose untimely death seems to have chiefly prevented their final triumph" in Poland. The succeeding volume (the second and last) the daily appearance of which may be expected, is to "be devoted to the melancholy description of the decline of the reformation in Poland, under the Romanist re-action, and of the deplorable consequences which it produced "in the country."

Within our very narrow limits, any attempt to analyse this production would be altogether futile. From the extracts which we have given from the writer's preface, its general aim and tendency must be sufficiently apparent. All that we can further do is, to testant reader. Count Krasinski's apology for prerecommend it cordially to the perusal of every Prosuming to attempt to write in English was wholly unnecessary he writes better than one-half of our native scribes.

The Cathedral Bell, A tragedy, in Five Acts, By Jacob Jones, Barrister at Law; Author of "The Stepmother;""Longinus, or the Fall of Palmyra; and "Spartacus, or the Roman Gladiator;" Tragedies in Five Acts. "The Anglo-Polish Harp :" and other works, 8vo. Miller.

Mr. JONES Complains of illtreatment from the managers, and from some of the critics. We can tell him,

* The celebrated Jesuit Skarga, who lived at the end of the sixteenth, and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries, complains that more than two thousand Romanist churches were converted into Protestant

ones.

for his comfort, that it is no disgrace to have a play rejected by a manager. Shakespear himself, had he lived in our day, would have had his plays rejected— ay, by the dozen. But they would have been good plays, for all that.

it.

"The Cathedral Bell" has some very good stuff in If not in all points, a "legitimate" drama, it mit with very little trouble, be rendered an excelleat acting drama. There is, perhaps, too much sco ding in it; too much of the "Ercles vein"; the diction wants polish, for the closet; but the fable is good, some of the "situations," are very good, and the stage effect is frequently of an imposing character.

We transcribe part of a scene from the first Act: premising only that the plot is laid in the city and environs of Saragossa, during the wars between the Spaniards and the Moors, and that in a sortie, Claudio the son of Sebastian, the governor of the fortress, has fallen into the hands of Francesco, a renegade, commander of the Moorish forces. The scene is Francesco's tent; Francesco is surrounded by Moorish chiefs and attendants; Claudio has been brought in in chains. FRAN. We have your secret, boaster! tho' your sire, Deems me so blind to take us unawares, He looks for succours!

CLAU.

Soldiers such as he, So wary, so experienc'd, so profound, Trust not in may-be-succours, but rely On their own sole resources; so doth he.

FRAN. Doth he speak truth, or hath the devil's dam Given him the suck that rear'd the king of lies ?[aside. [Fran. ponders.

2d CHIEF. You are expert, young Christian! to evade,

And give your betters trouble, while you can! CLAU. Grant you my captors, not my betters, Moor! Mark you, my coxcomb! know'st its use? [touching his dagger.

I know

2d CHIEF. GLAU. What sort of men are they who need its useBarbarians, hirelings, such as thou and thine! FRAN. Choose now, or life or death, for all you love! Peruse this proud array,—not one is here But, at my nod, would tap your life's last drop, A mother, youth, both idolized by you, And throw your bones a picking to my dogs!— You have a father, deadly in our eye, Both idolizing; both proscrib'd by us :And here are men your sister soon must soothe, Right sturdy rogues to clip her virgin waist!— With you it lies to save them, and, with you To seal their fate, if't please you, and your ownPledge us your Christian oath, your Soldier's name, Leave us your word of honour as a hostage You will induce them to surrender, then We loose your chains, and trust you, Sir, at large. CLAU. Dost trace submission graven on my brow, And selfish fear that plots a parent's fall, Thou dar'st, all base and reckless as thou art, Attempt the son, ignoble man of blood ! With such a bribe, his honour'd father's shame? FRAN. Be then, his murd'rer.

CLAU. Be his murd'rer! Nay! [with contempt. If I should do thy bidding and prevail, Then should I be his murd'rer past reprieve, Killing his good name thro' the times to come!

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CHIEFS.
CLAU.

A Mars!

A Man!
FRAN. A Mars of men! go, get ye to their haunt,
Yon den of thieves
CLAU.
A hive of honest men,
Neighbour'd, worse fortune! by a den of thieves.
FRAN. Yon nest of vipers!
CLAU.
Vipers, Moor! in this,
If food were scarce, to live long months on air.
FRAN. Devil! Now, mark me. [to Chiefs
"If, by set of sun,

To-morrow eve, ye open not your gates"

Deliver, Sirs! expressly, what we bid,
Roundly address'd to those it most concerns,-
"To-morrow eve, in tortures past belief,
Your son shall die-his blood be on your heads!

[Two Chiefs make their obeisance and depart

The Bubbles of Canada. By the Author of "The
Clockmaker." 8vo. Bentley. 1839.

