1822.] 
place amongst a very useful class of 
writers. It will be perceived, by the title 
of the volume, that these tales are a sort 
of enlarged fables; and indced they pos- 
Sess in our eyes more interest than is 
usually found in compositions of that kind. 
The virtue of kindness towards animals is 
particularly enjoined, and occasionally, as 
in the “‘ Adventures of the Monkey,” con- 
siderable humour is displayed. 
We have a flourishing instance of ‘the 
most high and palmy state” to which the 
artof romance-writing has attained amongst 
the French, in the Renegade, translated 
from the original of M. LE VicomTE 
D’Artrincourt, which, in its native lan- 
guage, is running rapidly through succes- 
sive editions. For this extraordinary sue- 
cess we can perceive some temporary rea- 
sons, It contains, in the person of its hero, 
a mental and physiognomical portrait of 
Bonaparte; a little varied, but sufficiently 
like to leave no doubt of the identity ; and 
it is replete with allusions to the late inva- 
sion of France, and other political topics 
of recent occurrence. The execution is 
altogether in the French taste for display 
and theatrical effect. It ws the work of 
a mau of genius, and the translation has 
fallen into very competent hands. 
Amongst the innumerable volumes of 
poems which have issued this spring from 
the press, and which cover the counters of 
the booksellers— 
Thick as autumnal leaves which strew the 
brooks 
In Valombrosa ; 
a small collection of verses, under the 
title of, The Widow's Tule, and other Poems, 
by the author of “Ellen Fitzarthur,” 
claims a more particular notice. Though 
the writings of this author will not bear to 
be brought into close contact with those 
of the leading poets of the day, yet there 
is sufficient merit and beauty in them to 
rescue them from being confounded with 
those of that mass of wretched versifiers 
who annually teaze the press with their 
attempts. The style of these poems is 
certainly respectable, and they are calcu- 
lated to afford considerable pleasure in 
the perusal, We were more particularly 
gratified with the Dramatic Sketch at the 
end of the volume, which is written with 
great feeling and elegance. 
The English stranger will find every in- 
formation he can desire in An Historical 
Guide to Ancient and Modern Dublin, illus- 
trated by Engravings, after Drawings by 
George Petrie, esq. ; to which is annexed, a 
Plan of the City; by the Rey. G. N. 
Wricut, A.M. Unlike many of these 
local Guides, the style of which is gene- 
rally contemptible, this account of the city 
of Dublin is ably written; and, while it con- 
tains Many Curious particulars relating to 
the antiquities of the place, it is not want- 
ing in more useful information, The 
Mongury Mag, Ne, 567. 
List of New Publications in April. 
345 
plates are well executed, and are said, by 
persons acquainted with the public build- 
mgs of Dublin, to be very faithful repre- 
sentations. 
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