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there by Mr. Bullock, and intended as an appendix to the travels of the latter in that country, which are on the eve of publication.

ing descriptions of the animals collected || exhibit the internal structure of this complex machine, and merely intimates, that the mechanism is set in motion by clockwork. It is played in the same manner as an organ, and the keys are pressed Mr. R. C. Dallas, one of the first lite-down with the same facility as those of rary friends of Lord Byron, will speedily publish Some Account of the early Youth of his Lordship.

the piano-forte.

Joseph Hamilton, Esq. of Annadale Cottage, near Dublin, has recently pub

Lieutenant Morgan has in the press,lished a small work, with the benevolent The Emigrant's Note-Book, with recollections of Upper and Lower Canada during the late war.

An Excursion through the United States | und Canada in 1822-3, by an English gentleman, is in preparation.

A Series of Lithographic Prints of Scenery in Egypt and Nubia, from drawings by Bossi, a Roman artist, executed by Messrs. Harding and Westall, are about in numbers.

to appear

A new

musical instrument, called Organon Pan-harmonicon, has been invented by a Mr. Friderici, organ-builder of Vienna, who is said to have spent several years and a large sum of money in its construction. According to his statement, it is composed of more than 450 instruments; namely, 253 flutes of various tones, 92 violins, 27 flauti traversi, 27 flauti picoli, 24 fagotti, 27 clarionets and oboes. The last three, which are most naturally imitated, are said, however, to be heard above all the rest. The crescendo and decrescendo are exquisitely managed. The inventor does not

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design of checking the destructive practice of duelling. A portion of the profits is to be applied to the purchase of a press and type for printing such cheap tracts as are best calculated to abate a vice which annually occasions thousands of actual or intended murders. The author is also exerting himself for the formation of a society, the objects of which shall be: 1st. To promote a more general opinion, that duelling originated in a false idea of true honour, and should be discontinued in this enlightened age.2d. To promote the establishment of one or more courts, for the redress of injured feelings in such cases as are not within the spirit of existing laws.-3d. To obtain the enactment of new legislative measures, for the abolition of a practice which was despised by the bravest of mankind, including Turenne, Raleigh, Cæsar, and Napoleon. We sincerely. wish that Mr. Hamilton's benevolent endeavours may experience all the success which they deserve.

Poetry.

Written during a severe Thunder-Storm.
By J. M. LACEY.

HARK! what an awful burst! it rolls afar
Inimitably grand! Man's art in vain
May try to give, in life-destroying war,
Some faint resemblance. Mercy! there
again

It peals tremendously, and seems to shake
The vast foundations of the solid earth.
Such sounds should bid the bravest bosom

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NATURE AND ART.

Nature and Art at variance were,
Which shewed most favours to the fair.
First Art began to urge her pleas
For preference, in words like these:
"The unfinish'd pieces from thy hand
Around my toilet daily stand.
Beauty and bloom by thee denied,
Are by my friendly aid supplied,
I with nice skill the tints dispose
Of the pale lily and the rose.
With silken brace and plastic stay,
1 shapely symmetry display;
And various other graces deal,

Which the most finish'd belles reveal."
"Thy works, though specious they appear,"
Nature replied, "but specious are.

Grant to give beauty thou hast power,
'Tis but the beauty of an hour.
Grant with thy rouge the cheeks may glow,
This hue canst thou bid ebb and flow?
Call the bright blush now here, now there,
As soft confusion warms the fair?
In vain thy vaunted powers supply
The air genteel, the sparkling eye.
The strife unequal to make short,
Let models too our pleas support.
The matchless Anna shall be mine:
Now, boaster, tell me who is thine?"

TO SLEEP.

OXONIENSIS.

O Sleep! if thy soft dreams can charm to

rest,

Come, gentle Sleep, in visions make me blest:

THE ROSE TO THE ZEPHYR.
Inconstant Zephyr, whither toying?
You, with every flower that blows,
Longing, hasten to be joying,

And forsake your faithful Rose.
Ihor court the summer breeze,
Nor kiss the gale that fans the trees:
Yet for any new-blown flower,
You forsake my odorous bower.

