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hitherto visited by Europeans. To per- 
sons who are desirous of informing them- 
selves on this subject, the three volumes 
will be valuable, as presenting, in a con- 
densed form those materials, the collection 
of which must have been attended with 
considerable expence and labour. 
The Memoirs of James Earl Walde- 
grave, from 1754 to 1758, have been printed 
in a quarto yolume, from his own MS. ra- 
ther, we presume, because written by him, 
than from their worth or interest. They 
consist, in truth, of some. cautiously-word- 
ed observations relative to the noodles and 
doodles of the court of that day, which, if 
ever they possessed any interest, have none 
now. Nor is there any thing in the form 
of anecdote or secret history, to compensate 
Tor the general dulness of the narrative. 
In quantity also, the book is as defective 
as in quality, the whole forming materials 
only for a half-crown pamphlet, or for an 
article fora Magazine, though expanded 
toa costly quarto. The last paragraph in 
the volume, perhaps its best, as the result 
of astatesman’s experience, merits the at- 
tention of our readers : 
“ T have now finished my relation of all the mi- 
terial transactions wherein I was immediately con- 
cerned; and though I can never forget my obliga- 
tions to the kindest of masters, I have been too long 
behind the scenes, L have had too nea1 a view of the 
machinery of a court, to envy any man either the 
p wer of a minister, er the favour of princes. The 
constant anxiety, and frequent mortifications, which 
accompany ininisterial employments, are tclerably 
well understood; but the world is totaliy unae- 
quainted with the situation of those whom fortune 
has.s2lected to be the constant attendants and com- 
panions of Royalty, who partake of its domestic 
amusements, and social happiness. But. I must 
not lift up the veil; and shall only add, thatnoman 
ean havea clear conception how great personages 
pass their leisure hours, who has not been a prince’s 
governor, or a King’s favourite.” 
It is with pleasure we notice the publi- 
cation of Hlements of Political Economy, 
by JAMES MILL, esq. author of the History 
of British India. Ye intimate knowledge 
which th’s gentleman possesses upon all 
subjects connected with this abstruse and 
difficult science, renders a work of this 
kind peculiarly eeceptable to the public. 
The present volume is intended by the 
author to be a school-book of political 
economy, and it has consequently been 
divested as much as possible froin all ex- 
traneous topics, which might teud to dis- 
tract the atteation, or to confuse the ideas 
ofthe reader. It consists, in feet, of no- 
thing more than a logical statement of 
such propositions, as in the author’s opi- 
pion form the basis of the science; and to 
each proposition its own particular de- 
monstration is subjoined. It is not, how- 
éver, a work which can be slightly perused 
=—not a few of the positions contained 
in it, requiring from the brevity of the 
manner in which they are stated, a consi- 
derable exertion of patient thoueht. We 
Literary and Critical Proemtun. 
[I'eb. 1, 
believe, however, we may assent to Mr- 
Mill’s assertion, that to understand it re- 
quires only ‘such a degree of attention 
as persons of either sex of ordinary un- 
derstandings are capable of bestowing.” 
The popularity of the novels and tales 
of the “¢ Author of Waverley,” has natu- 
rally excited an emulation in artists and 
publishers to illustrate aud embellish them, 
and the pencil and the graver have been 
tasked to delineate the scenes and charac- 
ters recorded in these favourite works. The 
talents of WESTALL, STOTHARD, ALLAN, 
and LesLie have been put in requisition to 
illustrate different portions of the series, 
yet without adding to their established 
repniation, or satisfying the expectations 
of the pnblic. But the series of portraits 
of historical characters, introduced into the 
works, possesses intrinsic and permane nt 
interest; comprising, as it does, many of 
the most distinguished and remarkable 
personages in English and Scottish history. 
Indeed, we hardly recollect any work of 
similar extent which embraces such a va- 
riety of striking and picturesque heads of 
different sexes, characters and ages, and 
in every variety of costume; yet con- 
nected by one train of associations and one 
common interest. The biographical no- 
tices which accompany the portraits are 
written with great neatness and imparti- 
ality, and the work may rank altogether 
among the most tasteful and elegant pro- 
ductious of the present day. 
The author of the Panorama of Youth, 
has appeared again before the public with 
a work weil adapted to the juvenile class 
of readers, under the title of The Life of 
a Boy, in two thick volumes in octavo. 
The incidents of the story are simple, but 
sufficiently varied to support the necessary 
degree of interest, and the instructive 
portion of the work, which is by no means 
the least, isso mixed up with the lighter 
parts, as to give to the whole a pleasing and 
entertaining character. It is written in a 
clear and easy style ; and we can safely 
recommend it as affording a very suitable 
and unexceptionable addition to the youth- 
ful library. 
Scripture Antiquities, or a compendious 
summary of the Religious Institutions, 
Cusioms, and Manners of the Hebrew 
Nation, by the Rev. Joun JONES, exhibits 
a strange compound of good seuse and 
deep research with a perfect knowledge of 
the subject on the one hand, and on the 
other, of ridiculous explanations of mere 
Jewish rites and customs into typical em- 
blems of our Saviour and his doctrines. 
Considering the talent and judgment which 
he displays in the descriptive part of his 
work, we feel surprized that he should 
have suffered himself to suppose that the 
cereniony of the scape-goat, (ascommanded 
Leviticus, 
