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RESULTS OF READING.*

THE title of this work unluckily expresses something very like the opposite of what it intends and what the book offers. Instead, as might be expected, of presenting its readers with thoughts and reflections, "the results of reading," it presents them with a large body of very excellent "reading made easy"-that is to say, made accessible, by bringing it together from various and not always ordinary sources. We do not complain of this; quite the reverse; but the equivocation, or rather the manifest error of the title, will greatly impair its utility, by placing the book in the hands of those who do not want it, and keeping it from those who do. The work too, is in other respects sadly deficient in plan and arrangement, each chapter of it being neither more nor less than a number of passages put together without form or order of any kind, and having no reference to each other beyond the fact of their general subject being the same. Neither can we congratulate the compiler on the taste and judgment he has exercised in the choice of his extracts. The common-place book from which he has selected them is evidently too literally answerable to its title. The book is well intended; but the age has outgrown this kind of bookmaking.

MUSIC.

THE MAESTRO.

A GOOD musical periodical has long been much wanted in this country. France and Germany possess several very creditable ones, and other states, having any pretension to musical taste, can boast of some publication representing the state of musical science there. But in England we have nothing, and have had nothing worthy of music, or of its professors. An attempt, however, is now being made to supply this desideratum in a weekly periodical, bearing the imposing title of "The Maestro." If cheapness will do all that is required, our new cotemporary is secure of success; for the proprietors have issued eight folio sheets of letter-press, a clever song by the celebrated harpist De Witte, and a set of quadrilles from "Il Fantasma" arranged by Musard (both of which are engraved) at the price of one shilling. This is deserving encouragement.

* Results of Reading. By J. Stanford Caldwell, M.A., Barrister-at-law. 1 vol.

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ABDUL MEHJID, the Sultan of the
Turks, interview with, 409
Aix-les-Bains and its Neighbourhood;
a Week's Ramble, by Mrs. Trollope,

554

Antwerp, City and Cathedral of, 26
Annecy, romantic and beautiful lake
near, 568

Appo, Jimmy, a Chinese merchant,
311, 369

April Fool's Day all the Year Round,

by Laman Blanchard, 573
Armenian and Greek customs and fu-
nerals, at Constantinople, 405
Asia Minor, shores of, inhabitants, &c.,
237

Athens and Greece, visited by Lady

Londonderry, 411, 539, 543 - The
Parthenon, Propylæa, Temple of
Victory, Apteros, and Acropolis of
Athens, 541-Temples [of Theseus
and Jupiter, 542-Otho I., and his
Queen, ib.

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Chamier, Capt. Frederick, R.N., the
Perils of Beauty, by, reviewed, 150
Character, a Lost; by the Author of
"Peter Priggins," 238

Charles X., dethronement of, 183, 188
China-Capt. Elliott, Sir Henry Pot-
tinger, &c., descriptions of Hong
Kong, Macao, Whampoa, and Can-
ton, 153, 297, 353-Chinese navy, re-
sults of the late contest, 384
Chinese and Tartar soldiers, contrasted,
shields, costume, &c., 377-Com-
plexion, customs, and costume of the
women, 360

Christmas Carol, a, by Charles Dickens,
noticed, 148

Collard, M. Royer, character of, 8
Colton, the late Rev. C. C., Lines by,

215

Comedy, the Prohibited, 345-Also the
Suppressed Comedy, 533

Confessions of a Keyhole, 79, 285, 447
Conjuror, the (with an engraving), 325
Cook, Eliza, Songs and Poetry by, 105,
196, 385, 514

Constantinople, the court, the city, the
Bosphorus, &c., visited, 227-Cli-
mate, 236-Therapia, Buyukdere,
the great Bezenstein, Scutari, &c.,
236-The seraglio, ceremonies, &c.,
403, 410-Surpassing beauty of the
scenery and waters of, 548-Mosques
of St. Sophia, Sultan Ahmed, Sultan
Bajazet, 402, 405

