Current:

Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), August 1834, Edition 1 of 1, Page 603, Untitled Article

Page 603
Page 73
73 of 74

On this page

  • Text (7)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      The Book of Aphorisms . IMost of these aphorisms are meant to be witty , and many of them are ] humorous . Truisms and falsisms are very impartially blended . There iis much smart twaddling and twaddling smartness , intermixed with I better stuff . Very sound is the seventy-first aphorism : 'The most difincult thing in the world is to talk good nonsense ; ' nor is it strange that the author of 675 aphorisms , * all written in the evenings of September , 1832 , for the purpose of whiling away a few idle hours / should not

      have always succeeded , either in sense or nonsense . Still the book will do very well for an afternoon in the post-chaise pocket . The last aphorism is , ' Next to the Bible , the best book in the world is the Book of Aphorisms . ' We beg , on behalf of the Jewish and Christian revelations , to return thanks for the exception .

      Untitled Article

      Critical Notices . G 03

      Untitled Article

      Statistics of the United States . By T . J . Tredway .

      Al very useful book for emigrants , or those who think of becoming so . The compiler is a native and resident American , who has devoted many years to the topography of the States ; and , so far as we can judge from the work itself , he has performed his task with impartiality and diligence .

      Untitled Article

      Illustrations of the Bible . By Westall and Martin . Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Eight wood-cuts for a shilling , from the productions of such masters , is certainly rendering the fine arts cheap enough , go far as quantity is concerned . The question of quality is , however , of much more importance . The first number disappointed us ; we believe partly from our not being favoured with good impressions ; with the subsequent numbers we have been highly gratified . In most cases the wood has done its duty admirably , and the pictorial effect is satisfactorily realized . The merits of the designs cannot be discussed in the limits of a notice ; they are such as the names of the painters will sufficiently avouch .

      Untitled Article

      Biographical Sketches of Eminent Artists . By John Gould . Mr . John Gould appears to be a diligent compiler , and so far as this qualification goes , his book is meritorious and useful . We cannot praise his style or his philosophy ; and an alphabetical index to an alphabetical dictionary , is a sheer waste of paper .

      Untitled Article

      I ? Echo de Paris . By M . A-P . Lepage . iVa much as a book can teach an English learner , of familiar conversation in French , may be acquired from this book . How much that is , or » f how much use , is a different question .

      Untitled Article

      Birmingham and its Vicinity . By W . Hawkes Smith . Nos . 1 and 2 . 2 s . 6 d . each . ^ ll our large towns , and our manufacturing or commercial districts , J fcoulcl promptly imitate this spirited publication ; the agricultural dis-[ ricts may be allowed to follow more slowly . Mr . Hawkes Smith has

  • Citation
    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1834, page 603, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2636/page/73/