"As a colonist, at once a native and a resident of a distant part of the empire, I am not only unconnected with, but perfectly independent of, either of the great parties of this country, of Tories, or Whigs, or Radicals; nor do I consider this as a subject at all involv ing the principles for which they severally contend. The question is wholly between the people of this country and the colonists, and must be considered as such; and so far from my Lord Durham's assertion being true, that there has been misgovernment, I am prepared to shew, that every administration in this country, without exception, from the conquest of Canada to the present time, whether Tory or Whig, or mixed, or by whatever name they may be designated, have been actuated but by one feeling, an earnest desire to cultivate a good understanding with their new subjects of French extraction, and one principle, a principle of concession. Canada has had more privileges and indulgencies granted to it than any other of our American colonies: unpopular offcers have been removed; obnoxious governors have been recalled; constitutional points abandoned to them; all reasonable changes made (or, as they would express it, grievances redressed); and the interests of commerce and of persons of British origin postponed to suit their convenience, or accommodate their prejudices; in short, every thing has been done, and every thing conceded to conciliate them, that ingenuity could devise or unbounded liberality grant, and no sacrifice has been considered too great to purchase their affections, short of yielding up the colony to their entire control; and for all this forbearance and liberality they have been met with ingratitude, abuse,

and rebellion."

Blair's Mother's Catechisms.

Darton and Clark.

of them; and of the first it may be a sufficient proof of its merit to state, that the eightieth edition is before us. The Rev. David Blair, to whom we are indebted for these really useful little books, which treat of a surprising number of subjects necessary and proper to be known at an early age, is the author of various other works for the instruction and general improvement of youth.

THIS volume may, or may not, be by the Author of "The Clockmaker." Assuredly we should never have suspected the affirmative, had it not stared us in the face in the title page; for there is just about as much resemblance between "The Clockmaker" and "The Bubbles of Canada" as there is between "a horse chesnut and a By many of our readers, these Catechisms are well chesnut horse." However, with much shrewdness, free-known; by all they ought to be known. There are three dom, and spirit—and, what is of still more importance, with much clear and sound information-the social and political state of the Canadas, from the period of their first conquest by Britain to the present time, is here portrayed with more graphic precision and effect than in any other publication we have seen on the subject. The main point of the writer's creed appears to be, that the commotions of the Canadian colonies are all traceable to the excessive jealousy which has always been entertained by the French settlers towards those from England, and to the unwise THE THEATRES, CONCERTS, &c. concessions which, from time to time, have been made by the British government to the French population; such, for instance, as allowing them to continue their Ar Drury Lane, on Tuesday evening, a new farce language as the language of the courts of law-suffer- was produced, entitled Now or Never, from the pen ing them to retain many of their old laws, especially of Mr. George Dance, the plot turning upon the those relative to the inheritance of property-and, in elopement of a ward from her guardian, and a fact, giving them innumerable advantages over the Eng-daughter from her father, with their respective lovers. lish portion of the inhabitants. In support of this opinion, the evidence of the Duke de Rochefoucault and the Professor Silliman is cited. The crude notions of Lord Brougham, Lord Durham, and others, are treated by the author of this caustic production with just about as much deference as they have generally appeared to deserve.

The main joke consists in the hatred of the two old men for each other, and the readiness of either to enter into the plot, which is to deceive and impose on the other. Some ridiculous situations thus arise. Mr. Compton, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Balls, Mr. Brindal, Miss Fitzwalter, and Miss Poole, sustained the principal characters. The piece was well received. The Bearing in mind, that the book entitled "The Bub-pantomine has been curtailed, and with the introbles of Canada" purports to have been written in Lon- duction of the lions and the dancing on the tightdon, and by a British colonist, the subjoined passage rope, passes off pleasantly. will suffice to convey to the reader an idea of the author's opinions and manners:

On Tuesday, her Majesty paid the manager of the Haymarket Theatre the compliment of selecting his

benefit night as the occasion of a Royal visit. The performances (terminating the season) were The Irish Ambassador, O'Flannigan and the Fairies, and To::: Noddy's Secret, and they went off with much spirit and éclát. Her Majesty arrived at the theatre about eight o'clock, and the audience soon became aware of her presence. Just, however, at the termination of O'Flannigan and the Faries, as they seemed inclined to manifest their loyalty, Mr. Webster presented himself to deliver the following farewell address, throughout the whole of which he was greatly applauded :— "Ladies and Gentlemen-I have again to offer you my grateful acknowledgements for a most prosperous season, and that too despite of the unprecedented attractions of the larger legitimates. This theatre has now been open 243 successive nights, and believe me, ladies and gentlemen, it is with no small degree of pride I find that the taste of the public for pure tragedy, comedy, and farce, unaided by grand

scenic effects, has enabled the little theatre in the Haymarket to successfully hold the even tenour of its way unscathed, though with a veritable Tempest on one side, and real roaring lions on the other; and it could still progress with increasing prosperity, if the license permitted it; and, had I not reason to be well satisfied as it is, it might be deemed somewhat hard to be obliged to close the doors in the midst of the most festive season of the year, and when all the theatres look forward to a certainty of profit. If the past may be taken as a presage of the future, you will, I hope, believe that, during the recess, neither money nor means shall be wanting in endeavouring, both before and behind the curtain, to merit a continuance of your distinguished favour, and, I think, I may venture to promise, that all the available talent of first-rate excellence, either as regards authors or actors, will be presented to you in the course of the ensuing season. Again, ladies and gentlemen, sincerely thanking you for your patronage, I most respectfully, in the name of the company and myself, bid you farewell."

