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A Batch Of Books. Recollections Of The E...
trorii is ignorant ¦& $ &*<&¦ ¦ ** i WJuck ' ««; oth » h ^ Jtf ^^ > we da not find any wnderluV propositions for amending the evil ^^ e giant will not die by the mere flinging of a stones ov > bythe cdntenjplatiph of the monster . Perhaps Mr . Phillip * ' leaves the' remedy to established institutions or profe & ed ^ hilarithrbpists . f Cpnsideriiiig ; that , the author hired a " profesedonal " guide , fits revelations are scanty .: He has been accused of imitating Dickens m style , and he 2 'deoies ^ the aspersi on '; but the denial is un necessary , for we are not reminded in dhy way of the Only , book by , Dickens with which our author ' s could be associated , Oliver twist . But the charge is intelligible . Tfcx * Phillips is what we call a conscious writer ; his sketches are slight and hurried ; and , under an affectation of " a bright-eyed ease , " he disguises the sense of his own-shprtTCbnjihgs . i Twenty-five years ago , Mr . Smart eanie fbrWard and announced that he hadmade a discoverysomething to the following effect : —
Uo patt of speech is properly a wor 4 »/ but only-the part of a word , a part com * pleted by what follows , ' or completing' what precedes , yet in such a manner that it expresses no part of the thonght which the word will express when completed : the meaning of this wbrd will be one aiuLindivisible , ' to -yujsist in conveying which , each patt resigns its separate meaning the toonaent ;' rt enters into union with the other parts in order tibfopmtheVordi Tor instance ,, iii' saying Men-niust-die , the whole expressi & n' ls / tli ft % ^ rd that correspond : mth . the , thought , r ^ - the parta , »» e « , must , die , are parts of the word , but not parts of the attained meaning t each indeed has a meaning whale separate , but the moment it joins the other part , it merges its separate meaning in the one meaning of the word it helps , to forin . i " There is a-certain pleasure in weeping , " is another sentence which may aU ^ l ^ ekhisvmeaning :--- ' , . , -
; Ifere ,. \ froxa the -pretnises there and is ,, yta receive ; the one meaning there-is : again , ' from the premises a and eertain-pleasure-in ^ weep ing , we get the one meaning a-ctrtain ^ pleasure-inrweepinff ; but included in thfe syllogism are two snb-syllogisms , the first having for its premises certain and pleasure , Which yield the one meaning ceriaia ^ p leasvre ; and the second ^ iti and aoeepituj , which yield the one meaning inwi ^ i % . J j :- * dS £ ndj ' la 8 tiy thepremises There-is , and a-certatTi-pleasure-in-ioeepinff , yield the one meaning of the whole sentence . - • - JiJGr .- Smart was quite prepared for any denial of the originality of his theory ; as he expected , a denial ( lid eoine from a critic in the Examiner ; an < l he naively informs us that he has looked in vain for any one expressing fi ^' otltiif ^ p'jpt . fliipiis ; Still he " cannot help persuatdihg himself that the . critic ' s objection arose irom his inability to distinguish between two separate views of the ^ ature-bf speech , and lie warns the readers of Thought and Language to ise ^ Qn , their guard acainst confusion of ideas . When Mr . Smart ' s theory
is accepted ; Xiocke and Hbrne Tooke will be reconciled to themselves , and to each ' 'either ' j 'for although both these philosophers saw the relation between thought " and language , it ^ has only been explained by Mr ; Smart . The complainta urged by Mr . Smart against ciritics _ advers : e to his views are ludicrous , almost childish ; he is as sensitive on the score of neglect as a young girl who fancies her lover looks another way . ; He complains that periodicals keep ' a ¦ cautious silence . " He remarks of one that it has ' sfood between him and th « public by : tf designed and decided misrepresentation ; " and of another , thaf . itY ^^ S ?^ him with a design "to cheat the public by substituting hunself for Aristotle . " But he does not igaore the fact that he has sometimes been favourably noticed , even to the extent of having laudatory footnotes about'him in works of high reputation . It is always the fate of genius fora time ^ to be misunderstood : "the good that men do lives after them . We wish the present volume could bring its author the renown he so eagerly covets .
