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< dma mater . You take your seat in a cheerless class-room , unadorned save by the records in letters of gold of the prizemen of past sessions , s * nd the suggestive motto , above the professor s chair-:- - ¦ ' '; ' "On earth there is nothing great but m £ n In man there is nothing great but mind . Your instructor enters , already endeared to you by his ancient and renowned Scottish lineage , and by your knowledge that Prance esteems him as she esteems Cousin ; that Germany holds him second only to Kant ; You lave a vague notion as to what philosophy really is . Perhaps your previous
preparation for its study has not extended oeyonu Whately ' s . meagre grammar of Logic , or the cold and cheerless Essay of Locke ; you naturally expect that again , as before , you are to be led away from yourself—it may be further away than ever—and to dwell upon the nice distinctions of scholiasts and commentators . You have not listened long before the truth dawns upon you that you are now to study yourself ; that you are to bow to no authority , but that you are anxiously to look for all guidance ;¦ that you are to be surrounded by a cloud of witnesses and fellow-worshippers—the light of the world in every age . in the market
With Socrates you are to dispute - place , and sit with Plato , and Phaedo by his bedside , as he discoiu-ses to you , while the hemlock courses up his body , on the immortality of kis and your soul . With Cudworth you are to trace the foundations and examine the bulwarks of " Eternal and Immutable MoraUty . " With Reid you are to take your stand on those " principles of common sense , " firmly erect on which you may defy the insidious sophistries of a soul-freezing materialism , and the airy plausibilities of sceptical idealism . All these are your fellow ^ -worshippers . Your professor himself a fellow-student . He tells
you that lie and you must approach the teiriple of philosophy , as you must approach the temple , of religion , in the spirit of little children ; and that all he says and all you hear you must refer to the standard of your own consciousness , and only accept what it testifies to be true- With a grave and stately Roman eloquence , he entices you to the exciting but arduous study , b y displaying to you its ; benefits and pleasures , b ' y informing your mind of the high mental culture it alone will give—of its regnancy and supremacy over all the adjacent provinces of human study through , which
you wish to journey . He shows you how your deepest religious convictions are anchored in its truths ; he warns yoxi of its limits , but directs your eyes over the sufficiency of its domain ; and having described to you the only method by wliioh you can become possessed of its treasures , accustomed you tp its use , and warned you of the impediments and . hindrances you yourself carry with you into the struggle , he at once carries you through a complete and elaborate classification of the very powers to which he has already given a : new strength and elasticity .
Whatever benefits arose from these teachings to some twenty successive waves of Edinburgh studentship , are now spread out and ofievetl to the world of thinkers ; and we can believe no otherwise than that the increased intellectual advantages will be commenswate with the extended publicity .
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Lectures on the History of literature , Ancient and Modern ; from the German of Frederick Schlegel , now flirst completely translated , and accompanied , by a general index . H . G . Bohn . The previous translation of this well-known work of F . Schlegel did not profess to bo literal and complete . It is understood to have been an abridgment of the original made by the late . Mr . Lockhart , who systematically omitted the author ' s religious opinions . The present version is the produce of the labo \ ir of three translators , and gives thq , toxt in f all . An index also is added , which is of manifest utility . The work * will bo wolcomo to tho library of scholars and
gentlemen . The Prince of the House of David ; or , Three Years in ( ha Holy City . Edited by the Kov . Professor J . II . Ingraham . Illustrated with Engravings , Arthur Wall , Virtuo , and Co . TPiwb Ifl a kind of harmony of the Four Gospels , 1 n connexion with tho Old Testament prophecies , thrown Into the forn * of a flotion , and supposed to fee contained In a series of letters from Adina to her father , Manasseh Benjamin , a native of Alexandria , # * art aotual eye-wltnoss of the transactions . The , wholo is written In a flomi-paotical stylo , which will jwqvo attractive to religious readers of tho sentimental class .
