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a Pn-mnTete Latin Grammar for the Use of Learners . By John William Donaldsonf S . Jolm W - parker and Son - De DonaidSOK ; known as a good , though somewhat venturesome , scholar , has been too long occupied in tuition not to have considerable attention paid to any ork such as the one before us , coining as it does to fill a most important place . He declares that he , was forced into the compilation of this grammar , by inability to find one that he could place in the hands of his pupils with perfect satisfaction . TVerv book , he says , contains what is superfluous or omits what is indispensable . For the pupils of Bury School , therefore , he has constructed this work . As many sufficient confidence in to
of our readers place our judgments purchase upon our recommendation , we feel bound to warn them whenever we ourselves deem it necessarv that the judgment should be taken with a qualification . For instance , in the case of a grammar : aione but those accustomed to tuition can properly estimate the merits and defects of such a work ; and as we are unaccustomed to tuition , we utter our verdict with a reserve implied . Without , therefore , instituting a comparison between -Dr . Donaldson ' s grammar and the hundred others that exist , we may say that it is lucid , brief ; and sufficiently ample : it has evidently been compiled with great care , and with a view to practical purposes rather than the settlement of disputes .
The Child ' s German Booh . By A . H . N . Franz Thimm . The German bookseller , Franz Thimm , has here presented us with a work ( printed in Germany ) which purposes to teach children German in play . It is very simple and easy . The lessons on pronunciation are followed by easy sentences , but the best part is the reading lessons—^ scraps of prose and poetry which will attract the child . The Salf- Century : its History , Political and Social . By Washington Wilks . ¦ C . Gilpin .
This excellent and useful little book has already appeared in chapters in the columns of one of our ablest contemporaries , and was well deserving of a substantive shape . Mr . Wilks speaks modestly of his work and its short <» mings ; yet they are fewer than those of many bigger books , and do not prevent his from being a very serviceable review of the opinions and events which have agitated the last fifty years . It makes no claim to stand beside Miss Martineau ' s thoughtful and beautiful History of ike Peace , but it may be read as an introduction to that work , or as a substitute for those whose time and means prevent their taking up Miss Martineau . Once more we have to complain of a history without an index—how can publishers so
disregard the obvious wants of the public ? Ndies ,-ThougMs , and Inquiries . By Charles Chalmers . Churchill . TH 323 E thoughts are worth perusal . The thinker employs himself on social economy , and his ideas take a practical turn . The valuable suggestions put in this book , in the form of questions , would , if illustrated with the felicity with which Mr . Herbert Spencer has embellished his Social Statics , produce a useful impression . Mr . Chalmers' plan seems to consist in the institution of national allotments , with one house for the % m"dj , on a sufficiency of land to sustain them well , easy of accession , and of perttiftnentVconditional occupation . The cultivation of the land is to bi ^ orie professionally . The author of the " thought" considers this plan would furnish' an institutional ohook to population , and bring advantages of a long desired kind Without interfering with the settled habits of society . The plan is worth consideration .
The Rise and Progress of National Education in England , its Obstacles , Wants , and Prospects . A Letter to Richard Cobden > M . P . By Richard Church . John Chapman . Tnra is an historical letter of much more value and ability than its pamphlet appearance suggests . To all desirous of learning the origin and studying the actors and vicissitudes of national education , this letter to Mr . Cobden will be read with advantage . It is a vigorous narrative , replete with curious facts and cogent arguments , and the ablest demolition of Mr . Edward Baines which has appeared . Epitome of Evidence on Church Bates , given in 1851 . By J . F . Trelawny , Esq ., M . P . R . Theobald .
Me . Tkelawny has prefixed to his Epitome a useful sketch of the history of recent church-rate proceedings . TJhe publication of such a digest as this Epitome , including the testimony of many competent witnesses , will be found of great service to all who take an interest in this conscience-contested question , and all such owe Mr . Trelawny thanks . The Rights and Duties of Property , with a Plan for Paying off the National Debt . By John Sangstcr . Whktakcr and Co . In the only case of " Utopianism" which this author discusses , that of Mr . Cabot , wo find the same low and flippant irony which political economists frequently
indulge in , leaving us in wonder how so serious a science can so frequently deprive its votaries of the common dignity of scientific controversy . In other respects , the question of the Mights and ZHities of Property is treated with pretensions to scientific precision , and accompanied by a plan for paying off the National Debt . Proprietors and labourers are addressed in a tone likely to produce a bettor understanding between them , and methods whereby their interests may bo reconciled , are intelligently discussed . The book is another contribution on the side of political economy towards the social reformation , on all hands allowed to bo imperative . Mr . gangster's treatise ia worthy the attention of social refonnors .
