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adopted in Europe . A more adequate provision has been made for popular education than in almost any other country . I believe that in the cities of Boston , New York , and Philadelphia , more money in proportion to ; . the population , is raised by taxation for the support of common schools , than in any other cities in the world . There are more seminaries in the United States where a respectable academical education can be obtained—more , I still mean , in proportion to the population—than in any other country except Germany . The fine arts have reached a high degree of excellence . The taste for music is rapidly spreading in town and country ; and every year witnesses productions from the pencil and the chisel of American sculptors and painters , which would adorn any gallery in the world . Our astronomers , mathematicians , naturalists , chemists , engineers , jurists , publicists * laced themselves
historians , poets , novelists , and lexicographers , have p on a level with those of the older world . The best dictionaries of the English language since Johnson are those published in America . Our constitutions , whether of the United States , or of the separate States , exclude all public provision for the maintenance of religion ; but in no part of Christendom is it more generously supported . Sacred science is pursued as diligently , and the pulpit commands as high a degree of respect in the United States , as in those countries where the Church is publicly endowed ; while the American missionary operations have -won the admiration of the civilized world . Nowhere , I am persuaded , are there more liberal contributions , to public-spirited and charitable objects . In a word , there is no branch of the mechanical or fine arts , no department of science , exact or applied—no form of polite literadallowance
ture—no description of social improvement—in which , ue being made for the means and resources at command , the progress of the United States has not been satisfactory , and in some respects astonishing . At this moment the rivers and seas of the globe ^ arc navigated with that marvellous application of steam as a propelling power which was first effected by Pulton ; the monster steamship which has just reached our . shores rides at anchor in the waters in which the first successful experiment in steam navigation was made . The harvests of the civilized world are gathered by American reapers ; the newspapers which lead the journalism , of Europe are printed on American presses ; there are railroads in Europe constructed by American engineers , and travelled by American locomotives ; troops armed with American weapons , and ships of war built in American
dockyards . In the factories of Europe there is machinery of American invention or improvement ; in their observatoriesi telescopes of American construction , and apparatus of American invention for recording the celestial phenomena . America contests' with Europe the introdirction into actual use of the electric telegraph ; another mode of operating it is adopted throughout the [ French Empire . American authors , in almost every department , are found on the shelves of European Libraries . " Alluding to Washington , Mr . Everett says the American people " may proudly boast of one example of life and character , one career of disinterested service , one model of publicvirtue , one type of human excellence , of which all the countries and all the ages may be searched in vain for tlie parallel . I need noton this day I need not—speak the peerless name . It is stamped on
your . hearts , it glistens in your eyes , it is written on every page of your history , on the battle-fields of the Revolution , on the monuments of your fathers , on the portals of your capitqls . It is heard in every breeze that whispers over the field of independent America . And he was all our own . Kb grew \ ip on the soil of America ; he was nurtured at her bosom . She loved and trusted him in his youth ; she honoured and revered him in his age ; and though she did not wait for death to canonize his name , his precious memory , -with each succeeding year , has sunk mord deeply into the hearts of his countrymen . " Tlie orator , whose speech was prompted by the " discussion iu tho British House of Lords , " subsequently turns his attention to the theory and working of the English constitution , which he criticises at some length and with great logical acumen .
