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evidence of a wery un-English , Catholic spirit , both in feeling and in the mode of viewing things , we might have been led into the mistake of believing otherwise . Pew works of its pretension have beea snore criticised , and often with a severity which would be unaccountable , but for the fact that in this land of' caste' he avows his sympathy with the paria , —and that he does not hesitate to speak his mind of religious intolerance and religious extortion , —these are the unpardonable sins of Prince Puckler Muskau ' s authorship . His unbounded coxcombry is rather amusing than offensive , and if unconsciousness be the sign of health , he is sound indeed . Too much praise cannot be awarded to the translator , though we must regret that such a complete facility in rendering this language , so rich and full of meaning , should not be more worthily employed—lamentable is it , that there should be place for a doubt of the reception which the works of Goethe , of Richter , and a host of others , woujd meet in this country . Surely the time indicated in the translator ' preface , is not distant , —* Whenever I find that the English public are likely to receive , with any degree of favour , such a German work as it would be my greatest pride and pleasure to render into my native tongue to the best of my ability , I shall be too happy to share with the illustrious and humanizing poets and philosophers pf Germany any censure , as I should feel it the highest honour to partake in the minutest portion of their glory . Hitherto I have found no encouragement to hope that any such work as I should care % o identify myself with would find readers . '
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Visits to an Infant School , London . Mardon , 1832 . A series of conversations , in which the whole plan and process of infant school keeping is pleasantly exhibited . We have the pictures , lessons , questionings , songs , hymns ( with the tunes besides ) , prayers , and , in short , everything belonging to these pretty and precious institutions . This little book was written for some ' dear little nephews and nieces , ' and it will please most little nephews and nieces , while it may also serve to gratify the sympathies and direct the benevolence of their uncles and aunts .
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Tales of the Saxons , By Emily Taylor . These are not stories from Saxon history , or chippings of the Chronicles , they are historical paintings . Those who object jto the mixture of fiction , which is inevitable jn such a work , and close their own or their children ' s eyes to these vivid and beautiful pictures , should be reminded that the objection applies with eqiml force to Shakspeare , to Milton , and we might almost venture to add , to the Scriptures . Man is nowhere taught , as we are now exhorted to teach our children , with nothing to be corrected , and nothing for the mind to work upon . Nature and Providence are alike unconscious of ri ^ id outlines and skeleton systems , and the worid is more like a kaleidoscope than a syllogism . True , we are liable to derive false impressions from ja work of imagination , — -false as to character or as to costume ,- —and what then ? The few who study will correct them , and the many who do not , have Required ideas approaching to truth in lieu of no ideas on the pubject at all . In the former caee the evil i » &ght 9 ~ -in the latter , the
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& 54 Critical Notices \ - * -Tdur ojfa German Prince * Infant Schools .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1832, page 354, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1812/page/66/
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