"While a mean attempt has been often made to lower the military character of that great warrior, who is now no more, those who would libel Napoleon rob Wellington of half his glory. It may be the proud boast of England's hero, that the subjugator of Europe fell before him, not in the wane of his genius, but in the full possession of those martial talents which placed him foremost in the list of conquerors--leading that very army which had overthrown every power that had hitherto opposed it, now perfect in its discipline, flushed with recent success, and confident of approaching victory." * * * * * ANNUALS FOR 1830. 1. _The Juvenile Forget-me-not. Edited by Mrs. S.C. Hall_. 2. _The Amulet. By Mr. S.C. Hall_. The tone and temper of these two works--to us the _first fruits_ of "the Annuals" are excellent, as their literary execution is admirable. The first has innumerable attractions for _the young_; its pleasantness consists in simplicity and truth, whilst its narratives of the playful incidents of childhood are interspersed with "good seed," and precept and pretty illustration spring up in every page. The second work, _the Amulet_, is calculated for maturer age, and its literary pretensions are consequently of a more advanced order: but of these we shall speak more at length on a future occasion. Our intention in coupling the works at the head of this slight notice is to express our high esteem of the taste which has dictated the scholar and the gentleman in the production of the _Amulet_, and his ingenious lady in the "delightful task" of writing and catering for those of tender growth, in the _Juvenile Forget-me-not_. The association is indeed delightful, and has all the interest of a family picture: it beams with affection and parental love, truth, and nature; and happy, thrice happy, must be the union that is crowned with so amiable an intercommunity of mind.