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grals , he instructed his advocate to write . " These are only ways of notation , and signify nothing to the method itself , which may be without them . " True it is that these ways of notation signify nothing to the existence of the method , but to its applications and extensions , experience has proved they signify everything in the world . As well might it be said that , because natural objects exist
equally , whatever names they are called by , that the language of ancient Greece conferred no superiority of thought on the races by whom it was spoken , above those who had no better vehicle of expression than the Chinese or Cherokee . How nearly a too implicit acquiescence in Newton ' s theory of refraction had nipped in the bud the invention of the achromatic telescope , is too well known to be more than adverted to in this place .
The portrait m the frontispiece which , to our mind , much enhances the value of the book , is from an original drawing in Indian ink , preserved in tbe Pepysian collection in Magdalen College , Cambridge , which is supposed to have been taken when the intimacy between Pepys ( who , by the way , many of our readers may be surprised to learn was at one time president of the Royal Society *) and Newton was at its height , at which time the latter must have been about fifty years of age . It is the most expressive and spiritual , and gives the liveliest perception of the " mens divinior" of any likeness of Newton we have ever yet seen .
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BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . Knight ' s Excursion Companion . Part I . C . Knight-This is another of the works issued by Charles Knight for the conflux of nations in 1851 . Its object is to describe the " land we live in" by means of a gigantic guidebook to the various notable spots of Great Britain . Illustrated with woodcuts , and still better illustrated with antiquarian lore and a pleasant genial spirit , it will supersede the guidebooks . This first part contains Brighton , "Worthing , and Arundel , Lewes , Hastings , Rye , and Winchelsea , Canterbury and Dover , Isle o Thanet , Sandwich , and Deal . Canterbury versus Borne . Lectures by Ernest Jones . Nos . 2 , 3 4 , and 5 . £ . Dipple These lectures are now completed , and one sign of their excellence is that the demand for them has caused a reprint of the earlier numbers . Mr . Jones has now made contributions to various departments of literature with an ability that has arrested attention in every work . These lectures display a very ready acquaintance with historical and theological lore , which are here pressed into the service of popular principle . The death of Titus Oates , of Margaret Wilson , and Rowland Taylor are strikingly narrated . Genevieve ; a Tale of Peasant Life . By A . [ de Lamartine . Translated by Mary Howitt ( Parlour Library ) . Simula and M'Intyre A second translation of this indifferent novel—scarcely worthy of one . But Lumartine ' s name has a great prestige , and the extraordinary cheapness may secuie a sale . The English Republic . No . 2 . Watson . This number is more varied and interesting than the first We have a Life of Mazzini , the most complete which has yet been rendered , containing facts in the life of this soldier of progress not elsewhere to be found . It also contains a chapter on Republican Organization . "We think Mr . Linton ' s objects might be better advanced through existing associations , but those who think differently may read his Plan of Organization . Reasons for Cooperation : a Lecture delivered at the Office for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations . To which is added . Cod and Mammon : a Sermon to Young Men . Preached in tSt . John ' s District Church , 8 t . Pan eras . By F . I ) . Maurice , M . A . J . W . Parker . The fPonderful History of Peter Schlemiht . By Adelbert von Chiimitiso . With a Vocabulary and Copious Motes . Hy Faluk Lebahu . tiimpkin mid i \ Iar « hiUl . History of England for Junior Classes , with Questions for Examination at the end of each Chapter . JOditcd hy Henry \ Yliite . Biinpkin and Marshall . The Mighty Curative Powers of Mesmerism , proved in upwards one hundred and Jifly Case * of various Diseases . Hy Thomun Oii | icrii . II . Builliciu . Orations . By the