ferred to the modern frame; but a little of his natural pathos — those simple circumstances which he loved to introduce even into his merriest sketches-is, perhaps, wanting. The complaint of the old woman, that she had been sick "full many a day," is scarcely preserved in "the poor sick body" of the new version. The eye misses the long perspective of suffering, with the old cottage in the distance. The tale itself belongs to the lowest order of the poet's genius, being entirely wanting in his rural touches, and the gay colours of red skies, bloom, and sunshine. Perhaps he felt that the shadow of trees would be out of harmony with the utter and irreclaimable wickedness of his hero, for whom he provides a duskier background. The portrait of the Summoner, swelling with vice and blasphemy, is vividly drawn: his ignorance, also, is in keeping with his brutality; as, indeed, is generally seen in nature. So is his conceit. He is fond of enriching his conversation with Latin words, picked up from proceedings in the courts he represented. This story, like most of its companions, requires a running pen here and there. Warton remarked of Chaucer, that his writings altogether refute the vulgar notion of ages of simplicity being marked by purity. The grossness of rude periods is their luxury. Men are less ashamed as they are less polite.

Enough has been said upon the wonderful accuracy of Chaucer's delineations of character; anticipating the novelists, as well as the poets. It seems, however, that the use of the word humour, indicating oddities of temperament, was not known in this sense before the time of Ben Jonson. Such, at least, is the opinion of Whalley, which Gifford echoed. About that period, the manners of a Play began to be called the humours. Jonson, who never wanted

learning, defined the meaning and proper application of the word, and puts them into the mouth of Asper, in one of his elaborate comedies.* Humour has the property of fluids, that it cannot contain itself, always flowing to and fro; so with the passions, they are constantly in motion, and circulating through every part of the body. Hence the truth and force of the general metaphor, as illustrative of the tempers and dispositions of men :—

As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man that it doth draw All his effects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour." If Chaucer had not the name, he had the thing.

The volume contains some good examples of Goldsmith, worthy to be named after Chaucer, for naturalness, liveliness, and truth; and concludes with Wolcot, the once notorious Peter Pindar,—a contemptible person, who always recalls to our memory the indignation of Plato against Homer's sacrilegious freedom with the gods, in making them give way to laughter. The mirth of Wolcot is of the lowest order,-the travestie of wit. Mr. Hunt prints his best and most unobjectionable performance, the versification of conversations between Mrs. Thrale and Boswell; this he calls masterly, for its facility and straightforwardness. "To compare great things with small, I can say that Lear does not more surely move me to tears, or Spenser charm me, than I am thrown into fits of laughter when I hear these rhyming Johnsoniana." We, who have less mirthfulness in us, and who have seen in the case of Marvell how easily Mr. Hunt is driven to hold both his sides, cannot quite echo this panegyric. But the descriptions are fine specimens of quiz. zing.t

Once more:

APPARITIONS, 231
Aristocracy of Rank: Is it the Aristo-
cracy of Talent? 159

Bach, John Sebastian, 28

Battle of Wagram, and Termination of
the War, 551

Beagle's Discoveries in Australia, 105
Bentinck, Lord George. Contemporary
Orators, No. XI. 96

Boar-Hunt in Brittany. By a Resident,
Chap. I. 416; Chap. II. 418; Chap.
III. 422

Bohn's De Grammont, 603

Bowring, Dr. Contemporary Orators,
No. XIV. 465

Bright, Mr. Contemporary Orators, No.

XI. 102

Brittany, A Boar-Hunt in. By a Resi-
dent. Chap. I, 416; Chap. II. 418;
Chap. III. 422

Brotherton, Major-General, and Colonel
Brereton, 66

Brougham's Men of Letters and Science, 67
Buckingham, the Duke of. Contempo-
iary Orators, No. XI. 92
Bull-fight in Portugal, 353

Cabinet, A Few Words about the, and
Things in General, 725
Campaign of Friedland, 182

Campaign of Prussia, Chap. I. 49; Chap.
II. 61

Campaign of Wagram, Chap. I. 283;
Chap. II. 430

Christie, Mr. William Dougal.
temporary Orators, No. XVI. 661
Civilisation, 1

Con-

Clergyman, The Young Country, 686
Commercial Mission to Japan, 698.
Commercial Policy: What is thought of
it on the Continent? 499
Commercial Relations of the Indian
Archipelago, 379

