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speak of their profits in the market place . A bait like this would be : more tempting than whole volumes written in praise of thei Ballatat gold diggings , and butter at half-a-Cfown a pound I Our argument goes to prove that one-sixth of the plough horses used in England might be converted into the mutton pies current in the bye-places of London , or pounded up into the as popular Bologna sausage ; and yeV for all that , British agriculture would not become a bye-word or a disgrace among the nations , It will , we think , follow-, that the diminished demand for oats and hay will lower their market value ,
and that , therefore , more land will be devoted to the production of other crops whereby man " has his being . " This is the consummation we so devoutly desire to achieve ; and we humbly ask pardon if we lave jumped to a premature conclusion in the opinion of agriculturists in general . That we are right in our proposition of substituting fork for plough husbandry , in many cases , receives no mean confirmation from the eminent position which Fletnish agriculture still maintains , and in which our adopted implement , or its
almost equally worthy representative , the spade , plays so conspicuous a part . Intelligent writers on husbandry advocate its use for the small farmer , well knowing the results which invariably follow the permanent deepening of the staple soil . In short , We are not proposing any new theory , except in its application to the particular Crop under consideration , whose pecu ^ - liarities lead us to recommend fork husbandry in its culture , both because the outlay will be immediately refunded , and because deep tillage is very essential to
its full development . As to the impoverished labourer , whose condition excites our warmest sympathy , the Word has gone forth to the ends of the world , that' ?« the poor shall never perish out of the land ; " and the example of the most prosperous countries forms no exception to this rule . But there are degrees in poverty as in everything else , and the existence of God ' s fiat is no excuse to us for refraining from pointing out the means by which that poverty may be alleviated ; leaving its existence to be manifested only in those doubtful specimens of humanity who are constantly crying for " a little more slumber , a little more folding of the hands to sleep , "
We have occupied the entire space allotted to us this week ) in treating the cultivation of flax as a question affecting the condition of the suffering labourer , to the manifest prejudice of the equine species , and we have deme it advisedly . We are not impelled to this from having lost our money on " Hobbie Noble , " for we never bet , although we are ardent admirers of horses in their right places ; but man should be " lord over the beast" in more senses than one , and we are weak enough to confess that our hearts burst within us when , in a country ramble , we witness the care and attention lavished on a pair of plump plough-horses at work in a field , while the care-worn , ill-clothed , starving British labourer evidently envies their happy lot from the adjoining hedge !
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There ia no learned man . but will confess ho hath much prtonted , by reading controversies , hia aenaea awakened . and his judgment sharpened . Ir , than , it ; be profitable for him to read , why should it not , n , t least , bo tolerable for hia advcrBury to write . —Milton .
A Thought Oh Two On The Book Question. S...
A THOUGHT OH TWO ON THE BOOK QUESTION . SlB , ——Your commendable habit of calling things by their right names , to say nothing of largo and enlightened viowo in the disciw « ion of social and political questions , is a very good claim for the admiration and support of your now , I truufc , largely expanding circle of " constant readers , " It is my misfortune more than
my fault , that I am not of the latter class . I have thus probably been deprived of the benefit of much useful comment on . the interesting book question , now under discussion , and possibly suggestion the first , which here followetlv may lack novelty . But pray permit me humbly to suggest that the " republic of letters , " by which facetious penmen are pleaded , to designate collective authorship , should for the future be read " the slave-mart of letters .
Let the famous conveyance of Paradise Lost , which lately , I hear , has become national property , be forthwith framed and glazed , and hung over the pOrch of our Minerva's temple in Bloomsbury , as a mark and proof of the bondage of our craft and the boasted progress of this nation in rewarding intellect . It will be , perhaps , a consolation to our hereditary bondsmen , to know that they beiar the yoke which John Milton bore . It may be , for the reason above hinted , that I have not read in your thoughtful pages some suggestion for an experiment of the great idea of association as a means of , in time , emancipating men of letters from a degrading servitude to the traders in literature . Uncle Jack ' s notable scheme of the '• « Anti-Publishers'
Association / ' which all the world knows ended -in considerably lightening the pockets of too-confiding Mr . Austin Caxfcon , may have read very visionary and mirth-exciting to philosophers in purple and fine linen , who cry " Utopia" against everything which rises above common-place ; but memory fails me very much if the creator of the speculative optimists did not derive the notion of mine uncle from a real scheme for ah author ' s publishing and self-defensive association , which a few years ago made a slight step beyond a " project . " Probably some of the more constant readers of the Leader may be able to correct me if I err in statement of facts , or to supply more accurate information . My recollection only goes to this extent ; that the Westminster Review propounded the plan in a paper written by Mr .
John Robertson , then editor of that periodical ; that the suggestion was followed by the formation of an association composed exclusively of literary men ; that funds were" subscribed ; that differences arose among the projectors , which led to indifference in others better qualified to act the part of business men ; finally , that the project sunk into the tomb of all the " projects , " this only serving to distinguish it from the imaginative creations which have given a too great notoriety to that most memorable of dissyllables ; that funds still rest in some bankers' hands , waiting the earnest union of men of action , who will not allow personal considerations to mar a well-designed effort to elevate their order . This is the short history of the Anti-Publishers ' Association , as I have heard it related .
I must leave to abler pens to point the moral , and tho best means of adapting the principles of association to the great end of securing to tho literary toiler the just reward of his labour , I may , however , Just be permitted to hint at an error in the constitution of the association to which I have referred : in composing it exclusively of literary men . Authors , as a rule , are not famous for knowledge or experience of the common business affairs of life . A literary financier is now a nine day ' s wonder . Besides , wo are an irritable race ; and we must sit for awhile yot at the feet of the doctors of the Peace Society before wo can look out for the millennium .
