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. ' . ' ¦' . - — ¦ — + ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ fj eiixc&tere'avt the legislators / tout the judges and police of literature . They do not .- -inakBtawa—they interpret and try . to enfereethem . —Bdinburah Review .
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Vkicnros'p hilosophical treatises lie on : © ur ; table for notice , but how is it possiWe-to 'Study philosophy in such weather as-we have had during the week ? Ttftththethermometer at 90 . cleg , in the shade , we . are naturally content to leave the , proBlems of the . tigher nietaphysics , or to believe that they are radically . insoluble . Xhe , ascent from . psychology to ontology is too steep and arduous tcbejundertaken .-inia blaze of- winking heat , if indeed , like that of Mont Bianc , 'it promised to refresh the adventurous traveller with : snow-water by the way , and rewtird Jiina with illimitable ices on the summit , there might be some ini&uceineatto make the effort- Perhaps it may be said that philosophy , does tHis speciilatively at least , heat and opld being in theory m . ei-ely subjective facts , phenomena uot . of . the external world but simply of our own minds . It . may be so . There jnay . be mo . . reason why a philosopher-should , ever be too hot or too aaM . rBen » ay ? hold fire in Ms hand' ^ by thinking on the frosty Caucasus " or
. Wallow-ai ^ ked December ' s snow , -By thj ^ Eiflg , of fantastic , summer ' s heat . linfcmtunately . rhowever , tlHsviewis / ferthe'world in general , a very speculative « ne , . qaiteiKcapable of ^ being reduced- to practice . The . contemplation of frozen aeaa andiaoating icebergs was , utterly useless ou Monday , or - . rather : far worse * Iwn ? uadcss , ; iniensifying . the sulphurous beat of the oven-like wind that naJoyedm ^ raockery 'araongst ^ the quivering-leaves , and smote like the sirocco € he Tpaxtihed -faces of the passers-by . IThe only relief was to get into the shade ,-aad .. tbis ; could only -. be effectually securedunder -the trees in the , park . Jaxats&agfy&n * he early part of the week , all'Londoni seemed toturn west-^ artt'by an instinct of self-pteservation . The parks were * crowded , during the as to be
^ hole ( Jf ; Snnaay .,. ihey / Jutvecontinued during the afternoon and eveni ^ sth « ovjghQutithQ'W « ek . i ! lJt : has < . been : an animated siglit to see the brickrpent < iiiram of high'and'low degree ,-parents and children , resting themselves under Ihe ^ ttees , 'or scattered " . miijappy groups over the rieltvgreen sward . Jtartuaatelj , top ,-there is- nowplenty okgrass to luxuriate on , theiroribarriersof Whig ^ aclufiian having : be ? m ^ recen * ly'removed . What ^ we should have done had the &te'G (^ rnnTeait'continued , in office up to the present week , it is difficult to imagitie . -Sir ; BENjAatrN : HAiii . was evidently bent on enclosing every blade of grass in . the Earkvwithia ironbars . Of late the-ironnetwovk lad spreadwith alarming « gpraity- ,: tbreatei 3 ing' to 'exclude the people utterly from the turf , and confine them r ^ idly ' --within the long lines of sandy . pathway . Character comes out in iitfle ihlngs ,-. and this passion for shrubberies and fences was a very natural ntftmfiffifetion iof ffPhig formality and exclusiveness . The shrubbery mania ,
thougli- 'it 'had : not extended very far , ' . has done some damage ; but as the ffoBQMP is small in extent ,, and more . permanent in . its nature , tlie trees . must , we « HBpoae ) ,. iemain # foi :. thepKesent . The iences , however , were easily removable . -aadwe-ase delighted to see they have all been taken away . The citizens have , thus . got "their own again ,. and are able to enjoy the park once more . TKi&Js a touch . « tf sympathy . with ; the people—a trace of Young TLnglanuism , pcohaps-r ' fcQ : wuichvwe * liave'reason to be grateful to Lord John Manners . S $ o"ebubt : thete is policy . as well as principle in the change . These little tilings « re noi to be neglected by . a . Ministry ,. that would be really ( popular , especially a . jttinistryisorfily / inmeed of ^ popular support , like the present . Care for the bsaMi ^ sacial'Uoinfortj-and recreation of the people had always a prominent place iivthe- Coningsby" programme , and it ought not to bo lost sight of by ihe . "J > JBBB y . Jtfiiaistry . .
