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Lectures On The Great Exhibition. Lectur...
u countries thwarts are mainly exercised to gratify the totes of the few ; with 7 o supply * ? «" ltfii : -P * ma « y- There ; the wealth of a provinceis absorbed ^ Vhe dress of amighty warrior ; here , the gigantic weapons of the peaceful potentate " used to provide clothing for the world . For that which makes it suitable that ate hinery , constructed on a vast scale , and embodying enormous capital , should be maC in manufacture , is that the wares produced should be very great in Quantity , UP 6 that the smallest advantage in the power of working , being multiplied a million-. ftd sh all turn the scaleof profit ; And thus such machinery is applied when wares manufactured for a vast populatiorij— -when inillions upon millions have to be * l thed , or fed , or ornamented , or pleased , with the things so produced . 1 have heard one say , who had extensively and carefully studied the manufacturing establishments of this country , that when he began his survey he expected to find the
ost subtle and refined machinery applied to the most delicate and beautiful kind f work—to gold and silver , jewels , and embroidery : but that when he came to ° amine , he found that these works were mainly executed by hand , and that the most exquisite and the most expensive machinery was brought into play where nerations on the most common materials were to be performed , because these vrtsre to be executed on the widest scale . And this is when coarse and ordinary wares are manufactured for the many . This , therefore , is the meaning of the vast and astonishing prevalence of machine-work in this country : — -that the machine with its million fingers works for millions of purchasers , while in remote countries , where magnificence and savagery stand side by side , tens of thousands work for
one There Art . labours for the rich , alone ; here she works for the poor no less . There the multitude produce only to give splendour and grace to the despot or the warrior whose slaves they are , and whom they enrich ; here the man who is powerful in the weapons of peace , capital and machinery , uses them to give comfort and emoyinent to the public , whose servant he is , and thus becomes rich while he enriches others with his goods . If this be truly the relation between the condition of the arts of life . in this country and in those others , may we not with reason and with gratitude say that we have , indeed , reached a point beyond theirs in the social progress of nations ? " " " This principle of democratization must be extended beyond Art and
Manufactures . If Throughthe ages one increasing purpose runs , And the thoughts of men are widened by the process of the suns , " that purpose indubitably is to make Humanity one Brotherhood . There is also an interesting Lecture by Professor Owen , on the JRaw Materials from thet Animal Kingdom ; one by Lyon Playfair , on the Chemical Principles involved in tke Manufactures , as . indicating the necessity for an Jidustrial Education ; one by Professor Lindley , on / Stoistances used as Food ; and others by Sir H . de la Beehe , Jacob Bell , Edward SollyJEler . E . Willis , J 7 Grlaisher , EC . Hinsman , Professor Boyle , and CaptaWWashington . A good index is added . _
Baiifojffr's Botany. Class-Book Of Botan...
BAIiFOJffR'S BOTANY . Class-Book of Botany , Being an Introduction to the Study ofthe VegetableKingdom By J . M . Balfour , M . D . A . and C . Black . This is the first part of an elaborate work on "Vegetable Organography , or the Anatomy _ of that vast and varied domain of Nature's activity called the Vegetable " world—a subject of intense interest to the student of the laws of Life , and one which even the Botanist , in the more popular and restricted sense of the term , will find investing his pursuit with a new and quite infinite source of enjoyment . This Part is complete in itself , and comprises Structural and Morphological Botany . It embraces an account of the Elementary Structure of Plants , such as microscopic observation has revealed ; an account of the Nutritive Organs and of the Reproductive Organs : thus embracing the descriptive anatomy of the vegetable world , and the various morphological transformations of tissues and organs . The whole is illustrated with upwards of 1000 woodcuts , some of them exquisite . ¦' ¦ ' ¦¦ In the execution of this taalc , Professor Balfour has displayed the most intimate and extensive acquaintance with all that has been ascertained by native and foreign investigators , and has thus brought his text up to the latest discoveries . At the end of each section , the results are recapitulated , so that the student may " take stock" of what he has just learned ; and copious references to the writings of the best authorities are also added to the sections , thus making the book what it pretends to be—a really useful Manual for Students . For clearness of exposition , felicity of arra ngement , copiousness and exactitude of details , this Class-Boofc deserves commendation ; but it must be remembered , that the book is no wore intended to be read through , than a work on Anatomy : it is a Manual for the Student , not a picturesque or philosophic survey rapidly introducing the " general reader" into the vegetable world .
