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    Aug. 18 1860.1 The Saturday Analyst and ...

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    MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.* This little work c...

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    SERIALS. The Art Journal. No. 68. L6ndon...

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    Aug. 18 1860.1 The Saturday Analyst And ...

    Aug . 18 1860 . 1 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . . - 730

    Miscellaneous Works.* This Little Work C...

    MISCELLANEOUS WORKS . * This little work contains a vast mass of condensed information , which , will be very useful to tho . e interested in the subject of local botany on which it treats . It enumerates all the plants and ferns alluded to , and gives their habitats and principal stations . r The " Handbook " before us is well illustrated with maps , plans , and views The two former comprehensive and- accurate , the latter graphic and appropriate .. The quantity and quality of the matter may be interred from the fact that the . book contains no less than 536 closely printed , but very readable pages of lucidly arranged and valuable information for travellers , and an index of 43 pages , in which every place that can well be wanted will be found .

    Astronomy , the first of the exact sciences to be discovered and perfected , because the objects of it are those which most prominently strike the most active of the senses—sight ; and the methods of elaborating it ^ - mathematics—dealing as they do with numbers and magnitudes , were the earliest branches of knowledge which experience and observation taught to man by the pressure of circumstances , just as they are now systematically taught by elementary instruction in schools . —Astronomy , which considered not merely as a dry collection of facts , but as a key to the mysteries of cosmogony , still presents fields of investigation to the student of nature more vast and sublime , if not more intricate and utilitarian , than any other subject of inquiry . On this most interesting subject the work we are noticing contains all the most recent discoveries , incorporated with a well-arranged summary of astronomical science . . The subject of this biography was the founder of the National Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb , at Charleniont , near

    Dublin , and for some years chaplain of the first church of the established religion of England and Ireland , in Colesbery , South Africa . The authoress rests her claim to attention on the ground that " benevolence and a determined purpose of benefiting the human race must for ever be Valuable , and that these distinguished Dr . Orphen . His energy and zeal were early directed to the improvement of the condition of the most afflicted and neglected of his country run—for he was the first to advocate the cause of the deaf and dumb * ; ) 0 < r cf Ireland . " If " the Gallery in which the reporters sit has now become a fourth estate of the realm , " as Macaulay says-it has , and as we suppose nobody doubts , this little work must be considered one of the most interesting that can be taken up to occupy , an hour or two on a leisure day . _ The fromthe is well

    effect produced by the absence of reporters - " Gallery , " described in a passage J cited in ,: the present work from Mr . James Grant . " Such absence , " says &* r . Grant , "had a most , sorrowful effect on their ( the members' ) eloquence . There was no animation in their manner ; scarcely any attempt at that wit and sarcasm at each other ' s expense , so often made on other occasions . Their speeches were dull in the highest degree , and for the first time within my recollection , they kept their word when , on commencing theirorations , they promised not to trespass at any length oh the patience of tho House . Their speeches had certainly the merit of being short , I cannot say they were sweet . The secret of all this was , they knew their eloquence would not grace the newspaper the following niorriihg . " [ From " Grant ' s Random Recollections of the House of Commons . ' Smith ,

    Elder , and Co !] Colonel Thompson once moved lor a committee to inquire into the , propriety of putting the motion for the exclusion of strangers on the same level as other motions , namely , that it should be made and . seconded , and , then the question put to the . House ; but though favourably viewed by the Government , the motion was withdrawn through press of other business . But the rigM of the public to —be ^ veae ^ tr ^ ugJifrHio-be- ^ sUbU ^^^^ enforced in practice . To sit with closed doors is of the very essence of despotism . The times wrote on the 19 th June , 1849— " Any member , by an insane freak , may exclude the public from , the knowledge of a debate with which it is most important they should be acquainted . We do not say , i f the contest were fairly tried out ,: and tho privilege maintained , but that ways and means might bo found to transfer the reporter from the gallery to the body of the House , and blow this puerility to tho four winds . " ,

    Serials. The Art Journal. No. 68. L6ndon...

