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      Hills And Hollows, Mils And Hollows. By ...

      heauty ?—does He not look down upon me now , and allow His sun to shine on me ? Oh ! fool that I am , to forget His presence , and Bis mercy / " ¦ . „„ ... ¦ .. She clasped her hands and gazed up wistfully into the Blue sky 1 She prayed so as she had never done before ; and craved pardon and help , for she knew not where else to seek it . Her ideas outran her . Alice appeared as in a vision before her , so gentle and dutiful , with her own darling lost daughter , and hot tears rolled , round And rapid , down her cheeks . ¦ ' . and out

      An indistinct sense of escape gratitude arose c ( this reaction . The sufferer wept long and passionately , * s was her natural temper ; until quite ill and heart-sore , ahe gradually sobbed herself to sleep . Bright drops still glistened on her flushed cheeks , and through her black tresses , like scattered diamonds ; while her motionless form soon tempted back the timid hares and startled birds , and they almost seemed curious and kind about her . The sun glared fiercely down upon her uncovered head ; by degrees her face flushed more and more , and now and then a slight nervous < juiver convulsed her whole frame . What booty for thieves were her jewelled rings and golden chain with its costly watch ! Yet she slumbered all unharmed .

      She is found by Lord Hainpton , who becomes alarmed at her condition , which he attributes to his harshness . Lady Hampton is brought home , is seized with a brain-fever , and , after her recovery , a reconciliation takes place with her lord . In the mean time , Raymond , who is looking out for employment , renders a service to a young lady and her mother , relatives of a wealthy banking firm . By the recommendation of the young lady , Miss - Leonora Eden , with a f ' Siddons ' s voice , " and no religion , and some very , odd notions for a youn " English lady moving in good society , Raymond is received as clerk in the establishment at a salary ,

      and while in his situation lie keeps up his aristocratic connexions , and is received by them , and by Miss Leonora Eden , a young lady of immense expectations , on terms of equality . Lord Grantley becomes a suitor for Miss Eden ' s hand , but Miss Eden openly prefers Raymond . The banker , her relative , offers her to Raymond with a noble fortune , tut the offer is refused— -certainly a very un-Irish proceeding . A certain Miss Rosiere engages Raymond ' s affections . A comical event , meant to be quite serious and pathetic by the author , takes place . Raymond , Leonora , and Rosiere are caught by a storm in a little boat . Rosiere insists on saving Leonora , and Raymond jumps overboard and with Leonora reaches the shore . On looking round the boat has capsized , and nothing is seen of llosiere . But we get a peep of a steamer at a distance , and this assures , us that

      Rosiere will turn up before the third volume is ended , an event that really does occur . Raymond ' s father , who has been to the "diggins , " suddenly reappears with a small fortune , and joins his family . After a variety of adventures of no particular moment , the dramatis persona are thus disposed of : Raymond and Rosiere who come in for a thumping fortune , are married—Arabella , his sister , marries a well-to-do simpleton—Mrs . Eden , mother of Leonora , a kind of intense Mrs . Nicklcby , becomes the prey of a sharper—and Leonora , having come into no end of money , turns her Wost-cnd mansion into a house of refuge for placclcss housemaids , and becomes a veritable " Sister of Mercy . " There are a variety of miuor personages and details of no particular use except to protraot the story , of ¦ which wo do not think it necessary to say another

      word . We are not quite sure whether the author penned these volumes for amusement ; or for a purpose We suspect the latter ; if so , wo fear that English young ladies will hardl y bo induced , by what they find in these pages , to give up a pleasant world , and dovote themselves to tho pious duties , buh somewhat ; ostentatious Roman Catholicity , of Sisters of Mercy , or Brothers of St . Vincent "do Paulo—both of which novel institutions , lately introduced into tho English metropolis , aro wiumly ltiudcd in tho work .

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      A Handy Book Op The State. How We Aro Go...

