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The Bertrams. The Bertrams 3 Vols. By An...
W the death of his father , by its noble patron , Who stipulates that out of the income ^ of 500 * . he shall pay over yearly to his mother 9501 . Arthur Wilkinson , somewhat tired of the bargain , and the domination exercised by his mother at the vicarage gives notice that , as he is about to marry he wuV require the vicarage for his occupation . Tie indignant mother , who has been accustomed to regard herself as the " . vicar elect , " fires up at the proposition , and determines to make an appeal to the noble patron in person . She makes her ^ ay to Bower Lodge , and has a reception winch entirely destroys her hopes , and which we cannot hrin" ourselves to believe a true portrait of an English nobleman . Then , again , we have the iollowxn < r portrait of a travelling English gentleman : —
" Let us go into some church on the Continentin Italy , we will say—where the walls of the churches still boast of the great works of the great masters . Look at that man standing on the very altar-steps while the priest is saying mass ; look at his grey shooting-coat , his thick shoes , his wideawake hat stuck under one arm , and his stick under the other , while he holds his opera-glass to his eyes . How he shuffles about to get the best point of sight , quite indifferent as to clergy or laity ! All that toellringing , incense-flinging , and breast-striking is nothing to him : he has paid dearly to be brought thither ; he has paid the guide , who is kneeling a
little behind him ; he is going to pay the sacristan who attends him ; lie is quite ready to pay the priest himself , if the priest would only signify his -wish that way ; but he has come there to see that fresco , and see it lie will : respecting that he will soon know more than either the priest or his worshippers . Perhaps some servant of the church , coming to him with submissive , almost suppliant gestures , begs him to step back just for one moment . The lover of art glares at him with insulted look , and hardly deigns to notice him further : he merely turns his
eye to his Murray , puts his hat down on the altarsteps , and-goes on studying his subject . All the world—German , Frenchman , Italian , Spaniard—all men of all nations know that that ugly grey shootingr-coat must contain an Englishman . He cares for no one . If any one upsets him , he can do much towards righting himself : and if more be wanted , has he not Lord Malmesbury of Lord Clarendon at his back ? But what would this Englishmen say if his place of worship were disturbed by some wandering Italian . " r Is this a true picture of a class , or even of an individual ? Is it not rather the p ortrait of some artistic " Snob , " not of the travelling English gentleman ? What we have indicated as possible blemishes many will be inclined to view as positive beauties . The work itself will be widely and approvingly read , and lastingly appreciated .
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been written in German by Ludmilla von Assing . Williara Smith , the author of " Thorndale , " comes in for a castigation—not very severe * however—in which the critic is cruel only in order to be kind . " Getting On " gets on for three more ; chapters . It is followed by a translation of Victor Hugo ' s " Handsome Pecobin . " The paper entitled ^ Marriage Under Difficulties " lays bare some of the barbarism that yet underlies our civilisation . The usual ex ^ tracts from , new books agreeably enough close the number . ^^ - _ ^ iAVW- M -A .
Journal of Mental Science—contains , with its usual records of insanity , a psychological study of King Lear , a very eloque nt and thoughtful paper , in which the writer very justly combats Mr , Hallam ' s criticism , which falsely ascribes the greatness of Lear ' s intellectual manifestation to his madness ; on the contrary , his madness merely indicates his former greatness , the wrecks of which only it presents . Lady ' s Treasury—contains a great variety of articles of fair average merit , and is embellished with a profusion of engravings , including those relating to the fashions . of
Le Pollet—ltas also its usual quota light amusing articles , and four fashionable engravings , in which the costumes are more than usually pleasing . Rotjtlebge ' s Shakespeare . Part 37 . —This number contains the greater portion of " The Winter ' s Tale . " The woodcuts have much character , and make us prefer Mr . Gilbert in comic rather than tragic illustrations . There are one or two acute interpretations of the text ; as in that of—" I'll keep iny stables where 1 lodge my wife . " The Virginians . By W . M . Thackeray . No . 18 . —This story improves as it grows towards it conclusion ; and this number contains some scenes of London life in the last century , which , we may pay them the high compliment of saying , read like Goldsmith ' s . The author is certainly most successful when he exposes fools , rogues , and demireps .