TJieipresent-Ministryj too , have always taken to themselves special credit as the'promoters of-science and art . 'There is plenty of scope 'for their exertions m' : b 0 tIi . direcfiau 8 just now . . The . Board of Works allows the Thames toremain . a ? blaak ( andipoi 8 Qixed v tido , diffusing deadly vapours along its crowded banks- ; and the Museum authorities are scrubbing the Elgin marbles . Big Ben'has returned to Talace ryard ; is . there any-provision . made-against a second fxootnrc , before -, he . reaohes ihis . destination in the Clock Tower ? When aa » Mihe Aious ho > movmt 'guard on the Nelson Monument ? Nothing -has . yetteeeri done about the Wellmgton Monument . Aie we to have a new Kitional :. Qallery ? What . is . to -become of the Turner Collection ? Is the ¦ British . Miwoum to ibevbroken iup , by its splendid Natural ITistoiy collections
iwWB ^ isperoea to ^ the' four-winds- ? " These are questions that require to boconsidercd and . answered . Ero » n tlie . debate ilns , w £ ek on tho -bill for dissolving the nartnerahip . botvtetjn the Government and the , Exhibition Commissioners , thorn . seems , . however , ilittle to < hopo 'for 'in the direction of art from tho a ;« ll"or ' ihtelligeuce of Parliament . Mi . Dhum : monb , who . intrepidly undertakes to . aogmatize on any , subjeot , wasialloved . to , &iato that "in art nathingr . waa capable of demonstration , " . and i to intimate . that , art ' \ ms of no »« Mor intswst-to'tlwj country . Evidently whatever is done must be done by the Government , aided % , the few member * who understand something abowt science and-. arfc , iand-takc ji , practi « alinterest in their pro-ress amongst the . TOWflple .
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^ ibrtli ^ ttiors he reserved tlio" right of tianslation" will bo for . tuntrte-indecd If tVey secure such aa . mtclprctcr 4 vs , M . EMW . E . EoiiQUEs . We huvc latoly receivfld ift I'jrcnoh vet-sion ^ of The . Jksad Secret , translated by
M . JFohgues , . and published under tbe title of Un Secret (" Dead Secret ' has no precise equivalent in JTreneli ) by the eminent house of ¦ MM . Hachetie et C 10 .- The felicity with which M . Eobgues has reproduced not oiilv the pathos but the humour of the original story is absolutely marvellous , and certainly deserves the . English author ' s thanks . Un Secret retains all the force and . freshness of an original work .
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The death of M . Aby Scheeeeb deprives Erance . not only of a great artist but of a . great example . Of his career and works as a painter it may Jiere suffice to say that in these , as vwellias in his personal life and character the same nobleness of soul , the same elevation of thought , the same sino-lemindedness , the same true-heartedness , were always present ; and always felt But of his technical merits and deficiencies as an artist there may be as manv opinions . as critics ; of his life and character there can be but one ; auAthis is not the time in which we can suffer such a inau'to . pass away without a word of sorrowing respect .
