23 JUNE 1838, Page 20

A superb edition of that striking and pointed religious alle-

gory, the Pilgrim's Progress, with notes by BERNARD BARTON, a life of the author by JOSIAH CONDER, and plates by H. Mat- mut, seems familiar to us, but not perhaps in its present com- plete and handsome shape. Though the designs are too flaring and melodramatic for the quaint simplicity and homely fervour of old JOHN BUNYAN'S writing, (STOTHARD was the artist for this book,) they are effective embellishments. The clear and open page, too, is here and there enriched with a pretty wood-cut.