y conceivable form of awkwardness; had he
designed to illustrate, for the use of beginners, every possible
defect and every positive fault of diction; his success in
accomplishing the object could not have been more complete.'

We annex a few of the 'original' beauties which the reviewer has selected
from Mr. MATHEWS'S poem. Two or three of them, we perceive, are identical
with those which we ourselves selected from that luminous effort of the
mind and the imagination:

'We had marked many characteristic passages in the present volume,
to illustrate the observations we have felt called on to make. But
we have space only for a few lines. In the first poem, besides
many other absurdities of thought as well as expression, occurs
this line:

'Strides he the globe, or CANVASS-TENTS the sea.'

Who ever heard of the verb to _canvass-tent_? To _canvass-back_
the sea would be much more rational.

In the second poem we find this luminous line:

'CLEAR AS THE CLEAR, round midnight at its full,'

which must be very clear indeed.

What can be the meaning of the following words in the 'Teacher?'

'Whose eyes cry light through all its dawning void.'

Again, in the 'Farmer:'

'Fierce revolutions rush in WILD-ORBED haste.'

In the 'Mechanic,' the following very intelligible direction is
given to the architect:

'In the first Builder's gracious spirit work,
Through, hall, through enginery, and TEMPLES MEEK,
IN GRANDEUR TOWERED, OR LAPSING BEAUTY-SLEEK,
Let order and creative fitness shine.'

In the 'Merchant,' the poet affirms:

'Undimmed the man should through the trader shine.
And show the soul UNBABIED by his craft.'

This can only mean, that the soul of the trader ought not to be
supplied with babies by his craft.

The 'Sculptor' ends with this prediction:

'And up shall spring through all the BROAD-SET land,
The FAIR WHITE PEOPLE of thy love unnumbered.'

In the 'Journalist,' we find the following _directions to the
printer_:

'Hell not the quiet of a Chosen Land,
Thou grimy man over thine engine bending.'

_Hell_, as a common noun, is a sufficiently uncomfortable idea;
but when converted into an active verb, it becomes positively
alarming.

The poet thus advises 'The Masses:'

'In vast assemblies calm, let orde