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No. 401, November 28, 1857.] THE LEADER....
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make use of his materials . His book is lively in parts ., but is spoiled by its general triteness and affectation . Tlie Game of Life . By Waters . ( Ward and Lock . )— Waters' is described as ' Author of the Recollections of a Detective Police Officer . ' This ' revelation of the inner springs of luman action' is a melodramatic story , amusing enough , but written in a false and exaggerated style . The illustrations are not worthy of a penny song-book . In the Amusing Library ( Lay )— -which really answers to its title—Hendrik Conscience ' s story , The Demo ? i of Gold , is reprinted in a neat and inexpensive form , by which , probably , its popularity -will be stimulated .
No. 401, November 28, 1857.] The Leader....
No . 401 , November 28 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 1145
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CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA . Review of the Measures which have heen adopted in India for the Improved Culture of Cotton . By J . Forbes Roy le , M . D ., F . R . S . Smith , Elder , and Co . The spirit of Dr . Royle ' s review of the measures adopted for the improved culture of cotton in India is by no means encouraging . Independently of the general unsuitableriess of the climate for the cultivation of American cotton , which , from the superior length of its staple , is far more valued than the indigenous variety , many causes combine to check the importation of Indian cotton into this country . The ryots , who dispose of their produce to middle-men at a low price , cannot be persuaded to expend the requisite time and attention in pi'eserving the fresh . gathered cotton free from leaves and bracts and other impurities . The middle-men , again , even take pains to further adulterate the already inipm-e cotton / which they , have purchased
from the cultivators - With perverse ingenuity they seek to increase its weight at the expense of its quality by mixing in fine sand , seed , or powdered salt , or by exposing it to the dews of night before it is packed into bales . Even the Bombay merchants who supply the home markets with Indian cotton are careless as to its condition . They know beforehand that its only chance of finding a sale is when the American cotton is unobtainable at a moderate price . It is true'that the Indian article can be delivered in Liverpool at a profit at 3 £ d . per lb . ; but , oh the other hand , a pound of Surat cotton yields only lti oz . of yarn , while the same quantity of American would yield 13 £ oz . ; and the waste on the former is 25 per cent ., while on the latter it-is only 12 £ . To enable cotton from India to compete with American with the slightest chance of success , it is necessary that none but the very best kinds should be sent home , and even those greatly improved .
It is scarcely probable , indeed , that under any circumstances the best Indian produce ¦ will ever be equal to the American in softness or in length of staple , out the cost of its culture is not the sixth part of that of the latter . Cheapness , however , isof secondary importance to freedom fvorn impurities . But the ryot , without much difiiculty , might be made to understand that on the cleanness of the article would depend his own remuneration . This , Dr . Hoyle suggests , could be effected by sending agents into the districts to buy directly of the cultivators , without the intervention of the middle-men . Care , of course , must be taken that these agents are themselves honest , and competent judges of quality , and it might be advisable to regulate their commission according to the quality of their purchases . But these are : matters of detail . The essential point is to interest the home manufacturers in the improvement of the general culture of cotton in India . So long as they are content to take the chnnees of the market , there will be no encouragement for speculators in India to invest their capital in such perilous
adventure as the growth of an article which is uncertain of sale alter a long sea voyage . With an estimated capital of 50 , 000 / . it is possible to introduce the employment of machinery in cleaning and preparing the cotton upon the spot , under European superintendence , and also to maintain a direct communication with the producers . The agents employed to buy up cotton , might also render excellent service to the Manchester manufacturers , by disposing of cotton goods in the interior . Tlie { irst step to be taken , however , is the introduction of suwgins , without which it is vain to look for a wool free from impurities . Greater care must also be paid to the packing of the bales , and to guarding the unpacked cotton from exposure to the atmosphere . The punishment of adulteration , and the improvement of the means of conveyance to the coast , are alto indispensable . But above all some sort of security must be given , that the demand for American cotton grown in India will be less intermittent than at present , for otherwise but few planters or merchants will venture upon such an extensive and uncertain speculation .
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MISCELLANIES . There is a book upon our table of which we can sny but little . ' . That little , however , shall be a cordial recommendation of it to the notice of the commercial public . The title is tflcttistical llook-kceph / g : Jie ' uiiy a Siuiplijication and Abbreviation of the Common . Hystcm of Double ' Entry , By Frederick Charles Kemp . ( Longman and Co . ) The classes addressed arc merchants , bankera , tradesmen , manufacturers , ship-owners , farmers , stewards , and housholders—in fact , all who arc interested in accounts . The author od < ls some suggestions for the prevention of defalcations and frauds in banks ami railway companies . II is plan appears to have received the sanction of eminent American ( inns .
