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guide, and simplicity for her model. Need the reader, therefore, 

 wonder that she has written verses like the following? She is ad- 

 dressing " A departed Spirit" that fair spirit, we believe, which 

 was a " light from Heaven" to BYBON the " Mary" of his fondest 

 dreams : 



" Lov'd one ! round thy sainted shrine 



Wreaths of many colour'd hues, 

 Blossoms of the tuneful Nine, 



Bath'd in love's regretful dews, 

 Sad I fling from the dark bier 



I summon thee a sister muse, 

 Waking each slumbering thought divine 

 Sweet spirit hear I 



" From that voice of dulcet tone 



Linked numbers never fell, 

 Yet, around each note was thrown 



Taste and feeling's vital spell ! 

 Thee the God of sacred fire 



Never woo'd by stream or dell, 

 'Twas thy death-struck heart alone 

 Echo'd his lyre. 



BROTHER TRAGEDIANS. SAUNDJBRS AND OTLEY. 



Miss Hill has certainly done more to place the character of an ac- 

 tor in an amiable and pleasing light than any author we know of. 

 She has done much for (( the profession " and they ought to be duly 

 sensible 6f the obligation. She has blended together morality and 

 romance in a very charming manner ; and, like the author of " Rook- 

 wood" who evidently has a design upon the aspiring spirits of the day, 

 Fn pointing out to them the glories of high-toby ism she ennobles 

 the art she evidently admires, and paints it with such a captivating 

 colouring that one is eager to leave the dull realities, and don the 

 sock and buskin incontinently. It would be superfluous now to enter 

 into a detailed account of the points of merit, which are scattered so 

 abundantly throughout the work in this we have been anticipated 

 by many of our contemporaries ; but, as a duty to Miss Hill, it is but 

 just to say that we have rarely perused a work with more satisfaction 

 than " Brother Tragedians," or one that we can more conscientiously 

 recommend for the amusement of our readers. 



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MY DAUGHTER'S BOOK. LONDON : BALDWIN AND CRADOCK. 



This truly elegant manual of feminine erudition and accomplishment 

 has been already greeted with the almost unanimous approbation of 

 our critical brethren ; and we can safely affirm few books of the kind 

 have been better entitled to so extended a celebrity. My Daughter's 

 Book is the production of the Author of the Young Gentleman's Book; 

 together they form an Encyclopaedia of Elementary Knowledge, that 

 in every well-educated family must facilitate the attainment of general 

 information, and be alike acceptable to the teachers and the taught. 



