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jbe ftreads upon at every step he takes , he has been cautious not to set up an hyp othesis , or claim for individual words & Scandinavian origin -without substantial reasons . The absence of dogmatism in a matter of speculation always induces us to treat an enquiry of whatever subject with greater leniency , and , in fact , to be carried along with the stream of argument as though conversing with an afluble friend . Mr . Ferguson is not equally strong in his proofs or inferences everywhere . He establishes , however , his point that a sufficient importance has not been , conceded to the Scandinavian dialect as an element in the formation of our language . It is not to the philologist alone that the present work will prove acceptable . Throughout are scattered little anecdotes of history linking the past and the present- — loc al traditions , introducing us bodily to the customs of the old sea-rovers , from whom Mr . Ferguson would have us believe the youths of Britain inherit that ' salt blood' which makes them turn , with the steadiness ot instinct , to the ocean as thoiir home—startling revelations of the origin of words we have been long familiar with—so that the book cannot fail to" - be interesting to the least initiated student .
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THE DRAPER IN AUSTRALIA . The Draper in Australia . Being a Narrative of Three Years' Adventures and Experience at the Gold Fielda , &e . Freeman . The ' Draper' was leader and treasurer of an emigrant party which arrived at Sydney in March , 1853 . They immediately started for the bush , with a horse and cart , arms and provisions , and camped at night , as though they had learned tent-pitching in the Sahara . They saw natives and opossums , enjoyed the hospitality of the scattered settlers , endured the ordinary discomforts of Aus tralian travel , arrived at a digging , took out their licenses , and begaii their search for gold . For some time none was discovered ; but after the patient labours of many days , the work began to pay , and the treasurership ceased to be a sinecure . Evening after evening , the Draper received the gold dust collected by his whole party , weighed it , cleaned it , and packed It away : — -
The largest quantity of gold I procured in one day was fourteen ounces and threequarters , troy weight . This was all found within a very small space of ground , deposited about ten feet from the surface , / upon the top of yellow tenacious clay . At the end of -five weeks , however , his strength fliiled ; he quitted the mines , exchanged his dust for money , and journeyed to Melbourne , where , on the morning after his . arrival , he witnessed the execution of two murderers . His next speculation ' was in : horses ; but , by November of the third year , he had * made up his mind' that he might prosper at home as well as uva colony , and started for England . Nevertheless , he adds to his narration a chapter of encouraging advice to emigrants . Two or three examines of this we will select , as to the persons who should emigrate :-
—The moat suitable men for the colonies are those ' . who are "brought up to manual labour , -whetherthey intend going to the goldmines , or think of settling down in the bush to pay attention to any kind of farming . There are a limited number of mercantile men . required ; but generally the latter class are too numerous , while the former are too few in number . The merchant or clerk cannot always find a business suitable ; but the labouring man can , without doubt , find emploj-ment . This is not new advice ; but it is neglected by an extraordinary number of persons who visit tho colonies in search of wealth and find only disappointment . I would , advise persons who feelinclined to go to the gold mine 3 of Australia , not to join any one in England , unless they are tried friends ; and if so , club together by all means ; but if you have no friend whose character you well know , leave the ¦ choice of a companion till you reach the golden land , as it will be much better not to enter into any engagement previous to emigrating than to risk separation after ouce beginning to labour .
This , again , should be told to every * intending emigrant . ' Indeed , we ationgly recommend to that personage , usually so bewildered , an attentive perusal of the * Draper ' s' homely , but entertaining and intelligent book .
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THE CLIMATE OF EGYPT . Egypt : Its Climate ^ Character , and Resources as a Winter Resort . By A . Henry Rhind . Edinburgh : Cons table and Go . There ara many persons wlio affect to be Platonists , and some who assent to the Platonic doctrine that the best way to treat a man in weak health , is to let him die oft' with all possible rapidity . Mr . Rhind objects , and counsels the invalid in some cases to go to Egypt . There have been diversities of opinion on this point ; but Mr . Ithind takes them boldl y into his programme , and allows that Cairo has its drawbacks , though the river has scarcely one . Not in a hygienic sense only does he treat of the Nile and its valley . Milk and chickens , crocodiles and game , and general topics connected with a winter's sojourn in Egypt come lightly under discussion : but the main
question relates to the climate . Is it healthy ? In some parts , and for some people . Its grand excellence consists in its exquisitely genial equability , comparing day by day , while its grand defect consists in its groat , though flteady diurnal variation of temperature as between day and night . This defect , however , is more theoretical than of actual importance in practice . Even at present , with no other habitation than a boat or a tomb , it can be almost completely guarded against by avoiding exposure after nightfull ; and Were there houses that invalids could live in for a part of the time in the
oaeea , and for a part in the latitude of Cairo , the nearest approach to cuuaatical perfection that the earth can afford would probably bo attained . Moreover , the same conditions may be counted on with certainty year after ^ ear . "To a traveller in a climate so warm and delightful , tho golden age * Vv ? ^ le . " The natives of Egypt and Nubia , scarcely suffer at all from f > nthysis ; the pestilences that visit the lower country seldom or never penetrate to a . distance of three hundred miles up the valley , and visitations of email pox are now extremely rare . J ^ kia acute and instructive essay , Mr . Rhind investigates a number of ^ lateral circumstances , which , in addition to the climate , may be supposed « o act upon the health of tlio inhabitants and of travellers .
