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    of the House of Comnions , it is the opinion of xnosfc , would be more conveniently indited iii prose than in verse . jSTo doubt this is the cuse in a general way . But in all topics that strongly interest t lie passions and welfare of lxianUiud , there is an imaginative String- of associations , which refuse to be either fully or concisely enough expressed in a prose medium , and demand poetic diction ; not fully enough expressed , because prose would naturally . refuse expression to them altogether , as too rhapsodical for the means at its disposal ; nor concisely enough , for the -J 2 njjlisli couplet admits of a condensation of meaning-, of which we find many an example m the poem before us , that would look pedautic . il and affected in mere prose composition . Take one specimen , —

    " What charms us most in great men is to see Their greatness doffed , the men as we may be —• Fox in the Senate—toil beyond our scope ! ¦ Fox at St . Anne ' s— sucli leisure all may hope I " We repeat , that the examples of this eliptical style are frequent in this poem , and they belong- properly to didactic poetry . They make the charm of Pope's " Essay on Man , " and contribute inuch to its force and dignity . Sir E . 33 . Lytton has contrived to say more , and to say it more effectually , in the compass of one hundred and thirty pages , because he says it in rhythmical verse , than he could have said five hundred traces the

    in prose in a closely-printed volume of . He history of parliamentary eloquence from the Commonwealth to the present hour . ; by touching on and connecting the salient points with such skill , that ' by the law of ideal association they suggest the whole of which they are the " symbols ; and this is one advantage , and no small one , \ vInch the poet has over : the mere proser . Moreover , he gives us the portraits' of the mightier speakers , with such decision of outline and such distinctive colouring , that the men stand before tis in the habit in which they lived , and form a picture gallery nationally interesting and individually instructive .

    In eorroboration of these remarks , it . is not needful for us to make extracts . Tiie whole of the poem must be already familiar to a large number of competent readers , having been already circulated in one of the most popular and influential of our older periodicals ^ All that remains is to-record our sense of merits that must by this time be extensively recognised , and to assure the reader that the poem is worthy of its subject , and rises to the height of the argument that it proposes to illustrate . There is throughout it a philosophical vein of thought that adds not only to its depth , but its beauty .

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    But it appears the author lias a higher object in view than the inere orna' merits of poetic composition , namely , the civil . and religious liberty of every land . This is certainly the burden and design of the Pope ' s : Dream , and we wish it success in . a mission so nbblej for we think , with 'the author , that ' . •'• . . •" Nations claim a constitution , Like Britannia ' s , great and free ; Free from king 3 and jvriests ' pollution , ¦ - Strong in truth and liberty /* The Essay on Life Assurance is certainly a popular exposition of the subject , and a good plea for its more general adoption . It is not bulky , but it contains within its comparatively few pages very able argument , and suggestive reasoning ;

    * Zootwos on tho . History of Mnqhrnd , dolivorod at Ohorlomoood , by Wiuuam Longman . Lecture tho Second , Jwa . 4 th , I 960 . Oompnsing an Account of tho Foudul System , and of tho Origin of tho Laws and , Government of England . London : Longman and Co . The GardenJhat j ? aid tho Mont . London : Chapman and Hall . Tho Colloouios of Edward Qalwnio , QUliten and Otothworieor qf Zcmtfcm . By tho author of " Ma-ry Powell , " London : Hall , Virtue , and Go . Tho X > opo ' a Dreamt a Tula of tho Lower Regions . By TnowAS Pmjmmeii . London : Judd mid Glass . An JSaaai / on L { p > Asawahoo . By XX . W . PORTER , B . A . London ; OharleB nnd Edwin Luyton .

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    In" the London Review ( quarterly ) there is a line , though brief article on ftlacaulay , " whose writings are just now the subject of universal criticism more or less clever and eulogistic . " xYncient Syriac Gospels , " is also the subject of a learned and elaborate criticism of much interest and value . " Whitby , " " Eastern Problems , " " Morocco , " " Socrates /' " Arctic Explorations , '" * Fricdrich Schiller , " are each and all treated with great intelligence and ability . The JS ' ew Quarterly Review of Literature , Art , Science , and Politics , commends itself to general notice and attention by the force and critical discrimination of its articles—the Retrospect of the Literature of the Quarter , Biographies of Lord Macaulay , French and English Novels , & ( .. .

    The Westminster Review , for April , contains eight very able and eloquent articles . " The Veriic Religion" is analysed with consummate skill and eloquence in the first article . " Manin and Venice in 1848-9 , " fully describes tjie character and fate of the brave Italian patriot , and the revolution which terminated so unhappily in 1849 . " . The Ethics of War" is the subject of another article , in which the quarrels between nations are rigorously investigated and weighed . " Plutarch and his Times , " as it might- be expected , is a subject that is well treated by a modern reviewer . In the article upon " Austria and the Government of Hungary , " there is evinced a thorough knowledge of European affairs , and the " policy of England with regard to the subject is indicated with no less wisdom . " " Japan" is . just now , a popular topic of inquiry and specu lation , and we find in the Westminster a very good article upon the subject . " Darwin , on the Origin of Species" is ably reviewed , and pro ! nouneed to be superior to any preceding or contemporary work upon the development hypothesis . - ¦ . ¦ ' ¦

    The jBriiinh Quarterly Reniew has many powerful articles in the present number . Tlie first is an able and comprehensive Review of Lord Macaulay ' s Poems , Speeches ,. Essays , and History . Next , " McLeod ' s Eastern Africa" is an interesting article . In an . articles ' " ' Christian Revivals , " the Christian character and tendency of these religious movements are maintained . Darwin ' s work on the " Origin of Species , " while differing in some points from its contemporaries , the British Quarterly has criticised very ably and worthily . ?• China and Japan " is not the least attractive article in this Review . There is also a remarkably good article upon " Italian Nationality . " The National Review for April , is equal to any of its contemporaries in the sterling quality of its contents and the general ability with which every subject is . treated . " Plutarch ' s Lives / ' " the Testimony of Geology to the Age of the Human Race , " " the Budget and the Treaty iu their relation to Political Morality , " " the Acts of the Apostles , how far Historical ? " " The Reform Bill , its real Bearing and ultimate Results , " " Christianity in Japan , " and " Mr . ' Bright , painted by himself , " arc articles of great interest and . value .

