which is to prove to young persons of active imaginations, that happiness and knowledge depend, not as such are too frequently disposed to imagine, on a foreign tour; but that much valuable information may be obtained in their own country-amusement in their own homes-nay, pleasant variety and real entertainment, even in those very apartments, where for want of occupation, many an intelligent mind may have idly lounged for hours, listlessly wishing for some novelty." This "valuable information," picked up in the boudoir, consists of some knowledge of carpets, tapestry, modern paper hangings, ornamental plumes and feathers, idolatry, oriental china, European porcelain, &c. &c., all, no doubt, very useful for young ladies. But there are matters of graver moment treated of, viz. the History of the Bible, and the Preservation and Purity of the Scriptures. As the lady considers that, "our happiness as individuals, and our greatness as a community, is attributable, chiefly under God's blessing, to the venerable Church establishment," we looked for an attack upon Popery as a matter of course, and we have not been deceived. To notice the many silly observations made by the authoress, in reference to this fertile topic of abuse would be useless, but we cannot pass one or two gross misstatements. In the first place, the writer says, that "the adherents of this (the Roman Catholic) Church are still prohibited, even in England, from reading the Scriptures, in their native tongue!" while in point of fact, no such prohibition ever existed in England. And in the second place, that previous to the Reformation, the Scriptures " remained in Europe in their original languages of Hebrew and Greek, or were translated into Latin only;" while the truth is, that very shortly after the invention of printing, and long before the Reformation, so-called, translations of the Scriptures were printed in the vernacular languages of Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, and Spain. Enough.

Funeral Oration on his Eminence Cardinal Weld. Delivered at his solemn obsequies in the Church of St. Maria, in Aquiro, April 22, 1837. By N. Wiseman, D.D. Rome. 1837. London. Reprinted by Booker and Dolman. This is an eloquent tribute to departed worth, and should find a place in the library of every Catholic. Did our limits permit we would give an extract or two from the pleasing biographical sketch of the eminent person who is the deserving object of the learned Doctor's eulogy; but curtailment would be doing an injustice to the orator, and we must therefore refer our readers to the discourse itself.

A Discourse on the complete Restoration of Man, morally and physically considered. By Daniel Chapman. London. Hamilton, Adams and Co. 1837. We have been able only to glance over this volume; but this slight perusal has satisfied us that it is a work of great merit, well calculated to inspire the reader with a high religious feeling, and to rouse the attention of the unthinking sceptic. Mr. Chapman's speculations upon the physical restoration of man are curious and interesting.

A History of England from the Invasion of the Romans. By John Lingard, D.D. The fourth edition, correctly and considerably enlarged.

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Vol. I. London. Baldwin and Cradock. 1837. This valuable work is already so well known, that a mere allusion to this new edition is all that is necessary, It has now received the last corrections of the learned Author, who has made considerable additions to the text, which have enhanced its importance as the only History of England which can be relied upon for accuracy and impartiality. Dr. Lingard, we believe, does not contemplate a continuation of his history. We think the publishers might have displayed more taste in getting up this work. The typography of Messrs. Clowes is not just what we should have expected from their respectable establishment.

Views of the Architecture of the Heavens, in a Series of Letters to a Lady. By J. P. Nichol, LL.D. F.R.S.E. Professor of Practical Astronomy in the University of Glasgow. Edinburgh. William Tait. 1837. For those who have little time to devote to the study of the sublime science of Astronomy, this work is peculiarly well fitted, being written in a popular style, and free from what may be called the technicalities of the system. In Part I. the Professor treats of the form of the existing universe; in Part II. of the constituent mechanisms or the principle of vitality of stellar arrangements; and in the third, or concluding part, of the origin and probable destiny of the present form of the material creation. This last head comprises a short dissertation upon the nebulæ, particularly that of Orion, compared by Sir John Herschel "to a curdling liquid, or a surface strewed over with flocks of wool, or the breaking up of a mackarel sky, when the clouds of which it consists begin to assume a cirrous appearance." The work is illustrated by twenty-two plates, chiefly taken from graphic representations by the two Herschels.

An Essay concerning the Nature of Man. By John Dayman. London. Longman and Co. 1837.-The Author professes himself to be "a firm believer in the authenticity and sacred character of the Scriptures, as received by the Protestant churches;" and as such he sits down to write a book to prove that the doctrine of a material body and an immaterial and immortal soul is a "heathen notion," and "when applied to the scheme of religion laid down in the Bible is full of inconsistencies!" This is bible-reading with a vengeance. Mr. Dayman's opinions are too absurd for refutation.

London. Moxon.

The Contention of Death and Love, a Poem. 1837. The subject of this poem is a contention between Death and Love, who are fancifully represented as sisters, standing at the bedside of a sick poet. The dispute is, whether the poet shall be numbered with the dead or with the living. They are both eloquent, and there is a good deal of beauty and winning affection in the address of Death to her sister, while those of the latter are much more forcible. After all, Love is content that the poet's memory should outlive his mortal remains, and this furnishes our author with an opportunity of indulging his muse and letting her fly

The Progress of Creation considered with reference to the present condition of the Earth. By Mary Roberts. London. Smith, Elder, and Co. 1837.-This interesting subject is handled by our fair authoress with all the ability which we were led to expect from seeing her name on the title-page. The knowledge of natural history which she brings to bear upon the subject shows her to be very well versed in this science, and the entertaining manner in which she communicates that knowledge cannot fail to attract the attention of her readers. The work, to use a bookseller's phrase, is "well got up."

