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944 THE LEADER. [No. 490. Aug. 13, 1859.
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A DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND ...
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cause wider divarications in the possibl...
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MISCELLANIES. A Hundred Short Tales for ...
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Proposed Ship-Railway across the Isthmus...
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The Sonnets, Triumphs, and other Poems o...
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The Young Lady's. Hook. Edited by distin...
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Paris and its Environs. An Illustrated H...
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JYptes, corroborative of the Remarks in ...
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BOOKS RECEIVED.
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TamiJtation and Attonemcnt. By Mrs. Gor«...
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MUSIC. JDlw Valves Povr Piano. Par Stopl...
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Wink and Prayer..—Tho Turcoa npjienr to ...
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11epkints. This Convalescent : His "Ambl...
great , but because what he did write was always ¦ written in the most .. *' . circumlocution" style of writing it was possible to conceive-In England the opinion of the press differs as to the merits of " The Convalescent ; " one of our contemporaries leading off that it is the best and mellowest of Mr . Willis ' s productions , while another , that is supposed to stand hig h in the literary world , thinks that a greater book with less in it could hardly be named . Taken for what these sketches are ; we have a very high opinion of them . They are the most amusing and poetical descriptions we have ever read in prose . " After Dark" is the new volume of Messrs . Smith and Elder ' s cheap editions of standard works of fiction . " The Diamond and the Pearl" is a reprint of one of Mrs . Gore ' s fashionable novels , well Avorth reading at the time it was written , but which must lose its interest now , as it was written many years ago , and " tilings aint as they used to be . " '' Temptation and Atonement" is another reprint by Mrs . Gore , and one of the best tales Mrs , Gore ever wrote . It was noticed at some length in Tub Leader some few months back .
944 The Leader. [No. 490. Aug. 13, 1859.
944 THE LEADER . [ No . 490 . Aug . 13 , 1859 .
A Dictionary Of Modern Slang, Cant, And ...
A DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG , CANT , AND VULGAR WOKDS . By a London Antiquary . —John Camden Hotten . This little volume is evidently the result of a great deal of labour , as all works must be that are , in the chief part , collected directly by the observation and bare of the author : and this we believe is the case in the present instance . To say that it is not perfect is only to echo the author ' s confession , who
tells us it -would require almost a life to gather the entire language of these outcasts of society , who form a separate race , as it were , in the midst of civilisation . The author of this book we suspect to be identical with the publisher , and' if so he has had great opportunity by his possession of a large amount of scarce tracts , ballads , and street publications , of informing himself of the language of the vagabond portion of our population .
In treating of the history of cant , or the secret language of vagabonds , we have their history briefly illustrated . We have also a very logical distinction made between Cant and Slang , which the unknowing generally confound . " Cant , " we are told , " was formed for purposes of secrecy . Slang is indulged in from a desire to appear familiar with life , gaiety , town huniour , and with the transient nicknames and street jokes of the day . " The account of those popular p hrases , which rise no one knows "where , and subside nobody can tell why , though not very full , is interesting ; and indeed the great merit <> f this little volume is that
it suggests much , and will help on the more laborious lexicographer in his philosophical inquiries . Not being professors in the slang and cant languages , we cannot saywhether the dictionary is perfect ; but we are quite sure the subject , as revealing the state and opinions arid ieeling of a large portion of the poorer population , is extremely interesting , and whether from mere curiosity or from a more philosophical motive , this dictionary and history of the strango portion of our language will bo useful alike to the antiquary , to the inquirer into our customs and manners , and to the graver legislator who wishes to dive into the modes and methods of the criminal population . Mr . Hotten has done good service by ushering the little book to public notice .
