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one very readably volume . We think , however , the reader would have been better pleased had Mr . Sfeinmetz allowed liis authorities to speak more fully for themselves , and abstained from his own , cotnments ; and deductions ; which £ n many instances are ijuestionable and not always in the b ^ st taste . The bookj however , is a very good book of its kind , and until we have before us the results of that personal experience which we may expect from the intercourse that is about to be established between the two nations , we must content ourselves with whatis here afforded us .
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THE SCOTTISH ANNUAL . The Scottish Annual . A . and C . Black . Wb have always regretted the extinction of that butterfly , but beautiful offspring , of modern literature —the Annual , but we doubt if anybody ' s regrets are likely to be removed by the present heavy attempt to resuscitate it in the Scotch form ; nor can we think that the « c object" of this revival * as set forth in the preface , will assist this movement , as far as English readers are concerned , that object being "to establish a vehicle for matters chiefly Scottish , " and " as a tangible and legitimate mean ? of conserving that nationality , so dear to every Scotchman , " especially when we recollect that the nationality in question meets with a totally different appreciation on this side of the Tweed than it does on the other . The Annual is made up of thirty contributions in prose and verse , none of which are above mediocrity . There is only one illustration—a portrait of Lord Clyde , very like a retired sweep—and a vignette .
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SOTJTHERN LIGHTS ANB SHADOWS . Southern Lights and Shadows . Being brief Notes of Three Tears' Experience of Social , Literary , and Political Life in Australia . By Erank Fowler . Sainson Low and Co . Mb . Fqwi . er is a lively and intelligent observer . What he has witnessed he has seen with no dull or common-place eye ; and he is able to give his experrienee and impressions with so much of "truth and graphic power aa to put the reader pleasantly in possession of a good deal of . sound information . Life in Australia has seldom been more vividly depicted ,
and although this unpretending volume does not a * m at anything beyond affording an hour ' s amusement , a good deal may be collected from it that will , if rightly regarded , prove of very material use to intending emigrants . We might take exception to portions of the style and this straining after liveliness and smartness : this , as we have more than once had occasion to point out , is the besetting sin of young writers of the present day ; but , as we are informed , by the author that the book was thrown off currente calamo , during a three days' knocking about at sea , we are not disposed to be hypercritical ; we only volunteer one word of advice to the _ writer—to abstain in future works from any exhibition of that false taste which so much disfigures our light literature .
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OUTLINES OF ENGLISH HISTOEY , Outlines of English History . By Henry Ince . Corrected and Extended hy James Gilbert . Wb hope that the " corrections " Of Mr . Gilbert are not of that Romanising character which have drawn upon him the qastigationa of the Morning Advertiser . We do not see very many evidences of the Popish leanings of which he , the Roman Catholic editor , has been accused , unless we are to reckon among them the epithet of *< bloated tyrant" applied to Henry the Eighth , the gingerly manner in which he refers to thedownfal of monkery , the common use of the phrase " Catholic religion" instead of " Roman Catholic , " and the insinuated intimation that Pro ^ testants are very properly denominated heretics .
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A SONG OF CHARITY , A Song qf Charity . By E . J . Chapman . Second Edition . ' Basil Montagu Pickering . The first edition of this work , was published at Toronto , in Western Canada , in 1857 ; it appears here in somewhat an improved shape ., It is in six Bectione , written in a metre resembling Colendge s ChrUtalcJ , and intended , we believe , in imitation * but much inferior in power , though , on the whole , not ungracefully managed . There axe , too ,, poetic aspirations | n come of the passages ; but it 19 rather " as a verse-writer" ( all , by the way , that the author claims ) than as a i » oet that Mr . Chapman must at present be esteemed .
