18 NOVEMBER 1837, Page 15

Mr. BENTLEY'S TerMbliCati011 Of TIMMS'S popular If/story of the Frcnch

Revolutiou, beAdes the introduction of notes, has the additional recommendation of including portraits of the leading actors in these sanguinary scenes, and pictures of the principal incidents, by Freneh artists. These last have all the value of decumentary illustrations, as well as the attraction of prints; the character of the scenes and the castumes, nay even the faces of the infuriated actors, are given with the talent and spirit for which the designers of this school are famous : and in this in- stance their very defects, a theatrical expression and manner, being characteristic of the people themselves, are tether an ad- vantage than otherwise. We appear to see the horrid events pass before our eyes.