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transformations than any in the Metamorpliose 3 . How miserably Horace s und & et quo Catitis willbe hacked about in clumsy quotations ! The Walpole records abound in anecdotes of this character : — The two Miss Gunnings , and a late extravagant dinner at White ' s , are twenty times more the subject of conversation , than the two brothers [ Newcastle and Pelliam ] and Lord Granville . These are two Irish Girls , of no fortune , -who are declared the handsomest -women alive . I think their being two so handsome and both such perfect figures is their chief excellence , for singly I have seen much handsomer women than either ; however , they ; can't walk in the park or go to Vauxhall , but such mobs follow them that they are generally driven away . The dinner was a folly of seven vonng men , who bespoke it to the utmost extent of expense : one article was a tart made of duke cherries from a hot-house ; and another , that they tasted but one glas 3 out of each "bottle of : champagne . The bill of fare is got into print , and with good people has produced the apprehension of another earthquake . Your friend St . Leger was at the head of these luxurious heroes—he is the hero of all fashion . I never
saw more dashing vivacity and absurdity , with some flashes of parts . He had a cause the other day for ducking a sharper , and was going to swear : the judge said to him , "I see , sir , you are very ready to take an oath . " " Yes , my lord , " replied St . Leger , " my father was a judge . " Anecdotes of another character also , but not so quotable , although quite permissible in a library edition . This is an example of his occasional Sty le : — ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ' ¦ :- ¦ - . ¦ " . . - - . . ¦ . ¦ . . ' • . .:- ¦ Ou Tuesday the operation of shaving was happily performed on the upper lip of her grace the Duchess of Newcastle , by a celebrated artist from Paris , sent over on purpose , by the Earl of Albeniarle . The performance lasted but one minute and . three secoHdsvto the great joy of that noble family ; and in consideration of his great care and exwpJition , hia grace has settled four hundred pounds a year upon him for life . We heawthat he is to have the honour of shaving the heads of the Lady Caroline Petersham , the Duchess of Queensberry , and several other persons of quality . And this of his views as to the treatment of a wife - —
If , like other Norfolk husbands , I must entertain the town with a formal parting , at least it shall be in my own way : my -wife shall neither run to Italy after lovers and books , nor keep a dormitory in her dressing-room at "Whitehall for Westminster schoolboys , your Frederick Campbells , and such like ; nor yet shall she reside at her mother ' s House , but shall absolutely set out for Strawberry Hill in two or three days , as soon as her room can be-well aired ; for , to give her her due , I don't think her to blame , but flatter myself she is quite contented with the easy footing we live upon ; separate beds , dining in her dressing-room when she is out of humour , and a little toad-eater that I had got ; for her , and whose pockets and bosom I have never examined , to see if she brought any billets donx from . Tommy Lyttelton or any of her fellowa . I shall follow her myself in less than a fortnight . Keith was the marriage-broker at May fair Chapel : — I shall only tell you a bonmot of Keith ' s , the marriage-broker , and conclude u Gr—d d—n the bishops ! " said he ( I beg Miss Montagu ' s pardon ) , " so they will hinder my marrying . AVell , let ' em ; but I'll be revenged ! I'll buy two or three acres of ground , and , by G—d I'll underbirry them all ! " Adieu J jiut Erasmus , met Diabolus : — : '¦ ¦ ¦' . '" .
