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      Mr . Smith , in his Hemorrhoids , their Pathology and -Treatment * evinces a sound knowledge of the diseases on which he . ^ »** ^ l ™* the numerous cases which he publishes , it appears he has successfully pursued his particular treatment of a class of very serious and painful * ° 2 l £ ? interesting story about Riflemen and Rifles , written by Mr . N . Thornton , is published by Whittaker and Co ., London . . The Cure of the Sick is certainly a popular and sensible treatise . DnSpurgin , i n his knowledge and tr ^ tment of disease judiciously avoids a too slavish adherence to precedent and usage , and , insteadof walking strictly in the paths of Homeopathy and Allopathy , he would summon a little common sense and sound judgment to his aid in determining the nature and arresting the progress of d . sease . For his success « n pursuing so wise a course he has our best wishes . Scotland appears to be the modern nursery of prophets In a tract of forty pages , an anonymous author at Dundee has sketched the condition of Great Britain as it will be in 1880 , and a very sad sketch it is . But what is most curious in this little tract is , that where we expected to find

      advance the progress of sound religious principles in the metropolis and throughout the country . To this resolution the Earl of Shaftesbury , who with others had originated these services , replied at length , going into the history of the movement , and showing that the-religious services had done good instead of harm . His Lordship ' s speech is a complete vindication of Ms conduct in the movement , his only object being to ; bring the lowest and most ignorant portion of the population in the metropolis to a knowledge of sacred- things . As it contains the author ' s own feelings upon the subject , together with a description of the state of that class for waose benefit the services in question were instituted , the speech will be found exceedingly interesting , ' This Description of Natal is just the little work that emigrants should consult before they leave England for the Cape . It tells them everything they want to know about Natal , and may be relied upon , as authentic .

      numerous sorrowful exclamations at the unhappy fate of our country the tard-hearted writer has not indulged in a single oh ! . or ' at 1 or '' alas 1 " On the contrary , he seems complacent enough himself , though excessively indignant with Great Britain ; and , as he beholds in vision the worst calamities corning upon her , he exclaims , " Serve her right ! Should he - not rather go about weeping , and clothe himself in sackcloth and ashes , if Great Britain is , as he says , to fall and become the vassal of France in 1880 ? To say nothing of its nonsense , think of the presumption of an uninspired Dundeeman foretelling what will be the exact condition of Great Britain twenty years hence ! Considering , her present position , we are hopeful of a far different conclusion to the affairs of the nation ; and we doubt not , in spite of our alarmist , England will be greater , more free , and more powerful in 1880 than she is now As , however / the Dundee prophet and , as he hints , Her Majesty the Queen are to live to witness the end of it all , we trust the writer of 1880 will not be vexed if he then find his vaticinations come to nought , and the end of the long and glorious reign of her present Majesty better than the ¦¦

      The very popular game of chess has latterly attained a higher position among the refined recreations of the people than it ever held before , The Chess Praxis , published by Mr . Bohn in his Scientific Library i is certainly a most useful supplement to the Chess Player ' s Handbook . It contains among other valuable things a collection of Mr . Morphy ' s matches , &c . in . England and France . The painstaking and ingenious author of the Chess Praxis spares no labour to further the progress and perfection of the game , and this ^ work will prove extremely serviceable to Chess players generally , as it accurately records the latent novelties and anprqvemeiits in the science . . V * *> The Sabbath Evening Readings is a volume of simple and obvious comments upon the Pastoral Epistles- ^—Timothy , Titus , and Philemonof the New Testament . It is calculated to enlighten the more obtuse and illiterate readers of the Sacred Scriptures , and to such Dr . Cumming's Sabbath Evening Readings may- b ^ of service .