Amateur ' s Magazine , has now arrived at the seventh number , and presents an agreeable variety of articles—among them a centenary poem on Burns , rather too . declamatory . Christian Examinee . —The subjects of the number are important and Well treated ; the more elaborate papers are those on " Richard Baxter , ' ? " Assyrian History , " and " The History of Methodism in England . " There are also . good papers on " Dr . IchabodNichols , '' " Siam , " " The Condition of the free coloured people of the United States , " " Franklin , " ' and " The old Rhode Island question / ' The review of current literature appears to be impartial and just . '¦' . ¦¦ ¦ _
Universal Review has arrived at the second number , and has the merit of treating of the literature published up to the date of its issue . Thus we find Mr . Kaye ' s "Christianity in India , " " Lord John Russell's " Life of Fox , " Eliot ' s and Trolippe ' s novels , Mill on " Liberty , " " Sir William Hamilton ' s Lectures , " and other works reviewed in satisfactory detail . The leading article is on " Anglo-Roman and Anglo-Saxon History ;"— the result of much reading , and very carefully compiled , and is founded upon the new views brought forward by Mr . Hyde Clarke , iii his trqatiso on the Application of Topographical Nomenclature of Anglo-Saxon History . This Gallery ov Nature . —The new edition of this work still progresses satisfactorily .
MAGAZINES . Blackwood . '— "A Cruise in Japanese Waters " is continued , and forms Part IV . of the series , which is not yet ended . The description and adventures are given in a lively style . " The Luck of Ladj'smede" progresses , and the story is conducted frbm tthe second to the fourth chapter of Part II , with spirit and vigour . " A Winter Journey " takes the reader to Paris , Lyons , Nice , Genoa , Leghorn , and Florence , in an agreeable manner . There is also a
second part to " The Turks in Kalafat , " which it appears concludes the subjeot . Mr . Kaye ' s " Christianity in India" sxipplios matter for a good paper . A political article , curiously entitled A dissolving view , of money and the fi'anchiso , " sets forth that the electors in twenty years , from 1832 to 1851 , increased fully one-sixth faster than the population . VVhat tlten ? Mr . Eliot ' s novel of " Adam Bedo " commands an elaborate review , Tho number closes with an astute article on ?* The New Reform IJill "
—in wliich tho Ministry aro counselled not to resign . JTraseii .-i— " Holmby House " jcontinues witli spirit for two chapters more . . Tho author of "Guy Livingstone" cputributea four chapters of a new tale , called « ' Sword awd Gown . " There is a clover essay on " Malignity and Trickery j" and an interesting one on " The Court ; of Russia a hundred years « go . " Dr . Brbwn ' s " Hono Subsecivoo " affords occasion for a philosopliioal ossay on sectarianism . Some pleasant advice to travellers is given in a paper entitled " Hints for Vagabonds . " Tho consideration of " Prussian Dinners" also leads to somo judicious suggestions on tho philosophy of tho table . Tho remaining papers treat of tho Eastern Pyrenees , the death of Mr , Wm . Jno . Brodorip , and tho recent writers on reform ;—all pleasant and instructive reading .
Titan . —A very ftiir numboi * , varied in its contents . "A Strange Llfo " givos the biography of the widow of Adolph von Lutssow , M'hioli has rocontly
A Popular History of England , by Charles ICnight . —The Comprehensive History ov Ex « - lanu . —( Blackie and Son . )—* No . 39 of the former , and Parts 17 and 18 of the latter , mamtain the character of tho respective publications . Mr . Knight ' s history takes down the subject to the death of Queen Anno in 1714 , and is illustrated with portraits of De Foe , Bishops Burnet and Berkeley , and embellished with engravings of Utrecht and Tournay . English Cvoloi' ^ dia 01 ? Arts and Sciences , conducted by Charles Knight . Part III . carries on the work to nearly the end of the lottor A , the hist article being tho word Axiom . Tho different papers aro written with great care and iull olaboration of the subject-matter .
Wonics or tiik Rev , Sydney Smith . —Part IV . gives , with other artiqlos , tlioso IVom tho Edinburgh Review on " Prispus , " " Tho Persecuting Bishops , " " Tho Game Laws , " "America , and Captain Rook . " Adventures in Tjjxas .-i ^ TIws forms an agroablo number of tho " Tho Tales from Bluukwood . " Kkma- ' b Railway Guide — For April . This roadiost of Railway Guidos contains every month an amount of now matter .