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Old Jack : a Sea Tale . By W . H . G . Kingston . ( T . Nelson , )—0 W Jaok Is a very readable story . There ore plenty of nautical adventures and other marvels , both by sea and land , to delight youthful minds . Mr . King " oton has the art , not pnly of telling his story well , but of giving it the appearance of thorough reality . Hint * fop the fat fa ( Kent « «¦)—Th * author , or rather the compiler of other writers' hints , has brought
together a good . many ' facts that may be found of use to those who aspire either to keep a good table , or to shine at a neighbour ' s . A good deal of what is taken from other writers , however , has no connexion , that we can see , with the Economy of the Table , and if the work reaches another edition j might be left out with advantage . . Tales of the Colonies ; or , the Adventures of an Emigrant . By Charles Rowcroft . New Edition . ( Smith , Elder , and Co . )—Mr . Rowcrbft ' s work has already been so well appreciated by the public , that six editions have been called for , and we have , consequently , only to remark , the object of the work being already well known , that its merits fully entitle it to the popularity it has attained . ,
The Parents' Cabinet qf Amusement and Instruction New Edition . ( Smith , Elder , and Co , )—Two or three pretty tales , and some little pieces of information well adapted to yOung minds , make up this pleasing little book . _ . The Wars of the Roses * By J . G . Edgar . With Illustrations . ( Kent and Co . )—Mr . Edgar ' s object in writing this book for boys , as he tells us , " Is to furnish them with" a narrative of the struggle between York and Lancaster , commonly known as the ' Wars of the Roses . '" Mr . Edgar will not be disappointed- ^ we judge from the manner in which he has executed his task—in his purpose " of engaging the 1 attention and favour of English boys of this generation to the most remarkable epoch in the mediaeval history of their country . "
The Pulpit Observer . ( Judd and Glass . ) rr-We do not know whether we offend against the gravity of the title of this little volume by calling it " very amusing . " It certainly is pleasantly sketchy and graphic in its execution , and will thoroughly repay perusal . Moore ' s Irish Melodies . —This is the second number of a cheap and neat edition of the ever popular ballads , the copyright of which still remains in the hands of Messrs . Longmans . The words are given with symphonies and accompaniments for the pianoforte ; and when we say there are thirteen songs with ) music for a shilling , neatly printed , we have done everything to recommend ¦ the work to the lovers of song and the admirers ; of Moore .
The Scottish Review . No . 25 . —This is a temperance Quarterly Review published by the Scottish Temperance Leagued It contains interesting and serviceable reviews on social questions , and is deserving of every encouragement . It has a learned and clever article on •¦ '" Substitutes for Paper Material . " -. ' . Registered Bate Dial . —Messrs . Petter and Galpin , the . lithographers and printers , have issued a pretty card in a frame to indicate the day of the month . Whilst it is ornamental it is extremely simple , the days of the month
being disposed in a semicircle to which an index hand can be daily moved . The disposition of the colours is extremely tasteful , and as it is framed , it forms an elegant adornment to the walls , enlivening them by its bright yet artistic tints . It is a highly creditable specimen of coloured lithographing . Clmrch of England Monthly Review . No . 31 . —This number contains some articles apparently with what is termed a High Church tinge , but still , as it appears to us , truly Christian feeling . The story of Holbein ' s " Madonna" is an interesting paper .
Chronicle of Revolt in India . Part 12 . —This is the concluding Part of a very full and fair History of the terrible insurrection that has just occurred in India . It is copiously illustrated with tapital woodcuts and maps , and is a record of events that must ever have a deep though painful interest * Edinburgh Veterinary Review . No , 3 .. —This is a periodical not only valuable to the horse-dealer but to the farmer and agriculturist' It is illustrated with good engravings , and doubtless its various articles will be prized by professional men , though we cannot sympathise with the gentleman who rejoices that he has found a specimen of Bots in the human species .
Eost Magazine Almanack for 1850 . —In addition to being an Insurance Directory , this Almanack comprises a great deal of miscellaneous information . The Calendar is very full , and is carefully compiled ; and all the Governmental and Postal information is ample , and judiciously eeleoted . To » U connected in any way with the insurance of lives , or seeking information thereon , it is of the utmost value , and , we may almost say , it is indispensable .
