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1400 THE LEADER [No. 509. Dec. 24, 1859.
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THE .OPHTHALMOSCOPE : ITS MODE OP. APPLI...
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TWO NEW NOYELS.
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Poems. By The Author Of " John Halifax."...
I am going forth to battle . And life ' s uplands rise before me , And my golden shield is ready , And I pause a moment , timing- ¦ . My heart ' s paiaii to the waters , As with cheerful song incessant Onward , runs the little stream ; Singing- ever , onward ever , Boldly ruus the merry stream . 0 how glorious is Noon-day I With the cool larg-e shadows lying Underneath the giant forest , The far hill-tops towering" dimly O ' er the conquered plains below ;—1 am conqneriug- —I shall conquer In life ' s battle-field impetuous : And I lie and listen dreamy To a double-voiced , low music , — Tender , beech-trees' sheeny shiver Ming-led with the diapason Of the ¦ st rong " , deep , joyful stream , Like a man ' s love and a woman ' s ; So it runs—the happy stream ! O how grandly coraeth Even , 'Sitting on the mountain summit . Purple-vestured , grave , and silent , Watching- o ' er the dewy valleys , Liike a g-ood king- near his end : — T have labour'd , I have -goveni'd ; Now I feel the gathering- . shadow Of the nisj-ht that closes all thing's : And the fair earth fades before me , And the stars leap out in heaven . While into the innnite darkness ¦ Solemn runs the stedfast stream— Onward , onward , ceaseless , fearless , Singing-runs the eternal stream . Among the less ambitious pieces there is one on " Mary's "Wedding , " winch has a quiet beauty ; there are also some sonnets which , in their skilful structure , indicate the artist . In a word , these poems , in point of form , are almost unexceptionable . It may be added that her genius is decidedly lyrical .
1400 The Leader [No. 509. Dec. 24, 1859.
1400 THE LEADER [ No . 509 . Dec . 24 , 1859 .
The .Ophthalmoscope : Its Mode Op. Appli...
THE . OPHTHALMOSCOPE : ITS MODE OP . APPLICATION , ETC ., IX THE EXPLORATION OF INTERNAL , DISEASES AFFECTING THE EYE . By Jabez Hog-g " . —Churchill . Of all human organs , that of the Eye is the most delicate and the most complicated in structure , and is subject to a vast variety of disease , but too commonly calamitous in its result . The Eye , therefore , demands all the resources of science , both in diagnosis and trout moat . Y . ' ilh , respect to t ' . ic former of these , the author of the work before us justly observes , that the study of symptomatology .
whereby we are enabled to arrive at a just conclusion , regarding the true nature of disease , should be devotedly pursued . Xiet the exact nature of the disease be discovered ; show the rationale of the symptoms , local and general ; and , if the case be curable , the cure is commonly simple enough . But , unfortunately , with incompetent practitioners , mistreatment has but too often , by huddling eye deseases under technical error as amaurosis , glaucoma , & c , brought about consequences which defied any after attempts to remove them . It must be allowed that there have been difficulties in the way of due examination of the internal
structure of the eye : but these are now happily removed by the invention of a simple but ingenious instrument called the Opthahnoscope . Of this instrument , which is mainly a perforated mirror , Mr , Hogg has given a lucid explanation , and has illustrated its value by cases examined and treated at the Royal Westminster Opthahuic Hospital , and in private practise . There are many engravings , showing the forms of disease of the eye ; and the subject is altogether treated in a way that must render it of great interest-to the profession , and , through that body , to the public generally .
Two New Noyels.
TWO NEW NOYELS .
