we find reflections upon all sorts of subjects, human and divine, aphorisms, apopthegms, and proverbs, with parables, moral sentiments, anecdotes, and smart sayings. They will be found at least to possess all the attraction of variety, and may, in many instances, perhaps be available for much higher purposes. There is an index which renders a reference to the most important subjects of the work very convenient. We are pot satisfied, however, that the philosophical maxims and most of the definitions in moral science will bear the test of scrutiny; at least there exists in our mind a great suspicion that they ought not to be implicitly relied on as correct. The volume however is neatly printed with good legible type, and will prove a pleasant source of mental employment at a leisure hour. lation in French, which i sread and acted, is that of Lebrun, which, however, is more strictly entitled to be called an alteration. The author of the present work thought that some improvement might be effected by the omission of those redundancies which form so unpleasant a burden in the German dramas, and which seldom contribute any share whatever to the general interest of the plot, Some portion of the original, this translator has entirely omitted, such as the scene in which the poisoning of the Queen of England is meditated, as being too atrocious and improbable; but on the whole we have every ground for expecting that the translator, through the medium of so many previous versions in the different languages, has given to the British public a work, which for fidelity, at least, will be acceptable to them. with a variety of embellishments which are taken from the designs of Mr. Thurston, made in 1817. As a curious fact in Bibliography, it may be mentioned, that a private gentleman, an amateur in embellished books, caused a series of designs to be executed by the above artist for this little work of Puckle. The engravings from those designs do not appear to have justice done to them, and the large expenditure of the liberal patronage alluded to was thus far frustrated in its generous object. These designs are the originals of the embellishments of the present. of the present. The engravings are executed on a very excellent scale; not at all so comic as Cruikshank, they rather lean to the character of quiet comedy, which has an ef fect upon the emotions just suf ficient to move the lips toward the risible point. The contents are well worthy of a perusal for the good sense and pure morality which it inculcates. 384 LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. The Curate of Marsden, or Pastoral Conversations between a Minister and his Parishioners, by E. and M. Attersoll, authors of Thomas Martin," "The Contest," &c., will very shortly appear. Rhymes for Youthful Historians; designed to assist the Memory in retaining the most important events in Ancient and English History. Third Edition. Nearly ready, a new Work on Ancient and Modern Egypt, entitled, EGYPT and MOHAMMED ALI; or, Travels in the Valley of the Nile: -containing a Description of all the remarkable Ruins, and other Monuments of Antiquity, in Egypt and Nubia, from the Mediterranean to the Second Cataract, with a Comparison between the Greek and Egyptian Schools of Art; together with an Account of the Government and Personal Character of the Pasha, &c. Westall, the Royal Academician, and Martin, the distinguished painter of Belshazzar's Feast, have been for some time engaged in illustrating the most striking and interesting scenes of the Old and New Testament, in a series of Paintings, from which it is intended to make engravings for a new monthly publication. The first number is to comprise, in a chronological order, the following subjects. The Creation, the Temptation and Judg ment, by Martin; the Expulsion, the Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, by Westall; the Death of Abel, the Deluge, by Martin; aud the Assuaging of the Waters, by Westall. A new production from the pen of Mrs. Jameson, the author of The Characteristics of Women," may shortly be expected, it is entitled “Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad." A work of fiction is in preparation from the authoress of "Mothers and Daughters." Sir Egerton Brydges has just ready an amusing and original work, entitled "Imaginative Biography." THE MONTHLY REVIEW. MARCH, 1834. ART. I.-Narrative of a Tour in North America, comprising Mexico, the Mines of Real Del Monte, the United States, and the British Colonies; with an Excursion to the Island of Cuba. In a Series of Letters written in the years 1831-32. By HENRY TUDOR, Esq., Barrister-at-law. In 2 vols. London: Duncan. 1834. THE author introduces himself to his readers under circumstances of no ordinary interest. He commenced the enterprise of an expedition to the American Continents only after having visited the other three quarters of the globe, and after having sailed over every ocean on its surface. It was with no small pleasure that we found one so fully prepared by experience, undertake a duty which requires so many rare qualifications, and we concluded, that in Mr. Tudor we could reckon on an umpire whose decision would carry with it a powerful weight. We opened the work, therefore, with more than usual interest, and we now offer the result of our examination to the reader. We would very willingly accompany, and even sojourn with our guide, not only at New York, but at Washington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, had he provided for our amusement any novelty whatever in addition to the knowledge of those places, with which we are all so familiar. Good and accurate descriptions, however, of these cities, their chief buildings, the manners of the inhabitants, &c., will be found in these volumes. The reader will, also, we can assure him, lose but little of what might be advantageous to him, if we pass over the account of the author's journey through the United States, in order to pursue him in his northern trip to the New Lebanon Springs. Here he no sooner took up his residence, than a scene presented itself for his contemplation, the most marvellous he declares which he ever witnessed in any of the four VOL. I. (1834) NO. III. X quarters of the world. The spectacle to which he alludes, was a congregation of the hakers who composed a settlement about three miles from Lebanon. Mr. Tudor took the earliest opportunity of gratifying the curiosity which seized him, as soon as he came in contact with this people, being especially excited when he understood that their worship consisted in "dancing to the praise and glory of God." To avoid any misunderstanding of the motives which induce Mr. Tudor to criticise the practices and doctrines of this sect, we think it only fair to observe, that throughout the whole work, there are numerous testimonies supplied by him adequate to satisfy the most fastidious, that he has a complete and solemn sense of the importance of religion, and that, consequently, his ridicule of the habits of a particular class of professed Christians, is not covertly intended to apply to the great principle of Christianity itself. Indeed, he sets out with stating, that he thinks of these men and their follies, more in sorrow than in anger. The founder of the congregation just mentioned, was a Miss Anne Lee, the daughter of John Lee, a blacksmith at Manchester. In the year 1774, this female having encountered much persecution at home for her peculiar opinions, moreover, having been commissioned, as she represented, from on high, to repair to America, she gladly yielded to her destiny, and accompanied by eight of her disciples, she proceeded to North America, and fixed her residence at New Lebanon. They remained for some years in this spot, in perfect quietude until 1787, when finding a vast increase in their number, Miss Lee thought it politic to organize a community. This establishment was the fertile parent of those societies of Shakers which now extend in such numbers over the States of New England, and have been, in their respective places of residence, one of the most striking objects of the descriptions of foreign travellers. The author calculated that this body now has increased to six thousand in the States just mentioned. The most extraordinary doctrine entertained by the Shakers, and it is a fundamental one, that matrimony is utterly opposed to the doctrines and spirit of vital Christianity. They declare in - their written creed, that it is an article of faith, "that abstinence from all carnal and sensual passions, and a strict life of virgin purity, agreeably to the example of the Lord Jesus, and the recommendation and example of the apostle Paul," is essential to salvation. The followers of Christ are, therefore, prohibited from entering into marriage, that state being neither useful nor necessary to them, but quite the contrary. A passage from St. Luke appears to have suggested this doctrine: it is to this effect" But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage." So strictly is this discipline acted upon, that there is a great objection entertained always against the admission of |