doms; it can float upon the whirlwind like a leaf upon the breeze, and pass through a consuming fire, unscathed by a single flame.

"These are the powers of the imagination; and what are its pleasures? Let the most luxurious seeker after enjoyment take all the delights reality will give him. Let him wrap himself up in roses; lie in baths of milk; taste all that is delicious to the appetite; be loved by the most lovely and loving of women; and pass not a minute in which his soul is not lapped in ecstacy and his enjoyments will bear no comparison with those of imagination. Imagination can concentrate in a single moment the pleasures of a thousand years; it possesses all the delights the world may produce, in addition to raptures more exquisite of worlds of its own: it can create forms clothed with a beauty far excelling the rarest of those who have glorified the earth with their presence; its sunshine palls the light of heaven; its flowers alone can bloom with a perpetual fragrance." "

ART. XXII.—The Teeth a Test of Age, considered with reference to the Factory Children. Addressed to Members of both Houses of Parliament. By EDWIN SAUNDERS. London: Renshaw. 1837. OUR readers may remember, from our review some few months ago, of Wing's Evils of the Factory System," that Mr. Horner had introduced, when authentic registers were wanting, height as the test of age, in the case of the young and tender victims of the Factories. In the publication before us the author, after great research and almost innumerable trials in public schools and otherwise, shows that the teeth in respect of the periods in life when the scrutiny is to take place concerning the young factory labourers, is almost an unerring standard to judge by. Independent of the services which his investigation and knowledge have here contributed to the interests of humanity, the work is calculated to engage the attention of the ordinary reader-while few belonging to the medical profession, or who make a study of medical jurisprudence, will rise from its perusal without benefit.

ART. XXIII.-The Antiquities of Athens, and other Monuments of Greece, as measured and delineated by JAMES STUART and NICHOLAS REVETT. Seventy Plates. London: Tilt. 1837.

A BEAUTIFUL little quarto, in which the peerless monuments of Grecian art are accurately figured and concisely explained, forming a comprehensive manual that will be found extremely interesting to amateurs, and no less useful to students and professors. It lays claim to the honour of supplying a real deficiency, and amply fulfils its promise.

ART. XXIV.-Hours at Naples, and other Poems. By the Lady E. STUART WORTLEY. London: Saunders and Otley. 1837. We have often, because the Lady has often given us an opportunity, bestowed upon her productions that praise which is due to amiability of sentiment, ease and felicity of expression, fecundity of conception, and

eloquent fervour. At the same time, we have noted haste or carelessness in the composition, and regretted to find that a person so capable of illustrating feelings and character, nay naturally endowed with the high requisites of a poetic temperament, should in the multiplicity and multifariousness of her powers, have hardly done justice to herself, if all that she knows and feels were properly concentrated, and coyly treated. But, notwithstanding these previous opinions and presumptions, we are bound to say, that in the present fruits of Lady E. S. Wortley's efforts, there is a great deal more vigour of mind, and energy of utterance, joined to a richer flow of poetic imaginings, than we remember to have previously met in our intercourse with her writings. We do not affect to be nice in choosing, or laborious in searching for excellencies. But it cannot be unfair to resort to the opening verses of the volume, and to any random effusion or expression that may afterwards follow, as subjects of admiration or animadversion. Accordingly there is now to be quoted part of "The Lines written at Naples," beginning with the beginning -and some that occur many pages afterwards-all corroborative of our opinion.

"Ye clear waves, with your murmuring, murmuring flow,
Whence do you come-and whither do you go?
You seem in gentle haste, as though to escape
Some fast pursuer, which my thoughts can shape
Fantastically and grotesquely now

Into some Sea God, with his furrowed brow-
Into some rough old Sea-God's rugged form,
Chief of the tides, and ruler of the storm-
Lord of the depths, and master of the wave,
Liege of the rock, and monarch of the cave!
Who, shaking back the deep locks from his face,
Drives the light dancing waves with idle grace;
Or, we might dream you onwards, onwards come
To seek the shore as Exiles would their home-
But like a keen fond hope, whose darling aim
Is ever missed-ye, vainly, wander tame

Like shepherdless flocks, although in sooth ye reach
That which appears your goal-the shell-strewn beach;
But when ye reach it still do ye recoil

And but repeat your task-renew your toil,

As though by disappointment faintly crossed,

And while your end was gained, yourselves were lost.
So in confusion sweet, ye seem to track

Your own light watery footsteps softly back."
"To encourage and to foster in the breast
The impassioned Anguish, and the sick Unrest;
To enthrone even as an idol of the Soul
That Grief to which we dedicate the Whole;
And to enshrine for ever in the heart
The Pain from which we thus refuse to part!
This is not Resignation!-'tis a tide
Of impious Passion and impetuous Pride-

"Tis our Humanity's presumption still
That must assert a choice and have a will!
Our fiery Stubbornness-through weal or woe-
That will not thus far and no farther go.
Our mortal Nature's weak and helpless ire,
That leads us thus to heap our funeral pyre,
And sacrifice ourselves to our distress

In luxury of delirious recklessness."

ART. XXV.-Sonnets.

By EDWARD MoxoN. 2nd Edition. London:
Moxon. 1837.

A BEAUTIFUL impression of Mr. Moxon's beautiful Sonnets, of which we took an opportunity to speak most favourably on their first appearance. They are very superior specimens of that elegant and chaste species of poetry, and will be remembered by refined minds long after vastly more ambitious efforts in verse shall be forgotten.

ART. XXVI.—A Dreamof Life; or Augustine and Geraldine, a Poem in Five Parts. By the Rev. W. GURDEN MOORE, M.A. London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1837.

