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cannot refrain from saying that her coronet well deserves to be entwined 

 with the wreath of public gratitude : indeed, her benevolent feelings, 

 like the genius of some great men, may be said to burn brightest at the 

 last." 



Our last extract is the appeal for funds, addressed to all descriptions 

 of men, for preserving this beautiful monument of antiquity from the 

 grasp of the great destroyer Time, and the cupidity of the common 

 marauder. We trust it will produce the effect so much to be desired. 



*• Malvern Church seems fated to experience every sort of spoliation. Its very- 

 porch has fallen into lay hands ; and its roof would not now have been crumbling 

 into ruins, had not the lead been stolen. Its exterior truly may be compared to 

 those cabinets of ivory one sometimes meets with in old family mansions, scratched, 

 flawed, splintered, carrying all the marks of time-worn decay. ' Albeit, however 

 unused to the sanguine mood,' we cannot quite despair that public piety and liberality 

 will preserve an edifice which is connected with so many associations of the historical 

 kind, and which calls up so many sentiments delightful to minds of pure taste and 

 religious sensibility. We trust, then, that the hope is not presumptuous, especially 

 after the example of the Illustrious Personage to whom these pages are inscribed, — 

 an example which has such various and noble claims to respect and imitation, that 

 those of the upper classes of the Laity, as well as of the Clergy, who have resorted 

 to Malvern for the renovation of their health, and not in vain — will do something — 

 ■will do a little — will do all they can to save the exterior from further dilapidation ; 

 now that our humble efforts, — may we be permitted to add without incurring the 

 risk of being taxed with the fault of egotism, — have been crowned with complete' 

 success, in repairing the interior. That this assistance is not craved before it is 

 peculiarly needed, the Extract in the Appendix,* from a Report given of the state 

 of the Church, at a general meeting of the parishioners, in 1831, will bring before 

 them evidence broad and undeniable as the face of day. At a time when there are 

 those who impiously desire to signalize themselves by pu]ling down churches, — let 

 us trust that this disgraceful fact will so rouse the holy zeal of every true lover of 

 God and man, and more especially of those who are dedicated to the service of the 

 Church, — will so animate them, that they make no delay in preserving those ancient 

 places of divine worship which are still left to us." 



Having now closed our extracts, it only remains for us to speak of the 

 lithographic engravings and the typography. The former are most 

 exquisite specimens of the art, and the view of the Abbey Church is 

 superior to any thing of the kind we have yet seen : they reflect 

 the highest credit on the artist, H. Lamb. The latter is executed with 

 remarkable neatness and much accuracy. To criticise a work of Dr. 

 Card's would be superfluous. All that is necessary for us to say on that 

 point is, that the " History of the Priory of Great Malvern" is dis- 

 tinguished by the same appropriateness and correctness, the same vigour 

 and elegance, which mark the former works of this distinguished author. 

 The blemishes are so slight that it would be pedantic to advert to lhem» 



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Geschichte Europas, seit dem Ende des funfzehnten ' Jahrhunderts von 



Friedrich von Raumer. 3ter Band, 8vo. Leipzig: 1834. 



History of Europe from the commencement of the Sixteenth Century, by 



Frederick von Raumer. 3rd vol. Svo. Leipzig: 1834. 



It is with pleasure we perceive that this admirable history is being con- 

 tinued. The third volume has made its appearance, and sustains the 



* "This Report states that the roofing and the masonry of the church are so dilapidated, 

 and the nave, chancel, and side aisles, battlements and pinnacles, also need such thorough 

 repair, that unless some effectual means be immediately taken to carry the necessary 

 reparations into effect, the whole of this venerable fabric is likely in a short tune to become 

 siheapot ruins!" 