    SERIALS . The Art Journal . No . 68 . L 6 ndon and New York : Virtue and Co . Paris : Stnssin and Xavier . Leipzig : Brockhaus . —Rubens portrait of his wife ( from tho picture in the Royal collection ) , 1 urners " Rain , Steam , and Speed" ( from the picture in tho National Gallery ) , and Ibbertson ' s " Going to Labour , " are engravings conspicuous in the present part of this ably conducted work , which is copiously illustrated with wood-outs , and contains an excellent assortment of articles on subjects connected with tho fine arts . " The English Caricaturists and Georgo Craikshunk , " " The Early Days of Wilkie , " and " Mediroval Munnprs , " will bo read with interest . CasselVs Illustrated Family Paper . Part 32 . Vol . C . New sorios . —Tlio present purfc contains an " extra number" in the shape of "'Ihe Civil Service ; a Guido to Situations under Government , & c . ; " containing valuable information and a complete and authoritative synopsis of tho mat uro of tho examination and tho qualifications required of candidates . Such another mass of materials for instruction and amusement could hardly be indicated . CasseWs Illustrated Family Bible . Part 15 . London : Oassell and Co . —Tho illustrations are excellent . " The Judgment of Solomon , ' " The Dedication of the Temple , " " Zimri Destroying Himself in tho TCingVHouee , '' - ^ . ^ wUlboJau ^ the First Book of Kings to chaptor xvii . - ___ A uV < 't /> hint of tt / v / ol / uwfna l'htntH and / Yew * oroirtiiff wild In the County of Devon . Hy TIioiiuih V . llHvt- ' nclmw , SI . A . London : HoBwortli and Hurrlunn , 1 HUO . Kelson ' s Handbook- to Scotland for Tourists , liy tho Itov . John M . WlUOn . London : J . Nelson and Souk , 1 ( 100 . Popular Agronomy , liv O . M . Mitchell , IX . tt . Kovlacil hy tlio Kov . T .. TomltiiBon , M . A . London : Jtoutloilgc and Co ., 18 U 0 . Life of the Jtev . Charles Edward Herbert Orphen , AI . D . By Mr « . ho Ponii . London : Womorton . 1800 . ' , The Oallerp ; a Sketch of the History of Parliamentary Reporting and Reporter * . By Chan , J . Oiatton . London : Pitman » nd Co ., 1800 .

    CasselVs Illustrated History of TLngland . Part 7 . New series * London : Cassell and Co .- —The opening illustration is " The Siege of Gibraltar by the Allied Forcesof France and SpaiH . " "John Adama , Fi'st American Ambassador to the English Court , presented to George ill ., " is a memorable incident in history , which forms the subject of another graphic illustration . There is also a likeness of the famous Lord Erskihe , who , as an advocate , did so much for English liberty and the rights of juries to return general verdicts ; and another of "Warren Hastings . In one page England ' s prowess is typified in " The Great Mogul delivering to Xiord Olive the right of Dominion over Bengal , Orissa , and Bahar ; " in another her reverses are represented in " The Troops of Tippoo Saib pillaging Madras , " - —an European mother flying sword hand

    with her child from ferocious swarthy pursuers , m , bringing forcibly to iriind the recent Indian massacres . The period chronicled is one of the most important in the long reign of George III . The Ladies' Treasury . Vol . 6 . No . . 42 . London : Cassell and Co . - This serial contains 22 articles of the usual varied and excellent quality , near half of which are very elegantly illustrated ; not forgetting " The Fashions . "" " Hints to Pianoforte Players , " and " Italian Lessons , " deserve mention as important items of elementary instruction . " Costume in all Ages " ( illustrated ) , is a subject suggestive of curious reflections on the mutability of human taste , or caprice , or what you will . " Fancy Work for Ladies" ( illustrated ) , will attract the attention of those for whom it is intended . It should be in every boudoir , as it contains reading for all times and all tastes .

    Cassell ' s Popular Natural History . Part 17- —London : Cassell and Co .- —This part opens with a most exciting incident , where a man , within a few feet of the open jaws of a tiger , and an alligator rushing upon him on opposite sides * was saved , by his would-be devourers destroying each other . The cuts are dramatic , so to speak , such as a " tige ) ' hiint , " & c . There is a graphic representation of a jaguar crushed to death in the folds of , a boa constrictor , and others illustrative of the habits of carnivorous animals , which form the subject of the part before us . It is a very cheap and interesting work .