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BOOKS RECEIVED . The Scottish Temperance League Register , 1859 . Glasgow League Office . The Scottith . Review . No , XXV . January . Glasgow Scottish Temperance League . Outlines qf Physiology . By J . H . Bennett , M . D ,, F . R . S . E ., Edinburgh : A . and C . Blaek . The Congregational Pufyit , No . XLVII . Part XXIV . Judd and Glass . , The Pulpit Observer . No . I . " Vol . it . Judd and Glass . Endowed / Schools qf Ireland . By Harriot Martlneau , Smith , Elder , and Co . Charles Chesterfield ' j or , the Adventures qf a Youth oj Geniua . By Mrs . Trollopo . Knight and Son . Varium . L , Booth . Palestine Past and Present . With Biblical , Literary
and Scientific Notices . By the Rev . Henry S . Osborn , M . A . N . TrUbher and Co . Church of England Monthly Review . Vol . V . July to December , 1858 . Bell and Daldy . . Church of England Monthly Review . January , 1859 ; No . XXXI . Vol . VI . Bell and Daldy . Anecdotes , Observations , and Characters of Books and Men . By the Rev . Joseph Spence . James Russell Smith . . Sir Joshua Reynold ' s Notes and Observations on Pictures . Edited by William Cotton , Esq . James Russell Smith , The Works of Thomas Sackville Lord Buckhurst ,
afterwards Lord Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth and Earl of Dorset . Edited by the Hon . and Rev . Reginald W . Sackville West , M . A . James Russell Smith . Hwrtnely Rhymes : a Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect . By William Barnes . James Russell Smith . _ The Poetical Works of Robert . Bttttw . lRoutledge and Co . The Healing Art ike Right Hand of the Church . Edinburgh : Sutherland and Knox . Edinburgh Vetietnary Review . No . III . January , 1859 . Edinburgh : Sutherland and Knox . Right or Wrong . By Geraldine E . Jew 3 bury . In 2 Vols . Hurst and Blackett .
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FRANCE . The Constitutionnel of this ( Friday ) morning . contains an article which refers to serious difficulties which have arisen between France and Austria , concerning the Danube and Servia . The article goes orv to say ;—The speech 4 f the King of Sardinia could not be mpre moderate . The marriage of the Prince Napoleon with the Princess of Savoy will cement the alliance between the two nations . Italy is agitated , but war is only possible in the event of the violation of treaties taking place or being threatened . The Mdniteur of to-day publishes the monthly return of the Bank of France , which shows the following results , as compared with the last return : — - DECREASED . Bullion ... ... ... 28 £ millions . Treasury balance ... ... ... 6 h » increased . Bills discounted but not yet due 43 millions . Advances ... w 24 3-5 „ Bank-notes 67 J „ Current accounts 33 5-6 ,, At the last Cabinet Council one of the Ministers , who is decidedly opposed to the war movement , declared that if the same state of things continued there would bo over a thousand failures in Paris in a month . The orders given for the supply of coals for the navy coincide with the revival of rumours that over one hundred vessels are required to be ready to serve as transports . The rumour circulates of considerable purchases of horses , and of preparations actively going on at Toulon . AU the old steamers that conveyed the Roman expedition in 1849 with such ease and despatch to the Italian coast are being put in order , for another convoy , and every disposable ship carpenter at Brest or Cherbourg is sent by roil to Toulon . People at Marseilles write on the 11 th that every preparation in the coinmia-Bttriat is hastened , and the business on 'Change has be-r come exclusively of a military kind , the transactions having all reference to supplies . General JVltoniahon , >( > s now faHy understood , is to be Oommauder-in- Chief of the armeo d'ltalio ; and of the African Contingent 30 , 000 men are to embark forthwith and land in Italy—this was positively stated at the ball at the Tuileries . In the meantime orders have been sent round to the various newspapers , either to cease blowing the war trumpet for the present , or to lower tua war notes a& much us possible .
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BELGIUM . On Wodncoday evening there was a second ball given in honour of the Prince of Wales , at the Laokon Palace , Brussels , the heir of England loading off the Duchess de Brabant , daughter of Leopold . People remarked as Bomothing odd , under the circumstances , that the Sardinian Envoy , ' Count Montalto , led off la Baronne do Vriontss , wife of ihe Austrian Minister . Yesterday the Prince of Wales left Brussels on his way to Italy .
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80 T HE Ij EAPESi . [ No > 460 , Janua ry 15 , 1859 .
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Leader Office , Friday Evening , January 14 th . OPENING OF PARLIAMENT . It is understood that the address in answer to the Speech fromv the Throne will be moved , in the House of Commons , by the Hon . Charles Trefusis , M . P . for North Devon , and seconded by Mr . Beecroft , M . P . for Leeds . . ..
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ROME , The news has juat arrived that the military and municipal authorities of the Papal States having applied to ? the Pope to know In what manner the Prince of Wales Is to be received , his Holiness has directed thut all
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 15, 1859, page 80, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2277/page/16/
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