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LEGENDS AND LYRICS. ' Legends and Lyrics...
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59^ The Leabbr. [N-©V43(> R June 19, 185...
59 ^ THE LEABBR . [ N- © v 43 (> June 19 , 1858 .
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Oi-ifcies-are n . o * tliele ^ fiiators , but the judges'and- policeof lit erature . Kiev do not m » kei » W 3 i--th © yvnterpfretan'dtry to enforce them . —Edinburgh Review .
"Vjkktoot- Philosophical Treatises Lie O...
" Vjkktoot- philosophical treatises lie on our table for notice , bat how is it possiblfe" to * sH / adjp philosophy in , such weather as -we have liad during , the week ? TPIffi tlie tliermometer at 90 deg . in tlie sliade , we are naturally content to leave the ; problems of the higher metaphysics , or . to believe that they are radically
insoluble ; The ascent : from psychology to ontology , is too steep and arduous to . be undertaken in ablaze of winking-heat . If indeed ,, like that of Mont Blame , it promised to refresh ' the adventuroiis traveller with snow-water by- the way ; , and reward' him with : illimitable ices on the summit , there might be some inducement to make tlie effort . Perhaps it may be said that philosophy does this speculatively at least , heat and cold being in theory merely subjective facts , phenomena alot of-tlie external world but simply of our o-wn mindsi It may be -sol- There may be no reason ' why ; a philosopher should ever be too hot or too ooliii . He ^ noay hold ' fire-invllis hand'"by thinking on the : frosty Caucasus ' or
Wallow naked in December ' s snow ,. By thinking , of fa ntastic summer's heat . Un & i ^ unate % Jiowever , tins view is-, for theworlcl in general , a very speculative onei quite ineapable of being reduced to practice . The co-atemplation of frozen seas' and ' flbattng : icebergs was . utterlyuseless oaHbuday ^ . or- rather far worse tliaa ueedessi , iafcemsifying the sulphurous heat of the oven-like wind that anwwd j » moofeery amo » gst the qnivering leaves , and sraote like the sirocco the ? jrarclieS i ^ ces of the passers-by . The only relief was to get into the sUade ^ and tiiisvcoukl ; only be effectually secured under tie trees in the park . ikjeordingLyv in the early- part ! of the'week . allliondon seemed to turn west-¦ !
wamby atr instinct of' self-preservation . The parks were crowded during the ¦ vvBttle of Suadaj , ras > they have continued to be duringtiie'aftemooivand even' - ingifehrttHgliout . the -week .- 1 stlias--been ^ anvaniinate ^ sig h * to see tlie briclc-penir « i * B 6 i » of- High ; and few degree ; parents and : children ; vesting , themselves under . tHev trees ' , or scattered in nappy groups over the rick green sward * . Eortuna ^ ly ,. to ( vihere is , aowplentj * of grass to luxuriate on , tke iron barriers ^ of Whig esd ^ anihawiny . beeii i « cwntty removed 1 . / Wliat we should have done had the latb : < Efcv « nment conthraedr in office up to the , present week , it is difficult to ima ^ -
gnrafc . SirBENJAaEiaf Ham , was evidently , , bent on enclosing every blade of grass in . the Park wii & iuiroo : bars . Of late the iw > nnetwork liad spread with alarming ra ^ tyi thfreateMihg' to exclude the people utterly " from the turf ,, and confine *|^ ' g ?< Hj witfiux the long , lines of sandy patliway . Character comes-out in little things and- this passion ; for- shrubberies an & fences was a very natural mauifoateticnfc of Whigrformality and exclusiveness . The shrubbery mania * tboHghv it Bad not extended very far , Has : done some damage ; but as the change is small in extent ,, and morepermanent iu its nature , the trees must , we ; fo The
sufigjose , r ^ jrnajn ^ rthe' present . fences , however , were easily removable , and w aw * delighted 1 to- see- they have all been taken away . The citizens have thus : got ; their own . again ,, and are able to enjoy the park once more . Thiaia afeucn . af . sympathy with the . people—a-trace of Young . Englandisnr porhapsr-for : wliieh wo haw reason to be grateful to Lord John Mannebs . Na-dtMibt ; there * is policy-as well as principle in the change .. ' These little things arcniot to be neglected by a- Ministry that woirid be veally popular , especially a j ^ misiiy . aorely in . need of popular support like the present . Care for tlie healtfo , social comfort , atrd recreation-of the people had always a prominent plsceun the " Comugsby" programme , and it ought not to be lost sight of by the . Debbt Ministry ..
