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We wish we Lad space for farther extracts. It is a work which has 

 our cordial recommendation, and we would have it placed in every house 

 in the kingdom. It breathes a very pure spirit, and with this also 

 abounds in light and sparkling- sketches, which render its reading quite 

 delightful. The Author visited almost every spot mentioned in Scrip- 

 ture, and his accounts are at once interesting and affecting. 



Journal of the Heart. Second Series. 1 vol. Edited by the 

 Authoress of " Flirtation." Cochrane and Co., London. 



There is great delicacy and purity pervading this work, which is, as its 

 name purports, a Journal of the Heart, consisting of stories and poems 

 illustrative of the aifections. The greatest portion bears evident marks of 

 having proceeded from the graceful pen of Lady Charlotte Bury but 

 why so tinged with melancholy ? Pensiveness is, indeed, one of the most 

 touching attributes of woman : its appeals to our sympathies are all 

 potent ; but not the less delightful is the free smile, and the joyous carol 

 of beauty and innocence. How easy is it to colour all our passions with 

 sadness, to make the heart an abode for gentle sorrow ? and yet it is quite 

 as easy to fill it with pleasant and happy thoughts, " far too deep for 

 tears." The following stanzas are appropriate to our remarks: 



** The pageant and the splendid show 

 Delight, me not the heartless crowd 

 Is all unmeet for tender woe ; 

 I pine in grief that few can know, 

 Nor gay, nor great, nor proud. 



" I seek the sympathy of those 



Who tread life's path in quiet shade 

 A touch that speaks, a look that glows, 

 Whoe'er such sympathy bestows 

 Gives balm, that Heaven hath made. 



" The glance of admiration cast, 

 The words of common flattery spoken, 

 How vapid when life's music past ! 

 How tuneless then ! they fall at last 

 Like touch on lute that's broken. 



" Alone I can recall the joy 

 The only joy that ere was mine, 

 Feed on the bliss which did not cloy, 

 And which despair could not destroy 

 'Twas brief, but 'twas divine." 



There is a well-written psychological tale by Gait, called "The Lovers." 

 But to us the most attractive part of the book is the last. There is much 

 truth in it, some correct sentiment, and it is well written. Altogether, 

 the volume is an exceedingly pleasant and attractive one. 



The Works of WILLIAM COWPER. His Life and Letters, now first 

 completed by the introduction of his Private Correspondence. By 

 the Rev. T. J. GRIMSHAWE, M. A. Vol. III. With Illus- 

 trations. Saunders and Otley, London. 



In all respects a fitting companion for its predecessors. Beautifully and 

 chastely got up, we open it with an impression, that we shall find the 



