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Notices &c . j THE LEADER 751 i ^^ ma BaMwaaM— ¦ ' . ¦¦ j ^ wk »^ i ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ?¦ " . _ _ , — ~ " ¦ ¦ . — ¦ . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ . ^
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without fanaticism , and free from any influence whatever , whether- political or religious . In this way only can we have a genuine English Bible .
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THROUGH THE SHADOWS . By the Author of " ey Grey . " In 3 vols . -Hurst and Blackett . " Through the Shadows " is a very fair novel , but the story is rather too much spun out . It contains the right materials for a . first-rate novel , and nothing that can offend the most fastidious critic of works of fiction . There is no exaggeration in the incidents or . the characters . The characters , from the peculiar position in wliich . they are placed , have more than individual interest ; and the reader is made to feel an interest in them from the outset . Sebastion and Maxwell Earle are characters that the author has bestowed great pains to produce ; perhaps Maxwell sees a little too far through the shadows . Frederick Brandon
is the most unscrupulous , . cunning , ' and unfeeling " respectable " man one could well imagine ; while poor little Ruth gains our love at once by her iinsel / ish devotion to him . The best part of the tale , perhaps , is the account of the ruin of . Gadstone and Brandon . The scene at the Bank , and Frederick's-visit to Alice 'is one of the very best pieces of dramatic writing we have read for a long time . We' should have been better pleased had Sebastion returned from his voyage of discovery in Africa , and married Alice . On the avIioIc , we arc inclined to think that " Through the Shadows " is a novel based on the right principles , containing some vary good writing ; and we feel some pleasure in recommending it to our readers .
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Amateurs Magazine , No . 9 . —Piper anil Co . The proprietors of this clever little monthly announce its decease . They find the expenses of the work too great for their limited capital , nnd they have in consequence determined to abandon the undertaking . Experience has . proved that the magazine has been conducted on too liberal a scale , by imposing uo expense on those who alone hnvc derived benefit from its existence . . It . was thought that the ' contributors would , by their exertions on its behalf , insure to a great extent a defrayal of the actual expenses of the magazine ; but in this the proprietors find they have given too much credit to their natural supporters . They hint , however , that it is in contemplation to reproduce it as a weekly periodical , with an altered title , at a niuchlesspri . ee . The present number contains some excellent articles in prose and verse .
yain to reconcile the creeds of Protestantism and of the church of Rome , ultimately abandoned the latter ; but subsequently returned to it in hope of being made Cardinal . He found , he declares , that in both Churches there were somethings that were intolerable ; and farther excused himself by stating that his mission to unite the two Churches had failed , and that the climate disagreed with his constitution . He complained that King James did not encourage his attempts to reconcile the religions . He held that transubstantiation was only a philosophical error , and that the Church of England was a true church . What he desired appears to have been a Jesuitical compromise . In Dr . Ne viand ' s opinion , he was a man of an unsettled mind , notwithstanding liis various talents , zeal and learning . The influences of the time affected him , and led him to undertake a task to which , had it been possible , he was probably competent . But it was not possible . . His life labour consequently was in vain . The Church of Home acted treacherously and murderously towards him . The volume contains much curious and some valuable matter .
What ' s in a Name ? By T . Nickle Nichols . —Routledge , AVar-iies , and lloutleclge . This work contains " a popular explanation of ordinary Christian names of men and women , " and will afford amusement nnd satisfaction to many who may be curious on the point . The whole subject of name-giving is interesting , and there are . some applicable remarks made in the preface . Home omissions remain to be supplied , but thoso the publisher otters to explain in a future edition , when pointed out . . Lyrics of Life . By Frederic N . Furmr . — Macmilhm ' and Co . ' ... Pokms thoso of considerable merit , certainly written with intelligence , and divided , under the heads of " Childhood , " " Poems of Love , " " Love ' s Sorrow eath
Ditto , " The Happy Love , " " Poonis of JJ > , " End of tho History . " They appear to bo united by a biographical link of connexion . Somo ot them evince a capricious taste , and follow the follies of cortain poets who have courted distinction as much by eccentricities , metrical and material , as by intrinsic excellence . " A Dream im the Garden , which nevertheless is very musical , bus this utiectfttion : — " Ah mo ' . tlio tluys of childhood , Tin ; lroldon dnya of childhood , Tho hiilcvmi dnya of ehlMlioutf , Ah ! svvll ' lly thoy have llovm 1 And so it proceeds with infinite repetitions . But tho majority of pieces are in good taste , and tho writer ' is likely to acquire reputation as a respectable versiflor . Tho Life and Contemporaneous Church IIis tori / < of Antonio da IJominis . Archbishop ot Sinthtiro , which
