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      The Magazines. The Monthlies Are Rapidly...

      most figures by no means embody Milton ' s idea , and certainly would have been repudiated by that sublime yet tender-souled poet . Two of ' Etty ' s celebrated works , " The Syren " and "The Combat , " are very good indeed . The engraving of "Napier , " by R . Artlett , from Adam ' s statue , is -worth the whole charge of this sterling publication . The Ladie 3 Treasury fairly puzzles us—text and illustrations . " The Reaper" is a barefooted damsel apparently in the act of cutting her own throat witli her reaping-hook , squinting lugubriously over her right shoulder at what may be taken for reapers in the . distance , or a convocation of crows over a warm cow-dab . Mr . Charles Kean as Hamlet is certainly not the Charles Kean to be seen bodily at the Princess ' s Theatre , but , nevertheless , he cuts a very respectable figure in the " Treasury . "

      No. 437, August 7, 1858.] The Leader. 78...

      No . 437 , August 7 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 781 - ¦ l ^ j . ^ ' ; . * " ' y ¦ ¦ m \ J Am M ——^ ¦¦ - ¦¦¦ - ' - - -. ¦ i M , , .. ¦„ ... ¦ - ¦ _

      Life Of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck. Life...

      LIFE OF MARY ANNE SCHIMMELPENNINCK . Life of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck , Author of " Select Memoirs of Port Royal , " and other Works . Edited by her relation , Christiana C . Hankin . 2 vols . Longman and Co . Betond the narrow limits of the Moravian sect ., the Society of Friends , and those who take an interest in that small Jansenist settlement in the Netherlands , whose history was written with , a loving hand by our authoress in the " Select Memoirs of Port Iloyal , " few are probably now living who remember Mary Anne Galton , or , under her married title , Mary Aline Schimmelpcnninck . In a certain and not undistinguished stratum of the literary and scientific society of the latter part of the last and

      the commencement of the present century , she lived and moved from her youth upwards : but

      though she numbered amongst her friends such men as Dr . Priestley and Dr . Darwin , and such women as Hannah More and Mrs . Barbauld , she made no mark in literature beyond the piece of religious history before alluded to , the autobiography now before us and two works which are promised to follow these / volumes , " The Principles of Beauty , " and a series of Essays , chiefly upon architecture . Her life was not an eventful one ; she lived with her parents until lier marriage with Mr . Schimmelpenninck-, after -which a family estrangement occurred in consequence of a

      dispute aboxit some property ; her husband failed as a Bristol shipping merchant ; their means were reduced , and their way of life considerably changed ; her husband eventually died , and she lived a widowtill she joined him in the grave , on the 29 th of August , 1856 . This is a summary of the incidents which the present " Life" has to lay before us , one volume being an autobiography , and the other a biographical sketch and letters . The editor of the two volumes and the compiler of the biographical sketch , Christiana C . Hankin , regrets the abrupt termination of the " autobiography" at the end of the first volume , and readers of taste and judgment will be disposed to asrree

      with her . The biographical sketch is faithfully , carefully , and conscientiously compiled , with a view to develop the religious side of Mrs . Schimmelpenninck ' s character ( the only thing left for an editor of a life of such limited incident to do ) , and the letters are also judiciously selected for that purpose , but there are wanting the easy grace of a simple , unaffected style , and the quiet , but graphic pictures of a rich Quaker's household seventy years ago , which make the " autobiography" so charming to those who are wearied with the ; more ambitious , and far less pleasing productions that are continually forced before the critical and reading world . The strong vein of poetry that runs through the book , and appears at frequent intervals upon the surface , is not tflTTAllfll V *> miri fiVvf imQIlTA lin ^ nnon if -10 fynmtlnn nn uiiuusLVG ana oorrusiveuecause it is genuine

      , , , catholic , and tolerant , and free from proselytism and the assumption of sanctity . The society that she mingled with during her youth , and residence under Tier parents' roof , was the most distinguished in and around Birmingham , where her father had an interest in a large business ; and although the Galtons were a Quaker family of strict principles , their most intimate friends wero the Berringtons , who wore ltoman Catholics , Dr . Priestly , the Unitarian , and Dr . Darwin , the professed and somewhat ostentatious infidel . A . faithful record of a childhood and youth passed within the calm circle of a pious , refined , and wealthy family ; a picture of the gradual progress of a young mind under the influence of a liberal , but home education ; A career devoid of passion , where the little sorrow

      that came was borne with trained religious meekness and fortitude , and where the personal deprivation consequent upon an altered state of circumstances never jeacbed higher than the breaking up of a cosily establishment with carriages and servants , to live a quiet existence in some of the most beautiful places in the west of England ; a cherished intercourse with , many worthy and talented , friends ; a renunciation of the Quaker faith and a reception into the Moravian Church , —such is the life of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck . It will fill its allotted place in literature—a place not so unimportant as many imay be apt to suppose—and by reason of its charm of style , and its pictures of a sect who do not come very often before the reading public , will secure a circulation eTen beyond the world of Quakers and Moravians .

