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< 3 tJB news' this " weeE . is mbsiijr ir 6 m abroad , , MS . ^ y readers of the Leader xaajr be glad to liear tMt tV ^ O young poets of this country , whose works , dn ' their first appearance , we ¦ welcomed with hearty and sincere praise , liave 3 ustjbeen . honorably introduced to the notice of tEe . merary , world of France in the columns of the Revue dies Deux Mondes .. The article on Poetry , in the last number of that journal , is devoted to Aj ^ exahdeb Smith and Maxhew Arnold . The writer of the notice exhibits no originality of view . He follows the lead of the English critics in estimating the two poets 1 notices the influence of Shei . i . ey , in different ways and degrees on each of them ; assigns the first place to Aeexaitder Smith , but warns him to repress his tendencies to extravagance . ; agserts , \ as an objection to the classical theories of Mathew AitNou > , that he is obviously - n ' ot indebted to them , ' but
to his owht genius for the success which hehas ' acnievfed ; praises thfe earriestness and reverence in matters of Art , which are"becoming more and more the characteristic of the present generation of thinkers in England ; and then , rather unhappily , mentions some of these thinkers b ' y name , beginning the lisi witn ;• ¦ ; GiaiiXilfi , and actually ertdin git ' with . jT tJp PERi Judged only by its liteVa ^ r merits ^ sucn a' critical review as # & have indicated would call for no s | eciaj' remark . It is not for rts own' # &e ; but forthe sE&e of its subject , ^ ndin considerStioi of the Kon ' est fairness and even warmth of its ' tone towards our t $ p young poets , that we direct attention to it here . Both deserVed ' a ' genCTptisrecognition ! from foreign ' critics , and we are unaffectedly glad to * eppr | thai froth , so far as the ITrerich' world of letters is eoricerrredi have now obtained it . tVTia ' t the poets themselves ' will say toi the extracts '
from their works in French ^ rose , we will not Venture to anticipate . The translations seem to us to be carelessly and uniritelligehtly executed . For example , - in the noble close to Sohrab and RmiUiti , tire fiver ' s "KumiriOtis home of waters" is translated la plaints liquicte verslaqueUe il iertdtoujoursfwhile the expression in Ai&xander Smith ' s Life-Drama , " clothes me with kingdoms , '' is rendered me fait un veternent defoydumes !! From this disastrous ordealof French : translation , Matjbcew ABirdiib comes oto least injured . ; in ; co # sequence of his resolute adherence to the most classical simplicity of expression . As for AiiEXANDfcit SMixct , if the French readers cf the Revue des DmxJMorides wish to do him justice , they mnist take his inerrts on . triist ; Or lestrn Englishj dr do anything , in short , but read the translate d extracts presented tb them from his poems .
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On the Coritinent , some new books of importance hfcvd appeared ; drarte about to be published . In Florence , a sensation hfis beSripVoduced Bya novel on the frightful and impracticable subject- of The Cenci , from the pen of the politically-famous Gwekazzi . The literary merit of thei book , v judging of it by report , does not seem to be remarkable , but the authorities lifcve secured its success by prohibiting it . The unseized copies 6 f the first edition circulate everywhere in secret , and a surreptitious second edition is preparing for publication . In Germany , the Reminiscences of the Poet Heine are about to appear at Hamburg , from the publishing tidtisc of Messrs ' . Hoffb * an and Campe ; In France , the magnificent ^ the indomitable book-maker , IiAMAJiTXNE , has just favoured the reading-world with the first volume of his
Histoire de Id Tur ^ uie . «» The tocsin of European peril has rung at St . Petersburg , ' he exclaims iti the preface to his History , with his usual ingenuity in'the art of saying a very plain thing in a very fine way . '' All nations who desire to preserve their hearths free , ought to rush to the fire . The powers , according to us , have been itib slow in hearing this appeal . They hear it at last : it is time to sp 6 ak . " Tithe to spdtfk- ^ cdhsequeritly , Lamabtine cannot bo silent—therefore ho -writes the ! History of Turkey , " Vol . i ., 5 s . " &c , &c How raatiy more " "Vols" are to come we are lidt told . Perhaps as long as the " tocsin goes on ringing , LakMAiiTiNK will go on " speaking , "—and , ia that case , we think it not at all iiliprdbablb that the tongue of the bell will be the tongue that is first tired out .