Books On Our Table. Great Truths Illustr...
BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . Great Truths Illustrated by Great Authors . A Dictionary of nearly Four Thousand AW * to Reflation . W . White . Th * s is a drawing-room table book . Turning over its leaves during minutes of Vacancy , will bo an entertaining and not uninstructive process . There is much Wu"lom , and many felicitous sayings collected hero in an alphabetical order , Hut Wo ltm st flfty f \ lQ u greatnoa 8 " of some of these " Great Authors" has hitherto been unsuspected ; while the wisdom and truth of some of the sentences nre more than * J » sputal > lo . What say you to great authors named Hare , Babo , W . B . Clulow , n » Colfcon , Sowoll , Grovillo , and others ? And what are wo to say to such ll Phori 8 Ina aa this by Hftre . _ The ultimate tendency of Civilisation is-towards Barbarism— -. Which wo take to bo one of the many perversely foolish things called <* Guesses Ml -irutli . " ' " , i 0 Gospel accordinq to LuJco . Translated from the original Greek , and illustrated by * xtnu ! t 8 from the theological writings of Swodonborg . By the lato Kov . J , Olowos , Sw Se « ond Edition . J . S . Hodeon . ci , * B ? NB 0 » a scorns to bo reviving again in England . The activity of his dis-Gosrli WOrth y of notico « Hore iB ttl ° sc < J 01 ) d cdition of ft translation of the Ar ii Luko ' «« riously and copioiwly illustrated from tho Arcana , Caslestia , fort ) T w X ! ' » Ptoinetl , Brief Exposition of the JSfmo Church , Doctrine of Li fe e Jeru salem , Ac ., forming a grange body of Jorusaloraic doctrine .
Course of the History of Modern Philosophy . By Victor Cousin . Translated by O . W . Wright . In two . vols . New York : Appleton & Co These two handsome octavos wUl be welcome to many English readers . Of all Cousin ' s writings , these chapters on the History of Philosophy are undeniably the most interesting and valuable . Brilliant and ingenious in style , and dexterous in their appropriation of Hegel ' s principles , they contain what to English readers will always be the most attractive pages—those on Locke and his school ( pp . 125 ^ -329 ) . We cannot allow this commendation of a really valuable work to pass without at the same time stating our conviction that Cousin ' s criticisms on Locke are unpleasantly shallow and idlei Indeed , although it would lead us far beyond our limits to enter upon any examination of Cousin ' s fallacies and inaccuracies , we should be neglecting our Office did we not enter an emphatic caveat against almost every page Cousin writes . We do not say every page is false , but we do say , Beware how you take his word for anything , either as a matter of fact or as a matter of opinion . Cousin is an amusing cicerone through the Museums of Philosophy ; but one never trusts very implicitly to what the cicerone says !
The Writings of Douglas J " errold . Collected Edition .. Vol . III . Mrs . Caudles Curtain Lectures , The Story of a Feather , The Sick Qiani and the Doctor Dwarf . Bradbury and Evans . Is there anything more to be said about Mrs . Caudle ? She is a type—a type no man pretends to be unacquainted with ; she lives in the British mind such as Jerrold created her ; she is his most popular creation ; and her lectures open this the third volume of the cheap edition of his works . After her comes the pretty , fanciful Story of a Feather ; and the SicJc Giant , which is new to us . ' The Messianic Traditions of the Hast , with collateral Extracts from their Sacred Books . [ Die Messias-Sagen des Morgenlandes , & c . ] By Carl Scholl . Hamburg .-Meissner and Schirges . 1852 . D . Niitt , Strand . Hebb Schom ., the author of this work , is one of the speakers in the Freien Gemeinden , or " Free Congregations" Of Germany , the latest result of that spiritual
insurrection which , originating in the outspeaking of Ronge , is now manifesting itself in a bold yet religious phase of Free . Thought . The object of the present work is to collate the legendary histories of the various Messiahs of the East , with a view to illustrate the generic similarity "between them . Confucius , Buddha , Zoroaster , Moses , Jesus , and Mahomet , are the names selected . A chapter is devoted to the history of each , and the narratives are followed by a series of selections from the Scriptures relating to each Saviour . The work is remarkably concise for a German , and is written in an earnest and genial spirit . Much that it contains is very curious and interesting , and we should be glad to see it in an Engglish dress . It would make a pleasing addition to Mr- Chapman ' s Catholic Series . It may be worth while to add , that Herr Scholl concludes his work with a list of all the references made throughout the book—a novel plan which has many advantages , and which would be still more useful if the page on which the reference is made were specified .
