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      article befoiro us repeat ? , the works of . Plato nnd Leibnitz vrere of no more authority than the best astromoners before the era of Copernicus * The inner life ' of Kleist specially marks that transition state when old svstems are fast collapsing , and new one 3 only in their , gem-. In . ono of his earlier letters vre find him complaining of tho fate by vJiicli he was condemned "to be ever reflecting on the . vnfeution of our existence , seeking to discover whether the enjoyment of happiness , as Epicurus taught , or the striving after perfection a 9 Leibinitz believed or the fulfilment of duty , as Kant declared , be the true end of man . " Here is an earnest sympathetic spirit completely at sea ; here is the transitonal

      crudity that . marks the mental development of the time . Strange that Kleist could not see that " supreme good " consists , not in the enjoyment bv the individual , of his own selfish personal happiness , but in the universal well being ofall , in which hi 3 own is included , that the" standard of moral perfection , " i 3 approached in proportion to the earnestness with which we labour for this end , and < that it is this labour which the absolute " rule of conduct " points put ;—l . hat " perfection" consists in . our fulfilling these paramount conditions of our being , that " duty , " except as implying the obligation we are under to act thus , is an empty name . There are several other well written articles , including one about the

      "Glacier Tneorie ? . . The Journal ofPhyalioloqical Medicine and Mental Pathology , / Edited by Forbes Winslovr , M . D . ^ D . C . L . New series No . 20 . October I 860 . — --The present number contains some interesting papers , particularly those on " The Amelioration of Races "by , Education and Intermarriage .., " " Modem Developments of the-Marvellous , " and "The Modern Drama : a contribution to Mental Dietetics . " \ Yc ? extract the following passages from the last but one of these , without comment : — " The stago ha 3 lost all ecnfidenc 3 in itself , all courage , all capacity . The broken-down merchant who becomes a messenger in the establishment of which he was once the chief , is not more humble in tone , or more obsequious in manner , than the theatre of 'the present day . There dramatic track which it dares

      is scarcely a subject lying out of the beaten to handle . It is " afraid to meddle with politics ; it shuns all allusion to the great questions which may bo agitating the public mind ; it shrinks from religion as e poor man shrinks from the elegant and well-furnished church , which lie foolishly imagines he is not worthy to enter : it rarely touches uoon history , except with timid nei'vousness ; even the maniiersof the day , the passing , follies of the hour , the airy trifles floating in the social atmosphere , and against which the polished shaft of wit and ridicule have ever been , 'directed—even these fail to arouso its slumbering energies . It goes , on at a jog-trot pace , the embodiment of a commomplace respectability , winch , in its eagerness to pffeud no susceptibilities , to awaken no antagonism , to pass beyond no established formula of thought and speech , become pre-eminently tame , servile , humdrum , harmless , and contemptible . "

      Memoirs , Journal and Correspondenee of Thomas Moore . By Iibrd John Russell , M . P . People ' s edition , with eight portraits and two vignettes engraved on steel ; now complete in ten parts . London : Longman & C ' j . —The reading portion of the public , who desire standard ¦ works at cheap prices , are much indebted to Messrs . Longman for this attractive and excellent i 3 sue . The merits of the work are too wellknown to require specification in this notice . We like Lord John Russell ' s preface for many considerations immensely . It is characteristic of that eminent public man . For that great constitutionalist to write or speak without allusion to " the British Constitution" would be next to impossible . " We look upon this as a decided merit . It shows a hearty , and persistent tendency to enforce at all timesand under all circumstanpes tho ruling idea of a man ' s life . That Lord John Russell is not a man of " one idea" the work before us abundantly proves , to say nothing of Sydney Smith ' s assertion that ho wag ready to take the command of the channel fleet at a moment ' s notice . The British constitution , however-imperfect it may bo judged by a high

      ideal standard * is unquestionably tho most perfect embodiment of political and religious freedom that lias grown up in tho old world , mid as such is a fib theme for a Great-British , us well asa great British statesman . Accordingly we find , at p . 20 of the preface , thnt " Lord Holland early in life sat at the feet of his celebrated uncle . Prom Mr . Fox ho learnt an ardent hatred of oppression , ( in attachment to the leading principles of the British constitution , indignant detestation of religious persecution , and a sympathy for all nations endeavouring to shake off the yoke of tyranny" These passages givo us an assurance that Lord John ftusaell will , consistently with his liberal professions on all occasions , rojoico iu tho great Italian inovomont taking its full development , without oountoimneixig any at torn pie , ooino from wliqtquarter they will , to restore " religious persecutions " of which , evon in tho milder forms of papal •• nggrossion" ho is known to entertain so docUJod a «• dofceatatioa ; " but on tho contrary , hia Btroncjosb" sympathy " will bo enlisted , especially at tho forthcoming Warsaw oonferenoos , in favour of the " nations endeavouring to shake off tho yoko of tyranny . "

