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Serials. Blackwqod's Edinburgh Magazine,...
Irish Quarterly Review . No . XXXHL , for April . This periodical is in the ninth year of publication , and has therefore fulfilled a mystical period of life , that may be taken for success . The number is preeeeded by a long compendium of the Jebb and . Crofton controversy on the reformation of criminals . The articles treat of the French Revolution , as told by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt ; of International Agricultural Exhibitions , of the Blind , of Minnesingers , and other topics of general interest ; all of which are treated with due weight and care .
Aerostatic Magazine , 1859 . Edited by H . Coxwell . The first number appeared , it seems , m 1845 ; since which date the writer has made more than two hundred ascensions , and now aims , by means of the present publication , to give a scientific direction "to this branch of recreation . " Balloons themselves , he states , can be directed , and points out various methods of effecting this purpose . He likewise proposes to start a large balloon for passengers to go daily from some distant part of England , and land theni near the towns on their way according to the wind that would blow—if from the south for the north part of England or Scotland , and so forth . A central station is all that is necessary . - . Boswell ' s LirE of Johnson , Edited by John Wilson Croker , with illustrations . John Murray . — Tart IV : is embellished with a view of Lichfield , and carries down the biography to the year 1773 . Poetical Works of Thomas Moore , Parts II . and III . ( Longman ; Brown , Green , Longman , and Roberts ) contain Irish melodies , national airs , sacred songs . " The Loves of the Angels , " and the " Anacreontic Odes , " all admirably printed . The Virginians . No . XX . —The history draws rapidly to a conclusion , and as lamps and candles flame and flicker up ere going out , so . this tale improves and brightens . There is much nice description , and some touches of fine feeling , in the winding up the love affair . Works of the Rev . Sydney Smith—Part VL . Longman , Brown , Green , Longman , and Roberts . Peter Plyinley ' s Letters are concluded , with some Sermons , ' Speeches , Letters , and particularly the letter to the Electors on the Catholic question . Le Fqtjlet contains the usual fashions , with three coloured engravings , and a variety of costumes . Englishwoman ' s Journal . —No . XVI . contains ten articles , among them a poem l > y Isa Graig , good , but artificial . . ¦ _ Gallery of Nature , by the Rev . Thomas Milner , M . A ., F . R . G . S . This is a new edition , carefully revisecL It is embellished with a beautiful Map of the Heavens in November , December , and January . Cassell ' s Popular Natural History . — Part III . is profusely embellished with specimens of the monkey tribe . _ Cassell's Illustrated Family Bible , Part I . — This specimen number is profusely illustrated with engravings from our living artists , and with woodcuts of mountains and other natural features of local scenery- It is of quarto size , on excellent paper , beautifully printed , and is accompanied with notes which appear to have been carefully compiled . Cabsell ' h Illustrated Family Paper , — Part XVIIL , Vol . III ., continues Mr . J . F . Smith ' s tale of " Substance and Shadows , " with an immense variety of other articles . Penny Post . — Vol . IX ., No . VI . A religious spirit leads this number , and Prayers are supplied for the present time of war .
Notices.] T H E L E A D E P, 695
Notices . ] T H E L E A D E P , 695
Miscellanies. Pokmh, By Eldred.—W.- Kent...
MISCELLANIES . Pokmh , by Eldred . —W .- Kent and Co . The writer has yet to master the elements of versification . His mutter is better than his form . Chronicle of this Hundredth Birthday of Rohkut Buuns . —This is a large volume of more than Q 00 page ' s , and contains some eloquent speeches by remarkable men . , CATJiAKiNB .-1-By the author of " Agnes and the Little Key . " Knight and Son . A Pastoral Address , to the younger members of his congregation . By a writer whoso stylo is pleasing . .,, , Tiua Ljly op Tii'MS . — From Georgian Church History . This forms the fourth numbor of "Historical Tales , " published by Messrs . J . H . and J . Parkor . Enciland Sunaisrs ijy Miiucli :. By Foltham Burleigh . —Mr . B . writes with energy and eloquence . The meaning of tho tltlo is , that England tivk « s too little care of herself , and ought to take more . Tho brochure teems with important suggestions , A XiKTTKit to tub Karl Howid . By . W . Latham . This is tho second edition of a pamphlet containing " Facts and Remarks relating to tlio Monitorial system at Public Schools , and more particularly as to
Routledge ' s Shakespeare . Part XXXIX . — Contains the conclusion of "Troilus and Cressida , " and the opening of " Hamlet . " The illustrations are much the same ; there isa daring portrait of the Prince of Denmark , which has some good points in it . Routledge ' s Illustrated Natural History . Part III . — -The Monkey tribe , and its correlatives the Lemus and Bats , are' treated of , and the Felicia are introduced in this number . The illustrations arc spirited , characteristic , and numerous .
