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—the perpetual misunderstanding , the insensible gene which they communicate to the unfortunate individual who makes a third in their society , the atmosphere of unrest and irritability which surrounds them when together , the agreeable qualities and companionableness of either when apart . It is perfectly true that Edith is ill and nervous , sick of isolated sympathies , and moped to death at Velindra ; it is also true that Erskine has few tastes in common with her , and repels her by his somewhat unrefined and cynical tone of feeling . But for all that , he is nearly as much to be pitied as she is . If he wounds and irritates her , she torments and puzzles him . He is scarcely less a -victim—to the tyranny of her silent martyrdom . Each revenges on the other the wrongs inflicted by fate , the mistake of thei * union , and its indissoluKHty . They- are neither of them schooled in the great lesson , the only resource left for married people , who have played their stake for mutual happiness , and lost it—to carry their chain peaceably with as little tugging and . jerking as may be . Probably we all know similar histories in actual life ; but we are not aware that the subject lias ever been more successfully dealt with in fiction .
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A BATCH OF BOOKS . We propose , as usual , to include in this article those publications which either do not appear to us of sufficient importance to claim a separate notice , or -which we have been prevented , by want of space , from noticing otherwise than briefly . Mr . Neale ' s Tdamism , * from bearing the imposing form of a History , claims our first attention . The author informs us , in his preface , that his object was to produce a complete history of the empire of the Saracens and of the Ottomans down to the present time . The "book is not an interesting one . As Mr . Neale has bestowed much time and labour in its compilation , we doubt not the facts he narrates are substantially correct ; but the
sty m ie is often laboured , and it is written from a narrow and merely English point of view . We are not content to dismiss the great political problem of the decadence of the Ottoman power with the conclusion that its rulers were" chosen instruments of vengeance in . the hand of the Ahniglity , " and that " where the Christian religion is not made its foiindation-stoh > sooner or later that kingdom will assuredly fall . " We were surprised , in Mr . Neale ' s cursory review of the important reforms instituted by the late Sultan Mahmoud , and carried out by the reigning prince , to find no mention made of the celebrated Tanzimat , or new system of government organisation , from , which writers , no less well informed than sanguine , have predicted the regeneration of the Ottoman empire .
Under the general title of Indian Leisure , ^ Captain MacGregor presents ¦ us with a somewhat heterogeneous collection of translations , commencing with the sonnets and odes of Petrarch . ! N " ot having a Petrarch within reach at this moment , we feel bound to say that we are unable to verify the fidelity of the translation , except in the few instances where memory comes to our aid . Faithful , therefore , these translations may be , but poetical they certainly are not . The essay on Othello is an attempted refutation of Coleridge ' s view of the character of the noble Moor , treated hy Captain with disdain
MacGrregor supreme . We cannot carry the license of reviewing so far as to inflict on our readers a criticism of a criticism of a criticism ; we can only say that if we agreed with Coleridge hefore we began Captain MacG-regor ' s essay , we agreed with him still more after we had finished it . Mr . Routledge has published a convenient edition of the works of GrayJ and some contemporary poets , in a neat volume , very prettily illustrated , which it is unnecessary to do more than notice . The short biographical sketches prefixed to the works of each poet are carefully written by the Kev . R . A . Willmott , who edits the book .