Our Age . 1800 . A Satire . By Jnmes Howoll . Brighton : Trencher & . Co . ; London : Hamilton < & Co . 1600 . This author " goes in" right and left at an infinite variety of things which enjoy a considerable amount of publio fuvour . " PegtORS , " ( not the toy , but the trousers ) ; " Crinoline ; " "Tomfoolery and Toui Tuylory j" ?? the noble science of Fisticuffs 5 " " Sorib , the King of Rhymesters" ( whoever that may be ) ; ?• Prosy rhyming Scribblers" ( who ore plentiful enough ); " Many-visaged Quackery ; " "Religious Quacks ;" " Miracle-working Quacks ; " " Olass-diatinction : its Cerberus , Watchdog Fashion ; " '' the Age of Mook-Piety , " &o . &o . &c . " come in for discussion , " as the phrase goes . The following lines aro worth quoting : — " Dense is our population , how it grows ! Though to our colonies in streams it flows . # " # # * ¦ * Here , work's ill paid , the worker ground to dust , And food is dear , and work and starve he must ! Old women , children , ghaatly girls and wivob , Are stitching , sewing , to prolong their livea 5 Working in fuotoriea at the ouraed mill , That grinds up flesh und blood—is never still ! Life is a road of flints for auoh to tread : They ' re born in Borrow , and in misery bred , That tho rich man should gather labour ' s fruits , To loll at ouuo , and treat them worse- than brutoa ! Tho hungry monster , Want , hunts many down : Somo to the gaol j and others on tho town , To barter virtue for tho means to livfl , And part from all that God and Nature give 1 Then think , ye pure , ore you condemn them « U . Your s'jua may tjjtoal u your lovely duughtera i ' ulll "
Meek Tioilihht , Prite Otoe for four Voielftl " OOmpoacul by 0 . W . Martin . The Oberon U ' allx on Aim in Wvber ' a celebrated Ojmra . Uy W . Wilson . l > on't Com * late ; JiuUaU , Uy AleMinilurdtuoey . Those throo issues by the " Muaio-publiahing Company , Limited , " are before us . Mr . Martin ' s Prize Glees ( as wo havo . had occasion to remurk in critiques on the celebrated performances by 1 , 000 nnd 2 , 000 voices ut Kxetor Hull , & ., ) wo umong tho finest of thie class of com *
position ever written . " The Hemlock Tree , " ( words by Longfellow ) , and " The Evening Star , " for example , as specimens of exquisite melodio invention , are unique . The other pieces mentioned above also deserve commendation .- ¦ . -.. ' - . . _ .. _
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SEKIALS . The National Quarterly Review . Edited by Edward J . Sears , A . B . No . I .: June : New York . —Pudney and Russell . —This is a new American . Quarterly . Its " platform" it sets forth as follows t ; to be the organ of no clique or party ; it will know no such distinctions as North and South ; it will be American in the broadest and lrost legitimate-sense ; it will give occasional articles on permanent political questions of the day ; it will turn its attention to European as well , as native literature . " The table of contents is attractive , and includes papers on " Buckle and Guizofc •; " " Dante ; " " The Modern French Drama ; " " The Works of Charles .. Dickens ; " * ' Godwin's History of France ; " "The 19 th Century ; " "A Glance "at the Fine Arts-. " " Poems of Elizabeth 13 . Browning ; " " Italy , Past and Present ; " &c .
BlacJcwood ' s Edinburgh Magazine . No . 539 . September . London and Edinburgh : Black wood and Sons . —The present number is a very o-ood one . It opens with an interesting contributibn to current history in the shape of a graphic " Sketch of the Xife and Character of Sir Robert Peel . " " Xing Arthur and his round , Table" occupies a conspicuous place in its contents . " Great Wits Mao ! Wits ? " is a very suggestive paper ; " The Struggle at Melazza" possesses a hi g h degree of local and contemporar 3 interest ; and " The Romance of Agostini , " "The Tower of London , " and " Norman Sinclair on Autobiography " are all good in their respective lines .