    We have received the Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology , edited by Forbes Winslow , M . D ., D . C . L . It contains many valuable papers for this quarter upon subjects about which knowledge is most required , but in our periodical literature is frequently tlie least given , " Psychological Quarterly Retrospect , " "On Habits of Intoxication as causing a Typq of Disease , " " the l'lntonic Dialogues , " •? the Asylums of Spain , " are a few . of the excellent articles in the present number . X « Revue Jnde'pendante , P . olilirjue , Philosophic Litte ' rature , Sciences , Beaux Artss contains " The French Clergy , " " The Olnoial World of the Frenoh Empire , " "The Condition of tho Working Classes under the reign of Napoleon III ., " &c .

    The Journal of Mental . Science contains a descriptive notice of the Sussex Lunatic Asylum , "Physical Diseases of Early Life , " " On the want of better Provision for the Labouring and Middle Classes when attacked or threatened with Insanity , " " Edgar Allen Poe , " Consciousness as a Truth-organ considered , " As tlieac articles are , for the most part , written by medical literary gentlemen , they are , of course , strictly to the purpose , and abounding in sound views and valuable information . Kintjstone ' a Magazine for Boys , for this month , continues the interesting story of ' " The Old Schoolfellows , " " Sketches from the Life at the late Major W . S . It . llodson , B . A ., Trinity Colleges , Cambridge , " Tho Life and Adventures of Puul Kane , " and also commences the first chapter of " Tho Rambles of a Naturalist . " Tho Ladies' Treasury , an Illustrated Mayaxine , is exceedingly attractive . Tho Soldier ' s Dream , " illustrated ; " tho Soul never Grows Old , " illustrated ; " the Fusions , " illustrutod ; together with u variety of very pleasing articlesform the great source of attrition for April .

    , CasaeU ' s Popular Natural History continues with tho history of the Dog , of tho varieties of which there nro scvorul well-executed iUustrations . Caeaell ' s Illustrated Family Papar is mudo interesting by the spirited continuation of tho story entitled , " Loft to tlnmaelvoa ; or , Arab L fe » n London ; " and " jtho Autobiography of un Heiress ; or , the Old l < m < l . We have received tho fourth part of tho People ' s Edition , published by Messrs . LongmAn and Co . / of Mooiws ' h very intorcsMng Memoirs , Journal , and Correspondence , which oxtendu from tho time of tno poets leaving Rome in Itfl 9 , to his amm \ in England , in 1822 , a long awy m Paris and elsewhere intervening . This part also contains o portrait of Henry , Marquis of JLansdowno .

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    ApRiii ¦ 14 v l 0 GO-. " [ . ¦ The Leader arid Satzirclay Analyst . 357

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    The second Lecture on the History of England , by Mr . AVrh . Longman , contains a sketch of the position of England at the death of King John , a summary of early institutions , feudalism , the lord ' s control over the marriage of females , division of the nation into classes , origin of the laws of England , formation of Lords and Commons , with an illustration of the Parliament of Edward the First , trial by jury , and ecclesiastical courts ; these points are , in the lecture , treated in a clear , succinct , and masterly style , an , d the historical information commonly spread through volumes , is here presented almost at a glance , so that the general reader may obtain , in an hour , the results of the long labours and researches of the historian and the student . .

    The Garden that paid the Rent is an excellent little work , which should , we thiolf , be in the hands of every lady who has attached to her house a piece of ground that can possibly be turned . into a garden . It tends to promote a real taste for gardening , and what is more , shows how useful , as well as pleasant , a garden may lie made to its possessor . " Had I a daughter , " says the writer , " she should be a botanist 1 Her studies should be in the open air ; her deportment should spring from healthy exercise . She should learn the ways of my ideal empress—Nature , by practice with the dibble and the watering-can ; " lessons that would , no doubt , be quite as useful to her as / music or Italian . Cassell ' s Illustrated Family Bible has reached the Book of Judges , which is beautifully illustrated . This part contains , also , a view of the City of Tyre , a map of Canaan , as distributed to the twelve tribes , Jephthah met by his daughter , &c , &c . It is printed on good paper , and is , no doubt , the cheapest illustrated Dible publishing .

    We have received Part III , of Cassell ' s Illustrated History of England , which , ranges from 1772 to 76 . It contains portraits of John Adams , Thomas Jefferson , and an interesting portrait of Washington and his mother . There is also a general view of New York in tins' part . Tho Colloquies qf Edward Oxfiorne has reached the third edition , which is sufficient evidence that the story really is interesting as ft good picture of what London hath bceno of aiincient time , " Edward Oshorne is a model of rectitude , and an excellent example to youth how to rise to eminence and respectability in tho world by listening to tho dictates of truth and duty . The Pope ' s Dream js a poem of considerable merit . The rapidity of the nnrrativc , tho vividness of the description ^ and the ease and melody of the verso , are amply sufficient to recommend this little poem to tho public .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 14, 1860, page 357, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2342/page/17/