The Churchman's Family Magazine. No. 1. (Hogg and Sons.)— This
is the first number of a new monthly shilling periodical, which in outward appearance bears a strong resemblance to the Cornhill Magazine. It does not begin very powerfully; but perhaps it may im- prove. The leading tale, a serial story entitled " The New Curate," seems to us especially weak. Far the best article in the number is one which expresses temperate disapproval of the manner in which the clergy are generally treated in Mr. A. Trollope's novels. It is a very well-written piece of special pleading from a High Church point of view, which is certain to delight those who agree with it already, and will probably convince no one who is of the contrary way of thinking. We are especially delighted with the admirable ingenuity with which the writer, while preserving the most studied impartiality, attempts to show that Mr. Trollop°, while he ought not to laugh at or abuse Archdeaccin Grantley, is quite justified in doing whatever he pleases to Mr. Slope.
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