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and sleepy-eyed, sits at the door of the shambles, and offers a perfect portraiture of 

 vulgar content : form and feature are heavy atid uncouth ; the grace, the fire and 

 symmetry, of " High Life" are not to be looked for in this comatose representative 

 of the canine " canaille/^ all is dull and drowsy — good-humoured albeit — and 

 indicates the triumph of the grosser substance over the immaterial, as thoroughly as 

 the fat-fleshed and rubicund visage of the gorging citizen, whose very dreams are of 

 " turtle," " green fat," turbot and venison, contrasts with the calm, pale, thin and 

 intellectual countenance of the man of genius and thought. Landseer was exceed- 

 ingly happy in the paintings, they were gems of singular beauty, marked with the 

 excellencies of that unsurpassable artist, and it is no small eulogium upon the 

 lithographs to say that they are worthy of the pictures. Mr. Lane has wrought them 

 up with spirit and fidelity ; nothing has evaporated beneath his touch, and we view 

 with much pleasure these valuable additions to our lithographic collection. 



« Studies from Nature." By J. Inskipp. Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff. Charles 

 Tilt, Fleet Street. Plates 3 and 4. 



These beautiful studies lose no portion of their interest and value ; the present 

 plates, are two charming heads impressed witli a vivid and delightful character of 

 nature. No. 3, is a very lovely girl, seen in profile, caressing a greyhound; her 

 hair is disposed in long fair locks, and an expression of gentle feeling is spread over 

 her features. The 4th is a little village maid of tender years, with an aspect of 

 much sweet interest and artlessness, and touched with an air which redeems the 

 head entirely from the rusticity of ordinary peasant nature : in this it reminds us of 

 Gainsborough's exquisite sketches. The engravings are fully equal to their prede- 

 cessors. 



•* Trtsor de Numismatique et de Glyptique, ou Recueil general de Medailles, 

 Monnaies, pierres gravies, bas reliefs, etc. ; iant anciena que modernes, les plus 

 intcressans sous le rapport de Vart et de Vhistoire" 8{c^ Sfc Paris, Rue de Co- 

 lombier, 30, pres de la rue des Petits Augustins. 



We are truly gratified to perceive that this magnificent and invaluable work is 

 progressing most triumphantly ; the last number, (22,) is a brilliant production ; 

 the principal specimens are irom medals, and include some of unrivalled interest and 

 beauty ; among these is a superb head of the Cardinal Richelieu, which, detached 

 from the others, would of itself be cheap at the cost of the whole number. 



" The Botanic Garden, or Magazine of Hardy Flower Plants cultivated in 

 Great Britain " by B. Maund, F. L. S. London, Simpkin & Marshall, &c. &c. 

 (Bordered Edition.) No. 118. 



This is an excellent number, and, as usual, most attractive. The " Thermopsis 

 Fabacea," or Faba-like Thermopsis, with bright gold-coloured blossoms, is followed 

 by the " Lythrum Diffusum" or Diffuse Lythrum, of crimson hue : the " Iris 

 Sambucina," or Elder-scented Iris, is an unequalled little specimen of colour, and, 

 certainly, the most important in the number ; the union of purple and gold and 

 amethyst, and the charming tenderness of tint upon the unclosed petals, present an 

 assemblage of singular loveliness. That the Iris, at one period, enjoyed the peculiar 

 attentions of the fair, we cannot question, when we find that the green roots were 

 recommended to be infiised in rose-water to make a cosmetic, '* mainly good against 

 all sorts of scars, marks, freckles, and sun-burned complexions :" there can be little 

 doubt that the Beauties of Hampton cultured the flower with most especial tender- 

 ness. The " Libertia Formosa^* or Beautiful Libertia, with its sharp, sea-green 

 leaves, and delicate silver flowers, concludes the number. Some shrewd hints on 

 the subject of supporting plants by means of props, are given in the remarks on the 

 Lythrum. 



One of the most splendid productions of lithography which have issued from the 

 press, we reserve for detailed jcommentary in our next : we allude to " Lear's Illus- 

 trations of the Parrot Tribe." 