FraseSs Magazine . No . 3 G 9 . September . London : J . W - Parker and Son . —This magazine , in all the branches of the higher practical philosophy embracing moral and social questions , stands at the head of our periodical literature . With such names as those of Buckle and Mill in italistof occasional contributors , this might be taken for granted upon the credit of the writers whose papers fill its columns , without looking beyond the table of contents . The two authors we have mentioned , for example , are precisely the two authorities who , so far as can be iuferred from published works , know more of social science properly so called , in all its vast depth arid comprehensiveness , than any English writer whose productions on an extensive scale have been placed before tlie public . Indeed , the "
History of Civilization in England" is one of those monuments not merely of erudition , of profound and . universal research , but of scientific grandeur of conception and originality of thought in the elaboration of those great ; principles which are destined , like the works of Bacon and Newton , to be immortal , and to be better appreciated and admired the more they are studied and understood . The ¦' present number contains an interesting paperon psychical spience , entitled " The Propensities according to Phrenology , examined ; by Alex . Bain . " " Tho Clironicle of current History" keeps us well posted up" on passing events ; " Gryll Grange" progresses , with spirit through chapters 22 to 20 ; " Franco ' and Paris , forty , thirt y * and twenty years a <* o , " is an attractive paper . And there are Beveral other excellent
contributions . Macmillaii ' s Magazine , No . 11 . Sept . Cambridge : Macmillan & Ce . Tho present Number opens with a paper on ¦ " The Future of Europe Foretold in History , " which is satisfactory as showing that the scionoo of " Sociology " is beginning to be explored , even in tho moro light and ephemeral publications of tho day j but unsatisfactory as showing that this science , of more transcendunt importance as regards dirurt influoneo on human well-being than all other sciences put together , is only at present in the most rudimentary state , ' Tho . Lift ) and interest
Poetry of Shelley , " by the Editor , deserves to be read with . Among the more important and instructive articles of tho present Number before us , are "The Two Budgets of 18 ( 50 , " and " Tho Eclipse Expedition to Spain . " Tho " time-killing" portion of tho contents consist of chapters 26 and 27 of " Tom Brown at Oxford , " " Kyloe Jock and tho Woird of Wanton Walls , " " Hints on Proposals , by an Experienced Ohaperonp , " nnd several other diverting and racy articles . Of courso no poriodioal 13 complete , just now , without a dash of military mattera , and , accordingly , we have a paper on " Volunteering , Past and Present . " Altogether tho number is a good one .
Tho Cornhill Magazine . No . 9 . September . -London : Smith , Elder and Co . —This number opens with "The Four Georges , " paper ' 6 , on George tho Third . Tho " Hogarth Papers" got on well . " Tho Drusea and the Maronites" will be read with interest and attention ut ) this juncture . Tho " Roundabout Papons' sustain their chatty , cliacuraive character , "Fmmley Parsonngw" is " advanced a stage , " as tho Parliamentary reports sny—namely through chapters 25 , 20 , and 27-" Physiological Riddles" form tho material of a vory interesting and instructive , as well as amusing paper . And tho number in its ensemble sustains tho reputation of this poriodioal . The Eclectic , for Soptomber . London : Judd and Gins * . A paper on " Hugh Millor , " " Tlie Amenities of Social Lifo , " " A OhiHsiwil nnd Philosophical Novel , " "A Hun through Killarncy , " " Tho Political Notwork , " aro the temporal and secular articles which , with various theological and biblical disquisitions , mako up the contents of tho present number .
Dublin University Magazine , No . 333 , September . Dublin : V RobartBon . —The dozen articles that tnulco up tho table of contentful tho prosont number presont a very good mental bill of fuiv . "Tlie Ituluui Regeneration possesses apociul interest at tho prevent tinio . There are aoino good articles on local topics ; n paper on Sir Charles and Lady Morgan , and various contributions ubovu the avonigj oi ' inuguziuo writing . ¦ ' " . ' The 4 rt , fottnutl . No . 00 , Soptomli ' or . London nnd New YyrU ; Virtue and Co . —This oxoejlunt serial coidoh out . with a vory good number for Soutoinbor . Tho engravings ur Copley ' s pioturo ot " Tlio Rovnl I ' rinopssys , ohildi'on of George 111 . j" " Turners l ^ uoo , " " JUuriul ot Wilkie , " iVoia the picture in tho National Gallery ; and " Pi-epnnrig for tho Bath , " by Rolfe , from Gibson's statue in possossion ol tho Kan of Yarborough . Tho laBt is a dolioioua inoravau , Tho wood cuts also , u , ro excellent , and tho lotterpress equally oroditwble .
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772 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Sept . 1 , 1860
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 1, 1860, page 772, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2363/page/12/
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