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      fcifcies acre not the lesjistatora , "bat the jctdges a-ad police , of lifceratture . Tliey do « ot naakel « w 3—thej-iafeerpret sad try- to enforce tioera . —Edinburgh Review .

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      Era-Ettay on « ^ arc ^ bfofWorUk ^ which Tumorir attributes'to Whsifsex , UMJ oit irhicfa . we QttniTaen . ted recently , 43 exeiting attention in various arches ;; aacUtnly the ^ woftderful ttatwre of the apeculationa ^ it suggests will ilwajs *** S *« TiB ^ ^ bnaCT ioiJ oos ' - 'appetite of maa for knowlcdgft , especially fba ^ ledgeJ ^ E ^ b ^ l ^^ ni ^ eswa ^ ie . One of the most striking phenomena in mta ^ pMelifi ^ y : m- ' # »*! . ;> ins ^ able curiosity of science * Coaspare the state of live ii % be ^ t- }» niau ^ or eran arf tke ravage , wifli thai restless intellectual aifc ^^^ t ^ - 'iyiiSl ^ ii-iabraHge ^ 'igeaai-caaaries'lafcto aS oorneTS and recesaear of tke earth , aa £ « ti ^ ca ^ g eyei ^ beyond the earth into the tJtriverse ? cc Eyer hasting-, aaaiMg Jeitiitg ^ it-i JJaNi a rt to ,. . He caanot < nemam satisfied untilJte , bas . « a :-r . ' ptored aiid HB 3 ^ ine « i owy moa ntein-ra nge * nd seabo ard ^ read the his

      tjf |!| j ||^| j ^^ Earth , . in . those successive . strata which Be halbgef ^ liba ^ feagiuoat'fi ^ efc <^ fMtCmjwest j » eording . m ^ bty annals ; named « miE $ »] ilHt & ^ < 5 rcle of organiclHe rtamght the saribeam , ^ ssecii ed it , made it paint for Jiiia * jaftde lit work , fer Mm as an anatomical insfcrument , the delicacy of « 4 ic * M « tihCT ; |^ a ^^ i | fe ^) iaie ^ aia ^^ w ^ ^ i ^ of the hWvena with hia telescope , aad the meiwiarele ^ sp aces 0 ^ mth his mi < awrcDpe ; fixedi ; he « xact |» jsw ^^ c oiae 4 a ^ andnow heialnvestigating the planets organisation ,

      themselves , proving them not to he theatreawbeireon the drama of life can be ^ acted by actors sach as ours ! Listening to * ke ¦ elotfaent Professor <> wra , th * < rtkw da ^^^^^ oBtrudi before bam , ^^^ a ^ i ^^ k ^^^^ i ^^ and the adaptation < jf each ^ irt to tb . e , ynjK »»» <^ re strain the sense almost of * we ^ the mWfrfcftl ^ t ^^ which har , by a ctmcourse of mil-• . lifflMi ^ y . ' gfl ^^ iTi . ' -iiftiTiirf ^ ¦ Q *? i TJ" ' * <*'> fr modicum of positive science , a in 6 < ficam trivial compared with all that remains to be kuomo ^ iivtwluch a tcooapaced with the knowte ^ fcof ^ Qie ifew Zealander or the Sttssiaa serf , as , indeed , stupendous . ^— ¦* ¦> ' * -- ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ : ¦*• ¦¦ '*• - . - ¦ > . .

