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powerful of modern poetical compositions. All may now 

 judge how far they deserve this character. Messrs. Ay- 

 toun and Martin avow that they have " spared no pains 

 to make these transcripts faithful in form as well as spir jt 

 to the originals ; " and so well have they succeeded, that 

 when turning over these Poems and Ballads, it is difficult 

 to believe we are reading, not original poems as struck 

 out by the master's mind and polished by the master's 

 hand, but copies of them in another language. We hope 

 to see English Literature enriched by many similar vo- 

 lumes from the pen of these facile and accomplished gen- 

 tlemen. 



Popular Airs of the Olden Time; a Collection of Ancient 

 Songs, Ballads, and Dance Times illustrative of the Na- 

 tional Music of England, §-c., by W. Chappell, F.S.A. 

 Part XV. (Cramer, Addison, and Beale.) 



Mr. Chappell's learned and interesting work upon our 

 National Melodies and their literary history is rapidly 

 drawing to a close. In the present Part, one of the best 

 and most rich in its illustration of some of our most 

 popular of popular songs which has yet been issued, Mr. 

 Chappell examines at considerable length the history 

 of God Save the King. Mr. Ciiappell is inclined to give 

 Henry Carey the credit of being the composer of our 

 National Anthem ; and in spite of the arguments of our 

 learned correspondent Du. Gauntlett in the present No. 

 (^ante, p. G3.), who controverts that opinion, we are dis- 

 posed to adopt Mr. Chappell's views. But be Mr. Chap- 

 pell right or wrong in his judgment upon this point, few 

 will be inclined to believe him in the wrong, who con- 

 sider the pains and ability with which he has inves- 

 tigated the history of this stirring and beautiful compo- 

 sition, and how well he has qualified himself for the task 

 by long-continued and most painstaking research into 

 the general history of our national melodies. 



A History of the City of Dublin by J. T. Gilbert. 

 Vol. II. (Dublin, M-'Glashan & Gill.) 



This Second Volume of Mr. Gilbert's amusing and care- 

 fully compiled history is distinguished by the same excel- 

 lencies as its predecessor. It introduces us not only to 

 the streets, houses, and public buildings of Dublin, but also 

 to those who have given life and interest to the different 

 localities : and in this way furnishes a social history of 

 the Irish Metropolis, which is alike pleasant to read, and 

 valuable to refer to. 



Das Geistliche Schauspiel. Geschichtliche Uebersicht 

 von Dr. Karl Hase. (Williams & Norgate.) 



This historical review of the old religious drama formed 

 the subject of some Lectures by Dr. Hase, delivered partly 

 at Jena and partlj' at Weimar, for the purpose of making 

 more generally known the results of the investigations 

 made in France, Germany, and England, into the history 

 of the drama in the Middle Ages. The work is divided 

 into six chapters, which treat of — I. The Mysteries of 

 the Middle Ages ; II. Kampspiele und Nachklange ; III. 

 and IV. The Religious Drama in Spain and in France ; 

 V. Hans Sachs and Lessing's Nathan; and VI. The 

 Church and the Theatre. 



Scotish Ballads and Songs. (Edinburgh, Stevenson.) 

 For this curious and most interesting little volume the 

 lovers of genuine ballads are indebted to a gentleman 

 who has already done much, by his various publica- 

 tions, for the literary history of the North. We have 

 here, besides a very valuable Introduction, upwards of 

 sixty ballads, selected from a very large collection: all 

 of which, it is believed, although of more or less interest, 

 at present exist only in the humble guise of broadsides or 

 chap copies. Every one of these ballads is prefaced by a 

 carefully compiled literary notice, and we are sure that 

 the Tolnrae will be welcome, not only as a needful avip- 



plement to Professor Aytoun's recently published collec- 

 tion, but for its own independent merits as a contribution 

 to the historj' of Song in Scotland. 



Carpenter's Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany. 

 Edited by Edwin Lankester, M.D., &c. (Bohn.) 



This new volume of Bohn's Scientific Library is a boon 

 to the students of botany from its cheapness and complete- 

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English Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments 

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The purchasers of this work have in these two parts, 

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 the intention of the publisher to bring the book to a 

 satisfactory conclusion. 



Cyclopadia Bibliographica. A Library Manual of Theo- 

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 Holy Scriptures, 



This new part of Mr. Darling's useful and most labori- 

 ous work extends, under the head of " Holy Scriptures," 

 from Hebrews to Revelation. 



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