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close to the banks of the river Earny in Perthshir e-After some time , he sailed for China , and on his re .-turn home having enlisted into the Rifle Brigade , was at length made serjeant , and was ultimately appointed with his brother to particular service in Persia . His remarks on what he saw are shrewd and clever , and his descriptions appear to be correct . But of course { bis { range of observation was limited by his position , and he regards tilings military Avith an eye of especial favour , and gives but a , poor account of the military discipline of the modern . Persians . The influence of Russia in Central Asia excites his indignation . On his return home , he got implicated in the Chartist Riots in the Bull-ring , at Birmingham ; he was tried and acquitted . But the result injured , his prospects in life ; ill health supervened , and lie is now in adversity . We trust that this publication will be of use to him . It is throughout marked with good sense , and should ensure some patronage to the author . On Geological Survey : an Address . By Hyde Clarke , D . C . L . Geologist Magazine Office . This Address was delivered before the Geologists * Association , on Tuesday , the 8 th February last . The association , we find , has provided for the admission of women as members ; and , according to this address , appears to be in a fair way to prosper . As the system which it is intended to promote becomes organised , the reports of its proceedings will be published in the local journals . Important facts , also , will be included in a yearly report . There are many districts in Which the formation of tills society will be welcomed as a great scientific benefit . Robert Burns : a Centenary So ? ig , and oilier Lyrics By Gerald Massey . 4 to . W . Kent and Co . Mr . Massev was one of the candidates for the Crystal Palace prize ; and , we suppose , to -vindicate his claims , has published his poem . It is full _ ot beauty and sweetness , but it is needlessly fantastic ; and is not so constructed as to answer the purpose of public recitation . Whatever its merits , therefore , the judges could not avoid rejecting it ; but those merits they acknowledged by proposing it for publication ; Mr . Massey lias added'a few other pieces of various excellence , to make a volume . Petronilla , and other Poems . By-Frederick Ge _ orger Lee . Bos worth and Harrison . These poems are decidedly good . The author ' s , muse is sincere and earnesty find abounds in description . His religious feelings are strong . There are some lyrics , too , remarkable both for power of thought and language . The versification is varied and skilful , and the diction polished yet vigorous . . * - * ^ ^ * - » .
Personal Narrative of Military Travel and Adven * txire in Turkey und Persia ; comprising a brief Sketch of the Chequered Life of the Author . By Robert Maedonald . , Adam and Charles Black . Tun son of poor but honest' parents , of tho clan of Maedonald , the author of this little book was born in the yew 1 Q 04 , at Bonnie-view on tho Braos of Gask ,
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BOOKS RECEIVED . Moore ' s Irish Melodies . Nos . 6 and 7 . Longman Sc Co ~ Boswell ' s IAfe of Johnson . Part II . Edited by John W . Cooper , IX . D ., F . R . S . John Murray . Lord Byron ' s Poetical Works . Part III . John . Murray . Rose Coloured Spectacles . By Mary and Elizabeth Rirby . James Blackwood . Fanlncci ; or tha Sun Jacinto in the Seas of India ,. China and Japan . By W . Maxwell Wood , M . D . U . S . N . Sampson , Low , Son & Co . The Old Plantation , and ttihat I Gathered there in an Autumn Month . By James Ilungerford , of Maryland , Sampson , Low , Son & Co . Opportunities for Industry ; and the Safe Investments of Capital ; or a Thousand Chances to Make Money . By Edwin F . Freedly . Sampson , Low & Co . Routledge ' s Illustrated Natural HUstonj . By the Rev . . 1 . G . Wood , M . A ., F . L . S ., & c . Parti . April-Houtledffe tc Co . ¦ _
Sketch Bocfk-of Popular Geology-. By Hugli . Miller , Edinburgh . Thomas Constable . The Sanitary Condition of the Army . By the Right Hon . Sidney Herbert , M . I * . John Chapman . A Tale for tho Pharisaan . Uy tlio Author of Divesarid Lazarus . Judd & Glnsa . False and 2 ¥ u <} , My tho Hon . Lena JSdon . L . Booth-Jietrograde Luglxlation in Bankruptcy . By E . D . Holroyd , & c , & c . Stevons & Norton . TontSffrointfmir J 2 arlw . it Period to tho Pt ' tmmt Time A Lucturo , by Mnjor Godfrey lihodi * at United Service Inatitution , \ V . Clow « s & tfoiw . Tho Congregational Hymn and Tune Book , By tltc Rev , R . R . Chomi , B . A . Ihistol , J . Wrhrht te Co . 3 JScloguos pour Piano . Vi \ v fcHopliun Ilellor , Wos . I , & & 5 ) . Schoft & Co ., ICO Ragout Hti-out . .... Life ' s Foreshudowings . A . Novel , fl vote , Hurst Sc Mooro ™ Mul'idlas , No . VIII . For tlio Pianoforte . Longman nnd Co . ' vvrv t ^«« The Journal of Mental Saanca . No . X \ l \ . . Long-The poaiic ( U Works of Thomas Moore Tart I . Lonirmun and Co . ' . , r » m _ i r % r 2 Vto Works of tho Boo . Sf / du / iy Smith . Part IT . Longman arid Co . , „ nVTIT Blaclttcood ' s Edinburgh Magnsbw . No . DXXII . BUlnburalii W ., JJlaokwooiUn « I « on » . TaUs from JJtackwood . No . 18 : "Advonturos in Toxua . 'i W . JUaokwooil nnd Sons . A Journal / J ) w North . Uy George Augustus 0 ala-Snd edition , lllohnrd BontJoy . Tho fist of tho Cavaliers . 3 vola . Uiohmd Bentloy
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Leader (1850-1860), April 2, 1859, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02041859/page/15/
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