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shor iia possess . This characteristic of tbe number is confessed in the ttfcle ^ one of the papers , 'A few Words on France and French Affairs ; ' but the same Jbeading might be extended , to many others . There Are , besides , a few W ] prds on the last Opera Season , a few words on the late Pr . Badham , a few words on the Indian Army , a few words on the Indian Mutinies , and a few wds on the Session of 1857 . Unfortunately , too , the longest article , that on -English . Social Life from the Thirteenth to the . Sixteenth Centuries , ' is the leasfinteresting of all . The opening article of the number , on < Our Policy in Persia , is written in full knowledge of the subject , and gives a clear and minute account of our relations with that court , as well as an outline of the policy we ought to pursue . The third part of < Deer > is interesting , as is the article oilGeorge Stephen-son . __ .
The best articles in the Dublin University Magazine are one on 'Madame De Sable" and the Salons of her Time ; ' another , giving a graphic sketch of ¦^ Schamilat Home ; ' and a third on ' Oxford , the English Church , and Mr . Emerson . ' One on the ' Indian Mutiny' is also good .
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Another distinguished name is this week added to the list of heavy losses which French literature has recently experienced . Within little more than three months three of its foremost representatives have passed away . The youngest , Alfred de Musset , went first ; then followed Beranger , full of years and honours ; and to these poets must now be added the celebrated novelist Eugene Sue , who died in honourable exile at Anheey , on Sunday last . Eugene Sue was just as old as the century , having been bom at Paris on the 1 st of January , 1 S 01 . His father and grandfather before him were not only physicians , but distinguished professors of medicine . The former was appointed by the Emperor Napoleon first surgeon of the
Imperial Guard , and on the restoration of the monarchy became physician to Louis XYIII . and Charles X . Eugene Sue devoted himself to his father ' s profession , and having completed his meclical studies , entered the army as surgeon . He soon , howev , left the army for the navy , and as navy-surgeon visited in turn almost every quarter of the globe . Iii a few years , how « ver , lie quitted the service and returned to Paris , and having received at Ms father ' s death in 1831 a good fortune , gave himself up to literature and ' life . ' His first romance , with the curious title of Flick et Flock , was published in 1 S 32 ; and during the twenty years that succeeded , as many novels , most of which were higlily successful , came from his pen .
The influence of his profession may easily be traced in his works . While < fond of the horrible , and using it with effect in . his stories , it generally appears in the form of some bodily malady , like that of the notary Jacques Ferrand , in the Mysteries of Paris . Some of his novels , as our readers may remember , were written in the interest of the Socialist theories he held , but in them sthe political element is very subordinate to the tragic , in which he delighted . With abundance of incident , Eugene Sue indulged to a greater extent than snost of his contemporaries in excessive description , which at times impairs the effect of his most powerful scenes . His novels belong to the school o f exaggerated action and of passion somewhat perverted and diseased , which lias almost had its day , a reaction in favour of the simple and natural being . alre " ady apparent amongst tbe younger , French writers .