Minstrelsy of ^ War $ is the title given by Mr . Alfred Richards to some very enthusiastic lyrics , breathing intense enmity to what he calls " the Peace Chimera , " and no less cordial sympathy with the struggling nationalities of Europe . These poems occupy only a very small portion of the volume ; the remainder is filled by selections from the previously published poems of Mr . Richards , and extracts from his tragedies . Rambles and JRecolkctions of a Fly Fishcr \\ appears to be a useful manual for the student of this science , so fascinating to its -votaries , and so incomprehensible to the uninitiated . To the general public the book will not be
peuuuariy interesting , jlc is tunea in tue Key ot quiet entUusiasm obsorvable in . all the disciples of Izaak Walton , distinguished as a class by their enjoyment of nature , and tone of kindly feeling towards every thing—except fishes . The Amateur Gardener ' s Year Boold ^ a re nt , with additions , of some articles which appeared in tho Gardener ' s Chronicle during the years 184 G-9 . It is sensibly and practically written , and is really addressed and suited to amateurs , who -will find many useful hints in its pages . A new edition of Ten Thousand a-Year *** scarcely requires a -word of introduction ; J ) r . Warren , as we may now take leave to cal l him , has bestowed upon it a " rigorous and final revision . " It has " loft lus hand for ever , to take its chance of appearing before posterity . " Laden with now
• Tslaimam : its Jiise and its Progress ; or , the Present and Past Condition of the TurJcs . By F , A . Ncalo . Author of " Eight Years in Syria . " ( J . Madden . ) t Indian Leisure . Petrarch . On the Character of Othello . Aqamemnon . TheHcnriad . Anthology . Bv Captain Robert Guthrio MacGrogor , of tho Bengal Rotirod List . ( Smith , iiilaer , ana Co . ) ' X The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray . Thomas Parnell . William Collins , Mathew Green , and Thomas Warton , edited by tho llov . Itobort Aria Willmott , Illustrated by Birkot Poster and E . Corbould . ( Houtlcdgo . ) § Minstrelsy of War ; loith Selections from Miscellaneous and Dramatic Poems by Alfred B . Riohards ; author of •« Cxoosub , tfing of LjUta , " a Tragedy ; Or omwol 1 , " " ^ ram . i , &o . &o . ( James Black wood . ) ' || If ambles and Recollections of a Fl y Fisher . Illustrated with an Appendix contairtina arnpto instructions to the Novice , inclusive of Flu . making , and a list of reallu mend Flies by Glorious . ( Chapman and Hull . ) J "' ' If The Amateur Gardener ' s Tear Booh . A guide for those who cultivata their own ( Jardcna ^ in the prmoinlcs and practice of Horticulture , by thoKov . Ilonry UurncBH IJ , I ) and Ph . D . Member of tho Royal Society of LiUruluro . ( Adam and Oharlua JLikck Edinburgh . ' ** Ten Thousand a-Ycar . By Samuel Warron , D . C . L ., F . RS . ( Blackwood . )
honours , the learned ; D . C . L ., loved of Disraeli , and cheered by undergraduates at Oxford , bids adieu to the labours of his youth . Since the early days when he had scarce emerged from obscurity , he has passed through strange vicissitudes . He has , at length , won fame , and , as he evidently wishes the world to know , has made acquaintance with one peer ! We quote an extract from the preface to the new edition : — " The author hopes that he will not be judged in too harsh and exacting a spirit , in respect of anything ¦ to be found in this work ; but tliat some licence may be allowed one whose aim is not alone to instruct , but to amuse . He has received , from time to time , a great number of letters , one or two of tliem suggesting that he lias sinned in respect of some of the matters above referred to . A Peer wrote to him to complain of his having intended to ridicule the aristocracy , by the character , sayings , and doings , attributed to the Earl of Dreddlington and Lady Cecilia ; and some months afterwards , he received an extremely violent letter from a linendraper , accusing htm of an intention to render that respectable calling odious . To charges such as these he is not concerned to give an answer . As reasonably might members of either Houseof Parliament , or of either branch of the legal profession , deem themselves wronged and misrepresented , because certain unworthy and
contemptible individuals belonging to them , are placed in unfavourable contrast to those constituting the great bod y of worthy and honourable members of these classes , The author lately , however , received an earnest and courteous remonstrance from an eminent Dissenting minister , against the alleged tendency of Ten Thousand a-Year to exhibit disparaging views of Dissenters generally-. The author solemnly disclaims having ever been actuated by such unjust and unchristian feelings and intentions . Ho knows much , and greatly to the honour of Dissenters ; and would consider himself acting unworthily as a member of the Church of England , if he presumed to speak , or leave on record , a . single disrespectful word concerning any denomination whatsoever of professing Christians . If the Reverend Dismal Horror' and ' the Rev . Smirk Mudflint' typify bad specimens of Dissenting ministers , surely the ' Reverend Morphine Velvet and ' the Reverend Gideon Fleshpot , ' are by no means desirable representatives of the Church of England clergy . " Another republication deserving notice is the first series of Laing ' s Notes of a Traveller ( Longman ) . This admirable book recommends itself , and it is something to know that it can now be bought at a shilling a volume . We have only to notice one more worlc , a pretty little Irish story for children , The Cabin fry the Wayside , * pleasantly written , and inculcating good doctrines , sympathy and patience .
