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      New Novels. Confidences. By The ^R Of "K...

      NEW NOVELS . CONFIDENCES . By the _^ r of "Kita . " -Smith , Elder _indco JlXlAM COPLEY . ByJ . Cody _Jcffreson ; author of _-novels and Novelists , " and "Owe Bi e e , " 3 _vols .- -Hurst and Blackett . . WHO IS TO HAVE IT ? A novel , by the author of " The Netherwoods of Otterpool . "—George _Koutledgc and Co . . A MOTHER'S TRIAL . By the author of"The Discipline of Life , " " The Young lord , " & c , & c—Hurst and Blackett . S S EARSAFTEK > _ATale-JohnHehryandJames -nrr ' _i-u a 2 . 1 _xi i spokein ver ,. high ieno ,. rfpraji of the _autWs _dences- " althouffh we think rtbvfai ' the best work _* 7 _u ? aituougn we minK it _oy iai tne _oest worK of the two . But it is perhaps hardly fair to draw a w _^ _Sirverv _^ _dfffeiSft Syt es _™ _!? « Rit 5 » lit written m yery _dittejent styles . In Kita the author employs the pen of A woman writing her own life ; in " Confidences the writer assumes the pen of a philosophical clergyman . The _^ best idea we can give the reader of the work before us , is to suppose the celebrated philosopher m Goldsmith ' s _Citizen of the World transformed into the Rev . Herbeit . Esdaile _^ curate of Asluord . The first part of the work is written in letters by Mr . Esdaile to his . sister theBaroness Schonbura , at _^ Presden . In this correspondence _tlie curate gives a full length portrait of all the notabilities of Ins . parish . As he is a man of vast sympathies , very enlightened _^ [ views ,. and a great love for his kind , and having withal pecu- _^ fi _^ . frmu _^ _B _^ _nfe j _^^ duu _^ t _^ _it may be imagined that liis letters are pregnant vnth philosophical reflections on modern society _; e _^ where _^ _SsivS _^ _^ _^ eveiywnere , nears every one s anairs , _ nom otr Richard Ashford down to John + _Hui-st , the infidel , He pointsput their foibles with the peniof aGold- smith aiid never breaks _« ut into wud diatribes on society becaus _^ it is not exactly as he wishes it . Generally speaking , ire : are not partial to novels when the narrative is told in letters ; we _malce an exception , however , in favour of " . Confidences , " be- cause the tale is only the second consideration . The writer would have found it rather difficult to have put all his crude remarks and philosophising in the mouth of one character , if toil in the nar ° _rativeform ; andin such a case he . could nothave _SS _^ _fJSld _^^^ _i _^^ manner of any novel we have read for years past 1 and we _rulvd all our reader , to send to Bull's , and get it at once , _ayuring them that tbey will be heartily pleased with its perusal . " Miriam Copley" iS a peculiar novel . It is very clever , but it is also very faulty . _ Mr . Jeaflresou . has made the beat use of his materials , but lie has selected all his characters from one class of persons , They are all selfish , over-reaching people , and would not do a follow creature a good turn , if to do so would in the least inconvenience themselves . Had there been a nearer balance of good and evil _depicted in its pages , the impression lefl after reading it would be far more satisfactory to _§ the reader . As it is , one suspeots the author of looking on society _^ from either a jaundiced _eyo , or a very narrow point of view . The aim of the ; tvovk is to show that people rubbing shoulderei with , and tripping up their neigh- bours , and _practising nil sorts ot _' viUaniesjust with- out the pale of the law ore not the most happy , and that wealth , power , and position will not bring poacoofmind to a dishonourable person . There arc many such persons , and to expose their rottenness is a very fertile theino for the pen of the novelist . Mr . _Jenm-eson has done this in a manly earnestness , _equalin parts to " _VunityFair , " but he has done himself great injustice by only showing the dork side of _sociofy . We arc not advocates of the perfect male and foinalo cliaraotcre that wo generally find _% S £ _F _^^ tho _oontn-t thus _dMjwn mig ht have _, _inaclo the work o < iual to tho best oftho Benson . Mr . Jcaflrc- Bon ' s tono and , stylo may bo gathered fvom tho following small _extract : — " I shall bo pitied—ooinmlsoratlon Is bo plentiful and morcy bo fivanionablo j then ; too , _tho delicacy , and I

