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make use of his materials . His book is lively in parts , but is spoiled by its general triteness and affectation . ¦ The Game of Life . By Waters . ( Ward and Lock . )—'" Waters' is described as Author of the Recollections of a Detective Police Officer . ' This ' revelation of the inner springs of human action' is . a melodramatic story , amusing enough , but written in a false and exaggerated style . The illustrations are not worthy of a penny song-hook . In . . tile Amusing Library ( Lay)—which , really answers to its ' -title—Hendrik Conscience ' s story , the Demon of Gold , is reprinted in a neat and- inexpensive form , by which , probably , its popularity will be stimulated .
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CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA . Review of the Measures which have leen adopted in India for the Improved Culture of Cotton . By J . Forbes Roj-le , M . D ., F . K . S . Smith , Elder , and Co . The spirit of Dr . Royle ' s review of the measures adopted for the improved culture of cotton in India is by no means encom-aging . Independently of the general unsuitableness of ' the' climate for the cultivation of American cotton , winch , from the superior length of its staple , is far more valued than the indigenous variety , many causes combine to check the importation of Indian cotton into this country . The ryots , who dispose of their produce to middle-men at a low price , cannot be persuaded to expend the requisite time
and attention in preserving the fresh . gathered cotton free from leaves and bracts and other impurities . The middle-men , again , even take pains to further adulterate the already impure cotton which they have purchased from the cultivators . With perverse ingenuity they seek to increase its weight at the expense of its quality by mixing in fine sand , seed , or powdered salt 3 or by exposing it to the dews of night before it is packed into hales . Even the Bombay merchants who supply the home markets with Indian cotton are careless as to its condition . They know beforehand that its only chance of finding a sale is when , the American cotton is unobtainable , at a
moderate price . It is true that the Indian article can be delivered in Liverpool at a profit at 3 £ d . per lb . ; but , on the other hand , a pound of Suiat cotton yields only 12 02 . of yarn , "while the same quantity of American would yield 13 £ oz . ; and the waste 011 the former is 25 per cent ., while on the latter it is only 12 ^ . To enable cotton from India to compete with American with the slightest chance of success , it is necessary that none but the very best kinds should be sent home , and even those greatly improved . It is scarcely probable , indeed , that under any circumstances the best Indian produce will ever be equal to the American in softness cr in length of staple , but the cost of its culture is not the sixth part of that of the latter . Cheapness , however , is of secondary importance to freedom from impurities . But the ryot , without much difficulty , might be made to understand that on
the cleanness of the article would depend his own remuneration . This , Dr . Hoyle suggests , could be effected by sending agents into the districts to buy directly of the cultivators , without the intervention of the middle-men . Care , of course , must be taken that these agents are themselves honest , sind competent judges of quality , and it might be advisable to regulate their conimission according to the quality of their purchases . But these are matters of detail . The essential point is to interest the home manufacturers in the improvement of the general culture of cotton in India . So long as they are . content .-to take the chances of the market , there will be no encouragement for speculators in India to invest their capital in such perilous adventure as the growth of an article which is uncertain of sale after a long sea voyage . With an estimated capital of 50 , 000 / . it is possible to introduce the employment of machinery in cleaning aiid preparing the cotton
upon the spot , under European superintendence , and also to maintain a direct communication with the producer ? . The agents , employed to buy up cotton , might also render excellent service to the Manchester inanufactuiei's , by disposing of cotton goods in the interior . The first step to be taken , however , is the introduction of sawgins , without which it is vain to look for a wool free from impurities . Greater care must also be paid to the packing of the bales , and to guarding the unpacked cotton from exposure to the atmosphere . The punishment of adulteration , and the improvement of the means of conveyance to the coast , are also indispensable . But above all some sort of security must be given , that the demand for American cotton grown in India will be less intermittent than at present , for otherwise but few planters or merchants will ventuie upon such an extensive and uncertain speculation .
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MISCELLANIES . Thkkk is a book upon our taLle of which we can say but little . That little , however , shall be a cordial recommendation of it to the notice of the commercial public . The title is Statistical Book-keeping : Being a Simplification and Abbreviation of the Common Si / stem of Double Entry . By Frederick Charles Kemp . ( Longman and Co . ) The classes addressed are merchants , bankers , tradesmen , manufacturers , ship-owners , farmers , stewards , and housholders—in fact , ull who arc interested in accounts . The author adds some suggestions for the prevention of defalcations and frauds in banks and railway companies . His plan appears to have received the sanction of eminent American firms .
