5 MAY 1832, page 20

Books On The Table.

1. Dr. SOUTHEY has finished his great work on the History of the Peninsular War: the third and last bulky volume lies on our table. It is a monumental book. In many respects Dr.......

The Magazines For May.

ON the morning of the first of the month, the usual supply of books on our table is observed to be coated with a layer of slender productions of every variety of colouring. A......

2. Poland, Homer, And Other Poems, Is A Little Publication

on the antipodes of song, in which we discern a good deal of promise. Let those who doubt, read not merely " Poland " and " Homer," but the " Lament for Percy Bysshe Shelley :"......