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At the close of this address there were loud calls for the Queen, when her Majesty made her appear ance, and twice curtseyed to the audience, amid loud acclamations. At the conclusion of Strauss's Hommage à la Reine de la Grande Bretagne" too, which ends with "God save the Queen," all the house rose, and stood during its performance. Her Majesty remained till the termination of the entertainments, and then took her departure from the private entrance in Suffolk Street, where a considerable crowd had assembled, who greeted her with loud cheers.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES.

ROYAL SOCIETY.

On the evening of the 11th., the first meeting since the recess was held, Mr. Lubbock, treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Frodsham, chronometer maker, and Mr. Hilton. lecturer on anatomy at Guy's Hospital, were elected fellows; and Colonel Conolly and Colonel Reid, Governor of Burmudas, were proposed for election. A paper was read, through Dr. Roget, the secretary on the law of human mortality, deduced from the tables of the Equitable Assurance Company. The results allowed that whereas the Northampton tables gave the average

of human life before 20, existing between 80 and 90 as 1-20th, those of Mr. Davis gave 1-11th, and of this society as 1-13th.

ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.

The ordinary meeting was held on the evening of the 11th., F. Bailey, Esq., F.R S., President, in the chair. A letter was read from Professor Bessels, of Berlin, containing some corrections in reference to his observations on the Parallax of the fixed star, or Cygnus, made at a late meeting. He had also made a series of observations on the late comet, which he could only follow through one night when he lost it altogether. He also expressed his his opinion that large reflecting telescopes were superior to achromatic as susceptible of greater mathematical accuracy, and he suggested that hardened steel might be used in preference to the ordinary metallic reflectors. A catalogue was next read of 760 fixed stars, observed at Cambridge by Professor Airey. A paper was next read by of the double star, or Centaura, made at the Observatory Mr. Henderson, consisting of observations on the parallax at the Cape of Good Hope, in which latitude this star ís always seen above the horizon. The next communication was from the Rev. Dr. Pearson, on the obliquity of the ecliptic, the author commencing with an analysis of the views of Dr. Bradley, the first accurate observer upon the subject. His principal deviation from former calculators was, that the taking into consideration the latitude, or co-latitude, of the places at which observations were made, was of no consequence in the inquiry. The President next made some remarks on the annular eclipse of the sun in 1836, to which he had previously drawn the he had noticed the singular appearance of luminous attention of the members. In his paper on the subject, lines diverging from the edge of the sun to that of the moon, as seen by him in Scotland. Analogous appearances had also been observed last September, in the United States, at the annular eclipse, respecting which he hoped that further accounts would be read at a future meeting.

ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.

On Tuesday night this society assembled at its rooms, Lincoln's Inn-fields, when Wm. Tite, Esq., presided, and a lecture was delivered by Mr. Brayley, jun., on the geology and mineralogy of building stones. This was the first of a series, and the lecturer judiciously employed it in laying open an enlarged view of the whole subject, preparatory to the practical observations to follow, illuslated to substantiate his scientific foundation. Mr. Braytrated by specimens, sections, and sketches well calculey advocates the view taken by Phillips (in opposition to that of Lyell) of the formation of gniess, mica slate, clay slate, the older sandstones from the disentegration of granite, and the new adjustment of its particles under altered circumstances of heat, pressure, the presence of water, &c. He satisfactorily explained the natural operations by which granite rocks become moulded into isolated masses like the Cheese Wring, the Loggan Rock, &c., illustrated by sections and specimens of its veins, the comparative novelty of its formation, notwithstanding it underlies all other other rocks, as far as we know, and explained the actual formation of rocks at the present day, by the exhibition of a specimen of conglomerate taken from the bed of the Thames at Limehouse.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The first ordinary meeting for the year was held on Tuesday afternoon, H. Moreton Dyer, Esq., V.P., in the chair. Among the presents announced was the last number of the "Flora Batava," from his Majesty the King of Holland. The new part of the transactions was in the room, and there were also distributed the regulations for the exhibitions, which are appointed for May 18, June 15, and July 6. A paper was read from Sir George

