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upon the love passages in the life of Ellen Raymond . This young lady has a special susceptibility for the tender passion . She very nearly falls a . victim to her sensibilities when at boarding school ; she is , however , rescued from harm by a middle-aged paragon , Mr . Edward "Vaughan . Having escaped this danger she plunges head over ears in love -with Granville Mortimer ; and a large- portion of the three volumes is taken up with cross purposes , in which every thing provokingly turns out contrary just as G-ranville Mortimer is thne after time about to pop the pleasant question . Af ter a good deal of this sort of thing Granville Mortimer ,
mistaking the feelings of Ellen Raymond , marries somebody else . Then we have a rather delicate position for Ellen Raymond ' prepared : she just peeps over the brink of the precipice ; she is recalled to her sense of propriety in time , and her difficulties end by her becoming the wife of Edward "Vaughan . There are two or three episodal circumstances connected with the main' adventure , but though they promise to be interesting and very mysterious at the beginning , the end is rather commonplace and disappointing . The novel , however , will find a great many admirers .
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| THE OLD PLANTATION . The Old Plantation . By James Hungerford , of Maryland . Sampson , Low and Co . Tjqis is a series of American scenes and incidents , limited to the Southern localities . The story has no romantic complications , neither does it pretend to illustrate or elucidate any profound mystery connected with the operations of human passions and human feelings . Negro life is painted somewhat too much couleur de rose—the niggers appear to be the happiest , most careless , and wouldn ' tchnngo . - their - condition - if- they- could of living mortals . We have no doubt that such scenes
have occurred , and that such pleasant plantations have existed and do exist ; but then we fear , if an illustration of the " domestic institution" is intended , that there is a darker side to the picture , whicli the author has skilfully kept from view , and which , would have somewhat marred the impression it is , as we surmise , his desire his production should make . However , the book is jileasant reading—the graceful . pictures of real American life are selected with judgment , and the work , though it can never prove ah antidote to * ' Uncle Tom's Cabin , " may be read with advantage as a corrective of that clever , but overstrained , nigger romance .
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FALSE AND TRUE . False and True . By the Hon . Lena Eden . L . Booth . Gbacepul writing and pleasant reading—characters not out of the pale of everyday existence , and incidents such as may be presumed to now naturally from the idiosyncrasies and positions of the respective characters . We have met with them all in our peregrinations through society , and this is about . the best testimony we can offer to the truth and talent of the writer . Pamela Dynely is the only character which strikes us as aiming at originality , and ia the one that pleases us best , and , we fancy , will also best please the readers of " False and True . "
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POEMS" 1 . Fantpaths between Two Worlds ; and other Poems . By Patrick Scott . , Boll and Daldy . 2 . Soiujafor tho Suffering . By Thomas Davis , M . A . John W . Parker and Son . 3 . Io in Egypt ; and other Poems . By Richard , Gametfe . Bell and Daldy . 4 . The Buried Titan ; a Drama . By Franklin Leifchikl . . ¦ Robert Hard wick e . This first of these poems ia by an author who has already won a respectable name as a mitfBtrel . In the lending production of the volume ho discusses the question of the soul ' s immortality , and has
entitled himself to take an . eminent rank as a didactic poet . Mr . Scott has brought a considerable amount of learning 1 to bear on the point , and has Illustrated the entire argument with scientific as well as metaphysical proof . The volume contains other poems . One , in lyrio verso , on Edwin , King of tho Northumbrians , has some remarkable stanzas . Tho others are variously entltlefl " Tho yillago of tho Dead , " •« The Demon ' s Bath , " " Tho Itlver ofLifo , " " EaUlv and Knowledge , " and « Tho Soldier ' s Saorlflco . " Thoro Is also one relative to the Crimean war , undortho title of" Ohox'sonous Taurica , " whloli has pootlo merit as well as patriotic feeling . " Tho Life ot tho Houseless" Is also a poem that will
commandattention / " Iscariot , " " The Passing Bell , " The Stars , " and " The Battle of Inkermann , " are lyrics that possess high finish , and testify to a fund of thought and feeling in the « uthor more than common . The publication , altogether , will raise the reputation of Mr . Scott . ' . . The next volume presents the Rev . Mr . Davis in a favourable light . He is a verse-writer of merit , and these " Songs for the Suffering" are quite equal to his Devotional Verse . " One poem in the present collection , on " The Mossy Old Oak , " manifests decided descriptive power ; and there is many a stanza in the volume as full of pathos as of piety . Mr . Garnett writes with classic propriety ana elevation , and Ms volume of poems will procure him respect with a superior class of readers .
