And the pleasant Autumn passed along,
And a pleasant power she had,

And yet round the heart she flung her chain,
Till its very bliss was sad?

Over the leaves, over the flowers,

Cast to the earth along,

She sung a melancholy note,

And her heart joined with her song.

But here we have, and he comes in wrath,

The tyrant of the year;

And he breathes from his furious lips the snows,
And the sleet and the ice severe;
And over the hills, over the vales,

He flies with rapid wing,

And he chains the waves, and withers up
All that danced to the touch of Spring.

Yet he is not, surely without some charm,
For see! where he drives along;
Lo! in what clouds he wraps himself,

And hark! to his thunder-song;
He bows the forest with his fierce breath,
He spreads himself on the waves,
And the old waves pause in their stormy joy,
Or howl in their hidden caves.

He piles the snow in the vales, he heaps
The hills till they prouder are;
He decks the forest with all the fires
That live in the rainbow's glare;
He brings us, too, the thoughts of home,
For we gather the hearth-stone round,
And here, while his voice is heard without,
Are love and its blessings found.

O, forget not now such as shrink to-day,
From the storm that howls along;
And forget not the wretches that shrink to-night,
As they hear from on high his song;
Let feelings such as wake the heart

That feels for its brother's woe,
Lead us to send to the God of storms,
A prayer for earth's wretched now!

The plan generally adopted in foreign countries, of allowing the pupil to copy the lecturer's manuscript notes, was in this case found to be impracticable; and the often-repeated request of the students to be furnished with some elementary book, as a framework or skeleton of the course, could only be met by a declaration, singular as the fact might appear, that no such work cheap, compendious, and tolerably readable, existed in English. The excellent volumes of Warton are obviously inapplicable to such a purpose; for they only treat of one portion of English literature-the poetry; and of that only down to the Elizabethan age. Their plan, also, is far too extensive to render them useful to the general student. Chambers's valuable and complete 'Cyclopædia of English Literature' is as much too voluminous as his shorter sketch is too dry and list-like; while the French and German essays on the subject are not only limited in their scope, but are full of very erroneous critical judgments.

"Induced by these circumstances, the author has endeavored to produce a volume which might serve as a useful outline Introduction to English Literature, both to the English and the foreign student. This little work, it is needless to say, has no pretensions whatsoever to the title of a complete course of English Literature; it is merely an attempt to describe the causes, instruments and nature of those great revolutions in taste which form what are termed Schools of Writing." In order to do this, and to mark more especially those broad and salient features which ought to be clearly fixed in the reader's mind before he can profitably enter upon the details of the subject, only the greater names-the greater types of each period-have been examined; whilst the inferior, or merely imitative, writers have been unscrupulously neglected; in short, the author has marked only the chief luminaries in each intellectual constellation; he has not attempted to give a complete Catalogue of Stars.

He has considered the greater names in English literature under a double point of view; first, as glorified types and noble expressions of the religious, social, and intellectual physiognomy of their times; and secondly, in their own individuality; and he hopes that the sketches of the great Baconian revolution in philosophy, of the state of the Drama under Elizabeth and James the First, of the intellectual character of the Commonwealth and Restoration, of the romantic school of fiction, of Byronism, and of the present tendencies of poetry, may be foundhowever imperfectly executed-to possess some interest, were it only as the first attempt to lected in elementary books, but which the intreat, in a popular manner, questions hitherto negcreased intelligence of the present age renders it no longer expedient to pass over without remark."

The author further informs us that this volume is to be followed by a second, nearly equal in bulk, containing a selection of choice passages, forming a chrestomathy to be read with the biographical and critical account of each

This is a labored argument against the establishment of the Church, by one of the most celebrated evangelical preachers of this day, in England. It condemns the Union of Church and State upon constitutional grounds, by arguments drawn from history and the Mosaic law, and from the prophecies and the New Testament. It condemns also the maintenance of Christian pastors by the State, and undertakes to show the evils of such maintenance. It then shows the influence of the union of church and state upon church dignitaries and pastors, and upon dissenters. A third series of objections discovers many miscellaneous evils resulting from the same to the people and country generally, and to religion. The last chapter of the work is devoted to the means and methods of promoting a revival and extension of religion. The volume is a small, cheap octavo.

the clear, straightforward, descriptions. The author seems to be an honest man and a "good fellow."

Napoleon Louis Bonaparte, First President of France. Biographical and Personal Sketches, including a Visit to the Castle of Ham. By HENRY WIKOFF. New York. George P. Putnam. 1849.

This is a very amusing and sprightly little book, though at the same time ludicrously pert and conceited. The author gives an account of his acquaintance with several of the Bonaparte family, and with the famous dandy, Count D'Orsay, who it would appear, from Mr. Wikoff''s description of him, is a kind of philosopher in disguise. The sketches of French manners are very funny and brisk. A very good book for the cars or steamboat, or to be read while dinner is getting ready.