      Handbook To Oxford. Handbook For Visitor...

      HANDBOOK TO OXFORD . Handbook for Visitors to Oxford . Illustrated b } ' 128 Woo < lcuts byJewitt , and 28 Steel Plate 3 by Le Keux . New Edition- j . H . and J . Parker . This liandsome volume , with wliich are incorporated a considerable number of the steel and wood engravings so familiar to those who are acquainted with Dr . Ingrain ' s Memorials , will be found a very charming souvenir of a trip to Oxford by many of the birds of passage whose longest sojourn among her courts and . bowers is very often limited to a summer ' s day or two . The compiler has judiciously confined himself , with , this idea , no doubt , to the University proper , not touching- upon the thick-crowding- associations connected with the town .

      Advjelntuites In Ca.Ffiia.Ria. Adventure...

      ADVJElNTUItES IN CA . FFIIA . RIA . Adventures of Mrs . Colonel Somerset in Cajfruria during the War . Edited by J . D . Fenton . J . F . Hope . We are as incredulous as that worthy Bishop , who , after reading " Gulliver ' s Travels , " declared that lie did not believe in their truth . We do not beliere in Airs . Colonel Somerset , we dp not believe in her adventaves , notwithstanding- the familiar names of Macomo and Sandillah , and we therefore hand over the book to readers who are not so sceptical as ourselves .

      The Chess-Boakd Of Life. The Chess-Board...

      THE CHESS-BOAKD OF LIFE . The Chess-board of Life . By Quis . J . Blackvood . The author in his preface says , " Will you recommend me to your friends and acquaintance , and will you , when you go into society , maintain that I am the cleverest writer of the day ? If you be a man of wit I ' m sure you will answer yes , if goodnatured , of course you will not say no ; but if you be neither one nor the other I have nothing to say to you . ' Like the author , we fear -we must say we are " neither one nor the otlier , " and decline , in like manner , to have anything to say to Quis .

      Books Received This Week. Ttgt/S Firti B...

      BOOKS RECEIVED THIS WEEK . Ttgt / s Firti Booh of Geography for Children . Designed for the Use of Families and Schools , with Engravings Tegg and Co . Tegg ' s Second Book far Children . Designed for the Use of Schools and Families , with Engravings . Tcgg and Co . The Adventures of Mrs . Colonel Somerset in Caffraria . J .. F . Hope . The Privateer . By C . Stone . J . T . Hope . Recollections of a Visit to the United States . Edinburgh T . Constable .

      Bertha fiarley . By L . II . B . James Blackwood . Common Sense . A Poem . Rlountcnstle . The Private Journal of the Marquess of Hastings . K . G . 2 vols . Saunders and Otley . Origin of the Scottish Languuge . Edinburgh : Nitnmo . JIurnboldt's Cosmos . Vol . V . H . G . Boiin . Hook for a Corner . ByLoigh Hunt . H . G . Bolm . A New Compendium of Ancient History , Geography , and Chronology . By T . Slater . Longman and Co . Frnmleigh Hall . A Novel . 8 vols . Hurst and lilackett .

      Intension Ob" This Metropolitan Er,Kctiu...

      INTENSION OB" THIS METROPOLITAN Er , KCTIU 0 TbI . Eqrapii . —Workmen are now busily engaged in extending the wires of the electric telegraph f rom Lothbury to Rc-gcnt-stroet . It is said to bo the intention of tho diroctors to establish two new stations upon tlie route , one at tho now brunch poat-ofHco at the corner of SoutHnmpton-atrcet , High Holborn , and tho other at tho branch situated in Old Cavendish-street , Oxford-street , near to the Court-houso , Murylebono-lano . One-fourth of the outdoor work ia already completed .

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      Her Majesty's Theatre—The Don Giovanni ,...

