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      make some extracts . The reviews are upon German SSSTSSh -archaeological publications , and the work ? of the Jtev . Robert Alfred Vaughan , published by Parker of London . " The Memoir of Doctor Patrick Delany" is . of local ^ nterest . _ The English Woman ' s Journal , No , IX ., vol . II . ( Piper , Stephehson , and Spence } , "as an instructive , though slight , comment upon a few of the inore prominent papers read before the meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science , at Liverpool , including , o course , those by and Industrial

      Miss Carpenter , on the Kagged Schools , and by Miss Craig on Emigration . "An Italian" continues his " Gallery of Illustrious Italian Women , " with Caterina de Vigri , the sculptress ; Lavinia Fontana , of Bologna , the painter-daughter of Fontana " of the swift brush , " as Baldimicci called him ; Irene , Spillimbergo ; and Marietta Tintoretto , daughter and pupil of the great painter . This paper is both erudite and eloquent . " The Misdeeds of Aura Plaistow , " slight fiction , is the other important paper of the number . The reviews and " Open Council" are of the average value .

      Rout-ledge ' s Shakspeare . Part XXX . ( Routledge and Co . )—This part contains the doubtful historical play of Henry VIII ., though the commentator does not notice the grave suspicions that have been alleged respecting the authorship . The illustrations are monstrous , the King and the Cardinal being gigantic , as if to enforce the fact that they are the chief personages of the play . Mr . Gilbert is getting tired or inflated with his subject . It is wrote all the

      doubtful if one Shakspeare plays , but it is clearly impossible for one artist to illustrate the multiform life they represent . The ViRorNiANS . By W . M . Thackeray , No . XIII . —The origina l hero is now dethroned , and his brother George takes his place , telling his story in the middle of the work like another . ^ Eneas , from whose poems the author is fond of heading his chapters . If the letterpress improves , we cannot extend the commendation to the illustrations .

      DavbnportDcnn , By CLever . —No . XVII . ( Chapman and Hall . ) : —This story is approaching its conclusion ; and we need scarcely notice the contents . The very pretty illustrations , the best of the shilling serial issues , are not only an inducement to try the work , but to read the story . Knight ' s History of England . No , XXXIV . ( Biadbury and Evans . )—This number carries us down to 1690 . It is illustrated by a very queer engraving , but with some excellent woodcuts . The style is easy and pleasant , and carries the reader with interest through some important political crises , including the battle of the Boyne .

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      Disraeli ' s Curiosities of Literature . Vol . III . ( Routledge and Co . )—Another volume of these learned , instructive , and amusing gatherings has been issued by Messrs . Routledge , for which the publishers deserve not merely the " empty praise" the critic , but the ' * solid pudding" of general patronage on the part of the public . Philadelphia ; or , the Claims of Humanity . By T . P . Barham , M . B . ( Chapman and Hall . )—This is an ambitious volume , and is intended to set people thinking . The work is addressed to those who believe in the supremacy of religious and moral principle as the rule

      of human conduct and the guide to human happiness . To show the varied and important questions which the author deals with—and -we must add with great ability —we will enumerate a few of the themes considered in the fourteen chapters of the work : — "On the Brotherhood of Mankind , tho Existing Distinction of Social Ranks , the Brotherly Distribution of the Work of Life , the Distribution of Property , of Communism and Co-operative Association , on Freedom , on Brotherly Love between Nations , Catholic Christianity , the Apostasy of the Church , and the Age to Come . " The author has had the good taste to treat these abstruse subjects in a popular manner , and this we predict will procure for his teachings no inconsiderable audience .

      Verse . 1834 ;— -1858 . By Charles Boner . ( Chapman and Hall . )—We cull a sample of the author ' s versification a quarter of a century ago—Oh , how pur , e is childhood's joy , " ' A joy felt'mysteriously , ' . Hardly knowing whence or why ; But the child seeth in earth and sky Lovetiness and majesty , Nature in her sublimity ! A . 11 is freshness , all is rife . Teeming , bursting into lifeand contrast it with a verse of the latest mint on the subject of Beauty"Who thus to Beauty boweth in his joy—A chalice holding God-pervaded wine- — Him shall it not mislead or bring alloy ,

