FASHIONABLE FURNITURE. A STUDY BOOKCASE AND MEDAL CABINET. Ir is proposed to introduce to our || readers, through the present year, a Series of new Examples of Furniture, that may not only be useful as single articles, but may benefit the general manufacture, as they will be designed on correct principles, and frequently in combination with the proper decoration of the apartments to which they are suited, and in connection with useful accompaniments. ed for in bookcases; and it is so arranged as to form a complete piece of furniture for the end of a room, or, on the side, become a central object between bookcases. The manufacturer will immediately perceive that the parts are capa ble of separation, and that he may form from them several handsome pieces of furniture, according as an apartment may need variety of form and quantity. When due regard is paid to the proportions of the relative parts in Glass doors may be substituted such an article of furniture as is ex- for those of the design, where bookhibited in the annexed plate, it can-bindings are to be displayed; but in not fail to please; and when execut-general, curtains of cloth or silk, or of ed in suitable materials, and deco- other coloured materials, are more rated with propriety, it becomes an ornamental, and more readily made ornamental appendage, not inferior to harmonize with the wood-work. to the demands of the most finished library, and for which purpose it was made; but more expressly intended for the reception of gems, medals, and minerals, than for books merely; and also for portfolios of drawings, prints, and such objects of study which are not usually provid The manufacture of British woods, such as the pollard oak and elm, cut transversely near the roots, is now so well understood, and so beautiful when thus applied, that they need no other recommendation to the admirers of superior furniture. INTELLIGENCE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, &c. THE first part of the Ceremonial of the || cimen of typographical elegance not to Coronation of King George IV. printed be surpassed, will be printed in gold letby Mr. Whittaker, is just ready for publication. This work, designed for a spe ters, and accompanied with portraits of the distinguished persons who composed the splendid procession, in their respec-cond edition of a Treatise on Scrofula, tive dresses, richly coloured as drawings. It will not only form the most splendid specimen of the art ever produced, but it will be of great importance to all who were engaged in the magnificent ceremony, as a perpetual record of the honours which they enjoyed, their names being given in the order of the procession. The names of the subscribers, at the head of whom stand those of the royal family, will also be printed in gold letters. A Narrative of a Tour through Parts of the Netherlands, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and France, in the year 1821-2; including a Description of the Rhine Voyage in the middle of Autumn, and the stupendous Scenery of the Alps in the depth of Winter; by Charles Tennant, Esq. is just ready for publication, in two 8vo. volumes. Mr. Bowring and Mr. Ván Dyk are about to publish a volume of translated Specimens of the Dutch Poets; with Remarks on the Poetical History and Literature of the Netherlands. A Sketch of the System of Education at New Lanark, by Robert Dale Owen, is in the press, and will appear in a few days. In the press, a translation of the Memoirs of Madame d'Epinay, written by herself; comprising interesting details of her acquaintance with Duclos, J. J. Rousseau, Baron Grimm, Diderot, Baron d'Holbach, Saint Lambert, Madame d'Houdetot, and other distinguished persons of the 18th century, in two vols. 8vo. The Highlanders, a tale, by the author of "The Hermit in London," will shortly appear in 3 vols. foolscap 8vo. Dr. Antomarchi, the physician appointed to attend Buonaparte after the departure of Mr. O'Meara from St. Helena, has in the press, his Journal of the last Moments of Napoleon, in an 8vo. volume. Mr. Farr, surgeon, and author of a Treatise on Cancer, has in the press a se explanatory of a method for its complete eradication, with remarks on the frequent failure of this mode of treatment in the hands of other practitioners, and other important additions. Mr. Washington Irving is reported to have collected materials for an interesting work during his recent Tour in Germany. The Deserted City; Eva, a tale in two cantos; and Electricity, poems by J. Bounden, will shortly be published in one vol. 12mo. ROYAL ACADEMY. On the 10th December, being the Anniversary of the Instituton of the Royal Academy, a General Meeting of the Academicians took place, when Sir Thomas Lawrence presented the following Premiums to the successful Candidates in Painting, Sculpture, and Architec ture: IN PAINTING. The Gold Medal, with the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds and West, for the best Historical Composition: the subject "The contention between the Archangel Michael and Satan for the body of Moses," to Mr. F. Y. Hurlstone. DITTO IN SCULPTURE For the best Com position, to Mr. R. B. Hughes. IN ARCHITECTURE.-The subject, the design for a Hospital for Invalided Sailors, to Mr. T. Bradbury. IN THE SCHOOL OF PAINTING.-The first Silver Medal for the best copy, to Mr. Cobbett; the second, to Mr. Marks. The Silver Medal, for the best Drawing in the Life, to Mr. Cahusac; the second, to Mr. Hous. The Silver Medal, for the best Model in the same, to Mr. R. Williams; the second, to Mr. Collingwood. The Silver Medal, for the best Drawing from the Antique, to Mr. G. R. Ward; the second, to Mr. F. Ross; the third, to Mr. Cicele. The Silver Medal, for the best Model from the Antique, to Mr. Dear; the second, to Mr. Stothard; the third, to Mr. Behnes. The Silver Medal, for the best Die, to Mr. Stothard. The Silver Medal, for the best Architectural Drawing, to Mr. Rickley; the second, to Mr. Jenkins. The President concluded the ceremony with an eloquent discourse. Poetry: From "TIME'S TELESCOPE" (an interesting Annual Work) for 1824. LINES ADDRESSED TO BERNARD BARTON. WALK on a little longer in thy path Of sorrow and of toil: TIME hath its bound, Nor shoreless is the sea of human life. Walk on a little longer in the faith Of thy pure heart, poet and friend: thy path Young Laila saw, and wept. Yet bear thou on, The flow of waters, and the spirit that heaves The portals of thy life, look up, and read What there is written-FAITH and HOPE. Hope then, As strong, be thine; and thy reward shall be The sabbath of a pure submitted mind. Of all that's good and lovely-does it yearn The faithful hand of TRUTH?-Oh! there be those Of shadowy woods, or where his wakeful lamp Gleams star-like through the midnight hour, has thought With feelings that despondence cannot touch, Though dark the shades of life that fall on him, And pale his cheek with care?— Enough, enough; The very bread we eat is steeped in tears: All has been offered by us at the shrine Of Sorrow, yea the heart's best gifts, and still He too is thine Sighed, when his pleasant home by Bealings'* groves, In dream or nightly vision to his eyes Came like the voice of bliss. Each well-known spot, Again he saw. The wild wood-lane, that wound The residence of Major Moor (author of "The Hindoo Pantheon"), a friend of Mr. Barton's. |