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The present volume will support, if not increase, the literary
reputation which this elegant work has enjoyed during previous years.
The editor, Mr. Pringle, is a poet of no mean celebrity, and, as we
are prepared to show, his contribution, independent of his editorial
judgment, will do much toward the Friendship's Offering maintaining
its ground among the Annuals for 1829.
There are twelve engravings and a presentation plate. Among the most
beautiful of these are Cupid and Psyche, painted by J. Wood, and
engraved by Finden; Campbell Castle, by E. Goodall, after G. Arnald;
the Parting, from Haydon's picture now exhibiting with his Mock
Election, "Chairing;" Hours of Innocence, from Landseer; La Frescura,
by Le Petit, from a painting by Bone; and the Cove of Muscat, a
spirited engraving by Jeavons, from the painting of Witherington.
All these are of first-rate excellence; but another remains to be
mentioned--Glen-Lynden, painted and engraved by _Martin_, a fit
accompaniment for Mr. Pringle's very polished poem.
The first _prose_ story is the Election, by Miss Mitford, with the
hero a downright John Bull who reads Cobbett. The next which most
attracts our attention is Contradiction, by the author of an Essay on
Housekeepers--but the present is not so Shandean as the last-mentioned
paper; it has, however, many good points, and want of room alone
prevents our transferring it.
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