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      Post octavo , »• ., YEAS T : A PRO BLEM . Keprinted , vhh Additions and Alteration * , from ** Fraser's Magazine . " " It is powerful , earnest , ( eeliaf , and eloquent , the production of a man acquainted with rfcwtty , who . has looked eio « e ! y upon its various classes , and has thfe p >> wer of reading the signs of the times . "—Spectator . , London : John W . Murker , West Strand . . t 1 ,

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      Just published , in one thiek vol . post 8 vo ., oloth , 12 s ., T T A L Y I N lt . 4 8 . By L . Marioiti X Author of " IUly . liMtaAd Present , " * c . ' " The style is powerful , eimttttnt , pigrammatic . ... It is not only a work of great intenpt * » u an enduring' piece of historyhitherto the only history «/» l »« e | kruggles that has assumed anything like completenesiv ^^ pMWdarr . 'What the Koman Chutttfcw . wtiat Italy is suffering ; why her efforts at throwing off the jwkft naVe as yet been unsuccessful , and how ripe her oppressed ( MM * are for action , are all developed in this book with a fotm sjaj ^ ngour that are deeply interestiug . " "" London : * Ch » pm «« tittd Hall , 1 & 3 , Piccadilly .

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      Just published , in one thick IBM . Jtost 8 vo ., with a Portrait . 12 s , \ 7 triLLlAM : PE > TN : » n Historical Biography . V ? From new Source *; With an Extra Chapter on the " Macaulay Chargres : " By WlLUAM Hepwobth Dixon . " Withiri the coinpaM ol octavo volume Mr . Dixou has compressed agreajt variety of fikote , many original , and all skUfully ai ranged so a » to prouttot » n authentic mural portrait of his hero . The literary , saerj ^ Of the volume include preat research , and a narrative at onitifronsecutiie and vivid .. . lttnnkes an u . ideniabkj exposure of bMllders committed by Mr . Mseaulay in reference to its hero , ^ Moh will go iar lo compromise his character as-a historian . " -jmena'um . " In the I ' ulSlment of hisiltfli Mr . Dixon ha 3 displayed « reat industry and jreat ability . He has judiciously * ekcied ihe essential facts tkitbear upo » the life of Pt-nn ; gkilfuUy ai-ninsrud them ; and presented them in a narrative of much vigour and rarlety . "— Spectator . . London : Chapman and . Hall , 193 , Piccadilly .

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      A FEW OF THE CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS . ' Within a small compass we have h . re pothered together all "A little volume carefully compiled / j « » a »* f « n tf 1 j |^ S ? , ff that is interesting- in connection with the great undertaking of information upon the several points set forth in its title-page , the present year—an undertaking which must form a most im- Notes and Queries . ¦ . nari-a Plant chapter in the world ' s hisVy . We are bound to say that ' This book gives , in a concise a » f a J ^ ff ^ n n ne _ _ a ^ , " the work has been judiciously done , and the result is a very sa- live of the progress of the scheme lp «« rdB tontton . •" J *? & tisfactory review of all that has been effected in the way of In- count o' the building . The account is put together pleasantly , dustrial Exhibitions up to the present time . In the history of and makes a pretty book . —Hie Builder . v .-hiv in previous Exhibitions those of the Polytechnic Institution of " This volume , whieh unostentataoaslytreatson the Mg ^ in-Manchester , andoiherlarge towns , and even the Exhibition of the teresting subjects indicated in the title , is baaedjou' «««« ™ , Mechanics' Institution at Devonport , come in for their fair share unimpeachable value . All speculation has beer . ¦ wisely avoided of ^ praise "—Lilerarti Gazette and its pages present an unvarnished history of one of the jnost "Gilb ut ' s Popular Narrative of the Exhibition . — extraordinary undertakings which the history of the ^ worJd can With this title a small work has just been published , written by boast : extraordinary in tho fact of the people of ^ this little wiana Mr . Peter Berlyn , from authentic and official sources , tracing the challenging the population of the universe to meet on its ishores ori-in , hi . tory , and progress , and pointing to the prospects of the with specimens of their several productions and in dustry , and Great Exhibition . The author has carefully avoided all specula- extraordinary in the magnuade , decidedly niot « I , ami inconceivtiou and gossip on the subject , aod has applied himself with very ably rapi . l erection ol the ^'' . ^^/^^ HnnaT / iracl ' d bwk considerable anility to the statement and elucidation of all those history «» f every ^ description of similar exhibit ons is traced back facts , derived from authentic records , which bear upon the pro- to its source ; those of Manchester . Bu-ming am . wndon , and gressof this most important natiouil movement . Many inte- France are minutely recorded , the growing intelest which follestinsr facts are treated in connection with previous expositions lowed every subsequent exposition ¦ t » to " !