other books, that, if we place it here, it is not from difrefpect, or with an idea of implying, that it is of inferior merit, but to prevent delay in our notice of it, the principal part of our monthly publication being already full. Should the whole hereafter appear together, as the author feems to intimate, corrected and enlarged, we may perhaps be able to affign it a more dignified ftation. That Of the two former Cantos we fpoke in our 35th volume, (page 516) and as we then wifhed for the completion of the work, fo we now proportionably rejoice to fee it, and more than in ftrict proportion, because the author appears to us to rife in his fubjects, and to have improved materially in the execution of them. Nor do we mean any implied reflection in the word improved. which is already good may still be better, and this is the kind of progrefs we wish to ftate. It may be neceffary firft to remind our readers, that the defign of the poet, is in fome degree allegorical, and that he treats of four claffes of plants, as reprefenting four different objects of mental contemplation. The firft Canto, entitled the Rofe, treats of Love; the fecond, the Oak, of Liberty, the Vine, and the Palm, which now appear, are emblematical of Friendship and Religion. Few authors have fpoken with more graceful modesty of their own productions than Mr. Tighe. "Whatever may be the fate of this volume," he says, ther it may lumber on the fhelf of the critic, or repofe on the toilette of the fair (a more enviable destiny), or whether it may be dispersed only by the care of the druggift-vendentem thus et odores,-ftill it will have performed all that the writer required. from it, and will have fecured that which praise cannot give, and which neglect cannot take away, the relief, during its compofition, of fome hours of anxiety and pain." Pref. "whe The fame thing has been faid before; but never, perhaps, more neatly expreffed. As we must confire ourfelves at present to a fingle specimen, we will take that which is, as it ought to be, one of the beft; that which forms the clofe of the whole. It shows how capable the poet is of rifing as his fubject rifes. "Whoe'er thou art whofe eyes perufe this page, Say why thy heart was framed with ev'ry nerve Thou dreameft here a fhort and troubled dream, Hereafter Hereafter shalt thou wake, hereafter live: This world, thy fchool, but leads thee to the bounds Reft, which a thoufand worlds could never give, Endless as God, thy father, and thy friend! P. 120." The author has shown great skill in varying the views of each divifion of his fubject, and his notes are full of entertaining and curious matter. His differtations on the emblematic fignifica tions of the Palm are the refult of much reading, and careful inveftigation of the subject. ART. 13. Poems; by Mary Ruffell Mitford. with confiderable Additions. 8vo. 278 pp. vingtons. 1811. Second Edition, 10s. 6d. Ri. Mifs Mitford fpeaks, with a pleafing ingenuoufnefs, of the pigmy hopes, and gigantic fears" which accompanied the publication of her former edition, and thanks the profeffional critics for encouragement given to her efforts. We are happy to have been among thofe who contributed to diminish the fize of her fears, and to enlarge that of her volume *, which now appears with additional poems more in quantity than those which were before published. All that was pointed out before, as objectionable, either in fentiment or compofition, the has carefully expunged, and trufts that in the prefent volume there is nothing to offend. So grateful and fo docile a mufe deferves further encouragement t, and we haften therefore to notice, contrary to our ufual cuftom, the fecond edition. The additional poems are indeed numerous, amounting to more than twenty, of various length, and the poetical fpirit is very confpicuous in them. But the maturity of experience is ftill wanting, to enable the author to compare herfelf with herself, and to make one part of a poem equal to another. The following opening is fuch as the most practifed poet might labour very hard to equal. "ON THE VICTORY OF BARROSA, "To Mrs. Taylor, of Hartley Court, near Reading, Mother of Colonel Norcott. Is there a joy unftain'd, unmingled given, Or only mix'd with gratitude to heaven! See Brit. Crit. xxxv. p. 515. + We are in arrear with Mifs Mitford for an account