BACHELORS' COMMENCEMENT, January 23, 1835.

[Those gentlemen whose names are preceded by an asterisk, and those within crotchets, were equal.]

MODERATORS.

John Harrison Evans, M. A. St. John's. | Thomas Gaskin, M.A. Jesus.

EXAMINERS.

Edwin Stevenson, M.A. Corpus Christi. | Francis Martin, M.A. Trinity.

Denison, Trin. Forester, Hon O. W. W., Trin. | Thompson, Sidney.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We will not forget the hint of our friend "W. M."

The long lost MS. of "D. I. E." is found.

"E. X." has been received; and we particularly recommend him, as we would others, who have doubts upon any principal point of the Christian Religion, to a little work entitled " Veritas," which we notice in our present Number.

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Many thanks to "E. C. K.," for what we are glad to learn was a delightful Christmas task."

Although we have so far trespassed upon the kindness of our numerous poetical friends, we yet further venture to solicit their co-operation in supplying us either with original, or with reference to, hymns applicable to the different Saints; and also to any good occasional ones.

Our Publisher will be happy to give double price for any numbers of our Miscellany for January 1833, or July 1834.

London Fishers & Jackson. Pp. 72.

3. Mrs. Hannah More. (An article in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, No. XXI.)

(Concluded from p. 88.)

THE great results which an active mind and a diligent economy of time can accomplish are well exemplified in the mode of life pursued by Mrs. More at Barley Wood. Her schools still engrossed a large proportion of her time, as did also her charitable visits and exertions; yet she still had sufficient leisure to widen and deepen the extent of her reading, and to improve the world by the productions of her own pen. In 1801, she brought out a new edition of her entire works, the most remarkable feature in which is her palinode on the subject of the drama, to which we shall more distinctly advert presently. In 1805, at the suggestion, it is believed, of Bishop Porteus, she published her "Hints towards forming the character of a young Princess." "Talus" tells us that she had already been offered the situation of subgoverness to the Princess Charlotte of Wales, which she had declined. We have been informed, on better authority, that such was the fact. When this work was nearly completed, the late Dr. Fisher, then Bishop of Exeter, was appointed preceptor to the illustrious lady; and Mrs. More's sensitive modesty had almost prevailed on her to cancel a work which might bear the appearance of dictation to one so well qualified for his important task. She determined, however, at last, to publish anonymously, and to dedicate her book to the Bishop himself. The Bishop, of course, was greatly pleased with the production; the Princess herself approved it

highly; Queen Charlotte spoke of it in most flattering terms; and the Duke of Gloucester expressed his opinion in a similar manner to Mrs. More herself. From the apparently exclusive object of the " Hints," this work has been less read than most others from the same pen. Yet nothing that Mrs. More has written contains more solid wisdom, or more enlightened piety. At the present day it is well worthy of a general perusal; and when we remind our readers that it immediately obtained the laurel of scurrility from the " Edinburgh Review," it may be unnecessary to add a word in recommendation of a perusal to those who have not made an acquaintance with it.

In the year following, Mrs. More's benevolent plans were suspended by an alarming illness, the effects of which prevented any very active operations for two years. Her mind, however, was still at work. She had projected a mode of conveying her views, strikingly original, and possessing a peculiar degree of clearness and energy. In 1809 the results of her meditation appeared in a work of extraordinary popularity, "Cœlebs in search of a Wife." Such was the avidity with which this book was read that a new edition was called for in a few days; and in less than a fortnight from its publication, it was out of print. In nine months it passed through eleven editions! Thirty editions of 1000 copies each were printed in America during the life of Mrs. More. The sensation created by the appearance of this work is, doubtless, fresh in the minds of many of our readers; but to all, we apprehend, its excellence must be known. It is not our intention here or elsewhere to enter into a critical examination of Mrs. More's writings. Were it necessary to do so, we have not the space for it; but we feel it to be wholly unnecessary. Our readers have already formed their opinion; and we have no doubt that we have the pleasure to agree with most of them. On the subject of Calebs, however, we feel it advisable to say a very few words, because we are sure the very scope of the work is too generally misunderstood. It is commonly taken to be a novel; and as a novel, if skilfully composed, should copy after nature, the character of Lucilla has been condemned, as alien from nature by its very perfection:

"A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw."

Now, frequently as we hear this criticism on the lips even of the admirers of Celebs, it is certain that those who use it have yet to understand the work they criticize. The object of Mrs. More was not to write a novel, but to communicate her idea of a wife's perfections. This she might have done in a formal treatise; but formal treatises on the subject were many; beside, the method wanted a material requisite -life. The most exquisite and faultless piece of statuary can bear no comparison with the living model, supposing the proportions alike. Mrs. More therefore, as best suited to convey her idea, as well as excite