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1016 THE LEADER. [No. 493. Sept. 3, 1859...
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SKETCHES FROM DOVER CASTLE, JULIAN AND F...
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*Durh\fr tho coronation of bin mothor, t...
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THEORY'OFCOMPOUND INTEREST AND ANNUITIES...
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SERIALS. Blackwood. — We have the conclu...
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Tobacco : Its History And Associations ;...
tljp subject , may find it almost exhausted in the page & of the . work before us . Indeed , all that pertains to tobacco , smoking , and snuff-taking , is here recorded ; and these vices , if vices they be , are found to belong to men of large intellect as well as small . To the former , our author suggests , it may operate as a counter-irritant to the overworked brain . ¦ ' . ¦ . " Pope and Swift were snuff-takers ; the latter made his by mixing pounded tobacco with
readymanufactured Spanish snuff . Bolingbroke , Congreve , and Addisoii indulged in it . Gibbon was a confirmed snuff-taker , and in . one of his letters he has left this account of his mode of using it : * I drew my snuffbox , rapp'd it , took snuff twice , and continued my discourse , in my usual attitude of my body bent forwards , and my fore-finger stretched out . ' In the silhouette prefixed to his miscellaneous works he is represented indulging his habit , and looking , as Colnian expresses it ,- ^ -
• Xikc an erect , black tadpole , taking snuff . ' " Frederick the Great loved it so entirely that he had capacious pockets made to his- waistcoat , that he might have , as little trouble as possible in getting for immediate use the largest quantity he could desire . It is said that , unlike the fraternity of snufftakers , he disliked others to take a pinch [ from his box , and , once detecting a page doing so from one lying in an adjoining room , exclaimed , ' Put that box in your pocket ; it is too small for both of us . ' * George II . had the same selfish dislike ; , but expressed it more rudely , when he threw away his box in great anger at a masquerade , because a gentleman took a pinch . Napoleon carried snuff in a similar way ; and many of the sovereign pontiffs of the Romish Church have been confirmed snufftakers . "
_ "We may add that Pio N " ono is a great snufftaker , and indulges the habit even at the altar . Altogether this book is very amusing , and replete with anecdotes . _
1016 The Leader. [No. 493. Sept. 3, 1859...
1016 THE LEADER . [ No . 493 . Sept . 3 , 1859 .
Sketches From Dover Castle, Julian And F...
SKETCHES FROM DOVER CASTLE , JULIAN AND FRANCESCA , ROUGE ET NOIR , AND OTHER POEMS . By Lieut .-Colonel William Read . —Smith , Elder , and Co . The author is already known by an ottavarima poem on " Rouge et Noir , " which showed much skill , knowledge of the world , and humour . The leading composition of the present volume , however , differs much in character from that . It describes in heroic couplets the preludes and the prpgress of a storm , as seen " from Dover ' s towcry steep . " Much power of serious writing is shown in these sections of the poem , and some invention in the narratives that follow .
" We have next a poem in six cantos , entitled " Julian and Franccsca , " in which again the heroic measui'c is triumphant . Here the poet revels in passion and action , and indicates more than ordinary dramatic power . ^ It is a sort of liomco and Juliet tale , glowing with amorous warmth ami pathos . There is even some display of imagination , particularly in the two dreams of the two lovers , ¦ which are skilfully conti'tisted . The heroine , misled by » false tale of her absent lover , weds his rival . Scarcely is the fatal deed done than the former returns , and she receives his letter : — Swift from hor oyo Franeoaoa ( limited away Tho blinding ( low Mint trembled In ltn ray—And snatched tliQ noroll" Unloved one ! '' Could sUo orr ? No : 'twits hln own familiar character I That seal—with many n thrilling memory fraught : That mime—ho dour to feeling' and to thought ! . " Siife front , thu < l ?<> p , a ireur // e . vlh 1 pamed . Thy faithful Jiillun la returned ut lant . " Clear tin thu swallow ' s aoraun of wild delight In uoitio uxijltiiuc olroloof Hh ( Uu'hjt , Hor cry of frantic raptviro- ^ dnrk Its wane , A * recollection Ilimhod upon tlio . bniln ! ' < - ' What I ga / . lng on thoao linos with imhhIou rll ' o ! Away with thorn ! in she nut 1 ' uulo n wl ( Vi ? Sim read , nnd uhiiddorcd ] tlio rcllnqiilHlioil ho roll Jtuforu it roaohod thu floor hud plorcod her houI : Like one from whoso faint griiHp the goblot hIij > n . Just as tlio HiiviiiL ! 'Creshnenu touched Tilu linn .
