His standard by strong hands is seized.-To earth,
Once but a field for his triumphant march,
He sinks-and midst the general carnage seeks
His life to save. I see beyond the Alps
The Germans fly, and, humbled in the dust,
Th' insatiate eagle trail'd, while o'er their spoil
Exulting, the enfranchised nation smiles....
The minister of death approaches! Courage,
Arnaldo! from the wretched flesh to which
Thou here wast link'd, thy spirit soars to join
In solemn and eternal mysteries.
May it to God, through th' infinite expanse,
On wings of reason and of love be borne."

Act V. Sc. 12.

We think that a poem in which such passages occur, must be read with pleasure, independently of the interest which attaches to its subject. The lyrical chorusses which Niccolini has thought proper to introduce, might furnish us with numerous passages well deserving special notice. But we have already exceeded our limits, and shall content ourselves with offering one only as a specimen of the merits of this poem, and with this we shall conclude our article. It is only necessary to premise, that the Swiss, by whom it is spoken, were followers of Arnaldo, on the point of returning to their country, to which they compare the desolation of the Campagna di Roma in summer. The chorus opens with a description of it :

Chorus of Swiss.

"Proud names, but the mockery of fame's empty breath, Throughout boundless deserts, the silence of death,

Dissiparsi le schiere, e il suo stendardo
Sparir rapito dalla man dei forti
Quel superbo rimira, e sulla terra,
Già via dei suoi trionfi, egli precipita
Vinto all' impeto primo, e si nasconde
Fra la strage dei suoi veggo i Tedeschi
Oltre l'Alpi fuggir tratta nel fango
L'aquila ingorda, e un popolo redento
Farsi ludibrio della lor corona

Ma il carnefice ê qui: Coraggio, Arnaldo!
Dalle misere earni, a cui fu sposa,
All' eterno imeneo l'anima voli;
Conducetela a Dio per l'infinito
Ali dell' intelletto e dell' amore."

CORO DI SVIZZERI (che partono.)
"Orgoglio di nomi-ludibrj di sorte;
In vasti deserti silenzio di morte,

Pale wandering flames o'er the dank marshy ground,
Of oxen untamed the hoarse lowings around;
Wild horses careering across the broad plains,
On the blast aloft tossing dishevell'd their manes;
No birds' joyous carol, no child's joyous cry,
But guardians eternal of sorrows gone by.
And ruins and tombs, that awaken pale fear,

As the winds through the pines howl in reckless career;
While ambush'd in dark woods lurk treacherous bands;
No fountains upspringing, but desolate sands;
Or trickling slow, through its bed dry and deep,
The river is silent, its dark waters sleep;
The banks are of flow'rets and waving reeds bare,
And in the void channel the thirsty sands glare;
The peasant thou see'st from his crumbling home
Gliding forth, like the spectres that watchfully roam
About ruin'd castles, alarm'd at a sound,

Fever'd, livid, and wan, cast a savage look round.

On my brain, mad and dizzy, while the hot vapours weigh, All lies dead and scorch'd, by the sun's tyrant sway."

A SWISS.

"A love unconquer'd for my native land Draws me, with gentle force, again to see Its everlasting walls, work of God's hand.

O in lande nebbiose vaganti fiamelle,
Muggito di bove che al giogo è ribelle;
Per l'ampio sentiero cavalli fuggenti
Con orridi crini, ludibrio dei venti ;
Non canto d'augelli, non lieto romore,
Ma eterne custodi di antico dolore,
E tombe, e ruine che metton sgomento,
Al suono dei pini commossi dal vento;
Han tenebre i boschi d'insidie ripiene ;
Non vigili fonti, ma squallide arene,
O in letto profondo un rivo ch'è muto
Con livido flutto ed irresoluto,

Ne ha margin che lieto sia d'erba o di fiore,
Ma in sterili sabbie s'asconde e vi more
Quai spettri custodi di antichi castelli,
Da case, che sono macerie ed avelli,
E pallidi e nudi, da febbre riarsi,
Tu vedi cultori repente affacciarsi
Con livide facce, con sguardo feroce,
Se suono li desta d'insolita voce ;
Qui gravi le nubi sul capo mi stanno,
Qui pallida e l'erba, il sole un tiranno."

UNO SVIZZERO.

"Un indomito amor del suol natio Di qui ne tragge, a riveder ci guida Le mura eterne che vi fece Iddio,

While through this desert toiling painfully,
The thought of the bright stream that led me home,
Gives me sweet torture by its memory!

Oh! from the beauteous lake no more to roam,
That echoes of my native tongue the sound,
Lull'd by its rippling wave and fairy foam

To sleep! and dream my children are around.”
Act III. Sc. 5.

Sopra l'aride vie di terra infida
Mi dà tormento la soave immago
Del dolce rio che al mio tugurio è guida.
Oh ch' io mi posi ove sorride il lago,
Ch' ascolti il suon delle note parole,
E sul margine suo romito e vago

Io dorma, e sogni la diletta prole!"

