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November 25, 1854.] THE LEADER. 1125
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We ha^re to acknowledge the receipt of s...
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A BOOK OF ILLTJSTHATIOITS. Chicora, and ...
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BOOKS ON OUR TABIE. The Story of the Tea...
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^—^ mm ^—^^——w > iw ^ i ^||^^ ^^^ l _ . ^^^ i ^ miii L _ U ^ Z— ' ¦"the startling title of ^? one ( in yellow letters on a red ground ) , secures attention by a picture of a young lady , finely developed in respect of bust *? Jl i e » waking into aheap of weeds , apparently in the neighbourhood Of Shakspeare's Cliff , with clasped hands , a transcendental expression of face , and no bonnet ? Can we assist books which thus assist themselves ? —We are not so deplorably vainglorious as to think we can for a single moment .
November 25, 1854.] The Leader. 1125
November 25 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1125
We Ha^Re To Acknowledge The Receipt Of S...
We ha ^ re to acknowledge the receipt of several books of a useful and educational kind ; one of which—The Planetary Worlds , by Mr . James Breen ( Hardwicke)—we can vouch for , after due examination , as a very dear and intelligible manual of astronomical science , thoroughly reliable as a book of reference for general readers who take an interest in the last new dispute ahout the Plurality of Worlds . The educational and useful -works which we have not yet had time to examine with the necessary attention , are Lectures in Connexion with the Educational Exhibition at St . Martin's Hall ( Routledge ) ; The Young Child ' s Lesson Booh , by William Cort ( Simpkin and Co . ); Theatres , and Other Remains in Crete , by Edward Falkener ( Triibner and Co . ) ; and A Popular Exposition of the New Stamp Acts ( Arthur Hall and Co . ) . ^ A reprint , which we may mention by way of conclusion , but which we need not criticise , is the last volume of the " People ' s Edition" of Mr . Samuel Warren's works , containing Now and Then , The lily and the Bee , and a Lecture on the Development of the Age .
A Book Of Illtjsthatioits. Chicora, And ...
A BOOK OF ILLTJSTHATIOITS . Chicora , and other Regions of the Conquerors and the Conquered . By Mrs . Mary H . Eastman . j Triibner and Co . The book , thus strangely entitled to English ears , is a species of American annual , beautifully bound—finely printed , on such paper as as not often seen now-a-days—furnished with letter-press contents , illustrative of the early history of North America , and of the most interesting peculiarities in the character of its aboriginal inhabitants—and adorned with some of the most beautiful and striking illustrations that we have seen for a long time past . The engravings which form the illustrations to which we allude are from drawings by Captain S . Eastman , and depict Indian life and scenery in a singularly forcible and truthful-looking manner . The prints in which
figure subjects occur show evident traces of inexperience and want of practical knowledge of drawing . But the landscapes are all deserving of the highest praise for their striking originality and evident truthfulness to nature . Among those which have especially delighted us we may mention " The Mountains in the Sea , " a magnificent bit of effect— " The Falls of St . Anthony , " in , which the idea of vast space and of an immense mass of water is wonderfully conveyed—and a view of a town in New Mexico , which , as a piece of quaint and striking truth , is really delightful to look at . We closed the volume with the pleasantest possible impression of it—thankful to Captain Eastman for having given us an idea of what the finest scenery in America is really like . If any of our readers want a good book of prints for the drawing-room table , -we can honestly and safely recommend to them these Illustrations .
Books On Our Tabie. The Story Of The Tea...
BOOKS ON OUR TABIE . The Story of the Teasant-JBoy Philosopher ; or , " A Child Gathering Pebbles on the Sea Shore . " By Henry Mayhew . David Bogue . The Church and her- Destinies . By James Biden . Aylott and Co . Tamerton , Church-Tower , and other Poems . By Coventry Patmore . John W . Parker and Son . Lyric Notesof ' the Russian War . Part I . ByRnther . George Bell . Introductory Text-Book of Geology . By David Pago , P . G-. S . "William Black-wood and Sons . Esperanza ; or , the Home of the Wanderers . By Anne Bowman . G . Routledge and Co . The Concessions of the Apostle Paul and the Claims of the Truth . From the French of Count Age * nor de Gasparin . . Thomas Constable and Co . Travel Thoughts and Travel Fancies . By Henry Strickland . John W . Parker and Son .
Ifbom The London Gazette. Tuesday, Novem...
IFBOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , November 21 . BANKRUPTS . —VTijuhtAts . Weston , Chisvroll-sfcreefc , Pinsbury , hoot agent —Tkedeiuck Caiison , St . Holon ' s-placo , Bishopsgato-street , morchant — Benjamin "Wokkmam " Peaiich . JJaylinm-tcrrnco , Caradon-town , builder—Henky Johns , Uattorsca , and Grango-torraco , Brompton , distiller —Thomas Bays , lato of London-road , Southwark , and Wisbcoch , baker—Jo 3 fN Clnmhnts , MiU-stropt , Condxiit-strcot , Hanover-square , woollen ( irapor—ItoiiEHT GitAY , Bishops Waltham and Southampton , corn morcliant—Wiliiam : Paxon , Queon ' s-road , Bayswater , corn dealer—George Basuice , St . Goorgo ' s-plaoo , Knightabridgo , tobacconist — Thomas NiaiiTiNOAw :, 'Jiroadehalko , Wiltshire , innkoopor —Bhidqeu Woomjjsh , thoyoungor . Hooding , Susadx , wheelwright—THBoi'Jiix . UB msvunw ,, lliloy-strcufc , Dormondso . y , licensed victualler—IIeniiv Buoomk , PorttmiouLh , licensed victuallqr—Antiiony MUpmsoN Toi > n . Cloinont ' H-lano-, IiOmbard-atroot , iiuircliunt—John Ci . ay , WodiK'sllold , Staffordshire , brloklnyor-. foiiN B « o" \ v » , West Bromwlcli , corn faotor—iIosm'K Kij . is , liishopsfchorpo . farmer , and York , bootmaker— ltopEit JDuxjiuuy , Over Darwon , Lancashire ,
iiuikeopnr . JFriila // , Novonitar 2 li . BANKRUPTS . —Altitun Ukvnoldb , Birmingham , iron tnoroha . nt ~ OiiAiirji : H Biuvdi / ky , Tlpton , Stad ' orasliiro , iron dealer—Benjamin Sojiivkk . Jtinwfnprliaiii . buildoi—I ' man " - Cih AuoiTSTua IIattoN , GhoHtorltold , I ) orbyahlro , auo tionoor—1 ' uomab Whiout Lawitokd , of 'IMvyuull , Cnnnartnon , market gardener— Ja . uns Kkown , Muhgalo , Lauds , Jinx and tow spinnov—Viiujisi Kkatiso Stouk , Man .-choHtor , manufacturer of cotton goods—Thomas Hawortii and Puanoih Ai . bton , Bury , cotton manufacturers-Jamkh llATHMONj ) , Cliivnodry-lftno , Oily , fiimltm-o doulor—Joaui'Ji 3 Ji 3 imsTKiN , jawsox-Mtroot , Striuul , ouMll . toi- —ttooKit , Duxiiunv , Ovor Dairwon , Xnnoiuhiru , innkouper — Kuwakd Kmmi ' , Walwortih-roiMl , Surrey , liuondiupor-Joim Olohk , fllorMord , nnkor—MouitiB Ejm . ib I ' j cmjikkto . v , Lime-street , Oily , morohatifc—William Oeouom Suaiu' Mockfoud , Uood-laino . City , merchant —iticiiAitu Lkwih , Woottonundor-Edgo , Glouooator , eloth mnnufhoturor-JoitM yfnvx mouh Jonjsb and Thowah Oakhujju . Wolvtsihainpton , hoalora—Max Ussihqbjh , Old Ohaima , utraw hub
iuuimfacturer—Edmund Short , Blandford Forum , Dorset , liorao dealor—Gkok & e Stokes , Heroford-lodgo , Gloucostor-road , Old Brompton , boardiag-houso lsooper — William H . Wood house , Woolwich , brewer .
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THE BRITISH INSTITUTION . Topularlt , all that is known concerning the British Institution is this . It opens the picture season with a raoderateiy good show of paintings , excluding portraits ; its proceedings are said to be next in importance to those of the Royal Academy , with which influential body it is rather in good favour , straggling 11 s J ? S exhibitors in Pall-mall occasionally , besides the perpetual Pickersgill . Moreover , the « British" gives a show of old masters , not by any means excluding portraits , later in the season . Popularly , this is all that is known about the " British . " But the institution is not only expository ; it Iceeps a school . A very bad school , too , ve should say , to judge from its results . No one beyond the walls ot the institution seems to know anything about this British school of painting , JTall-mall , London . All we have been able to learn is , that the students " oujrht to feel greatly indebted" to the noble men and gentlemen who , having kindly lent their pictures for the exhibition of the old masters , do not see any particular objection to aaiy one making copies while the jpaintings remain in the gallery , bo ,, to work go the students , and , after a . time , tip go their copies on the wall of the galleiy , and down goes the market for " warranted " originals . Cuyps will be cheap for six months to come , and " Snyders' Wife" will be in every shop-window . Hurrah for " the promotion of the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom !" There areoneor two promising studies among the mass of absurd rubbish , this year . Mr . Wichelo , who has been sensible enough to choose a single group from , an entire picture , and thus to concentrate his energy , has achieved considerable success in his free translation of the principal group of armour , in Teniers picture of the " Guard Room . " Miss Fahey , by a similar exercise of discretion , has been able to produce a passable study from the large Vanderneer . tit . vt , fin ( J Pictute of "Belisarius , " by Salrvator Rosa , has been copied entire by Miss Townsend , and : although the result is not commensurate with her ambition , she ^ deserves notice for the great care and laboiir bestowed on it . The only copies which indicate natural taste and power in the artist , are the three small studies , by Mr . C . H . Stanley , after the Muxillo , Cuyp , and Hogarth ' s figure of the ^ Female Drummer , from " Southwark Fair . "
The Balance Of Comfort. A Very Amusing.L...
