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Notices &C.J THE LEADER 751
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THROUGH THE SHADOWS. By the Author of "S...
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Amateur's Magazine, No. 9.—Piper and Co....
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FINE ARTS.
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The other great work (it is by a compara...
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OPERAS, CONCERTS, DRAMA.
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The sole operatic novelty, properly spea...
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Notices &C.J The Leader 751
Notices & C . J THE LEADER 751
Through The Shadows. By The Author Of "S...
THROUGH THE SHADOWS . By the Author of " Sidney Grey . " In 3 vols .-Hurst arid Blackett . " Through the Shadows " is a very fair novel , but the story is rather too much spun out . It contains the right materials for a first-rate novel , and nothing that can offend the most fastidious critic of works of fiction . There is no exaggeration in the incidents or the characters . The characters , from the peculiar position in which they are placed , have more than individual interest ; and the reader is made to feel an interest in them from the outset . Sebastion and Maxwell Earle are characters that the author has bestowed great
pains to produce ; perhaps Maxwell sees a little too far through the shadows . Frederick Brandon is the most unscrupulous , cunning , and _ unfeeling " respectable " man one could well imagine ; while poor little Ruth gains our love at once by her unselfish devotion to him . The best part of the tale , perhaps ., is the account of the ruin of G l adstone and Brandon . The scene at the Bank , and Frederick ' s visit to Alice is one of the very best pieces of dramatic writing we have read for a long time . We should have been better pleased had Sebastion returned from his voyage of'discovery in Africa , and married Alice . On the whole , we arc inclined to think that " Through the . Shadows " is a novel based on the right principles , containing some very good writing ; and we feel some pleasure in recommending it to our readers .
Amateur's Magazine, No. 9.—Piper And Co....
Amateur's Magazine , No . 9 . —Piper and Co . The proprietors ' , of this clever little monthly announce its decease . Thej' find-the expenses of the work too great for their limited capital , and they have in consequence determined to abandon the undertaking . Experience has proved that the magazine has been conducted on too liberal a scale , by imposing no expense on those who alone have derived benefit from its existence . It was thought that the contributors would , by their exertions on its behalf , insure to a great extent a defrayal of the actual expenses of the magazine ; but in this the proprietors find they have given too much credit to their natural supporters . They hint , Iioirever , that it is in contemplation to reproduce it as a weekly periodical , with an altered title , at a much less price . The present number contains some excellent articles in prose and vorse .
vain to reconcile the creeds of Protestantism and of the church of Rome , ultimately abandoned the latter ; but subsequently returned to it in hope of being made Cardinal . He found , lie declares , that in both Churches there were some things that were intolerable ; and further excused himself by stating that his mission to unite the two Churches had ' failed , and that the climate disagreed with his constitution . He complained .. that King James did not encourage his attempts to reconcile the religions . He held that transubstantiation was only a philosophical error ,
and that the Church , of England was a true church . What lie desired appears to have been a Jesuitical compromise . In Dr . Newland ' s opinion , he was a man of an unsettled mind , notwithstanding Ins various talents , zeal and learning . The influences of the time affected him , and led him to undertake a task to which , had it been possible , he was probably competent . But it was not possible . His life labour consequently was in vain . The Church of Home acted treacherously and murderously towards him . The volume contains much curious and some valuable matter .
What ' s in a Name ? V > y T . Nieklc Nichols . —ltoutledge , Warnes , and Routledge . Tims work contains " a popular explanation of ordinary Christian nnmds of men and women , " will afford amusement and satisfaction to mnny who may be curious on the point . The whole subject of name-giving is interesting , and there are some applicable remarks made in the preface . Some omissions remain to bo supplied , but these the publisher otters to explain in a future edition , when pointed out . Lyrics of Life . Bv Frederic N . Farrar . —Macmillan
and Co . 1 ' obms these of considerable nierit , certainly written with intelligence , and divided under the heads of " Childhood , " " Poems of Love , " " Love ' s Sorrow , " Ditto , " The Happy Love , " "Poems of Death , " " End of the History . " They appear to bo united by a biographical link of connexion . Somo of them evince a capricious taste , and follow the follies of certain poets who have courted distinction as much by eccentricities , metrical and material , as by intrinsic excellence . "A Dream in the Garden , ' which nevertheless is very musical , luis this
nlluctation : — "Ahino ! tlic days of childhood , Tho lioldon duya of childhood , Tlio hnlcyon dnys of childhood , Ah ! swiftly they have llowiil " And so it proceeds with inflnitb repetitions . But tho majority of pieces are in good tusto , and tho writer ' is likely to . acquire reputation as a respectable vorainor . The Life and Contemporaneous Church History of Antonio do Dominis , Arohbis / top oj Spalatro , which included the ftinydoms of Dalmatia and Croatia ; ( tf * towards Dean of Windsor , Master of the Savoy , and liaotor of West Ilsloy , in tho Church ( fhnyland , in tho reiqn of James I . By Ilonry Norland , D . D ., Dean of Ferns . —John HenKy and James Parker . Oub transcript of the title-page will almost give" a full idea of tho book and its hero to the general reader . Tlio history stazjds by Itself , unsupported by any previous narrative , save one suppliod by Dr . Newland to a periodical , and of which this volume is an enlargement . Tho archbishop having sought in
Fine Arts.
