pages of his history will demonstrate, by many examples, that the principles of the Catholics are not incompatible with the strictest observance of loyalty to monarchs of a different persuasion.. The appointment of Mr. H. as one of the sub-commissioners of the Public Records in Ireland threw open to him many valuable sources of national information, of which he availed himself with indefatigable industry. After having examined the archives of Trinity-College, the Record-Tower, the Rolls, and various other public offices in Dublin, he came over to England, and carefully explored the various repositories of antient records connected with the purpose of his inquiry in Oxford and London. To investigate such records, scattered as they are in various libraries, to decypher the mutilated remains of old times, to abstract, arrange, and correct historical events through the dark periods of antiquity, is a work of no common toil and perseverance: but Mr. Hardiman has executed it in a manner which reflects great credit on his industry, impartiality, and liberality of sentiment. POLITICS. Art. 19. Observations on the Appointment of the Right Honorable 8vo. This pamphlet consists principally of hints which the author considers himself as well qualified to give to the new Secretary, on the policy to be pursued in the Foreign Office. He is not very courteous to the memory of Lord Londonderry: but his own schemes seem to us at least as inconsistent and incompatible with one another as any measures ever attributed to that nobleman. He is so far a Liberal, however, that he would support the Greeks; and so far a friend of the ancien regime, that he is very anxious to have the Bourbons in Spain restored to the inherent rights of legitimates. In his view, the Spanish people, while endeavoring to establish a constitution, are in a state of insurrection which ought to be suppressed by "the Holy Alliance:" but the Greeks are only contending for their rights, because, forsooth, they have never transferred their allegiance to their Ottoman tyrants;' and the Turks, we are assured, are merely in military occupation of their country, and all the principles of legitimacy are in favor of their expulsion from a soil, the possession of which they have usurped by the sword.' It is also stated, we fear too truly, that the English character is not now highly respected on the Continent: but, in total forgetfulness (apparently) of our bombardment of Copenhagen, and of our participation in perfidy on more recent occasions, the author attributes this feeling to our connection with Austria, and to the uncourtly language in which the members of the Opposition sometimes indulge when speaking of the ministerial leaders. 6 Mr. G. animadverts with much severity on the bashawry that prevails among his old favorites the Royalists in France, now that they have emerged, by the means of others, into light and power; and he applies the same term to persons to whom he was not always always so uncourteous, viz. the aristocracy of this country: - but then he is sure that Mr. Canning is a bourgeois; and he is positive 'that it cannot be denied, and that Mr. Canning himself will not deny, that he owes his elevation to his talents only.' - While, however, the author is somewhat disrespectful to the nobles, he is very dutiful to his Majesty George the Fourth; and though his Majesty preferred Lord Londonderry, and rejected Mr. Canning as long as he could, yet Mr. G. is very complimentary to the sagacity of his Gracious Sovereign;' first eulogizing him as Prince Regent of England, and then proceeding to laud the same royal and illustrious personage, his present Majesty George the Fourth,' for calling to his councils such a man as Mr. Canning. Whatever Mr. Canning may think, or we may think, of Mr. Goldsmith's praises, we shall be happy to find the Right Honorable Gentleman rendering himself intitled to them in the exercise of his new and important functions. 6 POETRY. Art. 20. Gems, principally from the Antique, drawn and etched by Richard Dagley, Author of "Select Gems," &c. With Illustrations in Verse by the Rev. George Croly, A. M. Author of "Catiline, a Tragedy," &c. 12mo. 8s. 6d. Hurst and Co. 1822. Boards. We have here an elegant little volume, which forms a very fit ornament for a drawing-room table. The engravings, though slight, are spirited and well executed; and this is very much the character of the illustrations accompanying them. We confess, however, judging from his former publications, that Mr. Croly does not appear to us to have written his best on this occasion; nor, perhaps, was it necessary that he should. A little effort is observable in some of the descriptions, which gives them a slight stiffness; and in one or two instances, we think, Mr. C. is not very successful in his attempts at wit. The two prettiest poems in the volume are those on Cupid carrying Provisions, and Venus clipping the Wings of Cupid: but we cannot see the necessity of disfiguring these verses by using the old orthography; and therefore we shall quote the first of them in a modern dress, which becomes it much better. There was once a gentle time When the world was in its prime ; And every month was lovely May.