quote one paragraph from that part of this sterling work, where a summary is given of its hero's character. "Most of those characters which have won the admiration of mankind, have been marked by a peculiar individuality, resulting from the disproportionate, and, in some cases, enormous development of some masterfaculty. In Bacon, it is true, we are dazzled by a constellation of almost all intellectual excellencies; yet even in him the philosophic temperament was so prevailingly strong, as to throw into the shade all his other vast endowments: endowments which, if they can be considered secondary at all, are secondary only in him. In Edwards, we see the utmost logical acuteness; in Barrow, wonderful comprehensiveness; in Jeremy Taylor, the utmost opulence of imagination; in Milton, the utmost sublimity. In all these, and many other cases, the glare of some overpowering faculty makes the rest shine with a wan and feeble light, and, in some cases, nearly quenches them altogether. But, from the calm firmament of Howe's mind (and from his almost alone, so far as I know,) shine forth all the various faculties of the soul, each with its allotted tribute of light, and with a serene and solemn lustre. 'One star,' it is true, differeth from another star in glory,' but none extinguish or eclipse the rest." ART. XXII.-A Summer in the Pyrenees. By the Hon. JAMES ERSKINE MURRAY. 2 vols. 8vo. Macrone. MR. MURRAY is one of those travellers we like to meet with, and it is with regret that we are obliged to speak of his work in a short notice, on account of its coming so late in the month to our hand. Rather, however, than that our readers should remain uninformed, that such a book has been published, or that tardy justice should be done the author. We beg that it may be understood that we think it is one of the very best works of the kind which we have perused for a long time. Mr. Murray is both in mind and physical power fitted to undertake long journeys, and to traverse countries that have been little trod by literary tourists before him; for his pedestrian route was from the Mediterranean, along the chain of the Pyrenees, to the western extremity of Bearn; and this rugged path he has described with singular vivacity, talent, and cheerfulness. Rather than deal in any general account of the contents of the work, which, according to our limits, would be a most meagre outline, we introduce an extract which will enable every discriminating reader to form a pretty just opinion of the author's manner and matter. The part we select contains a portion of Mr. Murray's account of the republic of Andorre, which he was delighted to discover in the most sequestered recesses of the Pyrenees. "Andorre is composed of three mountain valleys; of the basin formed by the union of those valleys, and its embouchure, which stretches towards the Spanish Urgel. Its valleys are the wildest and most picturesque in the Pyrenees, and the mountains, with their immense peaks, which inclose it, amongst the highest and most inaccessible. Its length from north to south may be six and thirty miles; from east to west, thirty. It is bounded on the north by Arriege; on the south by the district of Urgel; on the west by the valley of Paillas; and on the east by that of Carol. It contains six communes; Andorre, the chief town, Canillo, Encham, La Massane, Urdino, Saint Julien, and above thirty villages or hamlets. "The government is composed of a council of twenty-four; each commune electing four members, who are chosen for life. The council elect a Syndic, who convokes the assemblies, and takes the charge of public affairs. He enjoys great authority, and when the assemblies are not sitting, he has the complete government of the community. * * "The Andorrians are simple and severe in their manners, and the vices and corruptions of cities have not hitherto found their way into their valleys, still, in comparison with the rest of the world, the abode of virtue and content. The inhabitants live as their forefathers lived a thousand years before them, and the little they know concerning the luxuries, the arts, and the civilization of other countries, inspiring them rather with fear than envy. Their wealth consists in the number of sheep or cattle they possess, or the share they may have in the iron forges, only a very few of their number being the proprietors of any extent of land beyond the little garden which surrounds their cottage. Each family acknowledges a chief, who succeeds by right of primogeniture. These chiefs, or eldest sons, choose their wives from families of equal consideration with their own, reprobating mis-alliances, and looking little to fortune, which besides is always very small upon both sides. The eldest sons have, even during the lives of their parents, a certain status, being considered as the representatives of their ancestors; they never leave the paternal roof until they marry, and if they marry an heiress they join her name to their own; and