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Ko 466, February 26, 18594 THE LflBEB, 2...
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j. The Gospel of St. John. By the Rev. J...
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AWEW POEM BY SCHILLER. The following ext...
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INDIAN ITEMS. The Germans are increasing...
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Blight; Or The Novel Hater. By Rose Foot...
there is considerable cleverness—we may go so far as to add genius ^ -in this work . The ladyr : writer has stuff enough of the right sort in her to produce a novel that shall be popular , and shall keep popular . But then she must write it under the guidance and correction of some sensible literaryfriend—some one who patronises the probabilities and Xindley Murray , and who does not revel in a malaproprian " nice derangement of epitaphs . " We have braved Rose Foot ' s anger thus far ; let us try to mollify her by saying that , had . she submitted " Blight" to a judicious friend before publication , we are satisfied we should have had much to praise- ^ certainly very much less to Tjlame .
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J. The Gospel Of St. John. By The Rev. J...
j . The Gospel of St . John . By the Rev . J . Forshall , M A ' ' Longman , Brown , Green , JiOngmans , & Roberts , o The People in the Cathedral . By Josiah Pittman . ~ " ' ¦ Bell & Daldy . 3 . Twenty-seven Sermons . By the Rev . " \ V . J . Brock , B . A . The first of these publications is intended for educational purposes , and is accordingly arranged for the student " in parts and sections , with titles and summaries of contents , and marginal notes of time and place . " The author rightly observes that , "in teaching right , method is everything , " and has , therefore , presented the reader with a plan by which the several parts of St . John ' s Gospel may be conveniently adjusted . The plan appears admirably suited for the -end proposed .
Mr . Pittman ' s brochure is a well-written letter to Dr . Milman on the subject of congregational singing , in which he presupposes that " a bond of sympathy subsists between the poet and the musician , " which will ensure attention being paid to his representations ; He advocates the participation of the people in the services now instituted in the metropolitan cathedral , instead of their being almost confined to the expression of the choir , or left to the direction of a . celebrant and his clerk . Mr . Pittman stands forward , he declares , " as the advocate for the application of music in the great sanctuary of St . Paul's , according to the Bible pattern-, " and we have no doubt that his very sensible propositions will be taken into due consideration .
Dianj arid Correspondence of John Evelyn , F . R . S Edited from the Original MSS , at Wotton , by William Bray , Esq ., F . A . S . A new Edition , in 4 vbls ., corrected , revised , and enlarged . Vpls . IandU . Henry < x . Bohn . Ix is seVen years since the former edition of this celebrated work appeared . The Diary , in -the present , has undergone most careful revision , arid the text is no w in a more perfect state than fo rmerly . The correspondence , too , is increased by more than a hundred neSv letters ., The private correspondence subjoined consists of letters between King Charles I . and Sir Edward Nicholas , and also between Sir Edward Hyde , afterwards Earl of Clarendon , and Sir Richard Browne . ' No more is needed to recommend this work to a place in the library of every gentleman and scholar .
Our Brothers and Cousins ; a Summer Tour in Canada and the States . By John Macgregor , M . A . Seeley , Jackson , and Halliday . A work of moderate merit . It consists of surface remarks during a flying tour , which serve more to show the prejudices in the mind of the author than to instruct the reader in the features of . the places supposed to be described . It is not , however , " a great evil , " for it is but a little book , wh ether in regard to its size or its purpose . The Dictionary of Daily Wants . In 3 vols . Vol . I . Houlston and Wright .
Tins work , under an alphabetical arrangement , contains a series of well-written and carefully-compiled articles , of alhaost every thing that any body would " want" to know . The mass of information thus brought together , under the guidance of this leading idea , is " prodigious / ' and constitutes a household cyclopaedia which , while it is restrained within reasonable , though not very obvious , limits , is inclusive of a general range of topics , most satisfactorily treated . It is also illustrated with a great number of woodcuts that are both useful and ornamental . Unica . Smith , Elder , and Go . A vert pretty little book for children . The tale is simple , and pleasant j and instructive . The illustrations are very good ; and the bindingextremely tasty .
