REVIEW.-The Juvenile Forget-Me-Not, for 1832. Edited by Mrs. S. C. Hall. 12mo. p. 221. Westley and Davis, London.

THOUGH not altogether inattentive to the flight of time, we were somewhat surprised on finding, while glancing over the preface, that the fifth volume of this neat little annual was then open before us. Time, however, has not yet exhausted the resources whence the materials of this series are supplied; for we perceive, on inspection, that the engraver still retains his art undiminished by exercise, and that the talents of the authors are in healthful vigour.

Among the engravings, the Dead Robin is our favourite. The sorrowful countenance of one child, and the half-concealed face of the other, with the lifeless bird ly. ing on its back before them, display some fine touches of natural sympathy and feeling; and the deserted cage with its open door, is calculated to heighten the effect. The poem connected with the death of the bird, from the pen of L. E. L., is exquisitely wrought, and every way worthy the talents of this Parnassian lady. The whole of its embellishments consists of eight copperplates, and sixteen wood engravings, by

various authors.

The prose articles are written with such chastened sprightliness, that their authors have contrived to secure the attention of the reader, without assailing his morals, or administering to a vitiated taste. The Spider, contains some curious and philosophical observations on this insect and its web. The "Not" family is an allegory both humorous and instructive. In this tale, "Will Not," "Can Not," "Did Not," "Said Not," and "May Not," make their appearance in turn, and invite the reader personally to apply the moral which they teach. In the history of Mabel Dacre's first lesson, many a young lady may perceive her own picture, though she may not be altogether pleased with the likeness. Boyish Threats, is an interesting tale. Several other stories are well conceived, and executed with ability. The Young Traveller, in particular, entertains and instructs us with an account of his adventures, and with what he had hoth seen and heard while visiting foreign countries.

But amongst these tales, narratives, dialogues, delineations, and adventures, our highest tribute of respect must be awarded to Mrs. S. C. Hall, for her very amusing anecdotes of birds. Of these, the fair authoress has furnished a goodly variety, some of which are whimsical, others truly

astonishing, and all evincing, by their sagacity and peculiar instincts, the wisdom and guidance of an over-ruling Providence. In this collection, Mrs Hall has incorporated the natives of various countries and

climates, furnished an outline of the natural history of each species, and, in the aggregate, presented the youthful reader with a pleasing compendium of foreign and domestic ornithology.

BRIEF SURVEY OF BOOKS.

1. Enthusiasm, and other Poems, by Susanna Strickland, now Mrs. Moodie, (Smith, London,) are entitled to a more extended review than our room will allow. "Enthusiasm," ‚""Fame," and "The Child's First Grief," we have perused with much interest and satisfaction. The language is elegant, flowing, and perspicuous, and the sentiments are worthy of the diction in which they are embodied. They uniformly inculcate virtuous principles, and in their results terminate with some pointed expres sion calculated to leave a valuable impression on the mind.

2. West Indian Slavery delineated, and the British Christian's Duty enforced, &c. By Thomas Jackson, (Bourne, Bemersley,) is a brief digest of this horrid system, which none but bad men wish to see perpetuated. It is the misfortune of the human mind to grow callous, as it becomes familiar with scenes of injustice and cruelty. Soldiers accustomed to fields of carnage, lose the proper estimate of human life; and in the West Indies, the sound of the whip, and the cries of the tortured negro, are heard with stupid indifference. Even in England, we have heard so much of outrage on human nature practised in the colonies, that in every new publication on negro slavery, we expect to find unheard-of atrocities, exhibiting mutilation, blood, and murder in every page. We grieve to say, that in this publication, such expectations will be fearfully gratified. Mr. Jackson, in the first place, adverts to the slave-trade which has been abolished; and, in the second, conducts us to slavery in its various branches, as it now exists in the West Indies. This is a valuable publication, communicating within a narrow compass, and at a low price, a general and luminous view of this diabolical system. We regret that the author has not appointed any agent in London.

3. An Awakening Call to the Unconverted, by the Rev. Samuel Corbyn, and The Bible its Own Witness, (Religious

Street Smoking.-We never see a person indulging in this very unpolite practice in the public street, but our bowels yearn within us for the lamentable state of his intellect. There are only two classes amongst street smokers-namely, puppies and blackguards. You will know the former by their bushy hair, goggle eyes, and emaciated jaws; they generally appear in crowded thoroughfares, with a cigar in their teeth, through which smoke and impiety issue without intermission. The second class wear very light slippers, smoke fearfully black cutties, and keep the one eye on your fob, while the other is reclining on your breast-pocket. There is no doubt, however that some respectable persons may be found who take a cigar in the street, but these, being so few in number, compared with the classes we have described, they should really show their deference to public opinion, and that they have a sense of their own honour and character, by desisting from a practice in which so many of the opposite character indulge. Bakers and sweeps greatly superior men to most of the street smokers are obliged, by the police regulations, to keep at a distance from thronged pavements; and we think the police would do well to mitigate the public nuisance complained of, by compelling every person with a cigar in his mouth to take his place among the bestial on the causeway.-Scotsman.

