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languages. Amongst others we find &quot;Specimens of Kussian Poets,&quot; 1831. &quot; Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain,&quot; 1824. &quot; Specimens of Dutch Poets,&quot; 1824. &quot; Specimens of Polish Poets,&quot; 1827. &quot; Poetry of the Magyars,&quot; 1830. &quot;History of the Poetical Literature of Bohemia,&quot; 1832. Sir John Bowring has also published works translated from the German and French, and while in Madrid he published, in Spanish, a work on &quot; African Slavery.&quot;

To all this we must add, that Sir John Bowring is no mean poet. Many of the works already named consist of translations made from poets in different languages, and they show the translator s poetic taste and skill. But besides these, Sir John is the author of original poems and volumes of hymns. His &quot; Matins and Vespers, with Hymns and Devotional Pieces,&quot; appeared in 1823; and several editions of it have been pub lished. In 1825, &quot; Hymns : as a Sequel to the Matins&quot; were published.

&quot; How sweetly flowed the gospel s sound.&quot; No. 349. This pleasing hvmn is in the fourth edition of &quot; Matins and

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Vespers,&quot; 1851.

&quot; In the cross of Christ I glory.&quot; No. 372. This is found in &quot; Hymns,&quot; as a Sequel to the &quot; Matins.&quot; 1825.

WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW. BORN 1793.

THIS venerable and talented author has kindly supplied the following particulars of his history : He was born in London, September 6th, 1793. From the year 1822, he devoted much of his time to writing lyric versions for foreign music, till 1841, when he became acquainted with Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bar- tholdy, who, on seeing some of his productions, made him his collaborator; which he continued to be until Mendelssohn s lamented death in 1847.

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