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these pseudo-liberals labour to replace, and raised this country to that liig^h 

 elevation which rendered her at once the envy and the admiration of sui roundine^ na- 

 tions. The number for September fully maintains the reputation acquired by the former 

 numbers of this instructive and useful miscellany; and we would particularly 

 recommend to the most serious and dispassionate consideration of every Protestant 

 reader, (let his shade of faith be what it may,) the first article of the present number 

 on the Domestic Politics of our Country : an article written with more than ordinary 

 ability, pointing' out, in the most clear and satisfactory manner, the progressive steps 

 we are but too rapidly taking in the fearful march of revolution, from a pure religion, 

 pure constitution, and free institutions, to a spiritual as well as military despotism: 

 10 a restoration of the reign of darkness, and the revival of a system of political 

 and religious persecution, — Plymouth and Devonpcrt Weekly Journal, Sept. 10. 



The July number of the Monthly Magazine exhibits a very rich table of 

 contents. The first article, entitled " Irish Parliaments and Forty Shilling Free- 

 holders," is one of the most spirited political productions which has appeared for 

 some time. — Newcastle Courant, July 4. 



We have seldom performed a more agreeable task of criticism than our usual 

 review of this talented and entertaining miscellany, which, although of the class 

 commonly called " ephemeral," contains in the number for the present mouth many 

 articles that will outlive the passing literature of the day, and earn for their respective 

 authors a lasting tribute of public approbation. Few periodicals can boast of the 

 taste and judgment which so eminently distinguish the Mojithlt Magazine in its 

 selections from almost every subject that can interest the public mind, aud whether 

 in politics, commerce, romance, or poetry, every class of subscribers have an ample 

 opportunity of being gratified in its perusal ; while the strictures on new works are 

 conducted in the very spirit of fair and impartial criticism, which is alike creditable 

 to the reviewer, just to the author, and instructive to the reader. — Cheltenham 

 Chronicle, July 9. 



Of the Monthly Magazine we have only space to say, we deem it in every 

 respect a worthy rival and coadjutor of Blackwood. It displays similar talent, and 

 advocates the same principles. — Edinburgh Evening Post, Aug. 8. 



The pages of the Monthly Magazine, in the first number of its eighth volume, 

 just puijlished, contain ample source of congratulation on the spirit of improvement 

 that has recently marked its career. The leading political article, " Irish Parliaments, 

 and the Forty Shilling Freeholders," breathes a tone of deep and sound constitutional 

 feeling, which ought to reach the ears, and vibrate through the hearts of men in 

 power, for the momentous facts it records are truly astounding; and now, after 

 such an utterance of them, let those whose business it is to know the truth, indulge 

 in the slumber of indifference while they may ; but let them not trust that their 

 repose will be undisturbed ; the warning has been given by a thousand writers, but 

 by none with more honesty and ability than by the author of the paper in question. 

 For the other articles in the July number of this admirable periodical, every reader 

 will find something to his taste. " Walks in Ireland," for lovers of the picturesque; 

 " The Woman of Visions," for those who " own to a penchant" for the supernatural ; 

 " Autobiography of Jonathan Wilde the Younger," for admirers of the horrible, and 

 sympathizers with the pathetic; " Life and Services of Captain Philip Beaver" will 

 please all advocates for a fair public acknowledgment of gratitude to individual merit 

 in public services. These, with various other contributions, each in its kind replete 

 with peculiar recommendations, comprise a whole, which clearly authenticates the 

 assertion in the preface, that " this country and the continent have equally furnished 

 the writers, and, though it is customary to suppress names, that there are those 

 among them, of whom we may justly say, any publication would be proud. — Felix 

 Farley's Bristol Journal, July 4." 



The periodicals of the present month arriving somewhat close upon our publishing 

 day, we are prevented from making that use of our new favourite, the IVIonthly, 

 which we could desire; but, as a measure of justice, we cannot permit the week to 

 elapse without again expressing the strong feeling of satisfaction with which we 

 view the rapid and, we may add, the brilliant advance of that most excellent 

 periodical in the estimation of the public. We heartily congratulate our contem- 

 porary on his success, and at the same time beg to remark, that the success is only 

 such as his commanding talent has a right to look forward to. — Preston Pilot, 

 Julv 4. 



