120 MONTHLY 11EVIEW OF LITERATURE. 



dices still exist, and with more rancour than formerly. Where there was no 

 possibility of intrusion, there was no jealousy : here the bitterness is aug- 

 mented by the knowledge, on the part of the nobility, that they have no 

 longer honours to dispense. 



The paths to distinction, lying, as they now do, comparatively open, the 

 aristocracy finds itself in all respects but a very inconsiderable portion of the 

 community, and seeks, accordingly, to compound for respect by exclusive- 

 ness ; forgetting, or overlooking the fact, that they are the excluded. 



" They left not honour but of that were left." 



The Novel of Otterbourne is excellently well written; and, maugre a 

 somewhat too prodigal brandishing of blades and breakage of heads, inte- 

 resting enough. It will repay the expence of time undergone at midnight by 

 the parlour-boarder, " including coals and candles." 



SERMONS. BY THE REV. HENRY STEBBING, M. A. &c. ALTERNATE 

 MORNING PREACHER AT ST. JAMES'S CHAPEL, HAMPSTEAD ROAD. 



THE high literary reputation of the Author of these Sermons, is already 

 known to the public, through his admirable " History of the Crusades/' and 

 his no less excellent and interesting " Lives of the Italian Poets." In his 

 professional capacity, he has produced an equally favourable impression of 

 his abilities, as a popular and most/ useful Minister of the Gospel ; and he 

 now appears, we are bound to add, to no less advantage in a more enlarged 

 sphere of utility, by giving to the world the results of his more serious 

 hours and Christian meditations. The volume presents a series of dis- 

 courses, which, whether considered in a doctrinal, or a moral and practical 

 view, cannot be read by any one without benefit, and without feelings im- 

 proved and ennobled by the high and pure truths which he so powerfully 

 advocates. They are at once clear and forcible ; adapted to every class of 

 society ; and, both in style and substance, excellently fitted for private read-^ 

 ing, and the bosom of domestic life. In this point of view, both from the 

 size and cheapness of the volume, these Sermons will, we trust, fully accom- 

 plish the benevolent intentions of the Author, by diffusing moral light, and 

 religious truth and goodness far beyond the precincts of a single congrega- 

 tion, however respectable. 



LYRIC LEAVES. BY CORNELIUS WEBBE. LONDON : 1832. 



This is a pretty collection of short poetical pieces, chiefly songs of no 

 common order, preceded by a very modest advertisement, in which the 

 author endeavours to apologize " for certain juvenalities of taste," which he 

 imagines " are apparent in too many instances." We have with much 

 pleasure read " The Leaves " from beginning to end, and can assure our 

 readers, that either the author's judgment or candour is by no means equal 

 to his talent. 



POEMS, BY ALFRED TENNYSON. LONDON : EDWARD MOXON, 



NEW BOND STREET. 



This is a beautiful collection of small Poems, by an individual of whom we 

 have hitherto heard far too little. Even the quaintness of expression, and 

 irregularity of the versification which are observable in many parts, bear 

 upon them the impression of genius, that cannot always condescend to be 

 fettered by the trammels of art. The following, though by no means the 

 most favourable specimen that might have been selected, is better adapted to 

 the season than any other which we could have transcribed : 