Beckford and Delaval , two celebrated partisans , met lately at Shaftesbury , -where they oppose one another : the latter said , " Art thou the man whom men famed Beckford call ?" T ' other replied , . " Art thou the much more famous Delaval ¦? . " The following is in his most graceful vein : — I was prevented from finishing my letter yesterday , by . what do you think ? By no less magnificent a circumstance than a deluge . We have had an extraordinary drought , no grass , no leaves , no floAvers ; not a white rose for the festival of yesterday ! About four arrived such a flood , that we could not see out of the windows : the whole lawn was a lake , though situated on so liigh an Ararat : presently it broke through the leads , drowned the pretty blue bedchamber , passed through ceilings and floors into the little parlour ; terrified Harry , and opened all Catherine ' s water-gates and speech-gates . I had but just time to collect two dogs , a couple of sheep , a pair of bantams , and a brace of gold fish ; for , in the haste of mv zeal to imitate my ancestor Noah , I forgot that fish would not easily be drowned .. " In short , if you chance tospy a little ark with pinnacles sailing towards Jersey , open the skylight , and you " « ill find some of your acquaintance . Most lords of libraries will , be impatient to have the ci <* ht volumes complete . °
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A BATCH OF BOOKS . Three Eras of New England , and other Addresses , with Papers Critical ami Biographical . By George Lunt . ( Trubner and Co . )—We are not aware that it is imperative on those who lecture for the entertainment of a " few select friends" to publish for the world at large . Mr . Lunt evidently thinks otherwise . Being requested by the members of tho New England Society of New Xork to pronounce an oration , lie resolved to enlighten them on the past , the present , and the future of their native district . Ho enlightens them accordingly on a few points for which thoy were not probably prepared . It is upon tho past , he informs his readers , that America bases " her reputation , which , more than upon the present intelligence , enterprise , prosperity , or power rests upon the character of the ancestors of her people , resulting irom their solid virtues and substantial wisdom ; but a reputation which must be necessarily forfeited as these ennobling elements decline . " Mr . liunt once held the office of Attorney of the States for the Massachusetts
" 1 " . • fl" *! . l " «** uxjk » * w * . « JI *\_> A 1 A . UOOUV 11 UilVLLO district , lhese remarks are followed by an " Address on the Daily Press , " m which * its licence , its incompetency , its shullowness , its impertinence , its venality are inveighed against with feeble violence . An attack on Macaulay ' s essay on Warren Hastings" and a critical inuuiry into the meaning ot a passage in Romeo ami Juliet , close a work of moderate merit . focal Gymnastics ; or , a Guide for Stammerer * mid for Publia Hpeaten , and others who suffer J row . curia in Minor Peculiarities of Utterance . By ( i F Urhng . ( London : John Churchill . 1857 . ) This ' is an admirable little book , and deals with the subject on which it treats in a practical way stammering is regarded more as a bad habit than the result of any physical "Uotect , winch the physician or tho surgeon can remove . In fact , it generally prises from neglect in childhood or infancy , and is caused by some error in Breathing , m vocalizing , or in articulating . The breath is not drawn rogu-« ny aud lully as it is when drawn instinctue / u by a person who does not
stammer . In vocalizing the breath some voluntary effort is required ia addition to the ordinary involuntary process of expiration , and part of the difficulty lies in regulating the time and amount of this effort . Stammerers should , therefore , observes Mr . Urling , be taught to make a sound , and not to stand gaping or making fruitless attempts to articulate silent breath . In the third place , as the articulation is at fault , it is necessary to teach the stammerer how to form , his letters . Mr . XJrling ' s process seerns feasible , and only to require care and perseverance on the part of the patient . Canada , t ? ie Land of Hope for ike Settler and Artisan , the Small Capitalist , the Honest , and the Persevering . With a Description of the Climate , Free
Grants of Land , Wages , and the General Advantages as a Field for Emigration . By-the Editor of the Canadian News . ( London : Algar and Street . 1857 . ) There are £ elds more' attractive to the emigrant than Canada , and yet we are told by the Editor of the Canadian News that every inducement which should weigh" with the English emigrant is afforded by Canada . Those who are anxious to obtain information about the " openings for capital and industry" it affords , the " purchase of land , free grants , " & c , its " agricultural operations , '' and the facilities-. of'transit to this one of our nearest colonies , will do well to purchase this pamphlet . It contains interesting information on these points , and the material progress of Canada , and will serve them better than many a larger "work .
