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    the subject b ^ a method a sufficiently comprelierisire character . These results V ^ r 6 ; jsuppreaSjB 4 /^ y . - -hiin ; in . the second edition , doubtless ' 'in .--c 6 nseau ^ n ^ e -p f- ^ eir ' nbtveii ^ iiiting . sQ / cpmplete an accordance with observation as was manifest in his otherresearches on the lunar theory . But , as Mr . Gra nt observes , tluit Ne \ vton really was in possession of a method adequate to a complete inre'Stigation of the subject , is rendered still further probable by the researches Of J ^ r . Adams , who , by aid of geometrical considerations analogous to-those expounded with so much ; elegance in . the JPHncipia , has obtained results relative to the movement of the lunar apogee , which

    present a complete accordance with observation . Besides the chapters devoted to the all important subject of Gravitation , we would direct special attention to those on the Precession of the Equinoxes , and on the Perturbations of the Planets ^ Indeed , for the union of the exposition of principles with the historical erudition , necessary to set forth their rise and progress , this work must take a worthy p lace . Had it been differently named , criticism would only have had praise to award ; and now that we have briefly told the reader what the book really is , we must leave it in hishknds . . * -

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    THE MELVILLES . The Melvilles . By the author of " John Prayton . " In . three volumes . Bentley . We opened the Melvilles with an eagerness such as rarely moves us towards the three vpliiine task we have so often to undergo ; we were moved by the recollection of John ~ Drgyton , a novel animated by a spirit we were forced to admire and respect , even in the heat of conflict ; anovel exhibitingvery remarkable faculties on the part of the Writer , whom we then supposed to be a clergyman , whom we now understand to be a lady ; a novel , in short , that predisposed us to look with indulgent interest upon anything else coming from theisame pen . ; It is useless hovering abput the conclusion ! We must come to it at lastso we naay at once express our disappointnient . The Melvilles is

    , very inferior to JohnJDrayton . The story is languid , spun out by details and episodes , that do not justify theirr appearance by their interest , and wanting the reality and purpose Of the former book . The style is as graphic , as musical , and as poetical as before ; but the charadters are faint , lacking the strong lines of individuality > looking -like what they are ^ - — persons in a novel . The construction of the story has a simplicity , which , desirable in a philosophic novel , Or in One whereinthe attention would be centred on the minute , progressive deveJOj pnient of character , is ruinous to the interest of a novel without character . JSvery change is foreseen ; and as the change brings with it no corresponding influence on the characters of the drama , its being foreseen makes it uninteresting . If you could actually anticipate

    all that Smith would say to you in the course of a conversation , it would require immense politeness to listen to him , but the element of unexpectedness invests even Smith withamomentary interest . So it is with novels and plays . Only the good can be read twice , and it is like a second reading , the task of reading , with a distinct foreknowledge of what is to come . "When Mr . Melville dies , and his widow is left penniless , we foresee that Hugh Melville will fail in getting a clerkship ; we foresee that he will try and be disappointed through several episodes ; we foresee that Isabella and her mother will apply for needlework to support the family , and after

    some baffling will manage to make enough by the needle to support themselves ; so when John Aikman comes to take lessons of Hugh , we foresee that this not very intelligible version of Dobbin will fall in love with Isabella , and be happy with her when the three volumes draw to a close ; we foresee that Esther will love her cousin , we foresee tfoat the uncle from India will be the dens ex mackind , Wtn short , without any exercise of the imagination , the whole story unfolds itself , always some chapters ahead ; and the consequence is , that if we read on , it . is merely because there is a charm in the style .

    To the author of John Drayion . we should say ; You have failed ; but be not discouraged ; there can" be no doubt of your faculties , but guineas aro only coined from gold , and if , instead of golden experience , you attempt to use the materials of circulating libraries , all the faculty in the world will not do . Try what can be done with the thoughts you have thought , and the feelings you have felt , and then you may say , as Touchstone says of Audrey , — "An ill-favoured thing , my lord , but my own !"

