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No . 410 , January 3 D , 1858 . ] THE LEADER , __ JB 15
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the workpeople who are employed in its- manufacture ; now , xf this be * true , and , withiut Proof to the coutearv , I aswune it to he so , I hold that man , and that --no not it courtesy forbids-tbat man , then ,. a brute ,. who uses such cards ; therefore , JocToT I hope you will bear this my denunciation in mind the next time you issue fhe order for a fresh pack of cards . But to proceed ; in the first place , we see m the middle of my friend ' s enamelled card , i « gold letters , ' Dr . Pierre Brassovany ,, a Sost magnificent name ; next , around Dr . Pierre Brassovany . like a halo round the suT , is a very elegant scroll , tapering- away to each end , and throwing a leafy pivot ud and down , to bring it into relation with a pretty frame-like border , all ^ golcl , gold , irold Well , here ingenuity might bo supposed to have exhausted itself ; but no , fhere is a back front as well as a face front to my friend ' s card ; and here I claim priority of introduction into England , if ever that honour should become the subject
of dispute I don't ask for a patent , I give it to the world , and I modestly receive the world ' s thanks ; so , on the back front of this superb card wa find , firstly , a neat o-olden border , and- then fbur elegant , or , as a young lady just from boardings ^ chool would say , sweetly pretty corners ; and in each of these corners a word' ; four words , and such words , teeming with significance First , there is ' -visile ; no doubt , how rdo you do ; pretty well I hope , as this leaves , me , or as I leave it , at prft 3 ent ; and to say all this , and a great deal more perhaps , all we have to do is to turn down that corner : then comes corner number two , ' ex offo ; ' ah ! short for ex-officio ; just dropped in to feel your pulse , ask after the pain in your stomach , or how thafe last bottle of champagne settled itself last night , &c . &c . ; sorry to find you out , because I Jose my fee , &c . &c ; and all this is said by ' ex offo , ' when that corner is turned down- corner number three , ' felicitation ; ' how eloquent ; a new husband or wife , it
maybe ; or a boy or a girl , son and hmr , perhaps ; or a government place , or a legacy ; delicious word : and then comer number four , last scene of all , ' adieux . ' The narrative of Mr . Wilson ' s three weeks' tour among the Spas is altogether a graphic and delightful book .
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CONNECTION OF THE OLD AND- NEW TESTAMENTS . Prideaux ' s Connection of the Old and Nera Testaments . New Edition . Edited by J . T . Wheeler . 2 vote . Tegg . A new edition of ! Dean . Prideaux ' s principal work , Th-e Connection of the Old and New Testaments , was- desirable oa several grounds . Since the time of its first appearance nearly a century and a half has elapsed . The knowledge of the world within that short period ha * wonderfully increased by historical researches of every kind , and ' especially by those studies which refer to antiquity and the East . The ' great object the learned and laborious Prideaux had in view was to bridge over the great gap which existed in the annals of the Jews from the time of the cessation of scriptural history to the Christian era , to take up the thread of narrative which had been dropped in the seventh century before Christ , and continue it down to the t ime when the records of the Jewish nation became more regular and authentic . Nor was this the only task he imposed upon himself . He sought to associate the Jews with the nations around , to show their relation
with or dependence on the governments of those vast empires which successively absorbed the territories of Western Asia . All this he accomplished by a profound study of sacred and profane writers , of Josephus and the Rabbinical writers on the one hand and the- Greek and . Roman historians on the other . " We cannot but admire the extent of Biblical and philological , as well as geographical and and , antiquarian knowledge , which the composition evinces . Still , the work was necessarily imperfect , as the light of history has become clearer since the days of Dean Prideaus . : the unparalleled discoveries which of late years have been effected in Egypt , Assyria , and the far East , the critical examinations of the Zendavesta , the advance in geographical science , the grand achievements in the fields of comparative philology and mythology , the discoveries in Egyptian hieroglyphics and the Persian cuneiform characters , have in a certain degree impaired the accuracy and therefore the usefulness of the work ; and for these several reasons we conceive a new edition was called for . Although Prideaux ' s Connection of the Old and Neio Testaments alone is as yet ° published , it is intended that its two companion works by Shuckford and Russell shall also be included iu the series , and thus will be