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At home there is nothing to ropoxt but that the PiiTisbESs ' aTHKiATiiEis to open with Douglas jEH » oia >' a long deferred play , The Heart of Gold ; and that the now management of the Sfc . James's Theatre starts with a drama called Tlie King ' s Rival , by Mr . Tom Tatchob , and Mr . Gha . bi . es Rhabh . While referring to theatrical matters , we may take an opportunity of mentioning that The Vicar of WakeJhlU has boon dramatised for the French stage , and acted with success at the Ookon . Wo lovo and honour that sweetest and tondorostof all domestic storios so ferVently , that wo can hardly endure to think of its Icing turned into a drame for the Parisian stage . It is provoking oven to road a criticism on the performance from one of the
Paris newspapers . Think of a flippant French feuilletonnisto patronisingly alluding to the dear noblo old Vicar , as ce ban PrimeYosc ! snarling * stupidly ftu delicacies of Uumom- which ho is utterly incnpable of appreciating . griAhing mischievously over the exquisite , the unrivalled tenderness of tho and scenes in the etory—in short , criticising , absolutely criticieing . in tho wost complafcefttly snro « $ Uc manner , and at this time of day , Ouwtta Qoxa SMITH 1
A 3 a companion-piece to tliia'eJsaaperatiag . literary cariosity , we cannot re&alrifroin quotilrg here" ah epistolary ^ curiosltyt whidi is' afeo of French origin . We have found it itf a' ntanber of theColonteltariennk ;* French newspaper published at NaTivob , and devdteff td the fein ' e' and general iiterfe ' sts of M . CABiEt ' s well-known Socialist Colbtly . ; The' affairs of Icaria seeinto be in anWbirig but a nWrlslinig * cobaitioM " J $ h , if the I ? app ! sts ( anbther colony ) would but l&ndt us SO' ^ DO' dollars ! " exclaims M . Cabet himself in tte columns of hts own newspaper . We have not ascertained , as yet , whether this very modest ; sensible , £ nd business-like wish has been complied with . Pending the fulfilment , however , of M . Cabet's pecuniary desires , a gentleman is willing to join the Icarian : Colony , whose moral value ( according to his own account of it ) is quite priceless ^ Here is the letter ( literally translated from the French ) in which the Most Virtuous Man in the World offers to fraternise with M . Cabet : —
CORRESPONDENCE POE ICAEIA . M- ALJ 3 RECHT ' TO M . CABET . Venerated Monsieur Oabet , — -Long since , ttnitecl with you in heart , I have also long since desired to be admitted a menrber . yGvcr' Icarian 'Colony ! For the last ; six years mjr favourite study has" been the' study of * tb / e Sodlaitst ' and ComtmTinist systems . " I have visited - \ vitii . this olject all the Cobamunist O © lon 1 e 3 , and I have never failed to proselytise accordin ' g to theCommtinist psrihciples . As for my morality , it is ; I think , fit ; to be submitted to the moBt searching inquiries . Since childhood , I hare been aiming at perfectioi y aSd to ensure happiness I have hadno other rule of coaduct thaii moderation ' in ^ allenj b ^ nents . Initta stratiger to those bad habits , which may be called ' vices—sucHa ' s the n ^ e of tobacco ( either for
smoMrig , suiiffing , or chewing ) , the imbibing- ^ of strong -waters ; the playing at gaines of cat ^ , &c ., Sx . : _ -. ¦ i .. . My creed is lie fraternity of men . My fonh of worship the contemplation and admiration of the beauties of Nature . . A musical society called Germakici , of -which I _ am a inember , sticks to this principle—Eabtijbr alt did ali ^ fihr enbfr : equality'in rights and in duties . All oiir members , therefore ^ freely'rfeiiounce pecuniary advantages , because laws not founded on social principles cannot . ' insure the liberty and vxdependenGe ^ of associated / brethren , seeing that-wherever there is inequality of ; fortune , true freedom is rend . ered an illusion , or rather a lie . fraternity and riot Egotism is the great stimulant to useiful activity .