the propriety of punishing their sixth-form boys schoolfellows . " Mental Arithmetic , By Hugo Reid . Longman , Brown , and Co . —This little work contains the principles of arithmetic for the learner , and numerous exercises , with the answers for the teacher . Its utility is obvious . ¦ . ;¦ . " A Manual of Punctuation , for Self-teaching and for Schools . By a Practical Printer . Manchester : DunnilL Palmer , and Co . —The writer advocates a more elaborate system than that now usually adopted . The practice in periodical writing is certainly slovenly , and needs reform . Growth of Cottox in India . —( W . Trounce . ) This is a paper read by Dr . J . Forbes Watson before the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , 23 rd March , followed by a discussion .
The Poetical Works Of Robert Herrick; Co...
The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick ; containing his " Hesperides " and " Noble Numbers ; " with Biographical Memoir hy E . Walford . Reeves and Turner . A perfect and handsome edition of our sweetest lyric poet was much wanted , and here we-have it . Herrick suffered a temporary oblivion of a hundred and fifty years , during the domination of an artificial and un-English taste ; but with the revival of our old bal lads and dramatists came a better notion and feeling for
poetry . His delicious love songs and Ins noble numbers grew gradually in estimation after attention was drawn to them in the Gentleman''s Magazine at the end of the last century . Then came a mutilated edition by Dr . Nott ; another more cornpre ^ hensive in 1823 ; and a-further one in the Alclme Poets by Pickering , in J' 8 % 6 . ; still none of them were complete , and but a limited impression of each were thrown off , so that the poems were by no means cheap and accessible . ork
Mr . Walford has given , us the . entire ws , good , bad , and indifferent , so that we not only liave the poems but an impression of the age in which they were composed , which , if it had the fault of what we now term coarseness , it had also the freshness , simplicity , and vigour of a less artificial and we believe a less corrupt age than our own . It must be a great recommendation that this edition " embraces- the entire works of Herrick , as tliey have come down to us , without any omision or abbreviation . " A concise but agreeable biography , a characteristic portrait , and handsome paper and print , make this in every way a desirable volume . Stanford ' s Maps oj the Scat of War .
Things not Generally Known , Familiarly Explained . A Book for Old and Young . Second Series . By John Timbs , F . S . A . . Kent and Co . The former volume of this work is well known to the public ; and the second is so like it in its plan and motive that no special description is needed . It will be sufficient to indicate its contents . We have here some vestiges of Old English manners , ceremonies , and customs , housewifery , and meals . Punch and Judy claims regard , in association with old plays , pageants , and music . Some details in relation to English laws , and some curious particulars in connexion with money , are remarkably interesting in an antiquarian point of view , while others touching herbs and fruit , and the phenomena , of life will command the attention of the naturalist and scientific inquirer . The author has also contrived pigeonholes for notes and memoranda on funeral customs and ceremonies , home proverbs , sayings and phrases , weather-wisdom , pictures , inventions , and discoveries . The work presents ah interesting variety , and will be most acceptable as a ' companion '* 'to the former volume . Our Woodlands , Heath ? , and Hedges . By W . S . Coleman . Routledge , Warnes , and Routledge . This little handbook is published as a companion to " Wood ' s Common Country Objects , " and is illustrated by the author . It contains a popular description of trees , shrubs , wild fruits , & c , with notices , of their insect inhabitants , and is well calculated to excite a lively interest in the most ordinary productions of nature by " a familiar and accurate account of them . Of British trees and shrubs the tourist is frequently ignorant , and no small'illustrated volume existed on the subject . The present , therefore ,-supplies" a want . A Note to the Corn wa His Papers ; embracing , with other relations , a Narrative of the Extraordinary Career of Francis Hi < tgins , who received the Government Reward for the Betrayal of Lord Edtvard Fitzgerald . By Wm . John Fitzpatrick . —W . B . Kelly . Tun title page sufficiently describes the nature of this pamphlet , which extends to nearly a hundred pages . Allan ' s Systems of Natiotud Tclsgraphic Communication . Appendix . The author ' s correspondence with Government , and his Paper on the Political Kconomy of Telegraphic Communication , deserves serious attention . The Co-operative Associations in Paris , and the French . Republic . A Lecture . By William Coninglmm , Esq ., M . P . . Effingbam Wilson . This is a second edition of Mr . ( , ' ohingham's lecture delivered in the Town-hall , Brighton , July 28 , 1851 . The topics it . deals with uro of permanent value . j ¦ ^ . _ I . ¦ hi i — ii r ¦ ' ^^ ^^*^^^^^ m ^^^* ^ ^^ n ^ T "' '' * ' * ' * ^^^ * J w <*^*^* ' ^^^^^^^* ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^
