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tion, which we venture to predict that 
time will entirely banish from geological 
enquiries, and potamides, paludina, &c. 
cease to empiricise conchology : and proba- 
bly, also, the notion, that any dry-land 
products are imbedded in the regular 
strata, will share the same fate. Our 
allotted space compels us, reluctantly, to 
pass over the remainder of the valuable 
volume before us, with merely mentioning, 
that the crustacea, birds, fishes, am- 
phibia, and, lastly, the terrestrial quadru- 
peds or mammalia, are treated of in this 
order: on the osteology and dentition of 
the three last, much correct and valuable 
information is contained in a small space. 
Random Rhymes, from Paris ; with other 
Poems; by DeNNIs TRAVERS; contain 
many ‘passages written with great point 
and spirit, animadverting in a desultory 
and unconnected manner, and in a tone of 
severity in which seriousness and sarcasm 
are equally blended, on the holy alliance, 
on public events, and individual charac- 
ters. All these subjects are touched upon 
with much bitterness, but not beyond what 
is warranted by the truth. The smaller 
pieces are for the most part satirical, and 
are by no means deficient in keenness and 
veliemence. In his attempts at a higher 
class of poctry, the author, although he 
evinces very respectable powers, has not 
equal success, We have a much better 
opinion of his talents than of his taste or 
judgment. In his stanzas on the captive 
(Napoleon) we find such extraordinary 
lines as these, 
<¢ The strident sea-fowl o’er him sounded, 
With gyral flight, and plangent scream.” 
We believe the author has already distin- 
guished himself by several spirited prose 
compositions ; and to that, or to the more 
regular departments of verse, which 
stoop to truth and moralize their song,” 
we think that his efforts will be most effec- 
tually directed. 
We notice, with great approbation, an 
elementary school-book, entitled, Collec- 
tanea Latina, or Select Extracts from such 
Latin Authors as are usually read in Schools 
before Virgil und Horace: with notes, 
grammatical and explanatory, in which the 
difficulties in parsing, scunning, and proving, 
are resolved; with references to the Eton 
Latin Grammar, and a Vocabulary, by 
Tuomas QuIN, master of the classical and 
commercial academy, Malden, Essex. This 
work, which is on the same plan with the ex- 
cellent Collectanea Minora Greca of pro- 
fessor Dalzell, promises to be of great as- 
sistance to the young student, as it facili- 
tates the acquisition of that elementary 
knowledge which is generally the most 
difficult part of his task. The authors, 
from whose works the extracts are taken, 
are judiciously chosen, and well adapted 
to the capacity of the tyro, We particu- 
larly approve of the Vocabulary, which 
Literary and Critical Proémium 
{Sept. 3, 
saves a vast deal of time and trouble to 
the learner. Had a short and comprehen- 
sive grammar been added, it would have 
rendered the ‘‘ Collectanea,”’ a still more 
valuable and complete manual for those 
who are commencing the study of the 
Latin language. 
Amongst all the works of fiction with 
which we are acquainted, not excluding 
even the Adventures of the Spanish Rogue, 
we do not recollect meeting with one so 
full of amusement and interest as the 
“ Memoir of the Life and Trial of James 
Mackoull, of Moffatt, who died in the County 
Gaol of Edinburgh, on the 22d December, 
1820.” ‘The audacious character of this 
man, the variety and ingenuity of his 
schemes, the unspeakable effrontery with 
which he faced the terrors of the law, and 
the many notorious crimes in which he 
was implicated, render this singular me- 
moir highly amusing. His last offence was 
committing a robbery on the Glasgow 
Bank, to the amount of 20,000]. of which 
he was ultimately convicted. He would 
probably have avoided this danger had he 
not most impudently sued the Bank for a 
portion of the stolen property which had 
come into their hands, and which he could 
not becontent tolose. At this trial, upon 
which the defence was that Mackoull 
had robbed the defendants of the money, 
he had actually the nerve to appear in 
court, and attempted by his presence to 
annoy and disturb the counsel for the 
Bank. ‘At this time,” says the Memoir, 
“a considerable noise was heard in the 
court ; and, to the astonishment of all pre- 
sent, Mackoull appeared pressing through 
the crowd, and never stopped till he got 
close to Mr. Cockburn’s right hand: here 
he stood with the utmost composure, and 
looked around him with a kind of sareastic 
grin peculiarly his own.” ‘This was cer- 
tainly the sublime of impudence. ‘The 
reader will find many curious aneedotes 
relative to the police of the metropolis in 
this volume, 
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