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Irish Quarterly Review . No . XXXITL , for April . —This periodical is in the ninth year of publication , and has therefore fulfilled a mystical period of life , that may be taken for success . The number is preceeded by a long compendium of the Jebb and Crofton controversy on the reformation of criminals . The articles treat of the French Revolution , as told by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt ; of International Agricultural Exhibitions , of the Blind , of Minnesingers , and other topics of general interest ; all of which are treated with due weight and care .
Aerostatic Magazine , 1859 . Edited by H . Coxwell . —The first number appeared , it seems , in 1845 ; since which date the writer has made more than two hundred ascensions , and now aims , by means of the present publication , to give a scientific direction " to this branch of recreation . " Balloons themselves , he states , can be directed , and points out various methods of effecting this purpose . He likewise proposes to start a large balloon for passengers to go daily from some distant part of England , and land them near the towns on their way according to the wind that would blow—if from the south for the north part of England or Scotland , and so forth . A central station is all that is necessary . Bosweix ' s Life of Johnson . Edited by John Wilson Croker , with illustrations . John Murrajr . — Fart IV . is embellished with a view of Lichfield , and carries down the biography to the year 1773 . Pokticat , Works of Thomas Moore , Parts IL and . III . ' ( Longman , Brown , Green , Longman , Roberts ) contain Irish melodies , national airs , sacred songs . " The Loves of the Angels , " and the "Anacreontic Odes , " all admirably printed . The Virginians . No . XX . —The history draws rapidly to a conclusion ,, and as lamps and candles flame and flicker up ere going out , so this tale improves and brightens . There is much nice description , and some touches of fine feeling , in t | ie winding up the love affair . Works of the Rev . Sydney Smith—Part VI . Longman , Brown , Green , Longman , and Roberts . Peter Plymley ' s Letters are concluded , with some Sermons , Speeches , Letters , and particularly the letter to the Electors on the Catholic question .
Ib-Touet contains the usual fashions , with three coloured engravings , and a variety of costumes . . Englishwoman ' s Journal . —No . XVI . contains ten articles , among them- a poem by Isa Craig , good , but artificial . Gallery of Nature , by the Rev . Thomas Milner , M . A ., F . R . G . S . This is a new edition , carefully revised . It is embellished with a beautiful Map of the Heavens in November , December , and January . Cassell ' s Popular Natural History . — Part III . is profuselv embellished with specimens of the
monkey tribe . Casseli / s Illustrated Famili * Biule , Part I . —This specimen number is profusely illustrated with engravings from our living artists , and with woodcuts of mountains and other natural features of local scencrj ' . It is of quarto size , on excellent paper , beautifully printed , and is accompanied with notes which appear to have been carefully compiled . Cabrell ' b Illustrated Family Paper . — Part XVIII ., Vol . III ., continues Mr . J . F . Smith ' s tale of " Substance and Shadows , " with an immense variety of other articlos .
Penny Post . — Vol . IX ., No . VI . A religious spirit leads this number , and Prayers are supplied for the present time of war .
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MISCELLANIES . Pokmh , by Ehlrcd . —W . Kent and Co . The writer husyot to muster the elements of versification . His mutter is bettor than his form . Chronicle of xim Hundredth Birthday of Houiskt Bukns . —This is a largo volume of moro than 000 pages , and contains some eloquent speeches by remarkable men . Catharine . —By the author of " Agnos and the Little Key . " Knight and Son . A Pastoral Address , to the younger members of his congregation . By a writor whoso style is ploasing . Tula Lily uif Tifhs . — -From Georgian Church History . This forme the fourth number of " Historical Tales , " published by Messrs . J . H . and J . Parker .
Enoland Sumsibtb iiy Mihaclk . By Foltham Burloigli . —Mr . B . writes with energy ana eloquence . Tho moaning of the titlo is , that England takos too littlo oiiro qJ'herself , and ought to take moro . Tho brochure toems with important : suggestions . , A LicTTBH / ro thk Earl Howe . By W . Latham . This Is tho second edition of a pamphlet containing " Facts and Romarks relating to tho Monitorial system at Public Schools , and more particularly as to
the propriety of punishing their sixth-form boys schoolfellows . " . Mental Arithmetic . By Hugo Reid . Longman , Brown , and Co . —This little work contains the principles of arithmetic for the learner , and numerous exercises , with the answers for the teacher . Its utility is obvious . . ' ... '•• ¦ A Manual of Punctuation , for Self-teaching and for Schools . By a Practical Printer . Manchester : Dunnill , Pahnerj and Co .-r-The writer advocates a more elaborate system than that now usually adopted . The practice in periodical writing is certainly slovenly , and needs reform . Growth of Cotton in India . —( W . Trounce . ) This is a paper read by Dr . J . Forbes Watson before the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , 23 rd March , followed by a discussion .
