If this hath been the idol of my heart,

Eternal Name!

Cancel the guilt-we hence for ever part,
I and my shame.

My shame, my pride, my solace, and my snare,
Can I forget?

Not till the dust this anxious bosom bear,

Or reason set.

O Thou who lead'st in harmony sublime
Earth and the spheres ;

Guide me; nor let the transient things of time
Absorb my years!

Up to the Fountain whence my spirit flow'd,
Still let it rise,

Till death shall dissipate the mortal cloud

That veils my eyes!

My powers, my weakness, all that I have built
In rhyming strain,

Howe'er remote from injury or from guilt,
Pride may disdain.

• But let not these sweet flowers from Palestine
Fade on the hand,

That cull'd them on so rich a soil as thine,

Thou Holy Land!

The wreath is bound, and haply some kind hearts
May deign regard,

And share the fragrance, which the theme imparts,

With PELLA'S bard!' pp. 9-11.

The volume is dedicated to the Rev. Mr. Milman.-There is considerable spirit in the stanzas entitled Mahomet:' they shew, we think, that the Author is likely to please best by his shorter lyrical productions. The volume has every thing to recommend it in point of sentiment.

• MAHOMET.

He came, saw, and conquer'd; wherever he trod,
Seem'd left to the scourge and the vengeance of God:
More dreadful in terror his name and his form,

Than the angel of death on the wings of the storm.

Like locusts descending, the curse of the year,

His turban'd and scymetar'd legions appear;

Deep blasphemy's voice was the breath of their joy,
And Alla their watch-word to kill and destroy.

'He seem'd, 'midst the slaughter that stalk'd in his van,

Like the spirit of evil incarnate in man;

Or dæmon broke loose from his adamant chain,

The herald of Satan's millennial reign.

Tho' the bones and the blood of his slaughter'd have built
With a pyramid firmness his statue of guilt;

Yet prostrate and mouldering that statue shall lie,
Though based on a mountain and piled to the sky..

His memory shall rot on the gibbet of shame,
And the blast of derision shall wither his name;
E'en time may to insult his carcase reveal,
Though templed at MECCA, and coffin'd in steel.

The Gospel shall triumph, the Cross be unfurl'd
On Constantine's city, once queen of the world;
Lo, Prophecy points to the day-beaming star,
And visions of glory burst bright from afar.

And the Turk, while he tramples the name he adored,
Advances and kneels to his crucified Lord;

While the Crescent, that moon of his infamy, sets,

And Stamboul weeps not o'er her fall'n minarets.' pp. 79, 80.

Art. VIII. The Student's Manual: or, an Appendage to the English Dictionaries. Being an etymological and explanatory Vocabulary of Words derived from the Greek. In two Parts. Part I. Words arranged under distinct Heads. Part II. Alphabetical Arrangement of the Words. 24mo. Price 1s. 6d. sewed.

THIS will be found by those who are unacquainted with

Greek, a very useful appendix to the English Dictionary. We know not why it should be entitled the Student's Manual; but to English readers who wish to obtain a correct knowledge of their own language, especially of the nomenclature of science, it will be highly acceptable. It is professedly designed more especially for young ladies, whose education precludes, in general, an acquaintance with Greek and Latin; and should it prove acceptable, the Compiler announces his intention of publishing a collection of words derived from the latter language. A short specimen will suffice to convey an idea of the Author's plan.

ANTHROPOS, a man.

Anthropophagi, anthropos, a
Misanthropy, miseo, to hate.
Philanthropy, phileo, to love.

man; phago, to eat. Cannibals.
Hatred of mankind.
Love of mankind.

Theanthropos, theos, God. A title of our Saviour.

In the second, Part, the words occur under an alphabetical arrangement.

In the event of a new edition, a very careful revision will be necessary. Among the omissions which we notice, are the words, chromatic, cosmogony, diagnosis, entomology, nosology, prognosis, theology, and some others equally familiar;

while a number of words are thrown in, which have either never before made their appearance in English, or of which young ladies may safely remain ignorant. Of this description are, odontalgia, otalgia, lychnobite, pseudodox, asmatography, opisthography, alectoromachy, opsimathy, addephagy, &c. Deuteronomy is explained to mean, the second book of the law of Moses.' Schrevelius would have furnished the Author with the proper explanation- repetitio legis: ita inscribitur quintus liber Mosis.'

Art. IX. Observations on Vocal Music. By William Kitchiner, M.D. 12mo. pp. 84. Price 4s. London. 1821.

SEEING

EEING that the voice is occasionally too flat or too sharp,' which is not wonderful,' for 'how,' saith Dr. Kitchiner, is the throat exempted' (he means, how should it be exempted) from those collapses which occasionally paralyse ' every other fibre and function of our body;' seeing, we say, that that fibre and function' the throat, is subject to such collapse,-vocal performers much mistake in supposing that phy'sical advantages, matured by a regular musical education,' will at all times ensure success in the arduous display of their tuneful powers. No, the Singer must be in good health, and in good humour with himself and all about him, and his mind must be in tune, before he has any chance of tuning his voice.' But, since even a singer may not always be in good health and good humour, especially between ten and twelve o'clock at night, the profession will receive with due gratitude from our medicoculinary philosopher the following recipe.

"Good Beef Tea* (No. 563), with a little bit of slighily toasted bread, taken about nine o'clock, is a comforting restorative, which will support you through exertions that, without such assistance, are exhausting and you go to bed fatigued-get up fevered, &c.