The present ManiBtyy , tooi have always-taken to themselves . special credit as the Promoters of science" and' art . There is plenty of scope- for their exertions in . ttotudirechpna- just now . The BoaitJ of , Works-allows the Thames to reuiam . a . blaakaud . poisoned . tide ; diffusing deadly vapours along its crowded baakw ; - and ' tlle Museum-authorities are- scrubbing the Elgin ; marbles . Big Ben- Mas- returned to , Palace-vard ; , is there any provision made against a second iracttu-c teforo . lia ceaohes his destination in the Clock TWer ? When ^^ IT ? * : ™^^™* ° * «» ^ Ison Monument P Nothing lias fc Monument Are have
J 1 S X ^^ itrgton . we to a new STif ** , i ^ ^ b 0 C ° m 0 Of tlip Tumcr Collection ? Is tlie SSaSTS ?^ Sf ^ T by " iteB P telldid' Natural History , collections Sder ^ and'I ^ ft ) tt ^ f Jhese are questiona . that re quire to be con . axdered and . answered . ]? rom tue debate tula week on tiw bilL for di 8 Bolvinff he ^ tnersluft bet we ^ the Government , and- the Inhibition CommSne s T * *}*™™> - "gto ; * » J ^ Pe fo . r in the- direction of art from SSiSL ! f ' f KrUara P - Mr- DauMMoK 3 > , who intt-apidiy 2 J f « = f aw . ztxzTZszrjzz
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M-. JFobgues , and- published under the title of Un Secret (" Dead Secret ' has no . precise equivalent in Trench ) by the emiuent house of MM . Hacijette etG . ' The felicity with wMch M . Morgues has reproduced not onlv the pathos but the humoiir of tlie original stoiy is absolutely mawellous , and certainly deserves the English author ' s thanks .. Tin Secret retains all ' the ' force and freshness of an or iginal work .
The Death Of M. Art Scuerieb. Deprives F...
The death of M . Art ScuEriEB . deprives France not only of a great artist but of a great example . Of liis-career and works as a paintei * it may here suffice to say that in these , as w-ell as im his- personal life and character the same nobleness of soul , the same elevation of thought , the same sinn-lemind ' edncss , the same true-heartedness , were always present , and always felt But of his technical merits and deficiencies as an artist there may be as many opinions as critics ¦; , of . his life and character there can be but one ; anil this isnot the time in which we can suffer such a inaii to pass away without a wordof sorrowing ' respect .
Legends And Lyrics. ' Legends And Lyrics...
