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Literature] The Leader. " ' ¦¦ ._^ 693
Literature ] THE LEADER . " ' ¦¦ . _^ 693
Literature. _ . A. .
LITERATURE . _ . A . .
Literary Notes, Etc.
LITERARY NOTES , ETC .
T Hat Well-Known Correspondent Of The Ti...
T HAT well-known correspondent of the Times , " S . G . O ., " -writes to call public attention to a mystery which , he thinks ( and we agree with him ) , ought to be cleared up . He says : — "In certain circles appeal has ibeen made to the charity of individuals on the part of an author highly esteemed by the public . His advocates say he is in most straitened circumstances ; that , such has been the conduct of his publishers , he has received the poorest remuneration for the labour by wkieh they have reaped vast profit . He has gratefully accepted donations of money from individuals of high position , and others , I know , are h
The prospectus of a new weekly journal , VInde ~ pendenza Ituliatta , has just reached us . It is to be edited hi three languages , Italian French , arid English , and is intended to be a faithful mirror of opinions and events , directly or indirectly affecting the -realization of the eh . eri . shed desire of the Italians for national independence : Mr . Jeffs takes an interest in it , and is , we believe , the English publisher . The Paris correspondent of the Critic says : —M . Theophile Gauticr pai < i a visit to Russia last winter , and there were a good many surmises as to the object of lifs journey . We have the solution now in the form of the first part of a work on the
treasures of Russian art , ancient and modern , charmingly illustrated by heliographic plates , executed by Uiehebourg , and published simultaneously at St . Petersburg and by ¦ Gi . de , of Paris . The first number contains a minutely detailed description of the church of bt Isaac . * Amongst the subjects for the future numbers arc the various imperial palacei—the Winter Palace , the Hermitage , TsargkocVSalo , Peterhoif , and Gatehiua ; the Kremlin , the church of Vassili-Blagennoi , and the convent of Saint Serge . The work is a true Here da luxe ; it will occupy six hundred pages folio , and two years and a half in publication .
canvassed for the same purpose . A Mr . Josep Ldggins , of Attlehorough , is the suffering author , who , it is said , wrote lately in your columns a short note as to the authorship of" Adai ^ 'Bede / ' under the signature of '' George Elliot . " Mr . Liggins declares himself to his friends as the author of that work and another , published by Blackwood as by " George Elliot . " I have seen a letter from a clergyman who knows him , stoutly adhering to the faith of Joseph Eiggins as the author of " Adam 13 ede , " the writer of the note to you , and the sufferer from a publisher ' s niggardly dealing . I have seen more than one letter from Mr . Blackwood altogether denying the story of Mr . Tiiggir is ; declaring that he did not write the word ' s , in question , and asserting in the must positive way that the said Mr . Black wood is in constant most friendly communication with " George Elliot , " the author of
" Adam Bede , " who is in no such straitened circumstances , and under no sense of injustice as regards the profit of his labour . I challenge those who have collected money for Joseph lAggiris , of Attleborougli , as the suffering author of " Adam Bede , " to prove Mr . Blackwood guilty of stopping the current of charity to a deserving-author by a falsehood , or at once to admit their protege to be insane or an impostor . " The Times remarks in an editorial note to this letter , that they have no knowledge of Mr . Liggins , and no desire to penetrate' a secret which the author of " Adam Bede " lias a perfect right to preserve ; and adds : — " We have the best authority for stating that he is entirely satisfied with the treatment he has received from his publishers , whose liberalit } 1 -, indeed , seems to have-been almost beyond till literary precedent . "
In our Last week ' s " Notes" appeared , by some singular mischance , a very erroneous statement with regard to Mr . W . M . Thackeray . That gentleman , whose present serial work is drawing to a close , lias promised his co-operation , not to Messrs . Bradbury and Evans , but to Messrs . Smith and Elder , who are on the point of commencing a new magazine of a novel description . In the fashionable news of last week we notice that Mr . and Mrs . Longman entertained at dinner all the contributors to the work just brought out under the auspices of the Alpine Club , " Peaks , Passes , and Glaciers , " at a soiree and concert , at which most of the literary celebrities of the day assisted . Bulma , tlie well-known Clmmouni guide , was present .
