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THE POPES AND THE JESUITS.*
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as husband and father . Anyhow , ' a . woman who could so degrade herself , sacrificing her own innate integrity together with the feelings of others , in order to gratify a wi ld , capricious . fancy , we beiieve most people will subscribe to our opinion , deserved her fate however harsh it . might appear . , ,, V ,-,., We think the author would have done wiser , had he been a little more severe upon his heroine ' s frailties , and not have invested her with such a halo of martyrdom , as if her misfortunes were not the result of her own misconduct , and the want of high moral principles as the regulators of her actions , without which no man or woman can steer safely through the perils and temptations which necessarily beset the path of suffering mortals-
, ,. . We feel ourselves perfectly justified in protesting against the class of novels of which this is a specimen , as exercising a baneful influence over the minds of many who peruse them . This is the more dangerous as the majority of people seldom trouble themselves to look below the surface , but are content to . accept everything according to the habit in which it is presented , and will verily believe that guilt itself is innocence provided it be clothed in the garb of purity and whiteness . The Voyage of the Lady \ z both carefully and neatly written . The description of a voyage at sea , from the shores of our own little island to those of Calcutta , is both graphic and interesting . The
novelty and awe cf feelings which every man experiences , more or less , on first coming into such close contact with the mighty ocean , are here expatiated upon eloquently and gracefully , without any attempt at exaggeration . The ship in which the hero sails is appropriately termed the " Lady" on account of the swiftness of her motions . While on board the hero becomes acquainted with a Miss Kose Heron , a young lady travelling with her aunt to rejoin her father afc his regiment in India . Between the two a close intimacy and friendship speedily springs up , which of course ends iu their becoming sincerely attached to each other . The contents of the two volumes are entirely taken up with the particulars of this courtship , together with the history of a miserable woman who dies On board , and other details belonging exclusively to the eyery-day Bfe of a temporary sojourner on the broad seas . The whole , is presented to the public in the form of a diary , and we do not think that any reader will regret the time he has expended in perusing its
pages . ¦ ..- ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•¦ . . . ,:,. ¦ Bengala , an Australian romance , from the pen of Mrs . Vidal , whose name is already favourably known , also deserves especial remarlr . The story is well constructed , and the language easy and fluent , though , perhaps , a little wanting in depth . of thought and originality of style . As may be inferred from the title the scene is laid in Bentfala , one of our convict settlements , situate but a few miles' distance from Sidney . The authoress has made the most of the incidents placed at her disposal , and the characters are severally well conceived , and carefully developed . The story of the suffering's of Nelly Maclean , a poor , half-witted maiden , and whose faithful attachment to the coarser-minded Lynch , an English convict , might be a lesson to njany . a prouder and more highlygifted damsel , is decidedly the most pathetic and interesting portion of the book . There are also some descriptive scenes , illustrative of every-day life in the colonies , which cannot fail to give the highest satisfaction to the uninitiated in such subjects .
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S UCH is the subject of a work very well calculated give ro readers all the information they may want about a society of men with whom they , as Protestants and Dissenters , have , personally and socially , very little or no sympathy or communion , and of whom their knowledge may comprise very little : more than the name . To others , namely , those—and they are legion , we should suppose , in Europe—who venerate , the Pope as their spiritual head , and respect the Jesuits for the good which they may believe they have done—and it ifi hard to hold th 6 creed that any body of men have deliberately and invariably , through several ages , done nothing but evil—the present volume , and we state it candidly , is calculated to excite very different feelings from -those of unanimity and goodwill- Of course such is the inevitable effect of
the fiercest opposition and the saddest reiverses , plainly teaching to all men the great lesson , that the ambitious founders and unscrupulous upholders of sects , systems , arid societies , whose principles are incompatible with the higher sense and progress of mankind , must and will , in time lose their influence , and be forgotten or contemned by the world . . The history of the Jesuits is , we may say , twofold—first , as they appear at home , or in Europe j secondly , as they appear abroad , 01 out of Europe . In Europe ; the order was founded by Ignatius Loyola , in 1539 . Disappointed in his project of going to Jerusalem to convert the Infidels in that city , he betook himself with his associates to the universities of tJpper Italy , where he enlisted new members for his religious scheme , and established the order which , it is said , in consequence of a dream he called the " Society of Jesus ; " the members of which he bound by vows of povert y * chastity , and obedience to their superiors , and to repair as emissaries to any part of the world whither the Pope may choose to send them . As soon as they became subject to the authority of the Pope begins their history in Europe ; and that history is singularly marked , it must be confessed , as the consequence of their acts , by a series of dissolutions and banishments from every land where they were known . Those , however , of the order who went beyond Europe and carried the gospel into the Eastern world did much good . For the whole story , however , of this society in the present century we must refer our readers to Dr . Michelsen ' s work , in which they will find it very freely and fully told . No one but a bigot , a man with whom it is of no use to reason , can find fault with an author for publishing the character—the wise and foolish actions of men . It is by such means that the world , naturally and historically , advances in truth ; Even the friends of institutions that boast of their unehangeableness , are susceptible to the healthy influence of inquiry , and , whether consciously or uncOn * scioiisly , really exhibit in the end svtns of improvement . And the author , who in his narrative faithfully adheres to truths without showing any party animus , is surely entitled to a fair hearing , and should be , notwithstanding minor faults , exempt from the censures of uucandid critics , and the denunciations of theologjical dissentients . What earthly interest ought any of us to have in perpetuating things that are of no service to men—robes that they can no longer wear ? We presuTrie that few men have more povyer and opportunity of doing good on a large scale than the Popes , would they but use it in consonance with the purer light and higher moral freedom of mankind . And were the energy , devotion , and intensity of purpose which the Jesuits have displayed , applied in the direction which the spirit of the age suggests , the world would ere long reap from them a rich harvest of political and religious liberty . But to abandon themselves to the waves when there is a . good ship afloat to carry them iu security over to a freer auda happier shore is , in every sense , suicidal and condemnatory . We have no space to point out more particularly the merits of Dr . Miohei-sen ' s work . Suffice it to say , the subject is important , and the book readable and instructive .. . ¦ ' . ' , ' ¦ ' '
all worlce upon subjects about which there exist opposite and generally strong opinions . On this account , however , to ( suppress a book , or to stifle a conviction is one of the weakest mid worst formB of moral and intellectual character . We can alwaya maintain better relations with others , be they friends or foes , when their precise character and opinions ate well known to us . In our socirtl and religious life , and we apeak now ns Protestants , the Pope and the Jeauit have practically no existence , — --they are not entities , but abstractions , occupying 1 no place , exercising no power , wielding no influence among n « . And so fnr as we ourselves are concerned ,
we know nothing by experience of the mode by which they maintain and uso any political , and religious influence and authority . The Pope and the Jesuit are not mixed up in our ordinary affairs—their peculiar wisdom and power have fndea altogether from the Anglican Church and State ; and from what we know of the tendencies of wjodewi thought and opinion in the direction of equity , freedom , and intelligence , it is not likely that the Pope and the Jesuit will ever re-appeftr here . It is note-worthy , moreover , that not only do there exist in " pur advanced thought and opinion insurmountable barriers to tMr re-appearance , but in those states whjire they wave held power and influence longest and strongest , they have met with i i
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/ C LASSIFY as we may , there will always remain over at the end of the \ J month or the quarter , a number of books , brochures , pamphlets and fugitive sheets , that are referable to no particular head ; yet are indiceg of the direction in which individual minds are impelled to travel by the accidental influences or the literary forces that leave their broad mark on the general body of publications that command critical attention . Here , for instance , is one which is called a Memorial of the Revival in Plymouth Church , Brooklyn , New York , which may be taken as ah instance of that so-called Spiritualism which looks for extraordinary effects as the results of preaching , and which the scientific are now disposed to rank in the category of mesmeric sympathy . The Reverend Mr . Beecher is evidently skilled in the application of gentle stimulants by which the mightiest issues may ultimately be affected , and will no doubt maintain and increase his popularity , to the benefit of his hearers . Of another little work , con-
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•* Memorial of tho JlevUial in Plymouth Church , Brooklyn , New Xorfo By J . A . Shearman . ( Hall n-nd virtue , ) Adoice to a Mother on the Management of her OJfspriwi . By PYB HenRIT Ohavasse , F . K .. OS . Fifth Edition . ( John Churchill . ) On Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication } or , Alcoholic Stimulants in connection with the Norvous System ; with a Synoptical Table of Oases . By W . JttARcet , M . D ., F . K .. 9 . ( John Churchill . ) Goldon Wruit in Silver Baskets . From HARRIET Bbecrbr | Stowb . ( Knight and Son . ) On the Study of Modern Xjan . qua . qos in G-mcral , and on the EngUMXanyttaqe inpartioular . An Kaeay by David AsHRR , Ph . D . ( N . Trutonor " and " Co . ) . . A Sketch oftho Comparative Beauties of tho JSrench ami Spanish J ^ mh gm 4 ics . By'WuE * Wartimes db Morbnoti * . Second arnf concluding Part , being an Answer to the " Vrese . " ( Tmbner and Go . ) Prudence ; or . the Philosophy of Youth . A Ifcinre delivered to Young Met * . By the Bev . Norman Glass . ( Judd »»«* Glasa . ) A JIandi / Jiooh on tho Imw of Master and Sarvant . By JAWB 3 WAMWR SMiTn , Esq ., UL . D . ( Effingham WUaon . ) X < av > and Liberty , with JSspooial Ileforcnoo to tho Tomperanco Qwestum , eto . ( Leeds : published by Or . F . R . hws , Me » nwood . ) Bondage in the Bakehouse . By JOWW hlVYTAhh . ( Kent and ^ Q . ) JRovue Xnctojiendanto . ( W . Jeffs . ) Portraits Contemporaim . tfapoloon III , Par KuOBNB l > K tyinaqoviM . CW . Alien and Co . ) ' Xtottore di Danielle Manin « Giorgio Pallavioino , ton Note e Document * *\ dla Questione Italian * . ( Torino- IJnlono Tipografloo . ) Solicitors' Mooidaeeping . By W * w . iAM 3 Maokbn « w , " U * Tlm <* Offioo .
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* " ¦ " »¦ ¦ , i . . - — ,.-,. ,. , —T , _^ ,.. _ , ., . _— , _ _ — ~ .- , The > Popes and , tho Jesuits of the present Centum . By Dr , Edward H , Miokwmibit . London i Pw : ton * nd Co ., Holbom Hill .
Miscellaneous Books.*
MISCELLANEOUS iBOOKS . *
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Leader (1850-1860), March 24, 1860, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2339/page/15/
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