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      Q«2 Tim Saturday Analyst And Leader. [No...

      q « 2 Tim Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Nov . 10 , I 860

      Historical Tales. So. 21. " The Forsaken...

      Historical Tales . So . 21 . " The Forsaken , or the Times of St . Dunstnii . " London : j . H . and J . Parker , 337 , Straud . _ This is one of the series of historical tales issued by this firm , intended to illustrate by agreeable fiction the manner and customs of the age in ¦ w hich the scene is laid . It is followed by an appendix , containing curious and interesting information about trial by ordeal , the position of slaves , St . Dunstan and the coiners , the qualifications of a tliane , the severity and charaoter of St . Dunstan , the early use of bells , & p .

      SERIALS . . . .. One of Them . By Charles Lever . No . 12 , Nov ., 1860 . London : Chapman and Hall . —This serial continues its career in ; its telling and racy style . We have in the present number " The Doctor s ^ Narrative " and " A Happy Accident , " and we are then taken to " Kome , and introduced at the " Palazzo Balbi , " and the part winds up with " The Old Story , " which , however , seems always to possess the attraction of novelty . . Recreative Science . Nov ., 1860 . London : Groombridge & pon ? . — This month ' s number opens with a paper on " Reptile Vivaria . ^ The Measurement of Time by Ancient and Modern . Calendars , is an

      interesting paper ; as is also one on" G-oodehild ' s Trocheidoscope , for an account and description of -which new optical instrument we must refer to the publication itself . The growth of fungi , lunar halos , the path of the planet Neptune , Maori customs and traditions , the structure and movements of comets , the low temperature of mountains , the manufacture of coining dies , and a variety of other interesting subjects , are lucidly treated , not forgetting an article with the formidable heading of " Desmidiaces ?; or Desmidieip , " which , bo it explained , are a particular description of , to use the words of the article before us , " beautiful organised thing , " microscopic in size and wondrous in form . This publication is well illustrated throughout with approjinato

      diagrams and cuts . ' : '' ' ^ Magnet Stories for Summer Days and Winter Nir / Ms , 2 vo . / . " The Mice at Play / ' by the author . of the " Heir of RedelyiFe . " London : Gh-boinbridge and Sons . —This is another little tale of this cheap and well written series for children , but which might bo read hy children of a larger growth with perhaps more profit or less detriment , than much of the twaddle that 13 written' for tlieni . The . Engl ish Cyclopaedia of Arts and Sciences , conducted by Charles Knight . London : Bradbury and Evans . —" Paper Manufacture and Trado" is concluded in this part , and is followed by articles on . important subjects of" Papyrus" ( the ancient pa per of the Egypt ians ) ; " Parallax , " " Parliament , '' " Patent , " " Pelasginn Architecture , " " Perspective , " " Pestilence , " & c , concluding with a portion of an article on the tactics of the ancients , under the head of "Phalanx . "

      . The People " s Dictionary of the Bible . Part II . Manchester : ITcywpod . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . Boston ( "U \ S . ) : Walker , Wise , and Co . —The second part of this work , now before us , confirms the favourable impression of the first for completeness of detail and copiousness pf information . ' Its Z 2 clear and legible ; but full pages of matter commence with the conclusion-of the article on "Agony , " end with the first part of an instructive essay on " Antiquity . " Rpiiiiedge ' s Illustrated ' Natural History . By the Reverend J . & . Wo 0 d , M . A . F . L ;& & c . Part 22 . London and New York : RoutledgvS Warne , and Boutlcdge . — -The present part contains sonic very curious speciipens of the fledged biped genus , such as those singular birds , GtoulcTs neomorpha , Bullock ' s bee-eater ^ the ¦ ri fle-bird , ' , . superb plume bird , the : twelve-thread opimachus , tho hoopoe , the malachite sun bir ^ d j the Australian ; dieomin , the various sorts of humming birds , the sua gem , the shear-tail , the . white booted rachettailthe'thprn-biU & c . , , ; .

