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    ances , although it is quite plain they could not " live , moye , and have their being" in any other or better society ; they deprecate scenes to which their whole soul is wedded as its only enjoyment , and introduce here and there a little mawkish sentiment and assumed feeling-, just as a painter puts in a shade of

    no colour in order to set off , either the bright drapery , or 61 undress " of his figures . It may be as well to give a fair specimen of the last expos 6 made by this class of authors . We have never gone out of our way to do this before ; we shall probably never think it worth while to repeat the joke ; nor should we indulge such a vein at present , but that the " instance " is one of absolute perfection .

    The Preface begins by informing the public , that " portraiture is the peculiar talent of the English ; " that this book is full of portraitures , which the writers hope will prove at once amusing and useful ; and concludes by observing , that , " if it be found to contain correct information on interesting

    subjects , that knowledge of fashionable society that it requires , and occasional aptness at description , a favourable verdict will no doubt be recorded by an intelligent public , which will be an ample reward for the labour and anxiety of the authoresses . "

    That the information is but too correct , we are well assured ; and as to the verdict to be recorded , concerning the merits of the subject , and the talents of the writers , there can be no doubt . The day has gone by when the courtly servility about an " intelligent public" can have the slightest effect in conciliating popular judgement . The spirit of the time has been forced to become austere , and critics are now in earnest . The intelligent public is presented with various poems — serious or comic , or rather we should say , comic-serious , for 4 each seems either . ' This is one of them .

    LAY OF THE SPANISH MAIDEN . BY HENRIETTA MARY BEAUCLEBJC . The moon was up , the night was bright and clear . Sleep had long closed the eyes of nil around , When at a casement , quick n maid appears , And from her \ i \> s proceed the following sound .

    As the sound was nothing particular , there in no need fo occupy any space by quoting it , while such rare specimens as these are at hand . She paused , and clasped her trembling hands on high . Two pearly tears descended from her eyes , Ant ! long « he wept , and heaved many a sig h , For none when grieved remember how timejiies :

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1836, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2659/page/10/