A monthly publicat i on , the size of the Athena um , has been produced by Messrs . Kent and Co . It is culled the Literary Record , and is of great merit . It is intended to be analytical rather than critical , nnd gives synoptical views of . the nature and objects of different works , the contents being described rather than criticised , lauded , or condemned . We look upon this department of the Jtucurd as deserving to be held in special favour by the reading world . English Educational Periodicals are then noticed ; Parliamentary Papers , their contents and prices are catalogued , and the title of articles , & c ., in the principal . Magazines and lie view ' s of tho month arc given An extraordinary feature , which displays no small ability , is an index to the Tim e * newspaper , which seojns to bo exeeouin & ly complete and correct . The remainder of the number ia occupied with announeenients and gossip , literary , artistic , and sciuntiuc , and a List of Uoolcs foftho Month , English , French , und Gorman . Messrs . Smith , Klder and Co ., iivHholr monthly list for June , announce " Tho Momenta of Perspective , " by John Kuskin , M . A ., . accomponiod by thirty diagrams ; " Personal Narratives of tho Voyage of il . M . S . H (/ J'rac' ( jt <(< t to Jnpim , Kamchatka , Siberia , TarUry . und the Coast of China , " by . J . M . Tronsun , H . N ., with views in tinted lithography and charts } " Shellt-y Memorials , " edited by Lady Whulleyj " Campaigning Experiences iu IJujpootuna anil Cimitrnl India during' llio Suppi'esHlon of tho Mutiny in 1807-8 /'* by 'Mrs . Ilonry Duberloy , aulhov of a " Journal kept during tho HubhIuii Wai ' i" " Cousin Stolla , or Conlllet , " hy tho author uf " Violet liunk un . d its Innnitc . 'J . "
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and drink . " It would be well for some gourmands if they bore this , in mind . Here , again , is a piece of admirable social wisdom expressed in a few terse words : "To wait lovg for a guest is a breach of politeness to all who have arrived punctually ; " and here a maxim to be treasured and practised by every host : . " W / ieti you invite a man td dinner \ never forget that during the short time lie is under your roof , his happiness is under your hands . " .
We pass by the chapters devoted to the history of eating . They are full of learning and bear tlie marks of much ¦ research ; but what care we for tli « history of our dinners . Some dishes are , indeed , historical , as the Paschal lamb , Jacob ' s pottage , King James ' s knighted loin , Queen telizabcth ' sgoose ; but Savarin takes no . notice of these . The most interesting part of his historical chapters is where he treats of the origin of that capital modern invention , the restaurant—an invention which relieves us of the cares of housekeeping , enables the houseless to live like a prince , so long that lie bear money in his purse . It is a magiiiucent truth which Savarin gives utterance to , thong ') not very comforting to " many , when he announces that , thanks to the rcota ' uratcur , " a man with a fe-. v pounds in his pocket may dine like a king . "
Some of Savarin ' s anecdotes , illustrating the voracity of the human appetite , will excite wonder , if " not incredulity ; and certain of the worthv juriseoiiiiilt ' s anecdotes arc so free in their tendency ' that we are inclined to- believe that Mr .-. Simpson did not quite understand their tendency , or-- liecould have -modified them . That about the poulurdc deBresse is ( to use a moderate expression ) un pou libra . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . Ere we close the volume , let . us add , in qualification of the remarks with which we opened this article , that it is not the moderate , but the
immoderate , study uf tliese .. matters that we object to . It has been well said that man is the only creature that eats , for all other animals do no more than feed ; and it is iucontestible that , inasmuch , as the health dopends mainly upon the digestion , and the digestion , upon the inoilerate gratification of a healthy appetite , no sensible inaii ought to assume indifference about the i ' unction of lite . It is good to enjoy the goods that naturf' oflers us ; but thetiv as him * of Tarsus rocouunendeil ( and he . was in every respect si ¦ gentleman ) , let it be " without gluttony . "
TITK HANDBOOK OV PJXfXfi : Oit , HOW TO 1 MXK , TlIKfJIUOTICAI . LY , VIIILOSOIM ! ! CALLV , AND HI . STOltlC'ALI . Y CONSIOKUKD . K-iSCtU-hu-fly upon tlie "J'hysii ) lo . ? ie till Goilt ' . ' - of Iirillat-Sav : iriu . " JJy L . L-. onanl Francis . Sinip . son , M . lt . tf . I ^ . .. J-on ^ nwns . Pkrhaps if this little volume liad boon published a few months ago it would have saved the appearance of a vast amount of epicurean nonsense which-wa-s written in various journals respecting the momentous question-, ' ¦ ' ¦ AVhat shall we have for dinner ? " We are afraid that , with a great many people , the- ¦ qnestion is , " How shall we dine at all ? " And if seems to us very like an insult to the great mass of human misery , to find in the very same column with the miseries of the
