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on the other side would undertake the hazard of ferrymg us over . " Placed In this dilemma , there was no resource by which we could procure food but by killing a deer ; so out we all sallied , and after a gool deal of tiresome beating succeeded in wounding-a large buck , but not so as to deprive him of the powers or locomotion . The consequence Was , he led us a chase , in Which we easily tracked him by hi * blood , until fiona . huntrer and fatigue we were compelled to desist , and labour back to the river bank—a touch longer stretch than we had any notion of—where , fat from ahy comfort or relief awaiting us ,, We were met by the surly thunders of a swelling torrent , fed and pampered by the tieluge from above . Hunger , now overmastering all other sensations , gnawed with torturing importunity , until it produced an actual disinclination for sustenance , by the morbid abgnish it caused in the realms of appetite , When lassitude supervened in shivering sleeps-hot so profound as to Tender us insensible of the pelting istorrh that pattered unpityingly over our miserable unsheltered beds ; still it was after sunrise When we awoke from this horrible repose , so completely were all the physical energies numbed and prostrated ; and although the rain had become perceptibly lighter , the river was as certainly higher , rushing , roaring , and boiling up with a maddened fury that shut out all hopes of a crossing for
the day , " Famine and starvation now began to conjure up dreadful ideas of a wretched death , as , from weakness , we were incapable of going in quest of game ; and even supposing we could retrace our steps to the camp we left , we knew that the slender stock of provisions which remained at our departure would have been entirely consumed , and that the probability was they were almost as ill off for food as ourselves—a of the
conjecture which was confirmed in the course day by the arrival from thence of two more of our comrades , to urge the despatch of the supplies , as their store had become entirely exhausted . Our gaunt and altered appearance amazed and alarmed them ; and as they had not yet become enervated by long fasting , they left us next morning to try the chances of the forest , first gathering some herbs and cresses , to endeavour to allay the pangs -with , which we were afflicted . The rain ceased soon
after daybreak , and we spent the day in a state betwixt sleep and stupor , in an agony of suspense as to the success of the hunters ; bat in the early afternoon , v hen-we saw them coming down the hillside without any game , we abandoned all hopes , as the river could not in the nature of things he practicable , ere exhausted nature fahould have sunk into the repose of death . " I lay down on a gentle slope , from which I never expected to arise , breathing , as I imagined , my last prayers to the throne of Divine grace , my saddened memory at intervals carrying back' my thoughts to mv native land . Home , friends , and early
associations , at times dreamily weaving themselves into gr > ups and pictures of hiippine-s and enjoyment , in which , for a moment , I would fancy rny > elf participating—a glfam of delight flitting through my distempered imagination , too soon , alas ! to be dispellid by the gloomy reality , the melancholy transition deepening my emotions of misery into a keen thrill of inter despair that would have been maddening , were they not sweetly soothed by the consoling hopes of Divine mercy and a glorious eternity . I prayed for sleep , to come and relieve me from the anguish ot my physical puiiiH and sufferings ; but that fitful slumber , which was unable to subdue consciousness ,
would alone visit me . " While lying in this state on the morning of the fourth day , with my faithful dog at my feet , I overheard the men , who last , joined us , discussing the necessity of killing him , as that , with proper economy , hin iiesh would sustain us until the river bo far subsided as to render a passage practicable . It added to my wretchedness , while revolving the expedient in my mind , that 1 wan constrained , to coincide in its policy ; but , as my comrades aroused me to communicate the suggestion , mid extract my
consent , I gazed upon my dumb friend with a tearful eye and sickened heart—the more no , as 1 fancied he looked -wistfully in my face , standing in an attitude of dejection unusual to him , with drooped tail and hanging ears . I wan unable to assent in words , but gave them silently to understand that , I . would interpose no obstacle ; and no sooner had I done ho , than poor " Sligo" ( so 1 called him ) , instead of coiling himself beside mo as was his wont , slunlc away to some diHtance , sitting in a mournful attitude , and watching our movements with a grievous steadiness that perfectly unmanned me , impressing mo with the
steadfast conviction thut Ins intuitive sagacity lorewarned him of our cruel intentions . " It was clearly perceptible to all Unit his attachment and confidence wore altered into fear and distrust , for no calling ; or coaxing would induct ; him to come nourrr xln ; while , if any approached him , he receded slowly , but declined to run . S , who wan tho Hlmdieht shot , and had the best nfie , agreed to do the deed ; and an he commenced loading , the poor brato 'betrayed increased uncumncsH , moving and uliiftitvg tcbtlessif as if about to run off ; but
finally sitting firmly still on a little mound , as if he came to the determination of yielding himself up as a victim for the salvation of his master , the warm tears trickled freely down my cheeks , and I felt a disposition to go arid embrace him when looking at him for the last time . As S raised the rifle to his shoulder , the poor animal at the same moment fairly Confronted his executioner , throwing back his ears with a low piteous whine , awaiting his doom like a hero . *'
492 «Et» * &*«&«*? [Saturday,
492 « Et » * &*«&«*? [ Saturday ,
Books Olsr Otra Table. The Poems <Rf Sch...