Oregon and California in 1848. By J. QUINN THORNTON, late Judge of the Supreme Court of Oregon, and Corresponding Member of the American Institute. With an Appendix, including recent and authentic information on the subject of the Gold Mines of California, and other valuable matter of interest to the emigrant; with Illustrations and a Map. In two volumes. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1849.

A great deal of very pleasant reading will be found in this book, compressed together with a great deal of sentimental cant and positive "stuff." The latter part of the book must be really valuable to persons about to go to California, as it contains an account of the gold regions, and certain practical directions necessary to those who mean to cross the Isthmus. The details of the incidents of the author's adventures are so peculiarly silly and impertinent in some parts, that it reminds one of the feeble twaddle of an over-sanctimonious, henpecked schoolmaster.

God in Christ. Three Discourses, delivered at New Haven, Cambridge, and Andover, with a Preliminary Dissertation on Language. By HORACE BUSHNELL. Hartford. Brown & Parsons. 1849.

This volume is devoted chiefly to a discussion of the doctrine of the Trinity. The author seems to hold a middle position between Unitarianism and Orthodoxy, with a leaning toward the former in point of doctrine, and toward the latter in matters of discipline.

assured that the Calvinists generally are too firmly seated to be shaken by a few tilting sentences in a review. Nor will the admirers of Paradise Lost think any the less of John Milton by hearing a High Churchman call him a radical. Radical, indeed, in those days, but of such a sturdy and legitimate kind, as our modern radicalism may dread to think of. In a word, we endorse nothing of the ultraism of the offending article, and desire our kind readers to weigh against them the brilliancy and originality of style and manner for which its author is so justly admired.

It is objected, too, that the style and eloquence of two very distinguished gentlemen, namely, Dr. Tyng, of New York, and Theodore Parker, of Boston, are too severely criticised; but at the same time, nothing, it must be observed, is advanced against the eminence, ability, or character of these gentlemen. The criticisms are literary, and not personal, though affected somewhat by the theological prejudices of the writer. Certainly, nothing could be further from the heart of the writer of the article, (we happen to know,) than bitterness or malice; it is an affair of the brain merely, and not of the heart; and should any real hard feeling on the part of the friends of these gentlemen result from it, we shall regret that we did not rather deprive our readers of the entertainment they must find in its brilliancy, keenness, and direct and studied opposition to the usual and established course of opinion on the subjects it treats of. For, on our part, we derived a real satisfaction from it, if it were only the pleasure of hearing some of our own favorite opinions handled with such a saucy freedom. Somewhat too much of this.

PORTRAITS OF STATESMEN.

It is the design of our series of portraits of living statesmen, to give one of every eminent political name in the country. The choice of these has not been, nor will be, guided by any scale of merit established by our own poor judgment, but by such various circumstances of propriety and convenience as may combine to make a name eligible for the month. In every instance the portraits have been obtained by the personal solicitation of the editor, and

some have been got with great difficulty, be cause of the reluctance of the persons solicited to make their faces public. Many distinguished names have been passed over because of the difficulty of procuring good portraits in time for the engraver. Others have been inserted, not merely because they were well known, but because they were in New York or Washington at the time, and could be daguerreotyped in a style fit for engraving. Notwithstanding, however, the many difficulties that have been got over, and the general satisfaction expressed with the appearance of our portrait series, a great deal of jealousy has appeared among the friends of some gentlemen, who conceive that their favorite names have been neglected, and others preferred. In some instances names of some eminence have been withdrawn from the subscription list, apparently through jealousy of the appearance of certain portraits. The editor will not say that such a withdrawal justifies him in his choice, but he will venture so far as to regret his inability to do entire justice, and to beg the forbearance of his subscribers. It is clearly impossible to discover, to a certainty, who are the most eminent persons in every part of this vast continent. Conspicuous and powerful men, and those who are well and popularly known, must sometimes be preferred before those whose fortune has not blown their fame quite as loudly in the direction of New York. We would therefore repeat the assurance, that we do not assume in this series, to establish by our feeble judgment any scale of merit; it is enough for the purpose that a name is conspicuous and eminent, either in a social, moral, or political sense. The procuring of these portraits is a profitless and invidious task for the editor, and nothing would have tempted him to engage in it but the belief that it would be rendering a real service to the party to make its leaders and statesmen known, if only by their portraits, in all parts of the Union. It will indeed rarely happen that, even with the best engraver, a perfect likeness will be given; the most that can be expected is an approximation-a tolerable resemblance. Imperfect, however, as the best portrait must be, it is better than none, and when the best is done no more can be required.