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them Still , to meet the ! demand for food , horseeating is taken under professorial patronage . The increased consumption of animal food iii ; Europe constitutes a . social change remarkable in its bearing , and it is curious that a like operation is to be noticed in India , where by Hieweaker influence of caste many more of the population have taken to the use-of animal food . . ¦' "¦ ' , - ¦ . L " .. ¦' . ¦ For a work which is one of entertainment , it as almost fastidious to make suggestions , but Mr . Sinimonds lias gone so far in his researches thatwe like to make a lew notes for some of the ensuing and he
editions-. In speaking : of alpaca guanaco , says that it is sold in the public shambles of Chili , Peru , &c , and he otherwise correctly describes the m anufacture of c / iarqui , or dried meat , as it is made from beef iii Chili and Peru , but he does not slate that there is likewise charqui ol guanaco . He has not gone fully into the details of monkey cookery in the other parts of South America , where the approved course is to cut off the head and hands and truss the . monkey like a hare . The cygnet and the peacock , we may observe , have not yet quite gone out of consumption , as they may be found at civic banquets , where they have figured for
centuries past . ¦ . ,- ¦ At South Kensington is a museum of articles of ibod 1 , of which we believe the classification was begun by Mr . Simmonds . To this Sir John Bowring has just ¦ contributed a most interesting collection of Chinese food . Large additions of prepared food from France are likewise announced . . The chief objects of animal food introduced into this country of late years have been supplies of common meat and poultry , preserved meats- — -but not to the extent anticipated , or in proportion to ihe means of such countries as Australia and Buenos Avres to furnish—the Cochin-China fowl , which
has been successfully propagated , and a freer importation of turtle . The new articles of animal food shown at the Great Exhibition of 185 . 1 were to a very small extent adopted in this country , but many new articles of vegetable food have been brought in . It is at sea , however , that new varieties of preserved animal and ; vegetable - food are most acceptable . Want is the great promoter , of invention , and we trust that beef avid mutton may never fail so far as to stimulate us ; but -when we get to that pass , Mr . Simmonds ' s book will be a manual Of the resources of food , and as its popiiiarity is already assured , it will be generally available to the public .
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THE SCOTTISH SECESSION OP 1 S 43 . The Scottish Secession qf 1843 . By the Reverend Alexander Turner , Minister of Port Menteitb . Edinburgh : Paton and Ritchie . Glasgow : Thomas Murray and Sons . English readers who may take interest in the Scottish Secession of 18-i 3 , but have hot been at the pains to unravel the tangled thread of its history , will be glad to find in the valuable book before us a painstaking and accurate account of the
transactions that preceded and attended it , and a lucid aiid temperate review of the princi p les evolved during its progress . The question at issue may be tegaraed as forming part of the greater one then in agitation , namely , the rights and powers of the ¦ State in ecclesiastical matters . Tho excitement ¦ which arose on the suppression of ten Irish bishoprios by Lord Gray ' s Government spread far beyond tho districts interested in tho original matter in dispute , and reaching even to tho far North , produoed that long contest which terminated in tho Scottish Secession .
Tho olaims of the seceding party appear to us extraordinary , They demanded the right of dealing with questions relating to the property of others , without being amonublo to tho lay tribu wals ; an assertion of spiritual indopondonoo quito intolerable in any civilised state . We oannol ; wonder that their demands were considered too lofty by the existing Govommont , and that Lord Aberdeen , though a sincoro frioiid to tho Soottish Churoh . declined to oomvuv with thorn . Tho disoontontod
portion of tho clergy and laity had soon , however , Wi opportunity ot proving the sincerity of their intentions . Several hundred of tho clorgy , and a tovge number of tho laity , refused to continuo in oomnnuuoii with a Ohuroh not founded on tho pwnqipld for which thoy contended , ami which was , J « o y nwoi'ted , established by onoiout ; usage ; and wms was exhibited , tho strange sigh ! , of two rival communions agreeing in all mutters of doctrine and cuaoiniine , yet hostile to one another , with that
bitterness which ; seems inseparable from , disputes relating , however indirectly , to religion . Mr . Turner ' s work is composed iii a very different Spirit . He desires tosee union between those who have so long been brothers , and speaks with grief indeed , and some kindly , tempered censure of those with whom he has differed , Or , rather , whom he has declined to follow . The subject is evidently one on which he feels deeply , and we could wish that his hopes of future peace and concord might be realised . If , however , the acrimony of religious quarrels increases puri passu with the importance of the questions in dispute , we should fear that sections identical
who have not seen fit to agree upon even doctrines would be unlikely to return to the com . munioh they have deserted , the rather as the grea t point for which they contended , and do still contend , without hope of concord—the irresponsible settlement by presbytery of the admissibility to livings of the nominees of lay patrons—was previously unheard of in any established church . That schism seems likely to be of long duration in which , from the terms of the quarrel , the concessions must be all on one side ; out if all concerned sought peace and unity as heartily as does Mr . Turner , they would soon , we imagine , find a road , at least , towards them .
