THE REVIEWER'S TABLE.

1. Ilerodoms. Translated from the Greek, with Note.: by Isaae Taylor. Family Classical Library, Nos. VI. and VII. lierodotus, Buoi.s :1-9. Translated by the Rev. W. 11 c.

2. Skete!.. of the Al eap, col pioye.i to Ani..,liorate the imehei-tu,1 and Moral Comlition of M...?It rile Clas,o.; at nirmilii;ham. By

Ina: thews.

0. Emier:Woo, or .i•Za Etc rut n. l;y Joseph P4.:;....1.17.

4. III :tors' of the C.uucrcih, from the Cre- ation of the World to the bogilq of the Nineteenth Century. By A. S. Paterson.

5. A Comprehensive Grammar of Sacred! Geography and History. By W. Pinnock.

C. Exodus and other Poems. By T. B. S.

7. Ant i.Draro, or Reasons for 2,h,dish- ing the Punishment of Di-nth in casos of Forgery. By a Bari it or of tic' 31 ichile Temple. S. A Geneal,miedl nntl Chronoloitieal Chart a all the King: of England. 9. Waverley Novels-The Bride of Lam- VOL II.

t ic L.. There is but one other translat it E Loy.'s —that deserves any att.:anion. To 1:3Ei.oN's we have no hesitation ill pref:rring that of Mr. TAvi.on: which is more close to the orieinal, and Ivritten in a more ar,reeable style. The language of lim.oE is line, LM feeble withal : 11:s 13nidish was unidiomatic, and his homy- ledge of Ch.c...k dutcet i c. The notes of Mr. TAYLOR are learned anii pert incut lose ct us predecessor are at the hest common-

plat- :, and lIt f.ony they hardly deserve the very low lo 1 Pai . litelegance of tvuography, the

eill:,:•11 of 13:: IT ; iviiprail ors ef the Randy

s:•\ nuiribirs of which coa- 1 it biols.s, certainly stir-

' -ehanical superiority iiompared to it. :mired to impress on these -01 t:i the translations which

1 a careful correction of

rably 1:1101-0 IT his historical gasL1111ii1ing. The little essay a: (WV, 11.115 (11:;j::!:11.\. i'l.:'1:7■0(1 to that it in a form in Ivhich, froni its cheap-

to the 1.0,u:est Of the very ill- 01 „ to 11 .11:111 it IS Sla.`eii1112,' dedicated.

ical work. Tho author took 0111101 in 1 S1 3. on • laase, at a heavy rent, which his landlord, with a compelled him to pay, lie lost half his a: in c, ::: : WZN unal.de to restock his land 1:011 thus became i ;1. 3 le :anted in October 1 824, for Baltimore

and ahe:: months in that city, he removed to Ca- nada. Our farmer is not wanting- in shrewdness; and his obser- vations, though of I ery unequal importance, are valuable from their evident truth. lie does not much like the Americans, yet his account of them is iiivintrahle enough notwithstanding. He found them, young and old, women and men, too severely intellec- tual! The English in the States were, however, worse ; not be- cause they had more understanding, but because they had less heart. He speaks in high terms of Upper Canada in respect of soil, climate, and inhabitants. Travelling there One day, he was -overtaken by a Suffolk gentleman, who hailed him as a country- man. The Suffolk gentleman had left England from the same cause3 as our emigrant ; and was going about seeking subseribery to a' .neze,..rager that he teas about to start. The farmer returned to Old England in November last. We like his book, which is full of minute information and not unamusing gossip.

4. It is customary, among the exercises assigned lc the candidate for holy orders in the Scolli:h Church, to examine him closely touching his knowledge or Church history. Mr. PATERSON, the laborious author of these two useful volumes, when about to be subjected to that examination, was induced, for his own use, to make very copious notes from the most esteemed writers; and these tiles he afterwards (eetended SO Os to include the whole his- tory of the Jewish and Christian Church. To clergymen, but more especially to students of theology, we have no doubt their publication viii prove highly acceptable. There are few points to which the attention of either can be usefully directed, that Mr. PATERSON 1LlS nut carefully investigated. Even the general reader may lock on this publication with int ereet, when he is told that the piens and learned author, who died at the early age of twenty-five, was the son of that Mr. PATERSON whose talents and character BYRON has eulogized as his early and able instructor. Mr. PATERSON'S AVOYk is illtrOdUCed 1w t prcillee, written by his friend, I lie Reverend mr. BREWSTER Of WC believe, to the learned editor of the Edinburgh Eneyelopeedia. sider any such knowledge necessary to a favourable judgment on a work of which the piety is pure and amiable, and ihe poetry 11111(111 above the ordinary run of verses, that have nothing but their

sweetness to commend them. The largest and best poem f the

volume, entitled Exutiuv, is exceedingly good. It is such aopoteme

as GRAHAM would have written, hail nut his gentle spirit directed hint to a milder theme. In his rhymes, the author does not suc- ceed %VCR : indeed, Scotch 'hank seldom do when they write in English. IVe recollect Houo. in one case, makes " chamber" rhyme to " clamour :" the " and " gala" of T. B. J. are quite as bad.

7. We fear that there is but little prospect, in the present session of postponement, that the humane resolution of the Commons on the subject of the punishment a» forgery will be carried into MB' are 010. hopes Oilhe success of the bill, in its present form, very sanguine, jilt future session, as ills evidently expected, shall prove as obedient as the present has proved refractory to Ministers. In the mmo tinte, WI warmly recommend the argu- ment of "Anti-Draco ;" to which, the moment that there is a prospect of turning. it to practical use, WC shall not iiul to recur. One observation we cannot refrain, even at present, from quoting. It speaks VIlitillieS. " Sir lioliert Peel remarks," the ituthor says,— " I retain the penalty ot death for the l'orgery of nil docenitnts which repr;•:•cet money ;' pind yyt, with strim;k, ineonsistency, as Mr. Brougham • •;•!! tom*. he II:, • t • led from that penalty the forgery of a t It promissory note, the ee, •Y. WI") i'"ht- "'It to pay.

not hauled his bill, nor does he

plct • ml distinctions. Certainly the

17, TV note for live pounds, and the same. The diiference ill :Hy • equal in a moral point of view, is

the dcl or.::4 2" 8. A us:•. :1 reference, neatly executed in lithography, and soliati‘i 9. The new edition of the great novels of the North, has ad- vanced, Nritit an unabated career of prosperity, to the fourteenth volume. The designs to this present volume (being- the second of the Bride of Lamincrilioor) are pleasing and effective ; cleverly drawn, and NVell en-Taved. l3tit Illes. are hest when viewed in not too strict a relation to the charajters ; for that dissipates the charm of the embellishments, which are more remarkable for the grace of art than for truth and spirit as illustrations of the story.