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Sir William Hamilton's Lk< R Ll ;^ Lectu...
alma rnater . You take your seat in a cheerless class-room , unadorned save by the records in letters of gold of the prizemen of past sessions , and the suggestive motto , above the professor ' s chair— " On earth there is nothing- great bat man . In man there is nothing- great but mind . Your instructor enters , already endeared to you by his ancient and renowned Scottish lineage , and by your knowledge that France esteems him as s ~ he
esteems Cousin ; that Germany holds him second only to Kant . You have a vague notion as to what i ^ hilosophy really is . Perhaps your previous preparation for its study has not extended beyond Whately ' s meagre graimnar of Logic , or the cold and cheerless Essay of Locke ; you naturally expect that again , as before , you ' are to be led away from yoiu-self—it may be further away than ever—and to dwell upon the nice distinctions of scholiasts and commentators . You have not
listened long before the truth dawns upon you that you are now to study yourself ; that you are to bow to no authority , but that you are anxiously to look for all guidance ; that you are to be surrounded by a cloud of witnesses and fellow-worshippers—the light of the world iii every age . With Socrates you are to dispute in the marketplace , and sit with Plato , and Phaedq by his bedside , as he discourses to you , while the kenilock courses up his body , on the immortality of his and your soul . With Cudworth you are to trace the foundations and examine the bulwarks of " Eternal and Immutable Morality . " With Reid
you are to take your stand on those " pr inciples of common sense * " firmly erect on which you may defy the insidious sophistries of a soul ^ freezing materialism , and the airy plausibilities of sceptical idealism . All these are your fellow-worshippers . Your professor himself a fellpw-student . He fells you that he and you must approach the temple of philosophy , as you must approach the temple of religion , in the spirit , of little . children ; and that all lie says and all you Hear you must refer to the standard of your own consciousness , and only accept what it testifies to be true . With a grave and stately Roman eloquence , lie entices you to the exciting but arduous study , by displaying to you its benefits and pleasures , by informing of will
your mind the high mental culture it alone give—of its regnancy and supremacy over all the adjacent provinces of human study through which you wish to journey . He shows you how your deepest religious convictions ax e anchored in its truths ; he warns you of its limits , but directs your eyes over the sufficiency , of its domain ; and having described to you the only method by which you can become possessed of its treasures , accustomed you to its use , and warned you of the impediments and hindrances you yourself carry with you into the struggle , he at once carries you through a complete and elaborate classification of the very powers to which he has already' given a ¦ new strength and elasticity .
Whatever benefits arose from these teachings to some twenty successive waves of Edinburgh -Studentship , are now spread out and offered to the world of thinkers ; and we can believe no otherwise than that the increased intellectual advantages will be commensurate with the extended publicity
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terly hand . Austria , the Writer considers , is the Pope ' s hangman ; Rome is the cesspool of corruption , of exemptions and privileges . But he deals not alone in objurgation : he proves his case thoroughly , and treats his argument conclusively . The organised injustice of Austria ought , in'his opinion , to deprive her of the symimthy of every Englishman . Treaties , he contends , were made for maii ^ -not man for tr eaties ; and is assured that the English people will never be persuaded to go to war that the Italians may be enslaved . Our active intervention is , in his opinion , required ,. " not for the sak e of rushing into war , but for the sake of preserving the peace of Europe . ' * Two pamphlets claim our notice on . telegraph communication , namely :- — : ( 1 . ) The Atlantic and South Atlantic Tclcqranhs . Bv 1
a Member of the Institution of Civil ' . Engineers Smith , Elder , and Co . ( 2 . ) A Telegraph Half-way to America : Why is it not used ? Effingliam Wilson . The first publication advocates the right of the projectors of the experiment that has partially failed , to demand help from the Government , and further capital from the public , in order to repeat it .-with a better chance of ultimate success . But it claims an equal right for the South Atlantic project , in favour
of which divers reasons are adduced . The second pamphlet proposes a new route , and a point of call at St . John ' s , the most eastern seaport of North America , the point of departure being . a port hi tlie west of Ireland—Galway ,. probably . Canadian letters might proceed to Boston or Portland . An approach to the scheme proposed has been made by means of a contract entered into by the Lords of the Treasury with the Atlantic Royal Mail Company ; and to this our pamphleteer refers in a postscript , with approbation . So far ,
well-Chloroform and other Ancesthetics : their History and Use during Childbirth . By John Chapman , M . D . Williams and Norgate . An excellent essay , reprinted from the Westminster Review , for January , 1859 . A Few Observations in Favour of the Principles which now Regulate the Sale of Spirituous Liquors in Scotland . James Ridgvray . This is , an attempted reply to Mr . Stirling ' s senible pamphlet , to which we lately called attention . The Militia and the Recruiting Service , with Suggestions on their Reorganisation . By Captain E . Finch Hatton . Bos worth and Harrison . This pamphlet contains many sensible remarks on the defective state of our militia .
