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BOOKS ON OUR TABLE. Baptism ; its True N...
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OTHELLO AT SADLER'S WELLS. Othello was p...
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New Novel By Dumas. La Tulipc Noire. Par...
ship , and the growth of the tulip , we must refer you to the work itself . It is scarcely credible what interest Dumas has contrived to evolve out of those materials , partly by the light easy narrative so admirably distributed , and partly by that interest with which we follow any struggle when the actors are themselves in earnest . Altogether it strikes us as one of Dumas ' s chefs-d ' oeuvre ; and , moreover , it is a work which the most fastidious parent can place without a moment's hesitation in her daughter ' s hands !
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Books On Our Table. Baptism ; Its True N...
BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . Baptism ; its True Nature . Object , Necessityt and Uses , as One of the Sacraments appointed by Our Saviour at the Establishment of the Christian lieligion . James S . Ilodson . This work , emanating from the tolerant and spiritual body of Christians who , adopting the views of Emanuel Swedenborg on religious matters , designate themselves as the " Ntw Church , " or the " New Jerusalem , " is valuable as showing the manner in which the vexed question of baptism , its nature , and its uses , is dealt with by a learned and enlightened minister of that sect . To say that Mr . Woodman ' s book will set this question at rest
would be absurd ; perhaps , in inverse proportion to its conclusiveness would be its effect upon the angry disputants who now crowd the theological arena , and blind honest and simple-minded men by the dust of controversy . It is sufficient praise , and- an honest testimony in favour of the work , to say that it is clear , argumentative , and free from the slightest approach to dogmatism . We have frequently indicated the unsatisfactory position of the church ( by which we mean not only the . Establishment but the whole Christian world ) in the matter of faith and opinion ; as varied as the lights and shadows of heaven itself are those which float over the surface of the
ecclesiastical hemisphere . JLhis divergence necessitates the adoption of one or other of the following alternatives—either to set up and obey an infallible standard ; or else to admit the universal and individual right of private judgment ; and to prove the sincerity of that admission by a mutual toleration of differences and a candid and temperate examination of the causes which lead to their existence . To the adoption of this last alternative ( which we need hardly Ray is the one compatible with true freedom and conducing to real progress ) such works
as this of Mr . Woodman eminently tend . There is no question which has excited more angry debate than that of which it treats ; but it is only because it has been hitherto approached in a spirit diametrically opposite to that with which such debates should be conducted , and which has led , accordingly , to strife instead of agreement , and bitterness instead of conviction . Mr . Woodman has set an excellent example to the rest of the Christian world by tVie calm yet clear criticism which he applies to the varied opinions entertained by other sects upon the subject , the light which he throws upon it from the peculiar tenets of his own religious body , and the charitable tone which pervades every sentence that proceeds from his pen . I ' estilence : its Source and Supiiression . Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . This pamphlet contains a scriptural account of pestilence , referring every form of plague to scriptural authority ; but , what is very unusual and very useful , the author gives a chemical account of the source of pestilence , and afterwards identifies it with the scriptural word . This is a licence which our modern churches are happily learning to discourage ; but if this author outrages another's faith he at least adds something to his knowledge .
Holy Living ami Dying ; together with Prayers , containing the Whole Duty of a Christian , by Jeremy Taylor . JNcw Kditiou , carefully ruvisud . ( Bolm ' a Standard Library . ) H . G . Bonn . We are glad to see a cheap and handsome edition of this noble specimen of English sacred literature , which all men may read with profit , some for doctrine , some for comfort , some for its healthy piety , and all for its grand style . The National Edition of Knight's Pictorial Shakspeare . Part 1 . The Two Gentlemen of Verona . C . Knight .
Ihis is another edition of Shakspeare , by the indefatigable Knight . Shakspeare und Kein Untie I To parody the hyperbole of that JCnglish Queen who had the singular taste to fall in love witli Calais , when Charles Knight dies , the word " Shakspeare" will be found written on his heart . Of the present edition we need say but little . The Pictorial Shakspeare has been long out of print , and it was an expensive work . The present edition will be revised from that , but printed across the page , instead of in double columns , in a handsomer type ; the woodcuts will be given as before ; the Critical Notices have already been published in a separate volume , " The Studies of Shakspeare ; " so that in forty parts at one shilling the whole edition will be completed .
The Universalhl . Tarts I . —XII . II . K . Leu-is . This is the monthly journal of a sect which refuses to accopt tho dogmas of everlasting damnation , and of " election . " Bolieving that God loves every one of his creatures equally , they believe tlmt the punishment of sins will not be eternal . Very curious it is to us to observe , in turning over these pages , how even the Universulists have to struggle against intolerance because they preach a doctrine somewhat less shocking than the orthodox doctrine 1 !
Memorials Of Thuophiltts Trine!, Student...
