The appearance of the First Monthly Part of the Saturday
Magazine enables us to form an idea of its contents as well as of its wood-cuts ; which are numerous and excellent, and include an elaborate and effec- tive one of ROBERTS'S magnificent picture of "The Departure of the Israelites out of Egypt." Its stores of knowledge embrace natural his- tory, botanical and scientific notices, antiquities, travels, statistics, moral and religious precepts, biographical notices, and a variety of miscella- neous matter, written in a simple and agreeable style, and illustrated with vignettes. The subjects of the cuts include specimens of plants, trees, architecture, views of the residences and birth-places of eminent men, natural curiosities, scenes in foreign countries, &.e. Wide as is the range taken by this class of publications, the fields of learning and observation from which their harvest is gleaned are in no danger of being exhausted.
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