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and got the grant of a Fair for its support. Shrewd, just, 

 and loving are Mr. Morley's criticisms upon Ben Jonson 

 — the noblest chronicler that ever Fair could boast of ; 

 quaint and picturesque are Mr. Morley's translations from 

 the old records of " Brother Cok, the Treasurer ; " and 

 very apt are his parallels between the tricks of the pos- 

 ture-masters who exhibited in the first days of the fair, 

 and tiiose who figured in the crazy booths when its glories 

 were departing. The book is indeed thoroughly genial, 

 and worthy of the subject; and with this summary of its 

 merits we' must draw to a close our notice of a volume 

 which is beautifully got up, and contains in it so much 

 that is calculated to amuse readers of all classes. 



Surnames seem to be exciting ag much interest on the 

 other side of the Atlantic as on this. Mr. N. J. Bowditch, 

 a learned and witty barrister of the United States, has just 

 published a volume upon the subject, entitled Suffolk Sur- 

 names — Suffolk meaning Boston and its immediate neigh- 

 bourhood — and dedicates it to the memory of the father of 

 American Conveyancing, " A. S/iurt," whose name is, as 

 he says, associated with his daily toilet and his daily oc- 

 cupation. In six-and-thirty chapters does the author re- 

 cord, with a considerable spice of humour, the result of 

 his re'searches into the history of all the surnames which 

 have come under his notice — their origin and connection. 

 " What's in a name ? " says the Poet ; and his inquir_v may 

 find an echo in the breast of the plain matter-of-fact man 

 of business. The author of the Avork before us, which he 

 says might have been entitled Directories Digested, or the 

 Romance of the Registry, thus shows the importance of a 

 name. Fortunes are amassed and dissipated ; d3'nastie3 

 rise and pass away ; but one's name (slightly changed it 

 may be by time) is yet safely transmitted from father to 

 son — an inheritance of to-day from a remote and other- 

 wise unknown ancestry. Without seeking to place Mr. 

 Bowditch higher than Lower, we may safely recommend 

 his book to all interested in the subject of Surnames. 



After these notices for our older readers, let us devote a 

 f^vf lines to a book calculated to amuse our younger 

 friends. Chymical, Natural, and Physical Magic, intended 

 for the Inst/'uction and HJntertainment of Juveniles during 

 the Holiday Vacation, by G. W. S. Piesse, may be recom- 

 mended, not only as a source of much innocent amuse- 

 ment, but as calculated to interest many young minds in 

 tlie study of the principles of science upon which the 

 majority of the tricks and delusions are founded. 



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 tive his contributions have been, will think we did good 

 service to Literature in calling them forth ; and will learn 

 from them what they have lost, in common with ourselves, 

 by the death of this accomplished scholar. 



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