case becomes absolutely too bad to describe. What the noses of the Portuguese are made of, I really am at a loss to conjecture.'

But this is not the worst; nor are the shocks of earthquake to which Lisbon is still subject, the most serious drawback on the enjoyments of the inhabitants. The state of the police is horrible. Street robbery is common, and every thief is an assassin. The pocket-knife, which the French troops are said to have dreaded more than all the bayonets of the Spaniards or Portuguese, is here the ready weapon of the assassin ; and the Tagus receives many a corpse on which no inquest ever sits, and which is only seen, perhaps, by the solitary fisherman, as it floats on to the ocean, there to lie unknown and unregistered, till the sea shall give up its dead. The morals, in fact, of all classes in Lisbon, appear to be in a dreadful

state.

Lisbon, however, is not Portugal. The country about Cintra is represented by our Author as a perfect paradise, and the peasantry are an honest, well-behaved, noble race. Mrs. Baillie was delighted with them. In point of common information, acquaintance with the useful arts, and all that is generally understood by civilization, they are far behind the rest of Europe a disgraceful wonder in the midst of the nineteenth century.' But, considering the deplorable state of morality, religion, and civil polity in this country, the national character, as exhibited among the peasantry, would seem to be excellent, and ، censure melts into regret. This, we believe, is pretty nearly a fair account of the real state of things. Mrs. Baillie has presented to us two very lively, sensible, and well written volumes; and we like her none the worse for the homesick feeling and the true love of dear old England, which are betrayed in every page, unmixed as that patriotic passion is with any illiberal prejudice against the natives of other lands. We shall make room for some pleasing verses, in lieu of any further extracts, written under the warm inspiration of these feelings.

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، I wish I were in yon dear land,

Beyond the stormy ocean's bound!
What, though it boast not golden strand,
Nor golden fruits within are found!

، There myrtle shades, nor weeping vine,
Nor orange groves surprise the eye;
Nor summer suns intensely shine,

Nor gorgeous moons with day-light vie.
، Nor sports the fire-fly all the night,
In restless flight from flower to flower,
Like sparkling gem of rubied light,
Called into life by fairy power!

"Nor marbled palaces are there,

Each with its hundred menial train; Nor steals upon the silent air,

From convent walls the midnight strain.

But oh, my country! sweeter seem
Thy verdant meads, thy "bosky bourns ;"
Where placid rivers crystal gleam,
And classic willow graceful mourns!

And fairer to thy minstrel's eye,
Thy straw-roofed cottages appear,
Where climbing woodbines canopy
The porch to free-born rustic dear!
• Now, even now, methinks I hear

The gushing sound of babbling rill-
The blackbird's note, so wild and clear,
'Mid thousand warblers sweetest still!
Methinks I see the dappled fawn
Peep shyly from the leafy glade,
Then bound along the velvet lawn,
To seek the forest's deeper shade.
And, oh! the scents of dewy spring,
Unprized on Lusitania's shore,
Doth tantalizing memory bring
To mock my home-sick fancy more!
The Swiss, condemned, alas! to roam,
(By stern cold Prudence' mandate led,)
Still dreams of his sweet early home,
Still hopes return, till hope is dead.
Then fail at once, his youthful prime,
His ruddy health, his manly strength;

The victim of a foreign clime,

He pines, he fades, he sinks at length. pp. 206-208.

ART. X. SELECT LITERARY The Rev. Alfred Bishop, of Ringwood, intends to publish early in the year, Christian Memorials of the Nineteenth Century, or Select Evangelical Biography for the last Twenty-five Years.

The first number of a new mouthly work of some originality of pretensions, entitled, The Time Piece, will appear on the First of March. It will consist chiefly of sketches of Society, and disquisitions on the more popular parts of literature and its history.

In the course of January will be published, a second edition of the Remains and Memoir of the late Rev. Charles Wolfe, Author of the Poem on the Burial of Sir John Moore. By the Rev. J. A. Russell, A.M. Handsomely printing in one volume 8vo., with a portrait of the Rev. C. Wolfe, and an engraving taken from the monument erected to the memory of Sir J. Moore, in St.. Paul's Cathedral.

In the press, and speedily will be published, a new edition of Howe's Redeemer's Dominion over the Unseen World. With an Introductory Essay, by the Rev. Robert Bulmer, of Berwick upon Tweed. 1 vol. 18mo.

