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      1$2 The Leader. [No. 309, Sat., Feb. 23,...

      1 $ 2 THE LEADER . [ No . 309 , Sat ., Feb . 23 , 185 a

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      MOSEL . Ey ^ S . ENGINEERING AIp > MECHANICS . 3 ST ^ ' Edition , corrected , in 8 vo ., with woodcuts , price 243 ., * TtHE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES of X ENGINEERING and ARCHITECTURE . By the KeV . HENRY MOSELEY . It . A ... T . R . S . . By the-same-Author , Fifth Edition , fcp . 8 vo-, Cg .. ^ LUSTRATIONS OP PRACTICAL MECHANICS . London : Longman , Baowsr , Gbeen , and Longmans .

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      THEREV . SYDNEY SMITH'S LIFE AND WORKS . Fourth Edition , in 2 vola . 8 vo ., price 28 s ., cloth , A ; MEMOIR of the REV . SYDNEY SMITH . Jgte * -Ws ? hia-I > anghter . LADY HOLLAND . With a Selec-* fi 8 & SS ? ^ M ™ ESIpI ^ eWi ^ TARY SKETCHES of MORAL PHILOSOPHY . Third Edition , f h e ° Rev ' SYD > EY SMITH'S MISCELLANEOUS WORKS . i ; InPooket Volumes 3 vols . fcp . 8 vo . 2 ls . 2 . Complete in ! Volume ... Square crownSvo . 21 s . ; caJf , 30 s . 3 . Library Edition 3 vols . Svo ., Portrait , 36 s . ' London : Longman , Brown-, Gbeen , and LoNOStAire .

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      THE SABBATH OBSERVANCE . Just published , price Is ., rrWEJuYE REPLIES by LIVERPOOL GENJL TLBMEN to the Arguments put forward by the speakers at the great meeting at St . George ' s Hall , January 20 tb > 18 a 6 , " In Defence of the Sabbath " > :. ^ f ¦ Liverpool : A . Hoi . de s . Church-street . ¦ London : Longman , Bbown , Green , and Longmans .

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      BUNSEN'S HJPPOLYTUS . —NE W EDITION . . Jpst pnbliabed , in 7 vols . 8 vo ., price £ 5 5 s ., V ^ HRISTIA-NITY and MANKIND ; their * Lj iBEGINNIWGS and PROSPECTS . By C . C . J -BUNSEN , DiD ., P . C . L ., p . Ph . Being a New Edition , corrected , remodelled , and extended , of Hippolytus and his A ; ge . .. '¦ ¦• • , ¦ .. !; ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . -. ' " ' - . '¦¦ ¦ . ¦ .. . ' ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ *¦** TJns Second Elditidn of the Hippolytus is composed of Three , distinct Works , which may be had separately as ' follows : — ¦ ; '¦ ¦/¦ . ¦ ' ¦' . \ v ¦ : ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ fl > HIPPOLYTUS and HIS AGE ; or , the Beginnings and . J ? eosp ? cte-of ¦ . Christianity . ' 2 vola . 8 vo . price 30 s . 2 ; OFrttNfiS of the PHILOSOPHY of UNIVERSAL HISTORY , applied to Language and Religion . Containing an-Accbunit pf the Alphabetical Conferences . 2 vols . 8 vo . -Price ^ l 133 , ¦ ^_ ~ 3 . ANALSSCTA iAJ ^ TE-BflQ AE NA .. 3 vols . 8 vo . 42 s . ¦ r . * 'A most Valuable contribution to ; our patristic and ecclesiastical literature . "^— Eclectic Review . Lendort : Loxgman , Bbownt , GaEEN , and Longmans .

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      TEE AJSSYRIAET DISCOVERIES TNTERPJtETED : ' " AND APPLIED . Lately published ; in 8 vo ., price 8 s . 6 d . cloth , " EfEBilEW POLITICS in the TIMES of JLJL ¦< SARGON aiid SENNACHERIB : An Inquiry into the Historical Meaning and Purpose of the Prophecies of Isaiah , > vith some notice of their bearings on the Social and Political Life of England , By ED WARD STK AC HEY , Esq . " ¦ ; ... . - . ' , ' . ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ . ; . . , ¦ ¦ ^* , Thi 3 yplume attempts to- investigate , critically , the qnestiohs of tlie authorship of the Boole of Isaiah , and its writer ' s o ^ vn meaning ; historically , the Jewish and non-Jejvish records , including all they «; t decyphered Cuneiform In ^ criptibns . of the period ; politically , the constitution and conditipia of the Jewish Kingdom , and the working of the forjnacr tit home by . Btatesm » nship and popular opinion , and ^ ibroad'by war s , alliances , and Commerce ; and religiously , the lessons which < applicable to all mankind ) were deduced from the events of their own times , by the propliots , whose office is illustrated by its analogies with that of the Greek and lioman orators , and the modern speakers , preachers , and writers . " The production of a man of learning and independent thii ; 2 cfcng . . . The historian , the politician , and the divine , riiay read it with advantage . "—British Quarterly Review . By the same Author , in post Svo ,, price Is ,, boards . MIRACLES and SCIENCE . London : XoN-y » KAN , Brown-, Green , and Lohqmans .