Slave Population -By the official returns from our colonies, it appears that the decrease in our slave population, for the last ten years, amounted to upwards of 45,000.

Emancipation.-Upwards of four hundred slaves were emancipated by the government of Martinique, upon the anniversary of the king's fete, St. Philip's day.

Slavery. The late Rev. Matthew Tate, of Beaufort, in South Carolina, made his will a short time ago, and three days previous to his death he added to it an exceedingly long codicil, in his own hand writing, in which there is the following paragraph :-" I enjoin it upon my executors to publish it in all the newspapers in Charlestown, that I departed this life under the full persuasion, that if I died in possession of a slave, I should not conceive myself admissible into the kingdom of heaven."

Abernethy Biscuit. The public are deceived, by supposing that a certain biscuit was the favourite breakfast and luncheon of Mr. Abernethy, whose name it bears; because the baker who invented it was named Abernethy. We venture to affirm that no such article ever entered the worthy professor's stomach; and we know, that what are called tops and bottoms were his choice, soaked in tea, or eaten dry. -Metropolitan Magazine.

Triumph of Ignorance.-The form of Galileo's abjuration is as follows:-"I, Galileo, in the seventieth year of my age, brought personally to justice, being on my knees, and having before my eyes the fear of the holy evangelists, which I touch with my own hands; with a sincere heart and faith, I abjure, curse, and detest the absurdity, error, and heresy of the

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motion of the earth," &c. Such are the lamentable effects of ignorance, superstition, intolerance, and persecution! Messrs. Le Seur and Jacquier, commentators on Sir I. Newton's Principia, were placed in a most awkward situation. Being unable openly to profess the Newtonian doctrine, and being as unable to proceed in their great work without the assumption of those principles; to screen themselves, they felt obliged to make this strange declaration :"Newton, in this third book, assumed the hypothesis of the earth's motion; the author's propositions cannot be otherwise explained than by making the same hypothesis. Hence we are compelled to proceed under a feigned character: in other respects, we profess ourselves to be obsequious to the decrees of the pope made against the motion of the earth."-Note to Limington's Compendium of Astronomy.

Composition to destroy Slugs, Caterpillars, and other Insects.-Put in an iron pot a pound of quick lime, and a pound of sulphur. Stir them about quickly; and, whilst doing so, put in six pounds of water, which is to boil. Snails will immediately leave any place watered with this composition; and, if trees are watered with it, any caterpillars upon them will die instantly.-Journal des Connaissances Usuelles.

The National Debt.-Taking the national debt at eight hundred and fifty millions sterling, which is between six and seven thousand tons weight of sovereigns; this enormous sum would take a person thirty-two years to count it over, allowing him to count one hundred sovereigns in a minute, and to work twelve hours a day; it would also load as many waggons as would extend forty miles in a direct line, allowing each waggon to carry two tons of sove. reigns each, and to occupy a distance of twenty yards; and the interest to be paid annually, allowing five per cent; which must be exacted, either by direct or indirect taxation, from the parsimonious savings of the people of Great Britain, would consequently load as many waggons with two tons of sovereigns each, and twenty yards to each waggon, as would extend one mile and a half in a direct line. Well may John Bull groan under this ponderous load: but under it he must inevitably groan, without the most rigid economy in the public expenditure, and a complete abolition of all sinecures and useless places. At this eventful crisis, England expects her sons to do their duty to arouse from that stupor and apathy in which they have so long been dosing, and keep as far as possible from the great machine of state all useless lumber that would impede its progress; and to seek the salvation of their country, while that sal. vation is practicable. This appears now to be the only alternative by which we can be saved from irretrievable ruin; and to promote which, it is the duty, as well as the interest, of both Whig and Tory most cordially to unite.-Westminster Review.

The Climax.-A caricature of the 16th century thus satirized the superlative iniquity of priests in the midst of apostolic Rome. The reigning pope and the German emperor are thus accosted :---A husbandman declares to them, "I serve you two;" a merchant, "I cheat you three;" a lawyer, "I fleece you four;" a physician," I poison you five;" a priest," I pardon you six!"---Dent's Plain Pathway to Heaven.