      -33 bie : ^ aiy-eqas ! wrlieac « eeaL ' "' "tBrod . 's name is writ in stags" ace ^ scarcely more ; ftt ^ n ^ y igW-iang to flie jnind rtlmn the an-fathomable minutenesses of organic life- Nothing that Lord Hossufs telescope rereads can surprise us n ^^ tha ^ lhe ^^ e ^ I a ^ ifms of j ^ hben ^ bbbq ' s microacojpe : ^ - ¦ i . j ^ jjC uiffi jtt ^^ with . * xnicixiioo ^ ijiiiiaiil ^ ditf ^ 00 time * . ^^^^^ M ^^^^ A ^^^^^^^^ rt **^ HBiK ^ i 4 Jfk ^ H ^ v ~ *^ B ^^ riBtf ^ B }^ ' £ ^^ M ^^^ AMttr" * VS ^ P ^^^^ tf ^ fr * ^ flfl ^^ a' ^^ Btt ^^^ Ckl ^^ flBS ^ toi ^^ Bttrftf ^ ^^^^^^^ fr a ^ m ^^ l fml % nwMV ^^ B ^ Mi ^^^^^^ f ^^^? ~^^ h ^ *^ & ^^¦ bJa £ iMV ^ il ^ F ^^^ A ^^^^^^ H >^| yHiri ! "nl ^ MMBtffrvfl ^ BV ^ fe ^ ' ^^ V ^ HA ^ A ^^ H rtlM . 'il ^ A ^ P jtf ^ W ^ t ^ f 1 - ^*^ fc * uAw AviY ^ v jj . tim .-i . h . i . J ' A ^ JT ^ i-| | " | ^^ <^ i * ii 3 iBia ^ aw . JttH ^^ na ^ Wfr auhnalfbrm y * b&aci > V 9 r& I hare given ^ b * name of iwottiuitetWQ . iTKJaM ^ jarwBiTe La the largest individJuals as ^ oaanj as six , and 1 q the « # ^ Mpg * Egjj » 55 y *! ^^ indJg * whiaimttlme . did np * occuj ^ H oitolJlfof ^ ain » « ri ki n » of ^^ maT . Sixth a ^ % ^^^^ m ^ m > ii mmUiim ^^ t & *^ m ^ ^^ **^ im * Mm »* c . At the upper j ^ fc ^^ iftiiB ^ lii ^ i , «»« ,

      iiiii » viiBpd ! li »^ iiiiittpal | teiil ^ ^ of from t « n t » ¦ m ^ W * m . mmmim £ fS ** m 1 *» ^» t wWofe o « I * dblinfoiglied in th « Ur « r « Ol » Jf c rt ^^ her ^ ^ v ^ y tf-w ^^ n ^ auppoa * th » iiogle colouring pmrticfaw with jinbSdi - iCb ^;«( om « c ]» •¦ ¦•¦ e- ^ atar ^^ n ^^ vl > ef-V ^ nameroua ^ -jw . wutttdnriti &tai t ^ enmndt m ^ lfi ^ MJmffliBt h ^ afc iewt three $ *» agllai ip « a « k Tbia jifiardft aa-proof 34 tf ^ MjfCB ^ t (^ UB < r « f tn » terM wlboriaig jfartodas of TedriitJ Sink mo 7 i « g freely ia ^ Uu « Mter . ^ h ^ ^ wn ^ l ^^ gs ^ sr ^ oi ; ttt 7 y ^ tRRK " pxrti 6 ftm ^ ac | i jn di * mater . IfweSbuiuLouv . ^ xnapataivwi on ih ^ fn ^ oE "t 3 ie BiqaBet ntooads the * e 'p&icttcfes woold not exceed . i ^ ^ iiincii in auaneter- TTUie dTa rwiHy exist , they m-art probmbly h * ve a leu Suiter ? fi ^^^^^ T ^^ th ^ w < raia be ^ lemselves TieiWo witn the highest powers of the ^ dSrfwsoop * .. . ^ pi | gra ( i terg wabseipienttj' states it « s lira Tesnlt of his tjxperimenta oa the * Mrt of ^ oicTOK » pi » Viiawv ^| ate cf ^^ rfa Hw Mch w * y can be aistinguishea by •^^^ "V ^^^ te ^ E ^ fifi ^ power rff 090 a J ^ h *^ in the

      Wetinfu-, « M&oftirmi « rBtn » cttir » 1 t « i « ea-th ^ whco th » -cbhmvwrclobaJes oontafaMd iv Uro di-VigWM » gff ^ ' «» 4 Mg » ftn »< HHthe ^ thuy are ^ qwmtecT by a membranous partition , -Uw ^ iwt ^ MraunipTOp ^ fcott tfl ^ tbfl dismeter of the we : » y one-tw-fntirtir at m 4 . Thk < WOOld « wimt 4 * i vfjftrver ^ H « » ir ^ wre of w » inch in monads ^^ of a line In dUBMiar . Tbecpvportun ^ wiich th « granule » conatituting the ova of larger animalcules *« rtcrtb * BiM of tUe . pawmU i » genewljj from ^ . to ^ ^ their diameter . We may then fHUniMbi ^ the sAiMiWiPr « i , ^ tmug monads , Jagt come from the ^ Bgg , to b « ahnoBt ^^ l ^ j of a 4 tae ;^~ 7 « fcaT ] 0 mock Jew . These wonld hare dtKestlre « aes , -whose Ammeter in the same |> roportion would be t ^ ot of a line ; and the thickness , of th « r walla would not exceed J »* Co '< m g 1 lc | £ » Mne » ac vTlae ^ g 50 ff ^ " * cil * I <; *» ^ J means certain that the numosfi | i W ^ h 8 * " * " ! 11 " ** « peoiea existing ; for , under favourable circamstances , wandering ¦ bmaowaof-maohwBaUerxnonads have teen observed , which some future improvements in 4 a « mterosoopeniaj / eiudiltt us to ~ stndy with the same precision . "