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ALFRED STAUNTON . Alfred Staunton : a Novel . By J- Stanyan Bigg . .. " ¦ James Blackwood . Tuis novel is one of thebest of its class . If the writer were in possession of a higher order of constructive power , he would have presented the public with a work that would have met with something beyond an ephemeral popularity . As it is , his short-comings are conspicuous in . his mode of linking together his scenes , in making : one incident arise out of or depend on another , and 4 n bringing out sharply and naturally the main purpose of itlie story . The selection of Alfred Staunton as the hero , who gives his name to the work , while throughout he appears
to play a very subordinate part either iii the action or the catastrophe , is a mistake , we think : - Another mistake is crowding into the very last chapter that denouement which the opening chapters lead the reader to believe is to be steadily worked out in the progress of the tale . However , wq will now go , to the less distasteful task of introducing the reader to the story . The Stauntons are allied to the Durrells , an old-estated family , the last representative of which dies , leaving a will , giving his . property in trust to a Sir Joshua Wagstaffe , for the benefit of relatives who may hereafter be discovered . The nurse , one M ary Gordon , by Sir Joshua ' s persuasions ; a bribe of 1000 / ., and a promise to educate her son
as a gentleman , consents to mix the medicine of the dying Durrell , and to hasten his passage into eternity . Mrs . Gordon obtains a copy of Durrell's will —tithat is her secret ; Sir Joshua knows that she poisoned old Durrell—rthat is . secret . The coinpact is kept . Sir . Joshua brings up young Gordon in his family , makes a scholar of hinj ; and Gordon turns out a deeper rascal than even his patron . . Mr . Staunton , one of the parties who ought rightfully to have como in for a share of the large Durrell estates , takes no step to recover of to ascertain his rights . He turns "Wesleyan preacher , and has a large family , among whom Alfred Staunton shines more particularly . We have a lawyer Miiakons , who is in , Sir Joshua ' s confidence , and from whom something is expected of a stirring character ; but after * two or three very good scenes or so , lie slips out of sight ,
and only turns up incidentally just as too catastrophe is about to disclose itsolf . Sir Joshua ' s ambitious plans are frustrated mainly by his protC'gtf , young Gordon . Sir Joshua's son dies prematurely , not without suspicion of foul play on the part of young Gordon ; and his daughter rejects the alliance of nobility to give hor hand to Gordon . Sir Joshua , in a ile of rage and remorse , sends tho will to old Staunton , just ns Staunton has parted with his last shilling—lie having buou half ruined by tho railway mania , tho other half being accomplished by embarking' in an unsuccessful mining adventureand by this piece of poetical justice the old gentleman is sot upon his logs again , and , of course , enables young Staunton to settle in life , and to marry happily . There is a good deal of pretension to learning ; there aro long chapter * of dry-as-dust discussion ; and there aro also some excellent sconois ami dialogues in tho racy dialect of Lancashire .
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FORM'S BY THE AUTHOtt OF « UniBL . " . Poems by the Jut / tor qf Uriel . " Second Edition . John Chapman . Tins ^ reissue , contains several now poems . The author is so well educated , and possesses such a wealth of poetic diction , that wo are moved to little less than wonder to find his oar so defective in regard
to rhyme ; Cockney rhymes , imperfect rhymes , and impossible attempts ^ at rhyme abound . We have not only " morning" and " dawning , " but " nightwatches , " supposed to be a like ending with " dark marshes , " and " straying " -with " array , and ;"—nay-j worse still , " evanished" with " tarnished , " " visions " with " musings , " " loving" with " bestowing , " "faery " with" nearer , " " thrillings" with" silence , " and others , are forced reluctantly to pair together . We suspect there must be some perversity of taste in this . Surely there is no ear so deceptive , for instance , as to suppose that " circle" and '' mortal" were a marriageable couple ! By-the-by , the stanza in which they occur is '' a ' capital example of our author ' s licentiousness in this respect . Let the reader judge for himself . Here it is : — Happy days , and years of perfect
circle-In one hour of morning all that bliss— - All a life , and life enough for mortal . So it must be—could I live it twice f Why should a man of talent play such absurd tricks with himself , and so mar a work which a little trouble might bring to completeness ? Let the writer before us take timely warning . A third brochure with these defects will be fatal to his reputation .
