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      this point her position gradually inaprbyesi She becomes acquainted witb the family of ;¦* neighbouring neblenoao , but lecently returned from Italy , and a better judge o € oatenwhen framed than . - when , fatted * Tb . i » society ia a great * oqm « tida tn * . * Dakjr ^ : Her taste rap ^^ tion improves s & fair tl ^ fc ati her fi ^ turning with Lard : lkrirne to Italyy when the eauntess ? s health readers this measure impeiutivre . At this ; cnrias ia Margaret' s career the story ia eoneluded . This mode of fiotshrag a story ia , to say tn ' e l ^ t . of-it ^ , ' - very un .-usual , attd > we think , in : so y & ang an authoress—fox vre understand ifc ia a first appearance—indiscreet- We hope she -will offer the only compensation in her power by givmsr us a continuation as soon as possible ..

      We say tbis ; the ; moTeearnestly , inasmuch as theinterest ; of the Htory is by no iiisana coofened to Margaret . Her three ststera and i « r brother Keene are all so described as to elicit . ' oursympathies wi % their fate ; The eldest gir ] , Alice , -wre * may- perhaps loot upon as settled . B | ? the pretty * md sprightly Henrietta / the lift andvsoal of the circle , married to an . oid ii [ ian and'' pming ^ among her walls and towers ; ' the thoughtless ^ rakish little IDoray "who remind * us a good deal a £ Lydia in JWife ¦««< £ Prejndtee are two characters -whom we part from -with regret and with misgivings

      In conclusion , we -wrcwud add a-few words of caution both to the authoress hersel § airid a ^ 33 a -very delicate- matter , and . to bring forward too prominently the vrant of appreciation occasionally displayed by the former may produce mischievous ^ effects . Many a lazy child would be glad enoagh of this excuses We freelr admit , however ; that the counter evil is one of some magnitude ; arid if Summerleigh Manor has terag h * but pile of those lovers of system and routine vrhac destroy so ^^ many children to ; distrust ^ havecoi ^ ixedra ^

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      . \; . : / ,- ::., s mi ^ TOATEl ^ BOOKS , r ^ -v / - vv- ' -: '¦ . ¦ ¦' ; - : ' : v : . The Poetical Wor ^ s ofE ^^ ^ ta ^ Fpe : With Original Memoir . Illustrated . £ Dow ; and Opv ) -r- ^ ere is ay book with covers of purpleV / zfiashing- ' . miibk goldj like the wings of some :-Oriental bird * The / pages shine with the strong Beauti ^ ofthW ^ tinted pager . Seldom is a gift-took Illustrated with so much real art , but then It is rarely that a publisher assembles such a concourse to illuminate the fancies of a single volume as JFI BL Fick 6 rsg . ni ,. R ^ . ^ ^ hn Te ^ nidi Erikefc Fxjsfexv ^ elL ^ DMrley ; jasper ( io ^ ley ^ P . ; Ouggari ^ FereivaJ Skelton ,, ^ cT ^ M . ; M ^ creditable to all : cot > earned ihv and Ehe Sells are exactly ; the poem ? for Cbristmas recitation ^ Their melody Ta wali , th ^

      shadows are Mostly . Among t ^ decorated pubUcationa of the season none nas appeared ir ^ regraceiul and appropr i ^ : - Tfie / S ^ iw ^ i at Poem . By William Falboaer . Illnstraiect byJSirket FbateE . ( Adam and Charles Btock ^ ,- —TTe are glad ' to Ea , ve a new and brffliant editioni of Fal < M > aer ' $ cha ^ ac ^ isiiib green , stanaped" with a . delicate pattern ^ and enblazoned with dolphins , a topmast , a sail r a streamer ^ a chain cable , a sexoll , a border , of shells ^ a nnncature partraft in gpld % proiusely but taateMLjp blended . The illustrations bj Mr . Birket Foster : are thirty in nunil ) er and have ^ been admirably € ttgraved ^^ By various hands . Mir . N ^ 6 el Humphreys contributes the . vignettes an < l ; initial letters .. Critical , and explanatory notes accompany the poem , which is prefaeed hj a memoir of Falconer , soniewhiat trite in style oulurterestia g .. " ; - ; :- ' ' ' ••;• ¦ '¦'¦ ¦ ' . ¦ . ' .: : . : ' '¦ ¦ " ¦ : . : '" : ' : ' - - ' - } . ' r - ' , ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :.: ^ - ¦ ¦ ¦' '¦ ¦ ^'' : ' . ¦> : ^' - : . " " :: : \ " - - :- . ' : ' .

      Picture Fahfa . Ibva ^ Jiy D ^ aIraeT . Wi % BHymes » transit Duldben . ( Routledge . )— -These , are charming pictures ^ and the . companion sure Treraes suited , to uie iaitelligjexic ^ aad synkp * thlea of childrent .