— Cupid then had but to go With his purple wings and bow; And in blossom'd vale and grove Every shepherd knelt to love. Then a rosy dimpled cheek, Ff 3 And And a low voice silver-sweet Oh, for the old true-love time, Art. 21. Songs of Zion; being Imitations of Psalms. By James 1822. If the amiable author of this volume had been entirely defeated in his attempt, he might yet have consoled himself with the consideration that he failed in a design which no degree of talent or piety seems equal to accomplish; and that many of these imitations are very inadequate to represent the simplicity and grandeur of the originals may be confessed without any disparagement of Mr. Montgomery's poetical abilities: but in some, we think, he has retained and illustrated the beauties of his models more completely than any of his predecessors, and we would instance his imitations of Psalms xlvi. civ. cvii. and cxxxi. We extract the imitation of Psalm xlviii. as also executed with spirit and fidelity. Jehovah is great, and great be his praise; In the city of God He is king; Proclaim ye his triumphs in jubilant lays, On the mount of his holiness sing. The joy of the earth, from her beautiful height, Is Zion's impregnable hill; The Lord in her temple still taketh delight, God reigns in her palaces still. At the sight of her splendour, the kings of the earth Fear seized them like pangs of a premature birth; Thou Thou breakest the ships from the sea-circled climes, As our fathers have told of thy deeds, in their times, In the midst of thy temple, O God, hath our mind Let thy name, like thy praise, to no realm be confined; 'Let the daughters of Judah be glad for thy love, The mountain of Zion rejoice, For Thou wilt establish her seat from above, Then say to your children: - Our strong hold is tried; His people for ever his counsels shall guide, His arm shall for ever defend.' Some of these expressions appear to us very happy; while they leave a pleasing impression of the zeal and earnestness with which the writer seems to have been animated, and which probably aided the fervor of composition. NOVEL S. Art. 22. Tales of the Manor. By Mrs. Hofland. 12mo. 4 Vols. 11. 4s. Boards. Longman and Co. 1822. Of these tales, which evince much power and variety of concep tion, The Partial Mother' contains the greatest number of na tural touches, and affords the most instructive moral. The Divided Lovers' is an original story, and interesting, though some what too long: but the tale intitled A Stricken Conscience,' which we understand is founded on facts, reminds us of those wonderfully streaked and tinted skies which, though sometimes seen in our horizon, we are told by painters would look quite unnatural on canvas. Such an exhibition of disgusting wickedness as it presents can do no good, and we wish the ingenious writer to employ herself on themes better suited to her taste and feelings. Art. 23. The Three Perils of Man; or, War, Woman, and Witchcraft. A Border Romance. By James Hogg, Author of "Winter Evening Tales," "Queen's Wake," &c. &c. 12mo. 3 Vols. 17. 4s. Boards. Longman and Co. 1822. This title reminds us of a country gentleman's exclamation on reading a well known passage in the Latin grammar; ""Mars, Bacchus, Apollo," I know,' said he, but who was "Virorum?"' In like manner, though we acknowlege that war and women are apt to bring men into peril, yet we are not equally fearful of witch Ff4 craft craft; and least of all such witchcraft as Mr. Hogg would give us; for it is so clumsy and childish that we can scarcely believe it to proceed from the same pen to which we owe the graceful, airy, and fanciful description of Kilmeny's" enchantment. Nor are the ladies, for whom these border-knights are made to adventure life and fortune, worthy of any comparison with our favorite, the "Bonnie Kilmeny." The scene in which the Princess of Scotland and the Lady Jane meet in disguise is one of the best; and the volumes contain some forcible descriptions of warlike encounters: but, on the whole, this romance, though it might pass muster from an unknown writer, cannot be said to exhibit the powers for which this author has already been distinguished. The language and manners of Scotchmen in the olden time are indeed well described: but this merit has now lost the charm of novelty; and on Mr. Hogg it can confer little more praise than we should attribute to a ship's log-book by saying that it gave a good idea of the vessel's course, and was evidently written by a person acquainted with nautical affairs. Art. 24. Roche Blanche; or, The Hunters of the Pyrenees. A Romance. By Miss Anna Maria Porter, Author of "The Village of Mariendorpt," &c. 12mo. 3 Vols. 17. 4s. Boards. Longman and Co. 1822. The character given of the Baron de Roche Blanche, in the commencement of this work, is so spirited, so natural, and, if we may say it, so French, that we should willingly have seen this happy and comical sketch filled up: but, in the subsequent pages, our attention is called to nobler personages and graver scenes, and the interest excited is deep and pleasing. Yet the denouement is somewhat abruptly conducted:- the passion of Adhémar for an ideot, or, as Miss Porter might term her, an "unidead" person, is not only improbable, but would be revolting if depicted by a less gifted pen;-and the stale incident of his overhearing the plots of Catharine de Medicis from behind the arras could only be compensated by the finely touched scene of his death, which immediately follows it. The fair writer's occasional reflections are just and striking: but it would have been better to avoid the profane allusion in the first volume, p. 112., though it is properly so styled by Miss P. herself, where a courtier is made to employ in banter the words of penitence that were addressed to our Saviour, during the most awful hour of which we have a record. A few faulty expressions may be noticed; as, vol. i. p. 34., he was not easily got to give up exercise;' p.73., ' I should like to know who I am talking with - I should rather say, who I owe my life to?' p. 144., he saw that the latter had been used to the ceremonials of a court; as such, his own manners became,' &c.; p. 341., volant movements.' Vol. ii. p. 314., Her good natured though unidead countenance,' &c. &c., Art. 25. The Refugees, an Irish Tale. By the Author of "Decision," "Correction," &c. 12mo. 3 Vols. 17. 1s. Boards. Longman and Co. 1822. Apparently, |