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    BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . Physiology applied to " Health and Education . By Andrew Combo , M . D . Fourteenth Edition , revised and enlarged . Edited by Kobort Ooxo , M . D . Simpkin , Marshall and Co . Dn . Andrew Combb was not only an admirable writer and a clear thinker , ho was enabled to preach from tho text of . bis own sufferings , and to transinuto bis experience into lessons for mankind . Tho delicate health which robbed tho world so early of his services , ho turned to good account , in writing of health and education . His books aro masterpieces of popular exposition . Tho basis is sound , tho materials excellent , tho stylo captivating . " Fourteenth edition" on tho titlo-pago of a really solid scientific worjc aro magical words ; and wo deliberately say they proiniso nothing which tho work will not fulfil . Dr . lto |) ovt Coxo has very con-Hidorabl y enlarged this edition by some valuable additions , bringing tho physiology < lown to tho latest discoveries and ideas . It is a cheap edition , printed in double columns , and has an useful index . The Orations of Cicero . ' Literally Tranqjatod by C . P . Yongo , B . A . ( JBohn ' s Classical Library . ) Vole . II . and HL " ¦ II . G . Bolui . Two moro volumes of Mr . Yongo ' s Cicero do not alter tho opinion wo formerly oxprosHod on tho translation . Had Cicero not written a totally different stylo from that of his translator , there would have been no " Classical Library" ready to publish his orationB . As a " crib" this translation will bo usoftil ; but only its a crib . S <> Joshua Reynolds ' a Literary Works . Edited by W . It . Booohoy . In Two Volumes . f ( Holm ' s Standard Library . ) Vol . II . * JL G - Bohn-Tnia conclusion of these charming works , tho flrnt rootling of wVfrh wo onvy any man .

    The TFortcs of Sir TJiontas Browne . Edited by Simon Wilkin , F . L . S . ( Bohris Antiquarian Library . ) Vol . Hi . fi . GK Bohn . This third volume concludes the enterprising reprint of Sir Thomas Browne , and contains — besides the tTrn Burial , Christian Morals , Miscellanies , arid Correspondence—an excellent Index to the whole work . Browne is a subject to which we must return for an article when the publishing season gives us a little leisure arid space .., " - Sir John , Franklin and the Arctic " Regions : A Letter to Lord John ' Russell . By Peter Livingston . Smith and Son . Me . Livingston , one of the intelligent lecturers at Mr . Wyld ' s Great Globe , availing himself of his admirable opportunities of studying the details of the Arctic Expedition , has drawn up considerations why it would be desirable to send out other vessels in search of the Northern explorers . Somewhat more rhetorical than an " appeal to a statesman need be , tlie Letter has scientific information told with a fervour likely to interest the public , whose sympathies will be entirely with the writer . . m - Use and Abuse of Capital , Machinery , and Land . By William M'Crombie . Ward and Co . An author , who has won credit for the useful treatment of an abstract moral question , devotes himself here to the theme of the day—the " Use and Abuse" of Capital and its agencies . The essay is written under a just sense of the responsibilities Of the subject , and is far more impartial in its treatment than there was reason to expect . It will be read with instruction and pleasure .