completed in a cheap and corrected form the three works which connect sacred and profane history from the earliest period dowii to the commencement of the Christian era . Mr . Wheolor , to whom has been entrusted the responsible duty of correcting the original history of Prideaux , and so adding to it as to render it serviceable to the student of the present day , has evidently been cure Ail to interfere with the historical matter as little as possible . His notes are not copious , but judicious when introduced . He has rendered valuable aid in another form . The previous editions were badly arranged , without a table of contents , or index of any kind by which reference might be eaisily made and tlie memory relieved ; ^ the paragraphs were long and wearying ; thwre wore neither landmarks for mapping out the- divisions nor analyzes for the digestion of fiiuts . These impediments have been removed in the present edition . An analytical beadiiig and duto have been attached to avury paragraph , a list of contemporaneous kings and high priests udded , and tho contents of ouch paragraph indexed tit the commencement of each volume to facilitate research . This able and diligent
preparation of a work of intrinsic merit cannot but fail to render it still more popular . The period selected by Pridoaux wan ono full of interest . The ancienb thrones of Nineveh , of Babylon , and Memphis were uprooted , and a new dynasty occupied those soats of empire . 'The Medo-Porsian sovereignty replaced the power of the Assyrian monarch ; the arts of Greece and tho arms of Rome asserted their supremacy , and dazzled the eyes of manltiud . Mr . Wheeler writes , in hia short but vivid historical review of this epoch : — - — ' < 3 oexiBtent-with-thia 4 uatorical _ cU 8 iHijy ^ ifljij ^ jjj ^ l ow ^ rov o ^ iitlon . In all directions the mythologies of tho suvorul racos , tho putrlTaciions of ThlHlKiTTfuVyfEiroTTiwalconlng conscience , woro rent usundor by tho volcano of religious reformation . Tho Puuthcuna of tho Hindoos , tho Aaayrinn * , nnil tho ICgypiiana were ns rudely iuviulud by tho Jtoformure of tho sixth century before Gliriat , ua the Christian l ' anthoon of the ttotnauista was astmilod by tho Ke for in cm of tlio nixtooiult century of tho Christian om . In India th # mythology of tho Vodaa w « a broken through by the tuaohings of Uuddha , who threw away tho whole ceremonial of lirahmuutam , with all It * buci'Much , ponancoa , and caatcB , changed tho complicated syatums of old Hindoo philosophy Into a short doctrine Of salvation , and on forced the dutiua of morality , juatioo , kindness , and HoU ' -aaarlflce .
In Central Asia , the migration of that great branch , of the Arian race whose line of rnaceh is indicated in the Zendaweafcu . had . carried with it the Z . oryoastrian faith of Ornxuzd . The . worshippers , ofi fir ** , with all . the ateru . enthusiasm of the Puritans , were trampling under foot theidolntrios of bheWeat ^ . tUe sensual heathenism of the Sabsaans , the horrible rites of the Magian Medes , and the grovelling animal worship of . the besotted Egyptians . In Europe , the intellectual and civilized Greek and the tattooed and savage barbarian were alike yielding to the influence of this wide-spreading revolution in religious belief ; The poe * & and . philosophers of Hellas , were contemplating the mysteries of Eieusis , or discussing the doctrines o £ Pythagoras and Orpheusmysteries which initiated the trembling devotee into the secrets of immortality , the
happy tranquillity oJ 5 the Islands of the Blessed , and . the mysterious horror * of the under-world : ; doctrines wMch . taught him a purer , morality , ou . earth , and instilled in him brighter hopes of the world beyond the grave . And perchance , even at that early time ,, the painted savages- of Britain were already imbibing from the Druidical hierarchy the dogma . of . the . transmigration and immortality of the soul ; whilst the Scalds of the wild and' ioy fiEorth may even then have awakened to a sense of the imperfections of their warlike deities , and from the depths of their moral consciousness may already have foretold that terrible twilight of the gods , when Odin and Valhalla should pass away , a mightier Deity and a . purer heasten arise upon their rains , and cowardice and courage ba no longer regarded , as the o » ly standards of evil and . of
It should be added , that , in addition to the historical sketches , furnished by Mr . Wheeler , the present edition contains an account , supplied by Dr M'Cau-1 , of the rab binical authorities consulted by Dean Prideaux . The elaborate care with which the revision of the two volumes under notice has been executed , leads us to hope that the corrected works of Drs . Shuckford and Russell will not be delayed long in the press .