      A HANDY BOOK OP THE STATE . How we aro Governed ; or , tho Crown , the Senate , and the Bench . A Handbook of tho Constitution , Government , Laws , nml Power of Groat Britain , By Albany Fonblanquo , Jim . lioutledgc . We gladly wclcomo into the worthy field of authorship tho son of ono of the greatest political writers our country 1 ins produced ; standing no \ t , and vci > y near to Defoe , Swift , Juiu ' us , and Cunning . And the more heartily , tlnit this little volume is really a good nnd a useful one , supplying n dofcot find supplying it well . Tho book has evidently boon

      mmmmmmmmtmi ^ m ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^—suggested by Lord St . Leonards ' s Handy Book on Property Law . And , if the task be as well performed in this as in the other case , the success of the one should be as much greater than that of the other ; , as there are nirore people desirous of a compendious knowledge of our constitution and laws , than interested to know how to buy , sell , bequeath , or manage property . The book is necessarily a compilation j but it reads more like a narrative . It is most simply written , in the form of letters-With a boldness which pleases us , there is no affected abstinence from the utterance of opinion , and confinement to the simple statement of fact . Thus , in the chapter on the House of Commons , the partiality in disfranclusement , which was the main blemish of the Reform Bill , is honestly stigmatised ; and grave doubts are expressed whether the ballot would do all for the freedom of constituencies __^^^^^^^^^ B ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ MMM ^ WH ^ ^

      which its advocates allege . The comprehensive title of the book is almost sufficiently explanatory of its purpose and contents . After a general introduction , giving the origin of the constitution , of the feudal system , parliamentary government , taxation , & c , and expounding the intent of the Habeas Corpus Act and the Bill of Rights , three chapters explain the history and relative powers of the three estates of the realm . Further chapters are devoted to the detailed explanation of the duties of the Advisers of the Crown , Councillors , Ministers , and legal officers ; to an account of the proceedings in parliament , budget , " ways and means , " supply , Mutiny Act , & c . ; to a history of the national debt , and an explanation of the sources and application of the revenue . An

      excellent chapter is given on local government and municipal institutions . The Church has a chapter . In the two succeeding ones , a minute account is given of the army and navy . About a third of the book is on the law of the land , common , statute , equity , & c . ; on crimes , courts , law practice and evidence . A short concluding letter vindicates our constitution and policy against the lai'ge clas 3 of grumblers . The information , as far as we have tested it , is correct , and to be depended upon . A copious index is appended . We think the value of the book as an introductory manual would be considerably increased if , in new editions , a list were given of the specific works on the several branches of the subject , most trustworthy and compendious , and to the study of which this compilation must necessarily attract many of its readers . We append two short illustrative extracts : —

      The value of a nominal 100 / . of stock fluctuates according to the abundance or scarcity of money in circulation . During the present century , the market price of 100 ? . in the Three per Cent . Consols has been as low as 473 , and as high as 101 J . Anything that tends to endanger or lessen the national prosperity , causes the funds to sink , and vice versa . Foreign nations have attempted to keep up the price of their stocks by force of law , but have failed signally . Money , like water , will find its own level , and no legislative enactments will cause any permanent increase , or the contrary , in its value .

      Wide and decisive as were the remedies applied by the Reform Bill to this state of affairs , I cannot say that they were administered with a thoroughly impartial hand . The rotten boroughs in the hands of the Tories were swept away , but many that were at tho disposal of the Whigs ( the party then in power ) wore suffered to exist . Still it was a great reform , and the Act , when passed , was looked upon as a conclusive measure . It is now , however , generally conceded that in order to keep pace with the growing population , wealth , and intelligence of tho day , a further extension and purification of our representative system must very soon take place .

      Tales And Adventures. Tales And Adventur...

      TALES AND ADVENTURES . Tales and Adventures By J . G . V . Saunders & Otley . The imposing titlo of this collection must not mislead tho public . Tho work consists of about half a dozen talcs in prose mid verse , some of \> 'hich arcof an erratic character , and others fairly porplex us to designate . Take as a specimen of tho poetry tho adventure with a pre-Adanutc , which , reduced to common parlance , is an encounter with the renownod sea sorpent . iVom the narrativo wo infer

      tho ubiquitous monster is no nearer being caught than over . Tho opening lod us to oxpect something original in tlio Norso ballad I / no : — " Jan , launch our brisk Soaswallow , Tills Btorni has found , a hill ; Slilp- ^ tc ^ l hrfrpoona and wluilQ-lines , Stow a rifle in the hull , And rig our atoutost tackling ¦ On foremast and yrml-nrm 5 Tho monster snake will swim the fjord Aa soon as tho sens aro culm . ' *