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    A Sana-look of Organic Chemistry . By W . Gregory , M . D .. Taylor , "Walton , and Co . Democritus in London t with the Mad Franks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good ' Fellow . ¦ William Pickering . The Exhibition Lay . . Groombridge and Son . Lionel Lincoln . Parts I . and II . By J . F . Cooper . J . K . Chapman . Lyrical Poems . By P . De Beranger . Sutherland and Knox . Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England . By W . Whewell . . . . J . W . Parker and Son . Career of Louis Napoleon . John King . An Essay upon the Ghost-Belief ' of Shakespeare . By A . Eoffe . Hope and Co . Account of the Public Prison of Valencia , Charles Gilpin . Reminiscences and . Reflections of an Old Operative . Smith , Elder , and Co . The Physiology of the Human Voice . By F . Bonier . Leader and Cock . The Laws of Health in relation to Mind and Body . By L . J . Bealc . John Churchill . IrUshPopular Superstition * . By M . R . Wilde . J . M'Glashan . Course of ' the-History of Modern Philosophy . 2 yols . By M . V . Cousin . D . Appletdn and Co . The Suitor ' s County Court Guide . By W . W . Charnock . C . MitcheU . Michaud ' s History of the Crusades . Vol . 2 . Translated by W . Bobson . , „ . George Eoutledge and Co . The Melvilles . 3 vols . " B . Bentley . Great Artists and Great Anatomists . By R . Knox . John Van Voorst . The Natural History of Animals . Vols . X and 2 . By T . B . Jones . John Van Voorst . Alphonse Karr—Conies et Jfouvelles . W . Je jJ . Conscience JUinnocent-. Tome 1 . Par A . Dumas . W . Jetts . George III . et Caroline de Brunswick . Tome 1 . Par L . Gozlon . W . Je ^ 8 . La-ComteaseDeChamy . Tome 1 . Par A . Dumas . - W . Jells . Life and Times of Francesco Sforza , Duke of Milan . 2 vols . By W . P . Urquhart . ¦ ^ Blackwood and Sons . Home Circle . Part XXXIV . WVS . Johnson . Poetic Works of Louis Napoleon . „ David Bogue . Zingra the Gipsy . By A . M . Maillard . - G . Eoutledge and Co . Mrs . Caudle ' s Curtain Lectures . By Douglas Jerrold . Bradbury and Evans . Republic of Plato . Translated by J . I / . Davies and D . J . Vaughan . Macmillan and Co . Tales and Ballads . By J . Telfer . S-J weed ? Catherine Sinclair . W . Jweedie . The Rabbi of York . A Tragedy . Baily Brothers . Moral and Social Songs . John Eobertson . Future Prospects of Christianity . By Professor Newman . John Itobertson . Blaohwood ' s Edinburgh Magazine . W . Blackwood and Sons . British Quarterly Review . Jackson and Walford . Bleak House . Part III . By Charles Dickens . Bradbury and Evina . Writings of Douglas Jerrold—Cakes and Ale . Part I . „ „ Punch Office . Mr . Sponge ' s Sporting Tour . Part V . Bradbury and Evans . Tait ' s Edinburgh Magazine . Sutherland and Knox Royal Military Magazine . , ; ,. Kent and C ( i ' Household Narrative . 16 , WeUington-street . JFraser ' 8 Magazine . J- W . Parker and Son . Colburn ' s United Service Magazine . Colbnrn and Co . Britixh Journal . ¦ Aylott and Jones . Letters on Church Matters . _ James g ^ gway . Biographical Magazine . J- Passmore Edwards . Law , Constitution , and Reform of Convocation . J - **¦• " S ^ ^ . ' Penny Maps . Part XXII . Chapman and Hall . Cowie ' s Bookbinder's Pocket Book and Manual . W . Strange , jun . Chambers' Pocket Miscellany . W . S . Orr and Co . Climate of Italy in Relation to Pulmonary Consumption . By T . H . Burgess . ' Longman , Brown , Green and Co . The Portrait Gallery . Part V . W . S . Orr and Co . Free-Trade Fallacies Ttefuted . By G . P . Young . Jaraos Madden . Parlour Library—Scalp Hunters ' . By Capt . M . Eoid . Simms and M In tyro . The Bookcase—Italian Sketch Book . By Fanny Lowald , Sutuns and M'Intyro . Prospective Review . . „ ... John Chapman . Norm British Review . Hamilton , Adams and Co . Records of tho School of Mines , and of Science applied to the Arts . Vol . 1 . X art i . " v Longman and Co Class liooJc of Botany , being an Introduction to the Study of the Vegetable Kingdom . By J . II . BaUbur ; M . D ., F . E . S . E ., bo . Longman and Co

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    We should do our utmost to encourage tho Beautiful , for the Useful encourage * itself .- — Gootjiic .

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    COMTE'S POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY . By G . H . Lewes . Paiit VI . —Wliat are the Laws of Nature ? The three great initial conceptions of the Positive Philosophy having heen Bet forth in tho preceding sections , I will now give some analysis of the six volumes of scientific exposition forming the Cours de PJiilosophie Positive . But before finally leaving the suhject of Comte ' s Law of Evolution , I will insert a note addressed to me hy a friend , which pay help to , clear up some obscurities in n > y own exposition . The importance of tho law warrants our dwelling on it : — " The following observations may perhaps prove serviceable to tho younger students of the Positive Philosophy . In tho Law of Evolution , they must not supp ose , as many do , that each of tho thrqe periods had a separate and exclusive existence . On the contrary , tho Theological , Metaphysical , and Positive elements , have always co-existed . But in the first period , The-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1852, page 447, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1934/page/19/