LEGENDS AND LYRICS . ' Legends and Lyrics . A Book of Verses . By Adelaide Anne Procter . , BeU and Daldj-. Tais volume , modestly called " a Book of Verses , '' is the production ' of a daughter of tlie poet , whose assumed name of " Barry Cornwall" bus for some time past been giving way to the real one which his readers have learnt ; o prize . Some of the daughter ' s verses , " here republisliedwith corrections , " have been anonymous favourites with the public in the columns , of Mr . Dickens ' s Household Words , in which have ; first appeared several poems of writers destined to be distinguished ; and the volume itself is not onlv
qualified to confirm this regard in point of ability , , but is remarkable for an unmistakable personal truthfulness that carries it still more out of the category of works of ordinary poetical pretension , and wilL particularly interest readers who are truthful themselves . We wish we could udd , on that account , that what may be called its prevailing complexional character were that of oheerfuluess instead of melancholy . Coleridge , moved with surprise at the glowing ; sympathy with William Tell evinced in her ode on that patriot by the famous beauty of a past generation , Georgiana , Duchess of Devonshire ( mother of the late munificent patron of all tliat was beautiful in Art and' Nature ) y , exclaimed' , in his charming numbers : —
- " O lady , nurs'd in pomp and pleasure , "Where gat you tkat heroic measure •?" So } of apoet's- daughter , bvougltf- up int refined life ; and saved from the ordinary cares that beset many delieata minds less fortunately conditioned , one might be tempted to ask , what has made her so sorrowful . But in proportion-sometimes to the v-ery advantages which they may enjoy in other respects ^ minds given to idealisms , however willing to make the best of what is inferior to themselves , and even to love it and to ignore the inferiority , are struck with invincible disgust at differences between ideal and real ; and in our ignorance of the causes of the melancholy , which ' in spite of the
natural resources of genius , and ; of her own many livelier and happier momenta , , certainly pervades upon the whole this young-lady ' s book , we can only account in this mannerfor \ vJiafe has ^ nofc a little affected our critical sympathies , usedias we are to life and its trials- ; so touchingly sweet is the v / ny m which she sings of them , mid such unaffected refuge ( for she does not parade it ) she appears to have sought , in certain religious- opinions , which , however attractive and ^ consolatory in th eir first appearances , and to favoured individuals , contain matter upon inspection ^ which cannot-, we think , leave final satisfaction to any such hearts as thoroughly sympathize witli all who are to live hereafter .
1 'tic llumun mind however has a wonderful ,, and if we consider its needs in the--course of progress and perplexity , affecting power , of reconciling the most imperative dogmas with lurking and ignoring , doubts ; and quitting this point for the poetry that is more immediately our subject , w < i should say , that Miss Px'octer ' s poetry , whatever may be its tendencies otherwise to the ideal , lies not so much in idealisms for their own sake , in the power of imaginative expi'ession ,. or in what may be called the accumulative display of thoughts and images ( an ambition , by the way , carried to excess in these days , and that will aesux'edly stifle mony a poetical young lady and yentlcman ; , and elders nuiong them too , in their own roses ) , as in seizing the finest'points both of thought ) and feeling ,, and knowing how to express them with a simplicity worthy of their truth . She does not encumber , or render them doubtful , with ostentatious loads of addition and ornament . The
defect on . the simple sideof writing , is want of force ;¦—suffering tho verse to slide into negligence andi vyeaknessy and the thought to consfder anything worth 1 , simple utterance * that can be simply uttered . Nor is it to be denied that Mies Proctor is so fVir tfronv being without this defect , that as there are many tilings ; in her volume worthy of extracting , particularly in passages , andi we htive no doubt that whole poems will be taken fVonv it for " Specinauns of British Poetesses" to Gome , there are many that show she might have studied ; the art as well as nature of her poeticuL gift to more advantage . And , we oarnestly exhort her to do so ; believing that she is qimlilied to writea volume ufronco much am « llen and much fuller ; and such as tho lovers 1 of some of- the oompaotest of' her predecessors would not be unwilling to ottrry ubout in their pockots , as they do theim Herein u whole shout poema . ibr iusCanoe ^ .-wluoh contains the ' three great secrets of durability in respocfc of style ; : —proper words in proper places , and not one of thorn superfluous or such as could be wished away . Ami' in though *; and fooling it is ' altogether noble and beautiful : — t a oRowft of sonuow . A Sorrow ,, wet with early tears Yot bitter , had' been lbng with mo I weiuiod of this weight of years , A-nd would bo ftco-
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Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1858, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19061858/page/18/
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