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      ¦ 0 S ^< POSTrOFFi ^ Tte Po * 1 ~ Office Zondonr Directory Has vanquished alt cpmpetiticm . B was always the beat ; and Is npw the only work of the kind published . The edition finr 1858 presents several approvements of detail .. Jia size ^ has been somewnat reduced , notw-ithstaodfag thafc the leading classifications ; exceed an nuoiber those of any prevtbus- issue ; This hast been effected by means- of improved typographical arrangements , which , for several years tp come , ¦ will prevent the growth of the volume into unwieldy bulk . As usual the « prrections have been bro ^ gat apwn to the-latest ^ possible date . To a man of blujmes ^ of course , this Directory is an indispensable companion in < 5 lubaand . hatftli > itiftatpieoe ^ of Beceasary-fermtwa -i ^

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      ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ > ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ' , ~ —? — ¦ , '¦¦ ¦ '• ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦•¦¦ , ¦ ¦¦ ¦ « a ^; : ^^^ aafeaBta ^^ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ r-V . ; . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . , ;¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ; I ? - ' ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; :. '' ¦ ¦¦' ¦ ¦ ; ¦¦ ¦ • .: ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ . From Joseph Andtexos WiUon x Esq ., to . Q . Andrews Wilson * . Ma ., Woodtpxina Somersetshire , L y ' .,.: ¦ ¦ ¦¦ + _ ¦ W e « mK )« ll » wk » 8 e 4 vl December a , la & T . iS" ^*^* ^ ' ^ ^ .. « MM «»^ a * on * : tf the . ataangestiwndemjf in y ^ .. ;^^ f 'f" * « Na ;« li » . J Wi only made tha ^ gTanditouii / , wth »> gmd » . bool ^ Jb « tiwaUjjitj would b © straW in anv maa ' slife ^ It , ™** t » partv ^ at Itmfc **^ You ipffl ft ^ , I ? pe « d my 4 aj ! fl . m paitie ^ , but I hme , aot > mgheote & bnalnesm On the « mfcwM ^ I h * Ve thw »« gh . thi « , that m 3 » advieiifcure . happened . It m absurd to call it M-feton- . taw ^^ L . wa ^ piajr . a apwrtMrtor but IJW ^ teUiy . m . htm . it cawwXmt or yawwflln ^ tvappreoiate . Mij ) aorpnaei . To toilym « f ; aamprive' befimslmnd w werj inaKtirtio ^ fcut I . ana only teUuig thing * aw * be 3 r « co « ritt » oiiHifei and

      not trying toastonish or to make « p a story . And truth , you know is often more wild and wonderful than fiction . V J - ~ ? w ^ I settkd my busmess through the kindness of Leicester ; : whois a re g ular brick ; 1 only ponder that he has leisure , for I am sure he is a hardworS man Among ^ his , extensive ^ acquaintance is a French g ^ tleman whoa ? position is rather curious . He is a inan- of very old ilmilv a ™ 4 w ^ esteemed . The grandfather was a staiuich Boyali ^ in the oay ^ S ^ S was no Question of I . egitimism ^ the father was an iaauential Orleamat ^ SxA the son is an Imperialist ; but although an old family , it has just for thSS three generations been connected with manufactures , and the first M" ^ S ^ r ^? P ^ *? ^ 5 ^ ^ calling him the first instead onS fifty-third , —bnt I ^ mean the first of I ^ se three , becanle a partner in the house : of a laan who bad pnce been a-serf onfliis own landsf The htmaT whiclrwas ^ and is . ¦ at . Lille ; , was then ^ Meunier ; the old gentleman nbtchooS tolfend . hi ^ iiam e . ; The n ext ; raison' was Cpuc ^ , Meunier , et GompagBie until De Goucv ' ner e- 'bicked-. MftiinW « ii * " or » ii ..: * + u *™ -u a ~~^~ r * '¦¦ : * t * ^ *

      Cpmpagnie ,. and continues so , although the ' terminator of delights the separator of companions land the replenisher of the graves' has foir some years kicked out De Coucy pbre . , It is a ' ¦* society en cbmmahdite' ^ tbrt is ^ you ^ knpw , a trading firm -with assort of joint-stock sleeping paVtners whose lability js limited to th ^^ money they invest . M . de Coucy is extenduig bi |; capital m consequence of the extraordinary development given to French commerce . I can understand your first alarm ; at the idea of goin «> into trade now , and . of course I expressed my own doubts to teicester i but fee explained tp me that \ t is just at this kind of juncture that the bicrwer leouses that can stand take the ; business of the little houses that iall ; ^ The same thing always goes on in thascbuiit ^ Coiicy has issued a sort of rivr £ lte circular explaining his objects ^ wiich I enclose , Thei house has an . immense fortune ^ and : is about to ^ extend ^^ it ; it has lasted eighty years indeed longer , for Meunier took up an old business ; ' 1