The lover , rocoiving no reply , hastes to the castle of hor father . The succeeding description is good : — lfo piuiHocl upon tlio greensward cHplnmido Whero tho grim J ' ortrosn Hung its iiiiihh of nhado : No watchful Hcntlnul patrolled tlio wnll I . Ho saw no Hug 1 ho hoard no warder call s
*Durh\Fr Tho Coronation Of Bin Mothor, T...
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The Drawbridge Do\Yn, The Idle Port Lay ...
The drawbridge do \ yn , the idle port lay wide ; ' And echo only , when lie spoke , replied . . Breathless he entered : as ne passed the moat , A faint and far-off anthem seemed to float , • . . Like a bewailing spirit , in the air . And then a voice was heard as if in pray ' r , Ridin " -distinctly as the requiem died : A saDle curtain theri \ vas drawn aside , , 'Whose deep and ample folds concealed from sight The massive portal , whence into the liyht One , bearing the redeeming 1 gi < fii on high , Came slowly forth with sad and earthward eye : Vestured in white , and following-in pairs , Kach With a censor , moved the quiristors .-The monk succeeded , with uncovered head , Reading- the solemn service for the dead : And then , extended on an open bier . Strewed with the last pale blossoms of the year , Palo , pale , alas ! and perishing 1 as they , Yet lovely as in life , Kraneesca lay—Tho' death on her briyht form his hand had laid . The charm was undis " solved that round it play'd—And , all ! her calm faint smilo , so free from care , Was such as- breathing : lip must never wear . Dark Paulo ' and her wo-worn sire came last : - Hut none regarded Julian as they pass'd , "Who , stunned with agony , would fondly deem , 'Twas but the phantom horror of a dream . Too terrible for truth ! Thus , —ever thus , — The heart , altho' to hope so-credulous , When ruin comes , reluctant to believe . As oft deceived , would still itself deceive ; Tho' to its doom predestined to awake , And , whatsoe ' er it prove , to bear or break : No ! 'twas no melting-vision that had pass'd—Iso shade that struck the startled eye - aghast . And , hark ! once more the distant dirge recalls His senses , wafted from beyond the walls In fitful lapses by the mountain g ; ust—And still the solemn cjosc was , " dust to dust . " It is not often that the heroic couplet is in these days so gracefully written . Mr . jlead is to be commended for the courage with which he has endeavoured to shoot in this Ulyssean bow ; - — -he may also be congratulated on his success . His little volume ought not to be neglected . The miscellaneous portion of it contains sonic very fine lyrics .
Theory'ofcompound Interest And Annuities...
THEORY'OFCOMPOUND INTEREST AND ANNUITIES ; WITH LOGARITHMIC TABLES . By Fedor Tlioman , of the Societe Credit Mobilier of Paris . —Lockwood and Co . A work dedicated to Prince do Joinville , and doubtless one of authority . It is also of great utility ; for" the practice of logarithms renders numerical calculations comparatively facile , and in none are they more applicable than in those that pertain to compound interest and annuities . It is on these grounds that M . Thotnan commends his elaborate and , we believe , thoroughly accurate work .
" To such axithors , " remarks the editor of tins publication , " as I ) e Moivre , Smart , Simpson , Price , Milne , Morgan , Bivtly , and particularly to the latter , we owe most of the . improvements in the branch of mathematics bearing upon compound interest and annuities ; but although every one of them has specified the use of logarithms a » the best and readiest mode of solution , none has embraced the whole series of logarithmic investigations in connexion with the subject . ? ' The gvoat experience acquired in these matters by the author of the present work , who for some years has been concerned in advising one of the largest foreign financial companies , and his long
acquired skill in laborious compututi ms , have induced him to layout the'information collected by former writers pf importance with regard to logarithms , to compute the presont logarithmic tables , and thereby to accomplish an object which might be to this country useful and important in the highest degree , The prodigious financial business now carriod on cither by individuals , companion , or governments , all over the world , has rendered the information which M . Thorium conveys in his theory particularly necessary at the present time . At first his introduction wo * s intended to bo merely a key to the following tables , but the lnrge number and variety . of cases involved in compiitation . and
likewise the financial importance ! of certain problems whigh had not yet boon financially contemplated , have c . irried the author into a very wide field of inquiry , and engaged him in writing this now and complete mathematical theory , " The concise , mot hod followed in developing thjs theory has helped a good deal to convort the doctrine of annuities into a fhinlMnr , regular , and uniform system . JJesitlo . " , as tho present work is meant for practical purposos , M . Thoman has carefully represented tho theorems and rules by tho most intelligible and elegant formulto which aro particularly accommodated to logarithmic calculations , and oiler the . greatost futilities for solving complicated nnd abstruso problems . "
This oxtraot will serve to show the uses that this book is likel y to subserve , and tho pains that have boon taken in its production . Not only have theoretical improvements been introduced , but tho
means have been supplied by appropriate tables of carrying them out practically , supported by alge - braical formulae , and the quantities that enter into them . Thfe highest degree of correctness has been secured by testing the tables through two or more different processes . The work , moreover has claims on account of its typographical neatness , the merit of which is due to the superintendent of the Cambridge University Press .