      But strengthen , and ennoble , and refineleaving the reader to decide the question of improvement , and the place Mr . Boner is to occupy in Parnassus . Punch ' s Pocket-Book for 1859 . —Determined to take time by the forelock , our old frieud has sprung his Christmas rattle before all his rivals , and has issued his illustrated ephemeras for next year . The coloured frontispiece ( by Leech ) represents a capital scheme for getting through a juicy day in the country—namely , a pic-nic in a drawing-room . The artist has shown iis how to get up a real rus in urbc , free from insects , flaring hot sun , or charge for waiters , and probably with plenty

      of provisions close at hand in case of demand . The clafsico-comical cuts of Demosthenes haranguing the waves , supposed to typify his sublime serenity the Speaker of the House " of Commons ; of Neptune iii the chaivicter of a Margate bathing-machine driver ; and of a worthy " Pater " and " Mater" familias , comet-seeking on the tiles , are among the best in the book . The useful information is of the usual quality , and likely to be of quite as much use as ever , and the literary matter is fully up to the mark . " Behaviour in the Ball Room , " and the complaint of Mrs . Caddy , " There goes the chanv !" are full of humour ; and the comic translations of several of Horace ' s odes are decidedh' clever .

      Shreds and Patches ; or , Pathos and Bathos . By Jane Kennedy . ( Kent and Co . )—A light , lively , nnd gossiping work . This is all the lady author aimed at , and it ¦ would be doing injustice tp say she has missed her aim . The Progress of Carnages and Roads from Philp ' s History of Progress . ( Houlaton and Wright . )—An interesting compilation of high-road and canal fnctn , and reminiscences which , as regards tho former especially , we do well continually to embalm for the study and gratification of future ngos ( including , of course , that of tho future Now Zeulandor ) . Did wo neglect thus to honour the good old ways of our youth , we might innocently , perchance , have to nslc in vain of high-prossuro steam tutors " what stago-couchoa woro , "

      Outlines of Creation , By Ellahiv Voyco . Illustrated by the Brothers Dalgiol . ( Ward nml Lock . )—A vory handsome volume which treats briefly but succinctly oi the wonders of tho sky , tlie air , the water * , the vegetable kingdom , and the animal kingdom . Tho million who are athlrst for information would , without doubt , conslUor this book a , very acceptable present .

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      BOOKS RECEIVED THIS WEEK . Nature and Human Nature . By the Author of , " Sam Slick . " 8 vo . Hurst and Blackett . - The Dublin University Magazine . No ; CCCXI . Hurst and Blackett . Knight's Popular History of England . No . XXXIV , Bradbury and Evans . The Virginians . No . XIII . By W . M . Thackeray . Bradbury and Evans . Titan . A Monthly Magazine . No . CLXIV . Janies

      Hogg and Son . Sketches of Algeria during the Kahyle War . By Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley . Post 8 vo . Chapman and Hall . Davenport Dunn . By Charles Lever . No . XVII . November . Chapman and Hall . The Progress of Carriages , Roads , and Water Conveyances , from the Earliest Time to the Formation of Railways , & . c . Post 8 vo . Houlston and Wright . The ' English . Woman ' s Journal . Vol . II . No . IX . for November . Piper , Stephenson , and Spence . The North British Review . No . V . for November .

      Hamilton and Adams . The Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchavsen . Foolscap 8 vo . Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black . Curiosities of Literature . By Isaac Disraeli . Vol . III . Post Svo . 6 . Routledgo and Co . Loyal Heart ; or , the Trappers . By Gustave Aimard . ifoolscnp 8 vo . G . Routledge and Co . Routledge ' s Shakspeare . Part XXX . for November . Gr . Routledge and Co . The National Magazine , Part XXV . for November . "W . Kent and Co . Blackwood's Magazine , No . DXVII , for November . Edinburgh : Blnckwood and Son .

      A Voyage to Lilliput . By Samuel Gulliver . With a Sketch of the Life of Swift . Foolscap 8 vo . Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black . The Castle of Otranto , A Gothic Story . Foolscap 8 vo . Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black . Travels in the Interior of Africa , By Mungo Pnrke . Small 4 to . Edinburg h ; Adam and Charles Black . Fragmentary Remains of Sir Humphrey Davy } Hart . Edited by his Brother , J . Davy , MD ., F . K . . S . Post 8 vo . J . Churchill . Codrus , King of Athens . A Tragedy . By Richard JNeal . Foolscap 8 vo . Sampson , Low , Son , and Co . Punch ' s Rocket-book for 1869 . In case . Punch-ottlco ,

      Fleet-street . Memorandum for Reorganising the Indian Army . A Pamphlet . By Colonel A . H . Bolloau . Smith , Elder , and Co . What is Congelation f By R . E . Harrison . Foolscap 8 vo . John Churchill . On tfther and Chlorqfurm . By Charles Kidd . 12 mo . Kennhnw . Eclectia Review . Now Series . Vol . IV . November . Ward nnd Co . Meaaioo ami the Mcioican * ' Landscapes nnd Popular Sketches . Uy , Q . Surtorina . Ito . Trllbnor and Co , Stcreosvojvic Slides . By Georgo Downus , Photographic Institution , 166 , Now Bond-etrcot .

