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has Sir Henry Ellis been indebted for the success with which he has discharged the duties of his most responsible office. We are sure that the good wishes which have, we understand, been conveyed to him from the highest quarters, that he may long enjoy the leisure which he has so well earned, will be echoed by all who know him.

The columns of The Aihenceum have of late borne fre- quent and unmistakeable evidence of a desire on the part of the public for the establishment of a National Portrait Gallery. We are glad to see that the subject is attract- ing such general attention; and that Lord Stanhope has given notice of his intention to move, in his place in the House of Lords, on Tuesday next, "an Address to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to take into her royal consideration, in connexion with the site of the present National Gallery, the prac- ticability and expediency of forming by degrees a Gallery of Original Portraits, such portraits to consist as far as possible of those persons who are most honourably com- memorated in British history as warriors or as states- men, or in arts, in literature, or in science." The country, we are sure, will be well pleased to see this matter in Lord Stanhope's hands. As the hereditary representative of men whose portraits should grace the walls of such a .gallery as himself the historian of a most important period in England's history and though last, not least, as President of the Society of Antiquaries, the task of awakening the attention of Parliament to this interesting subject seems to belong peculiarly to his Lordship.

BOOKS RECEIVED. Men of the Time. Biographical Sketches of Eminent Living Characters; with Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Women of the Time. This is the third and greatly enlarged edition, and quite as much improved as enlarged, of a volume intended to furnish, in as com- pact a form as possible, a series of biographical sketches of eminent living persons in all parts of the civilised world. It claims to furnish the largest body of contemporary biography which has hitherto appeared in this or any other country. Without vouching for this, we may confi- dently recommend it as an indispensable adjunct to the reading table of every one who takes an interest in the history, politics, literature, or art of our own day. There exists no book of reference with which we are acquainted which will at all supply its place as a Newspaper Com- panion. Mr. Bogue deserves credit for the pains which he has taken to render it as complete as possible.

Hallam's Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth. Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries. Vol. III. The third volume of this cheap and excellent reprint of Mr. Hallam's most valuable contribution to Literary History is devoted to the Literature of the first half of the Seventeenth Century, and embraces not only the History of Speculative Philosophy and the graver Sciences, but also that of Poetry and the Drama for the sarne im- portant period.

The Poetical Works of Lord. Byron. A New Edition in Six Volumes. Vol. V. This cheap and handsome edi- tion of Byron is now nearly completed. The volume be- fore us contains " Cain," " The Deformed Transformed," " Werner," and the first three cantos of " Don Juan."

Popular Music of the Olden Time ; a Selection of Ancient Songs, Ballads, and Dance Tunes, illustrative of the Na- tional Music of England, by W. Chappell, F.S. A. Part V. Excellent as any of its predecessors, and peculiarly rich in illustrating the songs quoted by Shakspeare. Mr. Chappell, in this division, speaks of the valuable assist- ance afforded him by Dr. Rimbault; and makes an an- nouncement, which will be received with great satisfac- tion, that we may shortly expect to receive from that gentleman the Collection of Ancient Music, illustrating the

Plays and Poems of Shakspeare, to which he has devoted so many years of anxious research.

On Hallam's Constitutional History of England, by the Right Hon. T. B. Maeaulay. This reprint, in Longman's Traveller's Library, of Mr. Macaulay's comments on his learned friend's view of the development of our Constitu- tion, will be very welcome to a large class of readers.

Our want of space compels us to be content with an- nouncing the receipt of the following pamphlets :

Popular Education; its Present Condition and Future Prospects considered. In a Letter to Earl Granville. By the Rev. J. Armistead.

Narrative of the Origin and Formation of the Interna- tional Association for obtaining a Uniform Decimal System of Measures, Weights, and Coins. By James Yates, M.A.

The War and the Newspapers. A Lecture delivered to the Members of the Literary Institution at Ottery St. Mary. By the Rev. C. E. Kennaway, M.A.

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Amontt other interesting articles which are tuiarnirlahly postponed until ne.rt week are Who was Junius ? a biogj-aplw of works written on tfint subject ; Suffolk Notes ; Mahomet and his Successors ; and many other papers of interest.

THE RIGHTEOUS MAN, ETC. Our Querist was perfect!// aware of the corresponding passar/e in froyerlnxii. 10. The quotation wanted is the one in such fret/writ use, which substitutes " is merciful to ". fur " con- eidcrcth the life of."

T. E. B. will find an (recount of Sir Joseph Pnxton in Men of the Time, which we have noticed in our present Ntanber,

BUDDA. Pall Mall is so called from a game of that name formerly plai/ed there. See Cunningham's Hand Book of London.

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