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PUBLICATIONS AND REPUBLICATIONS . Mr . Walter Bagehot has reprinted , chiefly from the National Review , a series of essays which he entitles Estimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen The volume is published by Messrs . Chapman and Hall ; and , announcing its appearance , we reserve it for more extended notice . The third volume of Messrs . Longman ' s cheap edition of Lord Macaulay ' s History , of England , has this- week appeared . Possessory of former editions will probably End it necessary to interline them , with the new notes and references . Mrs . Matthew Hall ' s volume on The Royal Princesses of Englandfront t / ie Reign of George the First , published by Mr . Routledge , is , with its prettyportrait of the Princess Royal , so much a book of the day , that we do not delay to announce it . The writer ' s conscientious research and powers of description entitle her book , however , to separate treatment . As a companion to Mrs . Hall ' s historical volume we have a dainty little book , very orig inal in its design . It must be noticed now or never , being simply and purely an . elegant ephemeral . This is A Piece of the Royal TFedding Cake , by Mr . H . R . Lumley , published by Mr . William Thomas . It is a little tale—the romance of nonsense , indeed—with satin-lined covers of white enamel , tied in a true lover ' s knot with a silver cord and two silver tassels . Mr . Hardwicke has published his Annual Biography fbr 1857 , neatly and carefully written by Mr . Edward Walford . The volume is among the most useful and interesting annuals of the past year . It will be followed by another series at Easter , bringing up the biographical obituary to the close A Plea for tlie Ways of God to Man , by Dr . William . Fleming , published by Hamilton , Adams and Co ., ia ' an attempt to vindicate the mooal government of the world . ' We can only testify to the accuracy and clearness of the author ' s literary style .
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THE FESTIVAL I ^ ERFORMANCES . The second of the Festival Performances at Han Majesty ' sThbatrh consisted of the performance of Ralph ' s charming Hose of Castille , by tho Tyve and Hahkison company ; find the farce of Boots at the Swan , by Mr . Robson . Tho effect of the English opera was a little dimmed by the indisposition of Miss Louisa Py . ne , who was labouring under a painful attack of influenza , which , on any ordinary occasion , would have justified an apology , perhaps an absence . Tho fascinating and accomplished prima-donna sang with infinite courage , with quite enough of her wonted brilliancy to convince tho audience that any defect was only transitory and occasional , and to win tho admiration and aj'mpathy of all her hearers for so puro a tone , so true a method , a taste so delicate and just , an expression so glowing and refined . In the iarce , Mr . Kouson was , of course , victorious over tho risible nerves of the most courtly and impassible among tho audience ; but ? tho party in the Court Box were , we doubt , almost as much bewildered as amused by such a dieh to set before a Queen , as the representation of a drunken , staggering Boots . # On Saturday evening tho entertainment was somewhat more choice . Tho stage was restored to its proper denizens—the Italians . Bum-ini ' s over young and fresh Sonnambula was appropriately selected for a Bridal festival ; and in this delicious opera , hollowed to English opera-goers by tho traditions of Malibban , PiflusiAm , Jknny Uni > , and I ' auxinjs Veaujoot Gahcia , Mudlle , Pkjcolomini essayed , for the first timo in London , tho part of A mind . It would be idle and ungracious to institute comparisons—indeed any comparison is out of the question ; suftice it to say that the young Rose of Sienna was bewitching , ana tender and touching as the peasant maid > joyous and pathetic by turns , lool-tn // as treBh , and melodious aa tho music itself . Her acting was sweetly natural and easy in its simple grace , and , with ono or two exceptions , her aingjng was ^ IsolsruTftffimtibusra ^^^^ acqno . Signor / Giuauwiguve groat effect to Klvino ; bub wo notice with rdgrov a growing tendency in this remarkable aingor to drag tho tmio and to weigh , down tho emphasis of imthetic passages by a drawn-out sweetness that is omy not a . < ira , wl . This w « s especially the case in tho ' Ah , porohonoa nouso o < " « wl and by no moans contributed to tho beauty of tho air , in spite of the exquisite voice and . the . admirable force and facility of thq , »« igpr . teigrwr Qwvuitn ftaa a right ! to , aRiUttUiny and may fairly disdain unqualified eulogy . The opera woe followed by a Jfostlyul Cantata , tho poetry by M * . Oscen-
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 30, 1858, page 115, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2228/page/19/
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