21 APRIL 1849, page 18

Eighteen Hundred And Twelve.*

THE historical subject of this fiction is the invasion of Russia ; upon which are engrafted some private affairs to form the romance. A Ger- man student falls in love with a......

Sire's China And The Chinese. * Me. Sum Has Resided At

our settlement of Hongkong, and seems to have visited some if not all of the ports opened to commerce by the late treaty ; but whether as a " counsel learned in the law," or......

Melville's Mardi And A Voyage Thither.* In This Work Mr.

Melville has tried his hand at wildly nautical romance ; but with very indifferent success. He has neither the mind nor the mental training requisite for fiction; and in aiming......