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      irm ^ t . h « t . there axe teatytataans attached rank * and so on , and thought , it all very right and pnwec of fl * e preacher t-o preach so ; . but . alas , the morality sticks to the copy-book , tad $ & $ refijgioai ft reserved for the Saaday sermon ; and a man who tries seriously , on Maa&ay morning , ttrfillbw ottt ! &e Tuaxftn , atid Ifveg as thong ^ h lie believed the Sunday discourse * xb . oHtotieiftwr tofftav * flo ^ fetoffiw » dwarr , solitary , tmprofltaiOfe feerirat ' a B& , or ito bejrew « Br »« d ; JS >* iijy ^ 5 rit « and » ic « t « tiei ~ 4 tnu thus yam mR itnd ! t 3 itft iwitbja fiESRrtexcesGibns ,. to Eadatwatnd by wnita . » fl' the religions Juan « f your acqnaiataaee bare been compelled ej'UMr . to quit socdety altogether , sad tans faa . ve do influence in it at all , and confine ; their JktMOHB tOuunarxo'V , too often to a narrowing , Bigoted circle ; or , IF € aey remain in society , so to ^ nimaniise'iBStiKS'diatrt&eirTe ^ cHv itoetf is Become to yon & doubtful matter . Horto hit * he aieatt < betam « a fbea ** w * v is tfoe-great prolletB -winea l at th « thwsBolti of fift , law t& « 3 k « v—< nU ( diJ&afiBd ] aw « t < Dacfbrd ^~ aad whklx w ^ still tee moch for me hwe , *

      AproWwa iidead k » t « ikJthec ! feate « t energies , an < i iaevFtabljto frnHtra * < fc « wl fbw -awlffw- - wee pitwe ® prad : re » ¦ caao © more in the posiifiott of * &ose < w * o Hint pwawdfcttd the docferffic , it xmgt neceggaoriiy be a doctrine -m open tsfft . gjo »« n t » # « r exis-tewee , WWi men beli « vcd tlte world afeaart to e »^ t&Mr scran , fbr tbi * Lrfe , And tfcei * iad ^ fereHce to it * needs , w **» mteEfeiBite ^ Bwwgii ; Irtrt for rasa im < wr 4 ay , twrriwg »» snefc convictien ^ , tiherenraw soeb p * ae * im& TOceptitw « £ tie doctriwe penile . What » preached « n Sttuday « Jie-wer acted < ara M <» day , beeanute & wobM be « afcregeoa $ . Let . asy «» * ct Sunday * doctrin * ^ md y ©« w « &a sfaat Mm up ia & Thmtgfie &mm * . it « sn € » fy toe dene by a complete Temmeiation of tins tow * J , « nd ait tfciB iWMidV ^ akB *—a pefmaeiation wkien fanatics msy declare aesiraM ^ b « fc wiieifc other » w wiil not desire . To take that little sentence"t&e lore

      , of money « the root « f aftl «^ , w « specimen : ef tfce absolute apfeorlsftw wfcach- are afeselotel y i&lBe , yet eomrtawtly froeMteed ^ who oW i *© t see Utat ta * tev * of money w not in itself tbe root of evil at aH , but only so vrfcen ihelewia ao ^ bsortmig th * t - « K other de ^ Pefa ^ kiatiiwts , snd aSectioos , are sacrificed to it ? » ot t ^ dwefl longer on thia ^ pomt , lire reader see * Aat Oakfi ^ W . has a vary da&esft taafc to i > fey . it gives lim , kwwwer ^ » * oo # Jrt « nd « s-Twmt -from wawfcte . Twtice ^ the ^ deficieDcies of the focftHn ar » rj fe Christiwitty , and ,-wkat i * more i » the pwepose ^ io liowowra'ble , HMua ? y , and ggntlenmaly eoBfliuct . Ifii f icttwes of t * e naero -ef the « t& and 9 OthReffittients -mil do good . Tiey are true and hideous . Here iff * brief indication of -what most Be * very € tmimjn story :- — wio tt

