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      The Future Of The Turkish Empire.* Rp^He...

      more assemble at Damascus , and from that point the conquest of the world shall begin again . " We :--have selected . the above very curious quotations from the second book of M . Pbujade ' s interesting 1 worjc . ^ This book treats of Albania and Greece , besides a variety of statistical and geographical details , it contains a biographical sketch of the celebrated Ali Pasha , of Tepelen ; and a very complete account of the species of feudalism which still prevails in Turkey . Our author is then naturally led to examine the question of Grecian independence , and to describe the political intercourse which lias existed between the government of King Otho and the Powers of Western Europe . We must not forget that M . Poujade ' s duties in Turkey were those of a diplomatic agent , and by his position he has been able to collect , better than other travellers , information respecting the actual condition and probable destinies of the Ottoman Empire ; that he has turned to the best account the means within his reach , will , we believe , become quite evident to the students who take him as their

      guide . Book the third leads us to Wallachia , and as Ali Pasha occupied the prominent position in the preceeding division , so now we find ourselves introduced to the hero of the last war , the almost equally celebrated Omar Pasha . The numerous anecdotes which M . Potij ade has put together with reference to that chieftain are highly amusing , though they do not speak much for either the politeness or the forbearance of a person whose manners ought to have become refined by constant intercourse with the diplomatists and warriors of Russia , England , and France .

      The position of the Sclayonian tribes under the rule of the Sultan is quite as irregular , quite as anomalous , as that of the Greeks . Their religion , their institutions , and language would naturally predispose " thein in favour of Russia , and accordingl y the aim of the Ottoman government has ever been to destroy this ^ predisposition , even at the risk of encouraging amongst the Sclavonian populations a spirit . of nationality , which might in course of time be used against the Turks . Our author shows us the Sultan , trusting to Polish refugees the " task of propagating On the banks of the Danube the hatred of Russia , and succeeding so well in his design that the inhabitants of Servia have already taken the first step in selfgovernment cit the expense of their too-confiding rulers . ' . ' If , " continues M . Ppujade , " the different branches of the great Sclavonian family were blended together ; if the Christians belonging- to the Greek and Latin communions could manage to unite ; the Ottoman empire in Europe would be threatened wdtih approaching destruction , and the Eastern question would be partly solved . "

      Time will not allow us to do more than mention the fourth and fif th books of . M . Poujade's work ; They ' coritain a narrative of . the most remarkable events which took place in ; tlie , Danubiari _ principalities during the-last war : and they are full of facts , particularly valuable , because from these facts politicians can stUl derive motives tor dealing with what certainly is one of the loading ; topics of the day . The author has thoroughl y examined the constitution of the principalities ; he knows in its minutest details the working of the government , and he is more than any one else qualified to suggest the reforms which alone would prevent another appeal to arms . In conclusion , vve recommend the earnest study of M . Poujade ' s volume to all those who are anxious to form a correct idea of that most intricate and difficult problem : — The future of the Turkish empire . They could not possibly iliave a more competent cicerone in their researches . .

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      .. ¦ . '¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ 1 l ¦ ¦ - ' Sept . 22 , I 860 ] The Saturday Analyst arid Leader . 817

      Tales Of Souvestre, &C* We Have Before U...

      TALES OF SOUVESTRE , & c * WE have before us a number of tales , collectedirito a volume , from the pen , of Moasieur Eniile Souvestre ,, a celebrated French writer of both . historical and fictitious narratives . This work ,, which is edited by Mr . . Augustus Jessopp , head waster of King Edward the Sixth ' s school , Norwich , is intended as a reading book for more advanced pupils in the French language , and is recommended to the public as , an agreeable substitute for the more tedious dissertations of " Tclemaque " and " Charles the Twelfth , " so universally in use in public seminaries , and . whose talk alone is sufficient to frighten the student at the very outlet of his labours . M . Sou vestrti ' a works are free from that injudicious . tendency to . lax morality which gbnorally characterise the romantic compositions of our Gallic neighbours , being remarkable tbr a severity of principle and a high tone of uncompromising moral and religious sentiment , which has gained for him an honourable and lasting

      reputation among the graver and more thinking portion of his countrymen . His writings , which are . little known to JBngliHhmon , —in fact , Mr . Jessopp states that , with one , exception , no work of this admired author has yet appeared in an English dross , T-are all impregnated with deep feeling , sound philosophy , artd an earnest desire -tor the propagation of truth . That ho was followed and appreciated in . his own country i » s demonstrated by the fact thttt wot only aftor his death did his critics bestow upon him tho title of the AristideH of Literature , but some years before that event took place , the Academy of France hud " crownod " his M Philosophe sous les taita " « h a work calculated to advance tho interests of true religion and morality . Z ^ rom a slight mbmoir which the editor has attached . to the prosont volume , we learn that the life of this oxcoHqnt man was not unehequorqd l > y the usual struggles , and difli \ ppointniQnt & which follow jn tho wake of iv literary career . Ho wasborn at Morluix , in Brittany , in 1800 , and educated by his father in the striotost