The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement arid Instruction . . Smith , Elder , and Co . This is a new ed tipn of a very pleasant little work , with a coloured frontispiece representing the discovery of the GPacinc Ocean . An Index of Dates ; comprehending the principal facts in the Chronology and History of the World , ' front the earliest to the present time . By I . ' Willougbflby Rosse . Vol . II . —K to Z . Henry G . Bohn . thi
The information contained in •¦ s volume is alphabetically arranged , and the whole is intended as , and forms , *' a complete Index to the enlarged edition of Blair ' s Chronological Tables . '" Of course , the value of the work consists in its accuracy ; and as far as we have been able to test the contents we have found them exactly and correctly stated . The range of information is very wide . Greek Texts ; with Notes . —Iliad of Homer , Books I . —VI .
Oxford : John Henry and James Parker . These are tlie first six books of the Iliad , capitally printed as a pocket volume , with excellent notes , intended for the use of schools , but which will be found of the utmost value to every student of Homer , , Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn , F . R . S . Edited from the original MSS . at Wotton . By William Bray , Esq ., F . A . S . New Edition . In 4 vols . Vol . III . Henry G . Bohn . We have already given an account of this corrected , revised , and enlarged edition of Evelyn ' s celebrated Diary , on the publication of the first two volumes . We have now only to recognise the fact that the third is ready for the purchaser .
The Handbook of the Court ; the Peerage ; the House of Commons . Ninth year . P . S . King . A most useful compilation , " corrected to January , 1859 , from information supplied by the members of both Houses . " The parliamentary information is remarkably extensive ; the places represented being given , with the members and their political opinions , and the number of registered electors . Analyses of the representation , arid other means of judgment are afforded , rendering the work invaluable to the practical politician . The Church Distinguished ; or , the Christian Community in its Relations to the World . By Caleb Webb . Houlston and Wright The title of this work indicates the nature of the argument maintained . It is ably conducted , and in a charitable spirit . The writer is a supernaturalist in liis views .
Historical Gleanings at Home and Abroad . By Mrs . Frances Ja , mieson . T . C . Newby . An authoress eighty years old pleads for indulgence . $ he has , how ever , compiled an amusing volume on the Crusades and other similar subjects , -which we trust may bqcome popular . Plain Sermonsi preached at Archbishop Tenison ' s Chapel , Regent-street . By James Galloway Cowan , minister . Published by request . William Skeffington . These sermons are elegantly written , and very fair specimens of pulpit composition .
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MISCELLANIES . On the Christian Duty of the British Government in India . By Abd Al ^ -Wahid . Williams and Norgatc . This is a sensible pamphlet , founded on facts , and on the great and lamentable facts that Christians * in India are not Christians in reality , but only in name and profession . From this the writer argues that it is impolitic , so soon after the sepoy rebellion , to moot the question of proselytism . Utter neutrality in regard to religious opinion must be the rule of Government ; and the broach , of this will * tho writer insists , lead to awful bloodshed . Another pamphlet on the same subject , entitled 5—Proselytism in India ; the Question at issue examined ; in a Letter to Sir George Clerk , X . C . B ., 8 po . with an Appendix containing an account of the recent TinneveUey Slaughter . Jiy George Norton , M . A ., late Advocate-General of Madras . Richardson Brothers . Advocates the expediency of separating secular from religious instruction , ana promoting the former as the best means of establishing our authority in India .
Ital yf its Condition ; Great Britain f Us Policy By an English Liberal . James Ridgway . Tina broolura consists , of a series of letters , addressed to Lord John Russoll , in which tho wxitor concurs with the noble lord in holding that tho wisest course is to leave the Italians alone , and lot them expel the Austriane without any interference from other states . England , at any rate , can have no interest m the thraldom of Italyr—none in the maintenance of the temporal power of tho Popo . Tho horrors o * the system of government are laid bare with a
mast erly hand . Austria , the writer considers , is the Pope ' s hangman ; Rome is the cesspool of corruption , of exemptions and privileges . But he deals not alone in objurgation : lie proves his case thoroughly , and treats his argument conclusively . The organised , injustice of Austria , ought ,, in his opinion , to deprive her of the sympathy of every Englishman . Treaties , he contends , were made for nian—not man for treaties ; and is assured that the English people will never be persuaded to go to Avar that the Italians may be enslaved . Our active intervention is , in Ins opinion , required , " not for the sake of rushing into war , but for the sake of preserving the peace of Europe . " Two pamphlets claim our notice on telegraph communication , namely : —
( 1 . ) The Atlantic and South Atlantic Telegraph * . By a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers . . Smith , Elder , and Co . ( 2 . ) A Telegraph Half-way to America ; Why is it not used / Effiugham Wilson . The first publication advocates the right of the projectors of the experiment that has partially failed , to demand help from the Government , and further capital from the public , in order to repeat it ¦ with a belter chance of ultimate success . But it claims an equal right for the South Atlantic project , in favour
of which divers reasons are adduced . The second pamphlet proposes anew route , and a . point of call at St . John ' s , the most eastern seaport of North America , the point of departure being 1 a port in the west of . Ireland — Gal way , probably . Canadian letters might proceed to Boston or Portland . An approach to the scheme proposed has been made by means of a contract entered into by the Lords of the Treasury with the Atlantic lioyal Mail Company ; and to this our pamphleteer refers in a postscript , with approbation . So far , well .
