1830.] 



Fine Arts' Exhibitions. 



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of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta. It 

 is the production of the late Mr. Brown 

 (whose talents as a gem sculptor were so pre- 

 eminently acknowledged by his Britannic 

 Majesty George II I. and the Courts of France 

 and Russia), and is in the possession of his 

 daughter, Miss L. H. Brown, No. 15, Upper 

 Frederick-street, Connanght-square, where 

 alone applications for it may be made ; and 

 where, also, may be seen casts from the gems, 

 as stated to be placed in the cabinets of the 

 different courts of Europe. It is an elegant 

 bijou, and may be appropriated either in ca- 

 meo or intaglio, for brooches, and other or- 

 naments in dress; or as a portrait elegantly 

 mounted. 



FINE ARTS PUBLICATIONS. 



Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley 

 Novels. Part II, This work, if completed 

 as it has been begun, will be worth all the mis- 

 called illustrations of the Waverley novels that 

 have hitherto appeared. It is curious how, in 

 some of these latter, the artists have avoided 

 every thing like an approach to delineation 

 of character. They have made some of the 

 most mysterious mistakes in the world ; 

 never by any chance, or in any one instance, 

 happening to hit upon an expression that 

 could be considered as applicable to the text. 

 Jt is a pity that they were not published as 

 illustrations of Paradise Lost, or Don Quixote. 

 This work is introduced by a host of names 

 that, as far as names go, will ensure it suc- 

 cess. We find among them Barret, Daniel, 

 Dewint, Copley Fielding, Prout, and Stan- 

 deld the engravings being executed by the 



two Findens. Of the four views here pub- 

 lished Skiddaw and Keswick, Dunnottar 

 Castle, Loch-Ard, and the Waste of Cum- 

 berland we prefer Lock-Ard for its extreme 

 softness and delicacy ; but they are all bril- 

 liantly executed, and of a convenient size ; 

 so that these illustrations may really be 

 regarded as ornamental to a volume, instead 

 of being, as most of the others are, a pre- 

 tended decoration and a positive deformity. 

 The thirteenth and fourteenth numbers of 

 the National Portrait Gallery of Illustri- 

 ous and, Eminent Personages of the Nine- 

 tecnth Century, are before us : the one con- 

 taining portraits and biographical notices of 

 Mr. Canning, Mr. Davies Gilbert, and Lord 

 Whitworth, and the other of Sir Thomas 

 Munro, Lord Verulam, and the Bishop of 

 Norwich. We cannot but think that the 

 mode in which the living and the dead are 

 here mixed up together is objectionable, and 

 detracts in some degree from the value of the 

 work. For instance, Mr. Canning's bio- 

 graphy is complete ; but Mr. Daviss Gilbert 

 lives, " a prosperous gentleman ;" and the 

 world, if it require any, will require a com- 

 plete memoir of him at a future time. The 

 lives of the living personages that figure in 

 this illustrious and eminent gallery should 

 have been printed with blanks for the date of 

 their decease, which the purchaser might 

 have filled up as he pleased. To the por- 

 traits, however, there can be no objection ; 

 they are neatly, and in some instances beau- 

 tifully engraved ; the work is carefully and 

 elegantly got-up, and (a circumstance not to 

 be overlooked,) it is published at a price un- 

 usually moderate. 



WORKS IN THE PRESS, AND NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



WORKS IN PREPARATION. 



Nearly ready for publication, a Memoir of 

 his late Majesty George the Fourth. By the 

 Rev. G. Croly, A.M. 



The Templars, an Historical Novel, is on 

 the eve of publication. 



Early in July will be published, the first 

 volume of Sharpe's Library of the Belles 

 Lettres. 



A Brief View of the Different Editions of 

 the Scriptures of the Protestant and Roman 

 Catholic Churches. 



Prince of Killarney, a Poem. By Miss 

 Bourke. 



The Northern Tourist, or Stranger's Guide 

 to the North and North- West of Ireland. 

 By P. D. Hardy. 



Six New Lectures on Painting. By the 

 late Henry Fuseli. 



Musical Memoirs, comprising an Account 

 of the General State of Music in England, 

 from the first Commemoration of Handel, in 

 1784, to 1830, with Anecdotes, &c. By 

 W. T. Parke, Principal Oboist at Covent 

 Garden for 40 years. 



Southerman, a Novel. By Gait. In 3 vols. 



De L'Orme, a Novel. By the Author of 

 Richelieu. In 3 vols. 



The Separation, a Novel. By the Author 

 of Flirtation. In 3 vols. 



Wedded Life in the Upper Ranks, a Novel. 

 In 2 vols. 



Clarance, a Tale of Our Own Times. In 

 3 vols. 



The Life of Lord Burghley. Volume 2d. 

 By Dr. Nares. 



Visions of Solitude, a Poem. By the 

 Author of Sketches, Scenes, and Narratives. 



A New Annual for 1831, entitled The 

 Humourist. By W. H. Harrison. Illus- 

 trated by 50 Wood-engravings, from Row- 

 landson. 



Personal Memoirs, or Reminiscences of 

 Men and Manners at Home and Abroad 

 during the Last Half Century. By P. Gor- 

 don, Esq. 



Mr. Britton has announced a Dictionary 

 of the Architecture and Archaeology of the 

 Middle Ages, including the Words used by 

 Old and Modern Authors. 



Travels to the Seat of War in the East, 