Serials. Blackwood. — We Have The Conclu...
SERIALS . Blackwood . — We have the conclusion of " Felieita , " and continuations of " The . Luck of Ladysmede , " and " Fleets and Navies—England . " " A Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake , Central Africa , " by .. I . H . Speke , forms the subject of an interesting journal . " Horse Dealing in Syria , 1854 , " is a curious , as well as the leading , article . Mr Rain ' s book on " The Emotions and the Will , " gives rise to a metaphysical argument on voluntary and involuntary actions . Maga is , as usual , behindhand in foreign politics . Events move too fast nowa- 'days even for monthly periodicals .
F . raser opens with an article , explaining and illustrating the " Prince of Machiayelli . " —a famous book in its time , and whose influence has not yet perished . With that of Austria , 'however , it will probably expire . The critic explains his authority by reference to modern political events . The . French in Italy , and the English in India , supply him with instances . The " Gold Question " forms also -an able paper , "llolmby House , " the" National Drama of Spain , " and " Sword and Gown , " are continued ; Dr . Mayo , too , contributes some remarks on Mr . Buckle ' s ¦' " History of Civilisation . " An appreciative criticism oil Tennyson's " Idylls " places the laureate on the same level with Dante and Goethe . There is also a just castigation of Messrs . Cole and Kean , in regard to the Very foolish biography of the latter , lately published by the former . The paper is altogether a capital one , and is written in the interest of truth and the drama .
Universal Review contains nine readable articles , one of which is on the Shakspeare Controversy , in which Mr . Collier is very properly defended from the virulence of the boy-criticisms to which lie lias been lately exposed . The number is also otherwise good and entertaining . , Art Jocknai ... No . L / Vlt . —" Uuskin and TCaplmel still continue to' be pleasantly antagonised- There are several illustrated articles—namely , " British Artists , " " Tombs pf English Artists , " " The "Western Isles of Scotland , " and "Excursions in South Wales . " Mr . Cope's " Wolsey at Leicester Abbey , " Rubens' " Summer time , " and Mr . Stephens' " Maternal Love , " are the three great engravings of the number , and they are indeed finely finished . Titan . — Westminster Abbey forms the subject of the leading paper . " Getting On " gets on for four more chapters . " Walks about Windsor " furnish nn entertaining article . The number is of average
merit . Constitutional Press also contains a good critique on Tennyson ' s "Idylls . " This number ( VI . ) concludes tho volume , and includes an index . Englishwoman's Journal has a goo 1 article on Infant Seamstresses , and its usual variety of topics . Rkcukativk Source continues its papers on llumboldt , and has miu-h pleasant " Tulk about Trees , " and no less pleasant chat on other subjects , animate an I inanimate . The Viiuiisians ( No . 23 ) continues to ' » o interest ing . There is much in this section conncirtcu with the political settlement of aHhirs , ami » u " stringent writing on points of historical moment . I ' orhaps the number , on the whole , is too U'uluetie ,
I » i , aijj or liiNtiLKTs . —Part ' HI . abates nothing of its sporting humour ; and , wo think , improves 411 interest and in tho development of character . Oxen a Wkwic—Part II . —Tliis periodical is no doubt destined to attain a high reputation , and the extror . linary merit of this part prow * tb « t | C will deserve the highest . Tho illustrations mo capital . ,,, National Macazink . —Part XXXV . —T liis publicatlon contiuuos to bp first-rate in all its departments . " Miles Cassidy " progresses " excellent-wdl . -An article on English and American poetry , ontuiou " Towsliond'a Tliroe Gates , and the Hingera ot botn Worlds , " is a masterly pieco of poetic criticism . A more elegant drawing-room tablo serial does not oxist
. Lk Fqllkt , N , o . CLVI ., presonts its accustomed complomont of three coloured , and 0110 plain , engravings . Short waists aro evidently in thu ascendant . Tho literature is light of tho . lightest ,.-abatrnct levity , oinptiod and pure of gravity , »" fashion itself . . PoruiMR Hihtohy op England . Uy Oim ncfl Knight . No . XLHI . —This oxoellont work is beautifufiy embellished and most carefully written . aih
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 3, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03091859/page/20/
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