      Dublin University Magazine . No . 334 , Ootobpr , 18 G 0 . Dublin : William Robovtflon . London : Hurst nnd Blaokott . Tho number boforo us opens with an elaborate artiolo oi a subject of peculiar intoroBt and importance at tho presont timo , " Tho French and English Ai'iniunents . " Tho oontcnta tablo presontB a copious nnd viyiod sorics of papers for wiling nway tho leisure hour , affording flt aliment for tho oheovful or tho sad j for tho limo-killer or the " onniost" rcuderwho wants solid information on solid subjects , and firnt-olass " materials for thinking . " " Vonvod , tl ) 0 T > unp , " reaches tho eight Mi port j " Tho Worko-Day World of France , " its fourth chapter ; nnd t hero i 8 tho second paper of ¦•• WmuloHngs in Ii-oUmd , " ' Ameriuun Agriculture , " " Our Politioftl Chorus , " Xuo Irish Stato Pnnor , " " Cornwall and Pilchards , " " PareonnUios , " nro among tho taking titlos which will catch the oyo of oIubb of rondore . '

      every _ _ . _ _ , _ , Mar / net Slaviw for Summer . D . ri / s and Winter Kirfhtn . The ChuTcmaker of Lyons . ' By TU . M ; Pipor . Londmi i arnnmbridgo and fionB . —This 18 Ihu sixth nuinbor of Mobsra . GROOinbrkl / jc ' d oxcvllonfc Boriofl , entitled , ns above . Tlio tales nvo well oonoolvod nivd well told j th « y nro short and owopt , "— -limy nro well UUifltmtod with uoodcuits , and whilo posflossincj a lively interest that keeps , up thd attention . Ilioy nro nob merely of a i mie-killbi / j chanK-lw . lmfc show that vonily valuable Information » iny b ^ wrappod ujp in the moot interesting works of fidtiotu

      Recreative Science . Out . London : Groombndge and Sons . —This monthly record . and remembrancer of intellectual observation- maintains its established reputation for amusing iiijtviiftiou .. Rout ledge r s Iltttsli ' ated , -Xatural History . Part ' , Oct ., lsGO . Ey the Kcv . J . Ct . ¦ Woo . d . 'M . A ., T . L . S . ¦ London and New York : Koutlcdgc und Go . —The October issue of this Cfipital work opens with tho swallow ( in continuance of the last part ) , whose habits and instincts are so interesting , contains our royal feathered biped friends the kingfishers , and concludes with the bee-eater . Hie AH ' Journal . Xn , TO . October , 1 SGO . London and Xcw Yoi-k : Virtue . and . Co .- — 'The engravings-this month are " Henrietta of Orleans , " daughter of Charles 1 ., from Mighard ' s picture in tlic Royal collection ; " The opening of tho Walhalla , " from Turner ' s picture ' the National ' Gallery ; '' and " M ( v dieincv' engraved by G-. Stodart , . from the statue by Ernst * Hahnel . Thore arc numfroua woodcuts- of landscape scenery , and the , letter-press is cf the usual vark-d and ( vsoelknt character . ¦

      The Leisure Hour . Part 105 . Sop * ember ,, 1860 . Loixlon : 5 fi , Paternoster-row , and 101 , Pic-aUilly . —Tho p : vs < jnf month ' s in ? taiment of this periodical contains the usual number , of p . ige . s of instructive light reading , appropriately illnstratod with woodcuts . ' Kingston's' . Magazine for J ? a . y . v . 2 s o . 20 . Oi-. t . . 18 G 0 . Lrmclr-n ' : Boswurth and ' Harrison . — If the boys -of this , progressive ago siv not well posted lip in useful know logo it certainly is not f ¦>;• want of publications suitable for making them merry and wis ? , anion ^ which this magazine . occupies a prominent place I ' owetVs Domestic Macjuzinp . ] S " o . 2 . Och , ] RGO . Ltjiwioii : ^ v , \ -Aborouch and Co ., Brighton : Enroling-and Ui ' : il . —\ Ve . ' ; m-i : illy noiiivd the first number of this -now' p ' erinl in a iormor iiv . prp ? p . i v > n . . i t fuiyis , co far as . it has appeared , the promt < os' of its prospering The Shipi' -recked M < trluc- ;\ 2 so-2 S , Oct ., 1 SC 0 . London : 3 fi . n-ri » lt . —This quarterly maritime Mv . ga ' zino is pof-ulia . rly iiitorcpting to a riuvritime pnople , and to the philathropist in particular able and ¦' v / illin ? to . exercise benevolence in practical cllbrts to succour tlu > r . fllrftpcl .

      The JZiir / Iinh Ci / clo ]) o dia of Aria and Si-icne-fs . Conducted by Charles Knight . . Part 21 , ' London : Bradbury and Evans . —T ' ne present part of this elaborate and comprehensive work , lvmarkablc for its accurate nnd copious information , begins with ,- , the ' vowel O , iind ' concludes ' . with the commencemciit of a well-compiled avtic-lo om " Paper Mauufacturc and Trad' \ Le To lief . London' : Snnp'kin and . Marshall . —Tho farao FV .-ccping and graceful , if troublesome and useless , width of skirt , cxiiMiding over the same ample rotundity of crinoline ! An reste , all the elegant fciturca of . this feminine periodical present thomsclvcs in tli ? ir cii .-toniary completeness . Ons of Them , By Charles Lcrc-r . No . 11 . Octoboi ' . London : Civapninn andllalL—Tlio usual amount of the usual racy wrilin . cr is before us again this month in due course , and wo arc another number tlie ' nearer to the completion of tho story , and our critical analyii' of the book . . ' -....

