Of Poetry, we really believe that we have more before
us than Rome herself left behind her. First of all comes
Byron's Works, Complete in One Volume; which is another of Mr. MURRAY'S bold and therefore safe speculations. It comprises in one thick; and well-printed volume the poems and all the notes of the edi- tion in seventeen volumes ; and is capital for a table or a travelling book-chest, as well as for reference or short reading.
The Works of Gray, in four volumes ; forming part of PICKERING'S Aldine Poets. There is a Life and Notes by Mr. Merman ; who has brought into a focus all that is known of the poet or his family, and
some that is now told for the first time. He has added many new
letters to the collection, and printed from the originals the passages suppressed by MASON : the verbal critic, who likes to " hunt a thought through Greece and Rome," will be delighted with the fulno.s of his commentary on the poems, and other readers may pass them. We con- sider the present as the most complete edition of GRAY that has yet appeared, and recommend it accordingly.
Here are the titles of the rest, read them who like,—not that several of them may not have some sort of merit, but they appear in too busy a time, and even pine-apples are disregarded when they grow on the way-side.
The Plague of Florence; a Drama, in Five Acts. Bertrand; a Tragedy, in Five Acts. By S. B. llama, Esq. Spartans, or (lie Roman Gladiator ; a Tragedy, in Five Acts. By JACOB JONES, Esq. Second edition.
Autumnal Leaves, or Tints of Memory and Imagination. By HENRI. LTTA F. VALLE. Second edition.
A Dream of Life, or Augustine and Geraldine ; a Poem, in Five Parts. By the Reverend W. G. Moon;, M. A.
Flowers if Hope ; a Collection of Poems, Devotional and Miscella- neous. By W. J. Mom Lines on the Foundation of Sidmouth Harbour, on the Natal Day of the Princess Victoria.
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