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cause wider divarications in the possible eventualities than the critic anticipates . The remaining articles are various in topics arid treatment , and range over a wide field of information—biography , painting , ecclesiastical history , botany , physical philosophy , and miscellaneous learning . Tait ' s is scarcely up to the mark in its poetical criticism ; its estimate of Tennyson ' s Idylls is far below it . There is too much assumption also in its political article . The Italian question is treated on narrow grounds . ; such as—^ ' Napoleon never wished Italy to be strong . His object is to keep Italy dependent , weak , and powerless , while he tears up the treaty of Vienna , anno 1815 . " All this is gratuitous . The remaining papers are of average merit . ArtJournal .- ( No . LVI . ) starts with an essay on Buskin and Kaphael , which is rather elaborate , and contains a contribution , by the late E . V . Kippingille , on David Wilkie , which is interesting . The illustrations of the number are rich—¦ J . G . Schaefler ' s picture of the Nun , Harnmersley ' s Drachenfels , and Hancock ' s Statue of Maidenhood . The paper on Rome and her Works of Art is , besides , accompanied with many architectural views ; and another paper on Art-Manufactures is illustrated by some fine examples of the royal porcelain works of Worcester . Cassell ' s Illustrated Family Bible ( Part III ) continues to progress meritoriously , and the engravings are in particular well selected ajid executed . Casseli / s Illustrated Family Paper . —( Part XX . ) embraces the contents of six weekly numbers . Mr . Smith ' s story of " Milly Moyne" is continued ; and the articles in general are Upon a great variety of subjects , which are for the most part treated with popular tact . Casseli / s Popular Natural History . —( Part V . ) contains some good illustrations of the Lemurs , and an important body of information relative to their habits . Lady ' s Treasury ( No . XXX . ) maintains its usual character . The papers are many , and the subjects are not only fairly treated , l > ut artistically illustrated . Parents' Cabinet contains nine articles of the usual interest and variety . Kingston ' s Magazine for Boys . ( No . VI . ) continues the story of " The Three Midshipmen , " includes seven other papers , calculated to amuse or instruct juvenile readers . How Not to do it /—( Constable and Co . )—A burlesque "Manual for the Awkward Squad , "designed for ltifle Volunteer Regiments— " by one of themselves , " in which there is much in a merry vein , with caricature illustrations . Beeton ' s Dictionary of Universal Infokmaxion . —Parts IX . and X . conduct the reader to " Chatre , " in the alphabetical arrangement , and proceeds satisfactorily .
the charm which we somehow derive worn the mere oddity and exaggeration of these stories in their original forms . " Another topic of immediate interest , ^ aboleon and Italy , is intelligently treated , but the write * proceeds upon distrust , ana occupies himsolf toq much with the designs of the elder Napoleon , which he argues must be identical with those of tho present ISmperor . Like all of us , ho lias to wait untiV experience shows how far this is true . Tho difference between the two periods of time may
SERIALS . North British Review , No . LXI . —Among tho contents of the number is , of course , a paper on Tennyson ' Idylls , the style of which the erotic compares with Sir Thomas Malory ' s collection of Arthurian legends . Both are intentionally Saxon . Mr . Tennyson had a difficulty to got over in tho fact , that while " tho tone of the traditions is highly epic , the form is incorrigibly tho reverse . " But the critic thinks that Mr . Tennyson has " relied too much on
Miscellanies. A Hundred Short Tales For ...
MISCELLANIES . A Hundred Short Tales for Children , from the German of C . Von' Schmid . By Jb \ B . Wells , M . A . —( Bosworth and Harrison . ) These admirable talcs have reached a third edition . Vol . IV . of Mr . William James' Naval IIistpky of Great Britain is published . It is embellished with a portrait of Viscount Duncan , and accompanied with diagrams of Sir Jlichnrd Strachan ' e Action , and tabular abstracts of ships and vessels ot various periods . Plain ou Ringlets . — Part II . of a clever talc , published by Bradbury and Evans , which will amuse the sporting world . History op tuk Grbat French Hkvolution . By M . A . Thiers . —Part IV . is now published , with portrait of Lafayette . Tales from Bentlky . — Part If , contains six tales , including Inman's ' Old Morgan at Panama . "
Proposed Ship-Railway Across The Isthmus...
Proposed Ship-Railway across the Isthmus of Suez . By J . Brunlces and E . B . Webb .- —Keed and Pardon . These eminent engineers rogard the propositions of the two inter-oceanic canals as the most important of the day ; and particularly as to the menus of carrying the world ' s traffic across the Isthmus of Suez . At one time political fears prevented the construction of a canal across the Isthmus ; at another , commercial necessity proscribed that vdssels should pass ' to and fro between the Nilo and the Red Sea . The plans of M . do Lessops are pronounced as too gigantic ; and are sufficiently refuted by Mr . Stephonson ' s arguments . As tho Isthmus is almost level thore will be no difficulty , however , in laying down a " compound railway . " Our authors purpose erecting at each port a pier , upon cither
disk or screw piling ; , running : out ¦ far enough to obtain the necessary depth of water 5 and the con - struction of a small harbour , by means of piles , containing one or more hydraulic lifts . The vessels would be raised on cradles by the lifts to the level of the railway , and lowered by the same means from that level to the termination of their transit .- The cost would be about 4 . 800 . 000 Z .
