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      The n ^ xt has an American twan g with if , which is something : — . - The Firi eaur of the Washington Southern Press s . ys that we seem to mca . u e our respect for : him by fee -number of those that agree with hm We believe that nobody agrees with him , and we doubt , if he ci er agreed with anybody . If a cannibal or an anaconda were to swallow him , we doubt if he ' would agree with the man or the snake . Where our Yankee editor would be learned he is generally at -. fault . . Even in Shakspeare he loses his way . For instance , he attributes " silence , that dreadful bell , " to Macbeth , when it is sa . d by Othello , and credits Hamlet with a saying only to be found hi another play . lhe followine is a specimen of a frequently recurring type : — " A man in our State , who attempted to hug a beautiful young woman , Miss Lemon , lias sued her for striking him in the eye . Why should a fellow squeeze a lemon unless be wants a punch ? We ouirht to commend the above extract to a facetious contempoiary it mi-ht serve him for a motto , but perhaps the personal application would be a little objectionable . The ladies are great favourites ¦ with out paragraphist , and with two or three jests . relative to them we shall couclude our remarks . Is not the following exquisite — - We wonder if the Illinois ladies , who presented Gov . r . « ith a _ pet - coat , accompanied the present with a bustle tt e presume so , for h . s Excellencv seems to have been in a great bustle ever since . > - ^ m ! f " » "SSv ; sooth-like the old age . " Here ^ Something , however , ^ T ^^^ erliu ^ dav ieceot-iier ^ iM she cho oses , but she shouldn ' t break the peace . " > The next is not a puii—but much worse ¦ : . —r . ¦ "It js a suspicious circumstance , that if a lady has a long nose it is almost invariably crooked . It lias to lie bent slightly aside to admit of her beina kissed , and so it grows awry . " , ~ I Here , according to our promise , we ought to conclude , but we must find room for an editorial amenity : — .,, < . j , - , ,. „„ ,-, „ - " An editor in the West boasts that his enemies will find him a young David . ' Very few read his paper without feeling disposed to exclaim—GO are the '' Prenticeana . " Jewellery so maji # estly mere paste were scarcely worth the stringing . . :,-. '; ¦¦¦ .. ¦ . ' . The Season-Ticket . The English reader lias always delighted m works or , . -humour ; and truly , what we understand by ; genms proper is more reaxJdy represented in that form than in any other . It is to that ; form of ntel . lectualitv that we most usually attach the epithet gemal . The phrase < genial ' humour "is current everywhere . Numerous * accordingly , are the writers who seek to exhibit a quality so universally recognised . Dickens and Thackeray lead the way in the old country ; Sam Slick , perhaps , stands alone in the new . During the past _ twelvemonth , the great American humorist lias generously poured forth the-tide of his laugh-provoking vein in the pages of one of our- most favour ^ periodicals , The Dublin University Hag ^ ine . They are . now repubhshed . 1 he . cognomen under which it delights Judge Ilaliburton to appear araongst us is that of Mr . Shegog , who takes a season-t . cket 1 . 11 the hrst . clas . strain to Southampton , and in twelve chapters gives us Ins experiences of hf * on the rail . His first chapters , however , consist of Irish , sketches and renu-Sscences of Cork , some of which ar « first ^ te . *™ ^!» S ^* shine in these-Mr . Peabody , a regular Yankee ar . d the Honourable Lyman Boodle , a senator from Michigan , whose characters . are f W ^ contrasted throughout . But the book is not all sport ; much in formation is given withal , and the author ' s political opinions on current subjects aie very distinctly and decidedly expressed . •• '" , ¦ , ,, , „ Fisher ' s River Scene * and Characters are sketches of the people and places in North Carolina , near Fisher ' a River , named after the loftiest peak of the Blue Ridge chain of the AHcglvany , The manners Portrayed are exceedingly rude , and the humour equally primitive , lor the most part they are unadorned tales—sometimes quaint , and doubtless instructive , but not always amusing . The characters are closely copied from nature ; they are evidently true , but they want " varnish . " . The illustrations . are tolerably good , and' thirteen in number .