      ' 33 us ixamgtflo , 4 diiii 3 t : 'of what an Universe oar body truly is , made up of indepwwtentceffir in tsrjrriads < m myriads beyond all powers of approximaitive calculation- ! TLvaTnsra and Tajoentin attempted to calculate the cells of the epidermis . On one square inch they found nearly 8000 cells ; and « 8 thef surftfeeof the bodyToaay be taken at 2825 square inches , there are some 1750 trdlikms oF horny cells in a sirtgle layer of epidermis . But even the parts where the skin is thinnest have more than one layer . They possess at least move than « dofcen of such strata * each of which has more than a billion of horny scales complete in themselves . In the air tubes of a man there are something like * 150 millions of cilia , each of which is in perpetual movement 1 So we might continue , adding millions to billions , stunning the mind with the vaatness of this minuteness .

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      The mention of the ostrich in the preceding paragraph naturally brings to mind the Zoological Socmrr ,, from whose Gardens it was obtained . It is a gratifying fcet that an £ ixft $ ji » ition so useful and agreeable aa the Zoological Gardens should at Efn-gth Itave become a great success . The

      number ofinembers hvas , greatly increased , while the mimber of visitors last year was . beyond all precedent . On Whit-Monday upwards of 22 000 persons paid for admission , and not one single instance of misconduct ' has to be recorded ! The exertions of the admirable secretary , Mr . B . "W Mitchell , have been recognised by the public . The fish tanks , the anteaters , the zoQjphytes , and now the two Asiatic Eons , attended by the old native soldier , form wihat the playbills style " a powerful ajadattractive cast . "

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      Among the ventures of cheap literature let us mention one about to be made by Ca ^ PMAM ABd H * xl , who are to give us boohs for two shillings efjeb , books which may claim aplaee upon the shelves . The fifth edition of Mwy Barton wfll irataguraie the aeries ^ a small octavo of upwards of three hundred pigea m clear and handsome type . It will be foUowfed by Haw-TnoiLHtia MUAedate flomance ; and let us hope that 4 HU& novels as the Head o /* te Fa * rii V , the Bmehelor of the Amtmy , and others already published by

      tJsuiESJAjr and Haxl , will find a p lace in this series . A ^ Kqp os ^ Jifty ^ a ^ ajuE 3 auroik © TO » rAs , the yoanger , has given us * new one , ia VbelvVingt iJUwt , whichis ^ wefl worth reading eta several accounts . In Ae ^^^ M ^ i itis ftB ^ jr tvritten ^ with some searing arial ^ 'of motive and passion ; iu the next place , it contains three love stories , ori-ajEher four , one of them dwlV ^ old with . art . But tEe book is also . curiatts ^ fbr ^»^) roTound and ^ aneonseittcs umfton ^ ty .. The thing that most strikes nsinJFrench Eterature

      is not lihe exjnscrous licence , hut the unconscious display of aiiAxtterly low moral tone . The ; heroes do < think , andjsay things which astound , an JEnglishmaru ; andthe auihor never seeeas to suspect that there can be any harm . The heroines are praised , or praise themaelvea , for a € ti > ris which so far ifrom regarding a 3 virtuous , we Are amazed at tbeir not perceiving i « be the vulgarest course of duty . La Vie a Eingt Ansfo not meantforyouag ladies , but ktim ^ Lvery readable-iaovel for Freach novel readers .

