19 NOVEMBER 1836, page 20

Of The Two Volumes Of Poetry Before Us, Evening Hours,

by ROBERT ALLAN, Kilburchan, consist for the most part of Poems and Songs, which it is said have already had an extensive circula- tion, either by means of periodicals and......

Genera Nominum, Is What The Secondary Title Promises— A...

mode of learning the genders of Latin nouns ; and a very cheap and useful leaf it is. In the compass of a single sheet, the size of a common letter, the rules and exceptions......

The Forsaken, A Novel, Is Compounded Of The Usual Improbable

mysteries and cross-purposes, the unlikely loves, and unlikelier distresses, which have formed the staple in trade of the common run of novels ever since novels were written. In......

Progress Of Publication.

A STIR is apparent in the publishing world ; but whether it be a transient Hush, or a permanent stream, we know not. Its imme- diate produce, however, is a variety of books on a......

New Prints.

" The Proffered Kiss" is the title given to a portrait picture of two children, commenced by Sir Turmas LAWRENCE, and completed by his pupil, H. WYATT. A half-clad urchin has......

Boimu's French Self-instructor Has Already Appeared...

at a more expensive price; having been combined with other and foreign matter. The views of the author on learn- ing languages are sound; his advice judicious; and his plan cer-......

The Laird Of Logan Is A Collection Of Short Stories,

convivial okes, snatches of verse, and smart sayings, by a set of wits in the West of Scotland, varied by good things from other parts when they are got hold of. The......

Fine Arts.

THE CABINET OF MODERN ART Is the title of a set of twenty-four highly-finished engravings, forming, we believe, the illustrations of the Literary Souvenir. These, though......

Uncle Philip's Conversations About The Whale Fishery And...

is a narrative, broken into the form of dialogue, of the dangers of the Whale-fishery, and the adventures and sufferings of various Polar voyagers, from SEBASTIAN CABOT to Ross......

Ome Ingenious Person Has Devised A Sort Of Floral .cipher

for he aid of lovers, a hen &barred the use of speech, or pet: and ink. It consists in employing flowers, arranged in a particular manner, rs the arbitrary signs of certain......