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48 THE 1/ E ADER. [No. 459, Janttary 8, ...
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KELLY'S RAILWAY GUIDE. Kelly'a Railway G...
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LESSONS ON MIND. Introductory Lessons on...
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LOMBAttDY. Letters from Milan, of Januar...
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Magazines. Blackwoo^.—We Have Had To Cri...
this particular period prevents us from being more detailed in bur notice . . Titan . ^—A very g ood number ; " "What Helps to Cause the Degeneracy of the Youth of France" is an analysis of four popular French productions , La Vie a Vingt Am , of Michel . Levy ; . La Jeunesse , a comedy by E . Augier ; Le Fils Nature } , by A . Dumas fils ; and Francis ^ by Ernest Jerret . The youth of France are judged , not by rules and standards of our own , but by the statements , disclosures , and
principles openly avowed by these French writers themselves . The article , though severe , contains much truth , and is worth studying . "Two Christmas Times" is : a story of sentiment . "A Chapter on Kecent Poetry" is able and just . " Human Hair and its Restoratives" will interest the wigged and unwigged . " Behind the Scenes in Paris" is continued in seven chapters , and the " reviews , " including a special and elaborate notice of Philip Paternoster are all very well and fairly done .
Tact ' s Magazine . No . 301 . —This number contains , the usual variety of articles , as well as the " Literary Register" and " Political Narrative . " The chief articles are one on Reform and another upon Cash and Credit . The rest are reviews and tales . Journal of Mental Science . No . 28 . —This monthly may be termed the record of the Association of Medical Officers , of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane . It contains the Reports of Lunatic Asylums published during 1857 and 1858 , and other papers on the subject of insanity , which must be interesting to those professionally engaged in such matters .
EsGLisa Woman ' s Magazike . jno , 11 . —This" is an interesting number , containing a biography of Johanna Kinkel , and a smart article entitled " The Reviewer Reviewed , " besides other articles of average merit . X . E FpiLET . No . 148 . ^ This very pretty and tasteful magazine Contains the last vagaries of fashion . We regret to see no signs of diminished crinoline , but , on the contrary , rather an extension . The bonnets seem , however , to be ail inch or so more rational , and the cloaks seem as if they were intended for warmth as well as show . The plates are as numerous and as good as ever .
The Art Journal . No . 49 . —The plates are after Maclise ' s " Gil Bias at Penaflore , " arid Landseer ' s " Marmosettes ; " there is also a beautiful engraving of Miller ' s bas-relief : pf " Emily and her White Doe . " The wood-cuts , which are numerous and good , illustrate chiefly , the works of Louis Haghe . Ckuikshank ' s Illusthations oi Time . —Messrs . Kent have reissued these admirable etchings , rightly considering they must at this season of the year add to the enjoyment and mirth . They are familiar to many of the falling , but must be novel to all the rising generation ; and their truth and character prevent their ever getting old and obsolete .
T-he British Work-man—Yearly Part—deserves notice , hot only frotn the excellence of its aim and principle , but aa being a collection of very admirable woodcuts , and a collection of interesting facts , tales , and anecdotes . Licensed Victuallers ' Almanack for 18 o 9 . — This is a new and excellent calendar , containing a great deal of information valuable to the hotel-proprietor and the tavern and inn-keepers . It has been very carefully compiled , and is an excellent idea well carried out . The calendar portion is filled up with valuable receipts , and , in addition , it has a hundred pages filled with miscellaneous information , including a brief history of the London Breweries and Taverns ; an account of the admirable charities belonging to the Licensed Victuallers' Associations ; the' laws affecting Innkeepers , & c .
Rootledgh ' s SHAK , spBARE .-r-This 38 rd Part contains the Tempest , and is marked by the same moderate but judicious commentary that characterises this edition by W . Stauriton . We have the completed second volume ( never having received the first ;) before u » , and intend to enter into a more extensive examination of this handsome and popular edition of the works of the great drumatiat . Tma Vircixnians . No . 15 , —Mr . George Warrington , Hero No . 2 , is brought more prominently
forward in this number ; and wo have pictures of a Royal drawing-room nt Kensington , and a peep at an early performance of MrvHorne ' s popular tragedy of JDougfaa . Davbwort X > pnn . No , 19 . —This spirited story is so near an end thac it is superfluous to dilate upon it . The reader will soon have an opportunity of reading it in its entirety , the only proper way of pe " rbsing a well-constructed novel . History of Enqlano . 0 . Knight . No . 36 . ( Bradbury and Evans , ) - —This number brings the history down to the conclusion of the Darien expedition , and is embellished with portraits of Balingbroke , Oxford , and Attorbury , and . many excellent woodcuts .