"When performers feel nervous, &c.,-and fear the circulation is BELOW PAR,—and too languid to afford the due excitement, half an hour before they sing, &c.-they will do wisely to take a little re

"To make BEEF TEA.-Cut a pound of lean gravy meat into thin slices-put it into a quart and half a pint of cold water, set it over a gentle fire where it will become gradually warm-when the scum rises, catch it, cover the saucepan close, and let it continue boiling for about two hours-skim the fat off, strain it through a sieve or napkin, skim it again—let it stand ten minutes to settle, and then pour off the clear Tea.

"To make half a pint of Beef Tea in five minutes for three halfpence, see No. 252,-and to make good Mutton Broth for nothing, No. 490 of the Third Edition of the " Cook's Oracle."'

freshment and tune their throats to the pitch of healthy vibration with a glass of wine or other stimulus-or one of the strong Peppermint Lozenges, made by Smith, Fell-street, Wood-street.' See" The

Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life." 3rd Edition. p. 96.'

Now, few of our readers, probably, will feel much interested in the greater part of Dr. Kitchiner's "Observations." The art of Singing is, indeed, he assures us, so difficult, that the "practice of it seems not to be comprehensible by more than ONE IN A MILLION, for who can reckon a dozen accomplished 'singers in Great Britain?' But the art of making good beef tea, &c. is interesting and important to us all. Others besides public singers occasionally feel nervous, &c,' We have therefore extracted the above valuable information, to which we need only add, that though we have never tried the effect of the strong Peppermint Lozenges made by Smith, Fell-street, we have derived considerable benefit, after the fatigues of our critical labours, from a little refreshment and a glass of wine.

Art. X. Mental Discipline; or Hints on the Cultivation of Intellectual Habits: addressed particularly to Students in Theology and Young Preachers. By Henry Forster Burder, M.A. 8vo. pp. xvi. 94. London. 1821.

THE maxim has been often repeated, that the most valuable part of education is that which a man gives to himself. Yet, experience shews, that the constant urging of this truth upon young minds is a matter of great use and necessity. Persons who do not possess the unconquerable force of genius, that fire of soul which finds fuel for itself in any circumstances and under any disadvantages, require to be strongly cautioned against the opinion which our natural indolence and levity are so ready to foster, that the toil and responsibility of liberal instruction he wholly with the teacher, and that the learner has only to give himself up to passive impressions. Let every young person know, that, if he adopt this opinion, he has sealed himself under the bond of mediocrity, and worse than mediocrity. The gate of resolution and the path of toil alone lead to excellence. Et labor ingenium miseris dedit, et sua quemque Advigilare sibi jussit fortuna premendo.

Impressed with this truth, some of the ablest writers and the best men, in all ages, have composed didactic treatises, upon plans more or less comprehensive, for the purpose of stimu lating and guiding the voluntary efforts of fresh and active intellect. Aristotle, Cicero, Horace, and Quintilian, among the ancients; and Vives, Erasinus, Ringelbergius, Grotius, Vossius, Rollin, Locke, Watts, Mason, and many others, since the revival of letters; have cultivated this field, with honour to

themselves, and to the unspeakable advantage of the studious. Among modern productions of this kind, there is one of pre-eminent excellence, little known in this country, and which comprehends with accuracy and minuteness all the departments of polite literature and the strict sciences; the Eudoxe of M. Deleuze, in 2 volumes, 8vo. Paris. Peculiar merit also belongs to Mr. Taylor's judicious and pleasing volume entitled Self-Cultivation.

But the multitude and the excellence of such works have by no means superseded or even diminished the propriety of a treatise planned and purposed like that before us. The qualifications of the Author are evidently well adapted for didactic composition. He is a man of extensive and correct attainments; his habits are those of cool, patient, and careful thinking; and his style is, like his judgement, exact and luminous. In an introductory portion of the work, Mr. Burder thus describes its intention and arrangement.

'The class of Students for whose use the following Hints are particularly designed, is that of young men, either engaged in a course of study preparatory to the Christian Ministry, or desirous of still advancing in a career of intellectual improvement after they have actually entered on the duties of the Pastoral Office. The advices conveyed in the following pages are therefore distributed and arranged under two general divisions: The First, Hints to aid the cultivation of Mental Habits with a view to the acquisition of knowledge, in a course of Preparatory Study.-The Second, Hints to aid the cultivation of Mental Habits, with a view to the communication of knowledge in the engagements of the Christian Ministry. This division is adopted, not only because the line of separation is distinct and obvious, but also because the hints suggested, and the principles enforced, in the first part, are of general utility, and applicable to the cultivation of the human mind, whether with or without any reference to professional engagements; while the advices conveyed in the second part are almost exclusively applicable to those for whose use they are specifically designed.'

pp. xiv.-xvi. The work is constructed upon the plan of Aphorisms; each of which is expounded and illustrated in a manner which indi-. cates an enlarged and liberal mind, a comprehensive acquaintance with human nature, and the elevating influence of Scriptural piety. We should have been, however, the more gratified, if the enlargements had been more extended. The Author does, indeed, anticipate this opinion, by saying, that the object 'proposed, is simply to present to the student those outlines, of which reading and reflection will, without difficulty, supply ample illustrations.' Certainly, we do not censure a writer for not having performed what he explicitly disclaims the intention of performing; but yet, we conceive that, without running out VOL. XVII. N.S.

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