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      _refinement , and the aesthetic sensibility , _which will _^ _alioS _^ Hc _^ _aJdrefinfd an 6 _f _^ _oJZ _^ * _^ various aencate andrenned and altogether exemplary _* 3 g _£ _^ _JS i _^^ T _^^^ _" _^ ' _^ T wfi _murd _^ bl _^ d _^ d ' bv _^ 5 _£ _^ t _, _!^ ' S _£ ernly ! _£ „ _™? n £ _« Si _« _^? _iS , £ 2 e ¦ * 5 _E atu _^^ _V _^ _so f _^ Chnstians , to love their children better than _luwr o _™ soius _i " Miriam Copley" is the ablest of Mr . Jeaffre- son's works . When next we meet with him , we hope his ill humour will have worn away , and that he will have a little better opinion of human nature . _« Who is to have it ?» who is to have what ? Why , a nice little estate of sonle three or four _I _^ i _^ _P _^^^^ _^' _"Ke ordinary human beings . Christopher Ruxeley has an adopted daughter , and , having no children himself , he wishes to leave his pro- _ET _* 7 " * ° 5 ? ° ? _*« " _W _?««? _tha _* _«*? m _™* _Gorman Meredith , an illegitimate son , as he thinkg 5 ofhis elder brother . For this purpose he sends for hig old fiiend , Edward Templeton , to draw up his will . Templeton is closeted with the sick man one _niglit to draw up this instrument , but _wlshing to _^ arry Helen hiniself he poisons his friend and forges a wiU that will make the estate of Ferawold come to him if he can play his cards _rifrUt and maiTy Helen To accomplish this he m ° _nages to get her lover Norman _man-ied to _Lilian Craythorp , _¦* mutual friend , to whom the estate goes for a time . He then seeks poor Helen , in the greatest poverty ( he is her guardian ) , assists W inihe mnst _rldirntp mannpr _nnrl _finnllv _h _p . ' ' _cfiS _& o _^^ h _^ e _^ n _^^^^^ _^ vi Hanies explode ; and _tius , through one per- son ' s wickecmess _^ veral are made _imha _^ owner . Most of the characters are well drawn , but on the whole we are not inch " ried to think that " Who-is to ha _^ e it ? " is any improvement on the author ' s previous work , " The Netherwoods of Otterpool . " It will , however , pass muster with most of the novels that _iU-e written to amuse the reader for an houi-or two . _" _AMothcr ' s Trial" is a little work we ran _recoltnTend ' It _iiTe . story of a _motor ' s love fbr , tm _+ i -Q i + a , _^ _"" a on - , x _** , _* f _^ _^ J _^ Zn B _^ \ r a ; , l V ,. Sk _, _? f iCr s _° " to _* e a clergyman . He is hardly _&« _£ _^ _ivfS _? _' _^ _nf v _^ W _^ h _^ _inXr ' TIT SaCr r S h 5 S H T _^ r t 1 _^ _" "I" _! not _^ c _™* f s 1 C _Passes 1 _^»» , b ¦ _»* _^^ > e _gJ _^ W on _^ _Jrti _^ h _^ _hbiSrt _^ _SZ' _£ « _«^> _™ J _»^ TLT _^ him Jo _^ remainin the V y of clergyman . He therefore _* a ; abro « i as _^^ _sioLry t _^ find a larger field for ius labour . The clnnatc and over-work soon tell Ou nature , never vary strong , and he returns home , to live only just long enough to see his mother , Such is " A Mother ' s Trial . " The work breathes purity and refinement in every page , and convinces the reader that the writer is a lady of great accoin- plishments . ' « Some Years After" is tlio story of woman ' s Mb prettiiy aml unaffectedly told . It possesses , no _^« J ver a fault which may considerably dninngc its c ] iances _< vf sueccss _oinon" - that class of persons for wnom it _^ s intended , an 5 that fault is the ex- tremc _length to which the story is drawn out . We _reco _^ _mefd O m- readers , however , to endeavour to _reftti _; t throuffh : the purpose is excellent , and they _wui fmd in it every phase of woman's life depicted by a person who has well studied the subject on _w"jj , i ci , si , e writes . J

      _ Christianising India. By A Christian M...