      principles of fortitude and self-denial . His parents had originally intended him for the Ecole Politechnique , but the lad himself exhibiting 1 -. no genius for mathematics ; his tastes , on the contrary , leading him in' quite an opposite direction , namely ., the law . He was sent to Ronnes , where in due course he . graduated , as bachelor , haying previously obtained the highest honours the Academy had to bestow . The death of his father placing him in an independent position , Souvestre proceeded to Paris , where he proposed not only to be called to the exercise of Ms profession , but to enter the lists as an aspirant for literary distinction . His first effort at composition was a tragedy , entitled " Le Siege de Missolonghi , " . written for the Theatre Fraricais , with which he imagined , as is the case with all young and ardent minds , to take the world by stormy but . which , after undergoing a series of heart-burnings and disappointments , he was forced to relinquish , all expectation of having publicly represented . This failure threw him into a state of despondency , from which he was only aroused by the news of a great family calamity ; his eldest brother , captain of a merchant vessel , had been lost at sea ., leaving a widow and child entirety dependent upon "his ( Souvestre ' s ) exertions for support . This new responsibility at once called into activity all his , dormant energies , and he went about from place to place earnestly soliciting employment , no matter of how humble a description ; and as proof of his sincerity , did not hesitate at accepting the lowly post of a bookseller ' s assistant , which was offered him at Nantes , since it afforded him the means of providing for . his helpless and destitute relations . . ¦ At this period of transition , which was the turning point in his career , the life of Souvestre mtist have been a very laborious one ; his days were necessarily devoted to his shop , and his nights - pear to have 1 b , een chiefly employed in . the exercise of his pen a species of drudgery which no man , except one who had been educated in the most rigid principles of stoicism and self-denial , could have loiig submitted to without flinching or repining , After a period of adversity , however , the fortunes of our author began to assume a more pleasing aspect ; his writings were beginning to attract considerable attention , and he was in due course of time accompanied by the blessing which ever attends on a pure and irreproachable life , enabled , to take unto himself a partner in

      his labours . Unfortunately the bliss of his wedded life was not destined to last long ; his wife died ; the blow was a heavy one , and the nerves of the iron-hearted man were scarcely proof against the shock . At length he rallied , and . '; iin . 1836 produced his Dernier ' s : Britdns , " the success ; of which was both immedisite , and decisive , and placed him upon a , par mth some of the leading literati of his country . Subsequently he published a work entitled " Riche et Pauvre ; L'homme , et L ' argent , " which also created a sensation , ; and was eagerly songht after by all classes of society . Monsieur Souvestre had been early impressed , with the conviction that the literature of his country " required to be permeated with a moral and religious element , " and the accomplishment of this end was the one untiring object to which he devoted the whole of his brilliant capacities . The corrupt state of society in France , previous to the revolution of 1848 , was the source of much mental anxiety and depression to this

      excellent philanthropist . In one of his letters of this period , he thus touchingly describes his feelings : — " More often I am like the Lord : Jesus—sorrowful—sorowful even unto death ! But I will do nay duty , even to the end ,. " . . " Spuvestro died in 1854 , after delivering a course of lectures in . Switzerland , which were greeteii ^ vith an enthiisiasm whiph fully testified to this estimation in which his talents were held by that free and opou'hearted people . It will be seen from , tho above sketch of Monsieur Souvestre ' s life and character , that of all French authors , his writings aro peculiarly adapted to be placed before tho pbrusal ' of , our English youth . . Wp can heartily congratulate Mr . Jessopp / upon hia undertaking , hojjing that the present volume will . meet with sufficient encouragement to induce him , in obedience to a promise h , eld out in his profaoe , to present the public with a second and . more comploto series of thoso beautifulohastoand instructive' compositions .

      , , Tho elovonth volume of Hodgson ' s now seriqs of novols comprises MThe W rook Ashore , " an old and justl y celebrated romanoe , the incidents of whioh are wrought up to such a pitch of gonuinb and intense oxoitomont , as to serve to ikoep the imagination of tho xeader continually upon thei stretch . This work is so well known , that the bare inontxpn of its reproduction , in it » present shapo ^ vill bo sufficient for our roadors .

      * Coutea Par Jlmlte Souvenirs. Mdhojl, W...

      * Coutea par Jlmlte Souvenirs . MdHojl , wltU Notes GrwrjmiUlottUmJ JSjsplnii ^ tory , nnfl » , Short BloHrftphy q « the Author , by Au « t « stufl JosBopp , M . A ., HwJ M « wt « r ol KJnar Bdw «^ r 4 tho SJjUli ' a Sohpcjl , Norwfolu London f PayW Nntt .-T-r' ^ o VTveofi Lahore , jCtaIo B- ownfloct on Fnots , Iiy tho Author pf '' Xulos ol n Voyit & or . " ion « of ) i Thomos licciffson .

      The Fbeitcii Under Arms.* The Name Of Jk...

      THE FBEITCII UNDER ARMS . * THE name of Jk » koi . d is worthily avjatained by Blanohapp , the eon of the renownefl Douglas . ^? ho fihal instincts are directed to the practical . Here we have him / writing on JViJiNiia rifles , and other circumatances of wglorious war . We suspect that the timo is at hand when opponents will too so equally matched in the means md munition of battle that fighting itself , will bo impossible . Stloh is the fated purpose of soience : such is tho destined bnd . of ^ ntelledtual progress . Mind wiil at last nave absolute dominion , and the ireiri of force , will speedily terminate . . But -nrhftt js this that Blanohakp . Jm ? ck & l » has written ^ Something about the formation' of Volunteer Corps , and , how » t behoves freemon to think of « rms . Arm mzunque ! W m the motto of tixe time , Be it bo ., The arms are the EnjEielp

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1860, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22091860/page/9/