Memorials of Thuophiltts Trine ! , Student . By Thomas T . Lynch . Longman ami Co . Select ion from the Dramatic Works of Tlioodor Kilmer . Hy tho Translator of" NVlu-luinjen Tn-asurc . " Williams & Noysite . The lierber ; or , the Mountaineer of the dim . A Talc of . Mo rocco , lly W . suvlmr . li Mayo . II . li . Bohn . Gcnevieve . Jly Ai . ile LumarUne , n . G . Holm .
Use and Abuse of the Sabbath . —Putting all these facts together , we may form a very distinct notion of the nature of Sabbath-day observances among the ancient Israelites . The leading object was not religion , in our sense of the term , but relaxation ; religion , however , was no doubt so far connected with it that the people attended on the Sabbath day , whenever they could conveniently do so , " the morning and evening sacrifices . ' The interval between them , we may be morally certain ,
was devoted , at the pleasure of individuals , to the miscellaneous objects of rational recreation ; visits to friends ; pleasant walks ; social pastime , the song , and the dance . It is a fair presumption that , after a time , the day was devoted by many to other objects than those of either natural Tecreation or religious worship . Among a rude and unlettered people , without mental resources , it could not have been an easy task to prevent excesses of many kinds on a day of uninterrupted leisure .
" The dpvil finds some mischief still For idle hands to do . " Abuses of the Sabbath , carried to a great height , would lead to an effort to restrain them on the part of the better disposed . Vice would be met with indignant rebuke by priests and elders ; and in times of public calamity , when God was supposed to be manifesting his wrath against the nation , there would be the natural reaction of the human mind , of passing from one extreme to another ; indulgence would give place to penance , and the Sabbath of dissipation would become the Sabbath of superstition . — From the Westminister Review , No . CVI .
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THE REOPENINGS . This week we have had three houses thrown open to a public that seemed anxious enongh to crowd them . On Monday the IJaymarket commenced its season , with a joyous promise of success . Mr . Webster was welcomed with a hurricane of applause , and Morris Barnett ' s capital piece , The Serious Family , went off with admirable spirit . The novelty of the night , however , was the Queen ' s box . The entrance to the box , which is no > v on a lavel wiih the dress circle , is , as before , by the private door in Suffolkstreet , and the passage which conducts to it affords admission , in the first instance , to the very elegant ante-room . The decorations of this apartment consist of light Pompeian pilasters forming panels all
round , and supporting wreaths of flowers , which , by a curious process are made to trail over five large mirrors let into the walls . Each panel contains a view of some scene familiar to her Majesty , such as Windsor Castle , Osborne-house , Prince Albert ' s German residence , & c , and the whole is surmounted by a ceiling of pale blue clouded , on which are depicted birds of brilliant plumage . The pattern of this ceiling is ca-tried on into the box itself , an oval wreath of flowers occupying the centre . We must look for no other novelties until Macready ' s engagement ; during which we are promised a strong accession to the company in the persons of Mrs . Warner , Mr . Davenport , Mr . James Wallack , junr ., and Mr . Henry Bedford .
On Tuesday her Majesty's Theatre opened for its magniloquently promised National Concerts . After all the trumpets blown and drums beaten in announcement of these concerts , it was painful for every respecter of truth and integrity to see them turn out nothing more than a copy of Jullien ' s Promenade Concerts , at higher prices and in another locale . This is all tho more provoking because as Promenade Concert * they have elements of attraction which might safely dispense with all puffery : a magnificent band , singers like Angri , and pianists like Halle , are certain to command audiences ; and on Tuesday night the crush was fearful . Unhappily , one of the natural consequences of crowded promenades— " a row "disturbed the pleasure of the evening .
On Wednesday the Lyceum opened with two new pieces and a revival of the Olympic Devils , the first time these twenty years . Is it possible ? Are twenty years passed into silence and irrevocable death since those joyous scenes were played in that charming little theatre ? Twenty years ! It has a mournful sound ; and throws us buck again upon incipient whiskers and measureless ambitions . And where is Orpheus ? Julia St . George is not without a certain dash which takes the pit , " but who can think of her for a moment in a part created by the u pet of the dandies , " the universal favourite , Vostris , with her exquisite contralto voice and fascinating presence ? Alas ! nlas ! Thnc \ tho edacious , hurries
into his ravenous maw the charms winch formed tho pride of a whole public just as indifferently as lie wrinkles the heavy face of Air . . Snriih , whom no one cares about , and en creases the bulgy figure of Mr . Jones , dear only to his housekeeper . But we have not told you about the new pieces . Tho first is by Morris lUirnotr , an adaptation from the French , culled Serve him llhjht , one of the neatest and liveliest little comedies that has been written for some time . Charles Mnthews plays the gay deceiver to perfection ; anil when tho second act fiiuls him a married man trembling at the approach of every male friend , suspecting diabolical machinations under tln > simplest acts , tnuglit by his own past life the variety of stratagems with which during men assail tho
female heart , the relish with which the audience laughs is heightened by the keen sense of moral retribution . The second piece , My Heart ' s Idol , is not so good but it seives to bring in Madame Vestris , whose rel ception must have shown her how she still rules the hearts of her audience—Charles Mathews—and a young actor , Mr . George Vining , whose brillian t face and lively—though somewhat exuberant manner - promise a valuable jeune premier .