Remarkable Conduct of a Horse.-The Centreville (Indiana) Times contains the following anecdote :--Mr. Israel Abrahams, in the vicinity of this town, has a horse that will, of its own accord, pump a sufficiency of water for all the other horses on the farm. We have witnessed him, when turned loose in the farm-yard, go directly to the pump, take the handle between his teeth, and throw the water with as much regularity as a man would, until he would pump enough for his companions and himself, when he would drink, and deliberately retire. No pains were ever taken, or means used, to teach him a business which proves a great accommodation to himself, and relieves his owners of considerable trouble.

Curious Document.-Ministers have at this moment, it is said, in their possession a list of 1.500 individuals, in or near London, whose private fortunes would pay off the national debt. Of course the list is only interesting, or of value, as indicating the mass of wealth in the country, as one could not have imagined, at first sight, that the private fortunes of any 1,500 individuals in the empire could be to such an extent. A White Rook-Miss Elsley, of Mount St. John, near Thirsk, has now a white rook in her possession, which was taken in the rookery there, this season.

Effects of Travelling through the Desert-At the instance of Mr. Willshire, Riley was weighed, and fell short of ninety pounds, though his usual weight had been two hundred and forty. The light weight of his companions was scarcely credible and it would hardly be thought possible, that the bodies of men, retaining the vital spark, should not weigh for pounds each.-Modern Voyager & Traveller, vol. i. p

Railroads superseded, Canals abolished, and Horses rendered useless.-The following is an extract of a letter, dated July 9, from a gentleman in Ireland to a friend in this town: I have fortunately hit upon an invention for propelling carriages, so simple in its structure, yet so vast in its power, that it must supersede the use of locomotive engines, and of horses too, in a great measure. Capable of having its power increased to an unlimited extent; adapted for propelling vessels on rivers and canals, as well as carriages on common roads, however hilly; the expense of construction small; without liability of the machine getting out of order, and the working of it inconsiderable; it will very materially reduce the price of travelling and carriage, and cannot fail of coming into general use. I have already made such experiments as convince me of its powers; and I intend to make application for a patent as soon as possible."Macclesfield Courier.

Solar Phenomena.-Genoa has recently been the scene of some extraordinary appearances connected with the sun. From the 4th to the 12th of August, the heavens were illuminated with a odiacal light, which added a full hour of light to each day; and on the 9th of that month, about five o'clock in the afternoon, a light stratum of vapour suddenly spread over the horizon, and veiled the sun, which presented at first the appearance of an immense globe of crystal: soon afterwards it assumed a soft, rosy tint, and ultimately a clear 'and delicate violet hue, which it retained till it disappeared. Five or six spots of a deep black colour were discernible on its surface with the naked eye.

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Manufacture of Cheese from Potatoes.-Cheese, as it is said, of extremely fine quality, is manufactured from potatoes in Thuringia, and part of Saxony, in the following manner. After having collected a quantity of potatoes of good quality, giving the preference to the large white kind, they are boiled in a caldron, and, after becoming cool, they are peeled and reduced to a pulp, either by means of a grate or a mortar. 5lb. of this pulp, which ought to be as equal as possible, is added a pound of sour milk, and the necessary quantity of salt. The whole is kneaded together, and the mixture covered up, and allowed to lie for three or four days, according to the season. At the end of this time it is kneaded over again, and the cheeses are placed separately in little baskets, whence the superfluous moisture is allowed to escape. They are then allowed to dry in the shade, and placed in layers in large pots or vessels, where they must remain for fifteen days. The older those cheeses are, the more their quality improves. Three kinds of them are made. The first, which is the most common, is made according to the proportions above indicated; the second, with four parts of potatoes and two parts of curdled milk; the third, with two parts of potatoes and four parts of cow or ewe milk. These cheeses have this advantage over every other kind, that they do not engender worms, and keep fresh for a great number of years, provided they are. placed in a dry situation, and in well-closed vessels. -Bullet, de la Societ. d'Encourage.

A Lawyer's Story.-Tom strikes Dick over the shoulders with a rattan as big as your little finger. A lawyer would tell you the story something in this way. And that, whereas the said Thomas, at the said Providence, in the year and day aforesaid, in and upon the body of the said Richard, in the peace of God and the state, then and there being, did make a most violent assault, and inflicted a great many and divers blows, kicks, cuffs, thumps, bumps, contusions, gashes, wounds, hurts, damages, and injuries, in and upon the head, neck, breast, stomach, lips, knees, shins, and heels of the said Richard, with divers sticks, staves, canes, poles clubs, logs of wood, stones, guns, dirks, swords, daggers, pistols, cutlasses, bludgeons, blunderbusses, and boarding-pikes, then and there held in the hands, fists, claws, and clutches of him, the said Thomas.-American Paper.