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      This day is published , with Illustrations and a Slap . One Vol . post 8 vo . 14 s . / "IIJZCO : A Journey to the Ancient Capital V ^ of Peru ; with an Account of the History , Language , Litera-ture , and Antiquities of the Incas . AND LIMA : A Visit to the Capital and Pro-vinces of Modern Pern ; with a Sketch of the Viceregal Government , History of the Republic , and a Review of the Literature and Society of Peru . By CLEMENTS R . BIARKtIAM , F . R . G . S . Author of " Franklin ' s Footsteps . ' * PENH-MACAULAY . Post 8 vo . 73 . A NEW EDITION of WILLIAM PENN . An Historical Biography founded on Faniily and State Papers . By HEPWORTH DIXON . With a new preface replying to the accusations of Mr . Macaulay . London : Cuapma-n and Hall , 193 , Piccadilly .

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      " ' TlfB " WAB ; WITH RUSSIA IN THE PACIFIC . Just published , in post 8 yo .. with Chart , price I us ; 6 d ., cloth , NOTES on the LATIi EXPEDITION against THE RUSSIAN SETTLEMENTS in EA 8 TI 5 RN SIBERIA ; and of a VISIT to . JAPAN and to the SHOUES of TAUTARY and of tho SEA of OKHOTSK . By Captain BERNARD VmiTTINGHAM , Royal Engineers . "This i * a very valuable narrative , as it throws much light on this hitherto little known quarter of tho world , and gives a clear and circumstantial account of the progress made by the l . usaiaiiB in their schemes of nggrandisomentand ambition in those out-of-tUe-way waters . " --e'i »« ' - Service ' Gjsstte . London : I ^ ouosian , Biiown , Gheen , and Lonobianb .

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      NI 3 AV J 2 D 1 TION OF WR , ROGERS'S ESSAYS . Just published , in 3 vols ., lop . 8 vo ., price 2 Ja ., "T ^ SSAYS selected from CONTRIBUTIONS Jlj , to tho EDINBURGH REVIEW- By HENRY IlOGEitS , Second Edition , with Additlona . COWJCENTS . I . Biographical and Critical . 1 | . History of tho English 1 . Lift and Writings of Tho . L « nfi «» i ? O ' , mm JTuller . 12 . Saored Eloquence—Tho X Andrew MnrvftH , ,, rn {* ah , r u , P l < i < . a , J , ntl > er ' a Correapondonoo « 3 . f ho Vanity and Glory of , and ^ htti-aoter , , Wtorature . ; . iili \ Fo nnd Genius of Lolb 4 - Ultramontane Doubts . s 4 rtltfc ,.- ** . « ' ««« - of Private JudKB . ' peniws and Wr ^ tinga of mont . ^ ,. rnecftl . III . 2 'heologiaai and Contro-0 . Literary ... Qenfus of Plato venial .. ..-rCnayaotevofBoorntea . 1 ( 5 . Anglicanism ! or , Ui & Ox-^ Qenliis aud Wrltiuga of ford Trnotarlan School ^ . UVDe ^ artc * . ' , 17 . Ueoont DovelopmonS of , '"> tll "' Mieraru nmi n ^ ttsr . t Traotarlanlum . sswKTT 'vsrw ^ asr * " io ? S | P - » sa ffc fssss ffssssi ^ wiiKune o . 21 Prevention df Orlmo . London , X , ^ MA ^ B » W MtC | BEH w , and T . q ^^ w .

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      DK . ALFRED TAYLOR AND DR . OWEN RBES . New Edition in 2 rols . 8 vo ., with numerous Woodcuts , price £ 3 I 3 s . cloth ; or separately , Vol . I . 23 s . ; Vol . II . Part I . a is . Part II ., 24 s . T > EREIRA'S ELEMENTS of MATERIA X MEDIC A find THERAPEUTICS . New Edition . Edited bv ALFRED S . TAYLOR , M . D ., & c , and G . OWEN" REES , M . D .. & c . * * In this work will be found a full account of a . 11 the Poisons , their symptoms , uses , and effects . London : Longman , BaowN , Gbeen , and L ongmans .

