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4m THE LEADER. l ^o. 472, April 9, 1859.
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JTHE OLD PLANTATION. The Old Plantation....
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FALSE AND TRUE. False and True. By the H...
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POEMS. 1. Footpaths between Two Worlds; ...
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. MISCELLANIES. The Congregational Hymn ...
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SERIALS. Westminster Review.—The new num...
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Ellen Raymond. Ellen Raymond; Or, Ups An...
upon the love passages in the life of Ellen Raymond . This young lady has a special susceptibility for the tender passion . She very nearly falls a victim to her sensibilities wli € n at boarding school ; she is ^ however , rescued from liarhi by a middle-aged paragon , Mr . Edward Vaughan . Having escaped this danger she plunges head over ears in love with Granville Mortirner ; and a large portion of the three volumes is taken up with cross purposes , in -which every tiling provokingly turns out eontrary just as Granville Mortimer is time after time about to pop the pleasant question . After a good
deal of this sort of thing Granville Mortimer , mis ; - taking the feelings of Elleii Raymond , marries somebody else . Then we have a rather delicate position for Ellen Raymond prepared : she just peeps over the brink of the precipice ; she is recalled to her sense of propriety in time , and her difficulties end by her becoming the wife of Edward Vaiighan . There are two or three episodal circumstances connected with the main adventure , but though they promise to be interesting and very mysterious at the beginning , the end is rather commonplace and disappointing . The novel , however , will find a great many admirers .
4m The Leader. L ^O. 472, April 9, 1859.
4 m THE LEADER . l ^ o . 472 , April 9 , 1859 .
Jthe Old Plantation. The Old Plantation....
JTHE OLD PLANTATION . The Old Plantation . By James Hungerford , of Maryland . Sampson , Low and Co . Thts is a series of American scenes aiid . incidents , limited to the Southern localities . The story has no romantic complications , neither does it pretend to illustrate or elucidate any profound niystery connected with the operations of human passions and human feelings . Negro life is painted somewhat too much covleur de rose—the niggers appear to be the happiest , most careless , and wouldii'tchange - their - condition - if- they -. could of living mortals . We have no doubt that such scenes have occurred , and that such pleasant plantations have existed and do exist ; but then we fear , if an illustration of the " domestic institution" xs' intende 1 , that there is a darker side to the picture , -which the author has skilfully kept from view , and which would have somewhat marred . the impression it is , as we surmise , his desire his production should rnake . However , the book is pleasant reading— -the graceful pictures of real American life are selected with judgment , and the work , though it can never prove an antidote to " Uncle Tom's Cabin , " maybe read , with advautage as a corrective ) f that clever , but overstrained , nigger romance .
False And True. False And True. By The H...
FALSE AND TRUE . False and True . By the Hon . Lena Eden . L . Booth . Graceful writing and pleasant reading—characters not out of the pale of everyday existence ,, and incidents such as may be presumed to flow naturally from the idiosyncrasies and positions of the respective characters . We have met with them all in our peregrinations through society , and this is about the best testimony we can offer to the truth and talent of the writer , Pamela Dynely is the only character which strikes us as aiming at originality , and is the one that pleases us best , and , we fancy , will also best please the readers of " False and True . "
Poems. 1. Footpaths Between Two Worlds; ...
POEMS . 1 . Footpaths between Two Worlds ; and other Poems . By Patrick Scott . Boll and Daldy . 2 . Songs for the Suffering . By Thomas Davis , M . A . . John W . Parker and Son . 3 . Jo in Egypt } and other Poerns . By Richard Gamott . Boll and Daldy . 4 . 77 i « Buried Titan ; a Drama , By Franklin LeifchilJ . Robert Hnrawicke . The first of these pooms is l ) y an author who has already won a respectable name as a minatrel . In the leading production of thq volume ho discusses the question of the soul ' s immortality , and has
onmand attention . " Iscariot , " " The Passing Bell , " " The Stars , " and " The Battle of Inkermann , " are lyrics that possess high finish , and testify to a fund of thought and feeling in the author more than common . The publication , altogether , will raise the reputation of Mr . Scott . The next volume presents the Rev . Mr . Davis in a favourable light . He is a verse-writer of merit , and these " Songs for the Suffering " are quite equal to his Devotional "Verse . " One poem in the present collection , on "The Mossy Old Oak , " manifests decided descriptive power ; and there is many a stanza in the volume as full of pathos as of piety . Mr . Garnett writes with classic propriety and elevation , and his volume of poems will procure hini respect with , a superior class of readers . Mr . Leifchild ' s drama is a sort of parody on the Prometheus of ^ Eschylus—not , however , in the shape of a burlesque . B y the " Titan . ? ' we believe the author means the spirit of democracy . The gist of the work will be well enough understood , when we state that it is dedicated to Comte de MontalembertThere is some eloquent and poetic dialogue .