FINE ARTS .
The Other Great Work (It Is By A Compara...
The other great work ( it is by a comparatively unknown man , and so little has it been appreciated by artists , scholars , dealers , and others , that though large and well hung it was last week unsold ) . is ( No . 181 ) called " The first Approach of Winter ,-Invernessshire , " by A . P . Newton . The mountain range , magnifed by the clearness of the air and ttie effect of snow , the crags peering everywhere through a thin white scurf , is so excellently rendered , and is withal so far from common-place , that we have no hesitation ia referring to it as the master landscape of the collection . At a general meeting of the Society of Painters in Water Colours , held on Monday , the l ; 3 th hist ., Paul S . Naftel , Esq ., was elected a member .
large " Trumpeter" ( Xo . 1 G ) is an imposing performance , though the troop-horse that so proudly paws the ground and so grandly arches his noble neck is a monster horse , and no mistake . Mr . Topham ' s well-grouped >' -Spanish Gossip " ( 26 ) , " Loitering ( 215 ) , an English streamside scene , which we praised when we saw it afthe Grap hic Society ' s show , show the master ' s skill in ' opposite , stj'les . Miss Gillies is very strong in No . 51 , "A Father and Daughter , " and in " Kffie Deans" ( 250 ) , a lovely female study . Mr . Frederick Tayler has succeeded fairly in his . " Scotch Prisoners taken at a Conventicle " ( No . 72 ) , a work that attempts a great deal ; and the fine quality of Mr . J . Holland ,
Messrs . Gravks , of Pall-mall , have just now at their shop an interesting picture , by Mr . John Lucas ( after a sketch by Captain Oliver Jones ) , of the lamented Sir William Peel , late of the Shannon and the Naval Artillery Brigade . The hero is represented in undress uniform , sword in hand , leading his blue jackets to the bridge of Cawnpore . The likeness is a good one . A second visit to the Exhibition of the Watercolour Society confirms our first impressions , that the master works there exhibited are few in number , and might almost be told , as folks say , upon one s ten fingers . But then the thirty or forty leading works are a gallery by themselves , and will repay over and over again the trouble of one or two visits at different times of dttylight . Mr . Gilbert's
in his " Genoa" ( 256 ) , " Venice" ( 283 ) , and " Ponte S . S . Appostoli " ( 270 ) , is seen to far more advantage than in liis Highland subiects . " A Quince and Grapes " ( 271 ) , and another Fruit piece ( 2 G 7 ) , by W . limit , arc delicate and successful . Mr . M . Callow hus some remarkably good architectural and other scenes , showing draughtsmanship and intelligence in grasping broad effects . His " Simmur" ( 4 ) , " St . Gofliard " ( 8 ) , "Antwerp Town Hall" ( 93 ) , " St . Beliefs Abbey 052 ) , " Rouen" ( 1 G 8 ) , and " Frankfort on the Maine " ( 299 ) , should all be looked for . Mr . Harding delights us with " Chamouui " ( 02 ) , a very large and uerfeet work , and with two pictures in one , called
" The Park " ( 13 ( 5 ) . Mr . T . M . llichardson ' s " Jiuy of Naples" ( 129 ) , rich in drawing , air , Avater , and sky , but , thnuk heaven ! not—like Mr . Uowbotham s drawings at the other society—in white chalk houses , walls , and clifls , is a charming picture ; and the same master's " On the Kiver Fiudhorn" ( M- 'i ) , and " Kannoeh Moor " ( 182 ) , are sharp , clear , and perfect Highland pieces . Mr . Naftel ' s groat picture , " Carting Vriiic ( soaweod ) on tlio Const of Guernsey , is a very excellent one , full of woll-drawn and animated figures of men and horses . Mr . liranwhite should bo mentioned for his beautiful ' Stepping fttonoB ' ( 0 ) , . and " Frost Scone " ( 07 ) . The " May I ? of W . Colling wood ( 14 ) , is elaborate as' regards tho modirvval upholstery ; tho little ono who is supposed to ask tho question with reference to picking a piece oiuor
out of a pinoaplo is prettily executed A no figures aro inoxprossivo . Wo have somo doubts whether it was not painted bofbro a title was thought of for it , and wo think it has boon over-rated . Very fow people have noticed , and none have yet overrated , tho two greatest works horo . First , wo moan the superbly carved " Sacrainont-haus in a Church at Nuromburg" ( 41 ) , by Samuel Road , as a painting , if not equal , but a little way behind Louis Ilagho . This splendid " Pix"is thus aptly upokon of by liOngfiellow : — '• In tUo oUuroh of tmlutud Lawrence stands ft pix of noulnturp ran- i
. , ..... ,,, „„ , „ ,, Llkoflw foamy * Rliowf of fountains vMng tlirouyh tho palnUul ulr . " And Mr . Bead has nobly shown us tlio frftm !» ff ehoaf of traoory and tho gloriously-paintod »» r » pierces as it shoots roofward in St . Lawrence church .
