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      Mr. J. E. Eeabe's Novel. The. Light Of O...

      Trriften , and'full'tfrfotewattter . It -would be nothing tosaythat fyke Ligiit of Otker Ikrt / e'is intecesting as ** story , Af it did not i nterest in « . manner- that-sets iti ^ piiTt-frnya th e / roBoaaceswhich float iii'ond outof the circulating libraries tjveryjyear . ' ^' e-wiU point 'to > some # ' the details which mark the experimental ctaai'flcter of Mt , 'Reade r s novel . ' . Five first volura-e opens fuH : upon-ftcruninal < : ouit , where a young lady of birth and ' position is-stemding her trial for amirder ; .-. all -here is ¦ ¦ vague , jind 1 the > "view dissolves dimly , bringing ' two of tire personages cone-emed-upon another scene , ^ ay with . the -levity ' of unacknowledged'love , and "thence tlra transition is immediate to -a death-bed—a group designed and painted with uncommon originality and force . ' . ';]* is , however ,-painfully , cruelly minute . Similar , though with w-slight'exaggeration of tone , is ¦ the scene of Jl-egiiwild > Hengist ? s dismissal 'fi-oni his

      ¦ home ; but here "Sir . lleade dwells >\ vibh an emphasis of doubtful-eftest upon t \ io possibility of a personal mortal conflict betwe « n aVfather and his son . JBLaiv . eveiy . this is a part of his . plan , and if the execution be adequate , the ¦ conception does not degrade the work . Two other criticisms we will venture . We do not like to meet in any author quotations from his own works , but it must be added . that Mr . lieade is generous in this respect , and scatters words of ample courtesy to his contemporaries . Again ; it was perhaps inevitsible that such a writer should create literary heroes ami heroineB who will discourse on books and authors ; but . there is an occasional redun--ilanee ' 6 f'Ins eviikjul 'dialogue , and -it is questJotwibJe -whether Bulwer , IDifekens , © isradi , rund . other ditanacy . men of our jowa &» y ought -, to be roslae ; ned into < a rtnwantie < hwretng-r . © 0 tn by aanie , ^ specially * wlaen ihe itecweliist h * t 6 i > € Bn uaeludexLia ^ . thesame ^ circle with themselves .

      ( Lastly ,, JvLr . J . ie & de attacks hiscritics . too vehemently ., . Jle . ibices long AQlloo ^ uuiS on . the bile , gall , -. ribaldry ., . and / cowardice ~ iof anonymous reviewers . ; hs talks of blooilless . ' . tyrannies ; he impeaches " the ru ' llian of the jjeri" whose " serpentine . and malignant nature '' proinpts him to attack a "ixother aiutlxar . Ajguinst this sort of invective introduded into a novel , we ,, jjiU 8 t protest . Jt . may 4 Mhl a spice to Mr . lieade ' s volumes . ; but it ' . is-sus-( paoiiMU ^ l y QHt of pkice . , Mr . * Ht » ide should Jcuow . that ribald and . slanderous < eriti « jsui , oarvies mo weight , that it . ¦ is . never . admitted into the . ¦ columns , of dUttyjo » : gan « jfoi" which he , or any > ow 2-lelae need .-cave , , aud ; that constantly , iwhen » " ui » alig ^ attt-rjeview '' -: i 8 attributed to a-. fEieitti , itihasibmen a fchank'I « bs •¦ w © rk . <© f ' censeicnee < b yja ^ teuvgw . -Not -to ^ part-in disputation iwith Whe'MMt"QfOi / ier Baw , » Ti & henrtily'recommend-it .

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      'The ^History 5£Ot Antiquities 0f Lambet...

