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"TBE political .occurreuces: and. civil 
, Warfare in Greece render. highly 
acceptable any authentic account. of its 
present condition. In our last number we 
introduced some glowing pictures, drawn 
by Greeks themselves, for the realization 
of which we devoutly pray, and we are now 
called upon to notice the more qualified 
report of a distinguished British traveller. 
Siz \WiLtiAm GEL, so deservedly re- 
spected, for, his high classical attainments, 
is nse authority, to whom we. are thus 
n : 
followed. We are sorry, howeyer, to 
observe, that Sir William does not think 
public liberty. worth the sacrifices neces- 
sary to attain it, and he taunts the Greeks 
about their present sutferings in its cause, 
For our parts, on the contrary, we think 
life so intolerable without civil liberty, 
tat, in ts defence, it ought.to be willingly 
sacrificed, even against moderated des- 
potism; but, when opposed to such des- 
potism as that of the Turks, existence and 
social ease are quite out of the question. 
The deterioration of the Greek character, 
of which the author complains, is doubtless 
owing to the vassalage in which the 
* Greeks: live, while the liberality of the 
Turks is ¢asily exercised at the cost of the 
poor Greeks, Independently of this 
leaning to the strong, the volume abounds 
in various information, and is embellished 
with a variety of striking ‘views, and with 
many spirited sketches of the costume and 
physiognomy both of Greeks and Turks, 
_ The bookselling proprictors of Shak- 
speare have brought out a very neat edi- 
tion of the while of his dramatic works in 
a single volume, octavo, It is printed 
from the corrected text of Steevens and 
Malone, and prepared by a Glossary and 
life. All that can be said of such a volume 
regards the typography, and this is clear’ 
and elegant. : f 
Dr. PA AARE has edited and repnb- 
lished an edition of Euler's invaluable Leé- 
ters to a German Princess. Every thing in 
them is good of its kind, but there is too 
much metaphysical enquiry, and it wonld 
have been more acceptable as a book for 
young persons, if a third of the whole had 
been altogether rejected. We regret, 
also, that the editor’s notes are so very 
scanty, while so many subjects called for 
modern elucidation, 
> Mr..J..W. Jongs has produced a very 
useful, and elegant appendage to one of 
the best, English rps Blackstone's 
Commentaries, in a fait iful translation of all 
us Latin, Greck, Italian, and French Quota- 
tions, as well as to the notes of the best 
editors.. Such a volume, so ably executed, 
will of course be joined to. the original in 
every library where it has place, and will 
be highly useful to law students of every 
denomination. 
Law, Bisuop of CHESTER, has-pub- 
lished A Sermon, for the benefit of the 
Society for the Improvement of Prison 
Discipline, and for the Reformation of 
Juvenile Offenders.’ We extract the fol- 
lowing passage, for the sake of the impor- 
tant information which it conyeys ;— 
“The period at length arrives, when the 
prisoners must be removed from all further 
discipline and restraint. But, when thus 
liberated, whither are they to go? to what 
place can they direct their steps or views ? 
They may have seen the error of their 
ways : they may be desirous of abandoning 
the course they have unhappily ran. | Bat 
how are they to regain the path of honest 
livelihood? Character is gone ; professions 
are not believed: even the most compas- 
sionate, they who most sensibly feel and 
lament the frailties of our nature, are 
nevertheless afraid to receive under their 
roof a practised criminal, the hitherto sup- 
posed associate of the vilest and most 
abandoned characters, ‘This is the sad 
scene which presents itselt to maby a dis- 
charged and repentant. prisoner. — His 
course, alas! is almost certain. His former 
haunts and companions are ready to 
receive him, and scarcely does there 
appear to be any other alternative. With 
such facilities and inducements on one 
side, with such difficulties and obstacles on 
the other, we cannot wonder, neither 
ought we too severely to condemn these 
ill-fated outcasts, if they relapse once 
more into their former babits: if the last 
state of such offenders become worse 
than the first. _The Committee, therefore, 
of Prison Discipline, would have but 
imperfectly discharged their Jabour of 
love, if they had not directed their atten- 
tion to the prisoners, at this the most deci- 
sive period of their lives. And here the 
frien(’s of humanity cannot too warmly ap- 
plaud their hymane exertions, In the very 
feelings and spirit of the religion of Jesus 
Christ, they have established a ‘Tempo- 
rary Refuge ;’ into which youthful prison- 
ers may be received on their first discharge 
from prison, Init they are taught some 
useful 