The Irish Tourist, or the People and the Provinces of Ireland. London: Darton and Harvey. 1837.-This is rather a commonplace affair, yet the work is not without interest; and though tinged with an anti-catholic feeling, it contains more liberal sentiments than are usually to be met with in the writings of tourists in Ireland. Our traveller found party spirit still rampant in Londonderry, in the person of an Orange guide, who appeared to wish for an opportunity of bringing the Catholics to open war with the Protestants; and “a gentlemanly townsman," who remarked that he had served his country well, and liked rest and quiet, but that he should not be sorry to see 'a good sound rebellion in Ireland; that (he continued) is the only thing to put us to a right state-the Catholics must lose thousands and millions before there is peace in Ireland—an open rebellion, and an English army to put the rascals down, would do the business at once!" This " gentlemanly townsman" then " ran into a most furious tirade against the Melbourne ministry. Lord Mulgrave and Lord Morpeth were traitors, infidels-no name was too bad for them; the Education Board was an atheistical device; and Orange-men and Orange-lodges were the only instruments for the regeneration of Ireland!" Such are the real sentiments, not of a few individuals, but of the whole genus, from Ernest King of Hanover down to Sam Gray. How fortunate for Ireland that Victoria is now her sovereign, instead of the Grand Master of the Orange Lodges! She has thus been spared another Iliad of woes.

Education Reform. By T. Wyse, M.P. Vol. I. London: Longman and Co. 1837.-The question of national education is of too great importance to admit of much longer delay in bringing it into practical operation. Mr. Wyse, to whose indefatigable labours this cause is under the deepest obligations, advocates no untried theory, but the establishment of a system of universal education, which has been already found to work well in those countries where it has been tried. He treats the subject in the volume before us in the spirit of true philosophy, and his views are those of an enlightened and accomplished statesman, destined, we hope, to act a distinguished part in the regeneration of his country.

Sequel to Sematology, being an attempt to clear the way for the Regeneration of Metaphysics, comprising Strictures on Platonism, Materialism, Scotch Intellectual Philosophy & Phrenology, Brougham's Additions to Paley, Logic at Oxford and in the Edinburgh Review, &c. By the Author of "An Outline of Sematology, or an Essay towards

establishing a new Theory of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric. 1837.— Certes Mr. Smart is quite a giant in his own way - a metaphysical Goliath, who derides with scorn the host of modern metaphysicians as a puny race, wholly unacquainted with the science of mind. Yet he does not mean "to fill up the vacancy which a century and a half of inattention" to the science of metaphysics, as Locke proposed it, has left. 66 My attempt" (he observes)" is only to clear the way; and to this end I shall think that I have not been uselessly employed if I induce people to ponder whether Scotch intellectual philosophy and Oxford reviving logic, the northern-lights in Albemarle-street, and Aristotle at Edinburgh, and Brougham at work on Paley, are not unwholesome miasmata in our literary atmosphere, which must be qualified or swept away, before metaphysics can be regenerated and flourish as a useful branch of useful learning." This is no doubt very modest, but modesty may be carried too far, and although in our author's opinion it is not for one man nor perhaps for one generation to supply the vacancy now existing in metaphysical science, we would advise him to endeavour to fill it up quam primum.

Postscript to ARTICLE IV, page 113.

Since the article on Canada was sent to press, we received six weeks later intelligence from Canada, our advices now reaching the 9th of June.

The determination announced in the letter dated 23rd April, and printed at pages 110-111, has been very generally acted upon. During the interval in question, the whole country has been in a state of extreme agitation. Numerous county meetings have been held, denouncing in the strongest terms the government measure, and pledging themselves to resist by every means in their power.

The proceedings of all these county meetings are nearly of the same

tenour.

They declare, that from this time forward, the connexion of Canada with the mother country is one of force only. That they will do all in their power to bring about the independence of the Colony.

They pledge themselves, and they earnestly recommend their fellow citizens, to abstain from the use of all those commodities which bear a duty, and so afford a revenue to the government.

They declare the smuggler worthy of the good opinion and gratitude of his fellow citizens, and they denounce as base, infamous, and deserving of the execration of the country, all who inform against the smuggler.

At one meeting, that of the County of Two-Mountains, a smuggled tea-chest, a home made whiskey barrel, and some smuggled tobacco, were carried in the procession, with appropriate banners, and not a revenue officer dared to interfere.

Numerous county meetings are still announced.

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ART. I.-Novalis Schriften. Herausgegeben von L. Tieck und F. Schlegel. Berlin. 1826.-The Writings of Novalis. Edited by L. Tieck and F. Schlegel. Berlin. 1826. 4th Edit.

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besides himself, of Tieck and the two Schlegels, which, at the commencement of the present century, produced a mighty revolution in German literature; and has exerted an influence not more extensive than beneficial on the German mind. If new and purer views of art"* have been established-if the progress of that literary Paganism which Lessing, and Herder, and Voss, and Göthe, had encouraged and promoted, hath been happily arrested-if while the fullest justice hath been rendered to the claims of antique genius, the long-neglected art and literature of the Middle Age have regained their hold on our sympathies and admiration-if, as in the case of Novalis and F. Schlegel, the foundations have been laid for a Christian school in history and metaphysics-it is by the illustrious men we speak of, that these benefits have been achieved. And if to these we add the name of Stolberg, for the department of theology and ecclesiastical history, we have then named the five Promethean spirits that in our age brought down new fire from heaven, and recast, as it were, the mould of the German mind.

In this article it is our intention to review the interesting biography of Novalis, which Tieck has prefixed to the fourth edition of his friend's writings; next among those writings we shall particularly call the reader's attention to a beautiful historical fragment, entitled "Christendom," as well as to many of his detached thoughts on religion, literature, and politics; and we shall conclude with a short parallel between him and his most distinguished literary friend and associate.

Frederick von Hardenberg, called Novalis, was born on the 2nd of May, 1772, on a family estate in the Countship of

* Wiseman's "Connexion of Science and Revealed Religion." VOL. III.-NO. VI.

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