On this page
-
Text (5)
-
^38 TJie Leader and Saturday Analyst. [M...
-
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS* fT\YHL Dictionary o...
-
SERIALS. rMHJS regular reprint of the Ta...
-
m A, Gomprckonaioo X>ietionar// ofJBJnff...
-
GLEANINGS FROM FOJiErGN BOOKS.. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
An Editor And An A.Utllolt.* I £( Tliero...
the fish while the fish are swimming * about in their native element ; ibut to this there are two objections : first , that the fish might not Jbe willing 1 to be caught ; and secondly , a gentleman who deliberately selected his fish , while these-were still swimming , to dine on ., -would feel a good deal like a murderer . Dr . Cross . is not swimming' in 7 ms native element when judging the great men of antiquity . He calls Gieero the noblest of all the Romans ; transcendently eloquent , and with a marvellous tnasteiy in style ^ yet Cicero showed himself the weakest and vainest of mankind , never rose in patriotism or in statesmanship above a sort of effete whiggery ; and there was many a nobler Eoman than lie . Our author speaks of Hannibal's
ferocity as if the Carthaginian had been a kind of brutal Attila : this is purely false . Hannibal had no equal in genius among the generals of ancient or modern times : and this seems to have been the opinion of Napoleon ; while he certainly was not inhuman— - estimated by the practice of war two thousand years ago . Dr . Oross is more in his native element when judging the small men of our own day . Mr . Spurgeon is a favourite with him , arid' a good jnany people are favourites with him whom we never heard of before , and never wish to hear of more . Dr . Cross himself we shall he glad to meet again , for his heartiness , healthy instincts , and sound , solid English qualities .
^38 Tjie Leader And Saturday Analyst. [M...
^ 38 TJie Leader and Saturday Analyst . [ MarCI 110 > I 860 .
Miscellaneous Books* Ft\Yhl Dictionary O...
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS * fT \ YHL Dictionary of English Synonyms ( j !\ it \ i edition ) is a valuable JL school and college book . ; a single example will suffice to show the utility of the work- Let us take the verb To affix—which means attach , subjoin , connect , annex . These are English synonyms , or words which lave the same signification . But while we might explain properly the meaning of the ' word affix by either of its four synonyms , we could not as . well use any one of them for the other . Hence the judgment and taste of the speaker or writer may he exercised to advantage in selecting the most appropriate word for his purpose . Upon the utility of the work ire need not further enlarge . An acquaintance with English synonyms is absolutely necessary to a perfect knowledge of the English language , and Carpenter ' s work will materially assist every student eager to attain perfection in the knowledge of English . A . Manual of Interest and Annuities , by Mr . ~ E . Smyth , is a valuable little work .
We next draw attention to a work upon a subject that must possess primary interest for every ratepayer— -The Equalization of the Poor ' s Rate of the United kingdom , Mr . Hutchinson is , we believe , the originator of the plan for the equalization of the poor-rate . He has long had the subject under consideration , and seems to be so thorough a master of it in general and in detail , that we may fairly pronounce him an authority ., He has endeavoured since 1829 to bring his plan , before the Poor Law Board and the Government , convinced , as he had reason to be , that if it were adopted and acted upon it would substantially improve the condition of the poor , and . benefit the ratepayer . Mr , Hutchinson , we imagine , must have been at immense pains in getting up the statistics and facts contained in his volume ; and the clearness of statement and completeness of view it contains of the whole question , render it a useful manual for the politician , the guardian , and the ratepayer—in short , for all who love equity more than , old legal statutes and Obsolete customs .
Serials. Rmhjs Regular Reprint Of The Ta...
SERIALS . rMHJS regular reprint of the Tales from JBlachioood is , we should •*• think ,. sufficient evidence of their unfailing interest . At any rate , at the first glance , this is the inference we should naturally draw . We doubt not that the publishers desire that these " Tales , " like most of the good things in human life arid in intellectual creations , should ! have a two-fold existence ; and , acting on this principle , they have accordingly transferred them from their magazine into a small and , compact volume , that tliay may have a separate and more permanent existence . In the eighth volume we have four tales reprinted , viz ., " The Surveyor ' s Tale , " by Professor-Aytoun , which appeared in JBlacfcioood in 1846 , long enough ago tp find new readers . " The , ForrestrRace Romance , " "Pi Vasari , a tale of Florence , '' " Sjgismund Fatejlo . " Each of these tales has , we think , ' conspicuously , the qualities of brevity , liveliness , and vigour . Mr . Thorley , the inventor of Thorley ' s food for cattle , has written a reply to , Messrs . Lawe and Morton's observations on the " so * called concentrated food " and " feeding 1 statistics , " to which we beg to : draw the attention of every one who is interested in preserving the health and strength of cattle . JSoutledge's Jllustrated Natural History , by the Rev . J . G . Wood , M-, A ., is a decidedly important and useful work , and wo need do no more than mention the publication of Part XII . No . X . of the people ' s edition of JMCoore is just published . Tbe universal celebrity of the poet , and thp Acknowledged musical talent of the editor of the present edition of his airs , ave a guarantee for its jfaultlessness and excellences , Xho Cross in Stoeden ; or , the X >( tvs of King Xngi the Qood , is . one of a series of historical tales , published by Messrs , J . H . & J . Parker , 377 , Strand . The present tale is a literal translation from , the old Norse of a chronicle written , in the twelfth century by ft monk of the Abbey of Warnhom , in the province of Westgothland .
It is a curious narrative . ; has a , gothic character , and will , we ai'e sure , be read \ vith great interest .
