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the southern provinces, give him his 

 shade in summer, and his sunshine in 

 winter, his tobacco, his melon, his dates, 

 his liread, and his wine — give him a hole 

 te creep into, and put him within sound 

 of a convent bell, and he asks no more; 

 or if you rise a degree or two in society, 

 and speak of the respectable peasant, 

 then give him his embroidered jacket, 

 his tasselled hat, his guitar, and his naja 

 (sweetheart), and it is matter of indif- 

 lerence to him whether Spain be ruled 

 by a Caligula or a Titus." 



The Gardens and Menagerie of tlie 

 Zoological Society Delineated ; 2 vols. 8vo. 

 — These very handsome volumes com- 

 prise descriptions and figures of about 

 sixty or seventy quadrupeds, and as 



many birds, all taken from living speci- 

 mens in the Gardens and Menagerie of 

 the Zoological Society. The engravings 

 are chiefly by Branston and Wright, 

 from drawings by Harvey, all deli- 

 neated in excellent taste, and executed 

 with great delicacy and effect. The 

 ornamental part naturally first arrests 

 the eye; but the descriptions, b^ Mr. 

 Bennett, who holds some office m the 

 institution, are deserving of the highest 

 commendation, for the general sobriety 

 of the performance. Every thing of 

 doubtful authority is rejected, and many 

 absurd impressions relative to the habits 

 and powers of animals are corrected. 

 As the Society's stock accumulates, we 

 shall be glad to see more of these vo- 

 lumes — nothing can be better. 



FINE ARTS' PUBLICATIONS. 



Every thing that relates to water, is 

 supposed to find especial favour in the 

 eyes of our present sovereign; and, ac- 

 cordingly, we have here, dedicated to 

 him, the two first parts of a new work 

 in quarto, called the Watering Places of 

 Great Britain, illustrated with views of 

 all the places of resort in the united 

 kingdom, engraved by Allen, Rogers, 

 &c., from designs by 'turner, Stan field, 

 Cox, Bartlett, Gastineau, and others. 

 The work is well projected, and the 

 specimens before us give promise of a 

 successful issue. They comprise sub- 

 jects that have long been matters of no 

 common periodical interest to all the 

 London world at least ; and we dare 

 say that there are thousands who will 

 turn over these prints with the most 

 animating and delightful recollections 

 of the sunny spots and pleasant places 

 they have so often visited. They are 

 like portraits of our old friends ; and 

 will captivate many eyes that would be 

 utterly insensible to the beauties of 

 Grecian architecture or Indian scenery, 

 not because the views are more pic- 

 turesque, but because they are more 

 familiar, and have been the scenes of 

 personal enjoyment. For ourselves we 

 have hardly made up our minds which 

 is best — to take a trip to some of these 



enchanted resorts here delineated, or to 

 stay quietly at home and contemplate 

 their attractions engraved ujion steel. 

 The pictures are, at all events, quite 

 equal to the places — superior in some 

 respects ; for we see them trom the best 

 point and to the best advantage — the 

 weather looks fine in all of them — the 

 people seem not at all fatigued and hor- 

 ror-stricken at the expenses, as they 

 always do in the originals ; and, accord- 

 ingly, Brighton looks in all its aspects 

 much more inviting than it really is. 

 The views are, in addition to a vignette 

 of Ramsgate Harbour — Brigliton Chain- 

 Pier — Sherborne Spa, Cheltenham — 

 Worthing — Broadstairs — Pavilion, Sta- 

 tue and Church, Brighton — and Mar- 

 gate Pier and Harbour. The literary 

 department consists of a history of 

 Brighton given at considerable length, 

 and well written, comprising every 

 thing the visitor can wish to know con- 

 cerning its ancient state and present 

 prosperity, an account of its population, 

 buildings, and embellishments ; besides 

 a fashionable directory, and a guide to 

 the best hotels, boarding-houses, and 

 baths— so that the world will, hencefor- 

 ward, be without an excuse for not pay- 

 ing a visit to a scene that comprises so 

 manv attractions. 



WORKS IN THE PRESS AND NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



WORKS IN THE PKESS. 



By Allan Cunningham : the Fifth 

 Volume of his Lives of the British 

 Painters and Sculptors. 



By Charles Severn : the First Lines 

 of the Practice of Midwifery, with Re- 

 marks on the evidence required in cases 

 of Foeticide and Infanticide. 



By Professor Lee : the long-expected 

 Prolegomena, a translation ot the New 



Testament into Hebrew, printed with 

 the Points. Other editions of the 

 same : — Hebrew and English, Hebrew 

 and Greek, Hebrew and German, and 

 Hebrew and French. 



By F. W. N. Bay ley : a Series of 

 Tales, describing some of the jirincipal 

 Events that have taken place at Paris, 

 Brussells, and Warsaw, during the late 

 Revolution. 