Mr . Brock ' s sermons appear in a second edition , and merit the popularity they seem to have acquired by the judicious selection of subject , and the elegance of the composition . Not their least charm is the air ¦ of earnestness and sobriety that they exhibit . Adams ' s Descriptive Guide to the Channel Islands , the Isle of Wight , and the Isle of Man . By E . L . Blanchard .
W . J . Adams ( Bradshaw ' s Guide OflBce ) . This is the second edition of a well-ordered compilation . It is illustrated with three maps * , in regard to the three places mentioned in the above title , and introduced with remarks on Southampton , Weymputh , Gosport , and Portsmouth . Altogether , as a guide book , it will be found of great utility . 1 . Shots at Shadows . A Satire , but a Poem . By Proteus . Robert Hardwicke . 2 . Morgan le Faye . A Play , in . five acts . Printed for private circulation . The anonymous satirist of " Shots at Shadows " writes the heroic couplet with some force , but as he has little sympathy for human progress , and writes from petulance apparently , we have little hope of his success .
The drama of " Morgan le Faye" is also anonymous , and , as the title imports , carries us back to the days of King Arthur , with the enchantments and the faery doings of a fabulous time . There are certainly some good lines and speeches in this work , but evidently it is not constructed for the stage , and for tho closet wo are afraid that it lacks the requisite refinements of style . Anecdotes , Observations , and Characters of Boohs and Men . Collected from the Conversation of Mr . Pope , and other eminent Persons of'his Time . By the Rev . Joseph Spbnco . With Notes , and a laf © of tho Author , by Samuel Woller Singer , F . S . A . Second Edition . John Russell Smith .
Tub increasing popularity of this work is proved by tho appearance of tlxis secondedi . tion . Tho editor states that it has been reprinted from the first , without tho slightest alteration . In a preliminary notice , however , ho supplies an omission by now stating tho source from which tho anecdotes were derived , Those aro tlio facts : —On tho docoaso of Spenco , the whole of his papors passed into the hands of Dr . Lowth ( afterwards Bishop of London ) , ono of his executors , by whom , at a period long subsequent , they were given to a gontleman of tho name of Forstor , who held somo confidential post wider $ he ' B , ishop . At Mi ' . Foster ' s deatli « thoy becapao the property of his nGphow , from whom' Mr , William Carpenter obtained thonj , and placed them in Mr . Singer ' s hands with a view to their publication .
Awew Poem By Schiller. The Following Ext...
AWEW POEM BY SCHILLER . The following extraordinary poem by Schiller is creating a great sensation in Germany . It was never published in any collection of his works , in consequence of the fierce and bitter tone _ it breathes , and owes its resuscitation to tlie discovery of the MS . among the papers of tlie late Freyherr von Cotta . Now . that it may ^ be regarded in' a literary rather than in a political light , and we may , unprejudiced , feel equal astonishment at the prophetic foresight , of Schiller , and the wonderful grasp and power it displays over the German language , no undue delicacy need . be experienced by our German cousins in giving the widest publicity to this fine production of their bsyrd , or by ourselves in offering , in the same spirit , the following translation , in which words and sense are rendered as faithfully as our language will pex * mit . ON THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON I . ( 1804 ) . By Soujixbr . The world astounded , lost in maddest trance , May slavish bow obedience to thy might , But thou shalt ever be the sport of chance , Of Fortune ' s fickle humour the delight . When slaves , in duat , shall to thy pow ' r succumb , With deepest scorn their vilest flatt ' ry view , For an unbiassed century to come , Shall pass on , thee a sentence true . And as thy will , relentless , all o ' ertbrows , So shall thy kingdom equal ruin share ; And the rich crown that on thy forehead glows ; Shall pale with bitter tears of deep despair . For he , whose sickles of destruction sweep—Whose purple robes in innocent blood are cloyed —? He shall from planted seed most surely reap , And in blind rage shall be destroyed . A portion of the world thou hast obtained , And distant crowns with thine their lustre blond , A million slaves by theo in bonds aro chained , But yet , thy grief to soothe , thou hast no flrlend . And when from bloodshed thou at last would ' et cease , Love no consoling balm will give to thoo j And even Virtue ' s key-word , which is " peace , " Will but a lasting burden be .
