The Fifth Volume of Byron's _Life and Works, brings down ,,
the Memoirs to 1822. It is embellished with a brilliant view by TUER, of the picturesque Church of Santa Maria della Spina; which; with its spires and pointed gables, has a singular appearance, perched upon the bank of the river which its foundations partly overhang. A view across the Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos, by HARDING, forms a vignette to the title-page. Both are from the sketches of W. PAGE, an artist of sterling talent, who has furnished the originals for several of the plates in the Landscape Illustrations, and in particular those beautiful views of Geneva and Chamouni, to which HARDING has added such charming effects. Besides these two exquisite pictures, the Third Part of the Illustrations contains a grand view of Spoleto with stormy effect by HARDING also, and a scene of placid beauty on the Lake of Como, by GASTINEAU. The drawings and the engravings, by E. FINDEN, are the perfection of art. We cannot say so much for the por- trait of Miss Chaworth at the age of seventeen.
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