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      1190 . TEE-LEADEB . [ No . 450 , November 6 , 1 S 58 .

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      THEATRES AND PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS . PYNE AND HARRISON OPERA COMPANY , DRURY LANE . —Mr . Harrison , resolute that his audiences shall not leave him for want of a change of bill , has brought forward another of his Lyceum triumphs , Vincent Wallace ' s beautiful opera of Maritana , which , all classicists notwithstanding , will serve in after times with the Bohemian Girl to mark the high-water of the musical taste of the real public during the second quarter of the nineteenth century . The cast of characters is very nearly the same as at the Lyceum . Miss Pyne is the MuriUma and Miss S . Pyne Lazarillo , Mr . Harrison Don Ccesar , Mr . Patey the King , Mr . F . Glover Don

      Jose . The opera is so full of morcccmx literally dear to the public , that it is not to be wondered at that Miss Pyne ' s beautiful singing and really refined acting made a great impression . For our own part , we have not so much before admired her in either respect . Mr . Harrison , as the ragged hidalgo , was as spirited as ever ; his numerous solos ,. and especially his part in the fine trio , " Turn on , old Time , " were most effectively given and rapturously applauded . Mr . Glover is a rapidly improving young artist , to whom every encouragement is due ; and if we had equal confidence in Mr . Patey ' s physique as in the good , and , by practice , improvable quality of his voice , we should have no diffidence as to prophesying a brilliant career for him .

      STRAND THEATRE . —On Monday last was produced at this house an " original" version of M . Scribe ' s vaudeville L'llcriticre , by Mr . A . C . Troughton , called Wooing in Jest , and Locing in Earnest . The characters are three in number . Tliere is Mrs . Witchinglo-n , a young widow of property , fascinating talented , and warm-hearted , who lives in the country among her books , birds , and flowers ; secondly , Mr . Machiavel ( Mr . C . Selby ) , her un-Machiavellesque old

      bachelor guardian , whose faultless make-up and simple i > rofiindity would do credit to the bow-windows of St . James's-street ; and , lastly , his nephew , Captain Quick ( Mr . Parselle ) , a gentlemanlike London man and a lady-killer in town , in whose ej-es , when he dons his shooting-suit , all drawing-room attractions are an abomination , and tliick boots and devilled kidneys the only true sources of delight . These gentlemen are on a visit at the widow ' s ; and old Machiavel desires to make a match between

      his ward and his nephew , but his proposition being very coldly received by the latter , hits on the stratagem of piquing him into a flirtation . He informs him that Mrs . WltcldwjtoH thinks him " a horror" and " a puppy , " and all tho etceteras to match ; and the captain , thus stimulated , " sits down , " in military phrase , " before the place . His flirtation , however , goes so far and go fast , that , before he knows what he has been about , he has

      made a conquest pf tho widow , his weapons have returned like boomerangs upon his own heart , anu he is deeply in love . But here the uncle stepsi m ns a marplot . Ho learns suddenly that tho lady a uncle 1 ms left her a large fortune , and conceiving the idea of appropriating it and her together to himself , he artfully sows dissension between the lovers . This mightily surprises the gallant captain , who is indignant to rind that a man of his quality has noc onlv fallen into Cuind ' s snares , but has tictuoUy oi

      fallen so low as to be rejected . On tho cyp departure for London , and of leaving old Machtavei in possession of the field , ho successfully schemes a meeting with his inamorata . They speedily roaujusc matters , and tho baffled senior , gracefully adopting tne situation , announces to tho pretty widow her auceseion of means , and gives the pair his benedict on . This simple incident has been very neatly worKco out by the allied authors , and w « s as nicely supported by tho artists above mentioned . Wo nu * o already spoken of Mr . Selby ' s effective point , wr .

      l ' arfiello gave a fulr idea of the gentknmn at cuse , though , perhaps , his transition from jost to " eaim-si wooing was hardly definite onough ; and Miss bwanborough i always elogant and ladylike , p loasoU us much with her pretty nnd natural touches ot sincerity and pathos . Wo may add that Mr . 1 roughtoij has adroitly preserved the beauties of his mouu while endowing it ; with an English dress ; nnd time tho comediotta was warmly received by a erowuiu house i

      . , MONS . JUIXHSN'S CONOEHTS . —TI . 0 attendnnoe at thoso renowned harmonic meetings , tho iii » k of which—wo blush for the London gouts to » a > « —was rich in discord and poor in pohw » , nuist it « the spirited conductor to pause bofbro lio W '" ' * - ' . ";" city of hia adoption for the uncertainties ot u w » r in quest , or in advocacy , of universal concord , uo

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1858, page 1190, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2267/page/14/