We rarely meet with a portrait displaying such high intellectuality,
find at the same time so characteristic of its original, as this. FRANCIS JEFFREY is here before us : his restless eye kindling into fire—the lips curling into sarcasm—the high forehead and commanding brow—the vigour, buoyancy, and determination of untameable intellect, and that indescribable character so difficult of expression by art—are faithfully portrayed in the print. It is indeed the only real portrait of JEFFREY. Those who have not seen him may here behold the man who gave a cha- racter to the age in which he lived—a new impulse, which is still felt, to his country's literature. Such was and is this prince of critics, to whom we are indebted, in the example of the Bdinburgli Review, for the introduction of philosophical criticism into periodical literature; the most eloquent of forensic orators, whom his brethren have raised to the highest honours of his profession, the Coryphmas of the Scottish bar ; and, to crown all, a delightful companion, and the most joyous of "good fellows." Of the engraving we can only speak in terms of unqualified praise. The blending of stipple with the mezzotint adds force and richness to the effect of the print, which is executed in a grand style of art, and in Mr. Cousins's best manner.
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