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Review Of Literature.
Masonic designation of P . P . G . R ., P . G . T ., and P . M ., ought to be entitled by the Society to append that of F . S . A ., —to C . K . K . Tynte Esq ., F . S . A ., & c . & c , and Provincial Grand Master for the province oi Somerset ; reasons enough , and to spare , why it should be more than moderatel y welcome to our notice . But the work itself needs no such passport to the most favourable consideration of an honest reviewer ; for a lair allowance made in behalf of the amiable weakness of anti
every - quarian—that of the superlative merit of his own collection . The pilgrimage of the author , with his friends , to Pitney and the neighbourhood , winch abound in Roman pavements and remains , are highly interesting ; but the evidence of the " Potteries" still more so ; and rigid indeed must be the critic who could lay aside « ® i ) is \ om \ ISoohe" without admitting that he had obtained both deli ght and instruction from its perusal . Besides an account of the occasion and
design of the building itselt , and the tempting catalogue raisonnS of its contents , there is in tne appendix , among other local incidents of an historical nature , a succinct and graphic account of the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth , whose defeat occurred in the nei ghbourhood . Poor Monmouth ! he tought lor his cause as well as he was able , and became the sacrifir-o bv
wmcri that cause ultimately succeeded . The butchery of his execution was m excellent keeping with the bloody acts of the merciless Jeffery , whose name will be for ever execrated . AT ^ e commend the work to the perusal of every Masonic and antiquarian iriend ; whilst we long to peep over the battlements of the lnory with its warm-hearted possessor , "at the spire of Bridgewater " and the other panoramic beauties b y ivhich it is surrounded .
The Illustrated Shakspeare , Part VI . Tyas , London .-This valuable publication has reached its seventh part , and concludes " Measure for measure . It full y sustains the reputation of its predecessors the artist and the engraver ( Orrin Smith ) are entitled to great praise for the spirited illustrations of the " Bard , " nor is the printer unworthy of his associates . J
Voyages in the Moluccan Archipelago . By D . H Kolff iunior Translated from the Dutch by George Windsor Earl , Author of the * Eastern Seas . James Madden and Co ., London .-We have read every page of this unpretending narrative with much delight , natheless the caltwZTAr s ° 'l frigid style of the narrator , and an occasional twinge of vexation that we could not read throughout , " British Govern-™ T f T ^ T \ T ° rT > " " En S ^ E ast India Compan ^" for Netherlands East India Company" but thanks to the
; enterprising Fsor ™ fl tr ™ slat 01 ; T ° f ™ * Dutch were doing in 1825 and iu ?; w . hank I < f S Windsor Earl , to his ability as the author of the Eastern Seas and his sagacity and indomitable perseverance as a British sailor , our Government are at length aware of the importance of having at least one southern-settlemen t to co-operate ivith the northern one ot Singapore , in extending British commerce in the " Eastern Seas . " He is now voyaging on the northern coast of Australia ( we believp a .
pilot jivim hir Gordon Baumer , who has Her Majesty ' s ships theAlliqator and Britomart , under his command , for the purpose of foundin g a settlement there . May success attend them ! But if Lieut . Kolff ' s narrative may be depended on , and it is in no respects doubted by its very intelligent translator , we can see no reason against , and every motive in favour ot , our obtaining settlements also , in some islands on the Serwattv VOL . vi . 4 n
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Review Of Literature.
Masonic designation of P . P . G . R ., P . G . T ., and P . M ., ought to be entitled by the Society to append that of F . S . A ., —to C . K . K . Tynte Esq ., F . S . A ., & c . & c , and Provincial Grand Master for the province oi Somerset ; reasons enough , and to spare , why it should be more than moderatel y welcome to our notice . But the work itself needs no such passport to the most favourable consideration of an honest reviewer ; for a lair allowance made in behalf of the amiable weakness of anti
every - quarian—that of the superlative merit of his own collection . The pilgrimage of the author , with his friends , to Pitney and the neighbourhood , winch abound in Roman pavements and remains , are highly interesting ; but the evidence of the " Potteries" still more so ; and rigid indeed must be the critic who could lay aside « ® i ) is \ om \ ISoohe" without admitting that he had obtained both deli ght and instruction from its perusal . Besides an account of the occasion and
design of the building itselt , and the tempting catalogue raisonnS of its contents , there is in tne appendix , among other local incidents of an historical nature , a succinct and graphic account of the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth , whose defeat occurred in the nei ghbourhood . Poor Monmouth ! he tought lor his cause as well as he was able , and became the sacrifir-o bv
wmcri that cause ultimately succeeded . The butchery of his execution was m excellent keeping with the bloody acts of the merciless Jeffery , whose name will be for ever execrated . AT ^ e commend the work to the perusal of every Masonic and antiquarian iriend ; whilst we long to peep over the battlements of the lnory with its warm-hearted possessor , "at the spire of Bridgewater " and the other panoramic beauties b y ivhich it is surrounded .
The Illustrated Shakspeare , Part VI . Tyas , London .-This valuable publication has reached its seventh part , and concludes " Measure for measure . It full y sustains the reputation of its predecessors the artist and the engraver ( Orrin Smith ) are entitled to great praise for the spirited illustrations of the " Bard , " nor is the printer unworthy of his associates . J
Voyages in the Moluccan Archipelago . By D . H Kolff iunior Translated from the Dutch by George Windsor Earl , Author of the * Eastern Seas . James Madden and Co ., London .-We have read every page of this unpretending narrative with much delight , natheless the caltwZTAr s ° 'l frigid style of the narrator , and an occasional twinge of vexation that we could not read throughout , " British Govern-™ T f T ^ T \ T ° rT > " " En S ^ E ast India Compan ^" for Netherlands East India Company" but thanks to the
; enterprising Fsor ™ fl tr ™ slat 01 ; T ° f ™ * Dutch were doing in 1825 and iu ?; w . hank I < f S Windsor Earl , to his ability as the author of the Eastern Seas and his sagacity and indomitable perseverance as a British sailor , our Government are at length aware of the importance of having at least one southern-settlemen t to co-operate ivith the northern one ot Singapore , in extending British commerce in the " Eastern Seas . " He is now voyaging on the northern coast of Australia ( we believp a .
pilot jivim hir Gordon Baumer , who has Her Majesty ' s ships theAlliqator and Britomart , under his command , for the purpose of foundin g a settlement there . May success attend them ! But if Lieut . Kolff ' s narrative may be depended on , and it is in no respects doubted by its very intelligent translator , we can see no reason against , and every motive in favour ot , our obtaining settlements also , in some islands on the Serwattv VOL . vi . 4 n