1232.] List of New Works. 597 



particularly its influence pn the arts and sciences, and on the moral and religious 

 character of man. 



The shorter poems should have bejen more carefully selected ; and are, upon the 

 whole, rather unfavourable to the author's claim to originality. The " Village 

 Queen," however, is truly and touchingly beautiful ; the " Last Letter" is in the 

 best manner of Haynes Bailey ; and, "Days Gone By" remind us of the wayward 

 and versatile muse of Alaric Watts. The " Lyre" appeal's to be an express imita- 

 tion of Mrs. Hemans, but that finely gifted woman has rarely produced a more 

 delightful morceau. 



IV. 



'Ere yet the shadowy woods 

 Waved their green banners 'to the breath of morn ; 



Ere yet the solitudes 



Echoed the voice of thunders I was born ! 

 v. 



My voice was known and heard, . 

 When paradise grew glorious with the light 



Of Angels ! and the word 

 Spake midst the stars of first created night ! 



VI. 



My view was felt when first 

 The gathering murmur of the deluge woke ! 



When, like creation's burst, 

 Proud forests fell and giant mountains broke? 



VII. 



Mine was the breath that drew 

 The patriot forth, to guard his native shore; 



When lovers wildly flew 

 And cities tumbled to the cannon'^ roar ! 



VIII. 



Upon my wings the prayer 

 Of countless millions sought the Saviour's throne: 



My power is everywhere 

 In every heart in every language known ! 



IX. 



Still ask'st thou what am I ? 

 Go, ask the Bard, whose visions I inspire, 

 And, oh ! he will reply, 

 The lyre the lyre the soul exalting lyre. 



page 85 7. 



WORKS IN THE PRESS AND NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



WORKS IN THP Bibliotheca Scoto-Celtica ; or, an Ac- 

 count of all the Books which have been 



A second Volume of Dr. Sumner's printed in the Gaelic language. By John 



(Bishop of Chester) Expositions of the Reid, of Glasgow. 



Gospels. A New Edition of Rejected Addresses, 



A Course of Lectures on the Coinage of with Portraits of the Authors, after Har- 



the Greeks and Romans, delivered in the low, whose works are imitated. 



University of Oxford. By E. Card- The March of Humbug. A humorous 



well, D. D. Poem. 



An Attempt to render the Chief Events The Democrat. A Tale, 



of the Life of our Saviour intelligible and Travels of an Irish Gentleman in search 



profitable to Young Children. of Religion, with Notes. By the Editor 



A second series of Scenes in Our Parish of Capt. Rock's Memoirs. 



is nearly ready. Lives of Missionaries. By John Came, 



Mr. Auldjo, the Author of the " Ascent Esq. 



of Mont Blanc," announces, Sketches of The Rural Rector ; or, Sketches of 



Vesuvius, with Short Accounts of its prin- Manners, Learning, and Religion, in a 



cipal eruptions. Country Parish, 3 vols. 12mo. 



