88 MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 



The Holy Bible ; containing the Old and New Testaments. 

 Revised from Corrected Texts of the Original Tongues, &c. 

 With Critical and Explanatory Notes. By B. BOOTHROYD, 

 D.D. Part I. James Duncan, London. 



The commencement of a valuable edition of the Scriptures. Dr. Booth- 

 royd's critical abilities are well known, and cannot fail to procure his 

 labours attention. The notes are numerous and important, clearing up 

 all obscurity in the text, and are written plainly and simply. It is beauti- 

 fully printed. 



Fortitude. By MRS. HOFLAND. A. K. Newman and Co., 



London. 



It would be a matter of supererogation at the present day to criticise 

 the Authoress of this work. She has long had a niche in almost every 

 family where reading is cultivated. " Fortitude" is a story of domestic 

 trials firmly borne, and ultimately triumphed over: the character of the 

 aged domestic is very touching; and the benevolence of Dr. Mead 

 characteristically displayed. The book is very beautifully got up, and 

 will make a pretty and desirable present to deserving young people. 



A Critical Dictionary of the English Language. By JAMES 

 KNOWLES. Part VI. De Porquet and Cooper, London. 



Mr. Knowles's very important undertaking is now in an advanced state, 

 and its execution fully bears out the encomiums bestowed on its design. 

 It is the most complete dictionary of our language extant ; and, being 

 published at a moderate and well-deserved price, no library should be 

 without it. 



Journal. By FRANCES ANNE BUTLER. John Murray. 



*' With all its imperfections on its head/' this work has disappointed 

 us of OUT pounce. We had not read a single critique on it, but had heard 

 strangely contradictory reports, we thought from credible authorities : 

 first, that " it was published here because no book which did not abuse 

 the Americans would sell in England;" secondly, that ere its long 

 announced appearance, quotations from it had graced the papers, in 

 which the late Miss Kemble had dubbed some members of the Covent 

 Garden company '* limping/' " wooden," &c. &c., and protested that she 

 "loathed a newspaper-scribbler as she did a bug;" finally, that some 

 great man had lauded her book as " sublime." We were " wroth to a 

 degree," and, ere the volumes reached us, had concocted sundry ad- 

 mirable severities, which we are " laith to lose ; " but as some of this 

 lady's censors prove more mendacious even than her parasites, we sup- 

 press the comments that they, not she, extorted from us. We are the 

 more resolved to deal fairly, and even mildly, by Mrs. Butler, as we 

 feel that it would cost us no effort to be rather just than merciful. 

 The work, associated with such names, is sure of a rapid and ex- 

 tensive sale. Its authoress is now independent of her country, family, 

 and genius. A journal, as showing us the writer's real self, chal- 

 lenges graver comments than those elicited by fictitious characters. 