      J * Jrttfiwr ^ enmf -wbpimw ^ nasgr come fi » aia ^ sixteen , TritTi no bettw < &r- ' tifiutiaa * kmti a bMne < admaiaaB may liffvv ^ ea ftbem . Me 4 ad'Whafs aa advant » e in a i ¦ delitaqr tf iJi < H » j » tf wefl 4 » jwbbobj , iar ^ qater thaaikwt of < stoBt ? Bo ! jn 5 « ad jonncmaa . lnxt : hiw jyintVi dMMBMter waa -wanting io . that stem diec » a « naiaaft hetwaea good ^ and eraL « ad ; 43 te > nfc ibTOf ^ gefh aga naegaaC reaohrfaoa , yhich is ^ vea either by race nmtucaleodov- i sssm ^ or mSBRSan * or Barrowftd experience . "The open immorality of Radian badheloia * - ¦ sawigFy CTQ . ¦ tttrot- griema sna Btneked vim ; wen tiow , afber a years iol * ra 3 ic » or ft , 'be vmtwKi § Mm itAli % , ] KluaMU « ii it ^; bket ia « Q mea , and espeaiatiy in ti 9 » - ^ ery-vDimcE , "tis i Amn ***• a « di » , * t « a «« , andi » 3 nd"bemirapeHed by tliia daaire !• o ^ Mar i « ttteint « - i irsstia 't ^ yi "jpi . TiH nTfft'littTi'iTr wfhiug abpiit . * tSD ^ sogpresS'tiM intoseBtviaich h& Bttt&f & } £ ' to Sear , first silently , —tlien approvingly , —Jastljr , nunself give utterance to , ^ ntim ^ nti ; which io did not believe in ; wbich ids conscience vaguely condemned ; tryinjr to satasfy ' haniBeiraB'wlntetynut joHring 5 a . tie atrtmff ^ cei either of word vr AeCBttf Ire soon foMsi tiMfctbue «« 3 ae « iadde jwwKtema tffctaefced to disobwine « ven tlie- « gne Kaffinc of coMflieaoflu Ikoiu ^ t 40 la * » % iou * & » flfi , a * could not feut fccl-st tamea . tbat the « 5-to

      Cujo * iam . ntjjf *»»* " *»«»«* . 9 * & * * P » nfr He , was ^ ewd ft * l that Aongbha bunself did not talc like a rufflan , his ~ jffoawnoe was no restraint u £ « a Umbb sehfl . duU Jie , knew that he was living with bad men , and saw that th « y thought Eim no ^ Better fiian themselves , bat only xarte ynjffkh . And mKlns pfedksnnent he was Tea 3 tyto be pitied . He founa iinwrif claimed « a a commnisD , with a tough go « i wtnra , By th&fiorksty of whlafc he w * b a memhar ; a jp > cdlwttatured secxifnotim as an ^^ oal , hj older . ^ arBon ^ ia »« y «« 4 ncti » e toabo / i he could not reject tteir Uadnesa altogether ^ and « o lie west on with them ntterlj incapable of exercising mfluBnce over them , and therefore , of necaaBity , beine influenced by them ; till , from dwelling continually on their s « W % ete , hearingcontmnalw"their pgianiplrg wpertad withoot contradictaany arndtemng farced , lot mere compnnbnalirpii sake , -atlwat UiaBgemci * take interest in tbeir « jK 5 reenientB , be ao » n Twrt holS oi" whatever feeMo clog fag m ^ ht once bare had to an innas . Independent life- grew dairyxnorerecoxmlea to tae wietchadhr ttarro-w sphere in which h + found Mm » elf , and began to tMulc that the psmpaet of < uaggjng out life m ^ atkw , drinking , smokiQff , bilHardurBlEnmiff-, xiSitnr . and « a « tonment gaeaip , was not ineokcabte ^

      ! ISie court-martial is also well done , and artistically fcnaiga forward ihe imlit » ry notion of " ionour . " Altogether Oakfidd is a TtK >» k very interesting to omett a tL » atmy ox « iaout to « nter it , though not to tie miuu arced for by nxyvei waders .

