majority of readers will be new, having been drawn from rich but obscure quarters. We must say, that Mr. Housman has not only brought into his collection the best compositions of the kind in the language, but that be has introduced none which are not choice and worthy of being set off to advantage. This setting off, the editor has admirably executed in a Preface and Notes becoming the gems he encases. Indeed, in that Preface and these Notes, he proves himself to be possessed of a kindred genius and taste to those sweet singers whose bursts of emotion, and exquisite breathings, he has so judiciously arranged. In short, he possesses a scholarship and capacity for appreciating the excellencies of the purest and highest styles of poetry, and therefore he has been enabled to give to the world a collection which will have an enduring existence, and along with which his name will ever be gratefully remembered.

ART, XXXII.—The Art of Reading Greek according to Accent as well as according to Quantity; or, a Second Companion to the Eton Greek Grammar. By the Rev. ROBERT COLE, Andover. London: Rivington.

1836. THERE are proofs of ripe scholarship in this little work, which forms one of a series upon a plan admirably calculated, in the absence of an Eton Grammar, and a tutor to teach that Grammar, to advance the attainment of proficiency and taste in the knowledge of the Greek language. The "First Companion" was intended to afford assistance to those who would be observant of the rules pertaining to quantity; the object of the "Second" is to afford assistance to those who would be observant not of quantity only, but of quantity and accent; points of great concernment to those who would desire to be possessed of a refined and poetical relish for that honied tongue.

ART. XXIII.-The Lakes of England. By GEORGE TATTERSALL. 8vo. with Plates. London: Sherwood and Co. 1836.

THIS is a very delightful volume for the tourist to the pleasant Lakes of the North of England; it is full of the most interesting particulars regarding their topography, and the beauties of scenery which embellish the surrounding country. These exquisite and picturesque spots are not easily described by the pen, but they are brought more vividly before us by the pencil of the author. We promise Mr. Tattersall the thanks of all future pilgrims to the far-famed Lakes of Cumberland.

ART. XXIV.-The Remains, Religious and Literary, of Samuel' Drew, A. M., comprising Sermons, Controversial Pieces, Essays, and Letters. Edited by his Eldest Son. London: Fisher and Co. 1836. THESE are some of the various religious and literary productions which employed the leisure of a truly pious divine; there is much merit in many of the pieces, even in a literary point of view, and the whole of them breathe a spirit of Christian morality and feeling, which will endear them to those whose minds can reciprocate to such ennobling sentiments as are scattered through these pages.

ART. XXXV.-The History of the Ancient Palace and late Houses of Parliament at Westminster, &c. &c. By EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY and JOHN BRITTON. London: John Weale. 1836.

THANKS to the untiring perseverance of Mr. Britton, the splendid architectural relics of former eras are rescued from the fate which they were destined otherwise shortly to undergo, from the mouldering influence of time. The thanks of all, we again repeat, are justly due to Mr. Britton 'for snatching these truly celebrated works, in which may be traced the ingenuity and skill of our ancestors, from oblivion, and making them again fresh and vivid, by the pencil of the artist and the labour of the engraver; he has, by this means, given them an existence that will endure as long as a taste for the elegant and magnificent in architecture shall exist. These are the founts to which all future architects must go for a knowledge of the sublime principles of their art. In conclusion, we have to lament and grieve at the apathetic indifference of Englishmen to the great and lasting benefits which Mr. Britton has, by his sacrifices of time and money, conferred upon their country, by giving it a name among the nations of Europe, for the beauty of its architectural monuments, which the present volume will not detach from-sacrifices, we are sure, which nothing they could offer him could too well repay.

ART. XXXVI.-Symptoms of an Austrio French Alliance; or, How is England affected by the Dissolution of the Late Ministry of France? By G. Cox, M.A. London: Ridgway. 1836.

THIS pamphlet is written with the fervour and the flourish of a young man, but a young man of mind and powerful diction. He is suspicious, and offers warnings with respect to M. Thiers, M. de Talleyrand, Louis Phillippe,&c., and urges, plausibly and patriotically, certain views which we hope are not unfamiliar to Lord Palmerston, and the whole of the British Cabinet. The pamphlet is an able one, and, though short, places particular matters connected with our foreign relationships, in a forcible light. It is a production, in short, that will well reward the reader's perusal of it, and gives promise that the author is capable of superior efforts, even to the one now before us.

ART. XXXVII.-A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture. Exemplified by One Hundred and Fifty Wood Cuts. London: C. Tilt. 1836.

THIS is a very useful and valuable compilation, and will be of the greatest advantage to every student of architecture. In a country like England, possessed of so many splendid remnants of the archaiological magnificence of former ages, embracing the fortified palaces of her monarchs, the castles of her steel-clad barons, the spacious and gorgeous monasteries and cathedrals of her monks and prelates, and the country mansions and town houses of her gentry and merchants, it must attract that attention which its subject demands.

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ART. I.-Souvenirs d'Espagne. Par HENRI CORNILLE, Auteur des "Souvenirs de l'Orient.". 2 tom. Bertrand, Paris: Baliere, London, 1836. Reminiscences of Spain. By HENRY CORNILLE, Author of "Reminiscences of the East." 2 vols.