THE Dream of Life, though called a poem, has not much of that in it which can lay claim to lofty poetry. We cannot bestow upon it more than faint praise. The sentiments, however, are uniformly pure, and the versification, which is varied in the different parts, is generally easy, though not very musical. As we cannot afford space for so much of the principal poem in the volume, as would be a fair specimen, we copy one of the short miscellaneous pieces; it is addressed to Beauty, a theme that should waken the muse to sing in sweet, lovely, and joyous strains. "Why, fleeting Beauty, boast thy power,

To fascinate mankind?

For thus does every fading flower,
Waved by the summer wind.

But when their summer bloom is o'er,
They hang their drooping head,
They then delight the eye no more,

Their fragrance too is fled.

Oh! woman then, by nobler aid,

Act thou a nobler part,

And by such charms as ne'er can fade

Attempt to win the heart."

ART. XXVII.-National Education. By O. DE BEAUVOIR PRIAULX. Lond. Saunders and Otley. 1837.

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THERE is much in this volume which savours of idealism, and those dreams of future perfection at which the human species is supposed by some to be destined to arrive, even in this life. The whole of the performance,

however, is full of those noble and philanthropic aspirations, which are alike creditable to the head and the heart of M. Priaulx. Far be it from us to say that his speculations are never likely to be realized, or that his suggestions may not furnish the very lights which philosophers and legis lators shall take for their guides in coming generations. Far be it from us to assert that these very speculations and aspirations may not prove the most successful and influential of the efforts that have yet been employed in this or any other country, to bring to pass the author's desires and expectations. One thing appears to us certain, viz, that no ingenuous or cultivated mind can reflect on the reasonings and views set forth, without imbibing a large portion of them, without longing to see them fulfilled, or without being eager to lend a helping hand to their furtherance. We quote two paragrahs.

"Blame. The object of blame is to shame the child to exertion. But you are to shame him by appealing to his reason, not to his fear of ridicule, by showing him the contempt he throws upon himself, and not by dwelling upon the contempt with which others regard him. The words of reproach must be kind, affectionate, impressive; they must be a friend's private remonstrance with a friend, but a friend, who, though age and authority give him the power of punishing, forgoes that power; and whose words, therefore, pierce the more, for that they are barbed and winged with an awful love.'

"Rewards.-Reward is the due of merit, and more especially of that merit which has not already met its reward in success. To do well, when he may do well easily, is every man's virtue. The Christ looked carelessly on, while the rich pharisees threw of their wealth into the treasury of the temple; but the widow's mite drew forth his cry of admiration. Similarly the boy's merit must be measured by his powers and his efforts. The prize is to the swift and the victory to the strong, but the reward is to him who labours, and labours in vain, to him who struggles and is overcome. One defeat, what matters it! a thousand! accustom man to struggle, to war, and success, rest assured, will at length range on his side. The habit of labouring to realize his resolves, of attempting until he perform what he has once determined, is above all things to be instilled into the boy. Reward, therefore, all effort. For the unsuccessful let the reward be honorary, distinguishing, and let it at once stir them to new hope, and at the same time cancel the annoy of failure."

ART. XXVIII.-Gilbart's History of Banking in America. London : Longman. 1837.

THIS is a well-timed publication, considering the panic and pressure which have of late existed, and do exist in the money market in this country as well as in the United States; and when it is remembered that Mr Gilbart is the manager of one of the most respectable Joint Stock Banks in England, his opinions must be regarded as of the highest value on the subject of which he here treats. There are many differences in the constitution and the regulations of the banking systems of the two countries, which cannot be rendered clear by any short notice in our pages. It may be generally stated, however, that the author recommends that in certain

points we should borrow from our brethren on the other side of the Atlantic. Their system of returns from every bank in the country obtains his particular favour, for the purpose, among others, of illustrating the state of what he denominates the active and dead circulation, which the returns from the Bank of England never and cannot afford. The manner in which he explains on this particular, we quote.

"There is another piece of information which it is desirable to possess relative to the circulation of the Bank of England, and it is one which the Bank cannot supply. It is desirable to know the difference in the amount of the active circulation and the dead circulation, so as to be able to trace their respective fluctuations. That portion of the notes of the Bank of England which is passing from hand to hand, may be called the active circulation. That portion which is hoarded, or kept in reserve to meet possible demands, may be called the dead circulation. Now it is quite certain that the dead circulation, while it remains in that state, has no effect upon the prices of commodities, the spirit of speculation, or the foreign exchanges. These are effected only by the active circulation. In seasons of pressure, the dead circulation is increased at the expense of the active circulation, because people hoard their money to meet contingencies. Hence we find the pressure is often more severe than the reduction of the Bank circulation would seem to warrant. But the fact is, that the pressure is in proportion to the reduction of the active circulation, and not in proportion to the reduction of the whole circulation. On the other hand, in seasons of abundance, the dead circulation is diminished, the active circulation proportionably increased; and hence the stimulus given to trade and speculation is much greater than the returns of the Bank of England would warrant us to expect. Now what means do we possess of getting at the amount of the dead circulation? The Bank of England can give us no information on the subject; but it seems probable that almost all the dead circulation is in the hands of the different banks; very few private individuals keep any hoard of bank-notes. If, then, all the bankers and banks be required to produce returns of the amount of Bank of England notes in their possession, this might enable us to form a judgment as to the amount of the dead circulation,"

ART. XXIX.-Sabbatical Verses. By JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY. London: Arch. 1837.

THERE is much of the earnestness and ardour of a devout spirit in these verses, and a very considerable flow of poetic diction. The poems are all of a serious description. Their strain and character may be understood from the titles of some of them, and a single extract, the principal ones in regard to length, are upon these themes,-"The Glory of Christ in the first Creation," "The Glory of Christ in the New Creation," “The Christian's Race," "The Child of the Lord," " On Silent Worship," &c. From this last we quote a few stanzas.