Preparing for publication, A Digest of the Evidence taken before the Select Committees of the two Houses of Parliament, appointed to inquire into the State of Ireland. With notes historical and explanatory. 2 vols. 8vo.

Preparing for publication, Vindicia

INFORMATION.

Christianæ. A comparative Estimate of the Genius and Tendency of the Greek, the Hindu, the Mahometan, and the Christian Religions. By the Rev. Jerome Alley, L.L.B. M.R.L.A. &c. &c. One large vol. 8vo.

The Rev. Thomas Morell, President of Wymondley College, is preparing for the press, a continuation of his Studies in History, in one vol. 8vo., which will contain Elements of the History of Philosophy and Science, from the earliest authentic records to the commencement of the Eighteenth Century. In this work, it is attempted to trace the progress of general knowledge through its successive stages of discovery and gradual improvement, arranged in chronological order, and under the distinct heads of physical, intellectual, and moral science.

The Rev, T. H. Horne, M. A. is preparing for publication, a new edition of his manual, entitled, Deism Refuted, or Plain Reasons for being a Christian, which is an Analysis of the first volume of his Introduction to the Critical Study of the Scriptures. The work will be corrected throughout, so as to form a compendious yet full Summary of the Evidences of the Christian Revelation and will also be enlarged with a new chapter on the credulity of unbelief, adapted to the perpetually varying assaults of infidelity. 1 vol. foolscap 8vo. handsomely printed.

ART. XI. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of Miss Jane Taylor. By her Brother, Mr. Isaac Taylor, jun. 2 vols. small 8vo. 16s.

FINE ARTS.

A Panoramic View of Liverpool, on two sheets Colombier. 11. 11s. 6d.

A balf-length Portrait of the Rev. Greville Ewing, in mezzotinto. 15s.; proofs 11. Is. and 11. 11s. 6d.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Literary Souvenir, for 1826. Edited by Alaric A. Watts, Esq. 12s.

The History and Antiquities of Ecton, in the County of Northampton. By John Cole. 8vo. 5s.

Hebrew Tales, selected and translated from ancient Hebrew works: to which is prefixed, an Essay on the still existing Remains of the Hebrew Sages of a later period than the Maccabees. f.cap. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

A Legacy for Young Ladies; consisting of Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse. By the late Mrs. Barbauld. 12mo. 7s. 6d.

The Poetical Works, the Correspondence, and other Prose Pieces, of Anna Lætitia Barbauld, with a Memoir by Lucy Aikin. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 4s.

Proceedings at a Public Dinner given to Mr. James Montgomery, in approbation of his Public and Private Virtues; held at the Tontine Inn, in Sheffield, November 4, 1825. 12mo. 13.

The Title-page, Contents, and Index, will be delivered with the next Number.

THE

ECLECTIC REVIEW,

FOR FEBRUARY, 1826.

Art. I. 1. The Slavery of the British West India Colonies delineated, as it exists both in Law and Practice, and compared with the Slavery of other Countries, ancient and modern. By James Stephen, Esq. Vol. I. Being a Delineation of the State in Point of Law. pp. xxii. 480. Price 12s. London. 1824.

2. England enslaved by her own Slave Colonies: an Address to the Electors and People of the United Kingdom. By James Stephen, Esq. 8vo. pp. 92. London. 1826.

3. Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Mitigation and gradual Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Dominions. With Notes and an Appendix. 8vo. pp. 36. London. 1826.

Picture of Negro Being an Abstract Parliament on that

4. The Slave Colonies of Great Britain; or a Slavery drawn by the Colonists themselves. of the various Papers recently laid before Subject. 8vo. pp. 164. London. 1825. 5. A Speedy End to Slavery in our West India Colonies by safe, effectual, and equitable Means for the Benefit of all Parties concerned. By T. S. Winn, formerly Resident in the West Indies. 8vo. pp. 124. London. 1825.

6. An Authentic Report of the Debate in the House of Commons, June 23rd, 1825, on Mr. Buxton's Motion relative to the Demolition of the Methodist Chapel, &c. in Barbadoes. 8vo. pp. 120. London. 1825.

7. Nineteenth Report of the Directors of the African Institution. With an Appendix. Price 5s. London. 1825.

WE take shame to ourselves for not having long ago re

deemed the pledge we gave, to bestow an early attention on the masterly work which stands at the head of this list of publications. In our Number for February 1824, when we took a view of the state of the controversy between the Abolitionists and the Apologists for Slavery up to that period, we adverted to the first part of Mr. Stephen's Treatise, then in VOL. XXV. NS.

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