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1280 THE LEADER jJSIo/504, Nov. 19, 185Q...
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REYNARD THE FOX, after the German Versio...
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THE KIZLLY& AND TUK O'KKLLY.S. By Anthon...
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MISCELLANIES.
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l ' < ] <¦ = 1 ^ Cuttoniron: A Poem. By ...
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My First Travels. J3y Selina Bunbury. In...
BOTANY BAY . By John Lanpr , Esq ., author of " Too Clever by Half" aud " Wanderings ia India . ' WVYilliam Teg & . The greater part of Mr . Land ' s book is reprinted from Household Words and The Welcome Guest . The work consists , of thirteen stories and sketches illustrative of life in Botany Bay . Mr . Lang says in his preface : — " It behoves me to inform the English reader , that , although the entire contents of this volume _ are founded upon truth , the names , dates , and localities have been so altered that ,, to all intents and purposes , they form merely a work of fiction . My objeet in making such alterations was to spare the feelings oi the surviving relations of the various persons alluded to in my narratives respectively . "
Mr . Lang was born in Australia , which is some guarantee " lor the truthfulness of the subjectmatter of his very amusing little volume . Here is a > . i anecdote of IJnrriuijton , the pickpocket : — *' Having lizard so ; mir- ! i of this man , and of his exploits ( although , of coarse , I had never seen him ) , I could not help regarding him vith curiosity ; so much so , that I could scarcely be angry with him any longer . " ¦ ' Madam , " he continued , 'I have-told \ -ou that I longed to satisfy myself , whether that skill which rendered me so illustrious in Europe still remained
to me in this country , after , five years of desuetude , l I can conscientiously say that I am just as perfect in the art ; that thu . touch is just as sofr , and the nerve as steady as when I sat in the dress-circle at Drury Lane or Covent Garden . . . . . . And ' your thimble , " and pencil-case , and smelling salts , < they are here . '" ( fie drew them from his pocket . ) ] Berrington took from this lady ' s ears , while they < were talking together , a pair of very small ¦ earrings = ¦ without her knowledge . What can we say more 1 favourably of a work than that it is reprinted . from ^ Household Words . .
1280 The Leader Jjsio/504, Nov. 19, 185q...
1280 THE LEADER jJSIo / 504 , Nov . 19 , 185 Q .
Reynard The Fox, After The German Versio...
REYNARD THE FOX , after the German Version of Goethe . By Thomas James Arnold . —Triibnor and Co . Among the numerous Christmas books that have already appeared , and are about being published , "Reynard the Fox" will not be the least attractive . There is , perhaps , scarcely a man , woman ov child that has not heard some version of the old legion of-the most crafty oi animals , though compartively few have read Goethe ' s ch . armi . ng poem . We say poem , advisedly , for , although the legend is as old as the twelfth century , and many are the versions that have appeared from that time , Goethe ' s is
by far the best , of course . Goethe ' s story of the Fox appeared in 1793 , when Europe was convulsed with the French revolution , and on which the poet meant it , perhaps , to be a satireat least , the subject was admirably applicable ! Children read the legend , and arc astonish . ;; 1 a % the wonderful cunning of Master Reynard ; but the elders read it because it furnished materials for sober reflection . Thus tli 2 work is , we think , admirably adapted for a Christmas present . If anything , however , were wanting to
make it more suitable for that purpose it would be illustration , as no small part of the attractions to the poem could bo conveyed to the reader in characteristic drawings of the animal . Foreseeing this , . Messrs . Triibner have illustrated the volume with the famous designs of Wilhelm Von Kaulbach , which are alone worth the price of the whole work . Tho printing by Clay , tha Sa por of the best tint , and the binding in the Roxburgh style , make the- work , us we have said , one of tho most appropriate Christmas presents . ^
The Kizlly& And Tuk O'Kklly.S. By Anthon...
THE KIZLLY & AND TUK O'KKLLY . S . By Anthony Trollopo , author ufthu "Ho-trains" " Dr . Thome , " & c . —Chapinnn utul IJall . " Tub Khlxyb ani > the O'Kixi-ys , " was one of Mr . Trollope ' s first novels . It was written soiuo ten or twelve ' yours ago , and treats of Irish lifb and manners , at the time when Daniel O'Connell was in-the height of his popularity . Most readers will , on perusing tho work , bo" surprised at tfio ¦ writor ' n extensive knowledge of Irish character , and wonder that , having such acquaintance with thuir manners , ho should not have written more about , them . Mr . Trollopo's delineations of Iribh lifb urc not superficial—thpy are reflections of a thought * flal mind and a philosophical writer who has . studied Irish character for years past . Hid position in the Irish Post-ofllce has given him opportunities that few novelists have had , though this novel was evidently written before "Mr . Troljope had well
digested the peculiarities of the Irish people ; so that we feel somewhat anxious to know his opinions after a longer residence among them , and a more matured consideration of their -ways .
