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No 463, February 5, 1859] T H E lu E A t...
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MAJRY, AND QTIJJStt POEMS. Mary, and oth...
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TRACES OF PRIMITIVE TRUTH. Traces of Pri...
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,T A ^ A .^ Magazines
¦ « Kawlinson s Herodotus , " will well repay perusal . « Mephitis and 1 fae Antidote" is a public health article " Falsely Accused" is a stirring tale , from the German causes celebres , the Neue Pitaval ; and the third part of the pleasant " Cruise in Japanese Waters" comp letes the number . Chiwoh of England Monthlx" Review . —The articles of tins magazine are marked by true benevolence . The essay on the " London Poor is written with boldness and truth ; and that on the ^• Scholars and Gentlemen in the Church of Engiand" also lays bare some black spots in the great ecclesiastical establishment . There is also a ; considerate review of a work * that has hardly received faerie
the attention due to it—Phatastes ; a Romance forMen and Women . ¦ ... o . _ ,, . Mechanics' Magazine . New Series . — This ancient and revered friend has in his thirty-fifth year ( extreme ago for a weekly periodical ) put on a new appearance , and commenced , in a New Series , a fre sh existence , which we hope may be as enduring as his former career . The page is enlarged , and various new improvements are made , so as to embrace a larger sphere of observation and record of all matters relating to engineering , agricultural inachinery , manufactures , and ship-building . By -the sample before us we judge that it cannot fail of commanding increased patronage in its improved
form . , . The "Virginians . —This story slowly winds towards its conclusion ; -the author , in his extremely Tiolished style , maintaining it by conversations that , but for his fine art of saying little or nothing , would . he tedious . Hetty Lambert comes out as a character , and , perhaps , is the most original person in 4 he whole hook . Gleams of spleen enliven the pages , as bitters sometimes enliven the spirits of fast livers with bad digestions . Knight ' s History of England .- ^— This par t includes the death of William and the accession oj Anne . It contains some great events which are extremely well narrated . Ekqlish Woman ' s Journal . —This magazine ,
• which makes steady progress , has obtained an additional popularity by Miss Isa Craig being found to be ^ a cbntributary . Her recent triumph over six hundred competitors in the Crystal Palace competition for the prize on a poem on Burns has at once made her known , and . the editors of this magazine -are naturally proud of their contributor , whom they had the sagacity to encourage and employ before she became famous . . She has a pretty ballad in the present number . The other articles are interesting and varied , and amongst the most interesting may be mentioned u A Few Words about Actresses . "
Art Journal . —The plates consist of engravings of Guercirio ' s " Woman of Samaria , " Claude ' s "Seaport , " and Lord Hardinge ' s "Statue . " The woodcuts , which are excellent , illustrate Mr . Poole ' s style and character of painting . Mrs . Hall continues her pleasing " Excursion in South Wales , " and treats of Wye and Monmouth . The Welcome Guest—contains a portrait and brief memoir of our brightest essayist , Mr . George Augustus Sain , whoso works are no less wonderful for their quantity than their quality . The minute accuracy of his observation , his extensive information , his charming style , his keen satirical power , perfectly under the control of a genial and kindly
nature , ' all combine to render hint a fine and serviceable , as well as popular , writer . We only hope he does not strain his magnificent power of expression beyond its natural limits . Amateurs' MAGAziNK .-r-This is established as a k « ort of refuge for non-professional writers , and doubtless will be supported by those anxious to prepare themselves as public writers . Tub National Magazine . —Tins excellent periodical has its usual allowance of good tales and good ¦ woodcuts . Mr . JR . 33 . Brough continues hia capital story of " Michael Cassidy . " The Englisk Cycloimsdi a of Arts and Sciences . of
Conducted by Charles Knight . —A reissue Knight ' s Penny Gyclopaxdia , divided into compartments , and brought down to the present time . T * B JPollet presents no symptoms of abated crinolino . The charming manual , while deprecating the danjp weather as unfavourable to the fancy of fashion schemers , announces some maniacal changes . While skirts are a trifle larger than ever , bonnets aucl hoad-droasos in general are , if posBiWo , smaller . Bright blue and silver grey are the prevailing colours in the gay city . Morning drosses have light plain sleeves ; akirtsaro long behind ; short in front . We are told that the Empress has been soon in a Waok velvet bonnet trimmed wholly with pink . To our thinking a very " loud" bonnet , to say the least .
