The Eighth Volume of Murray's Byron contains Chibie Harold' complete
; being a proper exception to the rule adhered to in this edition in other respects, of arranging the poems chronologically in the order in which they were written. The addition of notes by the Editor, con- taining some of the different readings in the original MSS., and some satirical stanzas which were omitted in previous editions out of a deli- cacy towards particular individuals, add greatly to the interest and value of this edition. The vignette embellishments, from TURNER'S magic pencil, are a view of Bacharach, one of the most romantic spots on the Rhine, where the church-tower, the ruined cathedral, and the crumbling walls of the castle on the hill, form a picturesque group of antiquities ; and a view of the Castle of St. Angelo and the Bridge over the Tiber, with St. Peter's in the distance,—one of those magnificent and poetical realities which TURNER places before the eye in all the splendour of a glorious vision, tinged with the loveliest hues of light. The Tower of St. Angelo is here shown in broad and massive grandeur; and the sta- tues crowning the piers of the bridge, seem like angels alighted on it. Nothing finer can be conceived; yet it is a reality.
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