      Her Majesty ' s Theatre—The Don Giovanni , in all but perfect entirety , attracted a , large audience on Saturday last . Madame Titiens , whose appearance recalled the grand portraits of Vandyck or Lely , acted , sang , and looked beautifully as Elvira . Her " Non mi dir" was magnificent ; but it appeared to us that the Piecolomini , as Zerlina , was perhaps a little too artificial . Gatxery of Illustration : Mr . axi > Mbs . German Heed . —The close of the dramatic season has induced these enterprising artists to reinforce their bill of fare by the addition of various new songs and characters The

      . romping hoiden of Mrs . Reed is an excellent delineation of maid-servant life . We are strongly reminded of the Thackeray ballads ancl Policeman X in the ditty of the lovelorn maid-ofall-work , which draws art encore on every occasion of its performance . Mr . German Reed is excessively entertaining in the medley-song with-which he beguiles the intervals in his gifted partner ' s varied performance . Crystal Palace . —Mr . Benedict ' s second festival concert , on Friday , the 30 th of July , attracted no less than 11 , 000 visitors , and was a decided success , the programme having been reasonably curtailed from its former enormous length . The overture to

      Gmllaume Tell -was admirably executed . Mr . Sims Reeves was heard " to perfection in the impressive composition known as " Mattin Luther ' s Hyrnn , " and Miss Pyne , although indisposed , executed the most popular morceau from the Crown Diamonds of Auber with her usual admirable facility . That unrivalled pianiste , Arabella Goddard , played an accompanied choral fantasia in Tier own irreproachal ) le style , and the celebrated Macbeth music of grant ! old Matthew Liocke wus as ranch admired as ever . A ballad , entitled "Who shall be fairest ? " procured an enthusiastic encore for Mr . Sims Reeves , and this

      valuable singer , with Mr . "Weiss , infused all tlieir power into the "To arms ! Britons , strike home '' of Purcell .- — On Thursday the new- picture-gallery at the Crystal Palace was opened for private view , and we have to congratulate the directors upon this great addition to the already varied attractions of their splendid enterprise . We shall take an early opportunity of reporting at some length upon the collection of British and foreign pictures exhibited , as well as upon the very interesting series of photographs , photographic portraits and busts , removed from , various parts of the building ; .

      . The RoYAt Surrey Gabdeks , under the very able management of Mr . E- T . Smith , continues to attract the transpontine public and great nunVbers from this side to whom the late hours of the now fashionable Cremorne are inconvenient . It is , perhaps , a needless expense to have an outdoor dancing platform in addition to the ball in the grand salle , but by this means the crowd of visitors is certainly divided and all have the opportunity of enjoyment . The opera recitals are an excellent idea as affording all the pleasure of delightful music to the Surrey million whom circumstances debar from visiting the distant haunts of music on this side the water . On the occasion of . our visit we heard a selection from Linda di Chamouni , supported by artists of no less repute than Madame Persiani , Madame Pomar ,

      Signor Naudin , and Mr . Charles Braham , led by the talented young conductor , Signor Vianisi , and Mr . George Hayward . Madame Persiani and Signor Naudin were encored in the duet , " Da quel di , " in their best style , and the latter artist found scope in "Linda!—si retirb" for the best part of his register . Madame Pomar was very successful in Alexander Lees ' s " Scottish Blue-bells , " as was also Miss Laura Baxter in the beautiful and romantic " CaraLuoghi " of Donizetti . The Zctmpa overture , perhaps the most ; popular of its class , was well played at the opening of the third part , and the most genuine encore of the evening was extended to Miss Laura Baxter ' s rendering of the ever charming " Where the Bee Sucks . " We liavo sufficiently indicated that the entertainment offered by Mr . Smith is of a high class and merits extensive patronage .

      Mr . and Mrs . Howard Paul ., at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly , commenced on Monday their pleasing entertainment called Patchwork . This production , contrary to usual custom , has received its impersonation in the provinces , where it has been exceedingly successful . It consists of About a dozen characters , half of which nre performed by the lady and half by the gentleman . The most successful of Mrs . Paul ' s were the Irish Nursemaid ( a capital pieco

      of personation ) and Miss Gmhington , a lady who recites the story of her infatuation with a French count , who turned out to l > o a shoplifter , and , what the lady thought was worse , a journeyman biscuitbakor . Mr . Paul is clover in his impersonations , and as a Poor 11 elation and as n very old gentleman of tho very olden time , was extremely successful . Mrs , Paul's fine voice ie a great aid to her , and altogether Patchwork is likely to take its place amongst work of a more pretentious kind .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1858, page 781, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_07081858/page/21/