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      REFUB ! LlCATl ! Oa 5 P& . Fjkxm : the maas of books * -waiting aotioe ,, we flelect a . few repulpli < mtionH , wMeh may foe disposed of ia a > » wif % , oomnasry xaauner , not because they are unimportant , bo * becwuse they < 1 © not demand a lengthened review to put otnr readers in possession of what is needftil to be known before determining on a purchafie . ITor example , The Incidents of Travel in Central America , CJlfepais , and Yucatan , by J . L . Stephens , is a book whose value lias long been appreciated and highly estimated by all students of the early history of America . Xhe new edition ( Abxhck . EUll , Vuituk , and Co . > i » profusely iIlustrate < J and ire vised from the latest Amerioaon edition bj Frederic Oatherwood , who has added materials from bis own store ; and the whole work , very much unproved in tbis edition , is to be had for twefoe shilKnOT .

      lax the way 01 eneap books tbatfc ere really hooks , and chfia ^ p , hera 13 Bishop Stanley ' s charnainff Familiar History of Birds ( J . W . Pakkjeh and Son ) , b ^ cutifially printed , with a quantity of admbable wood-euts ; putlisbed for thx « e-and-si 3 cpe » ee . It is true that this is the sixth esdition , * od a book which lias already commanded such large circles of readers may reasonably be expected to protect any temerity of cheapness by the certainty of a great 8 ' T The 6 mte Jnay be sai < i ° ^ Iiew ed ^ « ° f Companio ns or my Solitude ( J . W . Pa » kb « aaad Sow ) , La our estimation the moat exquisite book of essays winch tfbis century has produced . The present edition , at ttareeanal-sixpence , i » even handsomer thaoa the prerious expensive editions , and : jaauy < srf tisom who were compelled to borrcm or steal wfll now delight to buy . The Annotated Edition of the English Poets , issued "by these publishers , weiawft * bead . y sufficiently © baoaicteiased , and need , therefore , on £ y mention toaft OoArper is tbe bist po » et added to the series .

      Jfp" ^^^ S indefatigable m sucoesa , has repujblished Wiffin '' s Translation \ J ^ ag ^ 7 * w *™ % ongravrag * on wood and steel cdf a somewhat feeble rose-pink fU ^ rV AV ^(* t ^ e J 11 *^ 008 reader will probably remove , ) 4 ind a poakcript to ! k f . ^ b 7 ^ - 3 > evey , giving an aooo . ttnt of the controversies on tae -aubjact of Taaao ' s impriscrmnent . In his British -Classics . Mr . Bohn

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      THE EOTAL . A ^ CADJC JCX . - X SDEU > NOVKSU LIFE IN ^ GTlKaE . JLcrxs in some form or other « the subject of art ; mtd . art of every ^ bws is peifet * in proportion j » i * . « iggt * t » the fullest force of fife proper to rta order otf subjects . It »» o even in - still life ; " for here the laws of inerganic or vegetable Hrfe Bnast be caught with ail the exactness and tfeerreedoBathm beXoaog to mature . 13 » is is 4 | fee grand distinction between the mere copyist and the trjae master . Moeria , who works : out a very close imftation of Binsface , forms , and colexwrs , as -tWy might be seen transfixed , dead , in a mirror , fadk to -catea those tSgns of action , whether in the feature * of the pretty fruiterer , in . the flaofcering of light , in the movement of air , or ia the very forms of inanimate objects which a higher artist can seize . It is the power of catching those true incidents of life which gives the Teal value to the works of the water-colour painter , W . Hunt , and which in faot give to « n < fti ¦ works a moral force , since they are perpetually resfcorioa , thrennrfh the iaifluence of-ant as well as natunc , the true healthy staQiiaru of vituSt ^ u . Here is the key to a corroc * judgment of painters whose subgect is landscape , or architecture , or whose design principally depends upon aoafcft u effect- " In tiiegr « at run of figure pictures , our painters aiely too 'Mradk apon a tame portrartuxe , wliether of passion or of action in figure pictures , which mars tne ^ reast £ eld of painting on the walls of the Exhibition . There is the same diistintotknac in landscape painting , thongk it is less marked , tnSt the specimens of vitality are in a larger proportion . An " effeot ^ is natilttQg , fialess it indade Efe and moitian , though it be but of inorganic tamnr . For instance , Mr . F . Damby has a great picture called the " X ) epartum *> f Ulysses from Ithaca *—Moraiag , " a cooxpo&itioon coukpleteiy in tne £ > anl ) ; school , wibb a red snan 6 hiaii * g- 'behi » d thurk trees , over a glassjr water ; . &c £ s [ jmitafced with considerable power . But a certain tea-ooavrd iMunanefli of I treatment , in the Aeaign even more thau in the handling , renders thislaflf

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 3, 1854, page 523, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2041/page/19/