On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (6)
-
No 387, attest 22.1857.1 ;tSB. XBlBJ» 81...
-
i i ) A BATCH OF BOOKS. Among the last f...
-
Tunis.—A ferocious attack on the Jews of...
-
—— — ^Jf f+tv (TJ-ht x Ail/lJP JtlTlxl * ^
-
THE CLOSE OF THE MONT BLANC SEASON. Lond...
-
Mr. Anderson, ' the Wizard of the North,...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Life In Kansas. Kansas? Its Interior And...
" We nave purposely refrained from noticing ^ Mrs . Jlobinson y P ° f « £ : ftSttteSiAt £ »| S fe ^^^ wo ^ d male ff the governor ' s people demanded his . ™ . "I would pro pSel compromise measure , " U said ; ' keep the "Jes and ewe themth Contents . " Like Peachum and Lockit , they were both in the wrong , el ambo vuqnare parati . ¦
No 387, Attest 22.1857.1 ;Tsb. Xblbj» 81...
No 387 , attest 22 . 1857 . 1 ; tSB . XBlBJ » 813
I I ) A Batch Of Books. Among The Last F...
A BATCH OF BOOKS . Among the last fruits of the season are a number of miscellaneous volumes which must not be neglected , although they call for no elaborate notice . They are the works of essayists , tourists , compilers , and gossips , and represent , no doubt , considerable intelligence and intellectual activity . We have first a slight narrative of travel : China , Australia , and the Pacific Isles , tn the Years 1855-56 . By J . D'Ewes . ( Bentley . )—Mr . D'Ewes has to tell of four years ' wandering in Australia , the Friendly Islands , the Navigators Islands , New Zealand , China , and that coronet of Asia the Malayan Archipelago . The Friendly Isles are depicted in a light somewhat different from that in which Mariner saw them . In the Navigators he saw the old bouth bea dances , while among the Malayan groups he was persuaded that a mystery enshrouds the Dutch system of government and trade , which proves that he has not acquainted himself with recent Indian Archipelago literature . But he is generally a well-informed and observant traveller , and has produced a series of readable sketches . Mr . Frederic deBrebant Cooper sends in Wild Adventures in Australia and New South Wales beyond the Boundaries ( J . Blaekwood ) , a record of such wild enterprizes as are now becoming rare . It is freshly and vigorously written . With it we may class a popular little work , Wonderful Advenhires ofMrs . Seacole ( Blackwood ) , probably composed for the valiant widow , yet to all appearance substantially truthful , and , at any rate , amusing The Rev . J . & . Wood has compiled for the delectation of those who do not travel , but who only go Tenby or Hfracombewards , The Common Objects of the Sea-shore .- including Hints for an Aqtearium—a collection of fascinating natural history outlines and anecdotes upon a subject the popularity of which is daily increasing . Far different is a blue volume by Mrs . Newton Crossland , Light in the Valley : My Experiences of Spiritualism . ( Routledge . )—It is made up of crazy and incoherent paragraphs , unmeaning arabesques , and pictures of symbols—globes , serpents , locks of hair , red , yellow , and green . The poor authoress raves at random until we are inclined to a ^ ree with the Spirit from whose dictations she writes , " Insanity is from the ° Inner ; Idiocy from the Innermost . " Stones of the Valley ^ by the Rev . W . S . Symonda ( Bentley ) , is a neat and compendious geological description of the Vale of Worcester—a book for local readers , tourists ^ and geological students generally . We know not to what class of readers Mr . Morgan Kavanagh has addressed An Author Ms own Reviewer ( J . R . Smith ) , a spiteful , unintelligible , and imbecile tirade against certain critics . Those ¦ who are interested in special topics , religious , historical , and scientific , may be attracted by the following titles : —The Prophecies Relating to Nineveh and the Assyrians , translated from the Hebrew , with introductions and notes exhibiting the principal results of the Recent Discoveries , by George Vance Smith , B . A . ( Longman and Co . ); Christianity the Logic of Creation , by Henry James ( White ); The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Blended into one Narrative ( Houlston and Wright ); The Structure and Functions of the JSge , by Spencer Thompson , M . D . ( Groombridge and Sons)—a lucid and informing essay ; Hydropathy , or the Natural System of Medical Treatment ., by Edward W . Lane , M . A ., M . D . ( Churchill ); and Collegiate Instruction Dis-