Miscellanies.
MISCELLANIES .
L ' < ] <¦ = 1 ^ Cuttoniron: A Poem. By ...
¦ Cuttoniron : A Poem . By L . B . E . —Robert Hardwicke . The writer is a hold m : m to venture his halting rhythm and eccentric rhymes , in a . dedication to the Public of Great Britain , by way of recommendation to the main poem of the volume . This ; in a word , is lludibrastic , and therefore dogj ^ rel was to he . expected . The author lias solar succeeded ; for his doggrel is unmistakeable . The X . ord of Cottoniron is liis burlesque hero , whom he describes as to the shape of his head ,, and the cut of his clothes ; ami then sets him forth on his adventures . We think the times are not favourable for this species of satire , and Butler himself were . heav 3 rending . L . B . E ., we must say , has not contrived to better his exemplar , by lightening his style . L . et us not , however , be mistaken . There is much thought , learning , and critical power manifested in this composition . If , like a crab , the world could go backwards , L . 15 . E . might have a chance , but as progress is the rule of that order of which the universe is the revelation , he is we . fear certain to be distanced in the race . Indignant Rhymes ; addressed to . the Electoral Jiody at Large .. By an Ill-used Candidate . Robert K . Bart .. . ~ TiiK title-page plainly declares the subject plainly enough . The ¦ writer , having" fooled , to the top of their ¦ bent , a " -high-sold- Constituency , " and being disappointed in the result , applies to verse as soine solace for his reverse , and has really indited some lines which are readable . -But we cannot sympathise with him . overmuch .- ' Electoral Abuses Considered , and a- JVuuel 2 icmei . fr / Suggested . By a Defeated Candidate . A similar effusion intolerable prose , intended to be practical , but proposing a plan altogether impracticable . Reply to the Duke of Cobttrg ' s Pamphlet o ? i Russia and France—' " .. Despots as Revolutionists . " ] if Isniaol . ( Hardwicke . ) The Coburer-Oermanic policy is the theme , of this piimnlilut , a : iJ ic is opposed with ; ill thu- " energy that the author possesses . Russia , and Lord Pahnerston are relieved from the Ducal charges , and even Louis Napoleon is not permitted to be re- . garded as a brother - conspirator . But pamphlets of this kind are only for the day , and the subject of this is already forgotten . Ladies' Illustrated Alumnae Jar 186 >) . Eleo . vntly illustrated , replete with useful i % itter , aud nicely got up . Th'j following , from Tinoinis Hood , deserves reprinting here : — N ' o xmi-r- no iii-. i . > : i ! N > iiiior : i—no n , > oii--No ilnwu -in' ilu-i !; —no prop •]• time of ilny - Xo sky-r-iio fan lily view— Xo < ll « tuicc- luokiii ;^ ' l > luo—Xo ro : i < l . «—no stiv . 'fs—no 'tolhor side the way— Xo c »)< l to any row— . . Yo iiiilioilion wIumv tho crescents ^ o— Xo top .-j to Jiuy wt ' . 'i'ple—No roc'oynlrliMi of familiar poople — Xo courtesies for Hhowlny ' om-j Xo knowing ' eni-r-No travellers at nil—no locomotion— No inkling of t tie way—mi motion— " Xo y . » " liy land or oecau— Xo mull—no po .-K — Xo nowrt from any fuivlyu coawt—No park—no rlny—no afternoon « ui ) tlllty . — 4 Xo cotujxiiiy-no nobility— , Isb wiirmtli—no cheerful ness—no liuiilthful caso— N ' o «! ui'nfo , rt : iljk > furl In any rnomljor—No Nhiulo—no' Hhlne—no buttiTllles-r-no het'H— . No frult«—nw birds—no tlowei-d—no loaveHXo-veinberl L < j > mfaUuw \ i Prose >\ Vor / t . v . ., ¦ Part III . continues the interfiling story of" irypc-] rion . " j Nice and its Climate . By 10 twin Loo , M . I ) . | This is a reissue of nu instructive book , written In tho interval of health . lu contains notices of the Ci . 'ftst from Miirs ' cilloa to Genou , and obaorvations on the ltomcdlul Influence . * of Climate . Tho character of tho writer . Is a « uurautoi' for tho authority of the work . Tho South a / France . Uy Edwin Loo , M . D . A wo | tK . in all points , of a similar chavaotor j rind one that will bo found a faithful Guide to UyCiros , Cannes , Pan t «« ly to this work , wliiuh' may be Uopendod on , aa the rosult of personal investigation of tho localities .