ART. VIII.-Remarks on some of the Characters of Shakspeare. BY THOMAS WHATELY, Esq., the Author of "Observations on Modern Gardening," Edited by RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Third Edition. London. 1839. Elements of Logic. Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana, with Additions, &c. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Seventh Edition, Revised. London. 1840.

Elements of Rhetoric. Comprising an Analysis of the Laws of Moral Evidence, and of Persuasion, with Rules for Argumentative Composition and Elocution. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Sixth Edition, Revised. Lon

don. 1841.

Essays, (First Series,) on some of the Peculiarities of the Christian Religion. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Fourth Edition, Revised. London. 1837. Essays, (Second Series,) on some of the Difficulties in the Writings of the Apostle Paul, and in other Parts of the New Testament. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Fourth Edition, Revised. London. 1837.

The Errors of Romanism, Traced to their Origin in Human Nature. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Principal of St. Alban's Hall, and late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. London. 1830.

The Use and Abuse of Party Feeling in Matters of Religion, Considered in Eight Sermons, Preached before the University of

Oxford, in the Year 1822, at the Bampton Lecture. To which are added Five Sermons, Preached before the University of Oxford, and a Discourse by Archbishop King. With Notes and Appendix. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Third Edition. London. 1833.

Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Bonaparte.

Edition. London. 1841.

Seventh

Essays on some of the Dangers to Christian Faith, which may arise from the Teaching or the Conduct of its Professors. To which are subjoined Three Discourses, Delivered on several occasions. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. London. 1839.

Sermons on Various Subjects, Delivered in Several Churches in the City of Dublin, and in other parts of the Diocese. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. London. 1835.

Charges and other Tracts. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D.,
Archbishop of Dublin. London. 1836.
Introductory Lectures on Political Economy, Delivered in Easter
Term, 1831. BY RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of
By
Dublin. Second Edition, Including Lecture IX., and other
Additions. London. 1832.

Thoughts on Secondary Punishments, in a Letter to Earl Grey. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. London. 1832.

Remarks on Transportation, and on a Recent Defence of the
System, In a Second Letter to Earl Grey. By RICHARD
WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. London. 1834.
A Sermon Preached before the Additional Curate's Fund Society
for Ireland, on Tuesday, the 5th of April 1842. By the
Most Reverend RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of
Dublin. Published at the Request of the Society. Dublin.
Easy Lessons on Money Matters, for the Use of Young People.
Published under the Direction of the Committee of General
Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Pro-
moting Christian Knowledge. The Seventh Edition. Lon-
don. 1843.

Easy Lessons on Reasoning. Re-printed from "The Saturday
Magazine." London. 1843.

Introductory Lessons on Christian Evidences. Third Edition, with a Revised Preface. London. 1843.

Papers of the Dublin Law Institute. No. I., Address by His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, on the Intellectual and Moral Influences of the Professions. Dublin.

Thoughts on the Sabbath; Being an Additional Note Appended to the Second Addition of "Essays on some of the Difficulties in

the Writings of St. Paul, and in other parts of the New Testament." By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Second Edition, Enlarged. London. 1832.

A View of the Scripture Revelations Concerning a Future State. Fifth Edition. By the Archbishop of Dublin. London. The Kingdom of Christ Delineated, in Two Essays, on our Lord's own Account of His Person, and the Nature of His Kingdom, and of the Constitution, Powers, and Ministry of a Christian Church, as Appointed by Himself. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Third Edition. London. 1842.

WE learn from the Preface to the "Remarks on some of the Characters of Shakspeare," that the father of the present Archbishop of Dublin was Dr. Joseph Whately, prebendary, we believe, of Bristol. There is nothing remarkable, we understand, in the early history of this distinguished prelate. He was entered as a commoner in Oriel College, Oxford, but he seems to have been little known in the University till 1810, a considerable time after he took his degree, when he obtained the prize for the English essay, "In what Arts the Ancients excelled the Moderns." From that time his high qualities began to be more generally appre ciated. His associates unite in the testimony, that they learnt more from him, in the way of private friendship, than from all their college career besides. His mode of communicating knowledge was unusually felicitous; and though he did not, we believe, take a first-class degree himself, he made more first-class men than any tutor of his time. The sermons which he delivered as Select Preacher before the University, and his various publications, extended materially his reputation.

Vim temperatam Dî quoque provehunt

In majus.

And, in 1831, upon the death of Dr. Magee, the Whigs did themselves honour by naming Dr. Whately his successor. The appointment, at first, was far from being popular, and the new Archbishop was received by his clergy with suspicion and dislike; but the experience of his perfect impartiality and honesty, of his unfeigned desire to promote the best interests of all classes within his diocese, and of his ready and strenuous efforts for the advancement of every good object, has united all in sentiments of respect.

It is as an author, however, that we have to do with Dr. Whately, and the books now before us show upon how extended a scale he is a claimant for public notice. Few of our readers we suppose were aware, till they looked at the list at the head of this article, of the number of his publications. It is about fiveand-twenty years since he first appeared as an author, and here we