CRITICAL NOTICES. 



"This mimber opens with a verj- frood paper on the ' Moral Power of the Press,* 

 wliich we liavc perused with much pleasure. The author does but justice to the 

 Society of Friends, who were certainly amongf tlie first, as well as the most strenuous 

 supporters of tliis power, and of civil and relif^ious liberty, in Europe. * * * The 

 best papers in this number are the criticisms on art, which are certainly deserving 

 of the hiffhest praise. The notices all appear to be from the same pen, and are 

 executed in a style which would do credit to any work." — Sun. 



*' The Analyst has reached its sixtli number with undiminished zeal on the part 

 of the Editor, and increased talent in the contributed articles. This number opens 

 with an able essay on the Power of the Press, which dwells with much eloquence 

 and cojj^ency on the benefits. which have resulted to En<]^land from the liberty of the 

 Press, notwithstanding: that its cnerj^ies are sometimes misapplied. The claims of 

 tlie Analyst to public support are vindicated with that earnestness which shews how 

 much the venerable writer of the article has at heart whatever is calculated to 

 })romote a taste for the arts, sciences, and literature, and consequently of virtue. To 

 tliese feelings our own respond — most sincerely do we wish, more for our own 

 sakes, and of the pubHc, than for that of the Editor, although his interests are not 

 indifferent to us, that a provincial work which has liitherto been carried on with an 

 ability that has challenged marked approbation from the Metropolitan Press, and 

 whose abstinence from all Political, Religious, and irritating subjects, is not its least 

 merit, may obtain the support it so amply deserves. The translation of De Lamar- 

 tine's Ode to Napoleon would adorn the pages of the proudest periodical — it is a 

 faithful transcript of the original— of its pathos, its sentiment, its energy, its pure 

 and harmonious. diction. We say sincerely, we scarcely remember to have read a 

 more perfect version. — We doubt not, it will find its way into every public print of 

 the country, and be read with melancholy pleasure, for the subject of the poem is 

 one calculated to excite our deepest sympathies. — "The Lover of Beauty" is a story 

 effeclivelv and l)eautifully told. The introductory observations on the state of the 

 Fine Art's in Paris are eloquent and pathetic, and the description of the pictures so 

 graj)hic as almost to supersede the necessity of seeing the paintings themselves, to 

 form an adequate conception of them. Without exaggeration this Periodical may 

 rank among the best in the country." — Worcester Journal. 



" This useftil and entertaining Periodical proceeds from the Worcester Press, to 

 which it is highly creditable. London is a sponge, monstrous and insatiable, which 

 impoverishes the Provinces by suction, even the purest streams of literature and 

 science are drawn insensibly within the power of this metropolitan attraction. We 

 were therefore much delighted at meetinjr in " Tlie Analyst" a champion possessed 

 of courage to assert the capacity of our Midlandcrs in disseminathig the elements of 

 all-powerful knowledge ; and, while rejoicing to find the Editor's energetic devotion 

 thus most successfully exercised, we offer him our hearty congratulations and our 

 fervent wishes that his zeal and disinterestedness may prove increasingly efficient in 

 the cause of moral and intellectual improvement ; and, at the same time, secure to 

 himself the tranquil satisfaction which is ever gratifying to a generous spirit. No. 5 

 has just reached us. It excels its predecessors, which were admirable, and equals 

 the best of its competitors. We rest this verdict on the merits of the work itself. 

 Here, then, is a rich and copious entertainment for all tastes j let it be tried, and its 

 excellence will be admitted." — Derby Mercury. 



" It is no ordinary satisfaction to us to find that in our endeavours to do justice to 

 tlie sterling merits of this clever aAd interesting periodical, we have at length 

 succeeded in reasoning the Sim into a more just appreciation of its critical papers on 

 Arts and Literature, than our; London Contemporary seemed disposed to entertain. 

 The opening article ' Oii tl:e Moral Power of tlie Press' is extremely well written. 

 The Essay ' On the Mii=,^eltoe,' by Dr. Davies, is replete not only with botanical 

 lore, but with historical and scholastic research ; and the whole number such as to 

 justify the praise of i\ie Sun, 'in ranking it amongst the most improving of the 

 Monthly Publications.' " — Cheltenham Journal. 



" We do not recollect seeing such a respectable List of Subscribers to any modern 

 publication as is attached to the one now before us, comprising not only many of the 

 Nobility who patronise it, but the Gentry, of whom are a few whose names, in the 

 Republic of Letters, take rank also as Honourable and Right Honourable. The 

 number for January completes the 1st. Vol. of ' The Analyst,' and contains a useful 

 Index. We conclude this Notice, by recommending those who have not yet purchased 

 tlieir New-year's or Birth-day Presents, to procure for their friends the 1st. volume 

 of ' The Analyst.' We decidedly prefer it to some of the Annuals, which are splen- 

 did and elegant, but evanescent as the rich flowers of spring ; whilst ' The Analyst' 

 is as an evergreen, on the leaven of which we may, at all seasons, gaze with delight. 

 To drop all metaphor, ' The Analyst' contains much of what its readers may peruse, 

 refer to, and re-peruse with lasting advantage." — Hereford Times. 



