nard, whose merits have been discussed at learned length by the erudite German, Orientalist, Von Hemmer. We think the day of Eastern poesy is gone by, and for our own parts, have determined on cutting bulbuls, harams, sherbet, and chibouques, for at least half a century. If the rising bardship wish to interest our sympathies, they must penetrate the frozen regions of the North Pole, and treat us to the musk-bull instead of the gazelle. The Assassins of the Paradise-a queerish title by the way-is written in an equa ble measure, and may be perused with pleasure by those who rejoice in the songs of the

"Clime

Where love leads to madness, and madness to crime."

FINE ARTS.

THE last number of the LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS is scarcely equal to the preceding one, Part X., and yet it contains more than one superb engraving. There is a melancholy wildness about the scene of "Fast Castle," which adapts it well to the "Bride of Lammermoor," that most romantic and poetical of all the works of Sir Walter Scott. You seem to hear the rushing of the wind and the hollow roar of the sea. There is great delicacy about the engraving of "Bothwell Bridge," but the picture is only interesting on account of its associations. "York Minster," standing in tranquil magnificence among the hovels that appear to cower at its base, is delicious; and "Castle Rushin," intended to illustrate Peveril of the Peak, engraved with more vigour, is scarcely less pleasing.

The French seem to have naturally little perception of what in England we understand by the word humour-and perhaps we should take some little credit to ourselves, for the decided advance they have made in the way, as exhibited in a little book of caricatures, just published. + Among the best is the one which represents the head of Charles X. in the form of a cracked pitcher (cruche, which means also dolt or idiot), with the legend: "Cruche dont les Jesuites se servuient pour aller aux approvisionnemens."

Tilt, Fleet-street.

+ A Collection of twenty-four Caricatures which have appeared in Paris since the late Revolution; with an introduction and explanatory remarks annexed to each plate.Charles Tilt, Fleet Street.

SCULPTURE.

LAURENCE MACDONALD.

THE present month has added an able auxiliary to the ranks of metropolitan art, in the person of Mr. Laurence Macdonald. This gentleman is a native of Perthshire, in Scotand, and for the last three or four years has resided in Edinburgh. Early displaying the fervid impulses of genius, his friends seconded his wishes, and he departed for Rome, bearing recommendatory letters to Canova. Ere his journey was half accomplished, that imperial sculptor was no more; and he who burned to elicit from his lips the spell of life and beauty, arrived in Italy only in time to join the band of mourners over his tomb.

Notwithstanding this event, the enthusiast felt amply repaid for his pilgrimage to classic ground. Canova's spirit still breathed in many a monument of grace and loveliness; and Thorwaldsen lived, the honoured representative of kindred worth, and scarcely subordinate skill. The beneficial results of Mr. Macdonald's 30journ in the eternal city" may be gathered from his own eloquent language"I have dwelt with the fondness of a first love on all those noble creations of genius which have survived the wreck of time, the ruins of empires, to shed a lovely and melancholy light on the relics of departed greatness. I have beheld in those splendid monuments of ancient art, the Promethean fire which animated the beings of a young and glorious creation. I have endeavoured, in some measure, to kindle my spirit at the same flame; and it will be my aim and my study through life to im part to my works a portion of that divine nature which dwells in an ideal world of bliss-untorn by passion-unbroken by pain." These sentiments, which are full of the promise to be derived from an elevated perception of excellence, are extracted from a speech delivered by Mr. Macdonald at a valedictory meeting of his Edinburgh friends, in February, when Professor Wilson, the Solicitor-General, with nearly a hundred gentlemen distinguished in literature, science, and art, assembled to pay a farewell tribute to his character and talents.

shield. These severer subjects, however, seem to us more than rivalled by the attractions of the kneeling Virgin. The chastened luxuriance of nature which pervades the whole figure-the delicate swell of the shoulder, the soft repose of the reclining arm-the acknowledged presence of truth made beautiful-induce us to hope that the image of this fair embodyment will be speedily transferred to materials less fragile, and better calculated to develope the fascination of sculpture. The artist's busts are also excellent in their kind.