Contemporary Orators. No. XI. Corn-

Law Speakers, Pro and Con, 91; the
Duke of Buckingham, 92; the Duke
of Richmond, 94; Lord George Ben-
tinck, 96 the Earl of Radnor, 99;
Mr. Villiers, 101; Mr. Bright, 102.
No. XII. Some Members of Lord John
Russell's Administration: Mr. Charles

Wood, 212; Mr. T. Milner Gibson,
214; Mr. Hawes, 217; Mr. Wyse,
219; Mr. Ward, 221. No. XIII.
Mr. T. S. Duncombe, 347. No.
XIV. Mr. Wakley, 450; Dr. Bow.
ring, 465. No. XV. Mr. Roebuck,
582. No. XVI. Sir Robert Inglis,
647; Mr. W. E. Gladstone, 653; Mr.
William Dougal Christie, 661
Correspondence and Life of John Fos-
ter, 127

Cunningham (John) Life of the Strol-
ling Player, 253

De Grammont, by Bohn, 603
Duncombe, Mr. T. S. Contemporary
Orators, No. XIII. 347

"Ecrivain Public," a Sketch from Pa-
risian Life. Chap. I. A Mistress, 301;
Chap. II. Obstacles, 304; Chap. III.
The Letter, 308; Chap. IV. The
"Ecrivain Public," 310; Chap. V.
The Unexpected Visit, 316; Chap.
VI. Expiation, 319

Edith, Poems upon Little, 724
Education, National, 370
English Journalism, 631

Etruria, The History of, 505. Second
Notice, 676

Ewart's (William, Esq. M.P.) Letter to
Oliver Yorke, respecting the Article
entitled "Hampton Court," 479

Few Words about the Cabinet and Things
in General, 725

Foster's (John) Life and Correspond-
ence, 127

Foster (John) A Postscript about. In a
Note to Oliver Yorke, 529

French Novel, Passages from an Un.
published, 664

Friedland, the Campaign of, 182

Government of the Whigs: Will it
stand? 245

Graves, the Two, 13

Hair Love, 641

Ham House in the Days of the Cabal,

392

Hampton Court, Past and Present, 172
Hawes, Mr. Contemporary Orators,
No. XII. 217

Hero and Leander, 198
History of Civilisation. By W. A. Mac-
kinnon, F.R.S. M.P. review of, 1
History of Etruria, 505. Second Notice,
676
Holly Cottage, Chap. I. 198; Chap. II.
202; Chap. III. 205; Chap. IV. 208
Hunt's, Leigh, Wit and Humour, 735

Incidents of Real Life. By an Observer

of the Relations between the Moral
and the Material World. No. I. The
Image of the Norman Knight, 42
Indian Archipelago, Commercial Rela-
tions of the, 379
Inglis, Sir Robert.

tors, No. XVI. 647
Is she Happy? 718

Contemporary Ora-

Italian Opera, Morgan Rattler on the, 85
Ivanhoe, Proposals for a Continuation of.
In a Letter to Monsieur Alexandre
Dumas by Monsieur Michael An-
gelo Titmarsh. Vol. I. 237; Vols.

II. and III. 359
Japan, Proposed Commercial Mission to,

Morgan Rattler on the Italian Opera, 85
Napoleon, Principal Campaigns in the

Rise of. No. VII. The Prussian
Campaign. Chap. I. 49; Chap. II.
61. No. VIII. The Campaign of
Friedland, 182. No. IX. The Cam-
paign of Wagram. Chap. I. 283. No.
X. Prefatory Remarks, 428. Cam-
paign of Wagram. Chap. II. 430.
No. XI. Battle of Wagram and Ter.
mination of the War, 551. Conclu-
sion, 564

National Education, 370
New Werther. Prologue, 536. The
Story of the German Student. Chap.
I. 537; Chap. II. 558; Chap. III.
539; Chap. IV. 541; Chap. V. 544;
Chap. VI. 546; Chap. VII. 548.
Epilogue, 550

Nightmare on the Rails, 522

Of the Italian Opera. By Morgan
Rattler, 85

On Revisiting the Sea-shore, 368
Orators, Contemporary. No. XI. Corn.
Law Speakers, Pro and Con, 91: the
Duke of Buckingham, 92; the Duke
of Richmond, 94; Lord George Ben-
tinck, 96; the Earl of Radnor, 99;
Mr. Villiers, 101; Mr. Bright, 102.
No. XII. Some Members of Lord
John Russell's Administration: Mr.
Charles Wood, 212; Mr. T. Milner
Gibson, 214; Mr. Hawes, 217; Mr.
Wyse, 219; Mr. Ward, 221. No.
XIII. Mr. T. S. Duncombe, 347.
No. XIV. Mr. Wakley, 450; Dr.
Bowring, 465. No. XV. Mr. Roe.
buck, 582. No. XVI. Sir Robert Inglis,
647; Mr. W. E. Gladstone, 653;
Mr. William Dougal Christie, 661