^ fft de ! f" ^ - »™ which have taken place on the Continent and iuthis country . and every detail connected with the Koyal ComniKSion , the arrange , the difficulties with which , upon its first announcement , the pre- ments . the building , future rules throughouta space of JO > 0 pages , sent undertaking had to con-end , and the means by which the and finishing with a list of the local committees , conveys- a , vivid executive were enabled to overcome them , are clearly and con- and correct picture of this vast national undertaking . — Mmmg 8 ecutively stated . The work also contains some valuable st : i- Journal . .. ' „ .. * * u « , j (^ u - » .-,.. tistical and other information connected with the building , and " The great event of the present year-the ™™ W ] f « m «» copies of the most recent of the regulations issued by the exe- mirabflu-wor \ d ~ vridc w its fame , world-wide in its result ^ »* , cutive . " —Mornin" Chronicle certain to call into existence a legion of pamphlets , essays , and Thelittlevohune before us has fair claim to its title of a disquisitions , more or less distinguished by the capability ol Narrative of the Inhibition . It Commences with an account of their rospectvve authors ( either from natural capacity or pecusuch Uritish and Foreign Exhibitions as may be supposed to have liarity of position ) to deal m a condensed yet comprehensive led to the idea of the great international show of industry to be form with matter so hete . oacneous as that ^ contained within a held in the present year . The littl work also contains a complete treatise on the Great Exhibition of I 8 al . Of the works already account of how the world ' s industrial products have come to be published , and prpfessmg to treat ol this gigantic undertaking housed it ! the present building ; gives all the rules at . d orders of in its national , social , scientific , aud artistic light , we have not theCoinmissiopers and Executive Committee ; special instructions met with on « so completely pervaded by a spirit of . universality to colonial and foreign exhibitors md ciutom-houae authorities ; as this book of Mr . Berlyn . s . In matters ot det « l and relaUou names of authorized a-ents for foreign countries ; custom-house its narrative is explicit aud hioid : where he has touched on the agents recommended by the Royal Commissioners ; and such history of an art or a manufacture he i 3 correct in his data ; and other information as renders it a really useful volume of practical in tracingthe Exhibition to its true source , he has displayed a information to all exhibitors and visitors at the Exhibition . "— highly philosophical insight into the spir . it of the age . Within Expositor . the pages of his boook will be found a f . nthiul record of the most "A PoruLAR Nauuitive of tiir Great ExinniTiON" was important meetings of the Royal Commissioners , as wellas those reallv ne .-ded explainin ? its whole histoi y from its first concep- convened Uy the corporations of citits , fcy societies . or by private tion " in the l ' rince Consort ' s brain , and Mr . Berlyn ' s book has individuals for the furtherance ol ( he great work in hand . To amply supplied the need . It is a very smart little volume , and these is appended a verbatim report of the speeches delivered at the writer is duly impressed with the grandeur of his theme . "— these meetings by . the distinguished men who were invited to Guardian . ' preside oVerthem ; and the enlightened , liberal , and hopeful " A work that was wanted . It puts the public in full possession spirit which pervades their addresses , forms a cheerful contrastofeveryiotaofiiitelligenceiiiconnectionwithiheGreat Exhibition to the ominous predictions of certain political and theological worth having , and has some very sensible re-marks on the pros- fanatics . After a full discussion of what may be ; termed the peels of home exhibitors , especially at the forthcoming-display , business portion of the subject . Mr . Berlyn closes his excellent It is indispensable to all interested in the subject . " — Church anil little book with a brief but eloquent and comprehensive con-Statc Gazette sideration of the beneficial results which -are likely to accrue " We can hardly speak too highly of this elegant and useful from this great national undertaking , not only to ourselves but little volume . Mr . Berlyn has done his part admirably , and the mankind in genera ! .. "—Weekly Aewt . publisher ha 3 seconded him in the business department no less ¦ We do not get outof our provinces- ; horticultural journalists satisfactorily . All the floating- and disconnected accounts that in noticing ; a little work recently issued by Mr . Gilbert , of Paterhave hitherto been brought before the public from time to time , nester-row . Our friends in the provinces will do well to study are here collected and arranged in a very popular and lucid beforehand as many of the probable incidents of this trip as posmauiier . while a mass of fresh information , entirely new and sible ; and though innumerable hints and tabular descriptions authentic , renders this book the ' only complete compendium of of the Exhibition building have been issued , we have not had the Exhibition in all its bearings . The contents fully justify anything before like a connected history of the great project itthe ample