But this is not exclusively an author ' s question . Is the author to bo elevated by an association which shall secure to him a due reward for his genius , or talent , or learning , the " reading public" must share in the profit which makes him richor and more independent , and therefore the better fitted to discharge his duty as a public instructor . Why then should not men of experience in tho commercialism of life , repay with practical aid , and business advice , somo portion of the instruction or entertainment they have derived P It seems to me , if u very young student of the now social ¦
science may be permitted to make tho remark , that tho chances of success for any considerable effort to adapt associative principles to tho emancipation of authorship from . this trading serfage , would bo increased by making the interests of producers and customers identical , and by onlisting the aid of the latter in tho native management of tho enterprise . Is there any reason why representatives from tho universities , tho professional schools , tho professions , and ovon from tho unincorporated sections of tho roadbig publip , should not huvo a seat at tho council table P . '
Returning now to the goneral question ; it seoms to me , Hir , that there is now a much bettor chance for suo-CQHHful cxporiment of co-operation , than at tho time tho Author ' s Association wont to sleop . Association has since become ono of tho greatest and most significant facts of our time ; and there is a bettor trading field to work on , in the innumerable book and reading societies which have , in recent years , sprung' up in nil corners of tho laud . Axe not tho probabilities in favour of the
supposition that these societies would rather d directly with the author-producers , paying a hist muneration , than continue to swell the exorbitant « * " of " thetrade . " gmns This is a cause which should arouse the irninediat and active exertions of every man , who has the / inisf ^ tune *—without the luck of a ?? name " -rto be dependent on his pen for daily bread , while public attention is interested in the subject : If men * of letters will only resolve to be self-dependent , the public of these enlightened days will second their effort , and give a death-blow in good time to the " sweating system" in authorcraft , as well as tailoring . With these hast y observations , I hopefully am content to remain , waiting the good time , An Obscuee Owe of Gbub-stbeet May 14 , 1852 .
Outrages On British Subjects Abroad Lond...
OUTRAGES ON BRITISH SUBJECTS ABROAD Londoii , Friday , May 28 th . Sib ,- —I have just read , with feelings of deep humiliation , the speech of Lord Malmesbury , in . the Lords and Mr . Mather ' s letter to his lordship . You know me to be an ardent supporter of Lord Derby ' s ministry , and to be actuated by no factious motives ; but this is too much . Rightly , indeed , did old Wagner say England was to be valued only for her money , if her Foreign Minister values her honour , in the person of a British subject , at 1000 francesconi .- ^ - 'WevQ it a million , it would be the same . Was it for this that our army ; fought at Blenheim and at Waterloo , that the always-defeated Austrians might , insult Britons with impunity ? The men who were routed at Marerigo , Austerlitz , and Wagram , and saw Napoleon enter Vienna in triumph ; the nation that owes its existence to England , is now to plead its rules of service for wanton insults to our countrymen ! Did an officer in our service draw , or offer to draw , on an unarmed-civilian , instant and severe would be the punishment . No wonder the Austrians are so constantly thrashed ^ if these-. are their cowardly rules of
. With this we have nothing to do . We are insulted arid trampled on in the person of our countryman , Mather ; and unless we are to become the despised of all Europe , we must be up and stirring . Cromwell would not have passed over this ; but , either for fear uf interrupting the sale of cotton , or lest we should quarrel with the despotic governments of Europe , we are now to submit to any insult ! Is the name " Englishman" to be a disgrace ? Would France—would the much-abused President of
Prancesee his subjects treated in this manner , and insulted by an offer of money as a compensation ? Let the cownrd who struck the blow be dismissed the service ; and let the Austrians learn from us proper rules of service , as they have been taught by us ( although they nro not apt scholars ) how to fight . I am , Sir , yours , A Retired Oeficeb .
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Taxkino- in Sjdeep . —Sometimes , in the case of a person liable to somnambulism , it is possible to direct the thoughts of tho dreamer to any given subject , by writer
acting on tho external senses . Smellie , tho already quoted , gives tho subjoined instance : — "M r , Thomas Parkinson , then a student of medicine in the university of Edinburgh , was accustomed to talk and answer questions in his sleep . This fact was known to his companions . To amuse ourselves , two of us went gently into his chamber whilo he was asleep . We know that he was in love with a young lady in Yorkshire , the place of hia nativity . We whispered Her name repeatedly in his ear . Ho soon began to toss about his handsand to speak incoherentl y , 1 «
, gradually became more calm and collected . W " imagination took tho direction wo intended . - W thought ho was stationed under tho lady ' s window , and repeatedly upbraided her for not appearing ana speaking to him , as she had so often done on iorwer occasions . At lust ho became impatient , started uj laid hold of books , shoos , and everything ho com easily grasp . Thinking his mistress was aslcop , throw these articles against tho opposite wall or chamber . By what ho said , wo leaned that <> streetand tlmt ho waa aw
imaginary scono l « y in' a , ing tho books and shoos at tho lady ' s window , m oi to awalco hor . She , however , did not appear ; a after tiring himself , with frequent oxorfcions , no w » quiotly into bed without wakening . His eyes w nearly shut ; and although ho freoly conversed w us , ho did not soom to porcoivo that any person present with him . Next day , wo told torn what ;» happened ; but ho said that ho had only ufam' »« " » . tion of dreaming about his m istreat .. "— W <™ Pocket Miscellany , vol . iv .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1852, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061852/page/16/
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