Cupid, the Court of, with Remarks
upon the Law of Love, 17
Custom-House Frauds, a Modest De-
fence of the, 137

Dane's Island, Canton, described, 361
Danube, scenery of the river, 219-
Steamboat voyage on the, 217, 227
Day, many Happy Returns of the, by
Eliza Cook, 385

Declaration of War between Two of the
Great Powers of Europe, 551
Douglas, Sir Howard, and Lady, 412
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Gallant's Song, the, 316
Genoese Mask, the, 386
Gentleman Missing, a, by the Author
of "Peter Priggins," 106
Georgian and Circassian slaves at Con-
stantinople, 406

Gentility-Vulgarity, by John Poole,
Esq., 130

Gleanings from the South, East, and
West, reviewed, 319

Gore, Mrs., the Verdict of the World,

by, 267-The Emigrants of San
Tommaso, by, 549

Greek History, B. G. Niebuhr's Stories
from, noticed, 320

Greenwich and Chelsea Pensioners,
458

Guerilla warfare in Spain, 116, 128

Hallucination, a, by the Medical Stu-
dent, 91

Haymarket Theatre, the, 350
Hearing, on, 254

Hong Kong and Macao, Letters from,
by Archibald R. Ridgway, Esq., 153,
297, 353

Hungary, its capital Pesth, costume,
steam navigation of the Danube, &c.,
217-Estates of Prince Esterhazy in,

37

Ingoldsby, Thomas, Esq., the Lord of
Thoulouse, poetry, by, 321- The
Wedding-Day; or, the Buccaneer's
Curse, by, 465

India, anecdotes of the Mahratta and
Pindaree war in, 442
Indian Diary, Extracts from the Old
Forest Ranger's. No. X., 433

Inquire Within, by Laman Blanchard,

447

Invisible Foe, the: Anecdote of the
war in Catalonia, 116
Italian Life, a Story of, 386

Jesuit Discipline in the Eighteenth
Century, 257

Joinville, the Prince de, at Constanti-
nople, 409

Jones, Ebenezer, poems by, noticed, 152
Kenney, James, Warnings by, 431

Lap-Dog, the, a nuisance, 511
Laurel, the, verses by J. E. Carpenter,

582

Lines by the Author of "Lacon," 215
LITERATURE OF THE MONTH (for Ja-
nuary) :-Whitefriars; or, the Days
of Charles II., 142-The Robber's
Cave-The Banished Lord-Mar-
telli, 146-A Christmas Carol, by C.
Dickens, 148-Prism of the Imagi-
nation, by the Baroness Calabrella,
149-The Perils of Beauty, by Capt.
Chamier, 150-Life of Sir Francis
Drake, 151-Orion: a Poem, ib.-
Poems, by R. Snow, ib.-The Spirit
of the Nation, ib.-Poems, by E.
Jones, 152-New Sporting Almanac,
ib.

-(for February) :—
The Secret Passion, by the Author
of "Shakspeare and his Friends,"
&c., 314-Edward Somers, 317-
Gleanings from the South, East, and
West, 319-Stories from Greek His-
tory, by B. G. Niebuhr, 320

(for March):
Chatsworth; or, the Romance of a
Week, edited by R. Plumer Ward,
Esq., 460-Wild Sports in Europe,
Asia, and Africa, by Lieut.-Colonel
F. Napier, 463

(for April) :-
Arthur O'Leary, 598-General Pol-
lock's Campaign in Affghanistan, 605
-Lord Mahon's Spain under Charles
II., 607-Fifty Days on board a
Slave-ship, by the Rev. Mr. Hill, 607
-Two Years in France and Switzer-
land, 608-Agathonia, a romance, 610
-Modern Egypt and Thebes, 611-
Results of Reading, 612.-Music: the
Maestro, 612

Londonderry, Marchioness of, Narra-
tive of a Visit to the Courts of
Vienna, Constantinople, Athens, and
Naples, by, 25, 216, 402, 539

