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    No. 410, January 30, 1858.] THE LEADE K,...

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    A Doctor's Tour..A Three Weeks 1 /Scampe...

    the -workpeop le who are employed in its manufacture ; now , if this be true , and , Without Proof U . the contrary , I assume it to be so , I hold that man and that-no not woman ! courtesy forbids-that , man , then , a brute , who uses such cards ; therefore , doctor I hope you will bear this my denunciation in mind the next time you issue the order fo ? a fresh pack of cards . But to proceed ; in the first place , we see in the middle of my friend ' s enamelled card , in gold letters , < Dr Pierre Brassovanyi , \ a most magnificent name ; next , around Dr . Pierre Brassojanyi , like a halo round the lun , is a very elegant scroll , tapering away to each end , and throwing a leafy pivot un and down , to bring it into relation with a pretty frame-like border , all gold , gold , -old . Well , here ingenuity might be supposed to have exhausted itself ; but no , there is a back front as well as a face front to my friend ' s card ; and here I claim priority of introduction into England , if ever that honour should become the subject of dispute . I don ' t ask for a patent , I give it to the world , and I modest y receive front of this card findfirstl neat

    the world ' s thanks ; so , on the back superb w « , y , a solden border , and then four elegant , or , as a young lady just from boardings-chool would say sweetly pretty corners ; and in each of these corners a word ; four words , and such words , teeming with significancy . First , there is ' visite ; ' no doubt , how do you do ; pretty well I hope , as thisHeaves me , or as I leave it , at present ; and to sav all this and a great deal more perhaps , all we have to do is to turn down that corner : then comes corner number two , ' ex offo ; ' ah ! short for ex-officio ; just dropped in to feel your pulse , ask after the pain in your stomach , or how that last bottle of champagne settled itself last night , & c . & c . ; sorry to find you out , because I lose my fee , & c . & c . ; and all this is said by ' offo , ' when that corner is turned down : corner number three , ' felicitation ; ' how eloquent ; a new husband or wife , it may be ; or a boy or a girl , son and heir , perhaps ; or a government place , or a legacy ; delicious , word : and then corner number four , last scene of all , ' aclieux . The ' narrative of Mr . Wilson ' s three weeks' tour among the Spas is altogether a graphic and delightful book .

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    CONNECTION" OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS . Prideavsc ' s Connection of the Old and New Testaments . New Edition . Edited by J . T . Wheeler . 2 vols . Tegg . A new edition of Dean Prideaux ' s principal work , The Connection of the Old and New Testaments , was desirable on several grounds . Since the time of its first appearance nearly a century and a half has elapsed . The knowledge of the world within that short period has wonderfully increased by historical researches of every kind , and especially by those studies which refer to antiquity and the East . The great object the learned and laborious Prideaux : had in view was to bridge over the great gap which existed in the annals of the Jews from the time of the cessation of scriptural history to the Christian era , to take up the thread of narrative which had been dropped in the seventh century before Christ , and continue it down to the time when the records of the Jewish nation became more regular and authentic . Nor was this the only task he imposed upon himself . He sought relation

    to associate the Jews with the nations around , to show their with or dependence on the governments of those vast empires which successively absorbed the territories of Western Asia . All this he accomplished by u profound study of sacred and profane writers , of Josephus and the Rabbinical writers on the one hand and the Greek and Roman historians on the other . We cannot but admire the extent of Biblical and philological , as well as geographical and and antiquarian knowledge , which the composition evinces . Still , the work was necessarily imperfect , as the light of history has become clearer since , the days of Dean Prideaux : the unparalleled discoveries which of late years have been elFected in Egypt , Assyria , and the far East , the critical examinations of the Zendavesta , the advance in geographical science , the grand achievements in the fields of comparative philology and mythology , the discoveries in Egyptian hieroglyphics and the Persian cuneiform characters , have in a certain degree impaired the accuracy and therefore the usefulness of the work ; and for these several reasons we conceive a new edition was called for .