titled himself to take an eminent rank as a didactic poet . Mr . Scott has brought a considerable amount of learning to bear on the point , and lias illustrated the entire argument with scientific as well as metaphysical proof ; The volume contains other poems . One , in lyric verse , * on Edwin , King of the . Northumbrians , has somo remarkable stanzas . The others are variously entitled " The Village of the Dead , " » The Demon ' s Bath , " » Tlio River of Life , " " Vuith and Knowledge , " und " The Soldier ' s Sacrifice , " There 1 b also ono relative to the Crimean war , under the tltlgofOhorsoiipus Taurlca , " which nas poofrio merit ns well as patrlotlo fooling . " The . Lite of tho Houeoloss" is abo i \ poem thatVlll com-
. Miscellanies. The Congregational Hymn ...
. MISCELLANIES . The Congregational Hymn and Tune Book . By the Rev . R . R . Chdpe , B . A . First ten thousand . j . "Wright and Co . The nature of this publication is sufficiently explained by the title . Some of the hymns are really beautiful , and the entire collection does credit to the compiler . Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn , F . It . S . New edition . In 4 vols . Henry G . Bonn . Voi . IV . is no at published , embellished with a
portrait of John Selden , and ten other likenesses , including Oliver Cromwell ' s . The volume is occupied with correspondence , commencing with the letters of Mrs . Evelyn , and her character by Dr . Bohun . Then follow the private correspondence between Charles I . arid Sir Edward Nicholas ; the correspondence of the latter and various members of the royal family ; the private correspondence between Sir Edward Hyde and Sir Richard Browne ,, and a selection from the correspondence of Sir Richard Browne ^ A general index to the Diary and Correspondence is added .
White Hands , a Legend of German Chivalry . J ± Tragedy in Five Acts . By Henry Spicer . Bosworth and Harrison Mr . Spicer is well known as a dramatic author and manager , and is remarkable for his clos e imit ation of the sty le of Beaumont and Fletcher . The subject of this play relates to Otho III ., the soldier-emperor , and his bride Mary , of Aragon . He was married by proxy ; whence it followed that the empress loved his representative , in the person of the brilliant Count of Amala . Some of the scenes in this drama are of rare beauty ; but the catastrophe presents stage difficulties . Nevertheless , two years since it was designed for representation at a west-end theatre . That opportunity was lost , and , not expecting another , the author has judicio usly published his work . Ten Thousand Wonderful Things . Edited by Edmund Fillingham King , A . M . Ward and Lock . TMs is not a book of vulgar wonders , but a scientific collection of curious matters , which may be read with profits It is also profusely illustrated . The number of odd and quaint things is carefully separated from the coarse and objectionable extrava - gancies which formerly composed the contents of similar works . There is hero much of the strange , but nothing of the vulgar .
Tke Poetical Worles of Thomas Moots , with a Portrait . Complete in Ten Parts . Lpngrnan , ' Brown ; Green , Longman , and Roberts . Part I . is now published , containing " Lalla Rookh . " complete ; in double columns , beautifully printed . The Finances of Great Britain Considered . By Reuben Browning . Part I . Richardson Brothers . Tins work comprises an Examination of the Property and Income Tax , and Succession Duty Tax of 1853 . The author proposes what he regards as a practicable scheme for the annihilation of the National Debt ; which debt , however , lie does not look on as the evil that some take it ; for . "We must await future issues before we can judge of the writer ' s
argument . The Common-sense of Life Assurance . By a Man of the Times .. James Hogg and Sons . The author writes in a merry vein , but he writes also wisely , since he inculcates prudence . We recommend the perusal of this manual . Chambers ' s Encyclopaedia ; a Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People . W . and R . Chambers . Tins work , of which Part I . is just published , is based " on the latest , Edition of the Gorman Convorsations Lexicon , " This is the highest commendation that can be bestowed on it : and when it is added that it is " illustrated by wood engravings and maps , " tho book purchaser will bo naturally anxious to possess it , as the most valuable book of reference that he emi obtain .
