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      countries the arts are mainly exercised to gratify the tastes of the few ; with * ° ^ supply the wants of the many . There , the wealth of a province is absorbed ^ % W dress of a mighty W-arrior ; here , the gigantic weapons of the peaceful potentate sed to provide clothing for the world . For that which makes it suitable that ** ninery constructed on a vast scale , arid embodying enormous capital , should be W in mantifiu ? ture , is that the wares produced should be very great in quantity W ttiat the smallest advantage in the power of working , being multiplied a million-4 Md shall turn the scale of profit ,-: And thus such machinery is applied when wares ' manufac tured for a vast population ;—when , millions upon millions have , to be ^ 'M-hed or fed , or ornameutpd , or pleased , with the things so produced . I have t d [ one say / who had extensively and carefully studied the manufacturing esta-TVMnnents of ' this country , that when he began his survey he expected to find the

      st subtle and refined machinery applied to the most delicate and beautiful kind ^ f work—to gold and silver , jewels , and embroidery : but that when he came to ¦ ° jjjg he found that these works were mainly executed by hand , and that the eX .. e xquisite and the most expensive machinery was brought into play where rations on the most comnjon materials were , to be perfornied , because these ° re to be executed on the widest . scale . And this is when coarse and ordinary wares are manufactured for the many . ; , This , therefore , is the meaning of the vast d as tonishin 0 " prevalence of machine-work in this country : — -that the machine a ith its million fingers works for millions of purchasers , while in remote countries , where magnificence arid savagery stand side by side , tens of thousands work for

      , one There Art labours for the rich alone ; here she works for the poor no less . There the multitude produce Qnly to give splendour and grace to the despot or the warrior whose slaves they are , and whom they enrich ; here the man who is powerful in the weapons of peace , capital and machinery , uses them to give comfort and enioyriierit to the public , whose servant he ^ , is , arid thus becomes rich * while he ^ enriches o thers with his goods . If this be truly the relation between the condition of the arts of life in this country arid in those , others , may We not with reason and with gratitude say that we have , indeed , reached a point beyond theirs in the social ¦¦

      progress of nations ? " / , ' ... '• . ,. 'This principle of democratization must be extended beyond Art and Manumctul-es . If Through the ages one increasing purpose runs , And the thoughts of men are widened by the process of the suns , " "that purpose indubitably is to make Humanity one Brotherhood . There is also aninteresting Lecture by Professor Owen , on the Haw Materials front the ^ Lyon Playfair , on the Chemical Principles involved in ike Manufactures , as indicating the necessity for an Industrial Education ; one try- Professor Lindleyv on Substances used as Food ; and others by Sir H , de la Beche , Jacob Bell , Edward Solly ^ Itev . B . Willis , J . Glaisher , H . Hinsman , ProfessorrRoyle , and Captain Washington . A good index is added .

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      jpALFOTJR'S ¦ BOTANY . Class-Book of Botany , Being an Introduction totlie Study oftheVegetable ^ Kingdom . ByJ . H . Balfour , M . D . A . and C . Black . This is the first part of an elaborate work on Vegetable Orgariography , or the Anatomy of that vast and varied domain of Nature ' s activity called the Vegetable World—a subject of intense interest to the student of the iiws of Life , and one which even the Botanist , in the mdre popular and restricted sense of the term , will find investing his pursuit with a new and quite infinite source of enioyment . This Part is complete m itself , and comprises Structural and Morphological Botany . It embraces an account of the Elementary Structure of Plants , such as microscopic observation has revealed : an account of the Nutritive Organs and of the Reproductive

      Organs : thus embracing the descriptive anatomy of the vegetable world , : and the various morphological transformations of tissues and organs , lne whole is illustrated with upwards of 1000 woodcuts , some of them ex-Ia the execution of this task , Professor Balfour has displayed the most intimate and extensive acquaintance with all that has been ascertained by native and foreign investigators , and has thus brought his text up to the latest discoveries . At the end of each section , the results are recapitulearned

      lated , so that the student may " take stock" of what he has just ; -and copious references to the writings of the best authorities are also added to the sections , thus making the book what it pretends to be—a -really useful Manual for Students . For clearness of exposition , felicity ot arrangement , copiousness and exactitude of details , this Class * JJoo / c de-¦ servesi commendation ; but it must bo remembered , that the book is no more intended to be read through , than a work on Anatomy : it is a Manual for the Student , not a picturesque or philosophic survey rapidly introducing the " general reader" into the vegetable world .

