MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND ART. 553 



The new system which Mr. Moat has introduced is founded upon 

 an "Analysis of the Circle/' which so simplifies the art that a 

 speaker can be followed in one-third less time than by any other 

 system. Those who may feel disposed to study short-hand either 

 as a profession or an amusement would save much time and labour 

 by consulting " THE NEW SHORT-HAND STANDARD." 



A HISTORY OF FRANCE. BY MRS. JAMIESON. 4TH. EDITION. 



EDWARDS. 



A fourth edition of Mrs. Jamieson's truly valuable work ! Does 

 this require comment from us ? 



CUNNINGHAM'S EDITION OF BURNS, VOL, 4. COCHRANE AND 



M< CRONE. 



This work goes on or rather goes off with all the speed that 

 editor, publisher, or well-wishers could desire. Burns seems now to 

 be living a new life. His name is in every-one's mouth, and he who 

 does riot possess a copy of this edition finds himself in society as erst 

 w.ere those who perused not the ff last new novel by the author of 

 Waverley." Mr. Cunningham in addition to the immense stores of 

 explanatory matter he brings forward to illustrate the text, displays a 

 generous enthusiasm in the undertaking which will doubtless endear 

 his already high name among a class whose good or evil report has 

 much weight the peasantry of his native land. Among those em- 

 phatically termed f the reading public" he is already sufficiently 

 celebrated for all the purposes of immortality. 



LAYS AND LEGENDS OF VARIOUS NATIONS. BY WILLIAM J. THOMS. 

 PART 2 FRANCE. COWIE. 



In a note on " Dobeneks Version of the Fair Melusine," the editor 

 of this work says, " we have spared ourselves the trouble of trans- 

 lating this version by borrowing it ready made from Keightley's 

 Fairy Mythology." Now, we would have spared him the trouble of 

 racking his classical brains to translate any of the rest, by referring 

 him to the cheap and valuable editions of these " Legends," which 

 have, from time to time immemoria], been published by those ingeni- 

 ous and erudite friends of children, Messrs. Harris of St. Paul's 

 Church-yard and Limbird of the Strand, where he will find them 

 done into superior English at the cheap and easy rate of one half- 

 penny each with coloured plates, ad libitum. 



In sober truth, a more nonsensical compilation it has seldom been 

 our lot to meet with. Mr. Croker and Mr. Keightley in their re- 

 spective ghostly undertakings have at least brought witty and poetic 

 imaginings to aid the spells of their fairy lore but Mr. Thorns 

 seems content to usher his lays to the world's notice in retaining as 

 much of the dull garbled doggrel of the original as the most de- 

 termined stickler for literal translations could desire. 



MISCHIEF. SECOND SECTION, LONDON. MOXON. 

 A perusal of the preface to this thine?, in which there' is some ma- 

 M,M. No. 101. 4B 