unless married they are not admitted to a charge of public affairs. "When there are only daughters in a family, the eldest, who is an heiress, and succeeds as an eldest son would do, is always married to a cadet of another, who adopts her name, and is domicilated in her family; and by this arrangement, the principal Andorrian houses have continued for centuries without any change in their fortunes, ni plus riche-ni plus pauvre. They are married by their priests, after having had their banns, as in Scotland, proclaimed in their parish church for three successive Sundays. The poorest of the inhabitants are in Andorre not so badly off as in other countries, their wants are few and easily supplied, the opulent families taking care of those who are not; and they in gratitude honour and respect their benefactors. END OF VOL. I. INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE MONTHLY REVIEW, FOR 1837. A. ABEL Allnutt, Morier's, 372 Absolute and relative truth, distinctions Acuteness of the senses, instances of, 284 Adam's instruction to Cain, 77 Adult period, commencement of, 340 Agricultural labourers, migration of, 413 Alpine chain, features of the, 219 Aristophanes' "Clouds," specimen from Arithmetic unveiled, M'Dowell's, 294 Atomic theory, notices of Dalton's, 418 Augmentation Office, situation of, 471 Autobiographical Sketch, Scott's, 556 B. BABINGTON'S Conspiracy, Mary Stuart's Bachelors, hints for, 155 Bastardy Clause in Poor Law Act, remarks Bath, Scott when a child is carried to, 558 Amendment Act, fundamental principles of Bay of Suda, described, 319 Amiens, Pelet's remarks concerning the Analysis of the Bible with Reference to the Annotations to the Book of the New Cove- nant, Granville Penn's, 121 Annual Report, Second Poor Law, 455 566 Appropriate distances, observations on per- Arabian Nights' Entertainments, accurate Arabic language, use of knowledge of, 38 Beattie, his Switzerland Illustrated and Beauties of the Country, Miller's, 259 Bellender, W. A., his New Conversations, Bill system, Constable's use of the, 298 Book of the New Covenant of Our Lord Braggadocio, sketch of a West Indian, 151 British islands, present population of, 113 Buckland's Bridgewater Treatise, Eretez- Bulkeley, J., his La Hogue bie de Hambie, 296 Bulwer, his Duchess de la Vallière, 176 Bursting a blood-vessel, consequences to Bury, Lady Ch., her Divorced, 603 Byron, letters on hearing of his death, 98 C. CABINET of Modern Art and Literary Sou- Cabinet Lawyer, The Lady's, 444 Carthusian, notice of The, 453 171 Cathedral service, opinion concerning, 101 Celtic form of Government, 500 Censor of ceremonies, Mr. Cooper affects to Charitable Institutions, Essays on the Prin- Charles X., Cooper's account of his dining Chateauneuf, Elizabeth's discourse to, 21 Childe Harold, a unique work, 166 Chivalry, its influence on revival of letters, Christian Citizen, Harris's, 188 Christino dragoon, story of a young, 366 Churches of London, Godwin's, 443 City of the Dead, London alleged to be a, 190 Civil Causes in Scotland, forms of Process Clans of the Highlanders, Skene's account Clothing of Moos'lim children, 42 Coin, influence of British, 598 Colonel Napier, his History of the Peninsu- Combat, account of an unequal, 497 Combe, G., his Lectures on Popular Edu- Comedies of Aristophanes, translated by Comic Annual, Hood's, 76 Commissioners' Report on Criminal Law, Commissioners, duties of the Record, 473; Confinement before trial, remarks on, 481 Considerations sur les Causes du Suicide, Constable, nature of Scott's connexion with, Copts, number and character of the, 51 Coronation, Napoleon's anxiety regarding Correspondent, The Christian, 451 Council, Napoleon's opinions in, 531 Country Minister, attractive life of a, 100 Craggs, services of James, 35 Credit, Mr. Galloway's lamentations con- Crete, Scott's notices concerning, 317 Criminal Law of England, alterations re- Criminals, general mistake regarding, 483; Crockford's wine-cellar, scene in, 369 D. DALGETTY, Scott's acquaintance with Cap- Dalton, Dr., sketch of his life, 416; ho- Dame Fredegonde described, 63 571 Deeper Mysteries of Christianity, Gallo- Delap, Mrs., her account of Goldsmith, Democratic Institutions, defence of, 212 Diodati's anecdote of Byron, 521 Discipline, Laurie on Prison, 478 Divorced, what it is to be truly, 46 Dramatic writing, specimen of powerful, Dream, The Gambler's, 368 Duchess de la Vallière, Bulwer's play of Duchess of Norfolk, her amours, 35 Duke of Wellington's generalship in pri- Duke D'Enghien, Napoleon's behaviour Dying men's passion for life, instances of, E. ECCENTRIC characters, instanced, 28 Edinburgh New General Atlas, 615 Egyptian females, beauty of, 41 Elizabeth, Philip's jealousy, the safety of Elopement, sensible discussion about an, 35 Etudes sur Les Constitution Des Peuples European exaggerations, instance of, 52 Evidence, strong assertions founded on in- Evils in Scottish law forms, 290; remedies Extremes of severity and indulgence in |