      After sundry sporting adventures , they come up < the monster : —• " His forefront , tow ring up mast-high , Was curv'd like the neck of a crane ; His head was iene'd with glittering scales . On the shoulders a lion ' s mane ; Twin eyes like lamps in a lighthouse Their fitful radiance gave , While the leisurely pre-Adamite Drifted along the -wave . Karl fires a two ^ ounce bullet—Jan whirls a hai poon , and the result is the twain find themselve suddenly capsized into the fjord , from which the are rescued the next morning b y some fishers . Tli " lame and impotent" conclusion is thus chrou cled : — And you , ye bragging Norlanders , Hoist every stich of sail ; The Snake defies ye , one and all , To- —put salt on his tail !

      The American National Preacherthe Americ...

      THE AMERICAN NATIONAL PREACHERThe American National Preacher . A collection of oih hundred Sermons , selected and abridged from th « American National Preacher , and the Works ol Eminent American Divines . By an English Clergyman . Jepps . The volume is sent forth in a most unpretending form , probably with the intention of rendering its usefulness as universal as possible ; the selection being at the same time one that must make it most acceptable to a very large class of ministers , both among Churchmen and Dissenters . Christianity , as preached by Protestants , in its main features , must bear a strong and unmistakable resemblance in whatever portion of the globe it is promulgated . The doctrinal teaching is much the same , whether it proceeds from an English pulpit or from an American ; not so the language in which it is clothed . The measured cadence of our older divines—the prose rhythm of our greatest pulpitorators , has become , in some measure , conventional in the composition of sermons , amongst those who have made the writings of Taylor , Barrow , and South their principal study , as models of church , eloquence . Our Moberlys , Trenches , and Iteebles , are examples of this school , which , judgingfrom the volume before us , is not so popular on the other side of the Atlantic as with us . In most of the

      sermons presented to us in the selection under notice , the style is terse , simple , and unadorned . They are , therefore , admirably suited for family use , and we should almost imagine such must have been the original intention of the compilers . But not onl for family use ; they are far better than mere skeleton sermons for young divinity students , and the editor has been careful to select only such discourses as are free from a ll suspicion of heretical teaching , though , it must be confessed with , something ot a bias towards that section of the Church , which approaches more closely to the Wesleyuns , Baptists , and Independents , than to the older divines of our Church .

      These American divines , in inculcating the great truths of Christianity , have almost nil one great merit ; their sermons aro practical , and their teaching such , that tho principles of our faith aro sot forth as guides for our evcry-day life and conduct . Thoy thus address themselves to the meanest , as well as tho highest capacities , and we know of no similar work which can bo more safely placed in the hands of young curates , and ministers of the

      Gospel , of the denominations to which we have referred , as furnishing so great a variety of topics for the edification of tho congregations they have committed to their charge . It is to bo regretted that the editor has omitted to give tho names of tho authors , and we would suggest his adding n list of them to tho contents , should tho volume reach a second edition , as it is always pleasing to know tho namo of a writer whose words uro cherished iu our memory .

      Neander'a Church Ilistory. Vol. Ix. Part...

      Neander ' a Church Ilistory . Vol . IX . Parts I . and II . ( Bonn ' s Standard Library . )—Two moro volumes of this valuable and bterlingwork on the History of tho Church have boon issued by Mr . Bobn . It would bo superfluous to say one word on tho world-wide ronown of this history . The proaont volumes have » pooulinr interest for English readers ,. as frhoy rofor to th / it pprioa of tho History of tho Church whon Papal abusca ana encroachments were arriving at thoir culminating point , and whon the English Kofbrmors commenced their work of purification . GroBthoad , Bogor 1 noon , and Wye fflj aro noticed—tho two former only incidentally . Wyollffo a troatod moro at length—his sorvlcoa as tho great

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 23, 1858, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23101858/page/13/