Parties, the State of, 118

Passages from an Unpublished French
Novel, 664

Personality and Politics; being a few
Gleanings from the Session, and some
Traits of the Debates, 618
Poems upon Little Edith, 724
Poetry: May Flowers, 103-Wamba's
Song. By Michael Angelo Titmarsh,
244-On Revisiting the Sea-shore,
368-Hero and Leander, 498-Poems
about Little Edith, 724-A Tale of
Real Life, 732

Politics and Personality; being a few
Gleanings from the Session, and some
Traits of the Debates, 618
Politics Contemporary Orators.

No.

XI. Corn-Law Speakers, Pro and Con,
91: the Duke of Buckingham, 92;
the Duke of Richmond, 94; -Lord
George Bentinck, 96; the Earl of
Radnor, 99; Mr. Villiers, 101; Mr.
Bright, 102. No. XII. Some Members
of Lord John Russell's Administra
tion: Mr. Charles Wood, 212; Mr.

T. Milner Gibson, 214; Mr. Hawes,
217; Mr. Wyse, 219; Mr. Ward,
221. No. XIII. Mr. T. S. Dun-
combe, 347. No. XIV. Mr. Wakley,
450; Dr. Bowring, 465. No. XV.
Mr. Roebuck, 582. No. XVI. Sir
Robert Inglis, 647; Mr. W. E. Glad-
stone, 653; Mr. William Dougal
Christie, 661-The State of Parties,
118 The Aristocracy of Rank: Is it
the Aristocracy of Talent? 159-Will
the Whig Government Stand? 245.
National Education, 370-Commercial
Relations of the Indian Archipelago,
379-What is thought of our Commer-
cial Policy on the Continent? 499-
Politics and Personality; being a few
Gleanings from the Session, and some
Traits of the Debates, 618-Proposed
Commercial Mission to Japan, 698-
A Few Words about the Cabinet and
Things in General, 725
Portrait, the, 599
Portuguese Bull.fight, 353
Postscript about John Foster. In a Note
to Oliver Yorke, 529

Prague during the Feast of St. Nepo.
muk, 339

Pretty Old Woman of Vevay, the Story
of, 272

Principal Campaigns in the Rise of Na-
poleon. No. VII. The Prussian Cam-
paigns. Chap. I. 49; Chap. II. 61.
No. VIII. The Campaign of Fried-
land, 182. No. IX. The Campaign
of Wagram. Chap. I. 283. No. X.
Prefatory Remarks, 428; Campaign
of Wagram. Chap. II. 430. No. XI.
Battle of Wagram, and Termination of
the War, 551. Conclusion, 564
Proposals for a Continuation of Ivanhoe.

In a Letter to Monsieur Alexandre
Dumas by Michael Angelo Titmarsh.
Vol. I. 237; Vols. II. and III.
359.

Proposed Commercial Mission to Japan,
698

Prussian Campaign. Chap. I. 49; Chap.
II. 61

Reviews: History of Civilisation. By
W. A. Mackinnon, F.R.S. M.P. I
Lives of Men of Letters and Science
who Flourished in the time of George III.
By Henry Lord Brougham, F.R.S. 67

Discoveries in Australia; with an Ac-
count of the Coasts and Rivers Explored
and Surveyed during the Voyage of
H.M.S. Beagle. Also a Narrative of
Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the
Islands in the Arafura Sea. By J. Lort
Stokes, 126-The Life and Correspon-
dence of John Foster. Edited by J. E.
Ryland, 127-An Historical and Criti-
cal View of the Speculative Philosophy_of
Europe in the Nineteenth Century. By
J. D. Morell, A.M. 407-The History
of Etruria. By Mrs. Hamilton Gray,
505. Second Notice, 676-Memoirs of
the Court of Charles II. By Count
Grammont; with Numerous Additions
and Illustrations, as Edited by Sir
Walter Scott, &c. &c. 603-Morell's
History of Modern Philosophy, 630-
Wit and Humour, Selected from the
English Poets; with an Illustrative
Essay and Critical Comments. By
Leigh Hunt, 735