The Neio Zealand Settler ' s Guide , a Sketch of the Present State of the Six Provinces , with a Digest of the Constitution and Land Regulations ,-and Two Maps . By J . Rhodes Cooper , Captain 58 th Regiment . ( London : Edward Stanford . 1857 . )—Those who are about to settle in New Zealand need not complain that they have not had books of reference enough to let them into the secrets of emigration in that country . They would , we should think , be rather puzzled by the multiplicity of information provided for them . Captain Cooper ' s book comes , one among the many that we ha . ve had to notice , to add its mite of experience to the general treasure-house of facts * He tells us that , as he firmly believes New Zealand to be more calculated to make a happy home for Englishmen than any other colony , he shall be more than _ repaid for the trouble this pamphlet has given him , if , by its perusal , a portion of those who are undecided as to what colony they shall emigrate to , are persuaded that the " star of empire" does not merely " glitter in the West , " but that another " sea-girt isle" is ready to receive 1 them , . which-promises some day to become a second England—" aBritish Empire of the southern seas . "
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THE OPERAS . HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . FitOMthe moment when the bright young Star of Sienna , whose advent we announced last weelc , appears above the London horizon , the glorious summer of the Opera season may be said to begin . This lias been a HiccoiOMiNi week , and we look with . ^ pleasurable anticipation to many more , from May to August . \ ¦ ' ¦ . ; . . ' . "¦ ; ' - ¦ - . . . .. .-. ' , ; '¦ - ¦ . . . ¦ ¦ . Never was a favourite child welcomed back with- ' . a more enthusiastic and prodigal affection than this young angel of song , the joy of Italy and the delight of England . Madlle . Piccolomini is the pet lamb of the English , public , lu tha form and manner of her welcome on Tuesday aud Thursday there was something more than the reception always accorded by the most facile and indulgent audience in the world-to established celebrities or traditional
reputations ; there was a certain fondling and caressing tone in the bravi , and a certain lingering tendency in the murmur that ran through the'house as the Child of the Regiment came tripping down the mountain path , and as the Child of Passion came flitting through the groups of revellers—which betrayed an undercurrent of personal sympathy in the audienwe . The simple truth is that Ma & lle . Piccolobiini has taken our rough English hearts by storm . Foreigners have no idea how soft and susceptible a British audience , composed of so many cold and inexpressive exteriors , really is . Only a profound observer , like Emile Montegut , is aware that the Englishman , outwardly so truculent and awkward , has all the tenderness of a woman , and all the shyness of a child ; and that the shyness is often mistaken for arrogance . The besetting sin of the public at our theatres is excessive indulgence ; let an actor or a singer once obtain the favour of an audience , and ho or she may
go on singing or barking , a 3 the case may be , until voice and beauty and genius have become a tradition of a few veterans in the stalls . It ia this excessive indulgence that is also the besetting danger to young celebrities ; if they have not the fine restlessness of the true artist , never content with promise or achievement , ever conscious of defect , ever pursuing something higher , they sink into a conceited indifference , and are lost to the life of art . Your cruel public of France or Italy is in this respect a better school for dramatic singers . On the other hand , the self-assumption of the Parisian critics is ludicrous ; just as your French ' political journalist insists on France being the teta da colonne de . Vhutnanitd ( just now we should say a pillar of cloud ) , so your French musical critic will have it that an artist ' s fame receives its iinal and indispensable consecration in Paris . And this in the face of the fact that in Paris IlA . NJDiaL . i 3 almost a novelty , Mendei-ssoun very partially known , and Weuer a recent discovery . There was a disposition to resent tho London laurels of Madlle . Piccolomini , and to refuse the Parisian consecration to a success first ratified by English hands . Madlle . Piocolomini might have said as Jehmx Linx > did when she was
reminded that the fiat of the Parisian public was necessary to complete her European fame , " Eh bieii , ju ;»'«» j > a 3 saj'ai ; " but with all tho fearless onthusiasm of youth she went ovor and won the unwilling laurels ; bug sang tho Traviata more than u dozen times , and , we behove , was asked to renew her engagement . Since that she bus taken a brief holiday at homo , in her sunny Italian air , and now comes buck to her faithful aud constant English worshippors , looking better , acting better , singing bettor than ever . Nothing can resist tho charm of that fresh , happy girlish lace , with its gentle oval , and tender arch ; the doveliko mouth and tho tlelicato ear ; nothing can resist that sweetly rounded and compact little figure , and that wilful little foot ; nothing can resist that birdliko voice , gushing out with gladness or sorrow , like a fountain sparkling in the sunshine , or playing with the shadows of tho clouds . Nothing—not even the jaded old epicurean who has counted forty Bummers in tho stalls , not oven tho magnilieent lady on the grand tier who has come to oiler herself an oblation to a thousand lorgnettes—nothing can resibt the infinite charm of youth , with all its freshness , its sincerity , its enthusiasm . In that pretty ojporu Lu Fi lia del
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Leader (1850-1860), April 25, 1857, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25041857/page/19/
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