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      PAJftlS UEE . f ^ trphTmtsof'Picrit . Charucters and Manners m the Neio Empire . By ® ayle St . John , AAitSwr of " Village Lif « ia Egyj * , " " Two Tear » fiesidence ia a Levantine Family . " ' © ri « 2 U . Chapman and Hall . li * . Be . JoHrrxetiEnied from tlie East in 1848 , and tootixp'his residence ia J *« jas , foil of curicsity , as he informs us , to see how the experiment of a Kepublie would succeed m Europe , ^ s ** iegitimste hcgpesV * be speedily i&und , were doomed to (^ appointment . He watdied the' struggles of France , anxiously , sj 3 ^ athising % ; followed it thrwigii ita wwreanngs between the iear of usarpatidn or revolt ; " deplored its mistakes ^ admitted its diffitoulties : foresaw ' the tcatains oo&piFetiU , but'eould not betieve in its of

      - snce « t 8 , because ^ ' sot ^ aware the extent to which Jliance ^ was demoralised by fear imd fc . tigoeJ * So far it is hut just to give Mr . St . John * g political impressioTis , to indicate the point of view from which he lias looked on Smperffll * 'FrKnice ; "fcwfc we agtee wifli him that the ^ Empire , once an established-fa ^^ mtire « nd ^ tuperat ion are useless and ill-advised . He says , r jisay : — < v . _ ¦ . s ; w ! l am now oblige ^ to admit—¦ whilst rernsing to absolve cntnes or forg ive corruption that * the Empire succeeded to the EepaWic because the French nation raistookatffasB&ations towards HbwtV for liberty itself ^ and that Napoleon III . T « igns by exacUy theraame eight as other- nwwiarcha—4 > y the tacit consent of a people adapted to his xale . Personal attacks Tipenhtzn / wotfM -now bechildish . If he were an Antonine , ha wanli not be where he is ; « nd jf ttte ^ Ftwieh ^ eon 3 ft ~ fisel within themselves once more th « aentinient'of dignity and the ¦^ lovejof freedom , h « -nrill be there no longet . At present he oaa only giveaway to oomerdegrardiag&arstemtioa *!"

      Mr ; St .-Jeon appears to have resided much in Paris , and to be intimately acquainted with tfte various forms of existence in that capital . He professes great sympathy an < l admiration for the French , and , consequently , has considered the singular political phase through which they are at present passing with interest , deeper tham the curiosity of an indifferent spectator , or the speculative inquiry o ^ a mero politician . His object in witting these " Purple Tints , he = informs us , in his preface , was " not exactly -to paitit the influence a new Grovernment . may have already had npon the externals of society- —not to record changes in ladies head-dresses or gentlemen's coatsbnt to show what features ia French character , what defects in French

      civilisation , morality , and forms of thought , rendered an empire possible . " This object is never lost si ght of throughout the two volumes , amidst all the spirited illustrations , lively descriptions and amusing anecdotes , which rentier them light reading , " notwithstanding their jprave and earnest purpose . They whT doubtless be read , and their moral unconsciously imbibed , by many who would be scared by a treatise more exclusively and professedly political © r philosophical ; and if so , the work will hare done good service , for the example and the warning of France is , and ought to be , a world-wide lesson . u The great reason , ' says Mr . $ t : John , * of the misfortunes of France is want of education , using that word in its widest sense /*

      He reLates incredible anecdotes of the ignorance fend defective information of the " educated classes " on the most ordinary subjects . It appears true , that while the learned men of France are perhaps superior to those of any other nation , the ** rank and file" of society are marvellously ill-informed . This he explains to be a naturaljesult of the system of education pursued , and the narrow and superficial basis on which public instruction is founded . This part of his subject leads him to the consideration of the large class of students who —sent from all parts of the country to Paris to study—flung alone upon that wide sea wrihout chart or compass—exposed to all the temptations of life at an age when temptation of all kinds is most difficult to resist—have formed a society and even a settlement of their own , in the

      neighbourhood of the Public Schools , lenown as the Quariier Latin . \ ho manners and customs of this class , to which London presents nothing analogous , are favourite subjects with many French novelists , who find ample themes in these lives of strange contrasts and picturesque vagabondage ; and they have for the public that sort of fuscination which any approximation to savage life always seems to oxert over the victims of civilisatioa . It is too large a subject to touch upo-n here \ we refer our readers to Mr . St . John ' s

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      282 THE LEADER . [ Satchbay , »¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ^ ¦ - .. ' _^ . " . _^ . l"ll . ?? '" ^^ " '""— ' '"' "" I" ' " ' ¦ ¦*¦!«¦¦*¦ ' ¦ » tliiM ¦¦¦ , -i , ¦!—¦¦ ¦ ¦ — ¦ . ¦¦ I— ,-- ¦ , _ - - - .. , i i - »¦ i ¦ ¦ ¦ i ¦¦ . i r | -

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 25, 1854, page 282, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2031/page/18/