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48 THE 1 / E ADER . [ No . 459 , Janttary 8 , 1859 .
Curacy And Finish, And Mr. Bennett Might...
curacy and finish , and Mr . Bennett might rank as the Beranger of England . Here we find the sweet song of "Baby ' s Shoes , " on which Miss Mitford bestows such high commendation , and which has been so frequently ¦ ' quoted with enthusiastic recognition ; and that Beranger-like " London Lyric , From a Garret , " which so rationally and heroically moralises the distinction between true and false riches , and defies poverty altogether . To this we would add "The Dressmaker ' s Thrush . " Fine , too , is the song inscribed " To the Memory of 'Kobert Burns , " a just tribute . from one whose own writings reflect so much of the influence derived from those of thp , Scottish bard . It is one of the most
am-SONGS OF A SONG-WRITER . Songs of a Song-Writer First Hundred . -By W . G . Bennett . Chapman and . Hall . Mr . W . C . Bennett , has been well advised to collect liis various songs . The only difficulty that could lie in his way was their number . He has endeavoured to solve this by experimenting first of all with a specimen of his quality . He has selected from his large store a hundred ; and . here they are in a handsome volume , which ought immediately to become popular . We find here many old acquaintances and some new faces , but everywhere the same grace , melody , and Saxon purity of language . A little more
acbitious poems in the collection . Other poems of Mr . Bennett ' s show , in lyrical f orm , a fine degree of . political shrewdness , and a scorn of mere partial prejudices , whether national or social . Witness those capital " friendly hints to Transatlantic friends , " which , he has headed with " God save the Queen . " The shrewdness of those hints must , bite , like a frost , our cousin Jonathan ; in truth , we know ¦ .-how he has " winced , ' - ' like " the galled jade , " under their application . Nevertheless , justice is impartiall y administered ; the faults of England are as unsparingly exposed , and our own withers" go not " unwrurig . " Yet , the poet ' s patriotism is undoubted ; for , by simply giving the second place in each stanza to his own . country , lie secures her
triumph . ' . '• ¦ * ¦ For the most part , Mr . Bennett ' s songs deal with facts , the stern , hard facts of the Mainmonriclden world ; but there are , nevertheless , some most delicious fancies scattered between . Mr . Bennett has borrowed largely from our old poets , and sometimes indulges freely in . their wildest conceits . His mind is not simply a mirror , purely reflecting nature and society ; but he lias coloured it with innumerable associations , both ancient and modern , so that his subjects always derive some attributes from the media through which he perceives them . Though a self-taught , he is a highly educated writer , and to some extent , therefore , his treatment of his themes is artificial ; there is ,
however , always a basis of originality in . all ho writes , for ho is not a mere mocking-bird , but a geuuiuc poet .
Kelly's Railway Guide. Kelly'a Railway G...
KELLY'S RAILWAY GUIDE . Kelly ' a Railway Guide for Jaiwary , 1859 . Kelly and Co . Tins is a well-printed Guide , on the alphabetical principle . The great advantage of this kind of work is its clear and correct printing , and in these particulars it is excellent . It has a capital map , and the advertisements—which in themselves give much information—are interspersed with lively rending , and altogether it is worthy of the patronage of all railway travellers .
Lessons On Mind. Introductory Lessons On...
LESSONS ON MIND . Introductory Lessons on Mind . By the Author of " Lessons on Reasoning . " J . W . Purkor and Son . There is much shrewd remark in this little work , not unuseful nor unskilfully arranged , but its dicta should not be accepted with implicit confidence . The author prefers a physiological view of mind , and evidently inclines to a phrenological classification and definition of the mental faculties and powers . He compares the mind " to the eye , which sees other objects but does not see itself . " Of course , he cannot expect the metaphysician to concur in such an
illustration—wo mean the metaphysician , properly so called , who necessarily assumes that the mind is a self-conscious subject . The whole of this little treatise is written in the spirit of this analogy , The mind is treated as an object , not us a self-intelligoncc . Yet the writer appears , and no doubt is , desirous to avoid materialism , to which , he says , the usuul definition of the faculties has n . tendency unconsciously to lead . The terms employed are metaphors borrowed from physical rolationfl , which it requires great care to distinguish from the psychological
conditions which they are employed to express . As this book is evidently intended for the instruction of youth , we could have well wished that it had been written on a broader plan and a more satisfactory theory . But ' the . half view which it presents is carefully wrought out , and so far it will aid the student who seeks for information .