Mackenzie on the growth of the potato, detailing the results of comparative experiments on that root, and from which it appeared that the eye in the middle was most productive. The prizes awarded were the silver Knightian medal to Mr. Green, for euphorbis jacquiniflora; and silver Banksian medals to Mr. Davidson, for blood red oranges; Mrs. Lawrence, for hedychium coronarum ; Mrs. Marryatt, for Banksia Cunninghamii; and Mrs. Randolph, for artificial flowers. The Meteorological Register kept at the Gardens, from Dec. 4, to Jan. 15, gave-Barometer highest. Dec. 31, 30,601 in.; lowest, January 7, 29,096. Thermometer highest, Jan. 6, 53 deg. Fah.; lowest, January 9, 21 deg. Fab., and quantity of rain 1,61 inches.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

The First Meeting since the recess was held on Monday Evening, W. R. Hamilton, Esq. President, in the Chair. The most important communication of the Evening was from Col. Mitchell, on a plan for erecting a Light-House on Cape de Agulhas, which lies about 80 miles S. E. of the Cape of Good Hope. This point is well known as causing great destruction of shipping, and the position of the Cape is such as to point it out as very desirable for the erection of a Light-House, the promontory rising to a hight of 270 feet, and the whole hill being most excellent limestone. The proprietor of the ground had offered as much land as was required for the building, which it was estimated would cost from 1,7007. to 1,8007., and an annual expense of 2301. or 2401. The spot was also well adapted for obtaining transit bearings, so that on its voyage to India a ship might make fresh observations, and regulate its chronometers. It was to be hoped that the subject would interest the attention of the British public on the ground of science, as well as humanity, for the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, where the disirableness of the object was fully appreciated, were unable to do it themselves. It was also suggested that part of the Horsburgh fund should be appropriated for the purpose and that a gigantic monument in this position would be more enduring to the fame of this illustrious navigator, than any other tablet or structure; and if the subject was thus taken up, there was no doubt but that both the American and French Governments Iwould aid in it. The President announced that the council had been deliberating on the propriety of publishing a translation of the celebrated work by Professor Carl Ritter, of Berlin, on Asia Minor, which was now rendered interesting from our connexion with that quarter of the globe and Mr. Murchison exhibited and explained his map of the Silurian regions, after which the meeting adjourned to the 28th of January.

WORKS IN THE PRESS.

British India, in its relations to the Decline of Hindooism, and the Progress of Christianity, containing Remarks on the manners, Customs, and Literature of the people; on the Effects which Idolatry has produced on their Civil, Moral, and Political Relations; on the obstacles which Christianity has to surmount; on the Progress of Religion in former and present times; on the Support which the British Government has given to their Superstitions, and on Education and the English Language, as the Medium through which it should be given. By the Rev. William Campbell, Missionary to India.

A Narrative of the Greek Mission; or, Sixteen Years in Malta and the Ionian Isles; Comprising allusions to the Religious Opinions, Moral Habits, Politics, Language and Natural History of Malta and Greece. By the Rev. S. S. Wilson, Member of the Literary Society of Athens.

History of Napoleon: from the French of Laurent (de l'Ardêche), the Duchesse d'Abrantes, Lucien Bonaparte, Norvins, &c. (with abstracts from the Works of Hazlitt, Carlyle, and Sir Walter Scott. Edited by R. H. Horne, Esq. Author of "Cosmo de Medici," "The Death of Marlowe," &c. IllusStrated with Many Hundred Engravings on Wood, after designs by Raffet, Horace Vernet, Jacques, &c.

TO SUBSCRIBERS & CORRESPONDENTS.

IN a foot note at page 69, referring to the Literary Fund, it is intimated that Canning and Chateaubriand received benefits from that noble and truly benevolent institution, to which they afterwards became libera! contributors. "There is a mistake in the supposition that Canning as well as Chateaubriand had been aided by the Literary Fund. M. Chateaubriand acknowledged the obligations at an anniversary where Mr. Canning presided, and most liberally subscribed to the society." For this correction we are indebted to the obliging attention of the editor of the Literary Gazette.

Partly from a want of clearness in the MS., and partly from other circumstances, a few errata crept into the paper entitled "THE MARRIAGE SYSTEM," at page 103. et seq.; but we believe they are only such as may be easily corrected by the pen.

We feel obliged by the offer of "RESULTS OF READING;" but the paper is not of a character suitable to the pages of The Adine Magazine.

The same remark is applicable to the lines— "Peace to the brave who nobly fall,"

and to their companion Stanzas

"Lady fare thee well!". that they can write poetry: we wish we knew how to Several of our Correspondents have a strange fancy convince them of their error. Excepting to the inspired, the task is not quite so easy as that of gazing at the moon.

If Y. A. T. T. will take the trouble of calling at 33, Aldersgate Street, the Editor of The Aldine Magazine will confer with him on the subject of his communication.

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