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      On Thursday Next will be published , in 1 vol . 8 vo ., with Map and Illustrations , KARS and ERZEROUM : With the Campaigns of Prince Paskiewitoh in the years 1823 and 182 !); and an Account of the Russian Conquests South of the Caucasus down to the Treaty of Turcoman Clue and Adrianopie . By Lieutenant-General MONTEITH . of the Madras Engineers , 19 years attached to the Persian Embassy . London : Longman , Brown , Gbeen , and Longmans .

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      ( MRS . DUBBRLY'S JOURNAL OP THE WAR . Second Edition , in 1 vol . post 8 vo ., price 10 a . 6 d . cloth , TOURNAL kept during the RUSSIAN WAR , 9 . 9 from the Departure of the English Army , in April , 1854 , to the Ta-king of Sevastopol . By Mrs . HENRY DUBERLY . " Among the numerous books that have been published on the war , Mrs . Duberly's Journal is certainly entitled to a front place , for its reality , naturalness , and absence of artifices ortsqni position . "—Spectator . " This is a graphic narrative , rapid , close , and invariably interesting . As it stronglyr-coloured presentation of the most tumultuous and fearful episodes of the war . from the pen of awoman , it is a curiosity in literature . "—Athcnceum . London : Lomgman , Buown , GaEEN , and Longmans .

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      Thi 3 day is published , in two volumes , 8 V 0 . cloth , price 25 s ., LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHrL . OSOPHY . By Aecheb Bdtleb , M . A ., Late Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Dublin . Edited from the Author's MSB . with Notes , by W . HEP WORTH THOMPSON , MA ., Fellow of Trinity College , aiid Regius Professor in the University of . Cambridge . Cambridge : Macjuixan and Co . London : Bell and Daldy-

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      THE NEW NOYELS , — ' ¦ —^ - — , — MR . WILKIE COLLINS'S NEW WORK . { Now ready at all the Librariet . ) AFTER DARK . By WILKIJB COLLINS , Author of " Basil , " " Hide and Seek , " & o . In Two Falumes . Just published , AI 3 EBHUI . By A . J . BARHOWCL 1 FFE . In Two Volumes , " There is great powor In ' Amberhill , ' and its faults arc forgotten in flic sustained excitement of tho narrative lhere are in the book some of the nhrewdcst sketches of character wo liave ever met with . Had Dickens and Misa Austen laid their heads together , they could not Iiave produced a more natural character than that of Mr . Bannister . If we suppose tho story to bo tho work of an artiafc , tho leading oharactera to bo imagined , and Iiof whole ouroor from first to last to « bo shaped by design , wo must regitrd it as a wonderful work of creative g © ulus . " - " / Vw , '' There Ip talent andl vigour about tlilla worlc ; wo welcome It , in apUc of the morbid and painful interest of tlio story . A olorgynan of the Church of England lias imporiona doubts upon some of the fundamental points of tho cicod ho hns sworn to maintain , and tho story hinges upon tho struKglo bot-ween bin aonao of rootltudo xvnd his drond of poverty If ho resigns Ilia living . . , . The story is told with gront energy and some oroquenoe . " - > r

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      SIR AKCHIBALD ALISON , BART . On Monday noxt , in 3 vals . I ^ LARA ; or , SLAVE LIFE in EUROPE VV with a Preface by Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON , "It is intended to convey a picture of all the staees or society from the cellars , through the saloon , to the cart-pi in order to prove that the conventional bonds of civilUPrt life are even more galling tlian the rule fetters of tho African , and that many a white slave would have somt thing to envy in the lot of Uncle Tom . "—Sir . irctohM London : RrcmitD Bentley , New Burlin < rton-street Pnh lisher in Ordinary to her Majesty . '

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      Early next week , in Svo ., with Portrait of Mrs FITZ HERBERT , M EMOIRS of MRS . FITZHERBERT . With an Account of her Marriage with H R tl tho Prince of Wales , afterwards King George the Fourth ' iw the Hon . CHARLES LANGDALE . y London : Kichabd Bentlei , New Burlington-street Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty .

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      DR . DORAN'S NEW WORK . On Monday next , in post 8 vo ., 10 s . 6 d ., KNIG HTS AND THEIR DAYS By DR . DOE AN , Author of " Habits of 3 Iou " " tc Table Traits , " & o . London : Richard Bentley , New Burlington-street , Pub-Usher in Ordinary to her Majesty .

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      On the 29 th inst . will be published , price Is ., No . 4 of LITTLE DORR ' lT . By CHARLES DICKENS . A Hew Serial Work uniforn with "Dombey and Son , " " Bleak House , " & c With Illustrations by H . K . Bjiowne . Brajdbdby and Evans , 11 , Bouverie-street .

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      On the 29 th inst . will be published , price Is ., No . 4 of the T 3 OPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND . JL By CHARLES KNIGHT . Each Part ' contains a beautiful stfifil plate , nna the whole work , beautifully printed In octavo , will be completed in about 36 Parts , and illustrated with about 1 , 000 wood engravings . "A book for the parlouri the cottag-e , and the Sohoolrpom . ' —Athencanm . Bbadbuby and Evan 3 , 11 , Bouverie street .