      , , The JPqetie Magazine . No > 1 . November , I 860 ., London ; Wilke , JFarrah and" Ddntar—Tho jntrocluctory addre . ss prefixed to tlus'littlo periodical informs us that the . plan ofit was ; suggested by a . visit , to tho scene of Q-ray ' s . Elegy . We find in it various definitions . of poetry that are spniewhat new to ua ; pbbtry , we find , is ; among other thinga , " the embryo of tlie future , the stepping-stonefrom the past , the link of i * cpntiniipu ? cha ^ n " ' that lifts knew ¦/ roni '' tJie ; yaili ^ ' ! pf ; deaUi--intQ . ; t 1 > p . rogipns bqirlieritrig upon ¦ ¦ ong > tJan ; d ;"'\ f 9 r \' SvJiiph ; r Bft 8 on , arobng others , the wiei | er eshorts us' «« to . raise for it a hew and spaeipua tomplo , wlvprein its voice may bp ever hoard , in sovrpw , in anger , and in love , shouting Exoelsipr , " & c , . ' - . ' The Cpnifi . aniop for Youth . No . 2 . New Soiugs , Nqv ,, J . 860 . lip ' ndoh : ] Qean a ^ lid Spn . —This is , one of Messrs , Poah ' e % isoful pub , , licatibns for children . The prosonfc numbor oontaioa a song for three voiees-T-ixnuaip and wprcla . . ' .

      JCXngsionh Mafj , a ^ inQ for Boys . No . 21 . Nov ., 1800 .. London : JBdpyrprfli aid Parriaon . —Tho prosont part contains chapter 32 of " $ y Travels , '' which ponduoja tho reader tp Naplos , and gives him a good deal of amusing information about Iheplaop ; and tho "Adventuroa of the Throe Midslupmori'' are nearly brought to a olose . CasselVs poptilarWatnrai Hlslori / . : J ? wk . 20 . LpndPn and Now York : Ga 3 ? pU a , nd Gp * --T . Tho part bofpro us is principally pecupiod witli ft very intereBtihg pprtion pf the paphydprm fumily . Qn tho oponing page is an exgollent engvaying , of Glwnabpreugh ' s iPpnltoy Raoo , by vvav ; pf ^ Ustxatjipn ' . % \ i tf , xio % Mov . illustration ,, U > d yarittbility pf the bpvino 9 peoioa ia buripu ^ y . oxpmplilfled in the opntrnsb betwoou thov SootpU and HMpgariaii oattlo , CatiselVa Illustrated History of J 2 n // land i tl > p toxi . by Wijilinm .

      Mowitt ; Part 10 , LondpnandKewXprk i OjvsaoJji and , Co . — -This 13 a very intoreating numboi ' , aa itppntaina a xeyy intoroating ppriod . Tliovo lire ppr . ^ pitft o ( M . Mirrtboavv , and Xjovus Xfyfoi artd ongrt \ vH » g 8 of •« X ( nfayoitto Reserving tuel / 'fo pf the Qiipen , " thp" March of tlip Women to ¦ 'V ' ei'i'MHGi } , " & o « , ' '' : '' . ' . ¦ ¦« '' ' ,. ¦ ¦ '• . ' ¦ Cuss ell ' s FamilyX >« j > or . Part 36 . New fforioa , 3 STov . 1800 . L 6 ndpn ivnd Npw % 0 vk 1 OnsseU fti ^ d Op . r—Tho monthly inetalnteni ; of this miaqeUftny ppmbs , ] bpfprous wi ^ h ita usual vaviod and otliraptivp ppntenta . In thq prosont ; pavt th wq ia a pprtri \ ifc -of JTranoie I J ., 3 Ung , pf M ^ s , whigh , apertis 1 to bot . pkpp , tliough we bnpvjr how wo elioulrt be pnvguar 43 ig « iri 8 t'tfto fluggeptibnaof-Uw imaginnttpn , juab euoh ft oki * ^ t » r ft s , < ihft ( : d ' ethrpnb 4 " nQtip ^ , ¦ : } ^\ i £ «<& y «^ r ^^ Yopk ; :, CdpspJLi ^^ tind .-0 o « lii 9 | > QviQcUQ » l of "light JiitQmtuvpfpjr ladies "

      contains some representations of court costumes , masculine and feminine , of the time of Louis XIV ., -which contrast strangely with tho crinolines and peg-tops of the present age . An reste , the contents are as usual well assorted and well written . . CasseWs Illustrated Family Bible . Part 18 . London and New York : Cassell and Co . —The present part , in which there aro some excellent illustrations , as " the Death of Saul and his Armour-bearer , " " the Moabites presenting Gifts to David , " "David instructing Solomon as to the erection of the Temple of Jerusalem , " & e ., comprises the first and second Books of Chronicles , froni chapter 10 of the former to chapter 4 of the latter .