( 1 ) Speech on the Laws relating to the Property oj Intestates , in the House of Commons , February 17 , 1859 . By 11 . J . Locke King , M . P . . fames Ridgvay . ( 2 ) May a Man Marry his Deceased Wife ' s Sister ? By the Rev . F . A . Dawson , A . M . ' J . 11 . and James Parker . Two tracts that will repay perusal ; but from the opinions of the second we decidedly dissent . The Maid of Avenel : a Ballad Opera . My D . M . Aird . ILBule . A tentative dramatic essay on Sir Walter Scott s " Monastery , " abounding in songs , which run trippingly on , and , no doubt , would tell if set to appropriate music . ' Charlotte and Myra . A Puzzle in Six JBitn . -By Win wood Reade . Trubner and Co , An example of " heavy lightness , serious vanity . Rubdiydt of Omar Khayydm , the Astronomer-root of Persia . Translated into . English verso . : . Jiornard Quuriten . This is an exceedingly good translation of u very celebrated poern . . ... \
MISCELLANYS . On the Christian Duty of the British Government in India . By Abd AI-WaTud . Williams and Norgato . This is a . sensible pamphlet , founded ori facts , and on the great and lamentable facts' that Christians in India are not Christians in reality , but only in name and . profession . From this the writer argues that it is impolitic , so soon after the sepoy rebellion , to mpot the question of pxoselytism . Utter neutrality in regard to religious opinion must be the rule of Government ; and tho breach of this will , tho wx'itor insists , lead to awful bloodshed .
Another pamphlet on the same subject , entitled)—Proaelytism in India ; the Question at issue examined ; in a L ] etter to Sir Geofige Clcrh , K . C . B ., frc , wit / i an Appendix containing an account of the recent Tinnovellcy Slaughter , By Georgo Norton , M . A ., late Advocate-GonoraJl of Madras . Richardson Brothers . Advocates the expediency of separating secular from religious instruction , and . promoting tho formor as the best means of establishing our authority in India . *
Italy ; it * Condition : Great Britain ; its Policy . By an English Liberal . James Ridgway . Tina brochure consists of a series of lettors , addressed to Lord John Russell , in which the writer concurs with the noble lord in holding that the wisest course is to leave the Italians alone , and lot-them expel the Austrians without any inttaforenoo from other states . England , at any rate , can have no interest in the thraldom of Ita-ly—nono in tho maintenance of tho temporal powor of tho Pope . Tho horrors of the system of government are laid bare with a n » as-
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The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction . Smith , Elder ; and Co This is a new ed tion of a very pleasant little \ v ; ork , with ^ coloured frontispiece representing the discovery of the Pacific Qcean . . An Index of Dates ; comprehending the principal facts in the Chronology and History of the World , from the earliest to the present time . By I . Willoughby Rosse . Vol . II . — K to Z . Bohn
" Henry G . . The information contained in tliis volume is alphabetically arranged , and the whole is intended as , and forms , " a complete Index to the enlarged edition of ' Blair ' Chronological Tables . ' " Of course , the value of the work consists in its accuracy ; and as far as we have been able to test the contents we have found them exactly and correctly stated . The range of information is very wide . Greek Texts ; with Notes . —Iliad of Homer , Books
i—vi . „ , Oxford : John Henry and James Parker . These are the first six books of the Iliad , capitally printed as a pocket volume , with excellent notes , intended for the use of schools ,, but which will be found of the utmost value to every student of Homer . Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn , JF . Ii . S . Edited from the original MSS . at Wottqn . By William Bray , Esq ., F . A ; S > New Edition . In 4 vols . Vol . til . Henry G . Bohn . "We have already given an account of this corrected , revised , and enlarged edition of Evelyn ' s celebrated Diary , on the publication of the first two volumes . We have now only to recognise the fact that the third is ready for the purchaser .