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of the story , the reader is introduced to the heroine , Beulah Ben ton , as an inmate of an orphan asylum , from which place she goes to service in a " pious family . " While here a Dr . Guy Hartwell adopts her , and , of course , in time , wishes to marry her ; Beulah refuses , thinking him an atheist . Guy leaves her , but not unprovided for . Beulah refuses , however , to live on his bounty , and turns authoress . She makes her name known throughout Europe , and in the end Guy rctiirns a religious man . Thus matters being conveniently arranged , they are married . The narrative is not very brilliant , and the characters appear to us very uninteresting persons , but they are able to shed a good many tears , and talk more nonsense than will please the most ardent admirers of this class of fictions . " Xarragansett" is a work that defies description , and disarms criticism . The writer labours hard to prove that he is a scholar and a philosopher ; doubtless , he is both , but of a very eccentric kind . In trying to prove that he is a scholar , he commits such errors in the rules of grammar that a schoolboy would be whipped for them ; and , in endeavouring to show his p hilosophy , he gives uhmistakeable evidences of insanity ; whilst his use of the English language rather confirms than lessens such a notion . To give an outline , of the story is a thing impossible . From the title page we learn that , it is a story of American colonist life , just previous to the War for
Independence . It is lucky this eccentric novelist informed us of the fact in this manner , for after the opening chapter , it would puzzle the most ' * cute " reader to understand on what subject or prinqipje the work was written . Of the ninety and nine individuals that figure on the stage of this domestic drama we will select two . They are of a different type : one will give the reader some idea of the writer ' s highest Hig hts of portrait-painting , and the other will best speak for itself . We transcribe them as they appear in the work . Before doing so , however , we should state that a Mr . Harvey Church is , in the opening chapter , on a journey fri ; m Tivprtrn t > NVrp ^ rt , and , a ; n'v . j ^ c -l ' . ' . r persons , he meets a Quaker : —
"The intruder in a lonely road on a Polish day , had his facial prominences tinned with fiery re 1 ,. and his nose , in addition , bedewed with touching moisture , while l > is eyes wept cold tears , and his legs continually moved us if only pausing in a race , us ho asked , with a . wild air and high-pitched voice , Hast thee encountered a dog or any other farious enemy of the kind , respected sir ? But the answer being slower , as it seemed , than he wished or expected , he continued rapidly articulating question after question : Art thee goin to Newport ? . Art thee come from Tiverton ? Hast thec hoard any . news ? hast thee seen any crowd ? hast thee met any trouble ? hast thec a journal ? hast thee a broad sheet , young man ?" Seeing , however , Harvey ' s dog , FJog , which had leapt the hedge , was " corning up with the velocity of a war missile , and a low growl that exploded at near the final point , in sharp treble pussag . es , meant to be derisive , but easily mistaken for displeasure , " the man of peace leapt a three-barred gate , ' ' and was out of sight in a twinkling !" Here is a sketch of one of the heroines : — " She was a well-born minion , in greon tnfTcta , with broad crimson stripes , whose form more than twenty summers had moulded into wondrous symmetry . The sleeves of her dress , certainly not a riding one , ended above the elbows in a hand's breadth of worked linen , out of which camo an arm whose eonifcly shupe . a long nut did not conceal , nor stout-gloved fingers at nil impair . But the lieavy taffeta was looped up like n ship ' s sails in the slings to show a purple skirt , for a petticoat at that day , like the roof In architecture , was a capable feature in design . Her rich brown hair was parted over a forehead beneath which eyes of the softest hazel shod light and kindness , Still this beautiful hair was whitened like tlio fir-trees of a highland in winter , while on top of it sat a low-crowned cover tied with cherry ribbons . Her countenance , at times the abode of severest dignity , > vas always warm with thought and fueling , while a peculiar archness of expression about the mouth seemed the home of a gaiety and good-humour that wore ever streaming Its rays from the sun . " There are touches in this portrait which evidence that the writer , when he refrains fVora trying to be funny , can , and we hope will , write much better worka than " Narroganeett . "
