Mouthy Review of Literature, 



discorery, discovered a thousand times, 

 crows in ecstacies, as if the victoty were 

 won. The argument of the Romanist is 

 to take Mr. Garbett's exhibition of it 

 The Church of Rome cannot err, there- 

 fore she has not erred. To this the true 

 mode of replying would be to ask why 

 she cannot err? and if she cannot give a 

 satisfactory answer, to reject without cere- 

 mony her claim. But Mr. Garbett, like 

 other gabblers, we were going to say, 

 prefers a different one. His reply is (he 

 loves the Stoici conclusiuncalse") she 

 may err, because she has erred, and there- 

 upon he sets to, zealously and vigorously 

 to shew that she has thus erred erred in 

 her doctrines and discipline in her re- 

 lations at home, and her connexions abroad 

 -erred, particularly, as to Transubstan- 

 tiation, communion in one kind, in the 

 sacrifice of the mass, in that of penance, 

 in indulgences, in purgatory, in the invo- 

 cation of saints and angels, ia the adora- 

 tion of images, in being idolaters, schisma- 

 tic and heretical. 



Of all these errors he produces his 

 proofs in a series of dialogues between 

 Orthodox and Philodox. Orthodox is of 

 course Mr. Garbett himself, the champion 

 of the Church of England, and Philodox 

 is not a Catholic, but a sort of bottle- 

 holder to his fellow dialoguist, who, when 

 Orthodox has fought his round, or has 

 exhausted his powers, supplies a fillip, 

 and by a timely suggestion either of some 

 forgotten objection, or of some fresh to- 

 pic, prepares him again for the scratch. 

 Orthodox of course floors his man has 

 indeed the best of every round carries 

 it all his own way like a bull in a china- 

 shop ; and one is surprised to see the 

 fight hold out so long only that we know 

 the pugilist must have an opportunity of 

 shewing all his skill. His opponent, in- 

 deed, is but an air-drawn figure, which 

 any weapon can cut in two, though it can- 

 not prevent the coalescing again. 



But seriously, the volume contains no- 

 thing new nor is any thing new to be 

 expected from another with which we are 

 indirectly threatened. The writer, in- 

 deed, recommends his book, not for its 

 novelty God wot but for conveniently 

 bringing together what is elsewhere too 

 much scattered to be readily accessible to 

 every reader; but we believe, without 

 trouble, we might name eight or ten vo- 

 lumes, each of which embraces every 

 point of the whole controversy. The ge- 

 neral tone however of the composition is 

 rather moderate than otherwise, and that 

 is some merit the writer merely loses 

 his temper j and when he does, he rents 

 his indignation, and covers his vitupera- 

 tions in the vigorous language of scrip- 

 ture, without trusting the promptings of 

 his own spirit. The matter occasionally 



[Nov. 



is put smartly and logically enough, but 

 as dialogues, never were any more dream- 

 ing never was any thing a greater mis- 

 nomer. 



Heraldic Notices of Canterbury Cathe- 

 dral, with Genealogical and Topographi- 

 cal Notes, by Thomas Willement; 1827. 

 Mr. Willement, who designates himself 

 " heraldic artist to His Majesty," is, we 

 believe, favourably known by his " Ar- 

 morial Insignia of the Kings and Queens 

 of England from Coeval Authorities." 

 Judging from the present performance, he 

 is not a mere man of shields and symbols, 

 but plainly regarding them with the eye 

 of a rational antiquary as matters sub- 

 sidiary to historical accuracy. In search 

 of original authorities to illustrate family 

 genealogy, he has visited the Cathedral 

 of Canterbury, which he finds rich in 

 these matters beyond all comparison, af- 

 fording cotemporary evidence of the arms 

 of almost every family of every rank in 

 the kingdom, entitled to use them in the 

 14th and 15th centuries. 



This superb edifice, to the credit of the 

 Dean and Chapter, has for some years 

 been repairing, or rather restoring of 

 which Mr. Willement, in his performance, 

 deservedly speaks in high terms of pane- 

 gyric. " The heraldic embellishments," 

 he says, " have been carefully attended 

 to, in the admirable restoration of this 

 magnificent cathedral, which has so rapid- 

 ly advanced under the superior taste and 

 intelligence of the present dean (the pre- 

 sent Bishop of Carlisle) j an undertaking 

 not merely confined to the careful removal 

 of those dis-figuring coats of colour, which 

 had for years accumulated on its beautiful 

 enrichments, but embracing substantial 

 and scientific repair, in the most impor- 

 tant and difficult points. Some of the 

 shields on the bosses of the nave were 

 found totally defaced. On these have 

 been sculptured armorial bearings apper- 

 taining to the present dignitaries of the 

 church of one of which, Lord Nelson's 

 (a prebendary of Canterbury), in another 

 place, he adds, with great propriety 

 the contrast between the elaborate intri- 

 cacy of this modern coat, and the simpli- 

 city of the earlier ones that surround it, 

 is particularly striking, and says but lit- 

 tle for the heraldic taste of these later 

 times. 



Nearly, if not quite, 1,100 shields are 

 " blazoned," we believe the phrase is 

 described that is in this volume some 

 few of which are cut in wood, and four 

 vases are very tastefully and effectively 

 engraved on copper. Among the notes 

 subjoined to the blazoning, occur matters 

 of no inconsiderable curiosity particu- 

 larly on the origin of the Prince of Wales's 

 feathers. The common story is, as every 