title , and in thi 3 fact lies more of eulogy than columns self . The work before us is called ' A fdpular Narrative of tho of praise could say . "—Leigh Hunt ' s Journal . Origin , History , Progress , and Prospects of the Great Industrial '•¦ Little works upon the above aubjeot will become highly Exhibition of 1851 ; ' and we think tlio author , Mr . Berlyn , has popular from tho very necessity of the euse , and consequently treated his subject in perfect accordance with his title . More that which the public must chiefly look for amidst all the com- than this it ia quite unnecessary to say as to the merits of the petition that will ensue , will be correctness and compactness work ; but we may just notice that the ' getting-up' has evi-Qoinbiued with economy . The above-mentioned little book dently been entrusted to careful liaudd . The binding ia neat appear * to combine every requisite information regarding the and t isteful , and besides a ground plan , a lithographic perapec-JCxliibiti . ui from first to last . Ha clever compilation , tasteful tive view of the building ia given . "—Gardener and Pariritrs ' foxni , quantity and variety of information , and the dependence Journal . tliut may be placed upon it for coi rectueuu , combine with its " A neatly printed volume on the History of the Exhibition ; it eaily appearance to render it one of the most valuable hand- is a careful dijfeet of all the documents which the Cominia 8 ion « M bookB that are likely to be generally used . "—Weekly Dispatch . have issued . "—Evening Express . " A weH-arniii { j »' d , clt ! : » r , and concise hund-booK to thia wonder " Mr . Gilbert ' s book ia an elegant book ; it contains a wellof this world , in which is traced its origin , progress , and prospects , condensed nummary on the subject . "— -Tablet . in a pleading and interesting manner . Thin must have been a " A gaily boarded little volume , nattily emblazoned on thd outmost ( liHlcult laak , as the materials out of which he has formed side with colours , with a tinted frontispiece of the Glae » House his narrative art ; ho widely scattered , that it requires some one from the same familiar aspect . It is dedicated to Prince Albert , who perfectly and profoundly understands thir subject ( us we are and contains an elaborate introduction , in which the by-past c > nvinei-cl thu author docs ) to collect and arraniri" them in so expositions of Paris , Birmingham , Manchester , Dublin , See ,, are utibfiietory a manner . The ladies also will hail this work with duly noticed . It in , as a whole , a neat mode of preserving all the pleasure , because , though containing every information on the ' printed goBnip' an well uh weightier report * of Comraivsioners ¦ ubJL'ct . it ia at the Hame tiniu li ^ l . t , interesting , and infinitely relating to the preparations of the shell of the Exhibition . "superior to the diy and prosy Htyle usually adopted in ni . nilar Morning . Advertiser . works . It id tastefully illustrated , lian an elegant f . mcy binding , " A valuable and elegant introduction to the Great Industrial and forms a guide-book either for thu library or the pockot . " — Exhibition . It contain * much lucid information , lucidly aud Lady's Newspaper . : arefully arranged . "—Christian Times .

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      mgtjMLy published , in one vol . 8 vo ., price 9 s ., THE SABBATH ; or , an ExiiniiiHttcii of the 8 ik iS » it # * Sttna » nly adduced from the New Testament , iu Proof Of a ChrUUfcn Sabbath . By a Layman . AUbj lUMfee saiic Author , 8 vo ., pi ice Is ., THE MOSJpP'SABBATM ; or , an Inquiry into the supposed Prettibi Obligation of the Sabbath of the . Fourth Commandment . ; tu The Author ' s objift in the two works above mentioned is not to discountenance Ink religious observances of the Sunday . It is to show that titUfj . salutary institution is of human , and not directly of Divln # , dMgin ; consequently , that it cannot be a sin againrt God to do Work on that day ; aud that the attempt of the over-righteotli . ttniong us to put down all work whatever , however U « eful , 6 t the Sunday , is , on any religious grounds , wholly unju « tirta 6 W f OPlftWHi mf THK PRESS ON " THE SABUATH . " " A very able di « 4 faisition on tins subject . "—Westminster Beview for October ] VUQ . ' ¦ " A very elalMffHtft controversial , critical , and miuute examination of tne Bit . 'filte which are supposed to justify the Sunday observance . _ . . " Thii if a daitfif-reasoncd , well-written work , composed in a sflirJt worthy of tm solemn theme it treats . " —Economut of June 29 , mo . . 6 r <« IONS OF * HK PREfS ON "THE MOSAIC SABBATH . " " An able pamphlet , well deserving public attention . "—/ Fextminlter Review Jot October , 16 . 00 . . " Here is a tluie treatise of fifty pages which completely and for over settle ! Jme whole question , and which lias all the rigotOU * demonitr » tX 6 n that the quc-tion admits . We cordially commend this tri > mie . " -The Leader of September 14 . 18 f ) 0 . . ChafllOun and Hall , 193 , Piccadilly . London .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 5, 1851, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1877/page/24/