    Although Prideaux ' s Connection of the Old and New Testaments alone is as yet ° published , it is intended that its two companion works by Shuckford and Russell shall also be included in the series , and thus will be completed in a cheap and corrected form the three works which connect sacred and profane history from the earliest period down to the commencement of the Christian era . Mr . Wheeler , to whom has been entrusted the responsible duty of correcting the original history of Prideaux , and so adding to it as to render it serviceable to the student of the present day , has evidently been careful to interfere with the historical matter as little as

    possible . His notes are not copious , but judicious when introduced . He has rendered valuable aid in another form . The previous editions were badly arranged , without a table of contents , or index of any kind by winch reference might be easily mude and the memory relieved ; the paragraphs were long and wearying ; there were neither landmarks for mapping out the divisions nor analyzes for the digestion of fact ? . These impediments have been , removed in the presont edition . An analytical heading and date have been attached to every paragraph , a list of contemporaneous kings and high priests added , and the contents of each paragraph indexed at the coininencement of each volume to facilitate research . This able and diligont

    preparation of a work of intrinsic merit cannot but fail to render it still more popular . The period selected by Pridoaux was one full of interest . The ancient thrones of Nineveh , of Babylon , and Memphis were uprooted , and a now dynasty occupied those seats of empire . The Medo-Persian sovereignty replaced the power of the Assyrian monarch ; the arts of Greece ami the arms of Rome asserted their supremacy , and dazzled the eyes of mankind . Mr . Wheeler writos , in his short but vivid historical review of this epoch : — Coexistent with thia historical criaia was a spiritual revolution . In all directions the mythologies of the aovorul races , the petrifactions of tho llr » t ottwrta of awakening ^ ffi 3 oieW 67 ^~ wo ~ reT ) rtfBtro ^^ of tho Hindoos , tho Assyrians , and tho Egyptians wcro na ruduly iuvadnd by tha Koformors of tho sixth century before Oliriat , as tho Christian Pmitlioon of the Komanists was assailed by the Reformers of tho sixteenth century of the Christian ora . In India tho mythology of tho Vedas was broken through by tho teachings of liuduha , who threw away tho whole ceremonial of Bruhmaniain , with all its aacriliccs , pannncoB , and castes , changed tho complicated systems of old Hindoo philosophy into a short doctrine of salvation , and enforced tho duties of morality , justice , kimhieas , and aolf-sacriflce

    In , migration gr race of march is indicated in the Zendavesta had carried with it the Zoroostrian faith of Ormuzd . The worshipper * of fire , with all the stern enthusiasm of the Puritans , were trampling tinder foot the idolatries of the West , the sensual heathenism of the Sabaeans , the horrible rites of the Magian Medes , and the grovelling animal worship of the besotted Egyptians . In Europe , the intellectual and civilized Greek arid the tattooed and savage barbarian were alike yielding to the influence of thia wide-spreading revolution in religious belief . The poets and philosophers of Hellas were contemplating the mysteries of Eleusis , or discussing the doctrines of Pythagoras and Orpheusmysteries which initiated the trembling devotee into the secrets of immortality , the of the Blessedand the

    happy tranquillity of the Islands , mysterious horrors of tho under-world ; doctrines which taught him a purer morality on earth , and instilled in . him brighter hopes of the world beyond the grave . And perchance , even at that earlytime , the painted savages of Britain were already imbibing from the Druidical hierarchy the dogma of the transmigration and immortality of the soul ; whilst the Scalds of the wild and icy North may even then have awakened to a sense of the imperfections of their warlike deities , and from the depths of their moral consciousness may already have foretold that terrible twilight of the gods , when Odin and Valhalla should pass away , a mightier Deity and a purer heaven arise upon their ruins , and cowardice and courage be no longer regarded as the only standards of evil and of

    good . It should be added , that , in addition to the historical sketches furnished by Mr . Wheeler , the present edition contains an account , supplied by Dr . M'Caul , of the rabbinical authorities consulted by Dean Prideaux . The elaborate care with which the revision of the two volumes under notice has been executed , leads us to hope that the corrected works of Drs . Shuckford and Russell will not be delayed long in the press .

