we leave unnoticed the energy and spirit with which Miss Faucit bade him go forth and meet the peril that awaited his honourable mission. Jon. "Go! I would not have thee other than thou art, Living or dying. And if thou shouldst fall- If thou shouldst fall, I shall be happier as the affianced bride Of thy cold ashes, than in proudest fortunes." In the scene with Adrastus we bitterly felt the want of another Macready, but that we cannot expect; yet surely some one better than Mr. Dale might be found. Rant and erroneous emphasis did their utmost to mar the excellence of Macready, but it was of too perfect a quality to be much injured by the want of support-it was strong enough to stand alone. Witness his address to Adrastus, beginning "Thou art not marble, And thou shalt hear me." We pass over much of beauty we would willingly notice, but our limits forbid us. Now come we to the parting from Clemanthe, previous to his self-sacrifice for the good of his native city. He must indeed have a heart as hard as granite, and as cold as the polar icebergs, who did not sympathize with the magnanimous self-devoted prince yielding to duty, though urged by strong affection to a different course, and rending his soul ere yet he divorced it from his body. His delivery of the lines "Yes, I have asked that dreadful question," excited a thrill in the house such as it has not been often our fortune to see. He was loudly called for at the close of the play, and received on his appearance with acclamations well deserved by efforts so successful. Of the other actors it is charity to say nothing. In the dramatic world nothing of any importance has occurred since our last. No novelty has been produced, nor is any to be expected for some months to come, for the season may now be said to be virtually over. Covent Garden has indeed formally closed, and Drury Lane is about to follow its example. At the latter house "The Maid of Artois" continues to be performed, and Madam Malibran, according to the terms of her engagement, performs three times a week. The English Opera House is also about to close for a season. The one that is on the eve of expiration has not, we fear, turned out so profitable as the friends of the republican party who have been forming there could wish. Mr. Osbaldeston is understood to be already busy in providing for the next campaign at Covent Garden. He has engaged Mr. C. Kemble, Mr. Sheridan Knowles, and other distinguished performers. His benefit, at the closing of the theatre, was a benefit in point of fact, which is more than benefits always are. The house was literally crammed. per (98) FINE ARTS. Stanfield's Coast Scenery; Parts IX. and X. Smith, Elder, and Co. This work is now completed. Among the many publications respecting the Fine Arts which have made their appearance of late years, we know of none of greater merit than the one before us. All the engravings are good: some of them are exceedingly beautiful. The subject was one peculiarly adapted to Mr. Stanfield's pencil. His genius is especially suited to sea scenes. trust that the work, now that it is completed, will enrich the treasury of the publishers. We are sure it will add-it has already added to the reputation of Mr. Stanfield. Each engraving is accompanied by a letter-press description. Winkle's Continental Cathedrals; No. XVIII. We This publication continues to make its appearance regularly with the Magazines. The subjects are well chosen, and they are for the most part well executed. Winchester Cathedral, in the present number, is a beautiful engraving. Beattie's Switzerland; No. XXIV. We cannot add any thing new in the way of commendation of this beautiful work. Few works of the kind have been more generally praised by the press-none have more deserved it. Views in Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Fisher, Son, and Co. These Views are from the pencil of Mr. W. H. Bartlett, Mr. William Purser, and others. The letter-press descriptions are by Mr. Came, the wellknown author of "Letters from the East." The subject is one of great and universal interest. The views are of scenes hallowed by the most sacred and endearing scriptural associations. They are well executed; and the accom panying letter-press descriptions are interesting. The work is singularly cheap considering the character and number (three in each part) of the engravings. There cannot be a doubt of an extensive sale. Panorama of Isola Bella. Mr. Burford has just completed another Panorama, which is now open at Leicester-square. The view embraced is that of the celebrated Isola Bella, the Lago Maggiore, and the surrounding country. A better subject could not have been chosen; and never, we will venture to say, has Mr. Burford appeared to greater advantage in the execution. The illusion is most complete. The spectator cannot divest himself of the idea that he is gazing on the very thing itself, and not on a representation. The water of the celebrated lake, which, as the poet says, "Is a mirror and a bath for beauty's daughters," is one of the greatest triumphs of the panoramic art we have ever witnessed. Nothing could be more true to nature, The Isola Bella is, perhaps, one of the most beautiful spots in the world. It is called the garden of Italy. There is something paradisiacal in its very aspect. It is like a fairy scene: it more than realizes all we have read in earlier years of enchanted landscapes. The noble lake," as Mr. Burford observes in his descriptive account of the scene, "is smooth as glass, and clear as crystal. Its vast expanse,- -an ocean of brightly gleaming waters, is covered with boats. Its peaceful bosom unruffled by the slightest wave, reflecting in a most splendid manner, and with astonishing distinctness, every object on its