      The Assurance Magazine . Vol . i » . Part 3 . No . Gl . OoL , 18 ^ 0 . London : C . and E . Layton .-r-Tho present part contains articles oi . a special character , . of groat interest and importance , as bearing on sociul phenomena . There is a paper , for instance ,- on the question " How far tho inordinate mortality in this country i 3 controlable by lmnnn agenoy ; nnotlit-r , "On the discovery of the law of human mortality , and on the antecedent partial discoveries by Dr . Price and Mr . Oompertz ; another " On tho construction of lifo tables , illustrated by a nr . v hfj table . of tho healthy districts of England , " & p . The Eclectic , October , 18 G 0 . London : Judd and U \* vn . Jho contents this month nro of vho average character , being mostly of & theological cast . An article on " Tho Province of . Reason di .-. eiispeii tho controversy originated by Mr . Mansell ' s lectures . Tht > rc is al ? o a pti-per on the Social Affection ? , " of a strongly lvJitrious tone . The Companion for Youth . No . I . Now Series . Oe . lober , JSf . O . London : Dean and Son . This is ono of tlio woll-kuowii pjiblioatmnfl lienc

      iasuod by Messrs . Dam , who liavo shown llipmselveti such cxecotxtorera ' in providing " instructive n ) nu 3 omcntand nmnsiit ^ instruction for juvenile England , and who have contributed bo much to the ? ' delightful task " of teaching tho . young idon liow to slsoot . ^ ( , CasselUs Illustrated Hixtory of ' England , l ' V . ^< - hv h . ; ri ^ . London and Now York : Cassell nnd Co . —Tlw period cmbnv . rM wiilim tlio present piwt of this inoritorious publication is tho ninnu-ntous ono of 1780 , so prolific iu groat events , which have If ft thvir deep linpri-na upon tho clmrrtotor of tho present n < fs \ Among tlio oventa wln .-h ionn tho subject of tho numerous ongrnvin ^ s vdtli wliieli tlii- * wi .-rk ahoiuuM , aro tho oapturo of Oozakow by tho Kiisainvis , tho profusion oi tho Iu'im etnt in Paris , 1780 , tlio mooting of the revolutionary K'mJtM'a in Ho Tennia Court , Mario Antoinotto prcuonMiic ; tho D . uiphi'i to H > " iiomIim , tho attnok upon tlio Uastilv , tho puoplo driving Vetry t'v <) u \ l ..-ul ) u lo Paris . Thore ia also a woll-oxcoutod p ortrait , of IVvIi'ir , nnd n

      niulenaili ono of Murio-Antoinotto , bosidca othor illiiMtrntiuiii " . ^ Crsscirs JI his I rated Family l ) ibU \ Purl : 17 . IY > inlon nml > ' * York : CassoU nnd Co , —Tho p art boforo in comprise * tli . i I it I or pin of tho 3 d Boole of Kings and tho ] . Book of Chronv'K ' . " , "P lo chaptor 0 . Tlio illustrations nro mtmcvom , np |< n >[> : 'i \\ p , a " . d ox-C 0 llP 1 . lt . , ... Cetssoll ' s Popular Xalnr . rl Jlhlun / . Purl : 10 . l ^ ndi .-i m > 'l IV » York ; CiMoll untl Co . —Tho Eloplmiit , Mio Hoivo , un-l ih . t X-brn , nro tho Bubjo'ah of this month ' s issiin , tlio ( nits Ixmujt i-x ' - 'i'lh-nt n " ' 'I '" loltor ' p ' ri'sa intorostiug nml oopiou ? . Tlio chnr"''li'i' oi' thofu wonoompilpd soi'iulrt hnu' boon nlroiulv etnli'J in tliosi ^ i » oliiinns . Tha Ladlef Trectsitn / and I ' t ' titMrritfd Mnnnz \ , u \ No . ¦! I , O . 'l . I ••'" ¦>• London uncl New York : Ouss . 'll nnd Co .--tn prcvlnm iihIht < i wo hnvo so fully / 'Olio inlo tho muritfl of thia cxiv . 'llniil > vi . » rlf , i \« rq / nmt both l . ' llt ) i ' -p > v : < a and illuutnil ions , tlmt in uiu- priwnl ^ N ; "» - ) W , prossinjr d . < in : inrlo on oui' I'p . i ' . , wo Imvc cily r ^ mn f or ilrf i !» 'i"rlH" » umon / j oui noriaj . i .

      § 6 G 1 He Saturday Analyst And Leader. ...

      § 6 g 1 he Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Oct . 13 , I 860

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 13, 1860, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13101860/page/12/