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FOllEIGX CORRESPONDENCE.
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much , secrecy , that it is no easj r matter to discover \ yh at is actually going on .: Of course there is an abiindant supply of canards to inake up For the want of certain news ,: and we are startled by constant and alarming- nmio-urs , which dp great credit to the ingenious versatility of the person or persons by whom they are fabricated . There is an amusing- , play now being- performed at the T / idatre des Varietes , in which M . Bt . oxpin , the mythical pcrson : tg-e whoiil the American-. newspapers represented as having 1 crossed , the Fulls of Niagara , is introduced in the middle of his hypothetical exploit surrounded by a perfeot swarm of duals . It seeins to me that what lifetle appetite there is in Paris for politics , is forced to satisfy itself with this same ornithoTogiciil food , which , like Sam Weller ' s muf > fins , is very filling * at the price . In England , all these false rumours
( special . ) Paeis , 29 th February , 1860 . rpHERE is no city in Eitrope where it is so difficult to procure J- reliable intelligence as to political movements and intentions as in Paris , althoug-h perhaps at the present moment there is no other city from which so many movements emanate , or where intentions are more significant . It has been often observed , in . one of those terse saving's which Lotus XIV . brought into fashion by lirs ¦ " UEtat o ' est ono ' i" that France is Paris , and this might be further condensed to the effect that Paris is [ the Tuileries ; for assuredly there is the Olympus of the French mythology of the day ; where they used to bake tiles , they now forge thunderbolts , - n more august , but at the same time riiorc dangerous process . However : as I was saving-, the manufacture ' . is conducted with so
are attributed to the hunger of the penny-a-liner , with whom the wish is father to the'thought , and Who argues that if this or that terrific event is not true , why it ought to be , which is almost the same . Tliay order this matter bettor in France , as Sterne said , and the penny-a-liner tribe is as vigorously persecuted , or rather prosecuted , as its worst enemies could desire : here " the duck " no longer finds its element in columns of newspapers , though , heaven knows , the columns of the French journals are watery enoug-h for a much larger bird . How astonished an Englishman would be to find by tho side of the two matutinal eggs that miserable and attenuated sheet which hi this country presumes ; to call itself a newspaper 1 There is uboufc as much playful irony in calling these productions » zospaperp , ns in desig'n { iting > Tctpeu ' s lucubrations us philosophy . "
T havo before me a Paris daily paper , JC'Opinion- Rational- ( a singularly inappropriate name , by the _ way ) , which is ^ a very fair specimen ' of its class ; and what does it contain P It is the ¦ siae of a sheet of the Times , and lias four sides , one of which is entirely devoted to adyortisoinontH , so that only throe are available for tho writers . There is no attuinpt at fair criticism of events , and the . only sign of individuality that can be detcctod from one end to the otlior , is a little feeble vituperation of Austria . Otherwise , it is a more collection of odds and ends—^ tho despatch of M . Thouvrnel , quotations of the Bourse , lengthy ex tracts from treaties , and tho correspondence of Navolbon I . relative to tho Pontifical territory , a tedious critique on s * oino concerts , in place of the feuillctoit , which is generally composed of a chapter of a novel ? and them tho rciiuiining spiico is fillod up with little scraps from foreign newspapers . For oxample , tho English intelligence is merely a enrfc extract from the Jforninrt JPost , -Altogether , a more dismal
document you oould not conceive , unions it bo tho Xiondon Qasotta or the Court Circular . - Thoro was a paragraph in . Lo Nord ol Monday last which amused mo considerably , and ifc shows what Horfc of notion is entertained ovoti now of our own country , The writer congratulates England on having pndorHod the cornmeroial treaty with France , and then proceeds to'liopo that ifc is nn omen on tho purb of England that she is commencing " now and more humane policy ; and that for the future sho will not think ifc necessary to ruin other nations , und dinturb tho poaco of tho worjd , in order to procure her own aggrandisement . This is tolerably cool . 1 'ho question by which public ! fooling ia chiefly agitutod is not so lnuoh , tho tronty of oomi « crrte , or oven tho annexation , as - tho problem of tho papal territory , and what will be done with ib . An address to tho Pope from the Catholics of Paris has beon drawn up , pf grout importance , though tlio signifiortnoo of it o / m scarcely bo entirely appreciated , any more-than oould " 1 * 0 Pupo otic Oongrfls , until wo onn got to know something further nboufc its paternity .
