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      A May Garland. * Th12 Work Thu-S.Entitle...

      Shady nooks , all crowned with rushes ; Sedgy banks ' -, where water gushes . Here we see the stee p brown rocks , O ' er which graze the milk-white flocks ; . Little lower , we behold . Some small emerald , set in gold ; A fair islet , where the trees Whisper secrets to the breeze . Then vve see some haunted hall , Peeping through its oak trees tall ; On its windows rests the sun , . Iiike a golden banner won ! Tlien , a little farther down , Stands a village that doth crown , . Xiike an eagle ' s nest , the brow Of the hill that lies below ; - "While the nestling houses gleam Where the heavenward spire is seen ; Then we hear the vesper bell , On bur hearts it lays a . spell ; Benison so pure and holy , That we bow our spirits lowly ; Thinking Grod ' s great heartj above , lluleth lesser ones in love : . . . Now behold horne s city white , All baptised in golden light ! . This is ( despite a false rhyme or too ) certainly , poetry of no mean order ; and we shall be happy to meet again with its author .

      Sept. 22 1860] The Saturday Analyst And ...

      Sept . 22 1860 ] The Saturday Analyst and Leader . 819

      Miscellaneous Works. Black's Tourist's G...

      MISCELLANEOUS WORKS . Black ' s Tourist ' s Guide thr-owjh the Counties of'Gloucester , JIureford , and jfoiimoui / i , ' & fi . Edinburgh : Black . . ¦ : This is a very concise yet complete , compendious , yefc comprehensive little manual , that every visitor to the localities in question should by no means omit to stow away , in his carpet bag . Ifc contains copious information about the principal towns such as Cheltenham , Bath , Bristol , Chepstow , Gloueester . IlosSj Monmouih , Hereford , & c ., as well as descriptive accounts of objects of interest * s . xich as . Tintern Abbey ; which by the way , forms a frontispiece to the " Gritide . ¦ ' There is , moreover , a very interesting sketch of the " Greplpgy of the Counties of G-loucester and Hereford , " by J ; E . Leifchild , A . Ai . j bound up with this little work , and containing a vast mass of facts and knowledge of a highly interesting character condensed into avery small compass , and expressed in a lucidiarid popular style . There are well arranged tables of contents to both parts of the ^ work , and a , copious index . The '' Suggestions for Geological Excursions" wilt , be found very useful . The "Gruide '' also , contains a good map of the districts treated of . The name pf Mr * Iieifchild is a surticieiit vDiichei . " for the correctness and excellence of any work on the title page of which it ai > pears .

      Reply to ' Professor TjjndalVs JZeiiiarksinJiisuiork "On the Glaciers of the Alps , " relating to \ liendii ' s " Theorie . des Glaciers . " i $ , y James . Davitf Forbes , JF . B . S ; , « fcc . Edinbureli .: jiJack . 1860 : . : . ' , : Now that the . Alps and everything connected with them attract go muph attention , the subject of this " Reply" is invested with an extrinsicinterest , in addition to its own inherent pttractiojis- as . a curious scientific question . The following , passage is of such' general importance ancl application , that we extraqt it with pleasure :- - ' ¦ " It is ii , matter , notorious in . scientific ! discovery , that every thcor } ' of the least importance has been preluded by the anticipations o'f men of sagacity and penetration , ~ wko yefc wanted the skill , or the perseverance , or . the opportunity necessary to demonstrate their speculations to . true . Isolated quotations from authors who for-med just conceptions of a possible or antecddontal probable explanation of a complex phenomenon , convey to the reader . ( trusting to these alonei ) an inapcimvto

      conception of the exaofc impoi'tanco of |; liese anticsiiDat-ions ; , Seen by the liglxt , of subse < iuont observations and clisicoveriea , they are incontro ? vertiblo truths ; but when viewed in the aspect in which , tliey appeared to conternporary writers , or even / to'the author liiLmsblf ,, — -wheii tviejd by the context of the work . in which they are cbntain & d , they . appear -what they really aro-Tbuppy conjectures , ' auppprtod by general analogies , and by a- i' ovr obvious or reputed faults , The history pfsbion 6 q > if ftttemptotl to bo based onewoh expressions , alone , would become amaze pjf mingled truth , aricl ' notion . HpoUe and BorolU would assume the positipti , of pping authpi's of . the theory of grayitiition ; Q-rixnaldi and Hopke ,: ( aga ^ n , ) pf tho , un ^ ijilatPt'y theory ; J ) e Dominis and Descartes , of the discovery of the unequal rofrnngibility . pi' tlie rays of the spectrum ; Hero and Porta » . of the steam-engine 5 3 aqon ? pf the ab . oiv ration of light ; . tBoerhoft-ye and Fahrenheit ^ of speoifio heat j 'Wright and JJwaborti , the laws of sidereal uatrpnpmy j Bruginanrii ? , ef aiamagnefciam ; ; and Higgins , pf atpmio « homifitry /

      Foee1g-N Corresrondenoe. Special. I-Jano...