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    PUBLICATIONS AND REPUBLICATIONS . Mb . Walter Bagehot has reprinted , chiefly from the National Review , a series of essays which he entitles Estimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen The volume is published by Messrs . Chapman and Hall ; and , announcing its appearance , we reserve it for more extended notice . . The third volume of Messrs . Longman ' s cheap edition of Lord Macaulay ' s History of England has this week appeared . Possessors of former editions will probably find it necessary to interline them with the new notes and references . Mrs . Matthew Hall ' s volume on The Royal Princesses of England from the Reign of George the First , published by Mr . Routledge , is , with its prettyportrait of the Princess Royal , so much a book of the day , that we do not delay to announce it . The writer ' s conscientious research and powers of description entitle her book , however , to separate treatment . As a companion to Mrs . Hall ' s historical volume we have a dainty little book , very original in its design . It must be noticed now or never , being simply and purely an elegant ephemeral . This is A Piece of the Royal Wedding Cake , by Mr . H . R . Lumley , published by Mr . William Thomas . It is a little tale—the romance of nonsense , indeed—with satin-lined covers of white enamel , tied in a true lover ' s knot with a silver cord and two silver tassels . Mr . Hardwicke has published his Annual Biography for 1857 , neatly and carefully written by Mr . Edward Walford . The volume is among the most useful and interesting annuals of the past year . It will be followed by another series at Easter , bringing up the biographical obituary to the close A Plea for the Ways of God to Man , by Dr . William Fleming , published by Hamilton , Adams and Co ., is ' an attempt to vindicate the moral government of the world . We can only testify to the accuracy and clearness of the author ' s literary style .

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    THE FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES . The second of the Festival Performances at Her Majesty ' s Theatre consisted of the performance of Baltic ' s charming Rose of Castille , by the Pynb and Harrison- company ; and the farco of Boots at the Swan , by Mr . Robson . Tho etTect of the English opera was a little dimmed by the indisposition of Miss Louisa Pynk , who was labouring under a painful attack of influenza , which , on any ordinary occasion , would have justified an apology , perhaps an absence . Tho fascinating and accomplished prima-donna sang with infinite courage , with quito enough of her wonted brilliancy to convince the audience that any defect was only trunsitory and occasional , and to win the admiration and aj-rnpathy of all her hearers for so pure a tone , so true a method , a taste so delicate and just , an expression so glowing and refined . In the iarce , Mr . Robson was , of course , victorious over the risible nerves of tho most courtly and impassible among the audience ; but the party in the Court Box wore , we doubt , almost as much bewildered as amused by such a diah to set before a Queen , as the representation of a drunken , staggering Roots . On Saturday evening tho entertainment was Bomewhat moro chqlce . Tho stage was restored to its proper denizens—the Italians . Bkj , i , ini ' s ever young and fresh Sonnambulq , was appropriately selected for a Bridal festival ; and in this delicious opera , hallowed to English opera-goers by tho traditions of Maubran , Pkksiani , j EKNir Lind , and Pauline Viaubot Gakcu , Mad Ho . Piccolomini essayed , for the first time in London , tho part of Amina . It would bo idle and ungracious to institute comparisons—indeed any comparison is out of tho question ; suffice it to say that the young Iloso of Sienna was bewitching , and tender and touching as tho peasant maid ; joyous and pathetic by turns , looking as fresh , and melodious as tho music itself . Her acting was swoetly natural and easy in its simple grace , and , with one or two exceptions , hor singing was wisely unambitious , and bird-lilco in its pure abandonment to tho emotion ot tho ¦ scene ^ Bignor-GiuafcTNi-gave-ffrcat-effeot-to-Ztftf ^ a growing tendency in this remarkable singov to drag the tuno and to wutylt doxon tho emphasis of pathetic passages by a drawn-out swootnoss that is only not a drawl . This was ospeciiUly tho caso in tho « Ah , porche non poeao ouinrtil and by no moans contributed to tho beauty of tho air , in spito oltlio exquisite voioo and tho admirable force and facility of tho singer . Signor Uxugmni nas a right to criticism , and may fairly disdain unqualified eulogy . The opora wa 8 followed by a Festival Cantata , tho poetry by Mr . Oxen-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 30, 1858, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30011858/page/19/