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THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES . Miss Dolby has commenced the series of Soirees Musicales yhiali she generally gives at this season of the year at her own residence . The first took place on Tuesday evening . . The frequenters of the Oi / kmpic were on Monday night entertained by the production of Mrs . Inciibald ' s comedy of Wives as tJiey were , and Maids as they are—one of those singular creations of the conventional days of sixty or seventy years ago . The Hatmarket has recently been setting a fashion in this direction ; and , without at all desiring to see revived the exploded stage nature of the close of the last century and the commencement of tbe present , it is undoubtedly amusing to be . introduced to the kind of dramatic entertainment which was considered fascinating by our grandfathers and grandmothers . The audience on Monday night , therefore , was well pleased to see Messra
. Frederick , and George Vining in the characters of Sir . William Dorrillon and Bronzely the rake ; Mr . Cooice as JWorbcrry ; Mr . Addiso : * as Lord Priory ; the ever vivacious and charming Mrs . Stirling as Miss Dorrillon ; Miss Swanborough as Lady Priory ; and Miss Herbert as Lady Mary Raffle .- The lastmentioned lady is an actress of great promise , and we are glad to record another of L her successes . —On the same night , Mr . Rob son appeared in one of his strange phantasmagorial combinations of pathos and burlesque , a new farce being produced for him called Jones the Avenger . He performs a Mr . Jones , who is under an obligation to revenge an injured uncle ( dead when the piece commences ) , -who ha 8 been deeply wronged by one Tomlinaon . Poor Jones fixes on a certain person of that name ( who of course , is not the right man ) , and tracks him with a fierce , yet hesitating and preposterous , animosity . Two or three times he fancies be has caused his death ; aud then he falls into a passion of remorse . It is needless to say that the innocent and unsuspecting Tomlinson passes scathlcss through all these perils ; and the play-goer will easily conceive , without our telling him , what a wild , strange portraiture Mr . Uobson makes of the vacillating Jones .
Mr . Dillon has already announced his benefit—rather precipitately , as it seems to us ; and on that occasion he is to startle London with his conception o Othello . He has revived the entertainment of a troop of Bedouins—a novelty which docs not speak highly for dramatic prospects at the Lycuuar . Mr . Emery , who has recently left the Olympic , has taken the Marylebone Theatre , where he will commence his campaign on the 2 < 3 th of December . We regret to find that Madame Gassier has caught a severe cold , which has prevented her from singing for a time at Djiukv Lane . In thG emergency thus created , Mdlle . Beuti undertook the part of Eosina at two hours' notice , and got through her task with much spirit . These unavoidable indispositions are among the most porplcxing of a manager ' s troubles , especially of an operatic manager ' s ; and the sudden closing of the house for the night is not unfrequently the resull —a catastrophe which was averted on the present occasion by Mdlle . Berti ' i : readiness .
Amateur Performance . —Tho amateurs who performed at the Sx . JamesV Theatre for tho Patriotic and Crimean Funds , and the officers who playec before her Majesty last month at Aldcrsliott , purpose giving a dramatic performance at the St . James ' s Theatre on Friday , December 5 th . Tho proceeds will be devoted to the " relief of destitution of tho metropolis during the wintei season . "
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MOJNT . BCANC . jMont Blanc reopened , with unabated success , on Monday ; and , this time , Mr Albert Smith , conceiving , as lie tells the audience , that he has said enough about the monarch mountain , simply gives the pictures of the Ascent ( which have been repainted , with considerable additions ) , accompanied by music , tout not by any description . The second part of the entertainment ( which is quite new ) takes us to Baden , its ' Conversation House , ' and its fair , where the lee . turer ( if he can be so called ) introduces several of his marvellously dramatic and truthful character sketches . There are of course several new views from the bright and glowing pencil of Beverley ; and a new grievance is provided for Edwards , the English engineer , who is seen still looming through that dense mental fog which steams up from his own brain , and still haunted "by the gigantic shadow of a wrong which he cannot clearly conceive , or make any approach towards describing ; failing which , like Ophelia , ' incapable of his own distress , ' he sings a lugubrious song about a nautical ghost , with an inco * herent burden of " Rule Britannia" and " God save the Queen . "
In an additional stanza to tlie song of " The Young English Traveller , " Mr . Albert Smith thus alludes to the daring emulators of himself who are constantly ascending the White Mountain : — "He next proceeds to Chamouni , and up Mont Blanc he climbs , . And , coming "back , of course he writes a letter tothe Times ; In fact , he climbs Up anything , without an aim or view-, Because he has a notion it's the sort of thing to do . " . The most characteristic ' hits' are , we think , the ' Patter' song , descriptive of the scenery of the Rhine , into which Mr . Albert Smith concentrates the essence of fifty ' instructive' guide-books ( and makes it a sparkling essence into the bargain )—taking the time at a terrific pace , and striking out fun and
wit like fireworks ; - —the German verger in the cathedral of Cologne—a perfect daguerreotype—the distressingly true and tearful interview between a British Mamma and Miss , overheard from an adjoining bedroom , and retained with a pitiless accuracy ; and last not least s the ' Galignani' song , -which Mr . Albeb / c Smith turns into a ( very rapid ) vehicle for all the latest news down to ' this evening ' s paper , ' summarized with a delightful humour and Vivacity , not usually to be found in newspaper columns . Whether Mr . Albert Smith is getting a little tired , or not , of his own success , we know not ; certain it is that the public enjoyment shows no symptom of flagging , and Mont Blanc at the Egyptian Hail ( although the Mountain itself is now only ajwint d ' apjpui for the pleasant social satirist ' s tour of observation ) is as niucii an institution among us as the Opera . / . - - ..: ' ; : - ; ' : ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦¦¦ : - : - ¦ ¦ '¦ ' . '¦¦ : : , " , ¦ ¦<¦;¦ ¦ . ;' : - . ' . ' ¦
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 29, 1856, page 1147, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2169/page/19/
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