Routledge ' s Shakespeare . Part XXXIX . — Contains the conclusion of "Troilus and Cressida , " and the opening of " Hamlet . " The . illustrations are much the same ; there is a daring portrait of the Prince of Denmark , which has some good points in it . Routledge ' s Illustrated Natural History . Part III . — -The Monkey tribe , and its correlatives the Lemus and Bats , are treated of , and the . Felicias are introduced in this number . The illustrations are spirited , characteristic , and numerous .
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cotton sold m our markets bearing comparision with tlie qualities most extensively in use , a large share of assistance may very properly be given to the development of the African cotton trade . The cotton fields of the world , moreover , we are told , may be regarded as almost illimitable . , Samples have arrived of most excellent cotton from the Feejee Islands , brought by II . M . Consul to this country . On the whole the report is cheering . The Cotton Supply Reporter . No . IS . The information contained in this number corrobaies the impression made bj' the annual report , to which we have referred in the above paragraph . Tilings not Generally Known , Familiarly Explained . A Book for Old and Young . Second Series . By John Thnbs , F . S . A . Kent and Co . The former volume of this work is well known to tlie public ; and the second is so like it in its plan and motive that no special description is needed . It will be sufficient to indicate its contents . We have here some vestiges of Old English manners , ceremonies , and customs , housewifery , and meals . Punch and Judy claims regard , in association with old plavs , pageants , and music . Some details in relation
to English-laws , and some curious iiarticulars in connexion with money , arc remarkably interesting in an antiquarian point of view , while others touching herbs and fruit , and the phenomena of life will command the attention of the naturalist and scientific inquirer . The author has also contrived pigeonholes for notes and memoranda on funeral customs and ceremonies , home proverbs , sayings and phrases , weather-wisdom , pictures ,, inventions , and discoveries . The work presents an interesting variety , and will be most acceptable as a companion to the former volume . Our Woodlands , Heaths , and Hedges . By W . S , Coleman . Routledge , Warnes , and Routledge . Tins little handbook is published as a companion to " Wood ' s Common Country Objects , " and is illustrated by the author . It contains a popular description of trees , shrubs , wild fruits , & a , with notices of their insect inhabitants , and is well calculated to excite a lively interest in the most ordinary productions of nature by a familiar and accurate account of them . Of British trees and shrubs the tourist is frequently
ignorant , and no small illustrated volume existed on the subject ; The present , therefore , ' supplies a want . A Note to the Cornwall is-Papers ; embracing , with other relations , a Narrative of this . Extraordinary Career of Francis Jliggins , w / io received the Government Reward for lite Betrayal of Lord Edward Fitzgerald . By Wm . John Fitzpatrick . —W . B . Kelly . Tin ; title page sufficiently describes the nature of this pamphlet , which extends to nearly a hundred
> iigcs . Allan ' s Systems of National Telegraphic Communication . Appendix . . Tin-: author ' s correspondence with Government , and his Paper on tlie Political Kconoiny of Telegraphic Communication , deserves serious attention . The Co-operative Associations in Paris , and the French Republic . A Lecture . By William Coningham , Esq ., M . P . Effinglmm Wilson . This is a second edition of Mr . Coningham ' s lecture delivered in the Town-hall , Brighton , July 28 , 18 . 01 . Tho topics it deals with are of permanent value . . . _ —» ... -. . i i ii i i ii ¦— iimi lilt mi wnr'Tiwi ~ i 'i *' it" | ' 1 '" T * m " ' ^ * H ^ t ¦ ¦ i i ip- - --- - - — — -- fcfc
The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick ; containing his Hesperides " and " Noble Numbers ; " with Biographical Memoir by E . Walford . Reeves and Turner . A perfect and handsome edition of our sweetest lyric poet was much wanted , and here we have it . Herrick suffered a temporary oblivion of a hundred and fifty years , during tlie domination of an artificial and un-English taste ; but with the revival of our old ballads
and dramatists came a better notion and feeling for poetry . His delicious , love songs and his noble numbers grew gradually in estimation after attention was drawn to them in the Gentleman ' s Magazine at the end of the last century . Then came a mutilated edition by Dr . Nott ; another more comprehensive in 1823 ; and a further one in the Aldine Poets by Pickering , in 1846 ; . still none of them were complete , and but a limited . impression of each were thrown o , so that the poems were by-no means cheap and accessible .