1 . Maclure and Macdonald ' s large Scale Map of the Seat of War in Italy is traced from tlie threat map of the Sardinian Government , and gives the immediate locality on the largest scale yet issued . Suceessive sheets are to be given , which will complete the Northern part of Italy , 2 . Stanford ' s Map of the North of Italy embraces Continental Sardinia and Lombardy , coming down to the States of the Church . It is on a fair-sized scalo , and is nicoly coloured . 3 . Stanford ' s Map of Italy . This embraces the whole of the Peninsula , including tho Island of Sardinia and the Austrian States , Dalnmtia , & c . It is clear , distinct , and well coloured , ainul is from the latest authorities . 4 . Map of North Italy , in a small size , but distinct , and coloured .
These maps are timely in their appearance , in getting up , and very modorato in price . The Coroner ' s Court ; its Clues and Abuses , with Suggestions for Reform . By J . J . Deinpsy . — llatton and Co . Tins is tho second edition of a pamphlet that has already commanded considerable attention , and is likely to have much Influence with the L « w Amendment Society . Cotton Supply Association , Manchester . The Second Annual Report of the Executive Committee . —Cave and Severs . Tub Committee express an opinion that from the West Coast of Africa tho export of cotton will vory rapidly increase . This is gratifying 5 l > ut there seem good grounds for it . So many agencies havo already sprung up to operate at various trading stations along tfio coast and in tho interior , so much public interest having been excited In flivour of oncouraglng tho proved capabilities of tho natlvo African for trading and industrial pursuits , and tho
cotton soJd in our markets bearing comparision with the qualities m . ost extensively in use , a large share of assistance may very properly be given to the development of the African cotton trade . The cotton fields of the world , moreover , we are told , may be regarded as almost illimitable ,. Samples have arrived of most excellent cotton from the Feejee Islands , brought by H . M . Consul to this country . On the whole the report is cheering . The Cotton Supply . Reporter . No . 18 . The information contained in this number corrobates the impression made by the annual report , to which we have referred in the above paragraph .
Sardinian Donkevs.— Amongst The Native D...
Sardinian Donkevs . — Amongst the native domestic animals , the wonderful donkeys must not be forgotten . Their stature is that of a fine Newfouudland dog ; their coats are woolly and occasionally curly , tempting you to sheer them like sheop 5 and , to improve their beauty , their ears are cropped close . At Sftssari , they fulfil tho cilice of watercarriers j being laden with a small barrel hanging at each eido . One poor donkey , mounting a steep illpaved slope , was overbalanced by its burden , and , falling on its back , was caught in a fix between the two casks . All it could do was to remain motionless , with its four legs in the air . At Cnglion , where tho donkeys are built on a still smaller scale , and where they have greater need to be viowod through a magnifying-glass , their talents are 1 directed to a different employ men l . > fou aro hauntering inqusidvuly through a suburb of the town > > ou peep in at the half-opened doors at which women , are spinning , or pretendin g to spin » and you 1 catch a Klimnso , in the inner obscurity , of an inJIstinot animaf who keeps steadily walking round and round rt i « n JUllo donkey turning a little mill . But observe , tho natives do not in any wise regard their ground-floor in the light of a stable , but as the living room fur tho inmates of tho house . I he matrons of C agllari , therefore , thanks to tho donkey , while employed abOut Lhelr domestic" duties , are enabled to superintend their homo-ground flour . — JJh'ftonti' "All ( ha Year Round , "
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04061859/page/11/
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