      The Xatrral Historytjevie\V.—Anew Quarte...

      The XATrRAL HistoryTJevie \ v . —Anew quarterly review , with this title , will appear on the 1 st of January next . Wo find the several departments will bo under the direction of the editors whose names are attached to them as follows : —Physiology and Histology , William B . Carpenter , M . D ., F . R . S ., F . L . S . ; Robert McDonnell , M . D . ; E . Perceval Wright , A . M ., M . D ., F . L . S .: Systematic Zoology and Distribution , J . Ray Greene , A . I 3 . ; P . L . Sclater , A . M ., Sec . Z . S ., F L . S : Anatomy , Human and Comparative , and Embryologr , Georjje Busk , F . R . S ., Sec . L . S . ; John Lubbock , F . R . S ., F . L . S . ; ' Tho ? . If . Huxley , F . R . S ., FX . S .: Phanerogamic Botany , Daniel Oliver , F . L . S ' : Crvptogamic Botany , Frederick Currey , F . R . S ., F . L . S .: Paleontolojjv , Thos . H . Huxley , F . R . S ., F . L . S . : Wyville Thomson , F . E . S . E . The contents of the review will consist of original articles and reports . ; reviews ; and bibliographical notices and miscclhmea .

      E ' riiN-otoaic . vii Society . —This Society met at A ; St Martin's-placv , Trafal g ar-square , on Wednesday evening , when the following papers were read : —A Report -of / tho . Ethnological PajnerB read at the British Association at Oxford . By Dr . James Hunt , Hon . Sec—On the Rekiion of Domestic Animals to Civilisation ( Birds ) , By John Crawlurd , Esq ., President . A New IIospital . —Uiiiler the title of ^ t 'ho'JTorth London Hospital for consumption and diseases of the chest , a new hospital has been opened for in-door patients as well aa those requiring to be Visited at their own homes , at Russell-place , Filzroy-squarc :

      The Aspiialtuil Company. A Cxknepv.V R, ...

      THE ASPIIALTUil COMPANY . A CxKNEPv . v r , meriinc of the shareholders in this company was hc-14 lit the offices ,. Groat Wiiiehostpr-stwct , on Tuesday ,, for the purpose of confirming the proceedings of a nicetnipr . hckl on \ -1 hs 3 rd . October , at wliioh it was rc 3 olvcd to increase the capital 100 , 000 / ., and to convert the 10 ^ shares into shares pf IV . each . The Chairman ( Jlr . Clinplin ) sajd the object of the meeting was , as they had heard fro in the secretary , to confirm certain resolutiohs which had been passed by one meeting of shareholders , but which it was neceissary should bo confirmed by another . Tn their original prospectus , which was drawn . up , biit not published , they based their caleiilafiou ^' profit upon certnin data , and tho salient points were ¦ theie- ^ -nwt , they

      put down the yield of oil from the asphaltum at eighty giillohs a ton ; then they calculated the product at S . ' FpO gallons a week ., and they put down the price at 2 s . Gd . a gallon . Instead-, however , of the price nein <* only 2 s . 6 d . a gallon , they had sold none recently for l ess than 2 s . 8 d ., andbut little at that price , and for some tliey had got as much as 33 . Gd . Then as regarded tho product ., instead of being eighty gallons per ton / ivhich they had calculated upon , ho was happy to say it had vieldeid fi'Pm ninety to : ninety-five gallons , find therefore , aa regarded the ' pdrmawent- commercial , success of tlib imdertakihg , their pxpectations hud been more than realised . ¦ . Jila rPgardcd the rnw material , ich of