Among miscellanies , we must rank Dr . Ilavilland le M . Chopinoll ' s Short Coarse of History ( Whittaker and Co . ) , the second series of which has appeared in two volumes , including the Greek and Mohammedan annals , and the middle ages . It is beyond comparison superior to any epitome of 1 Russell ' s Histoiy of Europe , ' being more carefully and rationally written , more complete , more lucid , and more trustworthy . It will probably supersede that faulty and pretentious compilation . Mr . C . Greville Williams , of the Normal College , Swansea , and the University of Glasgow , has published A Handbook of Chemical Manipulation ( Van Voorst ) . The only work in the language specially devoted to chemical manipulation having long been out of print , this elaborate guide has x \ particular value . The arrangement is all that could ho desired , and the materials appear to have been judiciously selected . The Principles of Agriculture , Especially Tropical , and of Organic Chemistry Familiarly Treated ( Smith
Elder , and Co . ) , by Dr . Lovell Phillips , is a volume of singular interest , and will probably stimulate the progress of scientific agriculture . Other special treatises , which we need only mention , are : A second edition of Mr . Hunt ' s well-known Guide to the Treatment of Diseases of the Skin ( Churchill ) , and the Rev * G . ScrattonY admirable little book on Architectural Economics , containing rules and estimates for every kind of building . Mr . William Noy Wilkins issues a series of thoughtful and pointed Letters in Connoisseurship and the Anatomy of a Picture ( Chapman and Hall ) , designed as an aid to young artists . Of course he has theories which he intrepidly maintains . To the attention of various orders of students we may commend M . Seller ' s GermanMade Easy ( David Nutt ) , upon a new and meritorious plan ; Mr . ^ T D . Morell's Grammar of the English Language ( Constable and Co . ) , the
authorship of which constitutes a patent of popularity ; Mr . James Currie ' s Principles and Practice of Early and Infant Schcdl Education ( Constable and Co . )—a volume of excellent practical suggestions ; and a third edition , of Mr . David Page ' s Introductory Text Book of Geology ( W . Blackwood and Sons ) . Air . J . Talboys Wheeler has revised anew edition of Dr . Anthon's Satires of Juvenal and Persius , with selections from the besfc commentators ( Tegg and Co . ); the version is standard . Mr . Richard W . O'Brien sends us a first part ( Longman and Co . ) of The Odes of Horace Translated into English Verse , with the original measures px'eserved throughout . There is
much classic feeling in the composition , although the verses sometimes creak as they move- As a little educational fragment of considerable merit we may notice The Etymology of ' Local Names , with a Short Introduction to the Relationship of Languages , by Mr . R . Morris (« Tudd and Glass ) . The author was formerly a student of the Battersea , Training College , am institution the importance of which is not sufficiently known . Mr . E . Landells may take rank as an inventor in the noble science of amusing the young . His Home Pastimes ; or , the Child ' s own Toymaker ( Griffiths and Freeman ) , is neither a book of pictures nor a book of toys , but both . It is quite a discovery , and will probably become a fireside favourite . The plan is ingeniously simple , and will enable any little craftsman to cover his table with railway carriages , cottages , yachts , and windmills of card .
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We shovilddo our utmost to encourage the Beautiful , for the Useful encourages ' : . '' ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ . ' . " :: ' ¦ ; ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " itself . — Goethe . . : ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦
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. ; . - . . . 7 . / s&mB . ^<©< Da&s 5 ? iBaia ® v ^ iv ^ sss > & ,-: - -. ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦; . ¦ - ¦ ; ' V : III . 7 . ' ¦ . ; - ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ' " . ¦ . ; ¦ : ¦ . - From Joseph Andreics-Wilson , Esq ., to G . Andrews Wilson , Esq ., Woodspriag ^ Somersetshire . WeymoTith-street , November 25 , 1857 . My deah George , —Se-veral little incidents have happened . I do not know that I remember -all * and some are not worth telling , but I can confirm something I said in my last , which is , that Lawford acted in the noblest manner about Aunt Eugenia ' s little property . The fact is , that since he retracted in that unintelligible manner , I have heard that the London and Empire is no better than other banks , and evidently Lawford , who has patronized the bank , though he does not bank there exclusively , but with the Bank of England I fancy , wished to save her , whatever the interests of his client or his own . You will say this is only honesty ; but I can tell you that some British merchants would laugh at him for his greenness . However , Lawford is really one of the nobles of the commercial world . You can see it even in the manner of his conversation . He is not without ambition , and he is a statesman . These Radical Reformers in the City pay great court to him , and I can see he sympathizes with them very much . He lends them his advice , and , to some extent , his purse . He said to me last Saturday night , " I have a great regard for Roebuck , who is a pure-minded man , a most pure-minded man ; but I doubt whether I ought to identify myself too closely with his hobby . " He is courted quite as much , of course , by Lord John llussell ' s friends , who get at him through Hochschild and that set . " And I have a great regard for the Duke , " he suid to me ,
meaning the Duke of Bedford ; " a kind-hearted , intelligent little man as any in the world—a most intelligent man , I do assure you ; but the party has not kept that straightforward go-ahead course which we plain Englishmen like . " lie is much sought by LordPalmerston , and is not at all inaccessible to the softer influences which do so much in statesmanshi p— "but 1 am not at all satisfied with one or two points , one or two points in that able , most able man s recent conduct ; he is a line fellow , Pnlmerston , but / think a little too sharp for us dull men of business "—Th « ' South Kensington set have moved mountains toget hold of Lawford , " amV'saidhe , "I have a great respect for the Prince , quite independently of my adection for his wife , —and she is a woman , sir , whom any Englishman might be pi'oud to claim as his wife , — but I do not altogether like this German silver art which scorns to me to be taking possession of the court , the senate , the church , and even the civil service . It looks very like some intrigue , some political ' ism' in plain
clothes ; and we plodding English are always jealous of ' isms , ' especially when they are patronized by the Almanack dc Gotlia . I tell you what a certain lady said to me who is quite as grand a statesman as her husband . She has found out the object of the conspiracy : It is to make us all look like the good people in the modern school of German Scripture pieces , — people who cannot suy their soul ' s their own , but arc dreadfully obedient to a paternal government , and then we shall all of us have to perform life according to drill , under a German Miss lSdgeworth in a field-marshal ' s uniform ; but it is not true that her husband would treat any Miss Edgeworth with want of courtesy , even though she were a German Miss Edgeworth , and wore the field-marshal ' s breeches . " Thus was the waiy Lawford rattled on in our short railway journoy on Saturday evening . Our object was to get down to Leicester ' s ' 1 by seven , Cor half-past— -the dinner hour . At the station , a man came up and touched his hut , which salutation Lawford answered by one of his short benevolent nods , and we then took
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 28, 1857, page 1145, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2219/page/17/
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