1825.) 
« enable her to sympathize with them, and even when 
she can no otherwise join or assist in thelr occupa- 
tions, will make her, if she pursue this habit in her 
future life, agreeable as a companion, beloved as a 
friend, and amiable as. a woman,” 
The position, ‘that the general diffusion 
of knowledge will tend to damp the energy 
of genius,.and that original inyention will 
consequently decline,’’ is combated, not 
only inthe preface, but throughout; and 
these little volumes, altogether, will be re- 
garded as a useful appendage to our al- 
ready much-improved system of education. 
And though Miss E. affectionately deplores 
the loss of ‘the counsel and direction of her 
father, her work could hardly have been 
rendered more pleasing, or, in many points 
of view, more instructive, to those for whom 
it professes to be written, even by such co- 
operation. And we can assure the au- 
thoress, that, so far from sympathizing in 
any apprehensions that her juvenile his- 
tories might extend to “a thousand and 
one volumes,”’ we should rejoice in any ex- 
tension to which she might pursue this, or 
some other plan. 
The Highest Castle and the Lowest Cave, 
or Events of the Days which are Gone. 12mo. 
3 vols—Though we cannot quite adopt the 
sweeping critical parody of a weekly jour- 
nalist, “ the highest nonsense and the 
lowest stuff,”’ because, perhaps, in certain 
columns, we could sometimes find non- 
sense quite as high, and stuff quite as low ; 
yet the style of the work before us, with 
very few exceptions, may be pronounced a 
compound of affectation and bombast ; and 
there is no plot, and very little incident, to 
compensate for these overwhelming de- 
fects. There is, however, here and there 
some evidence of historical research, relat- 
ing to Henry III. ; and the work is inter- 
spersed with anecdotes relating to the Plan- 
tagenets, which may be set down among 
the exceptions we have alluded to, as writ- 
ten in a comparatively easy and agreeable 
style. We agree, however, with Miss Re- 
becea Edridge, “ that these volumes will 
not lead the good astray,”’ though we feel 
assured that the wicked will not be much 
benefitted by the perusal. 
The Camisard, or the Protestants of Lan- 
guedoc. 3 vols.—This is a pleasing little 
story, and written in an easy, but by no 
means an elevated style. The tale, with- 
out ‘any great variety of incident, or any 
extraordinary claims of interest, is drawn 
out to'‘an immoderate length ; though the 
volumes by no means contain so large a 
yer of matter as their size would in- 
The Eco: of the Eyes; Part II. Of 
Telescopes. ' By W. Krrcuenen, M.D. Av 
thor of the Cook’s Oracle ; the Housekeeper’s 
Ledger ; the Art of Invigoratiny and Pro- 
ng ' Life’; the Pleasure of Making a 
5 ‘Observations on Singing, &c.; and 
Eilitor of tlie Loyal, National, and Sea 
Songs of Piglet —Atvo; of course, Au- 
Tri 
Domestic and Foreign. 
ing to few.” 
447 
thor of ‘The Economy of the Eyes.— 
Part I.” Well done, Dr.-K.; truly thou 
hast merited the thanks—of the printers ; 
for whose sakes, we hope that large and nu- 
merous. impressions of the aboye have been 
drawn off... And now let us read: your pre- 
sent volume, and see what further:can be 
said.—The word “ vead’’ escaped.us rashly 5 
for the kind of promise it-implies we could 
not perform, being, perchance, of the.tribe 
of ‘‘ gab-gifted children,” who only ‘‘ chatter 
as fast as a wilderness of monkeys do, when 
those funny fellows fancy that the Nuts 
are beginning to ripen!’’ How very, very 
funny! Others, however, may be more: 
successful, especially as the matter that. 
“could hardly have been contained in a. 
couple of cumbersome Octayos,’’ is here 
“compressed into a single snug Duo- 
decimo’”’ (lest by “‘ straining of their sight”’ 
it should serve “ no purpose but. to prema- 
turely impair it”), which is ‘‘GIvEN tothe 
public”’ for nine shillings a copy. And be 
it remembered, that “the reader will meet 
with plenty of plausible persons, who, though 
they hardly know the eye-end from the 
object-end of a telescope, will try hard to 
make believe, that it is as easy to write a 
True Essay on Telescopes, as it is to eat.a 
Good bit of Good Bread and Butter when 
you have a Good Appetite.”” Remarkably 
facetious, and the iteration particularly 
Good: but, as the Doctor tells us, ‘‘ Na- 
ture has given Eyes to all, an Understand- 
—=—— > 
FOREIGN LITERATURE, &c. 
Appel aus Nations Chrétiennes en faveur, 
des Grecs. Address to the Christian Na- 
tions tn favour of the Greeks, by M. BENs. 
Constant. — Imported by TREUTTEL and. 
Wiirtz.—The Greek committee, appointed 
by the Society of Christian Morality, at 
Paris, to raise subscriptions to assist the: 
unfortunate Hellenians, has conceived the. 
happy idea of making this address to the 
nations, at a time when the attention of 
all Europe is fixed upon Greece. The 
company has given proof of its judgment,. 
by charging Mr. Benj. Constant to mani- 
fest the sentiments of the Philanthrophic 
Society of which he is a member. ‘This 
writer, whose literary merit has no need 
of eulogy, has fulfilled his commission in a 
bold and masterly style; and we the more 
readily compliment him upon it, inasmuch 
as the Greek cause is not. only. that, of 
liberty, for which the whole world, in these 
our days, is so ardently interested, but, 
also, that of morality, of reason, and. of 
humanity. May the prayers and. the 
efforts of so many generous minds .be 
crowned with the most happy results! 
Hygiéne Physiologique de la Femme, i 
Physiological History of Woman, §c..:..By 
Dr. Lacwaise, Physician of the Faculty. 
at Paris.—The natural history of women 
has, for many years, employed the, atten- 
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