Reminiscences of a Medical Student. No. XII., Excursion with Bob The Confessions of a Phoenix. By the Editor Recreations in Natural History. No. XV., Wild Swans 362 392 Observations apon Observers; with Remarks on the Faculty of Winking 467 Music for the Billion! a Lecture delivered by Polyphemus Polypipe, Professor of the Pandæans The Aerial Steam-Carriage 495 Literature of the Month (for JANUARY): Frederick the Great, his Court and Times. Edited by Thomas Campbell, Esq. Vols. III. and IV. -College Life; or, the Proctor's Note-book. By J. Hewlett, M.A.— The Bible in Spain; or, the Imprisonment of an Englishman. By George Borrow.--A Yacht-voyage in the Mediterranean. By the Countess of Grosvenor.-Poetry for the Million. By an M.P. Edited (for FEBRUARY): The History of Woman in England. By Miss Lawrance.-Adam Brown, the Merchant. By Horace Smith.-The Tuft-hunter; a novel. By Lord W. Lennox. Jessie Phillips: Ja Tale of the New Poor Law. By Mrs. Trollope.— Narrative of a Residence on the Mosquito Coast. By T. Young.— Narrative of the Expedition to China. By Commander Bingham, R.N. (for MARCH): Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots. By Miss Agnes Strickland. Vol. III.-Sir Edward Belcher's FAIREST Lady and Noble, for once on a time, And a style more of Gay than of Milton, Not described by the Countess of Wilton. An Art not unknown to the delicate hand Yet oh! that the dames of the Scandalous School That are plied in the said operations Oh! would that our Candours on copper would sketch! Are, good grounds for our representations. Jan.-VOL. LXVII. NO. CCLXV. B Those protective and delicate coatings of wax, For why? like some intricate deed of the law, And attacking the part that no coating protects, Then carefully spread the conservative stuff, For in Etching, as well as in Morals, pray note, Your ascetics find vastly attractive. Thus the ground being laid, very even and flat, Just allow me, by way of precaution, to state, You must hinder the footman from changing your plate, Nor yet suffer the butler to clean it. Nay, the Housemaid, perchance, in her passion to scrub, Like the Shield which Swift's readers remember- But aloof from all damage by Betty or John, So in worldly affairs, the sharp-practising man Who, as keen as his knife, yet with agony found, That while urging his point he was losing his ground, And incurring a fatal disclosure. But, perhaps, without tracing at all, you may choose To indulge in some little extempore views, Like the older artistical people; For example, a Corydon playing his pipe, In a Low Country marsh, with a Cow after Cuyp, A wild Deer at a rivulet taking a sup, Architectural study-or rich Arabesque ; Near to Naples, or Venice, or Florence; Like the Children by Reynolds or Lawrence. But whatever the subject, your exquisite taste. For suppose that the tool be imperfectly set, Who remains by the brink of the water, agape, Therefore let the steel-point be set truly and round, Flowing glibly where fancy would lead 'em. But alas! for the needle that fetters the hand, And forbids even sketches of Liberty's land To be drawn with the requisite freedom! Oh! the botches I've seen by a tool of the sort, Such stiff, crabbed and angular scratches, That the figures seem'd statues or mummies from tombs, The stiff clouds as if carefully iron'd and starch'd, Prithee, who in such characteristics could see But prepared by a hand that is skilful and nice, Who impelling the needle just presses so much, And behold! how the fast-growing images gleam! For, subdued by the sheet so transparent and white, So the juvenile Poet with ecstasy views His first verses, and dreams that the songs of his Muse Till some critical sheet scans the faulty design, That had form'd such a vision of splendour! Certain objects, however, may come in your sketch, |