      wliicli aid riot enter into their ' calculations , but wh , was spoken na an elenionti in lPoking tp , tJie prpbdole prpfits ^ he might stale r as ^ an instance of the yalueof it ,, that t , hey had an order for some of it las week at 35 / . per ton . They apceptod the bJlbr ; and ^ when ho told them that at that ratp it would realise to thoin a profit of eoroc 000 or 700 ppr fent , l . i . P thought they would ; sny that , ¦¦ . though . ¦ thentransactions in . •'• tlitffc , wuy ; -were ndt liirgp , they , woul j l . odd to tho diyidond . Thorowaa no dUnculty in soiling tho oil . Ho had at tliat moment , tin . offer of a opritrnct for 700 . POO givllonB jit - ? a . 10 d . pcr ^ g tU - Ion , arid tho wooldy report , of tho manager , luid bofprp , tho board on ir ,. ! rinv i «« ft . Btfltod that ho'had orders on liand for 2 f > , £ 2 r > 2 gnllonfl , which

      he had » ot boen able to excoute , th'i - dqthand . having been so great , and tho priciefl worp from 2 s ., 8 d . > 3 s . 6 ( 1 . Tliis ^ reforred , pnly to tl > e . bimiin S Pil , bufcthoy nlspina . de a quantity pf honvy pil t" ^ 1 * fpr hipricotihg inaohinpry and p ' ther purppses , <| nd-for wlnoli tlioy cpuld « ot as mufih- aa 5 s , per gallon . At llib ; prosont inoinwt thoy had in stPpfc 38 , 01 » gallons of burning ml , and- 1 . P . 08 J galioris of heavy oil , without rookonmg tho ' . crude oil , iho . 'O ^ na quantity of which tlioy ha ^ d hP m ^ ans of mcasurnig , becauso it wna J largo tfinlcs unrlor Rround , As rognrds tho minps , tl ^ v ¦ Uacl a lettei . from Mr . J > Oravyfbrd , the . vioo-aonsul nfc Havana , 10 which lio rpoonv mondod tho ercotins pf ] n \ mpB at Prospindud , one ! Btating Hint , ho wua aspired by tho nilnin « : captain that ; they cpuld raiso twonty-firo Jons 01 ohapnloto ( nsphaltuiu ) per dioni > vhon ( ho mniov « B clry ,. aiul that thoio ¦{ ii' . - '' 'i : / n ... !¦ .. - ' ., « ,.,,, 1 :,,. t . / V > i . i ,. m ., 1 nl . l flirt nmtnllPS t . \ U \ l WOrO

      rcqutrpcl for thp , yroyU . in . ^ pn « on . Oup reason fpr jnyiyaemff . iiio oapital . of the oompntiy \ Y ua , that thoy hud obfainoci , at a ooimflin-nDio otttlav , from tl \ p . dovornmont , n , mpiippply pfthp -inantifuol \ ivei » yuw , and Povto Riop . Thoy would judge oft ho value of thia w ion J > e sl « cj that at tlieir wprlca in Cuba thoy could p rpchiop oil rtt flrJ . nor ffnllon wliioh thpy opvild reaflily splint 33 . to 4 s . They had paid ; C' « 3 , 00 Q Jo t , ho Santo ThoroBtvnunp ^ -nh outlay whiph was not oontomplatoii , ¦ win n they fixed tho eapital . In udcljtioii tp that thoy hod ioiuid it ¦ aov * vpnionti to purohWan oetfttov . to prpvpnt cJ « m ^ gos being olmmoa w \ iiijiu-y tothoauvfnoo , - but . wliivh . th'e ^ "hoa ' ' lot ¦ - nb fl iwnfe giving thorn a liur lhtpvcati for the nnjount . paiperidbd , Anothorpoint wns , tliat inoy had only loarnt from praotioal . oxppj'ioiioo that tho oil improvp d b / keeping , . an {\ t ) ipy wove obligoO , thorpfpv ^ to h « vo immonao . ttaik * ana atprpa Pdnfltniotipcl , whioli iuyQlvPd not . only . » lorffo ¦ 0 M \ lay-w \ iw

      , tlioflp . Toapp 1 ooles . bub thp Jcpppiug ft lnvgo etooft . . pn Jiajm . 9 * vQqnivQdom ^ :-J . | f « y Jm , d , 1 > m » ntK w-ovk only ^ foui- wonths , mid m Bo & n . only < iP , wmQ » ocd about , flip 'P * m *> $ ^ TuiTa ^ but h ? not UU « t (? vtiw esppfltntionfl ; ^ hiphpvitoht ) . not be f ^ aHepl , bw * w

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 10, 1860, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10111860/page/12/