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dant hints to actors in the adoption of costume. Richard the Third, produced 

 in this style, would be a new play. 



History and Topo(/raph>j of the United States of America. — America will have 

 reason to be satisfied with her history and its embellishments. The work is 

 now half completed, having reached its fifteenth part. The promises held out 

 are likely to be realized — a consummation less usual than desirable. The nar- 

 rative, besides comprising a great deal of useful information, has the rare merit 

 of being impartial ; and the engravings are worthy of the text. 



Four-and-twenty Designs, intended for transferring upon white Wood. — Acker- 

 mann's caustic-varnish is to accomplish this object, and it could scarcely transfer 

 two dozen prettier little decorations. 



Characteristic SJcefches of Animals, drawn and engraved by Thomas Lundseer. — 

 Mr. Landseer's masterly hand is observable in every horn and hoof of this 

 splendid zoological collection. His quadrupeds^ are all spirit, action, and nature. 

 The texture of the coats of the different animals is admirably preserved. The 

 Llama (a picturesque likeness), thfi Wapiti, and the Nil-ghau, in the number 

 before us, appear the work of different hands, each being treated (as it ought to 

 be) in a style quite distinct from that of its companions, and all being equally 

 characteristic. The vignettes are little miniatures worthy of the full-lengths. 



The English School. — This beautiful series of outlines, illustrative of the 

 English school of art, requires no further commendation from us than a mere 

 notice of its continuance ; the latter numbers partake of the same interest, and 

 are marked by the same care and fidelity, that formed the excellence of those 

 previously before the public. It is a work which merits every encouragement, 

 and ought to be in the possession (it is very cheap) of every admirer of 

 English painting and sculpture. Our recollections of the most favoured pro- 

 ductions of art are vividly awakened as we turn over the pages of this small 

 outline edition of them. 



The Biblical Series of the Family Cabinet Atlas is upon the same plan as that 

 of the work from which it takes its name. It is a production of much ingenuity, 

 and will undoubtedly have its use, though if regarded merely as a curiosity we 

 could scarcely pronounce it dear. Those who value their eyes, however, ought 

 to be cautious how they inquire too closely into maps so minute as these. 

 Admirably as they may be adapted for binding up with the " Family Library," 

 we think it a pity that they were not engraved upon a somewhat larger scale. 



Landscape Illustrations of the TFaverley Novels, Parts XIF. and XV. — These 

 eight views are equal, in interest of subject and in excellence of execution, to 

 the best of the now numerous landscapes that have preceded them. The hills, 

 rivers, inns, and bridges, answer both to nature and the descriptions, which is 

 much more than can be said of the un-Scott-like creations that we sometimes see 

 submitted to the world as illustrations of the characters of the Waverley Novels. 

 The drawings for these eight engravings bear the names of Copley Fielding, 

 Roberts, Evans, Front, Cattermole, W. Westall, &c. 



Illustrated Road Book of the Route from London to Naples, Part I. — The first 

 of five parts, intended to complete the work, gives token of a production of no 

 common beauty and value. It will contain twenty-four engravings, by the two 

 Findens, after drawings by Prout, Stanfield, and Brockedon. Each part will 

 comprise a distinct portio i of the route, with illustrations to accompany it — as 

 from London to Paris, and thence to Turin, Florence, Rome, and Naples. The 

 Avork will thus present a succession of the most romantic and'remarkable views 

 of English, French, and Italian scenery, in the whole line of road from London 

 to Naples. Those here given are of the highest order, and at once stamp the 

 publication as one that will have charms and attractions alike for the eyes of 

 those who travel, as for those who are satisfied (or condemned) to admire nature 

 at home through the medium of art. The views are, Dover, by Stanfield — 

 Calais, by Prout — Abbeville, Stanfield again, in a new way — Beauvais, Prout, 

 finer than before — and, certainly not the least lovely. Place Louis XVI., by 

 Brockedon. The Messrs. Findcn have seldom exercised their talents with better 

 effect. The editor also undertakes to correct the errors and mis-statements of 