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WASHINGTON GRANGE . Washington Grange : an Autobiography . By William Pickersgill . James Black wood . Autobiographies are dangerous things . If they are narratives of real life , they can only expect to interest the public according to the space which the writer filled in the public eye . If they are only imaginative , they can expect to interest only by the charm of style and the natural character of the incidents . Washington Grange , whatever may be its foundation , can only be classed as a work of fiction , and : not of a very high class either . There are seven parts , con-p raining about fifty-five chapters , in which a good deal of truth , a good deal of incident , a great many characters , and a good many reflections succeed each other , until Washington Grange gets at the secret of his birth , which secret , if the reader have any curiosity , the author must communicate to him himself .
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Burns * $ Poetical U ' or / is . Edited by the Rev . Robert Aris Willmot-t . ( Routledge , Warnes , and Routledge . )—The text of this edition is guaranteed by the editor , ismd he has added such notes as were needful . In one , reference is made to a biography of the poet , preceding the poems , which we do not find . The volume is well got up , and is exceedingly cheap ; and at this time of ceutenerian honour of the poet , will be very acceptable . Hviomcly Rhymes . A second Collection , of Poems in the Dorset Dialect . By William Barnes . ( John Russell
Smith . )—Mr . Barnes , in this second volume of Dorsetshire Poems , has adopted a simpler style of spelling than in his former issue . The poems are very good indeed , and look genuine enough . The reading ofon § specimen will better instruct the reader in their nature than a laboured essay . One of the poems is illustrated with a woodcut of " The Leady ' s Tower ; " but it is too long for citation . The book will recommend itself , not only to the linguist and etudier of dialects , but also to the lover of simple poetry .
A Legend of the Rhone . A Poem in five Cantos . By M . P . B . ( J . F . Hope . )—The fatal facility of octosyllabic verse has betrayed many into the labour of the ballad-epic , of far interior talent to the author of the present pleasing poem , who have yet obtained some recompense for their work . But ,, in . these latter days , unless the author has found hid reward in his task , we fear that lie will find none as its result . The time , ' in fact , has lo ») g passed in which a poem of this kind , and of this degree of merit , could arrest public attention .
Self . A Satire iii Five Cantos . By the Revorend Edward Morse , A . J 3 . ( J . F . Hope . ) ' —This is a plea in bohalf of tho under-paid curate . The writer would have succeeded much bettor had ho advocated the cause , which ho seems to have sincerely at heart , in prose , His verses occasionally show vigour , but they are defective in accuracy of rhythm , in tho uso of poetic diction , and in the niceties of rhvmo . It is a pity to see a sensible man thus exposing his deficiencies , whether from wuut of culture , of practice , or of natural aptitude .
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BOOKS RECEIVED . Alfred Staunton . By J . S . Bigg . Jamoa Blackwood . Moore a Irish Melodies . Kq . III . Longman and Co . A Handi / Booh on the Law of Private Trading Partner ship . ' By J . W . Smith , Esq ., LL . D . EfflnghftM The Gospel qf St . John . By tho Rev . J . Forahall , M . A . Longman and Co . Report of the Vital and Economical Statistics qf Gflcugou fbr 18 & 8 , Glasgow : Jamoa Mncnab . The Building News , 1858 . Vol . IV , " Building Newa , ' Ollico , 20 , Old Boawoll-court , Strand , The Gullei't / < if ' Nature . Part IV . , W , and ft . CUftnv bars . Tho Handbook of Reform . Henry Adams and Co . The Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society ' s Report , 1858 .
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ISb , 462 , January 29 , 1859 . J THE LHADEB , IAS
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 29, 1859, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2279/page/15/
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