Mr . Leifchild ' s drama is a sort of parody on the Prometheus of JEschylus—not , however , in the shape of a burlesque . By the " Titan " we believe the author means the spirit of democracy . The gist of the work will be well enough understood when we state that it is dedicated to Comte de Montalembert . There is some eloquent and poetic dialogue .
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MISCELLANIES . The Congregational Hymn and Tune Booh . By the Rev . R . R . Chope , B . A . First ten thousand . J . Wright and Co . The nature of this publication is sufficiently explained by the title . Some of the hymns are really beautiful , and the entire collection does credit to the compiler . Diary and . Correspondence of John Evelyn , F . R . S . New edition . In 4 vols , Henry O . Bohn . Vol . TV . is now published , embellished with a
portrait of John Selden , and ten other likenesses , including Oliver Cromwell ' s . The volume is occupied with correspondence , commencing with the letters of Mrs . Evelyn , and her character by Dr . Bohun . Then follow the private correspondence between Charles I . and Sir Edward Nicholas j the correspondence of the latter and various members of tbe royal family , the private correspondence between Sir Edward Hyde and Sir Richard Browne , and a selection from the correspondence of Sir Richard Browne . A general index to the Diary and Correspondence is added .
The Poetical Worhs of Thomas Moore , with a Portrait . Complete in Ten Parts . Longman , Brown , Green , Longman , and Roberts . Part I . is now published , containing " LallaRookh " complete ; in double columns , beautifully printed . The Finances of Great Britain Considered . By Reuben Browning . Part I . Richardson Brothers . This work comprises an Examination of the Property and Income Tax , and Succession Duty Tax of 1853 . The author proposes what he regards as a practicable scheme for the annihilation of the National Debt ; which debt , however , he does not look on as the evil that some take it for . We must await future issues before we can judge of the writer ' s argument .
The Common-sense of Life Assurance . By a Man of the Times . James Hogg and Sons . The author writes in a mei'ry vein , but he writes also wiselyi since he inculcates prudence . We reoommend the perusal of this manual . Chambers ^ Encyclopaedia ; a Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the , People . W . and R . Chambers . This work , of which Part I . is just published , is based " on tho latest Edition of the German Conversations Lexicon . " This is the highest commendation that can be bestowed on it ; and when it is added that it is " illustrated by wood , engravings and maps , " the book purchaser will be naturally anxious to possess it , as the most valuable book of reference that he can obtain .
Tlomoaopathic Handbook , and Guide to the Domestic Use , of th % Medicines . ¦ " William Freeman . Tub directions are plain , and tho arrangements good . The Gourmet ' s Guide to J ^ abbit-Cooking , 124 Receipts . By an Old Epicure . yy . Kent and Co , One mindred and twenty-four different ways of cooking a rabbit ? Yes -, —it is a fact . For the necessary detail of tho particular , buy and read this useful little book—and then go and catch your rabbit . Memoirs of the Empress Catherine II . Written foy herself . With a Proface , by A . Herzon ,
Triibnor and Co . This is a very good translation , from the French , of a well known work , whioh will be gratefully received by a large body of readers , and whioh yo noticed in its Fronoh form some short time since , O'Byrna ' s Pocket Poat ~ OJJiao Diroatory for 18 Si ) Published , April 1980 . O'Byrno Brothers . Tub utility of , a work liko this is obvious . It forms " a Handbook to London and its Environs , " and its main advantage is in its portability ,
White Hands , a Legend of German Chivalry . A Tragedy in Five Acts . By Henry Spicer . Bosworth and Harrison . Mr . Spicer is well known as a dramatic authorand manager , and is remarkable for his close imitation of the style of Beaumont and Fletcher . The subject of this play relates to Otho III ., the soldier-emperor , and his bride Mary , of Aragon . lie was married by proxy ; whence it followed that the empress loved his representative , in the person of the brilliant Count of Amala . Some of the scenes in this drama are of rare beauty ; but the catastrophe presents stage difficulties . Nevertheless , two years since it was designed for representation at a west-end theatre . That opportunity was lost , and , not expecting another , the author has judiciously published his work . .