On Wednesday That Very Popular Play, The...
On Wednesday that very popular play , The Wife ' s Secret , was produced at the Princess ' s , with . new dresses and scenery ; the Keans and Mrs . Keeley playing their favourite parts . To judge from its reception , one may say that the interest in this piece has not worn out yet .
The Olympic Novelty. On Monday The Olymp...
THE OLYMPIC NOVELTY . On Monday the Olympic produced a sparkling adaptation of La Femme de Quarante Ans , under the more taking title of My Wife ' s Daughter . The idea of the piece is ingenious , but suits French manners better than English . Mrs . Stirling is a woman arrived at the terrible age of forty , but as Leigh Hunt says" I ' ve known a cheek at forty like a peach . " Who has not ? Who has not fallen in love with some syren " old enough to be his mother , " as the odious phrase goes , but young because her heart is young , because her thoughts are young , because she
has the eternal juvenescenee of love ! Well , then , admit that Mrs . Ormonde is forty—by the ungallant reckoning of dates—that will not prevent Arthur , who married her for money , becoming desperately in love with her afterwards , though Arthur is a young man of fashion , and only twenty-eight . They have returned from their honeymoon , and their affection for one another is characterized by the valet Gillyflower as " disgusting , " for , as he truly observes , it is a bad thing for the servants whtn master and mistress are " intimate . " But the calm languor of honeymoon bliss is suddenly interrupted , for Mrs . Ormonde ,
though confident enough in her husband's love , has , nevertheless , by a not uncommon bit of feminine weakness , kept from him the fact that her daughterof whom she has spoken vaguely—is a young woman at the alarming age of seventeen . This young woman , with that perversity only known in girls , has taken into her head to fall in love with a young gentleman in a white waistcoat and irreproachable boots . Inspired by this passion she runs away from school and comes up to town to throw herself upon the affection of her mother . The first person she meets is her new ' papa , " who is not a little surprised to find his ? ' daughter" so formidable an offspring . She coaxes
him into her service , and he consents to plead her cause with her mother . Meanwhile she must hide . litre at once you see the source of a laughable imbrofflio , fetching out the jealousy of Mrs . Ormonde , and ending in the happiness of all parties . Mixed up with this story there is aa old man , who , having married a young wife , gives himself nil the airs of vigorous prime of life—wonderfully played by Farren , whose " make up" is worth going to see ; and a coxcombical valet , played by Compton with a quie t truth and humour which establish him in a new line , as the prince of fops . The piece is smartly written , plays *• close , " and keeps the audience in constant mirth .
Othello At Sadler's Wells. Othello Was P...
OTHELLO AT SADLER'S WELLS . Othello was performed here on Monday for the first time this season . The opportunities of scenic effect which the play affords were not missed ; but Mr . Phclps has been led into an inaccuracy singular in one so careful , namely , the introduction of Saracenic Architecture in Othello ' s quarteis at Cyprusas if the Moorish general , with a rabid desire to patronize '' native talent , " had carried an architect about with him . Miss Lyons made a very successful first appearance as Desdemona . Her face , voice , oncl gestui'e were all naturally suited to the part , and some of her scones—particularly that in which Ingo improvises his feminine ideal—were remarkable lor excellent bye-play . We are sorry that we cannot
speak so well of Miss Glyn in Emilia ; and the more so because , reflecting on ' her very faults in other representations , we had been led to predict for her a certain success in this . The good-natured , sensual , experienced Emilia may not , perhaps , be found on the stage ; perhaps we ought not to expect any performer in the part to make the necessary sacritice . But the very purpose of the scene demands a much nearer resemblance to the character than that assumed by Miss Glyn . May we also suggest that the extreme acuteness she throws into tho part is a contradiction ; an Emilia with her eat-like watchfulness and intellectual sharpness would have found out the plot before it had been carried through to tho denouement , and ccrtuinly never would have played into lago ' s hands so blindly as she does .
In his performance of Iayo , -Mr . II . Marston carried out his intentions much more succ < . ' . < efuily than wo had ejected . His dress and " make-up " were , as usual , perfection . The subordinate characters were all well sustained , even down to the Duke .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 19, 1850, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19101850/page/20/
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