      Beginning . - , . ' . . The Leisure Hour continues the " Ferrol Family ; or , Keeping up Appearances , " and contains besides plenty of papers and illustrations to occupy : pleasantly and instructively a great many leisure hours . Mr * Fawcett ' s pamphlet contains a clear and able elucidation of a Bill drawn by Mr . Hare for the purposes of practical legislation ; Any scheme which would ensure the following results as embodied by Mr . Fawcetfc cannot fail to arouse public attention to its merits : — ' . ' •• ' 1 st . Equal representation without electoral districts , and Without depriving localities of their special representatives , 2 nd . The representation of all minorities and sub-sections of opinion . 3 rd . The cessation or great diminution of bribery and corruption .

      4 th . The reduction of candidates ' expenses . Direct Taxation and Parliamentary Representation . We concur generally in the views propounded by Mr . Tabberner upon the all-Important subject of direct taxation and the Parliamentary franchise . The general circulation of Mr . Tabberner ' s treatise on the subject would materially enlighten the public at large as to what the State ought to do in order that the people may be fairly taxed and fairly represented . Dr . fodd and the late Member for Ashton . This . is a reprint of a letter which was addressed by Dr . Granville . to the Editor of the Medical Circular on the fatal effect of the stimulating treatment of disease in the case of the late member for Ashton . The letter is well written , and we trust the important subject on which it treats will receive the candid attention of me . dical nien generally . . Sects has

      The present Dictionary of Christian ChurcJies and many advantages over former publications of the same kind . It is cheap in price and complete in information . To be able to obtain a clear and full account of the Churches and Sects of Christendom from the earliest times in twelve parts for as many shillings , each part containing eighty pages of legible letter print , is a boon formerly unknown to the public . Supplying as it does information upon all the churches , sects , opinions and creeds of men from the first preaching of the Christian relig ion , this work will be found valuable for reference to the student and the divine . A general knowledge of human opinion leads to comprehensiveness and liberality of views and sentiments . . Lord Dungannon in the House of Lords moved a resolution that performance of services in Theatres was calculated to injure rather than

      * H < eniorrhoids ; their Pathology and Treatment . By Henry Smith , ¦ F . KuO . S . Second Edition . London : John Churchill . CwroofthoSicTc . By J . fcSruRam , M . D . London s John Churchill . 1880 ; a Retrospect of the Penalty paid hy Great Britain , and , her Miimiliation . tho result of-her Vainglory and Foolhardy Net / loci of all Warnings . Dundee : 0 . » . Chalmers . Tho Leisure Jlonn a Family Journal qf Instruction and Recreation . London : Jonas , Paternoster How . Mi \ flare ' s Roform BUI simplified and explained , By Hrnrv Fawoett , Esq ., Follow or Trinity College , Cnmbridgo . London : Jumea Hidgwuy , Piccadilly . . - JDirocti Taxation and Parliamoiilari / jR , oprosont ( itio ) i f By . Mr . Joijnt IiONnn Tabbbrnbu . With Remarks thereon by the llipht Hon . WiljtiAM Gladstone , M . P . London » Bffingham 3 VHaon , Koy . al Bxclmngo . , . Dr , Todd and tho late Member for Ashton . By A . B . < 3 RAWVIl-t . B , M . D ., F . JJ . S . London : MoGowan and Dfcnlca , Groat Windmill Street .

      Dietionan / of Christian Churches and Sods from the earliest Ages qf Christianity . By the Rov . J . B . Mausdhn , M . A ., Author of " Tho Hintory of the early < vnd . tytor Puritans . " London : Dontloy , New Burlington Street . A Speooh delivered by tho JBarl of Shaftesbury in tho Hoitso qf X , orda , corrected by JZimsolf , London : Chapman ami 'Hall . J . DowrAption of Natal . By Dr , Mann , IMt . A . S ., Suporin . toridonfc of Education In Nucul . London : F . Algar , Clement ' s Lano . Chess Prowls , a Supplement to tJio Chess Mayer ' s Handbook . By II . Staowton , London ; Henry G . Bokn . Sabbath JUvoning Readings on tho JZVirco Testament . Tho Pastoral Epistles . By tho Itov . Jokm 0 cMM ? N . a . D . D , London i A . Hall , Virtue , and Co .

