ry, when heaped up in loads too
heavy for him at once.' A useful hint this, to unpractised writers.

THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN BURNS AND CLARINDA. With a Memoir of Mrs.
M'LEHOSE, (CLARINDA.) Arranged and edited by her Grandson, W. C.
M'LEHOSE. In one volume, pp. 293. New-York: R. P. BIXBY AND COMPANY.

We have no doubt that the contents of this well-executed little volume are
altogether authentic; full particulars relative to the custody and
authenticity of the correspondence and the state of preservation of the
original manuscripts being given in the preface. But we are very sorry to
say so much against the book as this fact implies. It would be far better
for the reputation of the immortal Bard of Scotland, if some hereditary
friend, chary of his undying fame, were to come before the public with a
pamphlet disproving entirely the agency of BURNS in this correspondence.
To those who are acquainted with previous records in the private history
of the world-renowned poet, it is painful to convict him, out of his own
mouth, of duplicity in matters of the heart; of insincerity in the
profession of simultaneous passion for various lovers; and of other acts
which are alike indefensible and disreputable. We must needs marvel too
that the 'CLARINDA' of the correspondence should have been doomed by a
near descendant to the exposure inseparable from the revelations of this
volume. That the treatment which she received at the hands of one whose
duty it was to 'love, cherish, and protect' her, was equally undeserved
and inexcusable, we can well believe; but that the 'platonic attachment,'
which sprung up in a night, like the gourd of JONAH, and gradually waxed
to 'passion at fever-heat,' was justified by these facts, or sanctioned by
propriety, or that its history in detail is calculated to elevate the
character of woman, or exercise a healthful moral influence, we have just
as little reason to doubt. There is a sprinkling of verse in an appendix,
which BURNS was good enough to praise. It is of that kind 'which neither
gods nor men permit;' and is conclusive, not of BURNS'S judgment, but of
his 'tender' sycophancy.

EDITOR'S TABLE.

SOME 'SENTIMENTS' ON SONNETS, WITH SUNDRY SPECIMENS.--Thanks to our
ever-welcome correspondent, 'T. W. P.' for his pleasant, pertinent and
improving sentiments on sonnets. Arriving at too late an hour for a place
among our guests at the _table d' hote_, perhaps he will not object to s