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TjEG-ENDS AND LYRICS . Legends and JLyrics , A Book of "Verses . By Adelaide Anne Procter . v BeUandDaldy . This volume , modestly called " a Book of Terses , " is the production of " a daughter of the poet , whose assumed name of " Barry Cornwall" lias for some ^ time past been giving way to the real one which his readers have leurnt to prize . Some of the daughter ' s verses , " here republishedwitb . corrections , " have been anonymous favourites with the public in the columns of Mr . Dickens ' s Household- Words , in :-winch - have , first appeared several poems of
writers destined to be distinguished ; and the volume itself is not only qualified to confirm this regard in point of ability , but is remarkable -for an unmistakable personal truthfulness that carries it still more out of the category of works of ordinaiy poetical pretension , and will particularly interest readers who are truthful themselves . We wish we could iidd , on thataccount , that what may be called its prevailing complexional character were that of cheerfuhies 3 instead of melancholy . Goleridge , moved with surprise at the glowing sympathy with William Tell evinced in her ode on that patriot l ) y the famous beauty of a past generation , Georgiana , Duchess of Devonshire ( mother of the late munificent patron of all that was beautiful in Art and Nature ) , exclaimed , in his charming numbers : — -
'" Olady ^^ nurs'd in pomp and pleasure , Where gat-you that heroic-measure ?" So , of ;' a poet ' s dau « hter , brougbt T » p in refiriecl'life , and saved from the ordinary cares that beset many delicate minds less fortunately conditioned , one might be tempted , to ask , what has made ; her so sorrowful . Bat in proportion sometimes to the very advantages which they may enjoy in other respects , minds given to idealisms , hoiiosver willing to amake the best of what is inferior to themselves , nnd ^ enren to love it and to ignore the inferiority , are struck with invincible diegust at differences between ideal and real ; and in our ignoranceof thexauses of the melancboly , -which in spite of the
natural resources of genius , and of -her own many livelier and happier momenta , certainl y . pervades upon'the > whole this young lady ' s boolc , we can only account in this mannerfox whathsianot a little affected our critical sympathies , used as wenre to life and its trials ; so . touchingly sweet istlie way ia which she sings of them , and such . unaffected refuge ( for she does not parade it ) she appears to . have sought in certain religious opinions , which , however attractive and consolatory in "their first appearances , and to favoured indi'viduals , contain matter upon inspection , - \ vhicli cannot , we think , leave fir . nl satisfaction to any euch'henrlsas thoroughly sympathize with aliwlio arc to Jive hereafter .
The human mind however has a wonderful , and if we consider its needs in'the course of pnogress and . perplexity , affecting power , of reconciling the > most imperative dogmas with , lurking and ignoring doubts ; and . quitting this point for the poetry that is more iiumediatcly our subject , we should say . that Miss Procter ' s poetry , whatever-may be its tendencies otherwise to the ideal , lies . not . so much in idealisms for their own . uake , in tho power of imaginative expression , or in- ; vhat may be called the accumulative display of thoughts ond images ( an ambition , by the way , 'carried to excess in these days , and that willUassuredly atifte motiya poetical young lady and gentleman , and elders among them too , in their own roses ) , as in seizing tho fine 3 tpoints both of'thought and feeling , and knowing how to express them with a simplicity Ayorthy of their truth . She does not encumber , or render them doubtful , with ostentatious loads of addition > and ornament . The defect , on tho simple side of writing is want of force ;—suffering the verrfoto slide into negligence und -weakness , and the thought : to consider tvnytliing
• worth . simple utlorance that can be simply uttered . Nor is it t (> be denied that Miss Procter is eso fur from being without this defect , that ns there are many things in her volume worthy of extracting , particularly ia passages , iand we have no doubt that whole poems will be taken from it for " Spucimons of JJritiah Eoetesses" to come , tliero are many that show she mi » hb ihave : studied theurt as'well as . nnturo of her poetical gift to more adyantivge . A . ndiweeiirnestly exhort her . to do « o ; believing that sho is qualified to . write a volume : at once much amaliar > and much fuller ; and suoli as tho lovers of some of the-coinpackest of her predecessors would not be unwilling to carry nbout in their pockets , na they do thom . llova is a whole short poem , for instance , . which contains the three great aecretsot' durability in veapect of styles ;—proper . words in proper places , ivud not one of them superfluous . or suoh us could be wished . away . And in thought nnd leoling it is altogethermoblc and ibenutil ' iil
:-i—a onowN ok sonnow . A Sorrow , wot -with enfly tenra Yet bitter , had been long with mo I wearied of thin weight of years , And -would bo free .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1858, page 594, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2247/page/18/
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