Mr. Macdonald, in the flower of manhood, cleaving to his art with devoted attachment already known as a meritorious follower of the great of old-has a bright career before him. Let him proceed without fear or trembling, guided and warmed by the sacred fire which ever burns in the heart of the man to whom the Arbiter of human destiny has decreed the glories of posthumous remembrance.

THE DRAMA.

THEATRICAL REFORM.

The state of the national drama is a disgrace to England. There is little either before or behind the scenes of our theatres, but incapacity and corruption. With one or two exceptions, authors of eminence shun the stage as they would a pestilence. Poetry prefers the seclusion of Paternoster Row, to a struggle with Paul Pry. Histrionic talent, unless backed by irresistible patronage, quits the capital in despair, sick of the mean impediments thrown in its way, or shelfed by the terrors of some tyrannical potentate who even in dotage cannot bear to behold a successor to his throne.

In keeping pace with the spirit of the age, every department of our literature has outstripped that which, essentially, is beyond comparison the most exalted of

all.

While France is regenerating her drama; while Germany thrills the bosoms of her children with an immortal passionsong; we are reminded that bards were erst among us, whose voices swayed the soul, by the solitary appearance, in several years, of a work in which the insolent dictation of managers and actors renders the higher attributes of the dramatic mind, as subservient to stage-tricks and trapdoors as in the potency of their caprice they may choose it to be. Thalia is defunct, and but for the author of Virginius, we should say that Melpomene's friends might issue instructions to the undertaker.

Many words have been wasted of late on this notorious grievance. The writers who deprecated it, have trifled with a crow.quill. Ours shall be borrowed from the broad pinion of the Swan of Avon. In "the whirlwind of our passion," haply we shall draw upon the keen-cutting stylus reserved for scenes of mortal controversy; with clean hands and a good cause, we may well be permitted to deal forth deadly thursts to the enemies of sound morals and refined taste.

Independence will shortly make her debut on the boards of St. Stephen's; in the anticipation of her arrival, we have concocted sundry measures which we trust will afford boundless satisfaction to our countless admirers. We shall enter more into detail when the May breezes are about to scatter the fragrance of buds and blossoms over the land. In the meantime we give notice of our intention to move for leave to bring in a bill "for opening the trade in theatricals; for classifying and disuniting the motley perform. ances at the great houses; for superannuating the licenser; and for erecting and placing under enlightened management, a theatre restricted to the legitimate drama, where Genius may unfurl its standard with effect, where Education may attend with pleasure, and Virtue with impunity." Readers, we shall look with confidence for your unanimous suffrages when we put the question.

LITERARY NEWS.

MR. Sheridan Knowles, whose animated and judicious elocution would impart an interest to any theme, intends giving a Series of Lectures in London, on the ancient and modern Drama. The author of Virginius and William Tell cannot fail to do justice to his subject. Mr. Knowles is at present in town, superintending the preparations at Drury Lane Theatre, for the production of his new play of "Alfred," in which his friend Macready is to personate the hero. Our good old Saxon Monarch will make his bow to the public at a favourable time. A comedy, by the same popular dramatist, is also ready for the boards.

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"Gebir, Count Julian, and other poems by Walter Savage Landor," are announced. Mr. Landor's prose writings, especially his Conversations," possess many of the essential attributes of poetry.

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The Mythology of Greece and Italy" is just about to appear, with etchings from the antique. The French have several elegant popular works of this sort, but in English we have as yet had nothing readable. From the industry and talents of Mr. Keightley, the author, who, besides the " Fairy Mythology," has written some striking articles in the "Foreign Quarterly Review," on the Northern Mythologies, we are inclined to predicate well of the present attempt.

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"Atherton," by the author of "Rank and Talent."

Mr. Henry D. Inglis, author of "Solitary Walks through many Lands," having just returned from a tour in Spain, is about to publish a work on that country, in two volumes, entitled," Spain in 1830."

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Philip Augustus," a Historical Romance, by the Author of Richelieu.

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