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THE LBADSE. [No. 277, SA xgHg^_
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HISTORY OF THE CRIMEA. The Crimea, Us An...
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DORKING AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. A Handbook...
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The Lbadse. [No. 277, Sa Xghg^_
THE LBADSE . [ No . 277 , SA xgHg ^_
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History Of The Crimea. The Crimea, Us An...
HISTORY OF THE CRIMEA . The Crimea , Us Ancient and Modem mstory : the Khans , the Sidttws , and ttte Czars . ByX Rev . TJbomas Milner , M . A ,, F . RAJS . - Longmans and Co . Mb Milneb ^ prefaces his work with a candid disclaimer of " literary exactness ; " a ^ tie-avowal is based on very just grounds , for it has seldom fallen to- our lotto notice a greater-amount of carelessness and laxity of style . But it the reverend gentleman was aware of this defect-there is no excuse for his negligence in not removing it . A slight application of the pumice-stone wild have eaused these unsightly inur ements to disappear , and have materially added to the merit of a really praiseworthy compilation . That we , may not be deemed too harsh , we adduce a few instances from the many that present themselves . We are told that Ovid was " relegated from Rome for not keeping a still tongue in his head , and using it in gossiping about ^ . p ieqe of court scandal . " The JEuxiafi has " been in bad odour throughout the world , conceived of by the popular imagination as a kind of enormous S * yx , fit only for satyrs to visit and centaurs to navigate . " We had always i magined that oatyrs loved the woods rather than stormy waters , and it is certainly an original idea to navigate the Styx with horse-marines . It is pleasant , however , to remark that our author is superior to vulgar credulity , & r > he expresses his doubts as to tho saying , that " calf beginning to graze At . the-baee of the Carpathian Mountains , might eat its way to the Wall of China , and arrive there a full-grown ox . " The merit of plain speaking must also be accorded to him , for he thus relates tho disgrace of Samoilo-Vitch , the ottaman of the Don Cossacks : — " This most puissant chief--the ordinary style of address—was seized at midnight , tried by court-martial in the morning , ciilled the son of a , and sent off * to Siberia , where he perished miserably , along with his son . " Tho check , too , now sustained by Muscovite ambition is expressed in language rather familiar than dignified . ^• Russia , aiming to keep the gate of the Black Sea , has now lost tho basin , ^ nd can with difficulty catchji glimpse of its waters . " There is something of caricature in tlio image of a groat nation , as a woman , trying to close a gate , and dropping a basin while she strives on tip-toe to peop at certain waters beyond the , aforesaid barrier . But though inexact in style , it must be admitted'that ho has been quite the reverse ? n his adaptations—we love mild phraseology—from preceding writers . Thus wo find whole pages copied , almost' word for word , from Fallas , Dr . Clarke , Koch , and other travellers . And the moral reflections scattered through the book forcibly remind us of the wise saws we wore wont to transcribe in our best running hand , Consule Planco . 'After allowing , however , for these faults and failings , there remains mu < ih that is worthy of commendation . In one modorote-sizod volume wo . are ifurnished with all tho information that can bo desired respecting tho natural characteristics of the Crimea , its'hiatory and traditions . Following In ' . the wake of the good ship Argo , as she sped through the dark Symplegafles to tHo , CoIc ? iian'lan < J , weTbehoVd , for . the'first time , the inhospitable watew , o £ , tM ;] Euxine . Again . are worbuffeted by its . wavos when . sailing in
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Dorking And Its Neighborhood. A Handbook...
DORKING AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD . A Handbook of Dorkirvg , $ c . Geo ^ ° f * Wni should not a Guide Book be readable . ? When it has done its professional duty , and has lodged tho weary wayfarer , let us say in the trim , Sg , modest parlour of a quiet and well-conducted inn , why should i not enter the social phase of authorship , and invite a pleasant intimacy . What other kind of book has an equal chance of being read on the very spot and at the very time an author would himself like to appoint tor in * first meeting with a judicious and appreciative reader ? As an excellent suggestion , if not a perfect example , of what a OuuIl Book ouorht to be , we recommend this anonymous brochure on the subject 01 Dorkine ° Within five-and-twenty miles of Fleet-street there is a country town , second to no other in England for internal beauty and cleanliness , or for situation , or for extent of surrounding scenery . From Malvern the view is not more enchanting than that which you gain from Lcith Hill , near Dorking in Surrey . Savage old John Dennis wrote a description ot tins ' noble and wonderful prospect . . . . the most delicious rural prospect in tlie world : " and the fierce old critic reviewed in a perfectly kind manner tins praiseworthy effort of Nature ' s , and roared , for once , more gently than the most amiable of sucking dovea . The favourable criticism in question is reproduced very effectively in this little volume , which is generally happy in its book-reminiscences . The author has a great faculty of quotation ; and , seein" how well he has chosen the motto of his volumo from Bhakspoare , and how aptly he has brought forward illustrative passages from Coleridge , and Wordsworth , and Campbell , and Cowper , not to mention local noots innumerable , whose particularity of description atones for poetical shortcomings we were surprised to find , at the heud of a chapter on the geology of Dorking the subjoined astounding piece of pretentious commonp lace , from " Glimpses of the Obvious , " or some platitudinarian work with a similar title : — Search out tho -wisdom of Nature ; There is depth ia all her doinga . —* TurrKU . That a very numerous and potential class of readers , who cannot bo at the pains to estimate the precise amount and value of original thoug ht contained in sentences like these , should now and then be niialcd by the mere quality of sound , is not at all surprising . There is a great community of non-idoas . But that a man who has himself acquired a curtain literary skill—who writes modesjtly and sensibly , often -with , elegance , and alway * with a , meaning—should stoop to pick up a platitude , does make us * open our eyes with wonder . u Quo des sots , reinplis d ' ostimo pour oux-mOines , tiennent do sots diseours avec emjphase , rien de plus nature ! ; inaraquo loura I maximos dirigent des gons d ' espri ); , e ' est lu co quo j ' udmire . "
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Leader (1850-1860), July 14, 1855, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14071855/page/18/
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