      " But , ' said Leicester , i . dpi not trust to iuy account , of my friend . Let us ask spmfe other man of b ^ trade . We could hot think of any one ) Whom I knew enough to value his opiwipn ,-although ; Leicester ran over half the Birectory ^ nuntil we fell fcack ttppBt La . wford , who is ; as Leicester remarkedj not in the saine btisiriess , and the more likely ^ to ^ cp ^ xast -with Leicester ' s quiet , almost with onl fewclerks arid to b ¦

      y a . " porters "e seen . : : / , : We fbund Lawibrd engaged ^ and while iyve were in the Waiting-room . 6 f * ¦ the' IDepartnierit of ^ the Duchy of Somerse ^^ ^ deley came in , finding apparently some amusemeht in ' hunting up old Lawfqrd , ' and lending another lordly naflfieVto ^ hef grand traders card rack . But we ; did not have to- stop long ,, and Leicester most laheerepibiiiously told the noble Member to wait till we had done bur business ^ 'M : will call you . when- ' ' we .: have : fiuished , ' he . saidV . ; - ' -v ;' . ; ; - . . y - ; ; ¦' : " , v I ¦ : ' / : ' : ¦'¦ . ]^\ ¦;¦¦< - ' ¦ \ -, ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ \; ^ - ^ ¦

      '' Here is Wilsoii Tvarits to ask ypu a questionj" he cried , as he and Lawfbrd exchanged a touch of the fingers- " Tell hini all about iQ " he added , pushmg .: me ; iprw : ara ' ;^ :,. ; ... ; ' :, ¦' ! . " r < -. "~/ - -, ' . > :- ^ -: - ' £ - : v ; : ' : .-. v . ¦¦¦' , - "¦¦ . '• ¦ ' ¦ . : V \; -V ' . ?; V- - / I did : so ;; arid iiawford then looked with a blank expression that sbaietimes comes over Jiim at the sight of Leicester ^ ; ; el : Mr . lieicester ; . ' said ; " I continued , ' * thiit you could tell all about il . de Goucy , his business and positiprii . ' ^ ; !¦ ¦ vT -. ' -: ' ' ' ^ ' ^ r '' \¦ - ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ : " ¦'¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦ - ' . ' '¦ ¦ ¦ •;¦' ' ** Well v really , " said ^ Lawfprdy' * in the present state of French commerce , X do not know that I should be warranted--- — ' * ;

      ' ^ Wilsori kriows all about that , toy dear ^ Leicester ; fr he is 116 baby . The single point about wliich we came to trouble you . was the position of Goucy , fils , et t-bmpagnie . It has existed nearly eighty years ^ it Is rich ,: in the present depressed state of French trade it is eating up smaller houses * , it is extending its capital for that purpose ^ Coliiian has shares to sell privately;—did 1 tell him wrong in saying this ?" ** WeH f no— -certainl y not . " ' : ' :. : ¦ . ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ y ' . . ¦ ' " : ¦[ ' :, \ . s . ¦ ¦ ... " : ; . - ' ¦ ¦ .:. ; . ¦¦""¦'" . ' : ' : ¦ . ¦'¦ ¦ . * Speak up , man , tell him your iriind . I think you have had spine of your Radical set * Iierej and ypu nave gone wpol-gatherins after tlie Reform Bill ofl « 58 T ^ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , - ,: ¦¦ - '¦ ¦ - . ..: - ¦ ' ¦?¦ . ¦ :, ¦ / ' ' ^ .-: . : *?¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ . ,- - .. ' ¦ . ' ¦;¦ >

      Curiously enough , that was just what had happened , and Law ford looked pale and worried with these little * agitations . ' For you ,, dpwii in the free repose pf Wpodspnng—far away from the ' weariness , the fever , and the fret' of whfch my favourite poet sings—would hardly believe tlie wear and tear that men endure in working sit these ' movements , ' which noliody knows anything about . However , o » being thus aroused by Leiccstei * , the statesman descended to business , and crave us a full account of Coucy , fils , et

      Compagnre , fronx which I could see that I could not do better than close . I had explained to Leicester our dear aunt ' s position , —henceforward dependent upon this little fortune , except so long as she chooses to have a home among her own family . And Lawford ' s noble conduct in saving her from the ^ London and' Empire Bank proves how we can trust him , especially In speaking of a firm in wnich he can have no interest . _ As soon , as that point was settled , Leicester called in Baddeley , and left him with the statesman ; but not before he had repeated his challengo to Leicester , ^ reproaching him with having shown the best that he could at our vistt . Leicester did" not pay much attention- —he never does to Baddeley ; but'Lawfbrd had ; grown quite gay on , the entrance of the ¦ venerable young lord , and ? he jpined in the banter -with more effect . He ended Ly challenging Leicester to exhibit beauty for beauty against him— -Baddoloy aiuM-to fee umpires .

      Now , my dear GcPrge , I know ' you will bo angry with me , and say this is very vulgar trifling for an Andrews tp get into ; but I assure ) ou I-was taken by surprise—it all liappened in a moment—and I was , I confess ,, rather piqued by Leicester ' s manner . I can scarcely describe it— -he wjis so cool and' indifferent ; and afterwards so confident and so quietly contemptuou s of iawford ' s challenge .. Yet Lawford meant more than his words conveyed , besides which , Leicester was evidently thinfcinnr of something that we bad not seen pn Saturday . Lawford ' s display wns fo be at his own I » ouso > whore he was to give a party ; and ho is a marriod man , in the very host society . He spoke with an air of artistio coolness tl . at he must have caught from . Leicester . But xt is of no uao making excuses ; ri ^ ht or wrong I agreed , anci

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05121857/page/18/