      _ Christianising India . By a Christian Minister . — Blmpkta , _ftarduU _M « rOo . t . _, _, _Tu « writer disapproves of teaching tho Hindoos the Christian religion by means of the _Athanasian creed and other methods considered orthodox . Nevwtlio- _% _*&" «** _£ _i _^ _ollcctually and morally canal- _^^ _^^ f Am aml Jnstnictim . _ Smk , Eld ftIJ «( _< TnR articiOs in this number (()) on " Potor tho Great , " •' _Maldiiff Telegraphs , " and " Latitudp mid Longitude , " are of obvious utility , and J . I 10 genorul contents are of morlt .

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      About Jamaica : its Bast , its Present , and its Future A _^ Robert Emery . ' " _***> _"" _^ Z Eva * t A pamphlet written to remind us that thp _interMtR £ . _** Briti _^ _^ _nists « _j ? _idtn ti _cSti t _^ our _^ own Th _«? anci P ated negroes , it seems , have not proved _S ood labourers - The _want of labour operates as a cause of the decay of the island . An increase of population is required ; the author , therefore , argues for an Immigration Bill . We think he is right . _2 Y ' e French Correspondent . By I * . Kottelle , B . A . —Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . Selections from the letters and specimens of the ft _^ _aSS _^ e _? 1 _^* " _^ Th _^ wili P rove _uSe " ra ,, v „/ r ,. _j h ,. a _* i t _> „ _ . , . —Birmingham : Cornish Brothers . There is considerable vivacity and lyrical talent in these modest effusions . 7 * _'al _** CDt m Cta « _oi «« i _« ,, « . Z _^/ o _* H . _^ _fcrf , . a poem . By Mr . John Bull , Jun . W . Kent and Go This is put forth as the 2 nd part of the 2 nd edition of a poem , which satirises church , law , physic , army , navy , fine arts , science , and literature . The verses are very unskilfully constructed . _^ n English _Education ; What it Means , and How it mau be Carried Out . By the Rev . George IliiF—• _^ Bell and Daldy . __ Tms 1 S a second edition of a small but meritorious essa _^ ' _' The Historical Magazine ; and Notes and Queries , concerning the Antiquities , History , and Biography t' _^ _f 1 _^ " 7 ' 1859 _- -New York : -Ci B . T Jiichardson - ' _SKSeJ _^ _SsaSe _» read by P P H Hall _before By a Scene Shifter . T . C . _Newhy . We counsel the author to stick to his _scene-shiftog , and not again to attempt scene-writing . History and Properties of the Different _Varieties of Natural _GuaLs . ByJ . C . Nesbit , F . G . S _^ & c . — Eogerson and Tuxford . Tire pamphlet professes to contain analyses of all the different varieties of guano wlvich have been J _™^ * _" *> this _countrv _*»™ _S the . last eight or ten years . Kingston ' s Magazine for Boys , No . 4 , continues the tflJe Q _- / the _^ £ niicls [ lipme i _(; and c ' ontains t , ight _tSSX _** _" _*** _™ _-adahle _, _, ntertaiuing ,, aad _^ _-li « S the usual vari e ty of articles of * . average merit-nono that claims special notice . Ludi _^ Treasu > _^ N ° _" 28 ' is _^^^ _™ _*«**»& a " d _™^ _™ e _^ e _" _™ ° M t 0 _^ . . _^ f _"/™ H _£ ll 1 . ? rca 4 _v _^& _nffin _tSS _» _J" _^ _iuStSfoS . 8 _; % ImX Adt _" 9 _% nd _" co ! _^ subiocts arc Dietrich's " Itinerant _Musicians , " am j f _$ _- n , j Osliua Itoynold's " Infant Academy . " Both are capitally executed . Baby May , and other Poems on Infants . By TV . C . Bennet . Chapman and Hall _, Tins' reprint- " of several well-known poems will be welcome to thq author ' s admirers . A Guide to Typography . By Henry Beadnell , Printer . F . Bowerbig . No . 8 of-an important and useful treatise . Moore ' s National Airs . Edited by Charles William Glover . No 1 . Longman & Co . Tins is the copyright edition , and contains ton ot these excellent lyrics . Weekly Magazine . — " Part IV . embraces theicontents of four numbers . The talo of " Harry Montford' \ is continued and illustrated s and several ot the miscellaneous papers are interesting .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 11, 1859, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/sldr_11061859/page/11/