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Fine Arts' Publications. 



[JAN. 



knowledge, and discrimination in the 

 choice of subject, that has characterized 

 the work from its commencement ; and 

 to artists and lovers of art, they will 

 prove, no doubt, at least as interesting 

 as any of the preceding illustrations. 

 The Shaksperian student, however, in 

 addition to the comparative want of at- 

 traction in the general character of 

 these plavs, and in many of the points 

 selected for embellishment, will find the 

 same deficiencies in all. The fault of 

 them is, that they are not Shaksperian ; 

 nor does it seem possible to convey any 

 thing resembling the spirit of Shakspeare 

 in any set of outlines however excellent 

 in execution. Mr. Howard might as 

 well hope to paint the rainbow with a 

 single colour, or to afford an idea of the 

 beauties of a country by exhibiting a 

 map of it. We admit that several of the 

 designs are spirited and tasteful, and 

 have little doubt that there is a consider- 

 able number of persons to whom they 

 will prove acceptable and interesting. 

 Our own sense, however, of the wonders 

 of the great poet of human nature leads 

 us to regard most of the illustrations of 

 his works that we have seen, as common- 

 place and contemptible. It is surpris- 

 ing, among such a multitude of attempts, 

 how few have succeeded ; and how much 

 yet remains to be done in a field open 

 to all. 



Another number the eighth of the 

 Landscape Illustrations of Waverley, has 

 appeared; we can only describe it by 

 saying that it is ecjual to its fellows. 

 When so much care is employed in the 

 production of a uniformity of beauty, it 

 is seldom that we can point out one view 

 that surpasses the rest. Dumbarton 

 Castle, by Roberts, and Inverary Pier, 

 by Daniell the one from the Heart of 

 Mid Lothian, the other from the Le- 



gend of Montrose are the most spark - 

 ng. Thev are all from the graver of 

 E. Finden." 



Of the twentieth number of the Na-> 

 tlonal Portrait Gallery, the three engrav- 

 ings are the late Duke of Kent, the 

 present Earl of Harewood, and the late 

 Archdeacon Nares. The Duke of Kent's 

 portrait, by Scriven, from Sir William 

 Beechey's picture, is bold and charac- 

 teristic ; and that of Archdeacon Nares 

 is worthy of its pious arid excellent sub- 

 ject. 



The fourth part of this highly in- 

 teresting and beautiful work contains, 

 like its precursors, three engravings. 

 Perawa, by I. S. Cotman and W. Le 

 Petit, is an extremely brilliant and 

 sunny view of a fine picturesque old 

 fort. The Caves of Ellora, by G. Cat- 

 termole and W. Woolnoth, is, though 

 sweetly engraved, somewhat deficient 

 in effect as a view of those architectural 

 singularities. Shuhur, by W. Purser 

 and P. Heath, is a scene of extraordi- 

 nary beauty ; the castellated buildings, 

 touched with a broad bright light, the 

 clear unruffled water enveloped in deep 

 shadow the banks, and those that are 

 upon them all are beautiful, and form 

 a most delightful view, at once quiet 

 and animated, simple and luxuriant. 



We close our list with Tlie Cypress 

 Wreath for an Infant's Grave a beauti- 

 ful little volume, addressing itself prin- 

 cipally to the sympathies oi' mothers on 

 the loss of infant children. It comes in, 

 among the numerous embellished books 

 which the season has produced, like a 

 moral commentary on their pride and 

 pleasures. Perhaps the cheerful bind- 

 ing hardly prepares us for what is to fol- 

 low; or rather the piety which per- 

 vades these pages is too entirely mingled 

 with mournful feelings, and its clouds 

 and tears are not sufficiently relieved 

 by the light of hope and cheerfulness. 

 There are one or two essay? by the 

 editor, the Rev. John Bruce; and the 

 poetry consists of selections from various 

 moral and religious writers. 



WORKS IN THE PRESS AND NEW PUBLICATIONS, 



We are informed that Mr. Thomas 

 Campbell has entirely withdrawn him- 

 self from the editorship of the New 

 Monthly Magazine. 



WORKS 



THE PRESS. 



The following are in a course of 

 preparation : 



By Thomas Moore, Esq. : The Life 

 and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. 



By the Bishop of Chester : Lectures, 

 practical and expository, on the Gospels 

 of Matthew and Mark. 



Vegetable Cookery; with an intro- 



duction, recommending abstinence from 

 animal food and intoxicating liquors. 



By Col. Napier : The third volume 

 of his History of the Peninsular War. 



By the Rev. Wm. Phelps : The His- 

 tory and Antiquities of Somersetshire. 



Voyage to the Pacific and Behring's 

 Straits. 



By Wm. Godwin, Esq. : Essays on 

 the faculties and economy of the Mind. 



By Walter Crum, of Glasgow : An 

 Inquiry into the Theory of Colours, 

 with reference to the Newtonian Doc- 

 trine. 



Reflections on the causes which have 