books olsr otra table . The Poems < rf SchiU & r Complete : including nil his early Suppressed Pieces . Attempted in English . By Edgar Allred fcowring . J . W . Parker One merit this volume has—eoiWpletehesfe . For the first time a translator has been found with the courage to reproduce eyery one of Schiller ' s poems , including those printed in the Anthology for the year 1782—crude indifferent verse 3 which his better judgment afterwards suppressed—and giving also the songs scattered through his plays . To many this completeness Will be an important feature . The translation is such as may be expected from the avowal in the preface of tlie ten thousand verses having been translated " in the course of » few months in hours snatched away from more engrossing pursuits . " Ifi Mr . JBowring at all conscious of the insult to Literature implied in such an avowal ? Retired from Business . A Comedy in Three Acts . By Douglas Jerrold . Bradbury and Evans . This comedy reads far better than it acts . The affluence of wit is delightful in reading ; and we Were astonished to see how many " good things " passed unnoticed on the stage—simply , we presume , from the actors not knowing how to deliver wit , so rarely is it given them to deliver ! The Comic History of Rome . By the Author of the Comic History of England . Illustrated by John Leech . Bradbury and Evans .
We have a very serious protest to ke against the modern tendency to make histor- mic "—thus desecrating , in the minds of you ' . o of the past life of humanity which should A sacred—but it is impossible to resist laught , nis monster burlesque of Rome . We do . wiir . k our laughter mollifies our objection , o . ue contrary rather intensifies it ; but we are r nd to regard the aim of author and artist , and to . y that they have terribly succeeded . Leech ' s m' e of the modern moustache and Joinville tie with le Roman toga is immensely ludicrous—indeed , mo ; -t of the illustrations are instinct with fun ; and the text crowded with punsoften of that execrable ordf r which rises into a kind
of sublime badness , the equivalent of excellence in puns—contains a very good substiatum of historical expo .-ition . It is history in motley ; but it is history . Logic for the Million ; a Familiar Exposition of the Art of Keasoniny . By a t uliotv of the ltoyal Society . Longman and Co . We may call this an important work with a catchpenny title . It is really an able , intelligible , and even entertaining exposition of all that in books of logic can interest the mass of people . That which demarcates it from other works known to us is the union of solidity with familiaiity — the complete renunciation of all scholastic technology—and the examples by which the ruh-s are illustrated ; instead of the dull
generalities usually considered worthy of showing logic in action , the author lias made abundant quotations from various sources—the Board of Health lieports and Mrs . Caudle ' s Lectures—Sydney Smith and Chambers' Journal—The Times and the Pilgrim ' s Progress . When we reflect upon the repulsivencss of works on logic , we must applaud this " Logic foi the Million , '' unless we condemn the etudy as altogether frivolous . Chemistry of the Four Ancient Elements , I'ire , Earth , Air and Hitter . An IvsKiiy founded iijioii Lccl . urcH delivered beion : Imt Most , ( irne . iotiH Mnje . stv the Qikiimi . liy Thomuh ( Jrilliths , l ' lofeHsor of UlioniiHtry in tlie Mrdioul College of St .. Ttartholomew ' rt Hospital . Sect nd KdUion . J . \ V . Parker .
Chemistry of the Crystal Palace , iiy 1 . GiiOHIiH . . J . \ V . I ' arKcr . These two little volumes contain popular expositions of the chemistry of familiar things . The ( Jhemistry of the , dri / slal I ' alucc ' iHim instructive companion to tlie thousand and one books written about that building and its contents ; but tho title is . somewhat , equivocal , and we must explain that the work simply pretends to furnish information respecting the chemical properties of the chief materials employed in the construction of the Palace , and contains elaborate chapters on iron , zinc , tin , lead , glass , copper , gold , silver , wood , and other organic materials . Jloth works are creditably executed . 'Christian Charity , considered in Relation to the Love of Cod . A Hi-iiiion delivered ill Mm Ortri ^ oii Chltpel , Norwich . My l'lijljp lllaiul , l ' eiptauul ( Jurate of ( St .. Mm l . in-iit .-Oiik , Norwich .
WeittHiim mid ( Jo . ; Norwich , IWuhIoiU . Whatever may be thought of the policy of Mr . Bland ' s proceeding in preaching this sermon in a chapel belonging to the Unitarians , no one can deny him the credit of boldness in the enunciation of Iuh views , and of sincerity in tho endeavour he has made to vindicate th « " liberty of prophesying , ' ' or , in other words , the right of tho clergy of the Church of England to preach in places of worship other than thoso of tl + e iljstiiblittlimcnt . . Social inconvenience ,
in the shape of exclusion from a local literary institution , and of alienation from the " influential " among his former friends , appears to have already befallen this champion of extended Catholicity , while his mild and tolerant diocesan is taunted with having adopted towards him no stronger measure than a lecommendation to resign his living ; which recommendation Mr . Bland , being desirous , as it would seem , to test the law upon the subject , has declined to follow .