Homeopathic Handbook , and Guide to the Domestic Una of the Medicines . William Freeman . Tiijr directions are plain , and tho arrangements good . The Gourmet ' s Guide to Rabbit Goo / ting , 124 Receipts . By an Old Epicure . W . Kent and Co . One hundred and twenty-four different ways of cooking a rabbit ? Yes ;—it is a fact . For tho necessary detail 6 f the particulars , buy and rqad this useful little book—and then go and catch your rabbit . Meywirs of the Empress Catherine II . Written by horsolf . With a Preface , by A . Herzon .
_ , Trlibner and Oo , This is a very gopd translation , from the French , of a well known work , which will bo gratefully received py a large body of readors , and which wo noticed in its French form somo short time since . O'JByrno ' a Pocket Post-OJfiaa Directory for 1850 , Publlshod , April 1800 . O'Byrne Brothora . Turo utility of u work like this is obvious . It farms " a Handbook to London and its Environs , " and'its main advantage Is in its portability .
Serials. Westminster Review.—The New Num...
SERIALS . Westminster Review . —The new number is excellent . Its two political papers , on the " Italian Question" and " England ' s Political Position in Europe , " are of rare merit . The fulness of their information , and the good sound practical sense of their suggestions place them in favourable contrast to the usual run of political articles . There are also a capital review of George Eliot's novel of " Adam Bede , " and an accurate account of" The Drama in Paris . " The other articles treat of " Yorkshire , " " The Morals of Trade , " " Weimar , and its Celeb- ; rities ^ " and " Dc Lamennais ; his Lifu and Writings . " The strictures on contemporary literature appear to be governed by impartiality , and embrace nearly all the publications of the quarter .
British Quarterly Tikvie-vw — -The number contains discriminating articles on " Cheap Literature" and " Alison ' s History of Europe ; " but its papers on " Baron Bunsen ' s Bible" and " Egypt's Place in Universal History , " are marked with sectarian prejudice , unworthy of , and incompatible with , a true literary spirit : There is a very learned article on " Bartholomew Fair . " "Ellis ' s Madagascar " is reviewed in a kindred spirit , and the papers on " Japan" and " Lady Morgan" are good . The " Reform Question , " and " The Punjab and its Administration , " arc political articles of average merit . The short notices of recent publications are
numerous and well written . ...... - The National Review . — -This periodical is m great force this month . The opening contribution is a trenchant criticism on the writings of " birUi ; B . Lytton , Novelist , Philosopher and Tout . llie laurels of the Colonial Minister are unsparingly shorn from his brow , and though not stripped quite bard , ho is so far denuded of those literary trophies which an admiring public has long docoratea him with as to be hardly recognisable . " Mommbocia
sen ' s History of Rome" is n » ablo paper , " Innovators and Reformers " deals with anti-politicai economists , and their heresies against tho doctrines of the Malthus , Bontluun , Rioardo Smith school o \ teachers . The revision is evidently inipregnatea with the hard unfratornul spirit which distinguisnes the principles of the modern school of economical theorists " The Present State of Photography » instructive , and well worth careful study . ¦ 1 J . " miftsannrn n . n « l Fponnh . Turisnrudenco " pays a just
tributoto an ominent French logis ^ . " -Peasant law in Russia " more fully brings before the reader tlio admirable descriptive writings of Ivum 'Lourguonow . « Schloiermacher ' s Life and Times" will bo road witn unqualified pleasure . " The Truo Difficulties of tlio Italian Question " tells us nothing but what has won made public , but it puts the case fairly and forcibly boforo tlie public . Tho writer scouts tlio iuoa oi Congress eliboting any permanent good . xn , J pulsfon of tho Popo and of Austria from W altogothor , aro the only two romedios tlio writer considers capable of sottling J ( talbvn srlovanooj . " Tho Prosont Aspoct of Parliamentary Reform v m bo approved in proportion as tho tono is in harmony with tho politics of the reader . - Tins London Rhvijbw . — "Buoklq ' s Hwtoiy w Civilisation in England" and « Comto ' sPositive liftlnnnnhv flirm tho toxfc of a lontraild an ablo ftrtlCIO w «
tho merits of thoso renowned writers . i . l » o cr \" slashes away at Mr . Buckle , Avlthout st ' nt or m 01 ? f ' summing up his diatribos in tlio following woius "Mr . Buolclo may sparo hlmsoll and his romlora tno continuation of this crude and monstrous unduiaioi ^ . It has survlvod tho littlo moiuont of applauso ana
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Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1859, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09041859/page/14/
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