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      Reminiscences and Reflections of an Old Operative . Smith and Elder . WE recognise in these pages the pen of a judicious , practical , and benevolent friend of the working class . Our author , a " retired operative engineer , " discusses the questions of the day agitated by Cooperatives and Trade Societies in a manner that entitles him to their best attention . The Gold Regions ofAustralia . By Samuel Mossmajr . W . S . OlT and Co . Mnndaneldral Government . By T Doubleday . W . Blackwood and Sous . Gospel according to Luke . By Rev . J . Clowes , MA . J . S . Hodgson . Cheap Book * , and Sow to Get Them . By John Chapman . J ™ SS " Our New Parish . By H . E . Fourdrinier . W . *«* £ » £ Affbhanistan . By Thomas Anson . 4 £ » " « j ™ ^* JZcture , on the llcsults of the Great Exhibition 0 / I 8 GI . p . KTjndTn ' p ; , 7 i / . / F / W / . mW « Bv . T Moselev Jolin VV . Parker ana bon . SS 5 SSTS& T *! tLT *? John Taylor . Taylor , Walton , andMaberiy . The Story of Nell Gwyn . By Peter Cunningham . S ^ v ^ a * The Autobiography of William Jordan . Vol . I . Arthur Hall , Virtue ^ find Co . VartosevL . ^ Jvaricose Ulcers . By Thomaa William tfunrh Hen ry , Benshavr . The Bookvllivg Question . , ¦ . 7 T Gr ^ nn and Co ' Importance of IAteratare to Men of Business . J >> - « ' ™ n ana uo . MrsTlie . ort ^ the to « Mo * p . W ihe Inhibition of 1851 . MoxonC ? W « C * Family Medical AdvUev . By John Skoltou . ' Addey ^» d C ^ mid ' . Su , Flower : By Alice Georgia . ^ ddoy and Co . The Frog Prince . Addev and Co The Picture Pleasure Book . j ^ gg Zd £ ; ferZ ? s onN aUonal Subjects . By C . Kingly . - „ .. J " J ' GriiHn »* °° ' The Phytiologioal Anatomy and Physiology ( ifMan . By B . B . loiia . ^^ ^ parker and So The Grand Jury . Is it a System which it is Necessary or Desirable to Abolishi By » M ° n » bor of the Middle Temple . liuttorwortu .

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      ^ AY 29 , i ^ 52 . i THE LEADER . ft 9

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      BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . ' Great Truths Illustrated by Great Authors . A Dictionary of nearly Four Thousand Aids to Reflection . W * WJ " 0-This is a drawing-room table book . Turning over its leaves during minutes of Vacancy , will be an entertaining and not unimtruefcive process , lhoro > s much ^ Bdom , nnd many felicitous sayings collected here in an alphabetical order . But We must say the " greatness" of some of thcHe " Groat Authora" has hitherto been u nsuspected ; while the wisdom end truth of eomo of the sentences nro more than dispu table . What say you to great authors named Hare , Babo , W . B . Clulow , Monro , Colton , Sowell , Qroville , and others ? And what arc wo to say to auch aphorisms as this by Hare : — The ultimate tendency of Civilisation is towards Barbariamwhich we take to bo one of the many perversely foolish things called « Guesses » t Truth . " % ho Gospel according to Zuhe . Translated from the original Greek , and illustrated by Jlxtracts from tfacf theological writings of Swcdonborg . By tho Into Hoy . J . OIowob , M . A . Second Edition . h ' J . S . Hodeon . SwiDHNnoiiq- seems to bo reviving agnhi in England . Tho activity of his dis-« plo 8 is worthy of notice ; Hero ' w tho second edition of a translation of tho « o « pol of Luke , curiously and copiously liberated from tho Arcana CalesUa , -Apocal ypse Explained Brief Exposition of the New Chitrch , Doctrine of Life for the Jfow Jerusalem , ' &c , forming ft strange body of JeruBolomic doctrine .

