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    oqs The trader andSaturday Artalyst . [ March 10 , 1860

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    the fish while the fish are swimming" about in their native element ; but to this there are two objections : first , that the fish might not be wiping" to be caught ; and secondly ; a gentleman who deliberately selected lus fish , while these were still swimming ' , to dine pny would feel a good deal like a murderer . Dr . Cross is not swimming in Ids native element ^ vhen judging the great men of antiquity . He calls Cicero the noblest of all the Romans ; transcenderitly eloquent , and with a marvellbtis mastery in style , yet Cicero slidwed himself the weakest and ¦ ' vainest of mankind , Hever rose in patriotism or in statesmanship above a sort of effete whiggery ; and there was many a nobler Ronian than lie . Our author speaks of Hannibal's

    ferocity as if tire Carthaginian had been a kind of brutal Attila : this is purely false , Hannibal had no equal in genius among the generals of ancient or modern times ; and this seems to have been the opinion of Naiioleon ; while lie cei-tainly was not inhumanestimated by the practice of war two thousand years ago . Dr . Cross is ' more in his native element when judging the small men of our own day . Mr . Spurgeon is a favourite with him , and a good many people are favourites with him whom we never heard of before , and never wish to hear of more . Dr . Cross himself we shall be glad to meet again , for his heartiness , healthy instincts , and sound , solid English qualities .

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    rriHE Dictionary of English Synonyms ( Fifth edition ) is a valnable X school and college book ; a single example will suffice to show the utility Of the work . Let us take the verb To affix—which means attach , subjoin , connect , annex . These are English synonyms , or worjds which have the same signification . Bufc while we might -explain properly the meaning of the word affix by either of its four synonyms , we could not as well use any one . of them for the other . Hence this judgment and taste of the speaker or writer niay be exercised to advantage in selecting the most appropriate Word for his purpose . Upon the utility of the work we need jao ' t further enlarge . Ah acquaintance with English synonyms is absolutely necessary to a perfect knowledge of tiie English language , and Carpenter ' s work will materially assist every student eager to attain perfection . in theknowledge of English . A Manual of Interest and Annuities , by Mr . E . Smyth , is a valuable little work .

    We next . draw attention to a work upon a subject that must possess piriniary interest for every ratepayer— The Equalization of the Poor ' s liateof , the United Kingdom . Mr . Hutchirisdn i § , we believe , the originator of the plan . for the equalization of the poor-rate . He has long had the subject under consideration , and seems ; to be so thorough a master of it in general and in detail , that we may fairly pronounce him an authority . He has endeavoured since 1829 to bring his . plan before the Poor Law Board and the Government , convinced , as he had reason to be , that if it were adopted and acted upon it would . substantially improve the condition of the poor , and benefit the ratepayer .. Mr . Hutchinspn , we imagine , must have been at immense pains in getting up the statistics and . facts contained in his volume ; and the clearness of statement and completeness of view it contains of the whole question , render it a useful manual for the politician , the guardian , and the rate-, payer-r-in short , fox * all who love equity more than old legal statutes and obsolete customs .

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    7 I 1 HE regular reprint of the Tales fropi Blaekioood is , we should - * >¦ think > sufficient evidence of their unfailing interest . At any rate , at the first glance , this is the inference we should naturally . draw . We doubt not that the publishers desire that these ? ' Tales , " UUq most of the good things in human life and in intellectual creations , should have a two-fold existence ; and , acting * on this principle , they have accordingly transferred them from their magazine into a small and compact volume , that they may have a separate and more permanent existence . In the eighth volume we have four tales reprinted , viz ., " The Suiyeyor ' s Tale , " - by Professor Ayfcoun , which appeared in BlacJoioood in 1840 , long enough ago to find new readers . * ' The Forrcst-Raco Komance , " "Di Vasari , a talo of Florence , " and " Sigisinfmnd I ? £ t © llp . " Each of these tales has , we think ,

    conspicuously , the qualities of brevity , liveliness , and vigour , Mr , Thorley , the inventor of Thox'ley ' s food for cattle , has written a reply to Messrs ; Lawe and Morton ' s observations on the " so ^ called coneentVated ^ food " and ' * feeding statistics , " to which wo beg to draw the attention of every one who is interested in preserving the health and strength of cattle . " ' JZoittfadffe ' s Illustrated " Natural history , by the Bov , JV Gr . "Wood , M ; JV ., is a decidedly important and useful work-, and we need do no more tlian mention the publication of Part XXI . No . X . of the people ' s edition of Moore is just published . The universal celebrity oi the poet , and the acknowledged musical talent of the editor of the present edition of his airs , ore a guarantee for its faultlessness and excellences . 3 JHe Cross ify Stveden ; or , t 7 tg J ? ays of King Ingi the Qood > is one of ft series of historical tales , published by Messrs . J , H . < & J . Parker , 377 , Strand , The present tale is a literal translation from the old Norso of a chronicle written in the twelfth century by a monk of the Abbey of Warnhem , in the province of Wesfcg » ofchland .

    f 4- pomffrehfmehvQ Dictionary ofJBfngliqli , Synonyms , By Wtl-MAMKJAju vyjunnfr revised an 4 enlarged , by ^ ov . vV . WflBsqwic , M . A , King ' s College , Irtjndon , London ; "yyUHam T ^ gjj , 85 , Queen Street ) , ChQapuldo . ' 4 . AXanual qf Xntorodt and Anrimties , By Edward Smtwi , London ; MoBsra . Routlecjgo and Qq , V / id JEqitaHeaifin of tJio Poor's Jtqtooftte Vnitoa " Kingfom qf Ghreat JQritdfoi aria Jfrfitaiid jprovcxil to bo lotU oauitabU and practicable , etc By a « fc . mvxQnvmQHi X . ondvn ; Rofewt Hwcdvrteko , 10 % W « o « wJJHy <

