Little as public attention has of late years been devoted to commentating upon Pope, his writings and literary history, there are no doubt many able and zealous illustrators of them among lovers of literature for its own sake:  and many a curious note upon the Bard of Twickenham and his works will probably be evoked by the announcement, that now is the moment when they may be produced with most advantage, when Mr. Murray is about to bring forth a new edition of Pope, under the able and experienced editorship of Mr. Croker.  Besides numerous original inedited letters, Mr. Croker’s edition will have the advantage of some curious books bought at the Brockley Hall sale, including four volumes of Libels upon Pope, and a copy of Ruffhead’s Life of him, with Warburton’s manuscript notes.

No one has rendered better service to the study of Gothic architecture in this country than Mr. J.H.  Parker, of Oxford.  The value of his admirable Glossary of Terms used in Architecture, is attested by the fact, that it has already reached a fourth edition, and that another will soon be called for.  But we doubt whether he has done any thing better calculated to promote this interesting branch of Archaeology than by the production of his Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture, which—­originally written as part of a series of elementary lectures recommended by the Committee of the Oxford Architectural Society to be delivered to the junior members, and considered useful and interesting by those who heard them—­is now published at the request of the Society.  A more interesting volume on the subject, or one better calculated to give such a knowledge of it, as is essential to any thing like a just appreciation of the peculiar characteristics of our church architecture, could scarcely have been produced, while its compact size and numerous illustrations fit it to become a tourist’s travelling companion.

We have great pleasure in directing attention to the advertisement inserted in another column respecting some improvements about to be introduced into the GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE.  This venerable periodical has maintained its station uninterruptedly in our literature from the year 1731.  From the times of Johnson and Cowper it has been the medium by which many men of the greatest eminence have communicated with the public.  At all times it has been the sole depository of much valuable information of a great variety of kinds.  We are confident that under the new management {190} it will put forth fresh claims to the favour of the public.  Many writers of high reputation in historical and antiquarian literature are henceforth to be enlisted in its service.  We shall look for the forthcoming number with great interest.