MONTHLY REPOSITORY, NEW SERIES, No. XCII. AUGUST, 1834. CONTENTS. PAGE 1. Songs of the Months.-No. 8. August. By Harriet Martineau 533 2. Campbell's Life of Mrs. Siddons 3. Memoranda of Observations and Experiments in Education. ib. . 551 . 561 . 571 . 572 . 584 Lord Brougham's Speech on the Poor Law Amendment . 596 . 597 . 598 9. Critical Notices Origines Biblica-Blakey's Logic-Chamber's Geographical Questions, and Arithmetic-Radical Peerage-Moral Instruction-Political Christianity-Book of Aphorisms—Statistics of the United States—Illustrations of the Bible-Gould's Sketches of Eminent Artists-L' Echo de ParisBirmingham and its Vicinity-Tate's Cambist and Arithmetic-Howitt's Abridged History of Priestcraft-The Merchant and Mechanic Notices to Correspondents . 601 . 604 ADVERTISEMENTS. THE HE ADVERTISER is desirous of meeting with a Middle-aged Person, perfectly qualified to undertake the Education of Three Young Gentlemen, from Ten to Fourteen Years of Age, for the next Two Years. He must be an excellent Latin, Greek, and Mathematical Master, must reside within a short distance of the Advertiser's house, and attend to his duties for about six hours each day. An Unitarian or Arian Minister would be preferred. Unexceptionable reference as to character and qualification will be required. Remuneration, £100 per annum. Address, post paid, A.B., at Mr. Harvey's Library, Sidmouth. A LADY, wishes to obtain the Situation of GOVERNESS in a Family. With the usual branches of education, she teaches French, Drawing, and the rudiments of Italian. She would devote her time to the improvement of her Pupils, and, if circumstances rendered it desirable, would also superintend their domestic comfort. The Advertiser, who is anxious to depend on her own exertions, would not object to any other employment adapted to her habits and education. The most respectable references will be given. Apply by letter (post-paid) to R. S. at the Publisher's. THE ROYAL SERAPHINE. THIS New, Powerful, and Portable Musical Instrument, combining the qualities of every Concert Instrument, and also of a large Church Organ, is Invented and Manufactured only by T. Green, 33, Soho-square, where alone it is to be seen for sale; any others offered elsewhere are spurious, and the Public is respectfully cautioned that the most fatal imperfections may exist unobserved by the purchaser. For testimony of this Instrument's extraordinary power of remaining in tune in all situations, and under the most trying circumstances, Mr. Green is permitted to publish the following extract of a letter from Mrs. Atkinson, (late Miss Goodall,) on board the Sherburne, Indian Ocean, November 30, 1833. I have great pleasure in informing you that the Seraphine I took out from England has fully answered every expectation; I have practised upon it every day the weather permitted my doing so, and it has stood well in tune during its transit through the various climates. You are perfectly at liberty to use this testimonial in any way you think proper.' Published this day, PORTRAIT of DR. ADAM CLARKE, beautifully drawn on Stone, by T. C. WILSON. India proofs, 1s. 6d. PORTRAIT of C. POULETT THOMSON, beautifully drawn on Stone. India proofs, 18. 6d. An OFFERING of SYMPATHY, especially to Parents bereaved of their Children, being a Collection from Manuscripts and Letters. 32mo. silk, gilt edges, 2s. 6d. MEDITATIONS and VOWS, Divine and Moral, by the Right Reverend JOSEPH HALL, D.D., late Lord Bishop of Norwich. Royal 32mo., silk, gilt edges, 2s. 6d. BARFOOT'S ELEMENTS of DRAWING; containing the Rules and Principles of the Art, illustrated by numerous Examples in the Human Figure, Rustic Scenery, Animals, Architecture, &c. The ART of being HAPPY, by the Rev. BOURNE HALL DRAPER. Royal 18mo. 38. bound in cloth. William Darton and Son, 58, Holborn Hill. sheaves were once but seed,Will ripens into deed. As cave drops swell the wrong, As echo follows song. On, on, for ever Hark to the footfall! CAMPBELL'S LIFE OF MRS. SIDDONS.* If we may judge by facts, and take regular sequence as indicative of cause and effect, the theatre is one of the necessaries of civilized life. We always find it springing up in a nation's path from barbarism to refinement. There is sure to come a period when it appears and flourishes, like a flower in its season. The form may have varied, but society has seldom arrived at a condition which was much worthy of that name, without something that was, essentially, dramatic representation. It has come as if to answer the call of an instinct of humanity, which could not fail, even in the earlier stages of the social progress, of being sufficiently developed to make the want felt, and therefore to stimulate * Life of Mrs. Siddons, by Thomas Campbell. 2 vols. 8vo. Wilson, No. 92. 2 Q |