14 JANUARY 1871, Page 22

Poems by Thomas Campbell. (Griffin.)—The Rev. C. Rogers has furnished

a memoir of Campbell to this edition of his poems, which con- tains also we see, a piece never before published. The day has gone by, if indeed it ever was, when a new or newly-discovered poem by Thomas Campbell would excite much interest. Our readers will probably think two stanzas sufficient :—

"Could prayers avert the scythe of Time, I'd pray in after ages,

One blossom of my humbler rhyme To live among these pages.

"Your worth shall bid the blossom breathe An undespised oblation 'Tis from the Altar that the wreath Derives its consecration."

The edition is prettily printed and illustrated.