      ' THE ^ HISTORY 5 £ OT ANTIQUITIES 0 F LAMBETH . ; . S'he' flistory anil Antiquities ^ f-Lathbtth . By-John ' / Tanswell ,- of- tlie Inner Temple , iMLembier of the Surrey ArchaJological ^ ociety , Camden ^ fcSociety , & c . Pitikton . i'Satxou . chroniclers derivethe . nauie . of this parish from two words , signifying , 4 VJ 3 irt Hivven . " Strfcce . itis spelt ninedistinct ¦ w ays in ancient , records , . will i " ^ Eurv » vv « lLsanctiontOuisaseeivc to . a .-still higher antiquity ? "In "X ) cjmesti if ^"\ the : 6 nsfe-. syiUbte i &\ vx \ tx < £ ntla ? i . Mny net . Uus . ia , n .- $ liglittcori'tjption . oof Ytiie iamcient 'British - > vroviia , ilJiwi , a Saint , > and beth , . h -. gnave-r ^ l ^ . the ' " •¦^ Saintfs- ¦ grave . '" ' A » k- « aDy' Welshdwsbic . tor a . translation : of tluitjeifrwoiEng'lifelv nvor « b 'into "bis-native 't or »« Me , be will-sit > 'onceir « ply , " Saint ' s -grave P ~ LLw * etlu ' - .- ' : ¦ ' ' ' m ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ : ;; 3 15 ut whatever tnay beihe ' true dei'ivAiion 5 ithis portion of the southern . ''bank of M 3 rd'EatueV Thames is invq ^ ted vritb the hjgliest historical assoxaa- l JiuonsTrp-ni ' lheing the iu . et » 'op . oUtan resi'deiVce of Englaud ' -s Priaiate . Ti * ue it ' ^ is . ithat multitudes -whose . tiuief glory is / gainj-and trafJLc their religion , seek-.-4 Rg in , aLl , tJ « ujgsrtUe , posUive . and . tUe . us (* iul , maj . coldlj' asJc of whut ituportjanoe -is a « it ) Bs-cLad istone ) a . -shattered colwmn , or a headless statue ' i fXo -t « oli , . « , bale of n * erdba » dise is , -4 auhtl « ss , , pr « ferable \ x > a Qorinthian *< iapital ; nintl > a 11 tke vdhtJisks utiiat > Btcewitiie ; s * ind 3 . of Iv ^ yptseeniiin / their 'oyes lese intepesti-ng itba «; th ^ scuiptured-. uoarhletlmi axioms . their domestic ¦ feeartli . Xfet not 1 t 4 ieBeje » atMpitfs , however , doter-tho « nthusias ( icworBhipper 0 'f ^ rt'iro in ¦• preserving-therpuritydf 4 tis faftlt . ^ Wheii in pursuit ofihis daily : comnxercial avocations i » e 'hurries through the densely ^ packed streets of 'Southvvark , 'he nvay spare a glance at the stately tower and crjiinblhi K

      ( glories . < if . St . "MaijyPvery , and recal ! its legend . How Overs , the "' . Thainos 5 ejrrjaiau , and . Lis dttju ^ fi ter Jftary , Jmving amassed -wealth by their jointi viabour jvt . the-. oar ,. devoted a jportion / oi it to God t iind iouaded a " Houao of ifiisfcttrs "' near the . , sp « t wheiHe tii « t very chmt ' h pi"St .. Mary Dvery nowstandg . iJiarrying oniwiixls thcouglv . the-equuJJor andisordid aspect of . l ^ entistreet , he wwiUji-eealUo mind' tluit he treadsthuaftmeroud'wJHcli ,. eighteen centuriea ago , ' . etoheod with the iivetwuixid tnampofvCwaar's victoriou 8 coimrts marching upon 'the 'heroiGassibeHan ' a'hist retreat—1- ^ ondon—* his < f city ¦ in the wood . " Un' jnindfulj ' too . 'ofthe -foul fllmospbere , the tilth and vice of " Lock ' s-fi ^ lde'the Alsjitiaof ' Linnbeth—ihe thinks only of the-time -when , standing there on , . the gJ'CL'n turf , tlie br . oud shatlow of many a stately tree above them , the , . bowmeu-. of "Wai worth

      CliHptinto the clout « t twelve score . . The , plttce , vyiw set apart for tliem by act of i ' urliament , and is still diB-i tin ^ uiehed by Us anciwit epithet— 'VNewington 13 ults . " it is very dettirable Unit xill the suLuihiin metropolitan districts should ifindia » i JiVstoi'Lan once in . evwryqiuirter of a century . The changes which have occurred m jLauibeth coven withiir tlmt short period : etrik ^ s us as ^ somet ^ iiwg waTvcUone . 'Wandering > through its-tortuous streets and by"ways ,-witli'Mr . 'tanswell ' a book as Uiaguido , the explorer , be he parochial or cxtiw ^ paro'chinl , mustderive much instructive nmuacinent in comparing .