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      Just published , 8 d ., se \ ved , price Is ., IVTARRATIVE of the ORIGIN and FORMA-± > ii TION of the INTERNA . TIONAL ASSOCIATION .-for obtaining a Uniform Decimal System of Measures , Weights , and Coins . By JAA 1 ES YA . TES , M . A ., Fellow of the Royal , Linnzean , and Geological Societies , Member ¦ of the Literary Society of Leydeu , of the Antiquarian Society of Augsburg , & c , & c , and Vice-Presidxjiit of the above-mentioned international Association . London : 'Belt , and Daldt , 18 'i . Fleet-street . Paris ; a La Librairie Internationale Uuiverselle , 3 , Ruede Frovence .

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      MR . EDWIN ARNOLD'S NEW P 0 E 3 I . Just ready , fcp . 8 vo ., 03 ., QRISELBA : a Tragedy , and other Poems . By EDWIN ARNOLD , Author of " Poems , Narrative and Lyrical . " David Bogce , Fleet-street .

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      IIENRr MAYHEW'S NEW TEltlODICAL ON LONDON AMD LONDONERS . On Saturday , March l , 1850 , will be published , Parti ., price One Shilling , and No 1 . price Threepence , of the ( THREAT WORLD OP LONDON : Its Hard \ JT Life , its Easy Life ; its Drawing Roont and Garret Life ; its Industrious , Idle , Business , aaid Pleasure Life ; its Highways , and Byeways , and Sly ways ; ita " Pluralities of Worlds , e . g ., of Fashion and Vulgo- Gentility of Science , Art , Lettera , Vanity , and Vice ; Ha Lions » nd Puppies , Sharks and Gulls , Big-Wigs and Small Fry , Philosophers and ITnstMen ; its Lawyers , Dootors , Parsons , "Magsmen , " Soldiers , Servants , Merchtints , Shopmen , " Duffurs , " Authors , Artists , Showmen , Noblea , Swell-Mobsmen , and " Shallow Coves ; " its Palaces and Penitentiaries , Clubs , Merchant Halls , and Soup Kitchens ; its May-fair and Rag-Fair ; ita Parks , Railways , Do ^ . ks , Markets , DoUravia , and " Padding Kena : " ita Exohanges and Banks ; its * BiU Diacountera , Pawnbrokers , and " DoUy-Shops ; " its hundreds of Miles of Streets and Sowers ; its Crowds of Cairriajjeaund Carts , " Busses , " " Cabs , " and Coator Truoka ; its Ltiw Courts and Judge and Jury Clubs ; its Houses of Parliament and " Cogers' Halls ; " its Opera * , Eagle Taverns , Cider Collars , and " Coal Holes : "itsAlmncks nn « l Argyll Hooms , Spectacles , and " Penny Gaffm" ltn OhurcUoa , Cliupoln , fllay-Weotingi ) . and Free-thinking yoolctlca ; - in tftiu . its K veryday ana Out-of-the-way Soenos , Plaoes , and CI » : u'ivotorB . By HENRY IVtAYillfiW , Author of " London Lubour aucl the London Poor . " David Boquk , Floet-streot ,

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      TIIK PEOPLE'S SUNDAY . Second Edition , Just published , prloo ed ., or free by poat for 61 k stamps , THE PEOPLE'S SUNDAY . A LETTER to the Right Hon . Lord KOD 1 CRT UKO 3 VKNO . lt , M . P .. Sao . on iilrt Into bUJNUAY TRADING BIT . L . By an Oxford M . A . London : Kfi'inoiiam Wilson , Royal Exclmngc .

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      Thiit duy lapubliuhud , fop . Bvo ., if ., " "PCIIO . " WHAT IS TRUTH ? JOj ' And ye almll know tlio truth , and Unu UuLh uluill muko yon froo . " --Jol » n vlll . 32 . London : John Chapman , 8 , King WIIHam-Ht . i-oot , Htriuid .

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      Tills day la publluliud , 2 voIh . 8 vo ., 1 ^ ., AGE , AUTHORS , ami AUTHORITY of tlio PHNTATKUCII . Iutrocluotlon to tlio Hook of GouuhI i , with a Ouimnontiiry on tlio Opoulnur Portion . From tlio Gornvui of Dr . PUT Kit YOJN IIOUILBN . l « t 0 I ' roicaeor of Oriental Lmnixuiuroa and Literature in tlio lintvornlty of Konluisaburg . liaitod by J A , MIS 4 UKYWOUD . M . P . IT . UH . London s John Chapman , ft , Kln « William ntrcot , Rtrnml .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 23, 1856, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23021856/page/24/