Home in the " Nineteenth Century . Containing a complete Account of the Buins of the Ancient City , the Remains of the Middle Ages , and the Monuments of Modern . Times . By Charlotte A . Eaton . Fifth Edition . In two vols . ( Bonn ' s Illustrated Library . ) Vol . 1 . H . GK Bohn . Mbs . Eaton ' s very useful survey of Rome , its antiquities and modern aspect , has here , in its fifth edition , passed into Mr . Bohn ' s illustrated series , and considering that the work has been out of print for twenty years , it may be almost regarded as a new book . JReminiscences and Reflections of an Old Operative . Smith and Elder . We recognise in these pages the pen of a judicious , pi'actical , and benevolent friend of the working class . Our author , a " retired operative engineer , " discusses the questions of the day agitated by Cooperatives and Trade Societies in a manner that entitles him to their best attention . The Gold Region * of Australia . By Samuel MosBmay . W . S . Orr and Co . Mundane Moral Government . By T . Doubleday . \ V . Blackwood and Sons , Gospel according to Luke . By Rev . J . Clowes , M . A . J . S . Hodgson . Cheap Books , and Mow to Get Them . By John Chapman . John Chapman . Our New Parish . By H . E . Fourdrinier . W . Pickering . Affahanistan . By Thomas Anson . W . Pickering . Lectures on the Remits of the Great Exhibition q / 1851 . - David Boffuo . Political Elements ; By J . Moseley . Jolin W . Parker and Sou . The Emphatic New Testament . By John Taylor . Taylor , Walton , and Maberly . The Story of Nell Owyn . By Peter CunninRham . Brndbury and Evana . The Autobiography of William Jerdan . Vol . I . Arthur Hall , Virtue , and Co . Varico . se Veins and Varicose Ulcers . By Thomas William Nunn . Henry ltenshaw . The Bookselling Question . John W . Parker and Son . Importance of Literature to Men of Business . J . J- Griffin and Co . First Seport of the Commissioners for the Exhibition < 2 / " 1851 . Clowes and Sona . Family Medical Adviser . By John Skelton . Moxon and Walker . The Charm . Addey and Co . Wild Spring Flowers . By Alice Georgina . Addey and Co . The Frog Prince . Addey and Co . The Picture Pleasure Book . Addey and Co . Primary Charge . T M Jia ^ B ani } 9 , ° ' Sermons on National Subjects . By C . Kingflley . J . J- Griffin and Co . The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man . By E . B . Todd . _ . _ .. _ , . _ ¦ " ' •'" John W . Parker and So The Grand Jury . Is it a System which it is Necessary or Desirable to Abolith ? By a Member of the Middle Temple . Buttorworth .
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Comte's Positive Philosophy. By G. H. Le...
COMTE'S POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY . By G . H . Lewes . Paut IX . —The scope and bearing of Physicfr Physics , literally the science of Nature , is restricted to what , in ordinary language , is lodsely termed Natural Philosophy . As the second of the Fundamental Sciences we have now to examine its position and bearing in Positive Philosophy . Astronomy and Sociology stand as the Alpha and Omega of Science : the one setting forth the laws of heavenly bodies , the other setting forth the laws which regulate the great movements of Humanity . Between these stand Physics , setting forth as much as may bo known of the mystery of this earth , and Physiology ( or , more accurately ,
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Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1852, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29051852/page/19/
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