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      " There is a pleasure , sure , in being mad , . ¦¦' . ' Which none but madmen know . " This year the weather was most propitious for the last day of . the carnival ; warm as June , bright as the sky of Italy , rrovidence smiled upon the washerwomen , and gave them as clear an atmosphere for the display of their finery as they could desire , for the Mi-Careme , you must know ., is the great annual fete of the Blanihisseuses , and wjth extraordinary zeal do they take the opportunity of washingtheir hands of their wash-tubs . From morn to noon , from noon to dewy eve , they parade the streets in enormous ; waggons decorated with garlands , flags , and all sorts of fantastic devices ,

      ( special . ) Pabis , March 28 , 1860 . rjiHE public gaieties of this winter came to their end on the 15 th 4- of this month , the day of the Mi-Careme , that is to say , the middle day of Lent . This occasion is celebrated by a revival of all the joyous fooleries of the carnival , fooleries which few Englishmen can en £ er into ; they feel afraid and ashamed to be caught indulging in sueh pastimes . A Frenchman , on the other hand ., glories in it , and the greater buffoon he can make of himself , the more does he delight his friends and satisfy himself . I suppose we must explain it on Dry den's theory :

      whilst they themselves are decked out-m . the most extravagant costumes imaginable , with monstrous nasal appendages , strange head-gear , hideous masks and wonderful dresses , which remind one of What Joseph ' s coat is said to have been . Thejolces with which they salute one another are certainly not so clean as might be expected from the nature of their profession . From two to five in the afternoon the streets were as crowded as Cheapside itself , only instead of anxious , grave countenances , hasty steps , Pickford's vans ; heavy omnibuses , you notice . tho luxurious lounging pace of pleasure-seekers , faces beaming with laughing enjoyment , open carriages full of extatic children , and guy waggons laden with gay jBlanckisseuses . All this , with a bright sun and unclouded air ,

      wakes a superb picture . In the evoning a different but no loss picturesque style of diversion prevails . From tho grand opera down to the smallest casino , every place of public amusement is the . scene of a masquerade , qv hal costume , as they arc technically styled ; though with reference to the femt « lo frequenters , thereof , costume can only be employed . on the good old Incus a non lucondo principle , for certainly their distinguishing characteristic is wnnt of costume . Most of tho balls commence at the witching hour of midnight , but the fun does not reach the Cast and furious pitch till about 0 a . m ., when it culminates ; and , I ' rom then until five , you may see strango half-clad figures flitting about tho Boulevards , tnhing refugo in cafds nnd snug cabarets . Were it not for the noisy French chatter , and tho sprinkling of white ties and black coats , you might , without my excessive effort of imagination , fancy yourself in some principal street of Otahoito or Owltyhoo . Tho next morning nil resumes its wonted courao , and wo havefiio more ctmnVal till next March .

      I fear ' tho French Government is scurooly ablo as yot to appreciate tho signification of Freo Trade in its full souho , An instance of this ignorance has just ) occurred in tho crubado which has boon started on the part of tho authorities against tho rafo concerts . Thoflo oafd concerts nro precisely in tho same stylo as tho Canterbury lh \\\ or Woston ' s . Mumio Hall in , London j a handsome and welMighted roprn , or rnthor saloon , in which you tako youicoftbo , boor , brandy nnd water , & , o ., &c , whilst at tho saino time you have B ' omo very tolerable singing to Hstoa to . Well , tho Ministoi- of State linn already closed ono of those , nnd threatens to do tlie same with thorn ftll . And why P Because ( ho mnnngers oi tho theatres say , and possibly with truth , that tho aqf <) concerts operate injuriously upon their receipts j ftnd so without any iurtliov ndo thoir injurious operation is proventeil . Iniagmo a yrocor ve-

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      March 31 , 1860 . J The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 309

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1860, page 309, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2340/page/17/