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of death , which wielding a dart against her , she sinks down and dies . Notning more terrible than this can be conceived . Nor is the moral , in our opinion , bad or useless . The despair of Leonora is not the despair of a pious mind ; it is such as defies heaven and disdains mercy ; and , though her punishment p death , the reader is left to suppose that all severity will terminate . — " Des leibes hist du ledig " Gott sey der Seele gnadig !

" Here oh earth thy days are past 3 " Mercy to thy soul be given ! PYE . This is the exclamation of the beings that howl at her death . The first translation of Mr . Stanley was very defective , both in . versification And polish . The corrected and altered edition is much amended , in these respects ; but we think the alteration of the catastrophe of the story , has entirely spoiled it .

Mr . Pye ' s translation , notwithstanding his great poetical talents , has not the ease or force , which sucfi a performance requires . His attempts to follow the ^ origmal , and translate de Verba , has produced a stiffness , which , throughout , distinguishes it from original writing . Mr . Spencer ' s version does , perhaps , with sufficient felicity imitate the merits of the German poem , and supports the English style with great appearance of originality . The elegant designs of Lady Diana Beaiiclerc , full of

genius and effect , and marked by propriety , decorum , and grace , engraved by Harding and Bartalozzi , strongly recommend it to those who can indulge their taste at such a price . The figures of this artist-which are of a preternatural kind , form a striking contrast to the monsters exhibited in the front of Mr . Stanley's last edition . Our readers may be pleased with the short account of Burger , which Mr . Spencer has given in his preface .

' The works of Mr . Burger , the author of this and many other Poeirjs of the ballad kind , are universally esteemed , wherever the German language prevails as a national idiom , or is cultivated as a branch of education . Simplicity is the characteristic of his compositions ; and , of all literary beauties , simplicity must be the most , generally attractive . No writer , perhaps , lias ever obtained a more decided popularity . To this his subjects and his language equally contribute ; for the former he has mostly chosen local traditions

or legendary anecdotes ; and , in the latter , he is generally elegant , often sublime , and never unintelligible . One of the most powerful causes of Mr . Burger ' s literary popularity , is the deep tinge of superstition that shades almost all his compositions . Supernatural incidents are the darling objefts of his countrymen . Their minds vigorously conceive , and their language nobl y expresses , the terrible and majestic ; and it must be allowed that , in this species of writing , they would force from our nation the palm of excellence , were it not-secured by the impregnable tOAvers of Otranto . '

Poetic Effusions : pastoral , moral , amatory , and descriptive , By William - Perfect , M . D . izmo ' . Pages 160 . Price 2 s . ( yd , To the pastoral part of these Poetic Effusions , the following preface is prefixed by the Editor , which contains a very just critique on their merits , and almost prevents the necessity of our adding any opinion of our owii , as we perfectly agree with the sentiments it contains . ' Pastoral Poetry requires a competent knowled of natural history

ge , a thorough acquaintance with the effeft . which the transition of the seasons ' , have on a country life , and above-all , ' . a simplicity of expression , which is acknowledged to be the unstudied diition , the spontaneous offsprinf , of nature . vox ,, vii , L 1

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THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY. Article 28
SINGULAR ACCOUNT OF THE DEVIL's PEAK AND ELDEN HOLE, IN DERBYSHIRE. Article 30
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERS, CUSTOMS, AND MANNERS, OF THE SAVAGES OF CAPE BRETON. Article 31
EXCERPTS ET COLLECTANEA. Article 34
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 38
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 47
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THE FAREWEL TO SUMMER. Article 53
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of death , which wielding a dart against her , she sinks down and dies . Notning more terrible than this can be conceived . Nor is the moral , in our opinion , bad or useless . The despair of Leonora is not the despair of a pious mind ; it is such as defies heaven and disdains mercy ; and , though her punishment p death , the reader is left to suppose that all severity will terminate . — " Des leibes hist du ledig " Gott sey der Seele gnadig !

" Here oh earth thy days are past 3 " Mercy to thy soul be given ! PYE . This is the exclamation of the beings that howl at her death . The first translation of Mr . Stanley was very defective , both in . versification And polish . The corrected and altered edition is much amended , in these respects ; but we think the alteration of the catastrophe of the story , has entirely spoiled it .

Mr . Pye ' s translation , notwithstanding his great poetical talents , has not the ease or force , which sucfi a performance requires . His attempts to follow the ^ origmal , and translate de Verba , has produced a stiffness , which , throughout , distinguishes it from original writing . Mr . Spencer ' s version does , perhaps , with sufficient felicity imitate the merits of the German poem , and supports the English style with great appearance of originality . The elegant designs of Lady Diana Beaiiclerc , full of

genius and effect , and marked by propriety , decorum , and grace , engraved by Harding and Bartalozzi , strongly recommend it to those who can indulge their taste at such a price . The figures of this artist-which are of a preternatural kind , form a striking contrast to the monsters exhibited in the front of Mr . Stanley's last edition . Our readers may be pleased with the short account of Burger , which Mr . Spencer has given in his preface .

' The works of Mr . Burger , the author of this and many other Poeirjs of the ballad kind , are universally esteemed , wherever the German language prevails as a national idiom , or is cultivated as a branch of education . Simplicity is the characteristic of his compositions ; and , of all literary beauties , simplicity must be the most , generally attractive . No writer , perhaps , lias ever obtained a more decided popularity . To this his subjects and his language equally contribute ; for the former he has mostly chosen local traditions

or legendary anecdotes ; and , in the latter , he is generally elegant , often sublime , and never unintelligible . One of the most powerful causes of Mr . Burger ' s literary popularity , is the deep tinge of superstition that shades almost all his compositions . Supernatural incidents are the darling objefts of his countrymen . Their minds vigorously conceive , and their language nobl y expresses , the terrible and majestic ; and it must be allowed that , in this species of writing , they would force from our nation the palm of excellence , were it not-secured by the impregnable tOAvers of Otranto . '

Poetic Effusions : pastoral , moral , amatory , and descriptive , By William - Perfect , M . D . izmo ' . Pages 160 . Price 2 s . ( yd , To the pastoral part of these Poetic Effusions , the following preface is prefixed by the Editor , which contains a very just critique on their merits , and almost prevents the necessity of our adding any opinion of our owii , as we perfectly agree with the sentiments it contains . ' Pastoral Poetry requires a competent knowled of natural history

ge , a thorough acquaintance with the effeft . which the transition of the seasons ' , have on a country life , and above-all , ' . a simplicity of expression , which is acknowledged to be the unstudied diition , the spontaneous offsprinf , of nature . vox ,, vii , L 1

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