Marquis of, Tour of the, 31,

35, 541
Louis XIV., Court of; interesting anec
dotes, 257-266

Love on; verses by Eliza Cook, 514
Louis Philippe, King of France, his po-

licy alluded to, 187-His elevation
to the throne, 189

Lyons, Sir Edmund; Athens, &c., 540,

542

Lytton, the late Mrs. Bulwer, 141

Macao, Letters from, 153, 297, 353-
The City; the Pearl river; islands
of Lantao and Heanshan; shipping,
&c., 160

Malta and Valetta, the harbours, and

quarantine, 544

March Winds; verses, by Agnes Strick-
land, 442

Martelli, a Tragedy, reviewed, 148
Mathew, Father, an Address in Verse
to, 173

Medical Student, Reminiscences of a.
No. XVI. A Hallucination, 91-No.
XVII. Marianne Esterling, 494
Mediterranean, islands of the; scenery
of the coasts of Greece, Sicily, and
Naples, &c., 412-414, 539-548
Memory, by the late L. E. L., 62
Metternich, Prince and Princess, inter-

views of Lord and Lady London-
derry with, 34, 40

Moral Alchemy, stanzas, by Horace
Smith, 571

Moore, Sir John; allusion to the battle
of Corunna, 455, 456

Monster Meeting, the, 250

Napier, Commodore Sir Charles, and
Major Napier; their services in Spain
and Portugal alluded to, 455-458
Naples and its Bay, the Court, Pompeii,

&c., described by Lady Londonderry,
546-548

Napoleon's interference in the affairs of
Charles of Spain and the Prince of
Asturias, 333-He inveigles them to
Bayonne, 341

Napoleon and his soldiery, anecdote,543
New York, adventure at, 14
Nicholas, the Emperor, Nobles, Serfs,

and Servants of Russia, 477-493-
The Muscovite population, 478
Nobleman, Receipt for a; verses, 136

Opium, the trade in, 307, 309
Orion: an Epic Poem, by R. H. Horne,
noticed, 151

Otho I., King of Greece, 414

Peace Societies, Hints to, 455
Peace, Prince of the; career of Godoy
in Spain, 333

Peninsular War, incident in the, 116-
Further allusions and anecdotes, 455
-459

People when at Home; a Private View,

by Laman Blanchard, 79
Plan, the Good Old; or, Jesuit Disci-
pline in the Eighteenth Century, 257
Poems, Notices of New, 151

Poetry:-Memory, by the late L. E. L.,
62-Moral Ruins, by Horace Smith,
76-Song of the Winter Tree, by
Eliza Cook, 76-The Sailor's Lament
for the Sea, by Barry Cornwall, 129
-Edinburgh Ale: a Fragmentary
Ode, 134-Receipt for a Nobleman,
136-An Address to Father Mathew,
173-Evening, 181-Lines by the au-
thor of" Lacon," 215-Diary of a Fly,
249-The Gallant's Song, from the
Shakspeare Novels, 316-The Lord of
Thoulouse, by T.Ingoldsby,321-Song,
344-Many Happy Returns of the
Day, by Eliza Cook, 385-Song, 394
-Sonnet, by C., 401-Warnings, by
James Kenney, 431-March Winds,
by Agnes Strickland, 445 The
Wedding-day; or, the Buccaneer's
Curse, by T. Ingoldsby, 465-Love
on; verses, by Eliza Cook, 514-
Translation from Du Bartas, by Jo-
suah Sylvester, Gent., 515- The
Emigrants of San Tommaso, by Mrs.
Gore, 549-Moral Alchemy, by Ho-
race Smith, 571-The Laurel, by J.
E. Carpenter, 582-To a Mutton
Chop, by James Kenney, 597

Poole, John, Esq., Contribution by, 130
Pottinger, Sir Henry, and the Chinese
anthorities, 172