: . 1 cussed and Elucidated in d Description of ( hioll College . This last seems to be > a prospectus . Durahe ' s Latin Lesson Book ( Hpulstoh and Wright ) is clear r and compendious . The Author of ' The Eclipse of Faith' has edited Selections from the Correspondence of-R . E . H . Grey son , Esq ., in two volumes ( Longman arid Co . ) . — i The letters discuss in a clever , earnest , illustrative style a large variety of . topics : the Law of Association , the Language of Emotion , Hypocrisy * . Novel-reading , Neologism , Deism , the Plurality of Worlds , Criminal Codes , i Peace Principles , and others of a religious , political , philosophical , or social colour . They are well calculated for popularity . With these volumes must > be ranked one by Mrs . Thomas Geldart , Memorials of Samuel Gumey ( W . ' . and F . G . Cash ) . To the interminable catalogue of essays we may add Essays on the Accordance of Christianity with the Nature of Man , by Edward Fry ( Constable and Co . )—gracefully and thoughtfully written ; Political Progress Not Necessarily Democratic—a volume of vague and confused speculations , by James Lorimer ( Williams and Norgate ) ; Lectures and Miscellanies by H . W . Freeland—modest , intelligent , and entertaining ; and The Questions of the Day by a Creature of the Hour ( Longman and Co . ) , who is perfectly satisfied with his own argumentative methods , and hopes to satisfy the reader . We have now upon our list several miscellanies totally dissimilar in their object : A new foreign issue of Horace St . John ' s Life of Columbus ; Railway Scrip ; or , the Evils of Speculation , a commonplace story , by A . Macfarlane ( Ward and Lock ) ; The History of the Plague of Athens , translated from Thucydides , with remarks upon its Pathology , by Charles Collier , M . D ., F . R . S . ( Nutt ); and The English Bread Book for Domestic Use , by Eliza Acton ( Longman and Co . ) . Of this Bread Book it is not too much to say that its universal circulation would be a national benefit—for is not our bread poisoned , and does not Eliza Acton teach cottagers and householders of all grades how to make it pure ? We must not close without mentioning , with a kindly word , The Hive ; or , Mental Gatherings , for the Benefit of the Idiot and his Institution ( Whiting ) , a volume of meritorious prose and verse , edited by Miss Eliza Grove . Apart from its charitable purpose , it is deserving of attention .
Tunis.—A Ferocious Attack On The Jews Of...
Tunis . —A ferocious attack on the Jews of Tunis is reported by the telegraph . The Christians also have beon threatened . Several persons were killed , and the British Consulate was insulted . Military measures for repressing the outrage were taken very tardily . Hjealxh of London . —The deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 1187 , and exhibit a decrease on those returned in the three previous weeks , when they ranged from 1209 to 1238 . In the ten years , 1817-56 , the averago number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1265 . But the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population , and to admit of comparison the average should be raised in proportion to the increase , in which case it will become 1880 . The average rate of mortality would have produced more deaths by 108 than the number in the present return ; but it is proper to state that , as that rate is derived in part from periods when cholera raged , it is too high as a measure of health when the population is happily free from such calamity ; and that the mortality from all causes at the present time differs little from the ordinary amount at this season of the year . — The dentlis from diarrhoea , which rapidly rose to 802 in the last week of July , and in the next week declined to 258 , again exhibit a slight decrease , the number returned la st week being 244 . The registrar of the subdistrict of Woolwich Arsonal , reports a death from ' English cholera , ' after an illness of forty hours . The deceased was a rigger In the dockyard , and had been employed for several days in raising the convict hulk Defence ; and it appears that ho suffered extremely from what was described by him aa the ' awful stench , ' of the river during the performance of his work . —Last week , the births of 875 boys and 748 girls , in all 1618 children , wore registered In London . In tho ton
corresponding weeks of the years 184-7-5 6 , the average number was 1448 . — From tho Reyistrar ~ General's Weekly Return . A Prayer Meetino for India . —A meeting of an extraordinary character was held on Monday evening « t Bristol , when several thousand persons of all grades in society and of various religious denominations assembled in the great music saloon of the Victoria rooms , in that oity , for the purpose of joining in united prayer for British India . Tho meeting was convened by some ministers and laymen , and , before the hour for commencing the proceedings , the hall was crowded in every part , while many hundreds were turned away from the doors . Tho meeting was presided over by Charles Pinncy , Esq ., o f Camp House , and amongst those on tho platform wero Colonel Crawford , of Cotham Park ; Major Upfold , tho Rev . W . Bruce , Rev . Dr . Burdor , Rev . J . B . Clifford , Rev . H . J . Roper , Rev . Mr . Hobditeh , Rev . Mr . Hill , & c . After an address from tho Chairman , the devotional exorcises commenced . Thoy consisted of the reading of Scripture and prayer , and several hymns , specially chosen for tho occasion , wero sung . Among those on tho platform wore several mourners for relatives lost at Delhi and other places in India . . , This Cuors . ' —Tho heavy rains occurring towards the latter end of last week have done « , groat deal of damage to tho cereal crops , especially in the neighbourhoods of Nottingham , Leicester and Doncastor , and , it is now foarod that tho harvest , though by no means likely to bo bad , will not bo equal to tho sanguine expectations excited two or throe weeks ago by tho unusually hot woatber . A writer from Doncastor in the 7 «« e « , doting last Saturday , says : —" There has boon most wretched woathor since tho 8 th Inat ., tho rain having dosconded
day after day in tho' heaviest torrents , and flooded the country in all directions . None of tho oldest farmers in this neighbourhood remember such a continuous and tremendous fall of rnin . It is no exaggeration to say that every ear of wheat in the district is in a measure spoilt . Wo are not aware that a single stack had been garnered , although an immense breadth had been cut , and tho corn left in sheaves in the fields has sprouted to an incredible extent , while oven tho standing crops have grown again , throwing green shoots out of tho ear an inch long . A fortnight ago there was a prospect of reaping tho finest crop of wheat , as regards the quality of tho grain , ever out in this part of tho kingdom . It is now certain there will not bo one good sample throughout tho district . Barley is , in many places , in much the same condition as wheat , and is extensively sprouted . Some oats had boon secured , but tho rest are greatly deteriorated . Beans havo also suffered much from the effects of the flood . " In many districts , however , tho damage has been much Iobs considerable ; and in some tho crops had beon safely housed before tho bad woathor sot in . Tho wot has beon very advantageous to tho green crops , and tho condition of the hop plantations has beon greatly improved . An Ox Impalbw in Covjtcnt-Gakdbn , —An ox , which wa 9 being driven from the cattle-markot to tho Southwestern Railway , took fright and rushed through Groat Queen-street and Kussell-atrcot , into Covent-gardon , whero , finding itself stoppod by an iron gate orccteu across a roadway in front of tho Bedford Head Tavern , it attempted to leap tho obstacle , and in so doing became impalod on tho spikes . Tiio strugglos And roarings or tho animal soon drew a largo crowd , and **' " *» »* longth , with great difficulty , removed and taken « way in a van to bo killed .
—— — ^Jf F+Tv (Tj-Ht X Ail/Ljp Jtltlxl * ^
€ l ) t Mb . —^—
The Close Of The Mont Blanc Season. Lond...
THE CLOSE OF THE MONT BLANC SEASON . London is about to undergo its usual autumnal eclipse—the temporary withdrawal of Mr . Albert Smith from that charming Swiss chalet of his , which , by a pleasing incongruity of association , he has established in the Egvptian Hall , Piccadilly . In other words , the so-called Mont Blanc Diorama is about to close for the next few months , in order to enable its author to recruit his health , and gather fresh ideas for our amusement and delight . Mr . Albert Smith ' s entertainment now belongs as much to the nation as Parliament itself does ; and , like Parliament , it is prorogued at due seasons . To-night is the last performance for the present . The ever-buoyant lecturer is about to proceed to Italy , and to ascend Mount Vesuvius , to which he will introduce his friends when he comes back—not , however , to the exclusion of the famed "White Mountain . Albert Smith , indeed , is the veritable King of that mountain ; and he has such loyal , loving , and self-taxing subjects at Chamounix that he is obliged to carry with him , when lie goes there , all the necessaries and luxuries of life , as tho inhabitants positively will not allow him to pay for anyi thing . This feeling of regard is shared by all frequenters of the Egyptian i Hall . To pay a visit there is like passing an evening in the best of company at the most delightful of houses with the pleasantest of hosts . May the shadow of the Piccadilly Mont Blanc never be less—nor its sunshine ! j ;
Mr. Anderson, ' The Wizard Of The North,...
Mr . Anderson , ' the Wizard of the North , ' has been giving some of his performances at the Lyceum , to tho great delight of British youth , and of British manhood too . The ' Professor' works such strange effects in the nature of things that he might take for his motto the words of his semi-mythical countryman ( as chronicled by the divine Williams ) : — ' And nothing is but ) what is not . ' >
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22081857/page/21/
-