Reverend John W . Lester , H . A . W . Pickering-. J'iftij Lessons on the Elements of the German Language . Hy A . ' Ileiuiiuiii , Ph . D . D . Nutt . Mxtracts from the Evidence taken before the Committees of the tiro Houses of Parliament relative to tlw tilave Trade , with IlliiHlruMniiH from Collateral HOiiroea of Information . Hy a Hamster of the Middle Temple . Jainea ltiilgwuy . Jiegulated Slave Trade . From the Kvidence of Robert 8 toke « , Km | ., ffiven before tbe fielect Committee of the IIoiiho of I . orda in IH 1 K . With u Plate showing the , ntowug-o of u HiitiHli Slave . Ship ( luring i ) ,,. k- ^ uUumI Sluvii Trade . J union Kidyway . llemarks oh the African Squadron . Hy H . H . MhiihIIcIcI . JiimcM Ridfrway . The Ilritish Squadron on the Coast of Africa . Hy an American MiMHtonury . With u Map . James ltidgwny . Remarks on the Amendment of the Law of Patents for inventions . Hy T . Turner , ICsq . F . Klmvorth . Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lord * appointed I to consider the best Means which ( heat llritain can adopt for the Jinal Extinction of the African Slave Trade . Presented in HoxHion 1850 . Sir Philip Ilcthcrington . Uy the author of " Olivia" ( Parlour Library ) . HimiiiH and M'lntyre . * It . uiik dminjj ( he pn-riitlcnry of 1 ' epyn that Hie MH . oflho Hint , book of the Principia wuh mimeuted to thn Hociety by Dr . ; Vincent .
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FETCHING WATER FROM THE WELL . Early on a sunny morning , while the laik was singing sweet , Came , beyond the ancient farmhouse , sounds of lightly-tripping feet . ' T was a lowly cottage maiden going , why , let young hearts tell , With her homely pitcher laden , fetching water from
the well . Shadows lay athwart the pathway , all along the quiet lane , And the breezes of the morning moved them to and fro again . O ' er the sunshine , o ' er the shadow , passed the maiden of the farm , With a charmed heart within her , thinking of no ill nor harm .
Pleasant , surely , were her musings , for the nodding leaves in vain Sought to press their bright ' ning image on her everbusy brain . Leaves and joyous birds went by her , like a dim , half-waking dream ; And her soul was only conscious of life ' s gladdest summer-gleam . At the old lane ' s shady turning lay a well of water bright , Singing , soft , its hallelujah to the gracious morning light . Fern-leaves , broad and green , | bent o ' er it , where its
silv ry droplets fell , And the fairies dwelt beside it , in the spotted foxglove-bell . Back she bent the shading fern-leaves , dipt the pitcher in the tide , — Drew it , with the dripping waters flowing o ' er its glazed side . But , before her arm could place it on her shiny , wavy hair , By her side a youth was standing !—Love rejoiced to see the pair ! Tones of tremulous emotion trailed upon the morning breeze , Gentle words of heart-devotion whisper'd ' neath the
. But the holy , blessed secrets , it beseems me not to tell : Life had met another meaning , —fetching water from the well ! Down the rural lane they sauntered . He the burdenpitcher bore ; She , with dewy eyes downlooking , grew more beauteous than before !
] 1 1 . When they near'd the silent homestead , up he ruised the pitcher light ; Like a fitting crovrn he placed it on her hair of wavelets bright : Emblems of the coming burdens that for love of him she 'd bear , Calling every burden blessed , if his lovo but lighted there ! Then , still waving benedictions , further—further off he drew , While his shadow scom'd a glory that across the pathway grew . Now about her household duties silently the maiden went , And an ever-radiant halo with her daily life was blent . Little knew the aged matron , an her feet like music ; fell , What abundant treasure found she , fetching water from the well ! Mauik . S K K T C II E S F R O M L I F V .. It y IfAiiuiKT Martin had . VI . —THK FAllM-LAltomiKlt . —TIIK FATMF . lt . When George Hunks was nearly thirty years of age , ho married . He had always been happy , except for one great drawback ; and now he hoped to be happier than ever ; and , indeed , he was . The drawback wns that hit ) father drank . Hanks had been brought up to expect a little property which should nmko life easy to him ; but , while Htill a youth , he gave up all thought of any property but fiueh as he might cam .