HENRI CORNILLE is a name which has acquired some temporary celebrity in the literary world, by appearing on the title-page of a very fairly executed volume of "Travels in the East," published last year. The favourable reception accorded to his first production, has induced M. Cornille to redouble his travelling activity, and his letter-press. Having seen the regions of the Levant, he is naturally led to take a peep at Spain; for, as he says," Spain was to me the completion of the Eastern world; it closed before my steps the basin of the Mediterranean; it was the last stone of the monument, chiseled after the same model; disposed after the same design; it was necessary to complete the edifice without altering its regularity." Spain may not inappropriately be likened to one of those ancient castles, to which the occupants of each succesive age have lent their peculiar and characteristic additions. The predominant idea, the animus, the spirit of the time, is sculptured and embodied in the contributions of its architects. Each column has its state, its character, its school; each wave of time bears with it its deposit ; each successive race adds a story to the monument; each individual brings his stone; the huge and incongruous mass is the heaping together of ages, the residue of the successive evaporations of the human race; almost all the different tribes of the West have swept over the Peninsula, and Africa has poured forth its Mussulman hordes to revel in the deliciousness of the valleys of Andalusia.

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states, and will forcibly rivet their attention on the enigma of the West. In contemplating Spain, we feel as in the presence of one of those edifices we have just mentioned; a poetical solemnity, 3 reverential awe, for which we are unable to account, stealing over the mind-something mysterious, that promises most marvellous revelations; and, as has been very justly remarked by M. Cornille, amid the mountains of Murcia and Estremadura, as well as in the plains of La Mancha and Castile, the traveller resembles those inmates of the Alhambra, who expect to find treasures behind each beam of the mouldering palace of Boabdil, and who, in the long winter nights, fancy they hear, in the breeze that sighs through the casements of the Court of Lions, the plaintive voices of the fast of the Abencerages, communicating the secrets of another world.

We shall not pause to examine the distinct and particular impressions which Spain has retained, from the passage of so many tribes. Antiquarians have minutely analysed the seeming discrepancies of national manners and characters, and traced them to their respective originals. We shall content ourselves with remarking the two great divisions which the hand of nature has traced, and which neither time nor circumstances have been able to change. On the one side is Southern Spain, with its Asiatic productions, its eternal spring, its parched foliage, and its dusty plains-the Spain of Grenada, with its flowering orange trees, its women with black hair, black and burning eyes, and a step as stately and elastic as the motions of a celestial apparition. On the other, the Spain of the Pyrennees, with its mountains covered with the oak, the pine, and the chesnut; its cloudy sky, its evening breeze, fresh as that of the sea, its women, with their chesnut locks, with their fresh and brilliant colours, drawing their nourishment from the milk of their flocks, and protected from the burning sun by the shade of their trees-on the one hand, the stimulating and refreshing influences of a tropical climate, the flowers and perfumes of Arabia, the contempt of labour, bodily indolence, and mental activity ;on the other, a country diversified with rocks and woods, the anxieties of commerce, the labours of agriculture, and the manufactures of the produce of the mine; in the north, a rural population, the habits of every day-existence, the tranquil pleasures of domestic life; in the south, the life of impulse, the refinements of sensuality, the ardent love of pleasure, and of shows, poetry, and passion-the existence of the moment; these are the indelible distinctions, impressed by the hand of Nature herself, under all circumstances, and in every time.

Our author sets out from Paris, by the route of Toulouse, Orleans, Limoges, and Montauban, for Bayonne, the advanced post of France on the Spanish territory. Of Bayonne he remarks that

"Like all the southern cities seated upon the sea coast, Bayonne has emancipated itself from the over-rigid trammels of French etiquette and morality." [To an English ear this sounds somewhat startling.] "Whether it be," pursues our author, "that the climate provokes this freedom from restraint, or that the concourse of strangers, from all parts of the world, by their difference of opinions and character, insensibly efface the most salient points of national originality, certain it is that those travelling populations evince a singular independence of principles and tastes."

In confirmation of the truth of this observation, we need only cite the description of the bathing scene at Biarris. This is a small village, situated a few miles from Bayonne, amid the rocks that gird the coast. It is not like other watering places-a theatre for the display of dandyism and wealth.

"The company reach Biarris by the modest aid of a mountain poney: they arrive without noise or eclat, seated in a simple cacolet, vis-a-vis to the driver, who is most commonly represented by a stout girl, with a florid complexion, black hair, and sparkling eyes. She is a good-humoured girl, with a fine clear hearty laugh, quick at repartee, and bearing with only so much of the badinage as she chooses to tolerate.

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Descending the slope, the bathers alight at two wooden huts, a few toises from the shore: here they exchange their city finery for a lighter costume. One hut is appropriated to the men, and the other to the women."

Quitting Bayonne and these friends of nature with a sigh, our traveller proceeds onward by the most important of the three great lines of road through the Biscayan provinces; viz. that running from St. Jean de Luz to Burges, through Irun, Asgtigarrage, Tolosa, Villa Franca, Mondragon, Salinas, Vittoria, and Miranda de Ebra. Notwithstanding the impracticable nature of the country, the roads are excellent, and in many places bordered by trees; and this is one of many proofs of the enterprise and industry of the Biscayans. The country, as we advance, is in every direction broken into hill or valley, and, surveyed from a height, presents a boundless expanse of hills, ridge rising above ridge on every side, and blue peaks beyond these. Level country there is none; and our author likens the physical configuration of most of the provinces to a sea in a storm. The character of the inhabitants is in keeping with that of the country, differing as they do from the rest of Spain in language, manners, customs, and habits of life. They have maintained the same character through every period of European history. They firmly adhere to the belief, that their country was never forced to accept a foreign yoke; and that, from the earliest ages down to the present day, it has preserved its liberties inviolate and intact. The poorest of the Basque peasants will tell you, with an honest pride, that long after the entire Peninsula had been subjugated, his forefathers had not acknowledged the authority of any law; and that in yielding a voluntary obedience to the kings of