Operas, Concerts, Drama.
OPERAS , CONCERTS , DRAMA .
The Sole Operatic Novelty, Properly Spea...
The sole operatic novelty , properly speaking , of the week has been the revival of Kosshii's " Otello , " Covkst-oakden " , with Tamberlik as the hero , Jlonconi as Iago , Neri-Baraldi as lioderigo , and Grisi as Desdemona , In the . vocal delineation of passion and jealousy , for which the part of the Moor gives opportunity , Signor Tamberlik is unapproachable . He was very finely supported by the Iago , and the effect these two eminent artists produced in the famous "jealousy duet " , indeed , superb . At DituiiY-LANE we have had " The Barber of Seville , " with the excellent and , considering his j-ears , the marvellous Figaro of Badiali ; -und " The Huguenots . " Of Madame Titiens' superb performance as Valentino , we shall take occasion to . speak in our next impression . Here we must once more bow before the indomitable courage — for desperate premonitory inadncss we hope it is not of the lessees . While the world outside marvels at their lavish , outlay , in a triple troupe . wondering " where the money comes from , " how expenses so obviously enormous can be defrayed at playhouse prices—while Mr . Smith is congratulated br his well-wishers on being rid of the sti of 300 / 400 /
Graziani . and his modest pend . or . a month , as being so much money saved—while the curtain has hardly gone down , as tho bills said , " the last time" oh the " Traviata , " we learn that the ' . arch representative of Violetta has just arrived from New York , has accepted fabulous terms from Mr . E . T . Smith , and is presented to the public " on her return from America , " on Monday next . Busy rumour eertninly announces that ' the-fair Victoire Balfe has given up her engagement at this theatre , and this to a certain small extent may relieve the management of its embarras dc richesne ; but still the addition of Piccolomini to the present staff will make the Drury-lanc operatic company most inordinately complete . . , , It is , of course , impossible for us with a column , or at most two , at our disposal , to keep pace with tho tornado of Conckktcj , which , as usual at this time of year , is now wreaking its force Upon the-devoted heads of the musical critics pur sang . The Musica World itself , n journal consecrated to tho art , can hardly make head against tho storm ; and tho limes , too , fools compelled to treat a decainoron of music in only one article of two columns . Wn can just find space to notice that the concurt of Hcrr Rubinstein , on Saturday , was attended by a . In * >! y inteland admirers ho talents
lectual circle of critics . 'J of tho Russian pianist are , just now , tho subject ot lively discussion . While ' some claim tor their pet virtuoso tho possession of highest pootloal faculty , others concede to him no moro than tlio palm tor execution . Some there are who triump hantly contrast his fino phronsy with tho marble immobility of Miss GodJurd and Charles Hallo , while thoir opponents urge that this oxtasy of his In moro inountobankory and their frigidity reverent presence of mind . At the Horv ' s soiree , however , tlio ayos decidedly passed a vote of supremo con . liUuiico in him , by a very large majority . Mb Benkihot ' h concert on Monday , of which wo gave a short anticipation in our last »»'" ' ' w "' , ' long , as grand , us delightful , and iib lush . mubly attended m was certain to be tho case ; ami |« io ™» v « was favoured by Jlno weather . Mdi . io . Clam Novollo was In extremely lino voice . Mclino . bliorr injton sang " O . nbro lufcro" with . -groul . brilliancy ; but tho highest vooal honours woro awarded t , o M Ho Art ot ayoung Belgian , and pupil of Mdmo . V ardoti vho nmdo tho nwflt pr «« iii » iiw < Mat wo can recollect , and who , should hur hoalth bo spared , may bo safoly fluid to have a grand career liuioro her Slio sung tho "Oh 1 mon fhV' from tho " l ' rophoto , , nZ dnSnattoolly , and paHflod 'rllHautly through tiio trying ordeal of Modo ' rt "Air varUe . Aha mamhors of the Urury-lano oporatio comimny , hoiulou by Mdllo . Guartlucci , wore in groat torco . Wlonluwski was tlioro with his violin , and P attl with liis basso : JLoopold do Meyor , with his lJrliiruim pair ot handfl , tore , flhattorod , flcattorod to tho winds , piokod n , dispersed again , and again oollootod tho « traln »
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Leader (1850-1860), June 18, 1859, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18061859/page/19/
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