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Paintings At Cijeefden House. Tbtb Duche...
PAINTINGS AT CIJEEFDEN HOUSE . Tbtb Duchess of Sutherland has adopted a method of artistic decoration for her mansion of Clieffden , ' near Maidenhead , in Berkshire , to which Mr . A . Huh vie 0 has applied his pencil . Mr . Hbrvieu has endeavoured to introduce a style of decorating- rooms with painting in such a manner as to combine architectural design with the use of picture , and to enlarge the e / fibOt of space , as well as give ornament to the rooms of our narrowly-constructed houses . Money expended in works of decoration cannot , to speak commercially ,, be applied more economically than in this form ; since nothing more contributes to metamorphose the limited space -which we allow
our-• elyes in our homes than the creation of a new scene on every side , and above . '' For Mr ! Hebvieu not only takes the walls into account , he decorates , { he . ; ceiling ; and it is ceilings which he has been commissioned to execute at Clieft"den : One is in the Puoh « ss ' s dressing-room . It represents a ekyy in which the night departs at one end , while the dawn takes poas ^ suon of the / other ; Cupids < half-hidden amongst the clouds give life to the upward view . The bther ceiling , however , is a still more pertinent specimen of the style . It is over the chief staircase , and it gives a circular opening in the roof , with a parapet through which , the sky is seen .
Allegfonoal figures , representing the Four ; Seasons ) , are portraits , of four of the Duohess ' s children—Lady Blanttbk , the Duchess of Abotm , and the Cjountess of Kiupabm impersonating the Spring , Summer , and Autumn ; the Marquis of Stafford , before his time , personifying Winter . By moans of the architectural portion the painting is connected with the substantial building itself ; and thus the aerial part lias the effect to the eye of adding » positive increase to space . Some of the greatest men in art have lent tWi ? pencils Jto scene-painting ; here the decorator brings his accomplishments to supply a want which in this country wo peculiarly feel . The
Duchess ofiSuTHEKLANDihas shown diserimmatiou ; i # , ajiding the introduction of this stylfe to the other decorations which are givitig cdmpletett £ ss tb the birthday gift of the Duke ~ for such was Clieffden Hall . ' . - ; ^ ^ " ***^ ^—^
Nitockis, Notwithstanding .The Partial F...
NiTOCKis , notwithstanding . the partial failure = of the first- night , holds ; on , and mtay perhaps in the end preseYit ' the unusual but ' nbt unparalleled example of a piece slowly struggling irito popularity , and gaining , by ; do ^ ed rep ^ - tion , what it . failed to seize at the first dash . Its history , however , presents rather a curious instance of uneasy hesitation and staggering . The play was rehearsed ( as our readers have been already informed ) in its totality ; on the first public night , a considferable portion was omitted , for spectacular reasons , though the omission rendered the story obscure ; tWo nights later , the excised part was restored , and the piece seemed to gain in popularity ; and now , Mr . E . T . Smith" announces that this same portion is again struck out , and that the . play is reduced to three acts and the grand tableaux . The Dkdst Lane manager writes to the Times to . publish this notification , and to remonstrate with > ' the Thunderer ' s" critic on his want of fairness to
the drama , though the said critic admitted the splendour and uniqueness of the scenery , processions , & c . This acknowledgment of spectacular magnificence is in fact all that can be said for-ZWfocm . Whether the play be in three , acts , or ut seven— : whether Mr . Fxtzbai < i , 's poetry be given in toto or in a mutilated form—the drama , as a drama , is tedious and worthless—¦& melodrama without the usual motion and excitement , and with a hopeless attempt to be ideal and Shakspearean in language . It can only be regarded as a vehicle for spectacle ; and the spectacle , it must be admitted , is gorgeous , novel , and striking . A vast elaboration of details is so massed and arranged as to give an effect of great solidity and grandeur ; and we have a series of tableaux presenting to us the regal , priestly , and military life of the early Egyptians , as exhibited in their stupendous architecture , their grotesque
sculptures , their monstrous idols , their brilliant pageantries , the . barbaric pomp of their many-coloured costumes , their semi-religious dances—where the wQraeti , ' witibfabrupt f angular , and weird movements , seem to have ' started to life from , the tonibs of Thebes , and to be expressing some obscure and dusky ' meaning- ^—their ; fantastic banquets , and their interminable processions . Mr . Smith has done himself no good by his preliminary puffs and false reference to Hebodotus ; and whoever goes to see Nitocris as , a drama will be ^ disappointed . But regard it as a series of dioramas , with anechanical contrivances and dumb show , and it is worth seeing ; and this is the only effect it leaves on the mind . We have been led into these further remark * by Mr . Smith ' s appeal to the Times and by the modification which the piece has undergone smce last week . - ' We observe , by the way , that a burlesque of Nitocris is advertised at the Stba . ni > for next Monday .