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MOHAMEDAN . Autobiography of Lutfullah , a Mohamedan Gentleman , and Jus Transactions with his fellow-Creatures , Edited by E . B . Eastwick . Smith , Elder , and Co . Lutepuixaii is an orthodox Mohamedan who writes English , quotes Byron , Fiior , and Shakspeare , has been to the Opera , has spoken to Prince Albert , and traces his ancestry in a direct line through ninety generations , to Argun the prophet , to Noah , Methuselah , Enos , Sefcb , and Adam . Read fifty 'volumes of travel , and a thousand imitations of the Oriental novel , and you will not get the flavour of Eastern life and thought , or the zest of its romance , so perfectly as in Lutfullah ' s book . We have thoroughly enjoyed the perusnL To say that we should prefer it to a new Arabian Night would scarcely do justice to its interest , since magic and fancy in those inimitable entertainments poured their deceptive colours over almost every narration , but here all is simple and real , a photograph of social India j wo listen to an account of ourselves and our Eastern subjects from an educated
Mohamedan of Malwa . - In the ancient city of Dbarunagar , in Malwa , Lutfullah was born in November , 18 Q 2 . He is now , consequently , a grave gentleman of fiftylive . His father was a Mohumednn of the sucred order , whoso ancestors liad been impoverished by the Malmittus , and possessed only a yearly income of two hundred rupees . Lutfulluh ' s mother was twenty when the tree of his father ' s hope became fruitful , and , says the pious son , she was exquisite in benuty , elegant in manners , perfect in virtue and goodness , and of eligible sacred and social rank . When the boy was four years old , she 'was left a widow , and a dreadful famine raged in Dhuranagar . Lutfullah . saw a woman mounted on a donkey with her face turned towards its tail
one cheek painted white and the other black . She was condemned to this -exposure , and to banishment for life , fox having stolen n neighbour ' child , lulled , boiled , nnd eaten it . However , Lutfullah -was fortunate , and with his lovely mother was taken into the house of his uncle and grandmother . sphere all went well until the Pindaree robbers came down upon the land . They were accustomed to attack the city , seize upwn men , women , and children , pinion them , and force them to stand in the eun with bugs over their faces full of ashes and powdered red-popper . This torture killed the victim in a quarter of an hour . JLutfulluh ' a house ) having sacred tenants , was respected by tho banditti ; but the family was poor ; the heirlooms w « am »* 0 ltl , and JLufcfuUoh incurred an exemplary flogging first from the two
ladies and then from his schoolmaster for setting fire to the beard of a most venerable sheikh . Upon the schoolmaster he avenged himself by administering to him , in secret , a terrible purgative ; after these interludes , his education prospered , and at seven years of age he was sometimes put into the pulpit to repeat sermons on Fridays . At eight , hi 3 jealous cousin threw him into a tank , from which being rescued by a holy man , he found himself naked , hanging by his-feet from a branch , and the holy man whirling him about . All this part of the relation is very natural and picturesque , and has a peculiar charm . It elicits Lutfullah ' s religious views , an exp lanation of which he concludes by a reference to Hafiz ^— " May his earth be cool !"
When eight years old , he heard rumours of a great war . The kingdom of Delhi had gone to wreck , rival powers were starting up , and India was menaced by a singular race from the West . They had no skin , and their bodies were of a disagreeable whiteness ; they were perfect in the magicaL art , which made them successful in all their undertakings . Most of them , still worshipped images and eat everything , particularly things forbidden by the holy Moses . Such were the popular reports . " But they had not visited our city yet , and we had never seen a European face . " Their magic , however , was needed to extirpate the Pindarees and Bheels , -who infested the roads , and sometimes fell victims to a particularly rough form of justice : —
They used to be punished and executed in most cruel fashion ; such as by being tied to the foot of an elephant to be dragged through-the town , or being split by one of those huge animals . In the latter case , the elephant , directed by the rnahawat , puts one of the legs . of the poor victim under hia foot , and seizing the other with his trunk splits him in a second by one pull , when the leg pulled comes off with the covering of the stomach and very nearly half the skin of the body . The next mode is breaking the head : this horrid punishment is inflicted bv putting the man horizontally on one side with his head on a flat stone ; a ball of stone is then put on his upper temple , and the executioner , asking permission of the officer three times , inflicts a fatal blow with a large wooden hammer on the small ball , which smashes the head at once , and the brain is dashed out . The family was now in sadly straitened circumstances ; Lutfullah's mother and grandmother worked all day with the needle or spinning-wheel ; his uncle wrote copies of different books which lie himself assisted in collating , and yet they sometimes starved for daj's . So it was resolved to journey to Baroda , where the uncle had several wealthy disciples : —