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Majry, And Qtijjstt Poems. Mary, And Oth...
MAJRY , AND QTIJJStt POEMS . Mary , and other Poems . By tho Author of " Lyrics . " Glasgow ; Thonian Murray onil Son , Tre author of this volume , Mr . Robert W . Buchanan , naa alwnuy appeared in print , and obtained
favourable notices of his lyrical powers . Whether his present venture be an improvement on his former , we think , is doubtful . That he has obtained facility of expression , and dallies with his fancies frefely , is most obvious , and occasionally we meet with a potent line , and a cluster of figures that testify to a fertility and an energy that is entitled to be cabled creative ; but we see nowhere a tendency to convert the raw material of poetry into formal poetic fabrics . There is much poetry scattered over these pages , but not one
poem . There is a large amount of dream and reverie , but of definite meaning and exact form there is nothing . The author ' s pen wanders ; there needs the directing mind to guide its course and limit its task . The true poet is an artist ; and not the mere utterer of aimless effusions , mere musical cadences and pretty caprices of diction , without apparent purpose , except to show the wilfulness and wastefulness of a prodigal mind that yet wants discipline . There is hope for Mr . Buchanan , if he submits to this ; none , unless he does .
Traces Of Primitive Truth. Traces Of Pri...
TRACES OF PRIMITIVE TRUTH . Traces of Primitive Truth in the Principal Nations of the World : a Manual for Missions in India and the Colonies , $ c . By the Rev . John Lockhart Ross , M . A ., Oxon . J . F . Hope . The ground traced by this writer is so old as almost to be obsolete . We cannot imagine that this book would be of the slightest real use to a competent missionary in attempting the conversion of the Hindoo . It shows no knowledge of Sanscrit learning , and , infact , is but a dry compilation of ordinary materials . The author undervalues the Hindoo as an ignorant idolater , whereas the real difficulty of the missionary lies in the fact that the person whom
he would convert is the inheritor of the most abstruse metaphysical systems ever invented , well disposed to controversy , and able to anticipate . the arguments 6 f the subtlest disputant . Socrates taught Alcibiades to esteem of . his foe more highly than appearances warranted , in order to ensure a victory over him ; but Mr . Ross instructs his pupil to despise his opponent as the surest means of con ^ quest . But let not the young missionary be deceived . Siich a manual as this will be of no utility . He must study the language and literature for himself . He must be a first-rate Oriental scholar , an acute
metaphysician , and a thoroughly exemplary practical moralist , if he would make any real conversions among those whose adherence to the Christian faith would be likely to benefit the cause . Truly , Mr . Ross recommends his student to have regard to the old traditions , and to use them in his discourses ; but the knowledge he requires is of too slight and superficial a character to produce any extensive or . perr riranent effect . Fanatical preaching will . avail nothing . Sound learning and undoubted , piety , with a facility of discourse , are the only means of securing the attention of the respectable Hindoo .
The Newspaper-Press Directory. The Newsp...
THE NEWSPAPER-PRESS DIRECTORY . The Newspaper-Press Directory , and Advertiser ' s Guide . C . Mitchell . Tins admirable account of all the London and country newspapers has been thoroug hly revised and brought down to the present time . The continued assiduity and intelligence of its editor , Mr . Charles Mitchell , has carried this work as near completeness as possible , and no one can turn over its pages and not be struck with its clear and lucid details and admirable arrangement ; It also furnishes abundant reflection to the politician and
philosopher , when lie contemplates the rapid growth of the British press , the vast amount of talent and capital invested in it ; and never does the truth of its , having risen to be an institution , and one of tho estates of the empire , more . forcibly strike him than when he examines this work . The increasing power and extent of the newspaper interest of course renders any new edition almost a new work , and the vast , system of advertising now everywhere predominant , renders it an absolute necessity to'any advertiser .
Excellent Guide Is Carefully Edited Ever...
excellent Guide is carefully edited every month , and not only as regards the Tables , but in "The Traveller ' s Scrap Book , " which contains much amusing and interesting matter well put together . : Lines for the Gentle and Loving . By Thomas Mackellar . ( Trilbner rand Co . )— -The writer , of this pleasant series of verses appears to be a man of business , Avho ^ amuses his leisure with , bis pen , ' and not ungracefully . There is much nice feeling in very melodious measures to be found in this volume . Mr . Mackellar lias a lyric spirit , and also indites sonnets with considerable skill . These " lines " suggest the secret of his life , which appears to be diligent , virtuous , affectionate , dutiful , benevolent , and happy .