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    . THIBET . THE Hierarchy is a plant which prospers in every soil and under every climate , and the most varying- relations . For its growth , for its flourishing , however , no circumstance can be more favourable than absolute isolation , through wliieh all foreign disturbing influences are kept far away from the spirit of the people , whom the priests desire to hold in thraldom . This advantage Thibet offers in ah unrivalled degree , for it is the highest , the most secluded and unapproachable of Alpine lands—the very heart of the earth , as its inhabitants fitly call it . Walled in by the grandest , most gigantic mountain chains ; in the south and south-west . by the Himalaya ; in the ' north by the Tsung-Liug , the Kueh Luen , and the Bajan Khavat ; and in the east by the Jiiii Ling , it offers , so far as our

    geographical knowledge extends , on no side and at no point a free and easy access- —one not crowded with'difficulties ' and dangers—but can only be approached by paths which lead up to the confines of eternal snow , which conduct through rocky labyrinths , or along- the brink of giddy abysses , or over glaciers and boundless fields of snow . And when you have climbed the highest ridge , left the boundary proper behind yon , descended into a valley traversed by streams , and think you have at last gained the plain , then suddenly l'ises befoi-e you , perhaps after a day ' s inarch , a ! new and ' scarcely less formidable chain of mountains , and after short intervals a third , or fourth : thus does it go on for weeks , and , if you are coming from the north , for months—a frightful succession of naked precipices , of frozen

    plateaus , of steep aud narrow passes , of deep ahd gloomy valleys through which the rivers cleave-their way , of immeasurable deserts , before you arrive at the fertile centre of Thibet itself . IJesides , there lie in wait for us on many of the heights , which we have to .. - . climbi pestilential vapours , which have been fatal to many a traveller . These vapours are produced by evil spirits— -so thepjjiests say , and the people believe ; their existence , however , is a ¦ ¦ wellascertained fact , no priestly invention . Far more to be dreaded than the spirits Or ^ the vapours are , in these mountain wastes , the robber hordes , who haunt especially the north-western districts , and often plunder . the caravans . Let the narratives and descriptions of tlie Chinese be read , or of the few Europeans who have

    visited Thibet , from the first missionary Pater Andrada , who from Ga ^ hmei-e cr ossed the mountain ranges ; down to those French Lazarists who , during Tecent years , starting from the JBlue Sen , reached Lassa by the north route , and by the east route journeyed to Canton j and the Abbe Kriek , who , by the shortest route , —that from the south- —travelled up by the Bramaputra , but did not get further than the frontier , —let such narratives and descriptions be read , and it will easily be understood why Buddhism , notwithstanding ' its propagandist activity , was so late in piercing inaccessible Thibet , and only after it had subdued and established itself in all the neighbouring lands ; and why on the other hand , altogether in silence , and undisturbed for long centuries by the outer world , a hierarchy was able to root itself 'fast in Thibet , not inferior in tenacity of influence and splendour of rule to the Roman Catholic Church , when in its proudest , supremacy . Thibet , moreover , has

    not universally that wild and barren character which we have been delineating . It has wealth in its rhubarb ,, and musk , and goats , in its silver and gold ; the last of which abounds in the sand of the rivers , is rolled down from the mountains , and can be easily gathered . Thibet also contains plains of ho great extent , " but capable of the highest cultivation , with a hot summer and a mild winter , a pure air and a healthy climate , which , for the most part admirably watered , yield grain and fruits of every kind , not exr cepting grapes and figs . Xt is in these , happy plains that the hierarchs dwell ; it is there that the cloistral palaces are erected . To the countless pilgrims who still stream from all dioceses of the Lamaiip Church , and who , on their long and terrible pilgrimage , have seen nothing bufc the sky , and the snow or stones bleached lor myriads of ' ages in the desert , swell plains seem ail earthly Paradise , with their many-coloured fields , their magnificent groups of trees , their temples , and their J ; o \ vns gleaming with gold . —ICoejypon ' s Religion of JBuddlwx .

    NATyBE . Great Nature , to thoe let mo always como when among men troubles gather round me ! Thou Hvt ? my oldest friend and my truest , and , thou canst always console me , until I fall from thy arms at thy feet , and need consolation no more . —Xtichtcr . THE PBACTrOB OB THE LAW . I studied law for four years at JVIontpellier ; then for three years at Bologna the whole body of Civil Jjnw ; and , in the eyes of many , I appeared a youth of great promise for legal soienco and practice . But us soon as I became master of my own career , I abandoned the law . Not that I hnd not a deep feeling for the majesty of the laws , bu , fc X was grieved at their neglect and corruption through the wickedness oT men . Xt saddened mo to learn anything 1 which I was not willing to exercise in an % noblo manner , but which I could not exercise in a noble manner .- — 'J ? etravo 7 i .

    X . AWS . A few wise Itvws render a poopjp happy . Where , liowovor , j the laW 9 a *© exceedingly numerous , they omparrnss jurisprudence . A huge mass of laws becomes a labyrinth , where jurjs- « QUBults and justice are lost iogQtihGv ,- ~ -Mvderio& the Great *

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    It is a curious narrative , has a gothic character , and will , we are sure * be read with great interest .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 10, 1860, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2337/page/18/