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I am sroing : forth to battle . And life ' s uplands rise before me , And my golden shield is ready . And I pause a moment , timing-My heart ' s paean to the waters . As with cheerful song incessant Onward runs the little stream ; Singing ever , onward ever , ^ Boldly run s the merry stream . 0 how glorious is Xoon-day ! . With the cool large shadows lying Underneath the giant forost . The far hill-tops towering dimly O ' er the conquered plains below , j—1 am conquering- —I shall conquer In life ' s battle-field impetuous .: And I lie and listen dreamy To a double-voiced , low music , — Tender beech-trees' sheeny shiver Mingled with the diapason : Of the strong , deep , joyful stream , Xibe a man ' s love and a woman ' s ; So it runs—the happy stream ! 0 how grandly cometh Even , Sitting on the mountain summit . Purple-vestured , grave , and silent , Watching o ' er the dewy valleys , Like a good king near his end : — 1 have labour'd , I have govern'd ; Now I feel the gathering shadow . Of the night that closes all things : And the fair earth fades before me , And the stars leap out in heaven , While into the infinite darkness Solemn runs the stedfast stream—Onward , onward , ceaseless , fearless , Staging runs the eternal stream . Among the less ambitious pieces there is one on . " Mary's Wedding , " which has a quiet beauty ; there are also some sonnets which , in their skilful structure , indicate the artist . In a word , these poems , in point of form , are almost unexceptionable . It may be added that her genius is decidedly lyrical .
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IHE OPTHAL 3 IOSCOPE : ITS MODE OF APPLICA
TTQN , ETC ., IN THE EXPLORATION OF INTEHNAL DISEASES AFFECTING THE EYE . By Jabez Hog-g . —Churchill . Or all human organs , that of the Eye is the most delicate ancttthe most complicated in structure , and is subject to a vast variety of disease , but too commonly calamitous in its result . The Eye , therefore , demands all the resources of science , both in diagnosis aiid treatment . Vwili respect to tlie former of these , the author of the work before us justly observes , that the study of symptomatology ,
whereby we are enabled to arrive at a just conclusion regarding the true nature of disease , should be devotedly pursued . Let the exact nature of the disease be discovered ; show the rationale of the symptoms , local and general ; and , if the case be curable , the cure is commonly simple enough . But , unfortunately , with incompetent practitioners , mistreatment has but too often , by huddling eye deseases under technical error , as amaurosis , glaucoma , &c , brought about consequences which defied any after attempts to remove them . It must be allowed that there have been difficulties
in the way of due examination of the internal structure of the eye : but these are now happily removed by the invention of a simple but ingenious instrument called the Opthalmpscope . Of this instrument , which is mainly a perforated mirror , Mr . Hogg has given a lucid explanation , and has illustrated its value by cases examined and treated at the Royal Westminster Opthahnic Hospital , and in private practise . There are many engravings , showing the forms of disease of the eye ; and the subject 19 altogether treated in a way that must render it of gi'eat interest to the profession , and , through that body , to the public generally .
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BEULAH . By Augusta J . Evans , New York . —Derby and Jttckeon . NARKAGANSETT ; OK , THE PLANTATIONS , A Story of 177— . In three volumes . —Chapman and Hnll . " Bjbui . au " is a novel of ?• The Wide Wide World " nnd u Queoohy " type , and is , we aee , by the American papers , quite a . favourite on the other side of the Atlantic . It is one of those novels with a " good purpose , " in which the principal characters rise -from the lowest
poverty to a distinguished position in life , without evidencing the least signs throughout the work of Joeing more than very- ordinary common » . placa people , with a " gift of the gab , " which enables them to talk a good deal on theology , with which they prove , oy their own a I ^ ** ave ft y 9 V ? superficial acquaintance . Buon a notion is Beulah . At the commencement
of the story , the reader is introduced to the heroine , Beulah Benton , as an inmate of an orphan asylum , from which place she goes to service in a " pious family . " While here a Dr . Guy Hartwell adopts her , and , of course , in time , wishes to marry her ; Beulah refuses , thinking him an atheist . Guy leaves her , but not unprovided for . Beulah refuses , however , to live on his bounty , and turns authoress . She makes her name known throughout Europe , and in the end Guy returns a religious man . Thus matters being conveniently arranged , they are married . The narrative is not very brilliant , and the characters appear to us very uninteresting persons , but they are able to shed a good many tears , and talk more nonsense than will ' please the most ardent admirers of this class of fictions .