      & !¦ & * &fer . ff& sat ^ ae The Letter * of Horace WalpoJo , Edited by Petbu OUNNlN « nAM . London : Richard Bentley . Tho Covipwt < tU ><) Properties of Unman and Animal MiU % <* novr . theory as to Baaoncce , an ^ a hew interpretation of some physiological facts , By M . A , IUxnes . London : John Churchill . Tho Theorif and Praotiao of Harmony and Composition ; being a Manual for the nso of Students . Glasgow : J . H . Do . Monti . ' The Booh' of mold Sports ; containing a Complete System of the Veterinary Art . By H . D . Miles , Esq . London : Henry Le « v . Tho Volnhtoor Looie . London : Hamilton , Adams , tvnd . Oo . Ainu ' s Kltohan / a Villaqo Romance . London : Lockwood and Co . London at- a , Glance . Thomas Hodpeon , Paternoster Row . ¦ Beeton ' s Bool- qf HomcUold Management . Edited by Mrs . ISABELLA Bebton . London " : S . O . Boeton . ' Is it not frrltlpn ? Bolnn the Testimony ^ J ^ 'iZr'Tcl J 2 < """"' '" By BdwardS . Spbnobb , A . B . London i Smith , Elder , & Co . Tho Greek Testament : from Cardinal Mi is'id it wn of tho lulgato JB $ K ByRo £ ? ft i . V , Mi , ProfcSBorof f , oM Lnt , « Litora-- two in the UnlnexBity of Ireland . Dublin ; Jamcu Duffy . PJiV aiolo , wfi »> Common Schools ; in Ttvcntj / scvcn Lessons , fly Mrs . 0 . Brat . London s Longniftn & Oo- . , _„ . A Popular m * torv of England , with upwards of One thousand Illuetrations on stoel und wood , London : Bradbury & Kvana . 27 / io Alleluia Battle ; or , Polagianim 1 n Britain . John , "Henry , and Jfttnca Parker , One of Them , By Oiuples Lkvpu , London : Chapman & ffnl . Journal of the . Dublin Stathtlcal Socleti / , Dublin : M'GtoslumB& Gill . ¦

      ¦ f *»« ion as it contains some iufonnation on all possible points connected with ille past history and present , aspect of every place m the country . I 3 v the snnve publisher is . isM . ed tbo first part , containing the Tensest ,. of the " Works of Shakspcare , edited by bamuel Ph dps l , s « , . It is a coloured edition , contains incrodnctor - y remarks and exp a . itUory notes , and he teKt is very neatly and correctly printed upon good paper The hih Qulterl !/ Revieio contains several elaborate articles on - = . ubiecis of considerable interest and importance . 1 he irst is an interesting suujecisoi coi f Constable , who was distinguished among H ° ' or o ^ s of the a ^ e of Eiizabeth . The sonnets of Constable , the mnioi oets Pf t' . e ag c ^ addressed to the soul of Sir quoted , n the Re % e « , ^ ' ^ 1 . , ; QU pb s in Litei . al . Urc , " Plnbp Sydney have g eaj beaut ) Seventeenth Century / ' and . ¦ ^ ^^ ' ^ otnt Proseess of Reformatory Schools ^ Prison ]) iS |» li » e , " are well . writtcn and instructive articles . ¦ . , . ¦ " Im-Pce 3 » o c ' celebrated Letter * ,, owing to the high price at which thev have hitherto been sold , have been confined chiefly to the libraries of the rich and learned . The knowledge of the generality ; ot . readers has beer 1 imUed tc ^ the name of . Walpole ainl . the title of his famous corre-« no dence Mr . Bentlev , however , in a literary and . laudable spirit , has commenced the publication of-the " Letters " in a series ot parts at a Set ? at will place their supremely valuable and interesting contents wiSunSe reach of most readers . They are ¦ ¦ chronologically arranged , and form as now collected , the only complete edition . A \ c need scaroels a 3 d that ; hee ? tren . e interest of these Letters consists in grapluc notices bv a maste . h hand of the men and manners of an age in which ^ alpole Wmsdfiai oiie of the most conspicuous actors . Such being their merits these Letters must always be welcome to- readers of every class of S 0 < We believe that a knowledge of the sulyecis which are ^ treated ^ grearcandour and intelligence in this paper