Wmr Doesn't. Parliament Interfere?., Her...
Wmr doesn't . Parliament interfere ? ., Here is a horrible thing going to happen , and there is no law to prevent it . The London public is on the eve of being robbed , and can't help itself in ^ he trotter . We are about to have our pleasure curtailed , and no Sunday . Hyde Park meetings can avert the injury . We are threatened with a grievous thing ; and even a leading article in the Times wouldn ' t mend the case . To come to the point Miss Woomae is about to be married , and to leave the stage ! We can of course have no objection to her going to church with orange blossoms and bridesmaids , nor to her choice falling on Mr . Alfbed Mellon ; but we can scarcely forbear grumbling a little at her retiring for ever frpm the public sight . We cannot afford to lose her . She is one of those actresses who infuse into the lifeless routine of the stage the vitality of individual
feeling , the throbbings of veritable sensitiveness and emotion . She has humour of that rich , bright , and airy nature which proceeds from the power to represent the contrary feeling ; pathos of that intense , delicate , and unexaggerated kind which , whether in writing or in acting , is alone found in connexion with susceptibility to the genial and the happy . She is ' a true actress , and ' something more than an actress . We have many pretty doll ? on the stage , sufficiently well versed in the grammar of their profession , bat few rising actresses of promise ., We repent , we cannot affbrdto lose Miss Woolgah . We presume she will have a farewell night ; on which occasion , we recsotamend that the audience pelt her , not with bouquets , but with petitions , or , if with flowers , that they should first take a few lessons inthe Oriental language of buds and blossoms , and so arrange their floral offerings as to form the words •? Go not yet . "
Covekt Gabdeaf.—It Is Stated That Mr. An...
Covekt GABDEaf . —It is stated that Mr . Andbbsoi ^ ^' the Wizard the Nortb , " has become the lessee of this , house during the inter-operntio season , and that at Christmas he will produce a spectacle and magic pantomime which are to exhibit the talents of the best performers and all the mechanical resources of the theatre .
Mr. Dickens's Beading Of The " Chkistmas...
MR . DICKENS'S BEADING OF THE " CHKISTMAS CAROL . " TiiB South Eastern Gazette states * . — " Mr . Dickens read his ' Christmas Carol' to six hundred persons at Folkestone . The spacious building , which is capable of holding six hundred and fifty persons , presented a most animated scene ; it was gaily decorated with evergeeeno and flags of » U nations . A great number of the nobility and gentry , and visitors from the P avilion Hotel , were present . Wo also observed Mr . Mark Lemon , Mr . Leach , and other l » tarary celebritieB , as well as Mre . Diokena and her family . Mr . Dickens , in his reading drow forth much merriment and applause ; his voice was clear , but not loud . Altogether it waa a great treat , and such an assemblage has never before been seen At Folkestone at any Lecture or reading . The arrangements by the Lecture committee for the convenience of the public were excellent , and no member was refused who pro * Boated bis season ticket . " ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20101855/page/20/
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