Deserted , thou art seated on thy throne , Like stern Necessity , and throughout each clime Thy name resounds ,: and everywhere is known To be the bloody scourge of its own time . Thou ne ' er wilt finish that which thou hast sought . ' With great desires alone , thou now art flushed—A tool in fierce Revenge ' s clutches caught ; By her shalt thou thyself be crushed . Hbnkt . *; . . ' ^ ¦ _ ^ ' . - - ^ - . . ^ ^ . ¦ - ¦
Indian Items. The Germans Are Increasing...
INDIAN ITEMS . The Germans are increasing in India , and the community in Calcutta are about to establish a Gorman church . A very useful . question has been asked the House of Commons respecting the old restrictions iii India on English settlers entering tfhat are called the new dominions , and which , although by decisions Of the Supreme Court pronounced to . be illegal , remain unrepealed , and might still be used as an engine of annoyance towards settlers . The answer of Lord Stanley was most satisfactory , and . he gave a full assurance that no such restrictions should be imposed on settlers within the English dominions .
Ah embassy from the Khan of Bokhara has arrived at St . Petersburg , and great attention has been paid to the ambassador and his suite . The object is to obtain freer intercourse be tween Russia and Bokhara . . The news from Kashmere is very unfavourable as to the condition of the country . The Jarnmoo Rajah is now in difficulties with his troops , _ a conspiracy has been discovered headed by ,-his illegitimate . ' brother , Meea HuttooSing . Several officers have been hanged , and many soldiers and others are
prison . From the beautiful station and watering-place of Nynee Tal , it is reported that thirty houses have been secured for the Governqr-General and staff during the hot season . Nynee Tal is rapidly growing in favour , and promises t o become a rival to Simla . . ~ -r Mr . W . E . Gilmore has been chosen sherxfr of Calcutta for this yearv A new journal is to be established at Calcutta * to advocate the interests of the Eurasians , or Hindo-English , under the name of the East Indian . We are glad to learn from Wynaad that the Conservator of Forests has been engaged in investigating the long unsettled ] question of the boundaries of Wynaad and Hoggadeyincot . tah . The coffee crop in Mysore arid Wynaad promises to
be large . The Bombay Standard , in an able article on the advantages likely to accrue to the Punjab from its constitution as a Presidency , points to the necessity of pushing English settlement from the base of the surrounding hills into the healthy regions of the hills themselves , when " we should find ourselves in a country in a great measure adapted for Europeancolonisation , and in a position which would preclude , to a great extent , the necessity which we are at present imder of maintaining in the plains beneath a large irregular native force to repel the barbarous tribes . " Again , * ' the countries themselves have a climate and soil more congenial than any in Asia to European constitutions . " As matters stand now we leave the foreign invader the chance of occupying a menacing position .
A petition is to be forwarded from natives in Santipore ,. Bengal , praying that the " lotus" shall , as an emblem of India , be combined with the rose , shamrock , and thistle . It seems desirable that emblems of the various , parts of the empire should now figure in the imperial etnblems , and India has strong claims , Mr . Dosabhoy Framjee , a Parseo gentleman , of great attainments , ia publishing in the Bast Goftar , at Bombay , accounts of his observations in England . In a late number is an account of his visit to StPaul s , which is described as being long and very
interesting . The Bombay Government , w ** eh does not yet seem to be aware that tho doom of the old mandarin system has corns , has been amusing itself by some strange legislation . A bill is now proposed for tho removal Of the two elected municipal commissioners of Bombay , by the Governor in Council , on : * * representations of tho justices of tho peace , Anisis a positive fact ; and although Bombay has boon an English city for 200 years , and it retains a sheriff , justices of the poaco , and somo other functionaries , it is kept without a corporation , but ib left under tho domination of Government ofllcfcrs . We suppose there ia not a part of tho empire out of Indjin , where a parallel can bo found for this state of affairs . So lone as the city of Bombay was a crown colony , it was administered with English institutions } but when it was turned oVer to tho Company , progre 3 » in this direction was stopped , Bombay , has particular claims to bo treated like other crown possessions .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 26, 1859, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26021859/page/15/
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