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[No. 57. December 12, 1829.]

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Mr Sillery is still very, very young; yet he has visited, not only mentally, but bodily, the uttermost parts of the earth. He has been rock ed by the tropic billows-has seen the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte -doubled the cape of storms-gazed on the palmy headlands of Hindostan, and learnt to eat with chop-sticks in China. But we are dealing too largely in generals. The Citadel of the Lake' is before us, and the world is, of course, anxious to know what we think of its architecture."

"Mr Sillery, with a warmth of gratitude that redounds to his honour, has dedicated his two volumes to his Excellency Baron G. A. P. Van Der Capellen, late Governor-General of the Indian possessions belonging to the King of the Netherlands, in whose company he returned from the East, and who was the first person of distinction who patronized his juvenile muse.-The mutations of his boyhood have given a versatility to his muse that it would not be easy to parallel: it leaps like lightning from land to land, and from sea to sea, it wanders into all variety of rhythm; and it transmutes into verse all sorts of topics, however recondite. There is a piling of armoura marshalling of brand and banner-an apparelling of maidensglittering of gems-a clustering of fruits-a grouping of trees-a ing of waves, such as no other poem that we are acquainted with exstrewing of flowers-a tinting of skies-a smiling of seas, and a tosshibits. As evidence of the genuine piety that pervades Vallery,' in which, indeed. we have not discovered one loose or indecorous sentiment, we quote the following ardent apostrophe to NATURE-Mr

VALLERY; or, The CITADEL of the LAKE. A Poem. By CHARLES DOYNE SILLERY. "Fierce wars and faithful loves shall moralize my lay."-SPENSER. The Poem is comprised in Nine Cantos; containing Sketches of the Crusaders--the Chivalry of France and Spain-the Moors-the Arabians--Description of the Palace of Mahomed King of Granada -the Procession of the King from the Generaliffe to the Alhambra -the Pyrences the Mediterranean-the Persian Gulf-the Red Sea -the Arabian Desert-the Coralline Island-a Bull-Fight-a Tournament--Battle of the Moors and Christians-a Tempest and Com-Sillery's reading has been immense, and no scrap that could illustrate bat at Sea-the Siege of Vallery-Conquest of the Red Cross-Death and Funeral of Lord Vallery-Song of the Pirates-Song of the Sisters-Song of the Arab Seamen-Song from the Caravans in the Desert-Song from the Crusading Galleys-Song of the Almeh-Hindoo Boat-Song-the Huntsman's Morning and Evening Chorus-the Lays of Six Minstrels-Anthem-Serenades, &c. &c. &c. The whole interspersed with various Moral and Religious Reflections; and accompanied with several hundred Notes, Historical, Descriptive, Critical, and Philosophical; partly original, and partly collected from admired, authentic, and valuable Authors.

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his poem has escaped him, whether buried in the musty tomes of departed genius, or floating down to oblivion with the ephemeral literature of the day. Not satisfied with copious quotatious, he refers the reader to nearly a hundred works, ancient and modern, illustrative of Chivalry, which may be advantageously consulted."-Edisburgh Observer.

We confidently predict that Vallery will be a standard work, and a great favourite with the public."-Caledonian Mercury.

There are numerous lines which we could quote as specimens of fine poetic power and feeling. He possesses a creditable portion of information and learning,-his mind is obviously well cultivated,his sentiments are faultless,-his imagination is ardent,-and his genius is built upon the solid foundations of extensive literary acquirements."-Glasgow Scots Times.

"Never were mottoes to a work more strikingly descriptive of its prevailing characteristics of purpose and execution, than those which have been selected to herald Vallery, by its author. The passing inspiration of the hour has led to a series of various and curious experiments in measure, the diversity of which is greater than we ever remember to have met with in any other narrative poem.-With a daring that has something bold and redeeming in it, even blank verse is, for the first time, interspersed with rhyme in the splendid Mosaic, along which the stream of story sparkling flows with a brightness that confuses us, and a bubbling music, that almost make amends for the foamy obscurity sometimes that mars its clearness, -It is needless to detail the story of a splendid series of pageants. Let the play-wrights and opera-composers look to that. It would make a gorgeous spectacle, as it makes a dazzling romance displaying a rare and varied lore, altogether extraordinary in so young a man."-Glasgow Free Press.