      . Xiondou . aa it was and now is . Where . glass-houses , gasometers , factories of white leud , sho ^ , and pottery now taint the atmosphere imd obscure the "heavens Above , some of the rarest and most solitary of our British fauna . . once , Handed .. at lurge . The manors of LambctU waru well Mocked with . xWBry . kjuditf , game and _ . animal of , chase . Audu « w . l ^ me , D . D ., Duun ot Ely , Khiid . li « oneo to appoint one , of his servants , by . special numu , to » hoot ( ^ lierentvilh . any . eroflBJbo TC . -Aiiuulcgonne , & c ., At i ^ Ll u « iijn *! i- . of deud murks , * t « r « tw ( j , icon « o « wU « , Jcyten , andsuoli Jiku ; . bustaruls ^ w ^ ldbwuua , L « rnacl * M ;' - teal , ducks , cootrt , fen-fowls , wild dovea , small binds ,. & c . ; , undjit all manner of vleure , red , < alloy ^ 4 » n « l » oe .

      'ilie sight of & -y . eUow-footed kite ' wlietfiJDg > yith -airy ^ circlesthigh in , the * de < jp blue-azureyrats is her wontr—twould at ; the , pKesent d « jr . ca . Uflyittrtvtther rserioms obstrxMition t > n Lamheth-causeway . ConuorHiiits , ibetrnacloa , and " wjrlde : S !\ vaiifttJs" wilL not soar above tli < 3-iwreats jof MUists in . tine "pool , ") to Jave their pinions in tSbat bkek tuid fetid etreHm above ! Westuiinstef , whica erst-was the " -. silver Thames , " So rare is the , bustard become , thait ai soliitary spucitueii seen anywhere at the present & iy , even-hv fclie central wastes of Salisbury Plain , would sumiuon ( to bus destrwciion- ; e > very " band gonne " in the county of Wilte . ; and tbe-. < iool , stony creeks , overhung with-verditre theJawus a » d liaKelvvoods , must have enjoyed in Lamibe . tli-a : sileQ . ce ( and'a seclusion , vie cannot now realize , evea in id « q , to have given congenial harbourito-tbeantlerc'd stag—; " red , fallow ., or roe . " ict so it was . ° A * iood deal oftlie best portion of JVIr . Tanswell ' s bookis devot-edto the

      . ep ^ copal palace , founded by . the Italian ArcJibish « jp lionifciice , in ! i-2 (> 2 as im expiatory-ofiering . During a visit to the Priory ofiSfc . Jiavtho-loiuew ; ia SanthiieLd , lie was , so- exasperatfed by a . cerutin reply of ; tlte sub-prior , that he smote him on the face , saying , "Indeed , indeed , , doth it ibucome you English traitors to answer me ? " Thus raging , and with oaths not to be repeated , he rent iii pieces ; tlie . rich . Cifpe . of . tljesubtprior , trod it under his feet , and thrust him against a pillar of the chancel-wiith such violemie Uiat he % lfp & st killed him . But the canons , seeing their sub-prior thus almost slain , ciune and pLucked off * the archbishop with-such force , tliattUey qverf ; lji » eMr . hiEa backwards , whereby they might see he . was armedand . prepar ' ed toj \ g ] itj The canons ,. getting away xis well as they could , ran , bLoodyajid Bury ,. rent and torn , to the liishop : oi" London , bwt they , got no redress . We have here as pi-etty an aicliieipiscopal set-to as . the reader would desire to see of ii . suuimer's day . Itremin-ds us forcibly of the doings ofa . certain'BushppafWip .-clvester , - \ Thom Slpiikspeare introduces picking a cj [ u « irrel with H * uupUrey 3

      Duke of Gloucester , about the flight of a falcon : " Down at the old oak , ' whispers tlie pugnacious prelate , for the king was within earslxot , " and bring with the thy two-handed swonl . " The great hall of Lambeth , Palace , restored by . Juxoii % after jtlte Bestoration , has often beeox the scene of a princely genial bogpitality . Bishop Parker there kept open house . His stewards ' , fand gentleinenwliow . ^ ne his attendant * , with a large body of clergymen , sat at long tables ^ xtendii \ jg the ¦ entire length of the ball , profusely ^ covered with every kind , af tteUcate and substantial viands . The fragments of these banquets , fuphisheel dM >| y food to hundred ! of poor ; men and women , who , at-.. . an appointed koin , Y . assembled respectfully around the , palace-gate . Such , two centuries AgQ , was iixe " old world" ¦ ¦ hospitality , of an English PrixMate . The hall , idf . . Taa & welLsjiy ij ^ is now . used as a library , rich in MSS valuable to the tajMigrapher , the Biblical student , tUe . genealogist , the general antiquary , JScc . & c . Amongst them is a superb cqpy of the Koran , . taken fcomTippofO ^ uitanjat . Seringa patam . ¦ . ; , ' .. ' ¦/ . . ¦ \ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦' - . ' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦; . " ' . ¦¦ ¦" .. ¦¦