Here, O Zephyr, breathe thy sighs;
In my fragrant leaves repose;
And, till life within me dies,
I will be your faithful Rose.

FELICITE.

FORGET ME NOT.
Emma, when I am far away,

Far from thy happy woodland cot,
Let not thy love to others stray;

Fair Emma, then forget me not!

Forget me not! 'tis thy lov'd form

Which chains me to this earthly spot,
Mid Fortune's smiles, or Life's rough storm:
Then, dearest maid, forget me not!

When Spring with early blossoms crown'd
Visits thy vine-encircled cot,
And sheds her sweetest smiles around,
Then, Emma fair, forget me not!
When Summer's sun all fervent glows,
And Sol his brightest ray has shot,
And lovely looks the blushing rose,
Then, then, my love, forget me not!
When Autumn, mild and pleasing maid,
In russet garb shall seek thy cot,

Through worlds mysterious, borne on fairy And deck with varying tints the glade,

wings,

Darkness is light, another Eden springs.
Then Poverty lifts up her weaken'd head,.
And Sickness sees fresh roses deck the bed.
The slave unfetter'd starts from dumb de-

spair,

Then, Emma fair, forget me not!
When Winter from his frozen bow

Shoots icy arrows o'er thy cot,
Thy bosom, spotless as his snow,
Shall sigh to me-forget me not!

Bursts through his iron cell, and breathes If, mid the battle's rage, fair maid,

the balmy air.

In each calm'd bosom, lull'd by Sleep's deep
spell,

Soft scenes arise where Fancy loves to dwell.
Angels of peace! ah! watch their slumber-

ing woes,

And guard the Sabbath of their dear repose!
J. F.

I fall on War's impurpled spot,
And sleep in Death's oblivious shade,
Then, Emma fair, forget me not!
Forget me not! but o'er that sod

Plant flowers, to mark the hapless spot;
There lift thy heaven-blue eyes to God,
With prayers that he forget me not!

M.:

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EMBELLISHMENTS.

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1. VIEW OF HAMPTON-HOUSE, THE RESIDENCE of the late Mrs. GARRICK 63 RICHINGS LODGE, THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HON. JOHN SULIVAN 65 3. LADIES' MORNING DRESS

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GAELIC RELICS. No. XIV.-Allan the
Lion, Leader of Clan na Geallana and
Chieftain of Dowart (concluded) : . 68
Cousin Mary. (From " Our Village,
Sketches of Rural Character and Sce-
nery," by Miss MITFORD)

The Noviciate (continued)

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MUSICAL REVIEW.

WATSON'S Overture, Songs, &c. in "Pride shall have a Fall"

"Ah! why display those

LONDON FASHIONS. Ladies' Morning

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EAVESTAFF'S "La Solitude"

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charms, fair maid"

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LILLYCROP'S "Faint and wearily"

ib.

Vocal Anthology, or the Flowers of
Song. Part XI.

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FASHIONS.

Dress
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A Defence of Widows. By J. M LACEY 83

The Confessions of a Rambler. No. X. 86 French Female Fashions
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FINE ARTS.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC

89

Mr. LOWRY

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INTELLIGENCE,

Was it a Ghost?

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124 ib.

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To whom Communications (post-paid) are requested to be addressed.

Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand.

TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

Publishers, Authors, Artists, and Musical Composers, are requested to transmit on or before the 15th of the month, Announcements of Works which they may have on hand, and we shall cheerfully insert them, as we have hitherto done, free of expense. New Musical Publications also, if a copy be addressed to the Publisher, shall be duly noticed in our Review; and Extructs from new Books, of a moderate length and of an interesting nature, suitable for our Selections, will be acceptable.

Witless Wildfire's Ode on the Death of Lord Byron-Verses, on the same subject-The Emancipation of Greece-The Three Pilgrims-A Song (from Liverpool)-Lines to R. C. are inadmissible.

We are of opinion, that no benefit could arise from the discussion of the subject of Detector's communication.

If J. J. S. can furnish us with such a Memoir as he alludes to, or materials for one, we have no doubt that it would gratify many of our readers.

The Second Number of Village Sketches near Paris has been received, and shall appear in our next Number. The curious narrative in illustration of a popular superstition of Germany, shall also have a place in our next.

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