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things . Edited by Edmund Fillirigharn King , A . M . . Ward and Lock . THis is not a book of vulgar wonders , but a scientific collection of curious matters , which may be read with profit . It is also profusely illustrated . The number of odd and quaint things is carefully separated from the coarse and objectionable extravagancies which formerly composed the contents of similar works . There is here much of the strange , but nothing of the vulgar .
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SERIALS . Westminster Review . —The new number is excellent . Its two political papers , on the " Italian Question" " England ' s Political Position in Europe , " are of rare merit . The fulness of their information ,, and the good sound practical sense of their suggestions place them in favourable contrast to the usual run of political articles . There are also a capital review of George Eliot ' s novel of " Adam Bede , " and an accurate account of " The Drama in Paris . " The other articles treat of " Yorkshire , " " The Morals of Trade , " " Weimar and its Celebrities , " and "De Lamennais ; his Life and Writings . " The strictures on contemporary literature appear to be governed by impartiality , and embrace nearly all the publications of the quarter .
British Quarterly Review . —The number contains discriminating articles on " Cheap Literature" and " Alison ' s History of Europe -, " but its papers on " . Baron Bimsen ' s Bible" and " Egypt ^ s Place in Universal History , " are marked with sectarian prejudice , unworthy of , and incompatible with , a true literary spirit . There is a very learned article on " Bartholomew Fair . " "ElHs ' s Madagascar is reviewed in a kindred spirit , and the papers on " Japan" and " Lady Morgan" are good , llie " Reform Question , " and " The . Punjab and its Administration , " are political articles of average merit . The short notices of recent publications are numerous and well written .
Tub National Risvijsw . —This periodical is in great force this month . Tho opening contribution is a trenchant criticism on the writings ot bir a . B . Lytton , Novelist , Philosopher and Poet . J . ne laurels of the Colonial . Minister are unsparingly shorn from his brow , and though not stripped quite bare , he is so far denuded of those literarytrophies which an admiring public has j ^ ng decorated him with as to bo hardly recognisable . "Monimsen s History of Rome" is an able paper . "* ° ? w TnnAmf ^ ro ar , A Unfivminrs " deals With lUUl-pOUUCai
economists , and their heresies against the doctrines of tho * Maltlius , Bentham , Ricardo Smith school ot teachers . Tho revision is evidently "wprognatea with thq hard unfratornal spirit which distinguishes the principles of the modern school of . econonncin theorists "The Present State of Photography a instructive , and well worth careful study . u £ ]* - guossoare and French Jurisprudence " pays a JW £ tribute to an ominont French legist . " Peasant Ltfo in Russia " more fully brings before the rcador tno admirable descriptive writingsof Ivnm Tourguonow " Schloiermaoher ' s Life and Times" will be road with unqualified pleasure . " Tho True Difficulties of the Italian Question " tolls us nothing but what , luw -been mnrla miMln lint . !*• . rmtn ( linnftSO fairlV JUKI lOrClDl / .
before the public . Tho writer scoots the idea oi Gongross e «" ecting any porman'ont good , mo «* pulsion of tho Pope and of Austria from itwy altogether , are tho only two romodios the vniw considors capable of settling Italian 6 " ™? % " Thol ' rosent Aspectof Parliamentary Reform wiu bo approved in proportion as tho tono is in luirmow , y with tho polities of tho reader . ' ,,. * „« , n f Thh London Bmvikw . — " Buckle ' s HwtoiT , Ji Oirilisation in England" and "Comto ' s Positive im losophy form tho toxt of a long and an tlbl ^ al'tlcl ° ifi " tho merits of those ronownod writers . Xno cr "v slashoa away at Mr . Buoldo , without btint or ra «< J » summing up his diatribes in tho folio wing words " Mr . Buakfo may spare himself and his ™ ' } ™ " continuation of this crudo and monstrous "n "" ™ * : It has survivod the littio moxwont of apphvuso ana
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462 THE LEADER . | ISTo . 472 , April 9 , 1859 .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1859, page 462, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2289/page/14/
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