Julius Hall's Indicator. Julius Hau's In...
JULIUS HALL'S INDICATOR . Julius HaU ' s Indicator and Almanack for 1859 . J . Hall . This is one of the best contrivances for indicating the day of the week , month , and year at a glance The usual modes require too much shifting , so that they often mislead . The present one merely requires the turn of a couple of buttons , and the indications are made in prominent red letters . The almanack is concise , and contains all the requisite information of a calendar .
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¦ — - ^ Leader Office , Friday Evening , January 7 th . FRANCE . The Moniteur of this day has the following : — " For some days public opinion has been agitated by alarming reports , to which it is the duty of the Government to put an end , in declaring that nothing in our diplomatic affairs authorises the fears which these rumours tend to create . " ' punch and the Sun were seized on Thursday . A Paris letter in the Independance , says : — "At the reception at the Tuilefies on New Year ' s-day > Prince Napoleon , in the course of a long conversation with Lord Cowley , is stated to have announced that the Imperial Government was . ready to abandon thie existing system of immigration provided Great Britain would frankly undertake to assist France in obtaining coolies from the English possessions for her colonies . His imperial highness is even said to have proposed to Lord Cowley to allow England in return to make engagements of coolies in the French ports in India , and to have added that the operations of both countries should be subjected . t 6 all the control that could be required . Lord Cowley naturally received with respectful attention the overtures of the Prince , arid said that he would transmit them to his Government . " The 5 th of May next , the anniversary of the death of Napbleon-L , is fixed on for the transfer of the imperial coffin to St . Denis .
Aust1ua. Nothing More Is Said Of The Cra...
AUST 1 UA . Nothing more is said of the Cracow conspiracy , but there is reason to believe that . it has ramifications in Posen and in Kussian Poland . A day or two ago an accident happened on the Vienna-Linz Railway . The train which left this city in the morning got off the rails near the Loosdorf station , and a part of it slipped off an embankment ¦ which is about five feet high . None of the passengers were injured , but a porter was killed , a » d one of the guards wounded . There is now no difficulty in obtaining silver for banknotes , and the confidence of the public in the solvency of the Bank is fast returning . During the last two days the demand for the new one-florin notes has been very great , but private persona have almost ceased to apply to the Bank for silver .
The Journal de Francfort , an organ of Count Buol , has the following : — "Austria is strong enough in Italy to meet any eventuality , and showed it in 18-18 ; nor has she lost anything of her strength , as backing her is all Germany and Prussia at its head . Yes , Prussia at its lieatf . Neither journals nor events will belie this assertion . That power neither wishes nor can wish a remodelling of Italy , out of which a general war must rin , in which Germany itself would have to bo romodollod—our common country . It was Prussia ' s King who addressed the first thanks" to Radotzki for defending the cause of order , European equilibrium , and the integrity of ( jornmny , which cannot bo upheld on the Rhine if abandoned on the banks of the Po , "
Lombattdy. Letters From Milan, Of Januar...
LOMBAttDY . Letters from Milan , January 8 , speak of the agitation in that city as being continually on the increase . Many families are leaving Milan . The Archduke Maximilian , who waB to have accompanied the Archduchess Charlotte to Trieste , to moot the Bavarian princess who is to bo the future Puchesa of Calabria , did not think it right to leave the scat of his Government .
Sardinia, The Times Correspondent «T Tur...
SARDINIA , The Times correspondent « t Turin writos i— " Either there is to bo war botweep France and Austria , or Napoleon HI . is duping tho , Sardinian Government , or this Government has taken leave of its senses . It is quite ovidont to-everybody hero that this Government desiro * war , moana war , and is confident that war ia at hand . Tho Ministerial party , tho intlmato friends and' dally companions of tho Ministers , make no secret of this
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 8, 1859, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08011859/page/16/
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