He saw everything going to ruin at home ; and he and his sister , finding that their father was irreclaimable , resolved to go out and work for themselves , and for their mother while she lived . The sister went out to service , and Banks became a farm-labourer . Their father ' s pride was hurt at their sinking below the station they were born to ; but they were obliged to disregard his anger when an honest maintenance was in question . There was a smaller drawback , by the way : Banks was rather deaf , and he thought the deafness increased a little ; but it was not enough to
stand in the way of his employment as a labourer ; he could hear the sermon in church ; and Betsy did not mind it , so he did not . He had a good master in old Mr . Wilke ? ., a large farmer in a southern county . Mr . Wilkes paid him 12 s . a-week all the year round , and £ 5 for the harvest month . For some years Banks laid by a good deal of money ; so did Betsy , who was a housemaid at Mr . Wilkes ' s . When they became engaged , they had between them £ 50 laid by . Banks took a cottage of three rooms , with nearly half a rood of garden-ground . They furnished their
house really well , with substantial new furniture , and enough of it . In those days of high prices it made a great cut out of their money : but they agreed that they should never repent it . Banks had the privilege of a run on the common for his cow , and of as much peat as he chose to cut and carry for fuel . He had seen the consequences of intemperance in his father ' s case , and he was a water-drinker . He seldom touched even beer , except at harvest-time , -when his wife brewed for him , that they might keep clear of the public-house .
During the whole of their Iive 3 to this day ( and they are now old ) they have never bought anything ¦ whatever without having the money in their hands to pay for it . If they had not the money , they no more thought of having the article than if it had been at the North Pole . They paid £ 5 a-year for their cottage , and the poor-rate has always been from 15 s . to 20 s . a-year . It was war-time when they married , in 18 L 2 ; and the dread came across them , now and then , of a recruiting party appearing , or of Banks being drawn for the militia ; but they hoped that the
deafness would save them from this misfortune . And the fear was not for long : in 1814 , peace was proclaimed . It was a merry night —that when the great bonfire was lighted for the peace . Mrs . Banks could not go to see it , for she was in her second confinement at the time ; but her husband came to her bedside and told her all about it . She had never seen him so gay . He was always cheerful and « vfeettempered ; but he was of a grave cast of character , which the deafness had deepened into a constant
thoughtfulnoss . This night , however , he was very talkative , telling her what good times were coming , now that Bonaparte was put down ; how every man might stay at home at his proper business , and there would be fewer beggars and lower poor-rates , and everything would go well , with God's blessing on a nation at peace . The next year there was war jigain ; but , almost as soon as it was known that Bonaparte had reappeared , the news came of the battle of Waterloo , and there was an end of all apprehension of
war . In eleven years they had eleven children . There was both joy and sorrow with those e . hildien . For seven years , the eldest , little Polly , was nothing but joy to her parent .- * . She was the- prettiest , little girl they hud ever hcch ; and the neighbours thought ho loo . She was bright and merry , perfectly obedient , very clever , and so handy that she was a helpful little niiiid to her mother . When three infants died , one after another , her father found comfort in taking this child on his knees in the evenings , and " ( King
her to prattle to him . Her clear little merry voice came easily to his ear , when he could not heiir older people without diiUculty . The next child , Tom , wan a blessing in his way : he was a strong lit . ile fellow of six ; and he went out with Hunks to t . hc field , and really did some useful woik , — frightening the birds , leading the horses , pit king sticks , weeding , running errands , and so on . 15 uL the charm at home was littlo
Polly . When Polly was seven , however , a sad accident happeiu d . She was taking < are of the little ones before the door , during her mother ' s confinement , and one of the boys struck tier on the top of Die head with a saucepan . Sin ; fell , and when she wuh taken up f-he looked so strangel y that the doctor wns consulted about her . Aft < r watching her lor some weeks he said he feared there was some injury to ihe bruin . Hunks has hud many doubles in life , hut none ha . s
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We should do our utmost to encourage the Beautiful , for tne Useful encourages itself . —Gokthk .
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Feb . 15 , 1851 . ] ffifje ILeaiJCt * 155
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 15, 1851, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1870/page/15/
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