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CHRISTIAN RECORDS . Christian Records : an . Historical Enquiry concerning the Age , Axdhorship , and Authority of the New Testament . By the Revexeud Div J . A . Giles , late Fellow of Corpus Christ i College , Oxford . Whitaker and Co . The Reverend Dr . Giles , an officiating , clergyman of the Church of England , in the diocese of Oxford , has given us in his Christian Records , the sequel to his Hebrew Records . Dr . Giles's present work is confined to the Gospels , with a short chapter on the Acts at the conclusion of the volume . The object of the Christian Records does not appear to be the disputation or confirmation of any of the facts of the Gospels , but to inquire when they were written . The latter part of the work travels over the same facts as Strauss , but the re verend author limits himself to denying the contemporary character of the writers of the Gospels . Dr . Giles has certainly not the fear of Dr . Paley before his eyes . The critical candour of the Christian Records is probably unequalled in orthodox literature since the days of Bishop Marsh . Of" the spirit ia which the work is written a passage from the preface will well inform the reader : —
" If the conclusions which I have arrived at , arc thought to be not logically drawn from tho premises which are laid down as their basis , it will be the part of those v ,-l \ 6 hold a different view of the matter , not to abuse what tnay displease them , but to refute what may be wrong ; if any ono shall be found to admit the truth of my conclusions , but to question the utility of making them public , I reply that the same truth which has furnished rest to my own mind , may bring repose toothers also , and that it is dangerous to conceal the truth on a subject tliat concerns us all . Lastly , if any one shall complain that the rules ot ordinary criticism have here been applied to tho New Testament , in tho same way as to any other book , I reply that in every other path of life tho richest commodities are all meted by the same standard of weight or measure as the meanest ; and that , if those principles of literary discrimination , which have been taught to mo , a * they are still taught to thousands in our universities at so great a public cost , are to be warped or modified before they can be applied to what concerns us most , it is time that the public should know how weak are the bulwarks which they have erected , at so groat a cost , between error and truth and how futile are the studies on which the wealth of the nation and the energies of its most valued youth ate now employed and wasted , "
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BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . AnalectaAnle-Nicaitia . Collegit Kecensui ( Illustrari ) Christianas Carolus Josias Bunsen , SS Ihcologiso Juris Civilis ot Philos . Doctor . 8 vols . r > * t r * i Tti-r 7 ^ rr . , Longman , Brown , Green , and Longmans . Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History , applied to Language and lielimon . By Christian Cnarlea Josiaa Bunsen , O . D ., D . C . Li , JD . F . H . 2 vols . „• , j 7 » . , , Longman , Brown , Green , and Lonemans . Ihppolytus and his Age ; or the Beginnings and Prospects of Christianity . By Christian Charles Josias Uunsen . D . D ., D . O . L ,, D . F . li . Second edition . 2 vote . r ^ . f- m . ' . r , r , . Longman , Brown , Green , and Longmans . 1 he Essence of Christianity . By Ludwig FcueiftaoU . ' ' John Chapman . A Waterloo Commemoration for 1854 . By Michael Joseph Barry . Wm . S . On- and Co .
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Wq should do our utmost to encourage the Beautiful , for the Useful enoourn « e 3 itaelF . —Goktjih :.
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Ih . @L [ l [ & ( SWm [ ft ! ls § H » MIE ! N ) @Ig @F g ®( gQHT ^< , III . Tarn Church of England pretends to ignore tho doctrine of ConSioj / and Absolution . As I have oflen « ud , she teaches that Orders arc a profession m tho Bonse in which Law niul Physic arc professions . Tho clergy , in this ight , arc the mouthmeces of certain doctrines . They are tho appointed nlorprotora o ( the Ihbl p . They deal with tho aoula of men . 'A ! cy toll tine one and that ono , tho ignorant and tho learned , of mysteries that no nstmot could discover , that « o reason c « n explain . But they otand in lh 0 _ P ™!? _ . i . ^? 5 !!!\_ ! _^ '" embo raof tfioir congregation can chal-^^^ JS ^ T ^ lf th ° ^ ~^* ^ b - o , l , author , 1
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 5, 1854, page 740, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2050/page/20/
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