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an eloquent paper on Maciise ' s Illustrations to « The Princess , and ' another , by a Cp . untrv Parson , on the religious aspects of the Laureate s productions . The latter proves that , in the highest sense , Tennyson is a religious poet . The provocative to his remarks are certain strictures of M . E . nile Monte - , who has regarded . oar poet ' s works lronv a Frendi point of view , and one not altogether favourable to a just decision . . Yet he has hit on a truth or two . Thus , be tells us that Tennyson s genius has a predilection for " heroism in reverie rather than heroism in action ; and that he paints woman not as a whole but in details ; seizing some delicate play of expression , some passing glance , some evanescent work of light : and shadow upon a golden curl , some bend of the neck , or some attitude of beauty . " The French critic attributes this habit to the fugitive character of English beauty , which is the least classical and most romantic in the world . Tennyson ' ladies , he says , are " all smiles , all melancholy , or all caprice ; Claribel is a shadow ; Lilian , a peal of laughter ; Mariana , a melancholy look ; Isabel , an attitude . " The number contains also a powerful poem by Atherstone , on « The River turned into Blood , and another paper on Victor Hugo ' s " La Legende des Siecles . " " The Season Ticket" is concluded , and " The Club-Table" continued . The latter includes brief notices of books . . We trust the Universal Review , which possesses more than nominal claims to its title , and which has now lived through twelve months , will grow , if not in bulk , at least in-vigour and in favour With the public . The Cornhill Magazine for March contains , noticeable among its contents , a few words on Juntas and Macaulay ; the National Gallery difficulty solved ; and Student Life in Scotland . " William Hogarth , " " Studies in Animal Life , '' " Framley Parsonage , " and " Lovel the Widower , " are continued . The Eclectic , with its average number of veil-chosen and ably written reviews and notices pf books , contains a good paper on Macaulay . The EnglisJiwovian ' s journal opens with statistics as to the employment of the Women of Great Britain . The inquiry is comprehensive and well conducted . We can with pleasure recommend a " journal such as this , whose pages are highly entertaining and instructive , and devoted mainly and with no lack of ability to the social , moral , and intellectual advancement of Englishwomen . . .. The Working Men ' s College Magazine is a cheap and useful serial , devoted , as its name implies ,, to subjects of special interest and advantage to working men . But though it is called their college magazine , it is evidently suited for , and ought to attract the attention of nyechanics generally , who , from sundry causes , are hot associated with Working Men s Colleges . We .. mention , this to prevent any misconception as to the contents of the magazine , and to point out that it contains something more than a registry of the pursuits and progress ' of the students . In the January and current numbers are papers by T . R . Bennett , M . A ., Barrister-at' -Law , which throw much , light on the subject of Trades' Unions and Strikes . The origin arid objects of these institutions are dwelt upon , and , though the best systems and societies are liable to be abused and to require reform , We believe that if " Trades' Un " : ons" were , better understood and more prudently managed , their objects would be accomplished with , more advantage to the men connected with them , and to the conntry at large . : These papers are ably written , and supply the requisite information on a question that has recently been agitated with considerable pertinacity and gome ignorance , attended by iriore serious consequences than ever before . Other papers , of a popular kind , entitle the . Working Men ' s College Magazine to a fair share of public support , and strongly recommend it to those for . whom it is specially intended . The Ladies' Treasury admirably sustains its character as a ladies ' treasury . The illustrations are , as usual , vnried and good , and the contents truly excellent . No . I . ( February ) of The Piccadilly Papers contains , an elaborate paper on " the great increase of the public expenditure j its causes , and how to check it . " It is the first of a series of good promise . Messrs . Longman and Co . have issued the second and third parts of the people ' s edition " of the J \ femoirs , Journal , and Correspondence of Thomas Moore , edited and abridged from the first edition by Lord John Russell . The ten parts in vhjeh these memoirs , &c , arc to be completed will contain eight portraits und two vignettes engraved on steel . The second part has a portrait of the noble and talented editor . It is superfluous ' to add Ihat tho life and correspondence of Moore are most interesting reading , . Messrs . Chapman and Hall have" issued tho fourth number of tho talc entitled One of Them , by diaries Lever . It progresses pleasantly . The Spiritual Magazine progresses , and maintains its conflict with objectors , Mr . Grant and Mr , Dickons being tlie two who cause most excitement . Mr . Harris ' s extraordinary , discourses command muc h attention ; and some details are given of " Spiritualism among the Mormons , " and "Spiritualism at the Tuilorios , " which arc . very properly registered , and should doubtless awaken reflection . Mr . Llowiit seems to consider that the manifestations ho advocates aro the only moans existing of confounding JMut ( . 'iiuli , sm , We may add , that it is only the materialist who can need such proofs ; the truly spiritual believer has long ago transcended the necessity for such qvidoucc , and attained to a ccrtninty wh , ich they can never supply . Philosophy will nevertheless do woll to examine into tho phenomena , which wo may reasonably suppose have a scientific ground , and may be referred to intelligible onuses . Tho Art-Journal for tho current month contains , from the royal collections at Windsor , Dresden and Qsborne , beautiful engravings of tho celebrated pic . turos pf " Tho Misers , " < l Madonna di San Siato ; " and •« The Cow-keepor . " Onco a Week contains , mnongst other things oqually entertaining and cleverly illustruted , ' Evan Harrington ; or , Ho would bo a Gentleman , " continued , "A Clorical Captain , " -11 Cost of Cottages , " by Harriet Martinoau , and " Bribery and Corruption , " by Albnny Ponblanque . The very . valuable and -ooinprohoiiBJvo Bngllnli Cyolopccdia of Arts and Sqioncen , published by Messrs . Bradbury' and Rvans , hna readied its fourteenth part . Recreative Soionoe , a monthly record and roiucmbrAnqor of hitolloqtunl observation , possossus real intrinsic value , tho best of all recommendations any magazine or serial can l » avo to public attention . It oortainly nmlcos science attractive and entertaining ; its prominent chnntctoriatio being an
of telling it . Le Follet for March , a journal du grand monde , is , as usual , learned in Fashion , and elegantly illustrated . - We notice that Part II , of Cassell ' s Popular Natural History is jiisfe published ; - ¦ .
endeavour to blend in its pages the charms of Poetry with the truths of Science . There is great care shown by the conductors of Kingston ' Magazine for Boys to instruct vyhile they amuse its youthful readers , and . this must , therefore , 'be its chief recommendation to tliose for Vy-hom it is specially intended . . Nos . 25 and 2 G of JBlac / cie ' s Comprehensive History of India come to the charges against Clive in 1772 . It is a most valuable history , and beautifully illustrated . We have received the eighth part of " . Piain or Ringlets ; " which story is told with a good deal of wit and spirit . Under a title that is evidently curious and interesting to the majority of fair readers whom nature has adorned with rich and profuse locks . For the particularity of the story , however , and how things turn and persons behave , ive . must refer our readers to the book itself , that they may envoy the author ' s own manner
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Harch 3 , I 860 . ] T / w Leader and Saturday Analyst . 213
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Leader (1850-1860), March 3, 1860, page 213, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2336/page/17/
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