"Mr Sillery's verses are calculated to convey not pleasure alone, but also instruction, which ought to be the great aim of all writers, and the chief object of all readers. Mr Sillery has cultivated his mind. His classical lore, his scientific information, and his habits of industrious research, are apparent in almost every page.-A second, and no less powerful consideration, induces us to bestow the meed of praise upon our author. His principles are pure, his feelings are strong, and his enthusiasm, as yet unimpaired, is all directed towards laudable objects. He is a passionate admirer of nature in all her moods; he is full of benevolence towards all his fellow creatures; there is none of the littleness of false pride, or of morbid sensibility, or of harsh misanthropy, whether real or pretended, about his book. He writes as a young poet always should, honestly and unaffectedly, pouring over his subject the warm glow of native, virtuous, and healthy sentiment. He is deeply imbued with the best part of a poet's nature-the warm affections and gene-ing, and a correct moral sentiment; of this every page of his book rous aspirations of the soul, from which all that is selfish is excluded, and which elevate to eminence, simply by refining the grosser parts of our nature."-Edinburgh Literary Journal, April.

"What we especially like in Mr Sillery is, that his style is formed after no particular model; it is fresh and luxuriant, and altogether his own."-Edinburgh Literary Journal, May.

"This is a metrical romance, redolent of true poetry, and bearing the stamp of genius in almost every page. It is evidently the production of a young, and amiable, and enthusiastic mind."-New Scots Magazine.

"The poem takes a different turn, and introduces us to scenes that delight the senses, encourage the daring, and reward the enterprises of heroic valour. The poetry, which is much diversified in metre, is highly respectable in its character, bringing before us at times coruscations of thought which border on the sublime. To the lovers of chivalry, romance, crusades, and the tumultuous ebullitions of the dark ages, The Citadel of the Lake' will furnish much entertainment."-Imperial Magazine.

"His memory is stored with recent and diversified reading, which is freely given out in his copious and curious illustrative notes, and which likewise appears abundantly in the course of the poem. We have met with no finer description of the approach of morning, even in Lucretius, than the following.-It affords us unfeigned pleasure to have it in our power to state, that his feelings are ardent and excellent, that his piety is pure and devout, and that his views of religion are enlightened and evangelical.-His poem, all things considered, is an extraordinary performance."-Edinburgh Evening Post.

"A more enthusiastic child of song than Charles Doyne Sillery, has rarely appeared on this terraqueous globe. We have seen him in retirement, and we have seen him in society, and whether seated in the dark penetralia of our office, or acting the gay and gallant cavalier among fair women and brave men, we found him invariably the same single-hearted, frank-spoken, honest fellow. Like Anacreon Moore, his wit flashes in incessant coruscations. Like the same illus trious bard, he sings his own songs, and dashes even his prose with poetical ornature. He possesses, moreover, the astronomical enthusiasm of a Newton, the philosophic vein of a Brown, and the mechanical skill of a Watt. About the ordinary size, and exceedingly slender in figure; we never look upon his eye, gleaming with intellectual fire, but we think of the

mighty soul, that, working out its way, Fretteth the puny body to decay.'

"We have read Mr Sillery's volumes with very great pleasure: and have no hesitation of assigning to him a place in the first class of what is bestowing upon him very great additional praise, his heart is our poetical jeunesse. He is a young man of decided genius, and, of a right kind, having stored up in it an abundance of amiable feel

affords evidence. Even in his most discursive parts, there is an air of freshness and originality. We recommend Mr Sillery's book to our readers, promising them much pleasure in the perusal of it.Dundee Courier.

employed. Mr Sillery has resided in India; all his pages glow with Eastern scenery; our eyes are dazzled-blinded with the overpowering lustre of Eastern gems, Eastern birds, insects, fruits, and flowers: our senses oppressed with Eastern perfume and the songs of the bul bul. Mr Sillery is a youthful bard,' with a memory stored with the productions of our best poets, with a mind alive to all the beauties of nature."-La Belle Assemblee.

"Every form which English verse is capable of assuming has been

"There is a great deal of genius in this poem, the best proof of which is, the degree of attention it has excited. The poem of Val lery has obtained considerable notice; and this circumstance, by creating a presumption that it was not an ordinary production, induced us to read it. We found our inference correct: there is a delightful freshness about the work. The verses seem not to be dis inexhaustible spring of fancy and feeling. They are full of tendertilled from an alembic of imitation and study, but to flow from an ness and passion; and there is throughout a tone of such purity, so much loftiness of sentiment, and ardent and unaffected piety, that out strong feelings of pleasure. His Oriental pictures, in particular, there are few, we will venture to say, who will read the poem with are splendid and glowing. There is much freedom and command of poetical language in his style, and great variety in his versification. He has a strong feeling for the melody of verse. The following most gorgeous picture of a tropical sunset is evidently painted from nature. We close this book with feelings of admiration of Mr Sillery's kings."-Edinburgh Weekly Journal. genius-a genius destined, we trust, to accomplish great underta

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