The Watering Places of Great Britain.-Parts I. and II. of
a work under this title afford a favourable specimen by which to judge of the merit of the design. The plan combines the useful with the picturesque ; and it is proposed to give not only the usual topographical notices of the different places, and of the interesting objects in their vicinity, but a directory containing the names and addresses of the fashionable resi- dents, lists of the hotels, boarding-houses, medical men, bankers, libra- ries, and principal tradesmen. Each part is embellished with three engravings, executed in a very respectable manner. The work, which is published in octavo and quarto sizes, commences with Brighton, and will include all the sea-bathing places. David Scott's Six Monograms of Man.-We confess our inability to- comprehend the meaning of these designs, and therefore cannot appre- ciate them in their moral or religious sense. As works of art, they are sufficient to the author's purpose ; which, we take for granted, is a good one, though we fear it will not be attained, by reason of the unintelligibility of his medium. We have been so long unused to graphic allegory, that hieroglyphics such as these are almost less intelligible than the Egyptian, with which CIIAMPOLL ION and others render us pretty familiar.. "The schoolmaster is abroad," and he teaches us to despise riddles-ex- cept as an amusement.
The First Number of the Biblical Cabinet Atlas has been put into our hands. It corresponds in the beauty and clearness of its execution, and its neat appearance, with the modern series just completed. The pre- sent is a very excellent addition, and is a desideratum in families, as by referring to Maps the Bible histories are rendered more clear and inte- resting to young readers. This work ranges with the Family, the Cabi- net, and the Classical Libraries; to illustrate which last work we pre-. sume that a set of Ancient Maps will be published, to complete the series of the Cabinet Atlas.
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