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SUPPLY AND PRICE OE WHEAtf . iyE mentioned last week that the corn market TT was hardening ; . The returns from different parts of the country in the Monday ' s papers showed that this movement- was general . The report of Wednesday as to Mark-lane was— "To day ' s market was very scantily supplied witli English wheat coastwise and by land carriage . The ' atfondance of -millers ' was far from numerous ? , -nevertheless a clearance of the stands was easily c-JTected at fully Monday ' s advance in the quotations of 2 s . per quarter . Fine foreign wheat was in request , and in some instances prices were a shade higher
Qthcr qualities sold to a fair extent at f ' ullv previous rates . Floating cargoes wore active , and the currencies had an upward tendency . There was a good consumptive inquiry for barley at extreme rates . " We have similar reports from most of the markets of the United Kingdom , throughout tli 3 week . . Thus the corn markets have hegiTn ( o rise , and -from the . nature of the last harvest , h >( h here and abroad , we may anticipate a Considerable and continued advance in price . This is by no means good news , but it cannot be too early brought under the notice of-a foreseeing people ..
It must be remembered that the bulk of our own population have latterly been much hot tor oft , and have consumed more provisions per head than formerly . More , therefore , is now required , and of an improved quality . A similnr fact is true of tlie bulk of the population-of Europe . In ( Jermany the consumption of wheaten bread has latterly very much increased . In France , too , this has taken place , though it would seem almost ' . impossible for the French to become greater broad consumers than formerly . For the last few years , however , the town population of France li :: s had increased employment , and aii increasing consumption of wheaten bread ensued . An uver-incroasin'r
; < . j ( population , . therefore , requires a larger supply , and this increasing population hrvve latterly beon accustomed to an enlarged consumption of superior luovL .-Oa tiieag / iijuluire . of the \ s \> riil , c «; i ; -. ' ^; . 'inly , a largely increased demand is made ; and though to such a demand it in sure ultimately to respond * a short harvest intervening before its produce lias increased beyond the usual supply , is likely to cause considerable distress . This actually occurred in 18-14 , when the price of wheat run uj > from 41 s . -id . in M ; iy , 1 S . 53 , to 80 s . 10 : 1 . in February , 1 M . 54 , und otmtinui . ul high through that \\ v . r and
, [ ] i , ' j ' the two nest years . Tiien , at Exeter and other pluee . s l . ! i ' -r > ' " wero sum : iu . ilisli Hot .- ; ; u : iin * t tlic bsikers , iiidieating hot Ii the sud Imi di .-. tn . ^ . j ef the peipl ^ , and their continued igiMiv . nre of the eoniiiion principles of supply and desiuiud . Thu harvest of lH . ia was a partial fiiiliuv , and though the war , which began in 18 . 34 , helped to continue the high priee , it roiV'liod the hig hest level two months In-fore the w . ir lj » . ' w wo have unj ) le . isant rumours of a possible war , with France und with thu Tinted Stnte . s the (^) vernment is . making lar _ r L ! deiu . uid- on the national
i | i ' ' resource ;! for the national deiiiu'e , and we may ugnin have an interruption of ( nnle iiic-iinjunclioii with increased taxation and ft ( Ld'ectivi ; hiirvosr . It is of irront importance that the prico . should rise , in oriler that the whole i ) opuhiti ( in may boat oneG ' jJnwtieuIly infoniuMl that the supply uI ' IhoU is notsogro . it this year as lust , und begin to uconoinwc . Uy common consent it is now admitted that our own harvest wan extremely variable , both in quality and quantity , and us tin * prti ^ tv . ^ o » tbrusliing goes on tho opinion is ronllnned ,- that our wliout crop wa . s ou tho whole short in quantity uiiilmtJiO
! ' i ' ' ' i and of liglit . weight . Wo may !< u r «'> ^ croi > was not . vovy great in France , for over rfiuco tho lMU'vunt the nmi'lcets there luivo boeii rising . In the early part , of thu year we durived lurgoriiipnlios of wheat and flour from France ; now , huh Murtrtrs . Sturgo , in a Into circular , the mark . 'l ; s thoio aro too high to allow of unv eonsiilerubh' nn | 101 " tutloiiH . " Tho unfavourable rejMii'l" * , " ' ' . " [)' " of tho harvest in Southern I Inly ui-u . "jn y oonfinnud , and iliu Nuapolilan ( Joverninent i » w rodortod , with a viow to kuoj ) it ) g ilmvn |» 1 | Cl ' ' making largo purchase's ol" grain in the lMuuk nuii porLd . In tho Unities porLa thu priourf huvo llll ; J riaun , whiuh indicutes an unfavourable I ""/ 1 ,, the North of Europe . It Iiuh boon » anl thut " « whoat crop in the United Still-on and Cuniulu in
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19111859/page/20/
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