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.
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.
ABDUL MEHJID, the Sultan of the Turks, interview with, 409 Aix-les-Bains and its Neighbourhood; a Week's Ramble, by Mrs. Trollope,
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.
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,
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 2 T
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,
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,
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,
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,
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
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-
San Tommaso, the Emigrants of, by Mrs. Gore, 549
Savoy, and its romantic scenery, 561,
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,
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,
Thoulouse, the Lord of; a Legend of Languedoc, by Thomas Ingoldsby,
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,
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.,
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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