banks, which exhibit, as far as the sight can reach, a continued succession of the most varied, delicious, and romantic scenes-towards the upper part of the lake grand and majestic; towards the lower fascinating and lovely-mountain, plain, vineyard, and forest, finely grouped, thus combining the grandeur of Switzerland with the sweet and softened features of Italian landscape. The bold margin of the lake is fringed with numberless villages, the snow-white houses and high quadrangular towers of the simple churches contrasting well with the rich foliage of the vineyards, orchards, and forests, with which they are intermixed, and the picturesque crags, 'surmounted by The second distance is castles or churches, abruptly rising above them. formed by a succession of graceful hills, whose sloping sides are clad with beautiful verdure, having many breaks and intervals, exhibiting between the luxuriant and peaceful plains of Italy: beyond, from east to west, the Alps form a magnificent amphitheatre, their majestic ridges towering in wild sublimity, precisely at that distance which softens their too rugged character, and blend their varied outline in the rich mellow tints of the evening sky. The Alps, that mighty chain Of mountains, stretching on from east to west, So massive yet so shadowy, so ethereal, As to belong rather to heaven than earth.'-Rogers.” As a work of art, we repeat that this Panorama is one of the best of the many for which we are indebted to Mr. Burford's genius. VARIETIES. Servants.-A fund has been established at Stockholm for the reward of servants who have distinguished themselves by virtue and fidelity. The King has subscribed 1000 crowns, the Prince Royal 500, and the Princess Royal 300. Would an institution of this nature in London be attended by beneficial effects? If so, the pecuniary balance would be in favour of our nobility, even after a handsome subscription; while certain titled ladies would be saved the trouble of kicking their domestics out of doors. Roman Bachelors. In a committee of unmarried ladies, when the ways and means are debated, a never-failing proposition is a "tax on bachelors." One would hardly have supposed that such a tax existed among the Romans; but Euch is the fact. At the registry of each individual, when the census was taken, he was asked if he were married,-and, if not, he paid a certain sum called as uxorium. But the political motive for this was simply the raising of subjects for the state; as the same authority tells us that, if any had married barren wives, they were obliged to repudiate them, and marry others, by whom they might have offspring. Changes which take place in the Domestic Animals of Europe, when transported to America.-The mammiferous animals transported from the Old to the New World are the hog, the sheep, the goat, the ass, the horse, the cow, and the dog.-1st. The Hog. This animal, in the hot valleys of South America, where he wanders whole days in the woods, living chiefly upon wild fruits, loses speedily the marks of domestication, and partakes largely of the nature of the wild boar. The year 1493 was the date of his first introduction into the New World; and now he is found established from 25 degrees north latitude, to 45 degrees south, and every where breeds as plentifully as in Europe-2d. The Cow. Animals of this species appear to require a considerable quantity of salt as a part of their nourishment. When salt is placed where they feed, they return punctually to seek it; but, when this duty is neglected by their masters, the flock disperses and becomes wild. There is also a difference in the size of the udder, particularly in Columbia, where the milk is not reckoned of the same importance as in Europe.-3d. The Ass. The ass suffers hardly any alteration either in his form or habits. In some places, where he is overworked and little cared for, he becomes deformed; but nowhere does he lose his civilization.-4th. The Horse. Not so with this animal: he finds chestnuts in the woods, and speedily presents one of the distinctions of wild animals-a sameness of colour, which with him is almost invariably chestnut. The amble is the pace most admired by the Columbians; they accordingly breed up their horses to this mode of motion; and it is no less remarkable than true that with the present race the amble is the natural pace, just as the trot is with ours.-5th. The Dog suffers no change. 6th. The Sheep, in temperate climates, breeds as freely as in Europe, and never shows any inclination to escape from the dominion of man. In the warmer plains, they are more difficult of preservation. The wool grows slower; but, if shorn at the proper time, presents nothing remarkable. If, on the other hand, this time is allowed to pass, it is detached by the shears of nature; and instead of a new crop growing, as in other cases, a short, smooth,, shining hair presents itself, resembling that of the goat of the same climate.-7th. The Goat, although with us a mountaineer, suits better the low warm valleys of South America than the more elevated parts of the Cordilleras. The only change it undergoes is similar to that of the cow. 426347B LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Just published in 3 vols. foolscap 8vo., "Reminiscences in Prose and Verse; with the Epistolary Correspondence of many Distinguished Characters, and notes and illustrations." By the Rev. R. Polwhele. Just published, “The Magazine of Zoology and Botany," conducted by Sir W. Jardine, Bart., P. J. Selby, Esq., and Dr. Johnston. No. 1. June, 8vo. 38. 6d. To be continued every alternate month. "An Enquiry into the Pathology, Causes, and Treatment of Puerperal Fever." By George Moore, F. R. C. S., 8vo. cloth 6s. 6d. 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