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Btithe is of the old school. We have, there- 

 fore, some able disquisitions on the merits 

 of painters ; and some of Sir Joshua Rey- 

 noldsV theories are made to appear incon- 

 sistent enoug-h. 



What Pope said of women is certainly 

 true of books, at least of modern books ;— 

 most of them have no character at all. The 

 great majority of the volumes vrhich we 

 are doomed in our critical capacity to pe- 

 ruse, are without any glaring faults or 

 startling absurdities, and yet utterly void 

 of interest or merit. " A book," says 

 Goldsmith, " may be amusing with nume- 

 rous errors, or it may be very dull without 

 a single absurdity." Tlie Poems of Mr. 

 Chauncy Hare Toivmend, are comprised 

 in a well-printed volume of smooth verse ; 

 but they have nothing to distinguish them 

 from the hundreds and thousands of verses 

 which are annually written and forgotten. 

 They want originality, and evince no ge- 

 nius. As college exercises they may have 

 been respectable, but was genius ever con- 

 sidered a requisite in such compai'isous ? 

 " Ah ! no, she files, 

 And even shuns the great Seatonian prize." 

 The love of fame is, however, a venial 

 crime, even although unaccompanied by 

 the necessary powers for the attainment of 

 the prize ; and we have therefore no wish 

 to be severe onMr.Townsend. His powers, 

 if we may hazard the conjecture, are better 

 adapted to translation than original com- 

 position. The present volume contains 

 some agreeable little pieces from the Ger- 

 man, and we think our readers will be 

 pleased with the following : 



LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. 



Love is like (he shadow seen, 

 When the sun tiMt lights the skies ; 



Stretching then o'er all tlie green, 

 But dwindling as eiich moment flies. 



Friendship is the shadow thrown, 

 Wbcntne day its noon has past, 

 Increasing as thesun goes down, 

 E'en till it has looked its last. 

 An historical tragedy, called Marino 

 Faliero, Doge of Venice,hy Lord Byron, 

 has been published within these few days. 

 The same volume contains four cantos of a 

 Poem called the Prophecy of Dante. The 

 tragedy, in spirit is a good deal like Ot- 

 way's masterpiece, but the story is dlffer- 

 eut, the Doge himself being one of the con- 

 spirators, and his object to overturn theoli- 

 garchic government, and establish a govern- 

 ment of liberty ! It abounds in beautiful 

 passages, and is characterised throughout 

 by the bold genius of this author. The 

 Prophecy is in his lordship's original man- 

 ner, and seems likely to rank among his 

 best poetical productions. But as we pro- 

 pose in our next to devote a special article 

 to this volume, we should but imperfectly 

 anticipate its interest and opinions by no- 

 ticing it further. 



AGRICUI.TUHE. 



A Dibsertatiou ou Lime, and its use and 



[May 1, 



abuse la Agriculture ; by Thomas Hornby. 

 8vo. 2s. 



ARCHITECTURE. 



Observations on ihe Constniction and 

 Fitting up of Chapels, illustrated by Plans, 

 Sections, and Descriptions ; by William 

 Alexander, 4to. 9s. 



ASTRONOMV. 



Elementary Illustrations of the Celestial 

 Mechanics of La Place. 8vo. 10s. 6d. 



The young Navigator's Guide to the Si- 

 dereal and Planetary parts of Nautical As- 

 tronomy ; being the Theory and Practice of 

 finding the Latitude, the Longritude, and 

 the variation of the compass by the fixed 

 Stars and Planets ; to which is prefixed the 

 Description and Use of the New Celestial 

 Planisphere; by Thomas Kerigan, Purser, 

 R.N. Royal 18mo. 18s. hds. 



The Planisphere sold separate at 5s. each. 



BIOGRAPHY. 



Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Wm. 

 Pilt ; by G. Tomline, D.D., Bishop of Win- 

 chester, 2 vols. 4to. 31. 3s. 



The Life of William Sancroft, Archbishop 

 of Canterbury, compiled from Original and 

 scarce Documents ; by the Rev. George 

 D'Oyly, D.D. 2 vols. 8vo. 11.4s. 



The Life of the Duke de Berry ; by M_ 

 le Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 8vo. Ts. 6d. 



BIBLIOQRAPHV. 



Catalogue of a small Collection of Mis- 

 cellaneous Books, .selling by J. Smith, York- 

 street, Covent Garden. Is. 



A Catalogue of Books, Ancient and Mo- 

 dem, in various Languages and Classes of 

 Learning; by D. Lewis, Mount-street. Is. 



Pickering's Catalogue of Books, Ancient 

 and Modern. 

 Ogle, Duncan and Co.'s Catalogue of Books, 

 containing the most extensive collection 

 of Works in Theology and Oriental Litera- 

 ture ever offered for sale. 



BOTANY. 



The British Botanist ; or, a Familiar In- 

 troduction to the Science of Botany ; ex- 

 plaining the Physiology of Vegetation, and 

 the Priticiples both of the Artificial and Na- 

 tural Systems of Linnteus, and also the ar- 

 rangement of Jussieu, 15 plates, ]2ino. 7s. 6d, 

 plain, 10s. 6d. coloured, boards. 



The Botanical Cultivator ; or, Instruc- 

 tions for the managemeiit of Plants, culti- 

 vated in the Hot-houses of Great Britain ; 

 by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. 8vo. 10s. 64. 



DRAMA. 



The Doge of Venice, an Historical Tra- 

 gedy in 5 Acts ; by Lord Byron. 8vo. 12s4 



The Dramatic Works, of the Rt. Hon. 

 R. B. Sheridan, now first collected and 

 Edited, with a Preface ; by Thomas Moure, 

 esq. 2 vols, 8vo. II. 8s. 



Montalto, a Tragedy in 5 Acts. 



Agatha ; or, the Convent of St. Bartho- 

 lomew, a Tragedy ; by A. E. Baruaby, esq. 



La Gazza Ladra ; a Seroi-serio Opera in 

 2 Acts. 2s. 6d. 



EDUCATION. 



Theory and Practice; or, a Guide to the 

 French 