" Narragansett" is a work that defies description , and disarms criticism . The writer labours hard to prove that he is a scholar and a philosopher ; doubtless , he is both , but of a very eccentric kind . ' In trying to prove that he is a scholar , he commits such errors in the rules of grammar that a schoolboy would be whipped for them ; and , in endeavouring to show his philosophy , he gives unmistakeable evidences of insanity ; whilst his use of the English language rather confirms than lessens such a notion . To give an outline of the story is a thing impossible . From the title page we learn that it is a story of American colonist life , just previous to the War for Independence . It is lucky this eccentric novelist
informed us of the fact in this manner , for after the opening chapter , it would puzzle the most " cute " reader to understand on what subject or principle the work was written . Of the ninety and nine individuals that figure on the stage of this domestic drama we will select two . They are of a different type : one will give the reader some idea of the writer's highest flights of portrait-painting , and the other will best speak for itself . We transcribe them as they appear in the : work . Before doing so , however , we should state that a Mr . Harvey Church is , in the opening chapter , on a journey from Tivcrtr > n to Xev .- ; jr > rt , : i : r ' ., fi : mn £ otl ' . ' -v persons , he meets a Quaker : —
" The intruder in a lonely road on a Polish day , hud his . facial prominences tinged with fiery reil , and his nose , in addition , bedewed with touching moisture , while liis eyes wept cold tears , and his legs continually moved as if only pausing in a race , as he a s ked , with a wild air and high-pitched voice , Hast thee encountered a dog or any other furious enemy of the kind ; respected sir ? But the answer being slower , as it seemei ) , than he wished or expected , lie continued rapiilly articulating question after question : Art thee poin to Newport ? Art thee come from Tivorton ? Hast thee heard any news ? hast thee seen any crowd ? hast thee met any trouble ? bast thee a journal ? hast thee a broad sheet , young man ?"
Seeing , however , Harvey ' s dog , Flog , which had leapt the hedge , was " coming up with the velocity of a war missile , and a low growl that exploded at near the final point , in sharp treble passages , meant to be derisive , but easily mistaken for displeasure , " the man of puace leapt a three-barred gate , " and was out of sight in a twinkling !" Here is a sketch of one of the heroines : — " She wa 9 a well-born minion , in green taffeta , with broad crimson stripes , whose form more than twenty summers had moulded into wondrous symmetry . The sleeves of her dress , certainly not a riding one , ended above the elbows in a hand's breadth of worked linen , out of which came an arm whoso comely shape a long mit did not conceal , nor
stout-gloved fingers at all impair . But the heavy taffeta was looped up like a ship ' s sails in the slings to show a purple skirt , for a petticoat at that day , like the roof in architecture , wa , s a capable feature in deaign . Her rich brown hair wus parted over a forehead beneath which eyes of the softest huzel shed light and kindness . Still this beautiful hair was whitened like the flr-treea of a highland in winter , while on top of it sat a Iow-crowncd cover tied with cherry ribbons . Her countenance at times the abode of severest dignity , was always warm with thought and fueling ,, while a peculiar archness of expression about the mouth seemed the home of a gaiety and good-humour that wero ever streaming its rays from the sun . "
There are touches in thia portrait which evidence that the writer , when he refrains from trying to be fanny , oan , and we hope will , write much better works than "Narragansett . "
Notes on Noses . —Richard Bentley . This is a new edition of a very clever work . Nasology to some may seem ridiculous as a science " but the fact is that it really forms a branch of physiognomy , and comprises a field of observation that is fruitful in philosophical results . Noses are capable of classification , which comprises six sorts of which all others are combinations : 1 . The Roman , or aquiline nose . 2 . The Greek , or straight nose . 3 . The cogitative , or wide-nostrillcd nose 4 . The Jewish , or hawk nose . 5 . The snub nose " 6 . The celestial , or turn-up nose . The author * gives satisfactory proofs that the nose is an index to character , and furnishes his reader with a large stock of illustrative information .