Richmond, the Duke of. Contemporary
Orators, No. XI. 94

Roebuck, Mr. Contemporary Orators,
No. XV. 582

Sebastian Bach, John, 28

Session, a few Gleanings from the, and
some Traits of the Debates, 618
Shetlanders, Manners, Traditions, and
Superstitions of the. No. II. 147;
No. III. 323; No. IV. 480

Sketch from Parisian Life. The "Ecri.
vain Public." Chap. I. A Mistress,
301; Chap. II. Obstacles, 304; Chap.
III. The Letter, 308; Chap. IV. The
"Ecrivain Public," 310; Chap. V.
The Unexpected Visit, 316; Chap.
VI. Expiation, 319

State of Parties, 118

Story of the Pretty Old Woman of Vevay,

272

Strolling Player, Life of a, 253

Tale of Real Life, 732

Tales and Narratives: The Two Graves,
13-John Sebastian Bach, 28-Inci-
dents of Real Life. By an Observer
of the Relations between the Moral
and the Material World. No. I. The
Image of the Norman Knight, 42-
Principal Campaigns in the Rise of
Napoleon. No. VII. The Prussian
Campaign, Chap. I. 49; Chap. II. 61.
No. VIII. The Campaign of Fried-
land, 182. No. IX. The Campaign
of Wagram, Chap. I. 283. No. X.
Prefatory Remarks, 428; Campaign
of Wagram, Chap. II. 430. No. XI.
Battle of Wagram and Termination of

the War, 551; Conclusion, 564-
Manners, Traditions, and Superstitions
of the Shetlanders. No. 11. 147;
No. III. 323; No. IV. 480-Red
Finlay of the Deer, 166-Hampton
Court, Past and Present, 172-Holly
Cottage. Chap. I. 198; Chap. II.
202; Chap. III. 205; Chap. 1V. 208
-Memoranda and Mementos of Ma.
drid in 1845, 223-Apparitions, 231
-Proposals for a Continuation of
Ivanhoe. In a Letter to Monsieur
Alexandre Dumas, by Monsieur Mi-
chael Angelo Titmarsh. Vol. I. 237;
Vols. II. and III. 359-Life of a
Strolling Player, 253-Story of the
Pretty Old Woman of Vevay, 272—
The Ecrivain Public." A Sketch
from Parisian Life. Chap. I. A Mis-
tress, 301; Chap. II. Obstacles, 304;
Chap. III. The Letter, 308; Chap.
IV. The Ecrivain Public," 310;
Chap. V. The Unexpected Visit, 316;
Chap. VI. Expiation, 319-A Glance
at Prague during the Feast of St.
Nepomuk, 339-A Portuguese Bull-
Fight, 353-Ham House in the Days
of the Cabal, 392-A Boar-Hunt in
Brittany. Chap. I. 416; Chap. 'II.
418; Chap. III. 432-The Rector's
Daughter. Chap. I. 436; Chap. II.
567 Retrospective Gleanings, 467—
Nightmare on the Rails, 522-The
New Werther. Prologue, 536. The
Story of the German Student. Chap.
I. 537; Chap. II. 538; Chap. III.
539; Chap. IV. 541; Chap. V. 544;
Chap. VI. 546; Chap. VII. 548:
Epilogue, 550-The Portrait, 599—
Hair-Love, 641-The Young Country
Clergyman, 686-The Lord-Mayor
and Lord Mayor's Day, 708-Is She
Happy? 718

Wagram, the Battle of, and Termination
of the War, 551
Wagram Campaign.
Chap. II. 430
Wakley, Mr.

Chap. I. 283;

Contemporary Orators,

No. XIV. 453
Wamba's Song. By Michael Angelo
Titmarsh, 244

Ward, Mr. Contemporary Orators,
No. XII. 221

Werther, the New. Prologue, 536. The

Story of the German Student. Chap.
I. 537; Chap. II. 538; Chap. III.
539; Chap. IV. 541; Chap. V. 544;
Chap. VI. 546; Chap. VII. 548:
Epilogue, 550

What is Thought of our Commercial
Policy on the Continent? 499
Will the Whig Government Stand? 245
Wit and Humour, review of, 735
Wood, Mr. Charles. Contemporary
Orators, No. XII. 212

Wyse, Mr. Contemporary Orators,

No. XII. 219

Young Country Clergyman, the, 686