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a this artist, illustrative of Coleridge's Ancient M + which met the de 
cided approbation of the author of the ballad. There is great muscu- 
lar and intellectual character in these designs ; indeed, Mr. Scott is said to 
_. have sacrificed much to form and character, foregoing the soft and beau- 
" tiful contrasts which are . generally more delightful. Inthe Art Union, of 
London, a paper: devoted to the fine arts, the intellectual power of Mr. 
“Scott’s productions is fully appreciated. Among his late works, the 
Alchymist is distinguished. ‘“ The wily professor is swinging back in 
his chair amidst a ‘erowd of votaries worthy of Chaucer’s fancy, and 
holding in his hand some redoubtable elixir, whose virtues, known and 
unknown, are sufficiently impressed on the arch chemist’s countenance.” 
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The Parthian Archer is a figure of great force, and the splendid bow 
‘which he holds bent, with the arrow drawn to its head and ready to let 
. fly, is after the representations of the Parthian bow found on ancient 
vases? A drawing of it was furnished, last winter, to Mr. Dunlop, by 
‘Sir John Macniel, late ambassador to Persia. The bow is bent back- 
s hoe and when unstrung takes the form of a C: “there is eee 
t exerted in the flexion than is apparent to the eye.” The 
ghadios of Young’s Night Thoughts will recollect the allusion respect- 
ing our past thoughts sind actions— 
«“ Whose yesterdays look backward with a smile, 
Nor like the Parthian wound him as they fly.”’ 
23. Correction. — Messrs. Editors: Since writing my article upon the 
Melanians, (Vol. x11, p. 21,) I have been able to examine living indi- 
viduals of Melania undulata, Say ; and find that it is not congenerie with 
Nerita aurita, Mill., as I supposed from a comparison of the shells. 
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..» . The former is a true Melania, whilst the latter belongs to the Cerithide, 
of which it constitutes a new genus, next to Potamis. 
ninco Cuavicer. Shell like Melania, but with a sinuated labrum, 
Goer Mag its junction with the columella. ae C. aurita: icon. 
g. pl. 12 ‘and 13, the latter being C. tuberculosa. The 
characters of the animal are those given to Meldnia by Deshayes in 
his Sain of Lamarck, Vol. VIII, p. 427,8 
Genus Trocuira. I propose this name for the genus of shells call- 
ea Plinstia by Capt. Brown, the latter being preoccupied in zoology: 
Ex. T. alba, Brown’s Zool. Text-Book, pl. 86, fig. 17; T. nitens, Lea’s 
Contributions, pl. 4, fg. 113. Mensa S. S.. Harpeman. 
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