1803.] 
This drawing is conceived with great 
fimpiicity and tafte, and executed in a 
manner that does great honour to the artift, 
The charaéter of Sapphira is expreffed in 
the moft natural and forcible fiyle. 
The Landfcapes by Jofeph Mallord 
William Turner are ina ftyle fo different 
from any other artift, and fo fingularly 
forcible and impreffive in their effeét, that 
itis not eafy to praife them equal to their 
merit. Atthe fame time we think his 
Holy Family is very unworthy of his ta- 
lents. The figure of Jofeph is like aChi- 
nefe Mandarin. We: hope he will for the 
future avoid fuch: fubjects ; for in thofe 
that he generally chufes, he is at home, 
and excellent. 
Mr. Raphael Smith’s Portraits of Ge+ 
neral. Andreoffi, Mr. Otto, &c. lead us to 
regret that this gentleman did not delineate 
portraits in the ftyle he has now adopted at 
an earlier period. They are ftrong like- 
nefies, and drawn with the utmoft accuracy 
and {pirit. . 
We are forry that there are no more 
drawings by Mifs Emma Smith, but 
thole exhibited have fo much merit as to. 
lead us to hope we fhall have a greater 
number next year. 
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Croffing the Brook, H. Thomfon, A. 
‘< But one ftep more ; be not in hafte: 
This ftone’s as flippery as the laft. 
Step cautioufly ; the danger’s paft. 
Now we'll trudge homeward cheerily ; 
You'll tell your brother where you’ve been, 
Andwhat you’ve done, and what yeu’ve {een 5 
How gay the fair was on the green, 
And how the day paft merrily.” 
The ftory in this picture is admirably 
told ; the attention of the woman, and the 
timidity of the child, are exquifitely con- 
ceived ; the drawing is accurate, and the 
air of the head of the female figure is very 
fine. 
With fix or eight drawings in water- 
colours, confifting of different views in 
Ireland, by T. S. Roberts, we were very 
much ftruck. ‘The arcift aims at force, 
and he has attained it toa degree we fearce 
ever faw before. Some of the drawings 
have nearly as much relief as an oil-pic- 
ture ; and by thofe who know feveral of 
the places delineated, we are told they are 
exact reprefentations, and the points of 
view in which they are taken extremely 
well chofen. 
There are feveral good miniatures ; and 
Mr. Bone’s enamels are, as ufual, in a very 
fuperior fyle. 
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REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
A Voluntary (No. III.) for the Organ. 
pofed by S. Wefley, Efq. 25. 
at owe the perufal of this voluntary we 
have received all the pleafure we na- 
Com- 
turally anticipated from a produétion of 
Mr. S. Wefley. It comprizes two move- 
ments, the firft of which confifts of fome 
mafterly combinations and evolutions of 
harmony, and may be confidered as a cha- 
rafteriftic prelude to the fintly-wrought 
double figure by which it is fuceeeded. The 
two fubjeSts are extremely fimple, and very 
diftinGt ; yet are at the fametime foartfully 
conducted and inimitably interwoven, as 
to exhibit in their full force the ingenuity, 
fcience, and ready refources of the com- 
pofer. Great minds, who can weil com- 
_ pentate little negleéts, are frequently fub- 
je& to them; but in the prefent compofi- 
tion we trace not, amidft the labyrinth of 
digrefive modulation and complicated 
conftruction, even a fingle laple; all is 
clear, fair, and unembarraffed, and every 
‘way calculated to maintain Mr. Wefley in 
the exalted feat he holds among his ableft 
-Cotemporarics in this {pecies of vé iting in 
his own or any other country. 
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Four Trios fele&ted from Corelli's Concertos. 
Adapted for the Piano-forte, Violin, and Vt0- 
loncello. ' By Ofmond Saffery,§of Canterbury. 
75. Od. : 
Mr. Saffery has adapted thefe trios ina 
ftyle that difplays much judgment and ~ 
knowledge of effect. In the piano-forte 
part the harmonic difpofition is particu- 
larly commodious for the band, and the 
powers of the other inftruments have been 
confulted with equal fuccefs. Much pains 
have evidently been taken to give to the 
whole a pleafing as well as a new fhape ; 
and the refuit, with the lovers of coucer- 
tante mufic, will, we are confident, be 
found adequate to the author’s beit withes. 
‘© The Cottage Girl.’ A Sequel to the Country 
School Boy. A Ballad, with an Accompam- 
ment for the Piano-forte. Compofed and dedi- 
cated to the Dutchefs of Devonfhire, by To 
iiaigh, Is. 3 
The melody of this Ballad is chiefly 
charaéterized by its eafe and fimplicity. 
The paflages bear a natural reference to 
each other, and the effect of the whole is 
that of an unlaboured tale pleafingly told. 
The words are by Mr. Huriftone ; and 
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