The Sonnets, Triumphs, And Other Poems O...
The Sonnets , Triumphs , and other Poems of Petrarch now first completely translated into English Verse ' by various hands . With a Life of the Poet , by Thomas Campbell . —Henry G . Bbhn . A very pleasant volume , beautifully illustrated with sixteen engravings on steel . It would be superfluous to praise the Life by the late Thomas Campbell , "which is here condensed , and forms an instructive introduction to the poems . The majority of the translations are by Major Macgregor , and the remainder is composed of versions already made by elder poets , sucli as Chaucer , Spenser , Sir Thomas "Wyatt , Anna Hume , Sir John Harrington , Drummond of Hawthornden , and others ; others are by more recent pens , among whom may be mentioned Capel Loflft , Sferivale , Shepherd , and Leigh Hunt . It is a book which every poetical student should obtain for immediate perusal .
The Young Lady's. Hook. Edited By Distin...
The Young Lady ' s . Hook . Edited by distinguished Professors . With 1 , 200 woodcuts . —Henry G . Bohn . Tins work is further described 011 the title-page as " A Manual of Elegant Recreations , Arts , Sciences , and Accomplishments , " and is , indeed , very neatly got up . It is a new edition of a work first published nearly twenty years ago at a high price , and which ran through six editions in as many years . The . work , on its present reproduction , has been thoroughly revised , and the requisite additions have also been made . As many- as thirteen essays have , in fact , been added . The engravings have been elegantly executed by Messrs . Vizetelly .
Paris And Its Environs. An Illustrated H...
Paris and its Environs . An Illustrated Handbook . Edited by Thomas Forester . —Henry G . Bohn . The basis of the present volume is Mrs . Gore ' s " Paris , " which is described as a work of genius , and therefore capable of animating the style of a book , professedly modelled from it . The description of Paris , however , is brought down to the period of publication ; and the whole , with its numerous engravings , some of which are reully fine , is a most desirable volume for the tourist to possess .
Jyptes, Corroborative Of The Remarks In ...
JYptes , corroborative of the Remarks in the " St George ' s Hospital Medical Staff , " exemplifying the State of the Medical Profession . By Dr . Edwin Lee , M . D . —John Churchill . ' Dr . Lee is of the same opinion with Sir James Clarke , that the hospitals of this country are defective as schools of medical education . They arc subject , also , to terrible abuses . The surgeoncy of a provincial hospital has been purchased at the moment of election ; and at nil times canvassing is resorted to in excess . The Medical Act is inefficient , —in some cases , worse than useless . It does not check the spread of quackery and irregular practice . Nothing can do this but a better organisation of the profession . Dr . Leo ' s pamphlet will repay perusal .
Books Received.
BOOKS RECEIVED .
Tamijtation And Attonemcnt. By Mrs. Gor«...
TamiJtation and Attonemcnt . By Mrs . Gor « , Knight & c Son . .. . The Italian Catena . Chapman & Hull . \ The L ' . ' jar- House of Lcros . A tale . J . II . «¦> J - Parker . Hundreds , of Tales for Children . Bosworth $ c Co . Paris and its Environs . H . G . Ilohii . Tha Young Lady ' s Book . H- O . JJoJin .
Music. Jdlw Valves Povr Piano. Par Stopl...
MUSIC . JDlw Valves Povr Piano . Par Stopliun Meiler . Vavtn 1 & 2 . Schott & Co ,
Wink And Prayer..—Tho Turcoa Npjienr To ...
Wink and Prayer .. —Tho Turcoa npjienr to have u soul above prejudice , nnd do not lay much storo by the instructions of tho Koran respecting wine . They ixvq scrupulous , however , in saying their Brnyers . At sunset four of thorn were pacing tho ioulevard des- Italiens , which was thronged witu people , and thoy immediately turned to the Juisr , pretendod to perform their ablutions with a Hit 10 dust , unwound their turbans , folded them s < junro on the ground , and pulling off thejr slices , Immod ntoiy bogan " La Ilia ul Allah Mohammed vcsoul Alla ' " ing . An immense crowd surrounded them , but w » oy went on without taking tho slightest uotloo ot tnc bystanders . After repealled . genuflexions and 00 wine tholr heads to tho ground , they rose , put on tiion shoos , wound tholr turbans round their fez , »' stalked off with tho greatest unconcern .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13081859/page/20/
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