Poverty, Song of the Spirit of, by
Eliza Cook, 196

Prism of the Imagination, the; by the
Baroness Calabrella, 149

Ratisbon; the palace of the Prince of
Tour and Taxis, &c., described, 32
Recreations in Natural History, No.
XXI.-Elephants, Part I., 515

Reschid Pacha, and his harem, &c., 230,
233, 235, 402, 408
Rhine, river: Cologne, Bonn, Coblentz,
&c., 27, &c.-Biberich; residence of
the Duke of Nassau, 29
Ridgway, Archibald, R., Esq., Contri-
butions by, 153, 297, 353
Robber's Cave; or, the Four-horned
Moon, a Drama, réviewed, 146
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, his residence
of Les Charmettes, 64-His writings
alluded to, 75

Russia, political condition and social
economy of this empire, 477-The
people, agricultural resources, navy
and army, civilization, &c., 478-493

Sailor's Lament for the Sea, the, by
Barry Cornwall, 129

Saint-Cerest, the Duchesse de, 257-

266

San Tommaso, the Emigrants of, by
Mrs. Gore, 549

Savoy, and its romantic scenery, 561,

570

Secret Passion, the, by the Author of

"Shakspeare and his Friends," re-
viewed, 314

Self-Commemoration, the Duty of, 529
Shakspeare at Hampton Court, 315
Sicily: a Visit to Palermo, 545-Monte
Pellegrino, 545

Smith, Horace, Esq., Moral Ruins, by,
76-Moral Alchemy, by, 571
Snow, Robert, Poems by, noticed, 151
Social Nuisances; the Lap-Dog, 511
Somers, Edward: a Domestic Story, re-
viewed, 317

Song for the New Year, 140

of the Spirit of Poverty, 196

the Gallant's, from the "Shak-
speare Novels," 316

Songs, 105, 129, 140, 344, 394
Sonnet, a, by C., 401

Spanish Princes, the; Ferdinand VII.;
state intrigues, &c., 333-The capti-
vity at Valençay, 192

Spirit of the Nation, the (poetry), no-
ticed, 151

Sporting Almanack, the New, noticed,

152

Steam-boats of war, paintings by Chi-
nese of our, 396

Strickland, Agnes, poetry by, 445
Sylvester, Josuah, Gent., his translation
of Du Bartas: the Sixth Day of the
First Weeke, 515

Talleyrand, Prince, interviews with
and interesting anecdotes of, 1, 182,

333

Thoulouse, the Lord of; a Legend of
Languedoc, by Thomas Ingoldsby,

321

Trollope, Mrs., a Visit to Rousseau's

Favourite Residence of Les Char-
mettes, by, 64-The Butt, by, 199,

415-Aix-les-Bains, described by,

554

Turkey, female costume, manners, the
harem, &c., 229-233

Typhoon, or hurricane of the Chinese
seas, 302

Valençay, Château of, Prince Talley-
rand's residence, 4, 182

Vienna, Constantinople, Athens, and
Naples, Narrative of a Visit to, in
1840, 25, 216, 402, 539

the Prater, and environs de-
scribed, 37

Walker, Turkish admiral, and Mrs.
Walker, 407, 409

Warens, Madame de, and J. J. Rous-
seau, 74

Warnings, stanzas, by J. Kenney, 431
Wedding Day, the, or, the Buccaneer's

Curse: a Family Legend, by Thomas
Ingoldsby, 466

Whampoa, anchorage of, batteries of
the Bogue, &c., 306-310-Personal
description of the Chinese dealers,
311-Cognomens, 311, 312-Customs
of the people, visit to Canton, &c.,

353

Whitefriars; or, the Days of Charles
II., reviewed, 142.

World, the Verdict of the, by Mrs.
Gore, 267

Würzburg, Nuremburg, Fürth, &c., 30

Young England; or, the Peril of the
Crisis (with an Engraving), 174
Young, Robert, his Address of "The
Printer to the Reader," 515

Zingarelli's journey to Paris, 551

END OF THE FIRST PART OF 1844.

C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.

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