M A, Gomprckonaioo X>Ietionar// Ofjbjnff...
m A , Gomprckonaioo X > ietionar // ofJBJnffllsTi St / noni / ms . By WiJjI * iam ] Oa . u-PBNTBn , roviepdand enlarged by Bov , W . Wbbstbh , M . A . King ' s Oollego , London , London ; William Togg , 85 , Quoon Street , Cheapside , A Manual qf Interest and Annuities . By Epwarp 0 MTxn . London : MoBsra . Routlodgo and Co . Tho EquaIiK < xtion qftlw Foor ' aMateoftho TTnitoA Kingdom of Great JBri * tain and JCrelaitd proved to be "both cqxntable and practicable , eh , By G . L . JHuxcniNWH , Lonaon i IWberfc H ^ vrawioko , 192 , PiooRaiUy ,
Gleanings From Fojiergn Books.. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ...
GLEANINGS FROM FOJiErGN BOOKS . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . "¦¦ . THIBET . . T HE Hierarchy is a plant which prospers in every soil and under every climate , and the most varying relations . For its growth , for its flourishing , however , no circumstance can be more favourable than absolute isolation , through which ! all foreign disturbing influences are kept far away from the spirit of the people , whom the priests desire to hold in . thraldom . This advantage Thibet offers in an unrivalled degree , for it is the highest , the ' most secluded and unapproachable of Alpine lands—the very heart of-the earth , as its inhabitants fitly call it . Walled in by the grandest , most gigantic mountain chains ; in the south and south-west by the Himalaya ; in the north by the Tsung-Ling , the Kuen Luen , and the Bujan Khavat ; and in the east by the Jiin . Ling , it offers , so far as our geographical knowledge extends , on no side and at no point a free and easy access—one not crowded with difficulties and dangers—but can only be approached bypaths which lead up to , the confines of eternal snow , which conduct through roclcy labyrinths , or along the brink of giddy abysses , or over glaciers and boundless fields of snow . And when you have climbed the highest ridge , left the boundary proper behind you , descended into a valley traversed by streams , and think you have at last gained the plain , then , suddenly rises before you , perhaps after a day's march , a new ^ and scarcely less formidable chain of mountains ., and after short intervals a third , or fourth : thus does it go on for weeks , and , if you are coming from the north , for months- ^—a frightful , succession of naked precipices , of frozen , plateaus , of steep and narrow passes , of deep and gloomy valleys through which the rivers cleave their way , of immeasurable deserts , before you arrive at the fertile centre of Thibet itself . Besides , there lie in wait for us on many of the heights , which we have to climb , pestilential vapours , which have been fatal to many a traveller . These vapours are produced by evil spirits—so the priests say , and the people believe ; their existence , however , is a wellascertained fact , no priestly invention . Far more to . be dreaded than the spirits or the vapours are , in these mountain wastes , the robber hordes , who haunt especially the north-western- districts , and often , plunder the caravans . Let the narratives and descriptions of the Chinese be read , or of the few Europeans who have visited Thibet , from the first missionary Pater Audrada , who from Ca & hmere crossed the mountain ranges , down to those French Lazarists who , during recent years , starting from the Blue Sea , reached Lassa by the north route , and by the east route journeyed to Canton ; and the Abbe Krick , who , by the shortest route , — -that from the south— 'travelled up by the Bramaputra , but did not get further than the frontier ,-r-let such narratives and descriptions be read , and it will easily be understood why Buddhism , notwithstanding its pi'opagaudist activity , was so late in piercing inaccessible Thibet , and only after it had subdued and established itself in all the neighbouring lands ; . and why on the other hand , altogether in silence , and undisturbed for long centuries by the outer world , a hierarchy was able to root itself fast in Thibet , not inferior in tenacity of influence and . splendour of rule to the Roman Catholic Church when in its proudest supremacy . Thibet , moreover , has not universally that wild aiid barren character which we have been delineating . It has wealth in its rhubarb , and musk , and goats , in "its silver and gold ; the lasfc of which abounds iiv the sand of the rivers , is rolled down from the mountains , and can be easily gathered . Thibet also contains plains of no great extent , bufc capable of the highest cultivation , with a hot summer and a mild winter , a pure air and a healthy climate , which , for the most part admirably watered , yield grain and fruits of every kind , not excepting grapes and figs . It is in these happy plains that the hierarchs dwell j it is there that the cloistral palaces are erected . To the countless p ilgrims who still stream from all dioceses of the Lamai ' c Church , and > vho , on their long and terrible pilgrimage , have seen nothing but the sky , and the snow or stones bleached for myriads of ages in the desert , such plains seem an earthly Paradise , with their many-coloured fields , their magnificent groups of trees , their templos , and theirJiowns gleaming with gold , —Kocjppen ' s MeMgion of JBuddka . NATURE . - ' Great Nature , to thee let me always como when among men troubles gather round mel Thou art my oldest friend , and iny truest , and thou canst always console me , until I fall from thy arms at thy feet , and need consolation no more . —22 i 7 itcr , TIO PRACTICE pi ? THIS X-A . W . I studied law for four years at MontpelHor ; then for three years at Bologna the whole body of Civil Law ; and , in the eyes of many , I appeared a youth of great promise for legal science and practice . But as soon as I became master of rhy own career , I abandoned the law . Not that I had . not a deep feeling for the majesty of the Iowa , butt I was grieved at their neglect and corruption through the wickedness of men , It saddened mo to learn anything which I was not \ oilling to exercise in an ignoble manner , but which I could not exercise in a noble manner , —^ Petrocrolt . JCA . WS . A few wise laws render a , people happy . Where , howevor , | tho laws are exceedingly numerous , they embarrass jurisprudence . A huge mass of laws becomes a labyrinth , whore juris-cousults and justice aro Jo & t together ,- —JTrodorigh the Great ,
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), March 10, 1860, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10031860/page/18/
-