on ^^^^^ i \ would be essentially useful tb' the mothers of England , and so to the ^ The fiSt' 5 r i of this work , o ^ Harniony and Composition , bears -ample evidence S high musical attainments on the part of its author ; and , from iteSSLSer . it appears to be specially adapted for the use of leaders of music in churches and musical associations . ¦ . The Bool " of Field Sports . The first number of this work is a specimen ¦ of fiuSrior puWiok Great finish and excellence are displayed hi ^ ' illustraLns tvpography , and plan ; and . nothing , seemingly , lias been snared Jo render the work complete , acenrato , and cutertauiuig . lhe ! mmmmEmm mSTof §« ? ock taking it to pieces , cleaning , and putting together , lhe i ^ l ^^ s ^ s ssw r ;^ ::, | £ f farmerV indeed , for every one interested in rural , pursuits and rec , ea ion * . The exoeriences- pf Ensign Sopht at the great Volunteer Utn , as ilU ^ ated 'fn thff liUle worlj may ' sufficiently n « nu » e a light roader / or an h 0 X Am ,, ' S kitchen , bv Me autlfor of A Trap to Catch a . Svuhoam , is a nle 1 sT , f / liUle storv , ' and , like the former tales of the same author , charm , 'ft " he trutliftiliie * * of It ? sketcUes , and the purity ot tone wh . ch . pci . ™ Lomlon at a Glance , is an admirably designed and well-nnishod gt . icle to the metropolis It contains thirty-si * , maps in sections , a key .- ma , » of the whole of London , seven thousand street references , and a general idc ^ to the pu X buHdinp-, hotels , and places of amusement loruiing aUoKetl ^ ra mostdcsiraUo and usefu l guide to visitors . The dense and . difflt labyrinths of the metropolis , whose streets cover an area ot upwfrds of 2 V square miles , may bp traversed with ease by the «« 1 ot Jj l j ' ' Atlas of London , " coristructedas it is upon a very simple and uu < . lli ible P ll Mrs Deeton ' s Boob of Household Management , issued montUly , at a B $ ? sti& isf ^ 't ^ r ^ r ^ rrtftMs notes , anfecdotes , nn « illustrations . YV , , , f , vnioh we Bectcm ' i Dictionary of Universal Information , Part X \ I . of wliieu have received , is an exceedingly cheap , i fublication . Js it not Written f ~ A « . it does not He within our province to ovtoi the domain of theological oontroversy , the utmost we can do with icgua to the wc " -k before in is simply to state the subject which » discus el m t . and the answer which tho author gives to the question , ' U int J c ten ? " Is not what writ ten ? That Komai > i » in is not genuine cms i «» ity-the saored Scriptures ' thenisclvc . -j bquring witness . ero , m fow words , are tho question ami answer regarding a subject t \ wX li ' <> ages ' engaged Hie pens of controversial luymon , pr oats , bishops , or e ^ JSd doctors , and Ailed libraries will , their books . 13 ut whoever ou ^ to « oe the point , in dUpute clearly and logically argued should co uu t « w work itself . It contains a summary of tho groat controvc ^« j « i J ™ The Protostant rnl « of fulth ami practice , tho moc e _ of Intel pro at on o ' Scripture , arid tho distinctive doctrines of the Proto tant C uuolj ' forcibly stated , and inuintainojl against tho errors of . the Chinch *»» . Mr . Sponcor so ably exposes and refutes . , f ZV »« Ovcok 5 rVM / aw . « rpttbll . | io « Vby Mr . Duflftr > . In ton ed fortho . « ot studonta . Tho text has been approved l » y the Chnreh to « w 1 lonrnedflrtUor belongs . . The qotps , which are n English , are clue J phSogicvl and explanatory ; the Protestant . oho « r » nj T »» J J » "Jj that the Interpretation of texts Is Bpnietinies doptrlnnl , but mo a | a »> dogma ? of liis Church are not vulgarly protruded by tho editor . In pro *

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1860, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2341/page/16/