included tho kingdoms of Dalmatia and Croatia ; afterwards Dean if Windsor , Master of tho baoou , and Iivotor of West IldoyJLn the Church of hiKjland , in the rciqn of James I . By Henry Rowland , D . V . Dean of Ferns .- — Jolm Henry and . Tamos Parker . Oi ; k transcript of tho titlo-pago will almost give a full idoa of tho book and Its hero to * the general roador . Tho history stands by itsuU , unsupported by any previous narrative , save ono supplied by \) v . Nowland to a periodical , and of which tills volume is an enlargement . Tho archbishop having sought iu
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Messrs . Graves , of Pall-mall , have just , now at their shop an interesting picture , by Mr . John Lucas ( after a sketch by Captain Oliver Jones ) , of the lamented Sir William Peel , late of the Shannon and the Naval Artillery Brigade . The hero is represented in undress uniform , sword iii hand , leading his blue jackets to the bridge of Cawnpore . The likeness is a good one . A A second visit to the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society confirms our first impressions , that the master works there exhibited are few in number , and might almost be . told , as folks say , upon one ' s ten fingers . But then the thirty or forty leading works are a gallery by themselves , and willrepay over and over agaiu ' the trouble of one or two visits at different times of daylight . Mr . Gilbert ' s
large " Trumpeter" ( No . 16 ) is an imposing performance , though the troop-horse that so proudly paws the ground and so grandly arches his noble neck is a monster horse , and no mistake . Mr . Topham ' s well-grouped " Spanish Gossip "( 2 G ) , " Loitering "( 215 ) , an English streamside scene , which we praised when we saw it at the Graphic Society ' s show , show the master ' s skill in opposite st 3 'les .. Miss Gillies is very strong in No . 51 , "A Father and Daughter" and in ' Effle Deans" ( 250 ) , a
The other great work ( it is by a comparatively unknown man , and so little has it been appreciated by artists , scholars , dealers , and others , that though large and well hung it was last week unsold ) is CNo . 181 ) called " The first Approach of Winter , Invernessshire , " by A . P . Newton . The mountain range , magnified by the clearness of the air and tfie effect of snow , the crags peering everywhere through a thin white scurf , is so excellently rendered , and is withal so far from common-place , that we have no hesitation in referring to it as the master landscape of the collection . At a general meeting of the Society of Painters in Water Colours , held ¦ on Monday , the l . 'Hhirist ., Paul S . Naftel , Esq ., was elected a member .
, lovely female studv . Mr . Frederick Tayler lias succeeded fairly in his " Scotch Prisoners taken at a Conventicle" ( No . 72 ) , a work that attempts a great deal ; and the fine quality of Mr . J . Holland , in his "Genoa" ( 256 ) , " Venice" ( 283 ) , and " Pontc S . S . Appostoli" ( 270 ) , is seen to tar more advantage than in his Highland subjects . " A Quince and drapes' " ( 271 ) , and another Fruit piece ( 207 ) , by W . Hunt , arc delicate and successful . Mr . M . Callow 1 ms some remarkably good
architectural and other scenes , showing draughtsmanship and intelligence in grasping broad effects . His " Suuihur" ( 4 ) , " St . Gothard " ( 8 ) , "Antwerp Town Hall" ( 93 ) , " St . Benet ' a Abbey" ( 152 ) , " Rouen" ( 168 ) , and " Frankfort on the Maine ( 2 < J 9 ) , should all be looked for . Mr . Harding de-Ughts us with " Chahiouni " ( 92 ) , a very largo and perfect work , and with two pictures in one , called " The Park" ( 130 ) . Mr . T . M . Richardson ' s " Bay Of Naples" ( 129 ) , rich in drawing , air , water , and sky , but , thank heaven ! not—like Mr . Rowbotham ' s drawings at the othersocioty—in white chalk houses , wallsand cliffsis a oharining picture ; and tho same
, , master ' s "On the liivor Findhorn" ( 143 ) , and " ltannoch Moor " ( 182 ) , ivro sharp , clear , and perfect Highland pieces . Mr . Naftel ' 8 great picture , " Carting Vraic ( seaweed ) on the Coast of Guernsey , ' is a very excellent ono , full of well-drawn and animated figures of men and horses . Mr . Branwhite should be mentioned for his beautiful " Stopping Stones ' ( 0 ) . and "Frost Scene" G' ) 7 ) . Tho " May I ? ot W . Colling wood ( 14 ) , is elaborate as regards tho mcdiiuval upholstery ; the littlo ono who is supposed to ask tho question with reference to picking a piece out of a pineaplo is prottily exeuuted Tho cider figures are inexpressive Wo have somo doubts
whether it was not painted before a title was thought of for it , and wo think it hus been over-rated . Very few people havo noticed , nnd none have yet overrated , tho two grontvsfc works here . First , wo mean the Biiporbly carved " Saeriunont-haus In a Church at Nuromburg" ( 41 ) , by Samuel Road , as a painting , if not equal , but a Httlo way behind Louis Hughe . This splendid " Pix " Is thus aptly spoken of by Longfellow : — " In tho ouuroh ol Hiilntuil Lnwrenoo Btaudfi a pix of
jLliw fi ' foiViny Hhciu of fohntulnu rlalnff through tho pillatoil air . " And Mr . Road has nobly shown us tho frftmln « slioaf of tuneory untl tho gloriously-painted air n pierces as it shoots roofwnrd In St . Lawronco church .