    The English Cyclopaedia of tile Arts and Sciencesv Part 19 . London : Bradbury and Evans . — -This elaborate and comprehensive work , one of the best , if not the best of the kind that has hitherto been presented to the pubiicj proceeds with unabating excellence of compilation . The present part begins with " Masquerade , " and the article on " The Law of Mortality" ( to be finished in the next part ) , concludes it . The 253 quarto pages of good readable , and not too large type , with space in margin , & c ., well economized , contain a vast , well-digested mass of important information . ¦ ¦ . - •; , v 13 London and

    Plaifc or Riiigiets ; Parts 12 and . : Bradbury Evans . —This clever , sketchy , humorous , witty , sarcastic production , which carries considerable typographical drollery in ; the very printing of its title , progresses in interest and smartness . The odd combination of meanness and stinginess with reckless waste and extravagance ^ so often met with in real life , is well hit off in chapter xxi , on " The Ducal Difficulties . " . ' ^ The . duke was a great economist up to a sovereign . This suinexceededi he went right over head in extravagance ; Heytould criticise the board at a toll-bar from top to bottom , to be sure he wasn't defrauded of a halfpenny , ; while he would think nothing pf ordering a couple of hundred pounds worth of cut flowers for a # evening party . ' Flat , ' said his Grace to Mr , Hydrangea , the Bayswatw florist , as he accompanied that genius on a tour of inspection of the ball \' Fi & t

    reception rooms , on ; the evening of a great London ; , ' repeated he , as they got into trie drawing-room , ' Don ' t know , your Grace , ' replied Mr . Hydrangea , f there are £ 2 Q 0 worth of exotics there . ' Then put £ 200 worth more , ' rep lied the Duke , without a moment s Hbesitatiprc—«^© w-mueh-4 l ^ xelaim on his way home frpin half a day ' s hunting at Sandforth Heath . ' Tuppence , ' replied old deaf Turnei ' , the toll-keeper , holding out his hund for the money . ' Tuppence ! it is but three-halfpence , surely ! ' replied the Duke , pulling up , and going attentively through the list on the board—broad-wheels , narrOw-wheels , exemptions , and all . ¦¦* Ah , well ; tuppence it is , ' at length replied he , coming to the horse department . ' There ' s your money ! ' adding , as he cantered away , ' The man who would rob me of a single halfpenny would rob me of all I ' m worth in the world ; ' ' He who is faithful in little is faithful in much , ' & o . " York

    RouUedge ' s Illustrated Natural History . London and New : Routledge , Warne , and Routlcdge . Part 18 . — This admirably compiled arid profusely illustrated work increases its claims on popular patronage in every number . The present one is occupied entirely with birds , commencing with the red-throated falcon , and ending with the snowy owl . The book ought to be in every library . The Eclectic . August , I 860 . —The present number opens with Paper No . 2 , on "Tho Oxford School , "in winch the doctrines of Dr . Chalmers , Dr . Buckland , Mr . Hugh Miller , and the Rov , Mr * C . W . Goodwin , M . A ., onthoMosnicCosmogony . aro discussed , and tho latter Bhurply criticised for maintaining-that the real difficulty is , " not that the circumstantial details ( of the creation ) are omitted , which might reasonably be expected , but that what is told , is told so as to convoy to ordinary apprehensions an impression at variance with facts . " Mr . Goodwin says , " the early speculator . . . . know little of tho earth s surface , or of its sliupo and place in the universe ; tho infinite varieties of organized existence which people it ; the distinct floras and faunas of its different continents were unknown tp him . . . -For

    ages this simplo view of creation satisfied tho wants of man . No one contends that ifc can bo used as a basis of astronomical or goologjoal teaching (!) , and those who profess to see in it in accordance jvvith . facts . cnly _ do this . 6 iJ / ft fli o ^ o , and by tho processes which despoil it " of its consisteiu-y niTd gVandeur (!) « 5 ? ~ TrTB forTviifcuirtlnisr ^ d ^ or holding that " tho Mosaic acoomit is llio product oi an unuBBistea thinkor , " that 11 jo M-hclir takes Die writor to task ii ; ¦ no gwtlo tormB . l ^ or thoso who interest tlu-mpelvos in what . . « "V " . „ admitted is the most interesting field of natural mveBto'on , and winch forms tho subject of such worls ns tho llvv . ¦ *»««» Powell ' * « Philosophy of Creation , ! ' Mr . C , Darwin . " % J j f Species , " , the present paper will not bo m 7 » jftd"L 7 ll without attraction . A paper on tho « Corrolut ^ on oi MmU and Bo ^ * y , txUo posaesses interest for tho atudent of pJiyeical science . From u »

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 18, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18081860/page/11/