7 JANUARY 1837, Page 23

The attraction of a new edition of Captain MARRYAT'S Novels,

which is commenced publishing in monthly volumes with the new year, consists in the humorous illustrations of that droll de- lineator of comical fancies Buss. His etchings are rough and homely, but bold and vigorous, and full of characteristic fun : the scenes are more real-looking, and the faces are more distinctly in- dividual, than is commonly the case with designs of this class. Peter Simple forms the first of the series. The duel between Peter and the Middy—the scene in the wild-beast show at Ports- down fair—the capture of O'Brien, with Peter on his shoulders— and their introduction to the French prison—are the subjects selected, and they are all capitally well treated.