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VOLUNTARY NOTICES OF THE PUBLIC PRESS. 



The Monthly Magazine. — The high estimation iu which we hold this excellent 

 Periodical, will be shown by the number of pages wc have extracted into our 

 columns. It is ably conducted in every department, nearly upon a par with the best 

 in Literary Talent, and containing, perhaps, more solid and useful information than 

 any other magazine of the day. — Morning Journal, Oct. 1. 



There are several amusing articles in this number, which will well pay perusal — 

 as well Political articles distinguished for high talent — Morning Post, Oct. 2. 



There is in the Monthly M.4GAZ1ne for October, an article under the title of 

 " Protestant Colonies of Ireland,' which, along with some questionable recommen- 

 dations, contains several valuable observations on the causes of the distressed and 

 disturbed state of the country. — Morning Chronicle^ Oct. 2. 



The Monthj.y Magazine. — This certainly approaches nearer to our idea of 

 what a good periodical should be, than any other Magazine of the day. Unlike its 

 confreres, it is firm in principles, and honest in Politics; it does not shift and change 

 with every passing breeze, but is semper eadem- Its lighter Literature is graceful 

 and elegant. The following remarks on the Duke of Wellington, are forcible and 

 true.— [See the Magazine for the extract.] — Its " Notes of the Month" are particu- 

 larly good. — Birmingham Journal, Oct. 3. 



The Monthly Magazine. — We rejoice to find that the strong opinion which 

 induced the efforts we made to give immediate and extensive publicity to Mr. Sadler's 

 speech, receives daily confirmation. The above invaluable Magazine, after iuserting 

 the speech, subjoins the following magnificent eulogj", — \_Sce the Magazine for 

 October. y- Macclesfield Courier and Herald. 



The Monthly Magazine for the present mouth is one of the most vigorous 

 and splendid pieces of political writing that ever issued from the Press. We have 

 already made an extract from it ; but if we had no other motive for offering it to 

 our readers, we could scarcely forego the gratification of showing as widely as 

 possible, from the concluding passage of the article, the immeasurable superiority of 

 the Protestant writers in this our day and country. — Standard, Sept. 4. 



The present number commences with a well written and temperate review of the 

 peculiar circumstances attending the introduction and passing the late Catholic Bill. 

 The subject has little of novelty to recommend it, but it is treated with much acumen 

 and judgment. An article on tiie West India Question presents a lucid statement of 

 the ameliorating plans which have been submitted by Government to the Colonists 

 with regard to the slave population, and the steps which have been taken iu compli- 

 ance with those recommendations. This much agitated question is placed in a very 

 clear light, and the character of the West India proprietors successfully vindicated 

 from the aspersions of the weak-minded philanthropists of this country. The Man 

 of Ill-Omen is a romantic story, extremely well imagined, and cleverly executed. 

 The Notes of the Month are as lively as usual; and Don nybrook Fair, with the 

 History of Sir Dan Donnelly, the Irish Haroe, is a highly characteristic sketch. — 

 Morning Post, Sept. 7. 



A right good number, with much that is amusing and more that is useful. " The 

 Duke of Wellington and Domestic Politics" is the first article, written in a plain, 

 honest, manly, JEnglishman-like style, by one who loves his country. We have 

 already extracted largely from thia paper, but cannot deny our readers the pleasure 

 of perusing the last paragraph. — Morning Journal, September. 



The Magazines. — The Montht,y, the oldest in years, is as fresh in spirit as any 

 of its rivals. Its leading article, " Domestic Politics," is full of vigour and honest 

 Toryism, for it should be noted that the Monthly is the only Magazine which gives 

 its undivided strength to the Protestant cause. The other articles, which vary 



" From grave to gay, from lively to severe," 

 are worth perusal. " Donnybrook Fair'' is the best Irish sketch we have ever seen. 

 We knew something of " Sir Dan Donnelly," its hero, and can, therefore, vouch for 

 the correctness of the delineation of that " haroc.^' — Birmingham Journal, Sept. 5. 



The Monthly Periodicals have reached us at too late a period to allow us more than 

 a cursory glance at their contents. Our especial favourites, Whittaker's Monthly 

 Magazine and B/ac^woor/, present a rich feast of good things. The palm of pre- 

 eminence which the reading world has been accustomed to yield to the latter, is now 

 strongly contested by its Southern contemporary ; and several of the articles iu the 

 present number, evince the masterly talent of its contributors. — Macclesfield Courier 

 and Herald, Oct. 3. 