Mr . Walford has given us the entire works , good , bad , and indifferent , so that we not only have the poems but an impression of the age in which they were composed , which , if it had the fault of what we now term coarseness , it , had also the freshness , simplicity , and vigour of a less artificial and we believe a less corrupt age than our own . It must be a great recommendation that this edition " embraces the entire works of Herrick , as they have come down to us , without any omision or abbreviation . " A concise but agreeable biography , a characteristic portrait , and handsome paper and print , make this in every way a desirable volume . Stanford ' s Maps of the Seat of War .
1 . Maclure and Macdonald ' s large Scale Map of the Seat of War in Italy is traced from the great map of the Sardinian Government , and gives the immediate locality on the largest scale yet issued . Successive . sheets ' are to be given , which will complete ' the Northern part of Italy . 2 . Stanford ' s Map of the North of Italy embraces Continontal Sardinia and Lombardy , coming down to the States of the Church . It is on a fair-sized scale , and is nicely coloured . 3 . Stanford ' s Map of Italy . This embraces the wholo of the Peninsula , including the Island of Sardinia and the Austrian States , Dalmatia , &c . It is clear , distinct , and well coloured , and is from the latest authorities . 4 . Map of North Italy , in a small size , but distinct , and coloured . '
These maps are timely in their appearance , neat in getting up , and very moderate in price . The Coroner ' s Court ; its Uses and Abuses , with Suggestions for Reform . By J . J . Dompsy . — Hatton and ( Jo . Tins is tho second edition of a pamphlet that lms ali-eady commanded considerable attention , and is likely to havo much influence with tho Law Amendment Society . Cotton Supply Association , Manchester . The Second Annual Report of tho Executive Committee . —Cavo and Sovers .
Tins Committee oxprcss an opinion that from tho West Coast of Africa tho export of cotton will vary rapidly increase . This is gratifying ; but there seem good grounds for it . So many agencies havo already sprung up to operate at various trading stations along tho coast and in the interior , so much public interest having been excited In favour of onoouraglng tho proved capabilities of the , native African fur trading and Indus trlul pursuits , " « d tho
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Notices ^ THE LEADER 695
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^^ m **^ m * — * ^^ ww » . ^ . ^» y . —^— * . _ _ .. _ ^^ ^^^ . ^^^^^ M ^ w ^»^^**^^^ w ^^ Mp ^ Sardinian Donkeys . — Amongst tho native domestic , animals , the wonderful donkeys must not be forgotten . Their stature is . that of a fine Newfouudland dog ; their coats are woolly and occasionally curly , tempting you to sheer thorn like sheep ; and , to improve their beauty , their ears are cropped close . At Sassari , they fulfil the . oHice of watercarriers ; being laden with a small barrel hanging ftt each side . One poor donkey , mounting a steop illpavod slope , was overbalanced by its burden , ¦ and , ' ailing on its back , was caught in a fix botweon tlic two casks . All it could do was to runmin motionless , with its four legs in tho air . At Cuglian , vhero tho donkeys are built on a still smaller scale , and where thoy have groater need to bo viewed through a magnifying-glass , their talents are directed to a ditf&ont employment . Vou are saunter-Sg inqusitirely through / suburb of the town , you neen in at tho half-opened doors at which women Jro spinning , or protending to spin » and you patch n Klimpso in tjio inner oWirity , of an indistinct animal who keeps steadily walking round and round It is a little donkey turning a little mill , nut olwcrvo , tho natives do not hi any wise regard tUol ' r ground-floor in tho light of a stable , but as th © Iviuff room for tho inmates of tho house , 'lhe matrons of Caglhirl , theroforo , thanks to tho donkey , wliiloomployoclabout their domestic duties , are ennulod to superintend their homo-ground flour . — - DU' / wnn " All ( tie Year Round . "
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 695, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2297/page/11/
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