      Course of the History of Modern Philosophy * By Victor Cousin . Translated ^ by O . W . Wright . Intwovok Few York : Appleton & Co . These two handsome octavos will be welcome to many English readers . .-Of ' - J ^ Cousin ' s writings , these chapters oh the History of Philosophy are undeniably the most interesting and valuable . Brilliant and ingenious in style , and dexterous m their appropriation of Hegel ' s principles , they contain what to English readers will always be the most attractive pages—those on Locke and his school ( pp 1 ^ 5—329 ) . We cannot allow this commendation of a really valuable work to / pass without at

      the same time stating our conviction that Cousin ' s criticisms on Locke are unpl easantly shallow and idle . Indeed , although it would lead us far beyond our limits to enter upon any examination of Cousin ' s fallacies and inaccuracies , we should be neglecting our office did we not enter an emphatic caveat against almost every page Cousin writes . We do not say every page is false , but we do say , Beware how yon take his word for anything , either as a matter of feet or as a matter of opinion . Cousin is an amusing cicerone through the Museums of Philosophy ; but one never trusts very implicitly to what the cicerone says !

      The Writings of Douglas Jerrold . Collected Edition . Vol . III . Mrs . Caudles Curtain ' liectures , The Story of a Feather , The SicJc Giant and the Doctor Dwarf . Bradbury and Evans . Is there anything more to be said about Mrs . paudle ? She is a type— -a type no man pretends to be unacquainted with ; she lives in the British mind such as Jerrold created her ; she is his most popular creation ; and her lectures open this the third volume of the cheap edition of his works . After her comes the pretty , fanciful Story of a Feathei •; and the Sick Giant , which is new to us . The Messianic Traditions of the East * with collateral Extracts from their Sacred Books . [ Die Messias-Sagen dea Morgenlandes , &c . ] By Carl Scholl . Hamburg : Meissner and Schirges . 1852 . D . Ifutt , Strand .

      Hebb ScHOi-ir , the author of this work , is one of the speakers in the Freien Gemeinden , or " Free Congregations" of Germany , the latest result of that spiritual insurrection which , or iginating in the outspeaking of Bonge , is now manifesting itself in a Tiold yet religions phase of Free Thought . The object of the present work is to collate the legendary histories of the various Messiahs of the East , with a view to illustrate the generic similarity between them . Confucius , Buddha , Zoroaster , Moses , Jesus , and Mahomet , are the names selected . A chapter is

      devoted to the history of each , and the narratives are followed by a series of selections from the Scriptures relating to each Saviour . The work is remarkably concise for a German , and is written in an earnest and genial spirit . Much that it contains is ve * y curioiK and interesting , and we should be glad to see it in anEngglish dress . It would make a pleasing addition to Mr . Chapman ' s Catholic Series It may be worth while to add , that Herr Scholl concludes his work with a list of all the references made throughout the book—a novel plan -which has many advantages , and which would be still more useful if the page on which the reference

      is made were specified . Rome in the Nineteenth Century . Containing a complete Account of the Ruins of tho Ancient City , the Remains of the Middle Ages , and the Monuments of Modem . Times . , By Charlotte A . Eaton . Fifth Edition . Intwq . vols . ( Bolin 9 IUusteated Library . ) Vol . 1 . " . H . G . Bolin . Mbs . Eaton ' s very useful survey of Borne , its antiquities and modem aspect , has here , in its fifth edition , passed into Mr . Bonn ' s illustrated series , and considering that the work has been out of print for twenty years , it may be . almost regarded as a new book .

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      Weehouiaao our utmost to enocraraRo tho Beautiful , for tho Useful encourage * ltSCll , —vJOl ^ Til lt . 1

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      COMTE'S POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY . By 0 . H . Lewes ; Paut IX : —The scope and hearing of Physics . Physics , literally the science of Nature , is restricted to wlmt , in ordinary language , is loosely termed Natural Philosophy . As the second of the Fuh * tlamentul Sciences we have now to examine its position and bearing in Positive Philosoph y * Astronomy and Sociology stand as the Alpha and Omega of Science : the one setting forth the laws of heavenly bodies , the other setting forth the laws whiqh regulate the great movements of Humanity . Between these stand Physics , setting forth as much as may be known of the mystery of this earth , and Physiology ( or , move accurately ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1852, page 519, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1937/page/19/