      : On 'the jgrpun'd-floor of the X « jllard ? s' Tower , that theatre . of tjhidoely ' s bafbarouspersecufion of the heretical follo \ versvof ^ r . JohrtOqbbam , isi ; He * Posthook / ' so nsimefl from ar pillar , to which they were btoiuwl wlitta ^ 3 ib ____ jected to . the . torture of the 1 ash . Above is the ' JLolhjrd ' s . prison . Eight ihuge iron rings attest the number of its victims , and the rjgidnetsjs . of . tjieir . incaroeration . On the wainscot , iuiperfect sentences and . initials . sxxe sriiiely scratched . They are all nearl y illegible . "Could we but . Jkjiow , " .. saj 5 s the author , '' all the separate histories at" the men whose liaridwritin ^ iies otu tlie -wall of this strange-looking room , what glorious i ^ velutions into ^ theT < Jim . biit holy'recesses of the human heart niight be given to us . " Oontennporary writei-s denounce , in a fierce spirit of vengeance , the lives and tenets of . thes < e early Reformers ^ < yet nothing can be-more unuxceptionjable . thwa tUpse they have idelivertjd tor tlueai . VViliiiua 'Jiiilomr j * as . eonfilled in the I-ollard's prison by Ai-chi > ishop Ghiehejy for pr «* cliihj { that ¦ prayer , aught to be addressed tOiGod only . ; anjd tuait ' theiv ^ rsJjipot ' jany

      . created btiiiig ^ vasmere idolatry . _ Lambeth . faUce is situated amidst delightful . gardens undpaHk laid out with all the taste that nioderan . horticultural : aoience ca ^ supjil y ^ -andtiigother comprise an area of full eighteen acres ,. seehided . ii'Ottk . popLilari-intiiusiou . bv its , lofty i \ iyrcrowned bound a , vy wall . . Mr . Xuu & wqU . dedicates , his bookito his Gntee of Canterbury-. * It is-the icaretujly executed production of a welUkJKown . ' . and highly diatwiguished archaeologist , . whose contrihutLousito the . Camtien Soei « by are al ' osiro Stetary value , 'lite author mentions thut J » o publishes by subscription ; auil the book seem . s fur too handsomely printed and yiuatrat « d to he remuwenrttive ati . thepriciO . charged . . Indeed , we are told that it has not y « t promtJ so . . Lambeth is a very . large parish , jind , speaking generally , a vu « y .. woalbl » y oae . Kvery rceiijent ot pretensions to literary tiiste should utonco , place iuou hiii shelves . Xt . would be a source of luuch . entiefuctioit if this cursory . iiotico should , assist in . augmenting its popularity .

      Day By Day At Lucrnow. Dayty Day At-Luch...

      DAY BY DAY AT LUCRNOW . Dayty Day at-Luchnoip . A . Journaliof frhc-Si ? ge of Lucknow . By ^ Mrs . Gaap . bcrttloy . Mhs . Ca « b is-the widow of Colonel Cnso , of . the mutilated 82 nd , who fell at the unfortunate battle of Chinhut . During the siege of Lucknow , shu- 'kept this journal , connecting the first incidents of thu smuggle with the last , writh a nhort interval , which hus been iillud up by a . number of interesting Itstters from Mixs Dick 6 on , < ippjtrently her relative , ionirien-d . There has bean ivo 4 \ tteinpt atictTectivo writing . Every word in tlus volume nppears gcuuiae . It is a hook of a hundred anecdotes ,. every ono-illustrating the and the

      tremendous character of the conflict vva ^ cd wondrous bravery , not ofiLhc garriaon only , but of the kxieiegera . It adds nothing to the glory of J » iiviL « nry Lawrence , { Sir John lngliu , > Sir Henry Havelock , or tlio . oflflcpra And menuadtr their -command , to disparage tAm ^ Military conduct of the Sepopi . ( It itftnuoithat their numbers were- orverwh « lming , but thuir rushes . aguinetitho ibrttficd lieaidenoyw-erc charaefcerhsed by a vulour 'amounting iuhut ) at > to ) fronjoy . 'So honeleaB did the garrison grow , that oncosts Mrs . Cnac relates , a council of Indies was held to deliberate oipon-tUtt'beJrt vcourao uto > pursue should 'thy enenny ( owns their way in . Some then tohl their ooiup « miojas howr \ tlioy < jarriod prueeic noid tm . ' tbeir -perflona , to out tho

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26061858/page/19/