Notes on Noses . —RichardBentley . This is a new edition of a very clever work . Nasology to some may seem ridiculous as a science " but the fact is that-it really forms a'branch of physiognomy , and comprises a , field of observation that is fruitful in philosophical results . Noses are capable of classification , which comprises six sorts of which all others are combinations : 1 . The Roman , or aquiline nose . 2 . The Greek , or straight nose . 3 . . The cogitative , or wide-nostrilled nose 4 . The Jewish , or hawk nose . 5 . The snub nose . ' G . The celestial , or turn-up nose . The author gives satisfactory proofs that the nose is an index to character , and furnishes his reader with a largo stock of illustrative information . The Day of Small "fkings . By the Author of" Mary Powell . "—Arthur Hail , Virtue , and Co . Tins is a sort of diary , supposed to have been written by an invalid , and comprises some sketche s of domestic character which will be recognised as " familiar acquaintance at the fireside . The book , taken altogether , may be said to represent Authorship in Idleness—so slight is the thread of interest and-so inconsecutive the materials . It leaves off , too , without a catastrophe—it is verily a story without an end . But it is delightful reading . Reliques of Father Prout . —ll . G . Bohn . This clever and witty work is reprinted , with Mr . Maclise ' s illustrations , and will be highly valued by the judicious , both on account of its literary and its artistic merits . . ' * . ¦ ' Lectures on the Rifle . By Colonel E . C . Wilford . — John W . Parker and Son . The volume contains the subject of three lectures delivered by the author at different times , and ig well calculated to teach the art of properly using the same . The Whiskey Demon , or the Dream of the Reveller By Charles Mackay , LL . D . illustrate ! by Watts Phillips , and W . P . Nimmb . Dr . Mackay having granted permission , this wellknown ' song of his has been reprinted in a large quarto volume , and profusely illustrated . Mr . \ Vatts Phillips has appended the sketches , which , if calculated to aid the cause to . which the publicj ; t ! o : i is iKvote 1 , ; i : j eor ! t ' . ! : ily i :. > * . N : ';_ o . 'iiLisei as works of art . Emmanuel . By Joseph Parker . —Judd and Glass . TriR author of this brochure is the minister of Cavendish-street Chapel , Manchester . He is evidently an eloquent preacher . His style is ornamental . He delights in picture and in figurative expressions . This little volume appears to consist of the more showy passages from a scries of sermons , illustrative of the life of Christ . They are fervent and oratorical ; they are also brief , and may bo read , not only without weariness , but with pleasure , Chronicles of an Old English Oah ; or Sketches of English Life and Ilistori / . Edited by Emily Taylor . —Groonibridifo and Sons .
Tmesis chronicles nre in the shape of conversations by a boy and his sister with an old oak , which is supposed to describe to them the condition of England at the historical intervals of fifty or a hundred years ; thus giving , in an entertaining manner , the more striking pictures and portraits ofaur national story- The idea is good , and tho execution clever . The development of tho dialogue embraces tho result oi considerable reading .
Adventures and Histories of Remarkable Men . I 3 y M . S . Cockayne . —Dean mill Hon . A wohk illustrated with engravings . The number before us is entitled " Tho lfero of Waterloo , and contains a brief life of . Wellington . It is neat' / written , and gives nn intellSyiblo outline oi I'vct 8 which , as an epitome , is not without its use . A series of such , which wo suppose is 'intended , win bo serviceable for reference , and well adapted lor juvenile porusal .
The Church and its Living Head . By the Itev . Win . Hanna , LL . D .--Tlips . ' Constable and Co . Tins is a sermon , preached at Edinburgh , in advocacy of tho principle of the Free Church , and » 'U IISI " floation of its disruption from the State , wluoli » plitlinod as a sort of cardinal testimony to tho supremacy of conscience . The argument is rationally ^ ° »" ducted and eloquently enforced . Every oijort , wo believe , is made by tho General Assembly to tfi » 'i for It an extensive elrculation ; and it merit * attention au an official manifesto . Rce ' a improved Diary and Almanac for 18 G 0 . —John Renslmw . Tins ia tho twenty-ninth year of this useful pub - cation , which has peon enlarged by tw ' onty-iout pagen .
jtuiiUjLAU . uy Augnfltu J . Evans , Now York . —Derby ana Jackson . NARRAGANSETT ; OK , THW PLANTATIONS , A Story of 177— . In thrqo vojumos . —Chapman nnd Hull . " Beulah " is a novel of " The Wide Wide World " and " Qucechy " typo , and is , we see , by the Anierican panels , quite a favourite on the other side of the Atlantic . It is one of those novels with a " good purpose , " in which t he principal characters rise from the lowest poverty to a distinguished position in life , without evidencing the least signs throughout the work of being more than very ordinary common-place people , with a " gift of the gab , " which enables them to talk a good deal on theology , with which they prove , p y their own a i * ° a kftve * vory superficial acquaintance . Bush a fiction is Beulah . At tho commencement
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24121859/page/20/
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