Among miscellanies , we must rank Dr . ILwillnnd 1 c M . Chenmell ' s Short Course of History ( Whittiiker and Co . ) , the second series of which has appeared in two volumes , including the Greek and Mohammedan annuls , and tho middle ages . It is beyond comparison superior to any epitome oi ' Russell ' s History of Europe , ' being more carefully and rationally written , more complete , more lucid , and more trustworthy . It will probably supersede that faulty and pretentious compilation . Mr . C . Greville Williams , of tho Normal College , Swansea , and the University of Glasgow , has published A Handbook of Chemical Manipulation ( Van Voorst ) . The only work in the language specially devoted to chemical manipulation having long been out of print , this elaborate guide has a particular value . Tho arrangement is all that could be desired , and the materials appear to have been judiciously selected . The Principles of Jqricttliure , Especially Tropical , and of Organic Chemistry Familiarly Treated ( Sniitli
Elder , and Co . ) , by Dr . Lovell Phillips , is a volume of singular interest , and will probably , stimulate the progress of scientific agriculture . Other special treatises , which we need only mention , are : A second edition of Mr . Hunt ' s well-known Guide to the Treatment of Diseases of the Skiri ( Churchill ) , and the Bev . G . Scratton ' s admirable little book on Architectural Economics . containing rules and estimates for every kind of building . Mr . William Noy Wilkins issues a series of thoughtful and pointed Letters in . Connoisseurship and the Anatomy of a Picture ( Chapman and . Hall ) , designed as an aid to young artists . Of course he has theories which he intrepidly maintains . To the attention of various orders of students we may cammend M . Seli ^' s German Made Easy ( David Nutt ) , upon a new and meritorious plan ; Mr . * J . D . Morell ' s Grammar of the English Language ( Constable and Co . ) , the authorship of which constitutes a patent of popularity ; Mr . James Currie ' s Principles and Practice of Early and Infant School Education ( Constable and Co . )—a volume of excellent practical suggestions ; and a third edition of Mr . David Page ' s Introductory Text Book of Geology ( W . Blackwood and Sons ) . Mr . J . Talboys Wheeler has revised a new edition of Dr . Anthon ' s Satires of Jkivenal and Persius , with selections from the best commentators
( Te o £ and Co . ); the version is standard . Mr . Richard W . O'Brien sends us a first part ( Longman and Co . ) of The Odes of Horace Translated into EnglisJi Verse , with the original measures preserved throughout . There is much classic feeling in the composition , although the verses sometimes creak as they move . As a little educational fragment of considerable merit we may notice The Etymology of Local Namesytcith a Short Introduction , to the Relationship of Lan / jnages , by Mr . R . Morris ( J " udd and Glass ) . The author was formerly a student of the Battersea Training College , an institution the importance of which is not sufficiently known . Mr . E . Landells may take rank as an inventor in the noble science of amusing the young . His Home Pastimes ; or , the Child ' s own Toymaker ( Griffiths and Freeman ) , is neither a book of pictures nor a book of toys , but both . It is quite a discovery , and will probably become a fireside favourite . The plan is ingeniously simple , and will enable any little craftsman to cover his table with railway carriages , cottages , yachts , and windmills of card . ,
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. ; , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ . tPSffi ' . JS W < D ^^ £ ^& 3 ;&< S 2 S ^ SS * 5 Sa * S . " - - : / ¦ :: ' ¦¦¦ ¦ ' ;¦ , ¦ v ' : ; ' in . \ " ¦/ : . \ - - ; . . ' .. :. " From Joseph Andrews Wilson , Esq ., toG . Andrews Wihov , Esq ., IFoodsprwc / Somersets hire . ¦ Weymauth-strect , November 25 , 1857 ; My dear George , — Several little incidents have happened . I do not know that I remember all , and some are not worth telling , but I can confirm something I said in my last , which is , that lawford acted in the noblest manner about Aunt Eugenia ' s little property . The fact is , that since he retracted in that unintelligible manner , I have heard that the London and Empire is no better than other banks , and evidently Lawford , who has pati-onized the bank , though he does not ban k there exclusively , but with the Bank of England I fancy , wished to save her , whatever the interests of his client or his own . You will say tbis is only honesty ; but I can tell you that some British merchants would laugh at him for his greenness . However , Lawford is really one of the nobles of the commercial world . You can see it even in the manner of his conversation . He is not without ambition , and he is a statesman . These Radical Reformers in the City pay great court to him , and I can see he sympathizes with them very much . He lends them his advice , and , to some extent , his purse . He said to me last Saturday night , " I have a great regard for Roebuck , who is a pure-minded man , a most pure-minded man ; but I doubt whether I ought to identify myself too closely with his hobby . " He is courted quite as much , of course , by Lord John Russell ' s friends , who get at him through Hochschild and that set . " And I have a great regard for the Duke , " he said to me , meaning the Duke of Bedford ; " a kind-hearted , intelligent little man as any in the world—a most intelligent man , I do assure you ; but the party has not kept that straightforward go-ahead course wliichwe plain Englishmen like . * He is much sought by Lord Pahnerston , and is not at all inaccessible to the softer influences which do so much in statesmanshi p— "but 1 am not at all satisfied -with one or two points , one or two points in that able , most able man s recent conduct ; he is a fine follow , ralmerston , but / think a little too sharp for us dull men of business "—The ' South Kensington set' have moved mountains toget holdof Lawford , " amP ' saidhe , "I have a great respect for the Prince , quite independently of my affection for his wife , —and she is a woman , sir , whom any Englishman might be proud to claim as his wife , — but I do not altogether liko tliis German silver art which seems to me to be taking possession of the court , tho senate , the church , and even the civil service . It looks very like some intrigue , some political l ism' in plain clothes ; and we plodding English are always jealous of ' isms , ' especially when they arc patronized by the Almanac / i de Gotha . I tell you what a certain lady said to me who is quite as grand a statesman as her husband . She has found out the object of the conspiracy : It is to make us all look like the good people in the modern school of German Scripture pieces , — people who cannot say their soul ' s their own , but are dreadfully obedient to a paternal government , and then we shall sill of us have to perform life according to drill , under a German Miss Edgeworth ia n field-marshal's uniform ; but it is not true that her husbiuid would treat any Miss Edgeworth with want of courtesy , even though ahe were a German Miss Edgeworth , and woro the field-marshal ' s breeches . " This was the way Lawford rattled on in our short railway journey on Saturday evening . Our object was to get down to Leicester ' s ' box' by seven , ibr Imlf-pnst—the dinner hour . At tho station , a man came up and touched his hat , which salutation Lawford answered by one of his short benevolent nods , and wo then took
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 28, 1857, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28111857/page/17/
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