Whatever the result of an appeal to the ecclesiastical tribunals may be—and we confess that we are apprehensive isuch would be adverse to Mr . Bland— - the reflection is forced upon us of the necessity of so far modifying the laws of exclusion and division , as to permit the interchange of friendly offices of this kind between the teachers of different religious opinions . It does not follow that they should , in visiting and addressing one another ' s congregations , do s *> with a view of making proselytes * Judgment , taste , and temper would convince them , on the contrary , that they had done enough if they showed how much in common was held under apparently opposing
systems , and the oneness of their aim m practice m spite of their diversities in points of faith . As the case is now , congregations are , like individuals , isolated , and ignorant of each other ' s peculiarities , except , for the most part , from hearsay . Objections are magnified by misconception ; and excellences , which would draw the hearts of multitudes together like the heart of one man , are without influence because they are unknown . As toleration is more felly understood , these hindrances to good feeling and harmonious action will be removed . Of the present discourse we have only to say that , avoiding , as was proper on such an occasion and in such a place , discussion on doctrinal differences , it sets forth , and
in accordance with its title , and in eloquent flowing language , the great religious principle from which alone adequate results can flow—love to God and goodwill towards mankind . The Works of Plato . A new and literal version chiefly from the text of Stallbaum . Vol IV . By George Burges , M . A . ( Bohn ' s Classical Library . ) H - G - Bonn . After the long article we devoted to Mr . Burge e s Plato ( vide No . 36 ) it is unnecessary to say more of the present volume than that it contaius fourteen of the minor dialogues , and the pseudo epistles , executed in the same style as the former volume . Peter Little and the Lucky Sixpence ; the Frog ' s Lecture ; and other Stories . A verse book ior my children and their playmates . Second Edition . Kidgway .
A second edition of these pleasant little verse stones called for in six weeks fully bears out what we said of them ; and the delight manifested in our nursery by the appearance of the volume is the best criticism we can offer . They have an easily appreciated moral , and are told in true childlike simplicity .
Introduction To The History Of The Peace...
Introduction to the History of the Peace , from 1800 to 1815 . By Harriet Munineau . C . Knight . Not so Bad as We . Seem ; or . Many Sides to a Character . A Comedy in Tive Acts . By Sir Edward Uuhver Lytton , Bait . Chiipman and Hail . The L aw as to the Exemp t ion of Scientific and Literary Societies from the Parish and other Local , Rates ; with Practical Directions to such Societies , Mechanics' Institutes , $ c , thereon , and Comments on the Policy of the Law , and of Exemptions Jfom Rateability . J . Crockford . Violenzia . A Tragedy . J . W . Parker . The Crystal Palace ; its Architectural History and Constructive Marvels . By I ' eter Berlyn and Charles Fowler , jun .
J . Gilbert . Soft Spring Water from the Surrey Sands , liy th < - Hon . Win . Napier . Smith , Elder , and Co . The North British Review . No . 29 . Hamilton , Adame , ftnd Co . The Public Health a Public Question . First lteport of tho Metropolitan Association . Plan and Description of the Original Etectro-Jlfagnefic Telegraph ; with Preparatory Notes to the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition , and Relative Documents . Ily Wiliiuui Alexander . Longman , Brown , and Co . The Decimal System , as applied to the Coinage and Weights
and Measures vj Great Jiittatn . By Henry Taylor . Grocunbrid f ^ e and Sonfl . Ia ! Petit Uimeur . Being Ereneh and English Words and Sentences in Rhymes . Groombrid ^ e and Sonn . Introductory Lessons in the Prcnch Language ; wit / i a Series of Exercises . Hy C J . Delille , Groombridfje and Soiih . Jin Inquiry as to the Essential Nature of Phenomena or Pcreeptitite Existence , or as {<> the ( r ' encrat Jiyency and Ijitw of Perception on which nttch Existence < lej ) t 1 iids . Purth 1 and ' £ . i . M'ChiHhnn . Knight ' s Pictorial Sha / cupere .. Pail 14 . ( Much Ado about Nothimi . ) V . Knight .
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—— - ^—• F 1 DEL 1 O . Lovcih of music and opo ' ra-pfoers arc by no meaiiN of the same class . You go to the opera f <»" everything hut the-music . You # o because it is the opera ; because the Queen and the graceful forms of our lovely women arc to Le hccii there ; bccauHc there is a ballet and spectacle , and you nod to acquaintances in fo ])* H alloy and the criiH ' h room ; or cIho you go because—an order haH been given you I My dear sir , that in the crude truth : you do uot care lor mimic , you do not underatttnd a word of Italian , you do not know a good Binger from a
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Leader (1850-1860), May 24, 1851, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24051851/page/16/
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