London : Past , Present , and Future .. By John Ashfordi (« T . F . Hope . )—A series of some three hundred sonnets , so turgid , involved , strained , and inverted as to be well-nigh unintelligible . Many of them are positively unreadable , from the weight of the matter and the difficulties of the style and grammatical construction . What delusion could have hurried the writer into print with , unlicked compositions like these ? Temptation and Atonement : a Tale . By Mrs . Gore . ( Knight and Son . )—This is an old favourite , reprinted in a cheap and handsome form . Mrs . Gore ' s works deserve republication in the economical and compact dress so popular at present . Her admirers will no doubt gladly avail themselves of this issue .
The Minister ' s Wooing . By Mrs . Beoohor Stowo . No . II . A continuation of tho reprint of tho last novel by tho celebrated author of u Undo Tom ' s Cabin . " Journaf of the Dublin Statistical Society . Twelfth Sossion . Part XIII . This number opens with a Koport of tho Council , but is principally occupied with a Paper on tho Depreciation of tho Precious Motals , which ia illustrated by very olaborato tables . The Works of the Rev . Sydney Smith . Part II . People ' s Edition . ( Longman and Co . ) This part is principally occupied with extracts from tho nuthov ' s articles in tho Edinburyh / taview . Tooy embrace u groat variety of essays , all of importance anil interest , and ore well worthy of roporusal by those who know thorn formerly , and nro doubly valuable to thoso who aru not yot acquainted with them . Kelly ' s llailway Guide . February . This clear , ami
The Cavaliers of Fortune . By James Grant . With Illustrations . ( Routledge and Co . >—The Cavaliers of Fortune consist for the most part of biographies of Scotch and Irish , who sold their services to foreign powers , and who performed good service to their common country . The biographies are written with spirit ,, and the anecdotes , breathing as they do the stern and stirring spirit of war , will rouse the martial spirit of many a possible herb . But , of course , as the poet is not required to " swear to the truth of a song , " neither can the young reader fairly require the biographical author to take his affidavit as to the exact truth of all the anecdotes he relates .
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Leader Office , Friday Evening ,. February 4 th . HOUSE OF LORDS . THE ADDRESS . The address was brought up by tlie noble mover , and agreed to . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . The House met-at four o'clock , and among the questions which were put were the following : —r-Sir A . Agsew asked the Secretary for War whether a garrison order had been issued at Malta to the effect that all guards and sentries were to present arms and to salute the Host whenever it might pass their respective posts , and whether Captain Sheffield , of the 21 st North British Fusiliers , had been placed under arrest for declining , as a Protestant , to comply with this order .
General Peel said that all orders given to troops abroad were sent back to this country , and having made inquiries at the Horse Guards he could find no trace of any such order , and , indeed , the only order which . existed was a circular order issued by Lord Hill in 1837 , which had been acted upon to the present time , and to which no n objection had been made . General Peel was understood to make no reply to tho question relative to the arrest of Captain Sheffield ,
THE MILITIA . In reply to Colonel North , General Peel said it would depend upon the number of regiments sent back from India this year whether the number of the present embodied militia should be reduced .
Tine ADDRESS . Mr . Tjrbfusis brought up tho report of tho Address , and after it had been road by tho Clerk at the table , Mr . IIadfiislp called attention to tho necessity of encouraging internal improvements in India , particularly as respected roads and public works , and increasing the supply of cotton . Lord Stanmcy said these questions connected thornselves with tho linancp of India , and lie should not refer to them in detail , as ho proposed soon to allude at large to tho subject . At tho samu time ho porfootly agreed with the hou . member on the importance of promoting
tho incrouso of tho supply of cotton from India , and added that , even in tho present stato of Indian finances , which was not vory satisfactory , tho Government would not deem it their dirty to discontinue expenditure upon public works thereof . Me . Dmqur said , imloss something was done to improve tho teuuro of land in India , and to give moro qncouratfeinoiifc to owners and cultivators , a groat portion of tho capital lnvostod in public works would bo" lost . Ho complained tluit the Govonunont of Madras had ltmuoil a commission to Inquire into tho validity of tonui-ee , and ho feurod j , lt Would produce ovll results . If such an Inquiry were to bo made in . this country , it
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 5, 1859, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05021859/page/15/
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