Report of the Proceedings of a Conference held in Birmingham , on Preventive and Reformatory Schools . Longman and Co . Tub friends of the " Perishing and Dangerous ClasBOs "— a terrible term—havo |» old a conference , under tho presidency of Mr . J ) . M . Hill , Recorder of . Birmingham , Pomona of-official stations and great practical experience took part in those deliberations . This " Report" in tho record of their suggestions , and needs no words from us to claim for it interest and importance . Tho efforts of this conference are tho most practical and benevolent which legal sympathy has yet taken .
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MAGNETIC EVENINGS AT HOME . Letter III . —To G . H . Lewes . I am about to shift the scene of my narrative , and introduce to you a whole host of new characters . Hitherto , the locality of our magnetic experiments has been a cottage by the sea-shore . You must now accompany me inland , through the fertile valley ground of Somersetshire , io a country parsonage . As yet , the only spectators present at the " magnetic evenings " have been three gentlemen , very silent humdrum people , merely intent
on arriving at a fair estimate , from what they saw with their own eyes , of the real merits of Animal Magnetism . You must now be introduced to a room full of young ladies , anything but humdrum people , and ( I may conscientiously add ) anything but silent either ! In my last two letters , the subject of our experiments has figured as a person accustomed to be submitted to the magnetic influence for a period of some two years . In my present letter , the subjects presented to you will be persons who had never been magnetized before in their lives .
This was the circumstance which produced our visit to the parsonage : — .. An evening party was given , at which our friend , Count P- -, was present . The topic of Animal Magnetism was started ; and a pretty strong disbelief in the science was expressed by the company in general . One young lady , who had never been magnetized , volunteered to give the Count an opportunity of practically refuting his opponents : he took it , and threw her into the sleep . Still the disbelievers disbelieved as sturdily as ever . The room ( they said ) was hot ; the young lady must be naturally a little excited by the amusements of the evening ; it was extremely probable that
she had just felt a little faint , and had so sunk back with her eyes closed . Consequently , there was no proof of magnetic influence : and , consequently , they would not believe 1 Under these circumstances , it was arranged by one of the company , to whom the anti-magnetic system of logic was not quite satisfactory , that the Count should prove that he could put the young lady into the magnetic sleep the next afternoon , at her own home , away from all heat and excitement , and under the eyes of her own parents , relatives , and friends . It was in pursuance of this arrangement that we were now all gathered together in the drawing-room at the parsonage house .
Circumstances could hardly have been more unfavourable to the magne ' tizer ' s success than they were when our new experiment began . No plans , no entreaties , no paternal injunctions , could procure quiet . Imagine , first of all , that Misses A ., B . and C , are inveterately bent on whispering and laughing with Misses D ., E . and F . Then picture to yourself a small detachment of children , who cannot possibly be persuaded to eat their dinner quietly in the dining-room , who will carry the drawing-room door by storm , and wont stop in the drawing-room more than a moment after they have entered it . Further , fancy this said drawing-room door to have a creaking
hinge , the noise of which the most artful process of opening and shutting is quite powerless to silence . And then , when this combination of noises in the room accidentally ceased , once or twice , for a moment or so at a time , imagine a set of new noises , out of the room , always mysteriously ready to fill up the vacancy of silence . For instance , when the children had been got out of the way , then the dogs were sure to bark in the garden , or to whine and scratch at the door . When the young ladies had relapsed into " solemn silence "— when one gentleman had gone to sleep , and another gentleman had taken to looking steadfastly out of window , then the servants were certain to knock down something heavy in the kitchen
underneath , llealizo in your own mind all these elements of disturbance , and you will agree , I think , with me , that circumstances were the reverse of favourable to magnetic experiments , under the roof of our kind entertainers at tho parsonage . Ncvcrtlttslcss , in three minutes from the time when the Count and the young lady sat down opposite each other , she was in tho magnetic sleep Ifairly , palpably in tho magnetic sleep , in spite of every interruption , just at the very time when the interruptions were all at their height I
At first , she suffered from hysterical pantings and catchings of the breath , there seemed to be some obstruction in her throat , and her expression was certainly a painful one . She was soon relieved , however , by the inagnetisscr ; and then , as she breathed freely , she raised her hands in
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1852, page 183, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1923/page/19/
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