which met his eye. These objects, which a great poet would consider
of the first importance, are with the Frenchman only secondary to the
exhibition of himself. If this mingled egotism and vanity were
affected, it would disgust the reader, but as it is the natural action
of the author's mind, and is accompanied with much eloquence and
beauty of composition, it is more likely to fascinate than to offend.
At the present moment, when the author is with the public a more
important object than Athens or Jerusalem, the present volumes will
probably be the more eagerly read on account of their leading defect.

_The Falcon Family; or Young Ireland. By the author of
the Bachelor of the Albany. Boston: T. Wiley, Jr._

We should judge the author of the present amusing work to be a young
lawyer, extensively read in miscellaneous literature, and disposed to
make the most of his wit, rhetoric and acquirements. His style of
thinking and composition is that of a first rate magazine writer
rather than novelist. He is a brilliant sketcher and caricaturist,
without any hold upon character, and with little power of conceiving
or telling a story. He is ever sparkling and clever, without weight or
depth. But he has many elements of popularity, and unites a good share
of shrewdness with an infinite amount of small wit. The object of the
present work is to ridicule Young Ireland in particular, and Young
Europe in general, including hits at Young England, Young Israel, (the
children of Israel,) and _La Jeune France_. All of these, Mitchell,
D'Iraeli, Moncton Milnes and the rest, are classed under the common
term of _boyocracy_, a very good phrase to denote the ridiculous
portions of the young creed. Though the author has no view of this
class of sentimental or termagant politicians except on their
ludicrous side, he exposes that side with a brilliant remorselessness
which is refreshing in this age of universal cant. Though something of
a coxcomb himself, he has no mercy on the fop turned politician and
theologian. The mistake of his satire on Young Ireland consists in
overlooking the reality of the wrongs under which that country groans,
and the depth and intensity of the passions roused. In regard to style
the author is a mannerist. The present novel reads like a continuation
or reproduction of the Bachelor of the Albany.

_Researches on the Chemistry of Food, and the Motion of
the Juices in the Animal Body. By Lieb