of her "Christina, or Maid of the South Sea," which we have delayed only to speak of it more at large. Is there a pride fo holy, that the blaze Which fires the heart, is caught from virtue's rays? Spring of celeftial love, the mother's heart!" P. 256. If the fecond couplet only was altered, nothing could exceed thefe lines but the natural partiality of the author has not felt, what a critic muft feel, that their companions are only of common merit, and not fuited to fuch exalted company. Some beau tiful ftanzas on "the Voice of Praife" claim most strongly for the writer that which is their fubject. We can give only a speci men, but it is of fingular elegance. "The timid child, at that foft voice 'Tis pleasure breathes that fhort quick figh, And flushes o'er that rofy face; While fhame and infant modefty Shrink back with hefitating grace." This is true to nature. So alfo are the other inftances, among which we select these. "The hero, when a people's voice Feels he not then his foul rejoice, Their fhouts of love, of praife to hear? Yes! fame to generous minds is dear It pierces to their inmost care; He weeps, who never shed a tear, He trembles, who ne'er shook before. "The poet too,-ah well I deem, Small is the need the tale to tell; Who knows not that his thought, his dream, On thee at noon, at midnight dwell? Who knows not that the magic spell, Can charm his every care away ; «* Col. Norcott had been in twelve general engagements be fore the battle of Barrofa," In memory cheer his gloomy cell, In hope can lend a deathlefs day." P. 70. May the poetefs fully enjoy, what the fo feelingly describes. ART. 14. Commerce; a Poem in Five Parts, with Notes in Illuftration of the Morality and Argument of the Context. 8vo. 5s. Longman. 1811. This is a very fpirited compofition, diftinguished indeed more by ftrength than harmony, but indicative of the most respectable talents. The object of the poem is to defcribe the effects of com merce, upon the morals, manners, and confequent degree of happinefs of man. The fubject is divided into five fhort books, in which the ufes, abufes of commerce, its advantages, with refpect to population, refinement, luxury, and focial happiness, are feverally and very agreeably difcuffed. The following is a specimen of its execution. "Remember Florence in her happier days; Say whence arose her fortune and her praise; Then change the scene, behold Iberia's plains, Of Superftition, aided by the laws. Commerce through every rank diftributes good; Know what's enough, the wife can do no more: The public ftill must share the private hoard. The ways and means of Commerce, but abuse, Where men were happy, innocent, and great. 'Tis eafy to defcant on fancied blifs, That was, and ever was, but never is. In every age fome mournful bard has sung, Or fage his dull monotony has rung. Of times when truth in lovely fplendor fhone, Bleft times, but ah! how different from our own.' Pity but fome deep chronicler had told, If fuch things have been, fuch things foon may be. ART. 15. Sacred Allegories, or allegorical Poems illuftrative of Subjects moral and divine; to which is added, an Anacreontic on the Subject of Vaccination, with an Epilogue to the fame, by the Rev. John Williams, Curate of Stroud, Gloucestershire. 12mo. Longman. 4s. 1811. The above is a well imagined and fuccefsfully executed idea for combining entertainment with inftruction. The poetry is not indeed of the higher order, nor was fuch neceffary, but the book will be found to contain excellent leffons for young perfons, either for the exercife of reading, or to improve the memory. For the latter they are particularly well adapted. ART. 16. Haverhill; a defcriptive Poem, and other Poems. By John Webb. 12mo. 5$. Nunn. 1811. The modeft but meritorious author of this little volume repre.. fents in his prefatory addrefs, that they were principally written when he moved in the humble fphere of a journeyman weaver. They would be creditable to him in any fituation, which the following fpecimen will abundantly, teftify. 66 ADDRESS TO A SNOW-DROP. "Why doft thou, filver-vefted flower, Why fo impatient? why not ftay, "Why ftay not till the primrose pale, Till moift-eyed April's genial fhowers, "Fair flower! thy hardy front defies The rigour of inclement skies; The blaft of winter o'er thee flies, Nor chills thy form: Thus |