destitute poor , the ,- piteous complaints or" a pack of dyspeptic Lueulli , . bewailing their hard fate in having to put up with a turbot , -haunch of mutton , and boiled . fowls . Perhaps the best remedy For a Heliogalnilus like . " Ct . II . M . " —the gentleman who takes credit for spending so much money upon the gratification of a single appetite , and who recommends moss rosc . s as fit . playthings for sensible ineij—would be to sentence him to prison diet ; or , worse still ( siln . ? , that it should be so 1 ) ^ workhouse diet , for the next six months ; but that not seeming readily feasible , perhaps -the next best thing to be done Is , to bring before him an authority about eating and drinking greater than his-own , and awe him into silence by the species of reverence which alone is capable of reaching
his xensorium . Now , Brillat-Savarin is just such an authority . ' His work , called " Le Physologie du Gout , " inust be very well known to many of our readers in its ori ginal form , ... It is a work celebrated among gourmets , and recognised beyond all others for the variety and skill with which it deals with the pleasures of the palate . It is philosophical , historical , relleetive , narrative , and anecdotiet . il ; to some extent , also , practical . It is well written , and , consequently , readable : and , as a proof of
the estimation in which it is held jn trance , the groat jiovelist , Do Balzac , deemed it _ worthy of receiving a pendant from his inimitable pen . Who knows not the subtle and witty , it slightly immoral "Physiologic du Muriago ?" The valuing before us is " Snvnrin ' s book dressed up in a now form ; and although wo certainly should have preferred to have had it without Mr . Simpson's smice , it will prove very welcome and readable to those- who are unable to enjoy it in the original . Some of the new mutter which Mr . Simpson lias introduced is good enough in its way ; but the translation is bad , the style far from elegant , tinu'in some parts he \ ary clearly shows that he does not comprehend the intention of bis
author . Brlllat-Snvarin was a French lawyer ; at the end of his lilt- ii kind of judge—of other things than eating und drinking . He lived a large part of bis life at JJelley , in iho Dopartoment de l'Ain , but was familiar ' with Paris society nnd good company gununilly throughout France . lie was born in 173 . 5 , mill lived to sec the fn \ U Napoleon in power . lAnl to . iDiiiB of llii ! sound and sensible maxims of this modern Triinulehio ! Here are two to bu pondered over : ' Tim ilitiuovory of a now dish dor . s morv for tlw hapjrinvnH of inunltind' than tho di . icovovyof a new / jltiwt . " And , agjiin ; * ' Mn ) i who vat Iietirtili / , or gut drunk , do not know how to trot
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KXGLAND AND JlKll SOLIUKUS . Ky Hurrk-t Murt-incuu . With throe Illustrative LMn ^ riiiiH . —Smith , Kider , and Co . That such a book as this should have been written by a woman is a distinguishing nr . uk of the age . If any tlicrne were distinctively a man ' s , surely thu treatment of our soldiers , in barracks ami elsewhere , is the one .. But here , in a true masculine spirit , we have the question and its statistics fully debated , and tho conclusion logically deduced . Martineau would be on pap er what Nig htingale was in the camp . 81 hj states tlie case cloarly enough . The fine & et of young men selected for military ^ servieo . ought to yield a smaller amount of mortality , except under the head of casualties , than any other class ; but , instead of this natural result , they exhibit a proportion of deaths frightfully large in comparison with the most unhealthy classes of society ui general . Furthermore , " only tho most robust are " taken for soldiers , and the inferior candidates for enlistment are thrown buck upon society , to count in tlie comparison which they render unfair . Again , when tho soldier becomes invalided , ho is returned upon soeietv in the same way , so that the soldiers are not only ' " the pick" of mankind , m the h ' rnt instance , but they remain *•> by trnntferring to civilian society all who sink below the mark of active . duty . Vet . of Him most , healthy elnss , twice us many of them die n . < <; 1 the least , healthy order of people in < Jr » nt Untuin . ± » u proportion , Miss RJiiriinciiu '"•< ' ¦* . li Ijui-oiium aggravated abroad . " . .. , lUis 3 lUMrtiMoiiii ( -n ! . i rtfi * nn <<" '" P " lllltl 1 *''" thoroiiL'hly y . Nluii . < t . s il . Shu lias , limvisyiT , to ro-( jdimI tliat wn Inivu ill Ii'M-. r <• minioni-ed llm needful rulbnm . At |] . u CMiiiiiin-in-i'iin-iit . of t lm as ! war , lliuy wi-i-if f » lill in ; , drill nnd uiiM : spe < : tr < l . I he buttulinm landed at ( Jn . 'lipoli . MUL-red wtint ; in all if * fihapt'H . i '" " ! ' Mi'iiliu'v . nninunsi'muivi hail been I ; ,.,, i out . bi'li . vi-Jmn . 1 , " but . tln . ' ir representation * wt . 'iM disregard . mI . They hud no place , and , r-onricipu'iitiy , no power iii tho nni . y . JMi .-w Mar-
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04061859/page/9/
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