THE BALANCE OF COMFORT . A very amusing . little comedy , by Mr . Bayle Bernard , was produced at the Haymakkex , under the above title , on Thursday night . The idea on which the piece is founded has been rather a favourite idea ^ ith the French dramatists of late years . A husband and wife , separated by mutual consent , meet by accident , and become respectively involved in certain strange situations , which end in reconciling them to each other , and in leaving them at the fall of the ojartain a fondly-attached coirple for the rest of their lives- Their is nothing original in this as the main idea of a play ; but Mr . Bernard has contrived to tell an old story in a new-way , by means of some excellent comic situations , deservedly hailed -with great applause hy the audience . Bating one blemish in the shape of an absurd mock duel very clumsily and improbably introduced to bring the story to its foreseen end , Mr . Bernard ' s last dramatic work is in every way ¦ worthy of him . His dialogue—always delightful in ita neatness and vivacityis as genuinely and gracefully amusing in the Balance of Comfort as in any of his former -works . The parts of the husband and wife were performed by Mr . Howe and Hiss Reynolds . The lady—though a little too vehement , perhaps , now and then acted with grace and gaiety , and ihade alL the good points in the dialogue tell in the easiest and happiest manner . Mr . Howe , rather loud at first , and rather given to such stale conventionalities as entering a lady ' s drawing-room with his hat on , improved , and became heartily and naturally amusing as the play proceeded . Mr . Rogers , too , made a small part very prominent , in a quaintly humourous manner , and dressed it admirably . Mr . Clark , by wearing an inexcusably absurd costume , and by indulging- in monkcy-ljkc contortions , for which a French audience would have hissed him off the stage , did his very w orst to get a laugh from the gallery , and his very best to- spoil tie effect of every part of the play in which he appeared . It would bo unfair to the management not to say a hearty -word of praise , in conclusion , for the beauty of the drawing-room scene , in winch the action of the play goes on . It -was as beautiful and perfect a piece of painting and furnishing as anything of the kind we have ever seen Two now farces have been successfully produced at the Adolphi . One , 7 Vie Slow Man , is by Mr . Mark Lemon , and contains a part for Mr . Kecley . There is no other theatrical news this week .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , November 24 , 1854 . Tnis Funds during the past wcok have fluctuated not raoro than li per cent , botweon OOJrtnnd 024 , but the transactions have boon few and far botweon , and the Jatok of business vory notable Rivihvay shnros aro lint , and hardly anythine doings the samo may bo said of mines , banks , & o . Turkish Scrip has slightly recovered from its alarmingly woak slate , but is still at botweon 5 and 0 discount . The Kunmntco for the regular nivymont of the interest sooms to no of so looso a naturn that tho public hardly fools jusLillod in making heavy investments . The accouuta rocoived of tho horoiu deeds of our countrymen iix tho Crimea have inspired tlus fundholdur with every conlldcnco in the lmdauntod , cournfto of our troops , but the dalny in Bunding ralnlbroomontrt has boon much < : onmioute . d unon . Ituthor iv bettor fooling prevails this ) al'tornoon—rumouro of part of tho fortrcNH ofSobaslopol having boon talcon by ; Htori « , and a Vienna report which would soeru to predict inevitable war l > olwaou RuNsisi and Austria . Tlioso rumours : nay havo aircetod tho mui'kot , but ptmibly funds eomo bettor from l ' arla . Oonm > l » eloso nt . j . o ' olook at O 2 J , 02 g , having opened at 1 ) 14 , Olfj , Honifl heavy purdviHON having boon nuuio this afiornoim . rreiuili Ilontos come 1 J per cont bettor by telegraph
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 25, 1854, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25111854/page/21/
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