Extraordinary Attachment.-At Hulton Park, there is, at this time, a cat that is rearing a brood of young turkeys. They are ten in number, besides a chicken. The cat shows as much affection for them as she would to a litter of kittens; and they, in return, manifest the warmest attachment to her. She follows and watches them whilst they are feeding, and calls them to their nest when they have finished; when there, the cat is exceedingly anxious not to hurt them, which is plainly seen by the care she takes not to step upon them. If she is absent for a few moments, which is seldom the case, the young birds instantly begin to chirp, and continue to do so until her return, when they nestle under her, in the same manner as they would do under a hen of their own species.

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Plagiarism.-Stop thief! stop thief! stop thief! was a cry lately raised by Mrs. Esther Copley, (formerly Hewlett,) author of a valuable little work entitled "Cottage Comforts," against some one who had clas destinely purloined the production of her pen. The reviewers and critics took the alarm, pursued the delinquent, and overtook him at a Bookseller's shop in Fleet-street, with the stolen property in his possession, concealed in a volume entitled "The Cottager's Own Book."

Literary Notices.

Just Published.

The Church Revived without the Aid of Unknown Tongues; a Sermon preached in the Scots Church, Swallow-street. By R. Burns, DD. F. S. A.

The New Game Laws, &c. By Lieut. Col. P. Hawker.

Richard Baynes's Select Catalogue of Old Books. The complete Works of the Rev. Andrew Fuller, 3 vols. 8vo.

Advice to a Young Christian. By a Village Pastor. History and Topography of the United States of North America, Parts 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. By John Hinton Howard.

Lardner's Pocket Cyclopedia, vol. XXIV. (Metal, Vol. I.)

Edinburgh Cabinet Library, vol. V.; early English Navigators, Buccaniers, &c.

Part X. of Baines's History of Lancashire is embellished with a beautiful view of Windermere Lake, and of Bold Hall,

Speech of Mr. W. Collins, at the British and Foreign Temperance Society.

The Voice of Humanity, No. VII.

The London Medical Gazette, No. VI. Eminent Piety essential to Eminent Usefulness. By Andrew Reed.

Part XXXII. of the National Portrait Gallery exhibits Likenesses of Lord Northesk; Mrs. Hannah More; and Sir Astley Cooper.

An Almanack by William Rogerson, Greenwich. Some Account of Elizabeth Myers.

The Child's Repository, or Infant Scholar's Magazine.

Family Classical Library, No. XXIII. Plutarch, Vol. I.

Part VII. of Devon and Cornwall Illustrated. Fables and other pieces in Verse. By Mary Maria Colling, with some account of the Author. By Mrs. Bray.

Part VII. of the Life and Times of William the Fourth.

Daily Light. Religious Tract Society.
Dibdin's Sunday Library, Vol. VI.

Modern Immersion not Scripture Baptism. By William Thorn.

Remarks on the Cholera Morbus, &c. &c. By H. Young, M.D.

Harmonicon, No. XLVII.

Anti-Slavery Reporter, No. LXXXIX.

In the Press.

A new edition of Rudiments of the Latin Tongue. By Thomas Rudiman, A.M. Some notes, and several other additions, are by John Hall.

The Sixteenth Volume of the Annual Biography and Obituary.

History of the Representation of England, drawn from Records; and of the Reform of its Abuses by the House of Commons itself, without the Aid of Statute Law. By Robert Hannay, Esq.

Luther's Table Talk: consisting of Select Passages from the familiar conversations of that godly, learned man, and famous champion of divine truth, Dr. Martin Luther. 1 vol. 12mo.

Select Essays on Various Topics, Religious and Moral. By Henry Belfrage, D.D.

At Christmas will appear " The Hive," a collection of the best modern poems, chiefly by living authors, for the use of young persons.

A work for children, entitled "Stories from Natural History," will be published in a few weeks.

Preparing for Publication.

Fisher's Drawing-room Scrap-book, a New Annual, in demy quarto, containing Thirty-six highly fin ished Engravings, accompanied with Poetical Illustrations by L. E. L.-To be ready for delivery early in December-forming a genuine and desirable novelty for a Christmas present, or New Year's gift. A Mother's Love, with minor poems. By Eliza Rutherford.

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