MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 



Narrative of a Residence in South Africa. By THOMAS PRINGLE. 

 A new Edition ; with a Biographical Sketch of the Author, 

 by JOSIAH CONDER. Edward Moxon, London. 



We cannot but regret that Mr. Conder has given so bare a sketch 

 of Pringle's life, inasmuch as his life was one which will well bear 

 examination, and as his career was more than usually varied and sin- 

 gular. A more amiable man than the Author of the work before us 

 never lived, nor one who deserved better of society. His struggles were 

 the struggles of a generous and enlightened mind, and his treatment at 

 the Cape must ever reflect discredit upon our Colonial government. 



The work itself has been already favourably received by the public, 

 and not undeservedly. It abounds with information and sound views, 

 and, as a picture of South Africa, is full of graphic details and curious 

 and characteristic sketches. It is, perhaps, as interesting a volume as 

 any in our language, having the charm of personal adventure with the 

 various denizens of the forests, from the predatory Bushman, to the 

 Elephant, mingled with domestic details, and the struggles and privations 

 of new settlers in a remote and not very easily accessible district. The 

 accounts given of the Dutch boors, the Kaffres, and the Hottentots, are 

 marked by temper and discrimination, and are at the present moment 

 highly interesting and valuable. The work is without the poetry 

 which accompanied it in the first edition : this arrangement is, we think, 

 judicious, as the poems will in themselves form a very charming volume. 



The National Church Vindicated, &c. &c. 

 Parbury, Allen and Co., London. 



A work by a strenuous supporter of our Church Establishments, and 

 containing a searching analysis of the Glasgow petition to Earl Grey. 

 Its tone is a little warm, but not more so perhaps than the subject will 

 bear. It is worthy a very careful perusal, as we think the minds of men 

 are likely to be led too far, if wholesome checks and preventives are not 

 placed in their way, on the important question of the permanence of our 

 national Church. 



Modern Antiquity, and other Poems. By the late Rev. C. C. 

 COLTON, Author of " Lacon." King, London. 



Mr. Sherwill, whether led away by reverence for Colton's genius, or 

 by personal friendship, has widely mistaken the value of these poems. 

 They will certainly not add to the reputation of the Author of " Lacon." 

 We are glad to find from some preliminary observations, that Colton 

 did not die in that abject poverty which the world has been led to 

 believe. Every thing indeed about this erring "son of clay," to whom 

 we may apply an observation of Rousseau's " nous avons chercher le 

 plaisir et le bonheur, a fin loin de nous," possesses a degree of painful 

 interest, and this will no doubt make this work be sought after. 