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The sole operatic novelty , properly s p eaking , of the week has been the revival of Rossini's " Otollo , " Covekt-gaui » : x , with Tamberlik as the hero , Ronconi as lago , Neri-Baraldi as Iiode . rigo , and Grisi as Dcsdemona . In the vocal delineation of passion and jealousy , for which the part of the Moor gives opportunity , Signor Tamberlik is unapproachable . He was very finely supported bythe la go , and the effect these two eminent artists produced in the . famous " jealousy duet " , indeed , superb .
At Druiiy-jlaxe we have had " The . Barber of Seville , " with the excellent and , considering his years , the marvellous Figaro of Budiali ; and " The Huguenots . " Of Madame Titiens' superb performance as Valentino , we shall take occasion to speak in our next impression . Here -we . must once more bow before the indomitable courage — fur desperate premonitory madness we hope it is not — of the lessees . While the world outside marvels at their lavish outlay , in a triple troupe , wondering " where the money comes from , " how expenses so obviously enormous can be defrayed at playhouse prices—while Mr . Smith is congratulated by his well-wishers oh being rid of the / 400 /
Graziani and his modest stipend of . . TOO , or . a month , as being so much money saved—while the curtain has hardly gone down , as the bills said , " for the last time " on the " Traviata , " we learn that the arch representative of Violetta has just arrived from New York , has accepted fabulous terms from Mr . E . T . Smith , and is presented to the public " on her return from America , " on Monday next . Busy rumour certainly announces that the fair Vietoire Balfe lias given up her engagement at this theatre , and this to a certain small extent may relieve the management of its embarras de richesse ; but still the addition of Piccolomini to the present stuff will make the Drury-lane operatic compunj' most
inordinately complete . It is , Of course , impossible for us with a column , or at most two , at our disposal , to keep pace with the tornado of Concents , which , as usual at this time ot year , is now wreaking its force upon the devoted heads of the musical critics pur sang . The Musicu World itself , a journal consecrated to the art can hardly make head against the storm ; and tho limes , too , feels compelled to treat a deeameron of music in only one article of two columns . Wo fan just find space to notice that tho concert of Hen- Rubinstein , on Saturday , was attended by a highly intellectual circle of ' critics and admirers . 'i he lalunts of tho Russian pianist are , just now , the subject ot claim for their
lively discussion . While some pot virtuoso tho possession of highest poetical faculty , others concede to him no more than the palm tor execution . Somo tliero are who triumphantly contrust his fine phronsy with tho marble immobility of Miss Goddard aud Charles Halle , while their opponents urge tliat this oxtasy of his n mure mountobankcry and their frigiility roverurH presence of mind . At the Ilorr ' s soiree , however , thu ayes decidedly passed a vote of supreme cmiJiilenou m him , by a very large majority . Ma BjSNisi > icT ' b concert on Monday , <>/ which we gave a short anticipation in our lust nwmluT , was us long , as grand , as de lightful , and as lush oiiubly attended as was certain to be the eiuut "''! Ll 1101 ?^ weather Mdi Glum
, was favoured by Hue . y . Novollo was in extremely tfno voice . M « ln p . h errlngton sang " Onibro I « . » iW wltlifcruut brilliancy ; but the highest vocnl honours wore awarded to Mill Ar ? i ? a young |) ul » hin , and pupil of" Mdino . Vlardot , who nmdo the most nmmlwhw < Ht » ut we can recollect , and who , should hu >; health l > u aparod , may bo safely said to have a grand career buloro her . She sung the "Oh ! mon « 1 h" from the " Prophuto , mSt dnKimttaiUly , Mid » iu » u . l brilliantly' " *»>»» J the trying ordeal of Mode ' s "Air vurlto . 1 ho members of the Drury-lano operatic company , J » ouuo « l by Mdllo . Guartluoci , were in great toroo . Wloiii-« wski was there with his violin , and Piatti with his basso : Leopold do Mayor , with his Hrluruun pair o hands , tore , shattorod , scattered to tlie wlnd . i , piekocl up , dispersed again , micl again colloolod thu wtmlna
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Leader (1850-1860), June 18, 1859, page 751, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2299/page/19/
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