We were received by the cartmen of the caravan with great respect : all of whom , being Moslems of the Oilmen caste , regularly worshipped us . They prayed five times a day with us , and made comfortable places for us in the carts . They gave us better food than what they ate , and sheltered us from the sun and the dew . This was my first travel , and the curiosities of nature filled my little mind with uncommon amusement ; the sweetly-fragrant breeze of the jungles in the morning after prayer , refreshed ray brain ; the views of lofty mountains of various shapes , of rivers and clear streams , and the beauty of the trees clad in green and covered with flowers of different "hues , afforded an admirably new landscape to the sight ; and the most sweet and melodious
voices of the birds enchanted my ears . At Baroda , Lutfullah first saw an Englishman ; at Ujjain his mother was married again , to a soldier of high rank , who taught Liutiullah horseman-; ship , and pretended to be a warrior , " but I found him to be worse than a jackal . " After many curious adventures the boy determined to escape from bondage and go alone to Agra . " I provided myself with one loaf ; one sacred book , ( Hafiz ) , and my small scimitar , and took my way . ' The romance of this episode is perfect ; we overlook many details , and arrive at one which suggests a beautiful picture : —
Seeing from afar a well , situated near a village , I repaired to it to drink , intending then to look for a place for nocturnal rest . Arriving near it , I asked one of the Rajput maidens , who were busily engaged in drawing water and carrying it home for their use , to give me a little water to quench ray thirst with . In reply , sho asked me a question , with a lovely air , as pretty as herself . " Have you nobody else to quench your thirst with but me ?"— " Madam , " replied I , " I have none ; but even if 1 had one , she could not be more than au atom before your incomparable beauty : a lamp can have no splendour before the sun . " This flattery produced a smile in her fair countenance , and she held her pot to mo very gracefully , telling me , " Drink till thou art satiated . " Thanking her , I took both of my hands to my mouth in the form of a cup , and she kindly poured the water in a lino stream , which I found greatly sweetened with the excellent scent of her rosy hand ; and I drank until I was full I then made a gratoful bow to the beauty , who , taking her pots on her head , went home .
Next he met Jumn , a famous Thug , whose conversation charmed him . Juma promised to disclose to him , under an oath of secrecy , tho nature oi his profession , and then described the arts by which tz'avellers Avere lured to destruction by ' handsome maids' on the highway . While this scoundrel was asleep , Lutfullah betrayed him , and Juma was unceremoniously blown from the mouth of a great gun . Being rewarded with ten gold mohurs , Lutfullah started once more , and , after seven dnya of circuitous travel , reached Agra , his single loaf still unfinished , for ho had p luekud for food tbe ripe grain in tho fields , and parched it for his food , From Agra no proceeded to Delhi ; — It must bo well known to thoso who havo visited that part of tho country , that and
travelling from Agra to Delhi is no more than walking in gardens for plcnsurv , w « completed this interesting journey in a week . On tho morning of tlio eighth day , the very splendid view of Delhi , tho ancient capital of rajas and omporors , pix'scntca itself to our eyes . The first look of this grand city reminds the reflecting traveller that this -waa the central aeat of empire in India , whence ordors and prohibitions were issued and exocuted throughout tho whole of tho provinces ; that this was tho place , the eight of which filled tho mind of many princes of high rank with tvrror unil « wo ; that the heads of many delinquent nobles and princes used to bo hung « t the gutoa m [ retribution for tkeir miacouduct , while others passed through in triumph . Lutfullah's next great adventure wns in n nest of Afghan and IJhecl freebooters , by whom ho wns decoyed into a great secludod valley . Tho manners of these bundits were extraordinary ; they not only infested all tue
crouds , but oven attacked towns and villages : — When one of their own party happened to bo disabled by wounds from keeping up -with them , they immediately out oil' hia head , which they burled or burnt to nvoiu ( being recognised , and to prevent t ) he secret being divulged , as tho individual being tortured might confess and bring on a general misfortune . . Lutfullah sat under tho trees shooting at birds with u pellet bow , and ucnploring his position , ovou when tho marauders oamo homo loaded with gold ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 8, 1857, page 762, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2204/page/18/
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