The Handbook of the Court ; the Peerage ; the . House of Commons . Ninth year . P . S . King . A arosT useful compilation , " corrected to January , 1859 , from information supplied by the members of both Houses . " The parliamentary information is remarkably extensive ; the places represented being given , with the members and their political opinions , and the number of registered electors . _ Analyses of the representation , and other means of judgment are afforded , rendering the work invaluable to the practical politician . , The Church Distinguished ; or , the Christian Community in its Relations to ( he World . By Caleb Webb . Houlston and Wright T < HE title of this work indicates the nature of the argument maintained . It is ably conducted , and in a charitable spirit . The writer is a supernaturalist in his views .
Historical Gleanings at Hume and Abroad . By Mrs . Frances Jaraieson . T . C . Newby An authoress eighty years old pleads for indulgence . She has , however , compiled an amusing volume on the Crusades apd other similar subjects , which we trust may become popular . Plain Sermons , preached at Archbishop Tenison ' s Chapel , Regent-street . By James Galloway Cowan , minister . Published by request . William SkefBngton . These sermons are elegantly written , and very fair specimens of pulpit composition .
Lectures on the History of Literature , Ancient and Modern ; from the German of Frederick Sehlog 0 l , now . first completely translated , and accompanied by a general index . H . Gr . Bohn , The pr . ovioua translation of this well-known work of F . Schlegcl did jhot profess to be literal and . - complete . It is understood , to have been an abridgment of the original made by the late Mr . Loekhart , who systematically omitted tho author ' s religious opinions . The present version is the product ) of the labour of three translators , and gives the text in full , An index also is added , which is of manifest utility . The work will bo welcome to the libz'ory of scholars and gentlemen . The Prince of the House of Vapid ; or , Three Years in the Holy City . Edited by the Rev . Professor J . II . Ingraham . Illustrated with Engravings . Arthur Hall , Virtue , and Co . This is a kind of harmony of the Four Gospels , in connexion with the Old Testament prophecies , thrown into the form of a fiction , and supposed to to contained , in a serios of letters from Adlnrt . to her wtner , Manaseoh Benjamin , a native of Alexandria , »» an ftotuaVeyq-wltnoss of the transactions . Thq fwtholo . is written in a , seml-poetlcal style , which will prove attractive to religious readers of tho sentimental class .
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BOOKS KECEIVED . . A Lady ' s JSsoapa from Gioalior , and Lije in t / w Fort of Agra , during tha Mutiny of IQol . Smitn , Elder and Co . . , p Spevohosoftko Right Honorable Lord Stanley , m . V > Smith , Elder and Co . . . ,, „ .. A Decade of Italian Woman . My T . Adolplms Trollope . 2 vols . Chapman and Hnli . , Round tho Sofa , In 2 vols . Sampson , Low , a" <« t-f A Now Hlstofy of the Conquest oj Mcvwo . uy Robert Anderson Wllaon . Triibnm' mill Co . Personal JVarrativo of Military . Tmvol in Jm / m , & 'O . By Robert MactlonaW , Edinhurg h . A . wM oliubMyht of Omar iPiaw / dm . ' Tranalatod In EnsHa " VOI'SO . Jiorniml QuWJtCll . nimnlln Sermons Praachcd . . By Rev . Robort Hliinii , Cliftpn » of Gowhntty , Aatjam . Orgor and Moryon . a A Comprohunslvo History of India . No .. , l- » » J and 14 . Klacldo and Son . ., .., Vnvv JEvory Childu' History oj' Franov . By *<• 1 IU 1 # Doan and Son . . . ,, ,. T \ rra Tho Duchess of Orleans . A memoir . By wrs . Sixth JbrnutiiReportqf'tho Tonio Sol-Fa Association , J . and W . Rldor , n , u , nnns Tho Army in its Medlao-Sanltary Relations . Sutherland ami Knox .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19031859/page/14/
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