Chloroform and other Ancesthetics : their History and Use during Childbirth . By John Cliapnian , M ; D . ' ¦ Williaras and Norgate . An excellent essay , reprinted from the . Westminster Review , for January , 1859 . A . Few Observations in Favour . of the Principles rollick now Regulate the Sale of Spirituous * Liquors in Scotland . James Ridgway . Tins is an attempted reply to Mr . Stirling ' s senible paiiiphlet , to which we lately called attention . The Militia and the Recruiting Service , with Suggcstiqns on their Reorganisation . By Ctiptain E . Finch liatton . Bosworth and Harrison . Tins pamphlet contains many sensible remarks on the defective , state of our militia . ( 1 ) Speech on the Laws relating to the Property of Intestates , in the House of Commons , February 17 , 1859 . By KJ . Locke King , M . P .
. James llidgway . ( 2 ) May a Man Marry his Deceased Wife ' s Sister ? By the Hev . F . A . Dawson , A . M . J . 11 . and James Parker . Two tracts that will repay perusal ; but from the opinions of : the second we decidedly dissent . The Maid of Avcnel : a Ballad Opera . By I ) . M . Aird . . H . Bale . A tentative dramatic essay on Sir Walter Scott s " Monastery , " abounding in . songs , ' winch run
trippingly on , and , no doubt , would tell if set to appropriate music . ' Charlotte and Myra . A Puzzle in Six Bits . By Winwood Reade . TriVbncr and Co . A , n example of " heavy lightness , serious vanity . " Rubdiydt of Omar Khayyam , the Astroiwmer-l ' oct oj Persia . Translated into English verse . Bernard Quanton . Tins is an exceedingly good translation of a very celebrated poem .
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BOOKS HECEJVED . A Lady ' , * Bsoope frovi Gwalior , and L'JO -in ( no Port of Agra , during tho Mutiny of 1857 . Sinltb , Elder and Co . , ,, „ Speeches of the Right Honorable Lord Stanley , M . d Smith , Elder and Co . . .,, « ¦ „ A Decade of Italian Women . By T . Adolplms Trollonti . S vols . Chapman and Hall . Hound tho Sofa . . In 3 vols . SnmpHOii , Low , and ^ ° > A New History of the Conquest of ¦ Me . vtco . Uy Robca-t Anderson Wilson . Trubmir uiul Co . Personal Narrative of Military Tiuivol in Tiwltey , &'O . By Uobert Macdonalcl , EUiuburyh . A . untl i » RubdlyAt of Omar Khayydm . Tranulatud In KnglWi verso . ' Jiernard Quwlton . , , ., „ Un Sermons Preached . By Rov . Robort ¦ Bland , Umpnn of Gowhatty , Assam .. Orgor and Meryon . , A Comprehensive Hist or u of Xndia , ho . U > * - > * °
and 14 . Wuckio and Sou . ,, „ ,, „„ ., Evory ChUds History < if FraiM . JUy *' - im Dean and Son . , „ Arilfl Tho Duohoss of Qrloans . A xnexnolr , By ™ Austin . W , Juilb . _ . , ., „„ SlxthAnnwd Report of the Woniv Sol-Fa A ssociation J . and W . Itldor . „ , ,,,... « Tho Army in its MecUeo ~ S « nit « ry Relations Sutherland and Knox ,
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S 66 THE LEA J > EB . { 1 X 6 . 469 , March 19 , 185 Q . ' ¦
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Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2286/page/14/
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