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Review Of Literature—Fine Arts—Exhibitions—The Drama, &C.
our readers . The following , one of the virtues , is more original in its construction , and conveys a highly useful moral . The cunning of Master Fox is illustrative of a style known only to the English reader ; by the fables of Gay , and the adaptations of iEsop , animals are made to perform the offices , and are placed in the situations of men , have reasoning powers assigned them , and fall into
adventures . This has long been a favourite mode in Germany , ivhere political events and opinions are often disguised by allegory , but scarcely suited to our English taste . Perhaps the passages most worthy of the author are the death of Gertrude and the beautiful pathetic scenes ivhich precede it . The illustrations are of the most exquisite description ; the frontispiece of Thurmberg is honourable to the
art of the engraver ; perhaps the one ive are least satisfied ivith is the Hotel de Ville , Louvain , of which only the east end is given instead of its magnificent front . In the present view the fine old cathedral might have been introduced , it stands directly opposite it . The church of Cologne and the tomb of the three kings are exquisite . The drawings are all by Mr . Robberds , who has long been favourably known as an artist . The work has been produced regardless of expense , and will , we doubt not , receive the patronage its high character and beautiful gems of art deserve .
The Royal Mariner , and other Poems , by Charles Doyne Sillery , Esq ., have been favourably received . This gentleman possesses a rich vein of imagination , joined to a classical mind and acute observation . There is a freedom and raciness in several of the sonnets which reminds us of some of our earlier poets ; he has evidently thought much , and stored his mind with the best efforts of those who have preceded
him in the world of letters . Although young , he has been rocked by the tropic billows , wandered beneath the palms of India , and philosophised by the tomb of the mighty master spirit at St . Helena . Most appropriately his work is by permission dedicated to the Queen , and we cannot dismiss it from our hands without expressing a hope that its success will be such as to encourage our poet to persevere . By a
careful revision of his style , and the correction of those slight errors ivhich evidently proceed from an excess of sensibility and redundancy of imagination , he will arrive , we confidently predict , at that eminence ivhich true genius , if aided by industry , seldom fails to achieve .
Portrait of _ d . R . II . the Duke of Sussex . —By Brother J . Harris . This lithographic engraving represents the Royal Duke as M . AV . G . M . in his full Masonic dress , and seated on the throne .
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Review Of Literature—Fine Arts—Exhibitions—The Drama, &C.
our readers . The following , one of the virtues , is more original in its construction , and conveys a highly useful moral . The cunning of Master Fox is illustrative of a style known only to the English reader ; by the fables of Gay , and the adaptations of iEsop , animals are made to perform the offices , and are placed in the situations of men , have reasoning powers assigned them , and fall into
adventures . This has long been a favourite mode in Germany , ivhere political events and opinions are often disguised by allegory , but scarcely suited to our English taste . Perhaps the passages most worthy of the author are the death of Gertrude and the beautiful pathetic scenes ivhich precede it . The illustrations are of the most exquisite description ; the frontispiece of Thurmberg is honourable to the
art of the engraver ; perhaps the one ive are least satisfied ivith is the Hotel de Ville , Louvain , of which only the east end is given instead of its magnificent front . In the present view the fine old cathedral might have been introduced , it stands directly opposite it . The church of Cologne and the tomb of the three kings are exquisite . The drawings are all by Mr . Robberds , who has long been favourably known as an artist . The work has been produced regardless of expense , and will , we doubt not , receive the patronage its high character and beautiful gems of art deserve .
The Royal Mariner , and other Poems , by Charles Doyne Sillery , Esq ., have been favourably received . This gentleman possesses a rich vein of imagination , joined to a classical mind and acute observation . There is a freedom and raciness in several of the sonnets which reminds us of some of our earlier poets ; he has evidently thought much , and stored his mind with the best efforts of those who have preceded
him in the world of letters . Although young , he has been rocked by the tropic billows , wandered beneath the palms of India , and philosophised by the tomb of the mighty master spirit at St . Helena . Most appropriately his work is by permission dedicated to the Queen , and we cannot dismiss it from our hands without expressing a hope that its success will be such as to encourage our poet to persevere . By a
careful revision of his style , and the correction of those slight errors ivhich evidently proceed from an excess of sensibility and redundancy of imagination , he will arrive , we confidently predict , at that eminence ivhich true genius , if aided by industry , seldom fails to achieve .
Portrait of _ d . R . II . the Duke of Sussex . —By Brother J . Harris . This lithographic engraving represents the Royal Duke as M . AV . G . M . in his full Masonic dress , and seated on the throne .