His standard by strong hands is seized.-To earth, 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 Ma il carnefice ê qui: Coraggio, Arnaldo! CORO DI SVIZZERI (che partono.) Pale wandering flames o'er the dank marshy ground, As the winds through the pines howl in reckless career; 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, Ne ha margin che lieto sia d'erba o di fiore, 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, Oh! from the beauteous lake no more to roam, To sleep! and dream my children are around.” Sopra l'aride vie di terra infida 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., 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 Easy Lessons on Reasoning. Re-printed from "The Saturday 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 |