      FOEE 1 G-N CORRESrONDENOE . SPECIAL . I-Janovbk , Sept . 18 , 1860 . THE prospect of ft united Italy , under a constitutional king , Uaa proved a vast encoiira ^ ement to the Wfation ^ l "Vorein . ana ita supporters ; and I have this week to report that the grand meeting ; at } Ooburg hits had a better isams than the most sanguine ef ijnpftrtiipJl observers , anticipated . '• j , for riiy part , fwjiy expected a grftftt split in the Li | jerftl pariiy , < jr ratber in , wte Ifation ^ l Verein , the ! oiie side advocating ' the sp-

      the country and establishment of a free representative government . Every motion brought forward was ahnost unanimously adopted , and the original programme of Eisinacli is still in full force for the entire Liberal party , that is the moderate Liberal or Gotha party ; the democrats ^ radicals , or revolutionists , who are , indeed , the mos 1 numerous though without any organisation , ridicule , the efforts oi the Yerein and-will be satisfied with nothing less than a republic upon the United States' model . The Verein is in existence still , and that is considered to be a great success ; but between

      unanimity pf views and the attainment of the long sought for unity and central power there is a wide distance . The only hope of the Verein for the present is gradually to prepare the public inind of all the States for the supremacy of Prussia of which the most are very jealous . With , regard to the motions or declarations brought forward there were but few that possessed any fresh interest except , perhaps , the following declaration : — 1 . It is the chief and self-evident ¦ necessity of a truly national German policy to defend tlie inviolability of the federal territory . to make with the

      2 . It is not required by a national policy war object to maintain the possession of Venetia for the House oi Austria . . 3 . It is , on the contrary , the duty of all Germany to resist with energy every interference in the Italian struggle that may tend to confirm and extend the encroachments of France , and that may endanger th « interests and . obstruct the independent national developeinent of our country . 4 . It is ho less the most . pressing duty of a truly national German policy to guard against the attempt to employ the military forces of Germany as a means of enslaving the Italian people , now enthusiastically fighting for their freedom and national independance . . ,, , mooted bthe

      The debates upon the several home questions y committee were ; remarkably animated , and the more sharp and to the point , as each speaker was limited to ten minutes tiine . In sympathy for the Italian cause , as also for the inviolability , all were unanimous ; but there was a considerable divergence of opinion as to the policy to be pursued by Germany in case of an . attack upon Venetia ; Wliile some few were in favour of German interventooii for the defence of Austrian territory in the event of a war between Italy and Austria , the others were totally opposed to any interference whatever , evesn though . France should lend her aid to Italy for the conquest of Venetia . ' ¦ . '' ... The Committee addressed the request to a-U members of the Asspciation to exert themselves in their respective localities for the formatioa of itte corps , whose aim should be to accustom themselves to military diseipUne , and a thorough knowledge of

      arms . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ . ¦ . ¦ . . ¦ . ¦¦ . •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .. Among those applying to be received as members of the Association were the deposed Duke of Brunswick , and one of the sons of the elector of Hessia . _ AH that can be said of this meeting , which has been regarded as so important by the rdembers of the Association , is that it remains as it was before . It is not broken up , notwithstanding , the endeavpuxs of some Governments ; but fresh members are being admitted , and further subscriptions oi money received . The latter do not come in with , so much readiness at home as from abroad ; and in one of the last numbers of the WochenscJirift , the organ of

      the Association , the Germans at home are twitted witfci apathy , hesitatipu , car indifference to the national cause . Beyond the mere fact , however , of its being as fresh and vigorous as ever it was , which is not saying much , the meeting , or congress , iras nothing more than \ vhjvb most other-meetings of late years have been—an empty demonstration . There is not a man , to be found who will risk life , liiaT ) , property , or the little liberty he possesses , in an effort to carry into effect the ahnost unanimous wish of the whole country . It is pertain that ninety-nino ( Jermans out of every hundred ardently desire "unity and a supreme chief , and every man one ineets declares his willingness to fight for the object desired : but not one wm move ,. .. . ., ¦¦ . ¦ : _ ¦ ' . _ . ' ' „ . _ ¦ _ that the for the

      I have remarked in former letters pntliusi « sxa Prince of Prussia is . insfc subsiding , and that the leadership of Prussia is npfc now regarded by the jpeople of the snialler . States as pp very desirable ; and it is ' this spirit winch * in spite of the general cry for ' unity , which keejis many aloof fronV th ? National Tereih , ¦ whose sole aim is . to place the suprenae power in the hands of the Prince Regent , without paring apparently whether freedpm or worse slavery than that wHch at present exists would become the portion of G-ermany . If the prince were really the Liberal he is supposed by his admirers to be , and wished to see Germany great and respected , he would , not hesitate to confide in the people , summon a national parliament , and get himself elected Emperor ¦ to venture

      or King of Germany . . 'Xim He hm neither tne courage . , nor the talent to perform ., He trusts to hold his own , and perhaps in time to require a little more by means of his standing army , and contrftliaation , and police . It was this discontent with the conduct of the prince which gave rise to the attempt at an agitation for the lteichsver / assung of 1849 , and though a compromise waseffected : by the . committee pf the association , lam halt inounect to think it wiil be again put forward in opposition to tne endeavours of ' the Prussian party . . ¦ '¦ . '¦ ¦ ' \ AnTnriA The report of the' rebiremont of tho I ' rotestant QjuNmAh Bhnmdwxs has increased tbo disgust ) of tho northern and Protosanb SS , 3 . aTGermany without Austria U bocoimng a stronger wish than ever . ¦

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22091860/page/11/