Trustuig that Communist principles may sooflUe generally'adopted , and hoping that you , venerated Monsieur Cabret , will favour me with a few ; laaes of reply I remain ,. respectfiilly , your qeyoted It . Ai-BEEGiixI Morim reader for the Old World , whieB is abdut to lose that rare and pricelfess' human gem ; a perfectly Virtuous fttaii ! t-eap yes little' hills of Icaria , shiile fertile valieys o ' f Communist Naiivoo , for' a Colonist approaches you who aimed at perfection as soon as te was -vireahedj and has never kriowri what it was to have a bad habit since . And , dh !— - above and before all—rejoice and sirig , Venerated Monsieur Cabet ! Of how little value are those £ 00 , 000 dollars you languish for ^ compa red with the one inestimable stranger , wHo now freely ofiers himself to yo \ jj and does not even so much as mention a price !
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Although this is Magazine day , we Hiive" only received iftrO—BlacJcwdffd " arid . The Dublin TJnive ' rsity Magazine . Why canribf the publisher ^ infuse a little system into the issue of their early ' numbers ? Surely i £ # 6 tild be- tothe advantage of everybody—themselves ificlude'd . JBtecfittwodHasmadei up a capital number ; varied ; Te'adablG ' i and foFth * e most part good . T ? h " e opening article , SpeeulaHairs dinontj'the Slat's , deals impartially ( in a summing-up style ) with tlie controversy headed by WiifeWiJtit
and Bubwsteb about the population or rioh-population' or the p'lanbtai * y bodies ' . The writer oflbrs no opinion , but treats Sir David ' s book as beiiig too popular to be worthy of his reputation , and reminds tlie disputants of Jbbemy Taylor ' s trueisin that—" ' atever . we talk ^ things are as they are . ' In sift article entitled King Olho and Ms Classic Kingdom , tlio occupation ' of Greece by the aliiedforces is pronounced to have been absolutely necessary to enable any ministry to commence the task of improvement . " Tfhe moderate defence of the Greek nation contained in the article Tiucoim ana
Amson an the Greek Revolution jin the August number , is here * followed with a pretty smart lecture Vo the Greeks themselves , ittng Otho is pronounced , to be silly and indompdtent-, and ' , if the nationality of the Greeks is held in . low estimation , it is entirely their own fault . " They liavo hawked about their nationality to Munich , 'Paris , mid St . Petersburg * for illicit ' gains in a falling market , at a very urip'fttriotib prioe . " In * charging them with vanity 7 the Writer sivys :- ^ " Those who believe iri ' the urtn < ixed-purity of the Hmllenic blood might cite thid besbttea' p ' rid ^ j ftfter twb tliousatldyehrsdf national degradation , rb a proof that the Gfeulcs of the present day are lineal ddscendarita of those Who" sold their < iourit ? ry to the Macedonians nnti tflxc Roiuans , as they liavo lately attejnpted to sell it ' tb > the Russians . ''
This is sdvero but just . For all this ; the writer glVCa a fair charftctetf'to tho classes of Greeks who live beyond tlie" sphere ' of court and- political influence . " If a Greek is neither a courtier , a government official , rtor ft pnlilcar , ho is generally a tolerably lenient inan , and by no means a bad follow , unless ho bo arx Ionian , or a Phanariot . "' An rtrticlo upon Sptinish Politics and Cuban Pariln , from the pen of tho resident of Madrid , vrhc lias lately been illuminating that subject in tlio pages of Jllacktvood , throws sohiq light upon tho position of America , as regards Cubft . 3 ? Uo writer rippours to think it probable that Cuba will not no \ vb « sold '; tllftt oniinertt clipiQmaCe M . F . Sou ^ m ( of quadrupartite duel celebrity ) , having given it « s his opiwidn it must " full into the lap of tho Union without ! costing- a dollar . " Wo appears j liowcver , fco xKigtod thojtf / h'ftM 6 teroeapeditiortwith more certainty m& approl » en » ioni . an < l' feftriS tlkftth , " a \ fingy netfliajAti ^ to ilio wefttertOHS oi ^ uct
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 30, 1854, page 926, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2058/page/14/
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