The Day of Small filings . By the Author of" Mary Powell . "—Arthur Hall , Virtue , and Co . This is a sort of diary , supposed to have been written by an invalid , and comprises some sketch es of domestic character which will be recognis ed as familiar acquaintance at the fireside . The book , taken altogether , may be said to represent Authorship in Idleness—so slight is the thread of interest and so inconsecutive the materials . It leaves off " , too , without a catastrophe 1 —it is verily a story without an end . But it is delightful reading .
Reliques of Father Prout . —H . G . Bohn . This clever and witty work is reprinted , with Mr . Maclise ' s illustrations , and will be highly valued by the judicious , both on account of its literary and its artistic merits . Lectures on the Rifle . By Colonel E . C . Wilford . — John W . Parker and Son . The volume contains the subject of three lectures delivered by the author at different times , and is well calculated to teach the art of properly using the same . The Whisker / Demon , or the Dream of the Reveller liy Charles Mackay , JLL . D . Illustrated by Watts Phillips , and W . P . Nimmo .
Dr . Mackay having granted permission , this wellknown son ^ of his has been reprinted in a large quarto volume , and profusely illustrated . Mr . Watts Phillips has appended the sketches , which , if calculated to aid the cause to which the public . itlon is il'jvole 1 , ; iiv ecr : u :: ily ii ; : l to b .- criiiji . ^ l as works of art . Emmanuel . By Joseph Parker . — -Judd and Glass . The author of this brochure is the minister of Cavendish-street Chapel , Manchester . He is
evidently an eloquent preacher . His style is ornamental , lie delights in picture and in . figurative expressions . This little volume appears to consist of the more showy passages from a scries of sermons , illustrative of the life of Christ . They are fervent and oratorical ; they arc also brief , and may be read , not only without weariness , but . . with pleasure , Chronicles 0 / an Old English Oak ; or Sketches of English Life and History . Edited by Emily Taylor . —Groombridge and Sons .
Tiircsrj chronicles are in the sliapo of conversations by a boy and his sister with an old oak , which is supposed to describe to them the condition of lingland at the historical intervals of fifty or a . hundred years ; time giving , in an entertaining manner , the more striking pictures and portraits of our national story . The idea is goo . l , and the execution clever . The development of the dialogue embraces the result of considerable reading . Adventures and Histories of licmarhublc Men . By W . S . Cockayne . —Dean and Son . A work illustrated with engravings . The number before us is entitled " The Hero of Waterloo , nnd contains a brief lifo of Wellington . It is noatg written , and gives an intelligible outline ot mew which , as an opitomc , is not without its use . a scries of such , which we . suppose is UitenuuU , v , i » bo serviceable for reference , and well adapted 101 juvenile perusal .
The Church and its Living Head . By the Rov . Win . Ilanna , LL . D . —Thoa . Constable and Co . Tins is a nennon , preached at Edinburgh , in advocacy oftho principle of the Froe Church , and in J «« - fleation of its disruption from the Stato , wliioli is claimed aa a sort of cardinal testimony < ° the supro * macy of conscience . The argument is rationally 0011-duated and eloquently enforced . Evory oftort , ww believe , ia made by the General Assembly to gw » for It an extensive circulation ; and it merit * att «» tion as an official manifesto . Hee ' a improved Diary and Almanac for 1800 . —J 0 I 10 Rcnshaw . .. Tnw is the twenty-ninth year of this useful pub - cation , which has beoa enlarged by twenty-ton * pitgev .
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1400 THE LEADER [ No . 509 - Dec . 24 , 1859 .
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TWO NEW NOVELS .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1859, page 1400, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2326/page/20/
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