1 JANUARY 1831, page 23

New Books.

THE BOOK OF THE WEEK. Moon's second volume of his Life of Byron is published ; and since we received it, we have been reading it night and day : it has kept us out of bed, and,......

Fine Arts.

NEW PRINTS. The Dutch Girl. Mr. NEwrow.s works possess such integrity of character, and his style is of so excellent a quality, that we cannot fail of being gratified by his......

Richard Cceur De Lion And Saladin At The Battle Of

Ascalon. Battle pieces are at best uninteresting pictures, but we always seem to have seen Mr. COOPER'S before : his sleek horses and glossy heroes, of the same satiny texture,......

Rat Hunters.

This is Mr. WrixtE's "Diploma Picture"---as the painting is called which an R. A. presents to the Academy on his election. We had rather it had not been engraved, for it will......

Lord Byron At The Age Of Nineteen.

This is the portrait prefixed to the second volume of Mr. MoottE's Life of Lord Byron. It represents the noble poet in a sailor's dress, standing on the sea-shore, in an......

The Pointer.

One of the forcible and spirited etchings of the late Joins SCOTT, which has lost none of its brilliancy or vigour under the graver of Mr. WEBB. It is a fine specimen of the......