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      on the other side would undertake the hazard of ferry ? ntr us ever . " Placed in this dilemma , there was no resource by which we could procure food but by filing a deer ; so out we all sallied , and after a good deal of tiresome beating succeeded in wounding * h ^ e bucfc , but not so as to deprive him of the power- . i locomotion . The consequence was , h e led us a chase , in which , we easily tracked him by his blood , until from hunger and fatigue we were compelled to desist , and labour back to the river bank-a much longer stretch than we had any notion of—where , fai from any comfort or relief " awaiting us , we were met by the butIv thunders of a swelling torrent , fed and

      pampered by the aelugefrotn above . Jlunger , now overmastering all other sensations , gnawed with torturing importunity , until it produced an actual disinclination for sustenance , by the morbid anguish it caused in the realms of appetite , when lassitude supervened in shivering sleep—not so profound as to render us insensible of the pelting storm that pattered unpityingly over our miserable unsheltered beds ; still ft was after sunrise when we awoke from this horrible repose , so completely were all the physical energies numbed and prostrated ; and although the rain had become perceptibly lighter , the river was as certainly higher , rushing , roaring , and boiling up with a maddened fury that shut out all hopes of a crossing for the day , _ , _ .

      . " Famine and starvation now began to conjure up dreadful ideas of a wretched death , as , from weakness , we were incapable of going in quest of g ame ; and even supposing we could retrace our steps to the camp we left , we knew that the slender stock of provisions which remained at our departure would have been entirely consumed , and that the probability was they were almost as ill off for food as ourselves—a conjecture which was confirmed in the course of the day by the arrival from thence of two more of our comrades , to urge the despatch of the supplies , as their store had become entirely exhausted . Our caunt and altered appearance amazed and alarmed

      them ; and as they had not yet become enervated by long fasting , they left us next morning to try the chances of the forest , first gathering some herbs and cresses , to endeavour to allay the pangs ¦ with which we were afflicted . The rain ceased soon after daybreak , and we spent the day in a state betwixt sleep and stupor , in an agony of suspense as to the success of the hunters ; but in the early afternoon , when we saw them coming down the hillside without any game , we abandoned all hopes , as the river could not in the nature of things be practicable , ere exhausted nature should have sunk into the repose of death .

      " I lay down on a gentle slope , from which I never expected to arise , breathing , as I imagined , my last prayers to the throne of Divine grace , my saddened memory at intervals carrying back my thoughts to my native land . Home , iriends , and early associations , at times dreamily weaving themselves into gr . UpS and pictures of happine-s and enjoyment , in which , for a moment , I would fancy rny > elf partiripiiting—u "L ain of delight flitting through my

      distempered imagination , too soon , alas ! to be duspellt d by the gloomy reality , the melancholy transition deepening my emotions of misery into a keen thrill of u-ter despair that would have been maddenin-, were they not sweetly soothed hy the consoling hopes of D vine mercy and a glorious eternity . I prayed for sleep , to come and relieve me from the anguish of my phy-iial pains and sufferings ; but that , fitful slumber which was unable to subdue consciousness ,

      ¦ would alone visit me . " While lying in this st-ite on the morning of the fonrih cluy , with my faithful dog at my feet , 1 overhead the men , who last joined us , discussing the necessity of killing him , as that , with pr . ipei economy , Ins flesh would sustain us until the river go far subsided as to render a passage practicable It added to n > y wretchedness , while revolving the expedient in my mind , that 1 was constrained to coincide in its policy ; but us my comrades aroused

      me to communicate the suggestion , find extract my consent , I gazed upon my dumb friend with a tearful eye and sickened heart—tin ; more ho , as 1 fancied he looked wistfully in my face , standing in an altitude of dejection unusual to him , with drooped tail and banuing earn . I way unable to assent , in words , but gavo them silently to understand that I wouldinterpose no obstacle ; and no sooner had I done m > , than poor 44 . SJi f ^ o " ( ho I called him ) , instead of coiling himself beside me aH was bis wont , . slunk away to homo distance , Hitting in a mournful attitude , and watchin" - our movements with a grievous NtcadinesH that perfectly unmanned me , impn using me with the HtendfHHt conviction that his intuitive sagacity lorewarued Jinn of our cruel intentions .

      44 was clearly perceptible to » ll that bin attachment imd confident ; . ' were altered into fear and distrust , for no calling <»» " coaxing would induce him to ooroe nejyu , 'r ~ uti : while , if any approached him , ho r ^ ed ^ d ^ Sowly ,, Put declined to run . fv- — , who WiJtM tftfe » 4 lG ^ elipMl d had the beat rifle , agreed VF W $ / $ fi fKs 4 » W \ W * < <>'" mom : t'd loading , the fo ^^ r ^ VW «»» Kt 5 « 'u «>»« < uncUHinesa , moving SKil Air tSttrSRhAh ^ aa if u , bout to iuu oil ; but rT *^* r *^ T ¦' vml' f- * | Oiubii 0 v r ~ v ^ lifS ' 1 ; ¦ ¦ : ¦ -. ' ¦ - , ' > \¦ ¦ ' J , ' , : \ W rrl ~ '/^ 'V / iTS . Sd * v- '¦ - ' - *¦ }^ j

      finally sitting firmly atill on . a little mound , as if he came to the determination of yielding himself up as a victim for the salvation of his master , the warm teais trickled freely down my cheeks , and I felt a disposition to go and embrace him when looking at him for the last time . As S raised the rifle to his shoulder , the poor animal at the same moment fairly confronted his executioner , throwing back his ears wi t h a low piteous whine , awaiting bis doom like a hero . "

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      BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . The Poems of Schiller Complete : including all his early Sup ' pressed Pieces . Attempted in English . By Edgar Allied Bowring . J - W . Parker One merit this volume has—completeness . For the first time a translator has been found with the courage to reproduce every one of Schiller ' s poems , including those printed in the Anthology for the year 1782—crude indifferent verse 3 which his better judgment afterwards suppressed—and giving also the songs scattered through his plays . To many this completeness will be an important feature . The translation is such as may be expected from the avowal in the preface of the ten thousand verses having been translated "in the course of a few months in hours snatched away from more engrossing pursuits . " Is Mr . Bowring at all conscious of the insult to Literature implied in such an avowal ? Retired from Business . A Comedy in Three Acts . By Douglas Jerrold . Bradbury and Evans . This comedy reads far better than it acts . The affluence of wit is delightful in reading ; and we were astonished to gee how many " good things " passed unnoticed on the stage—simply , we presume , from the actors not knowirig how to deliver wit , so rarely is it given them to deliver ! The Comic History of Rome . By the Author of the Comic History of England . Illustrated by John Leecli . Bradbury and Evans .

      We have a very serious protest to make against the modern tendency to make history « 4 comic "—thus desecrating , in the minds of youth , forms of the past life of humanity which should be held sacred—but it is impo . ^ sible to resist laughter over this monster burlesque of Eome . We do not thii . k our laughter mollifies our objection , on . the contrary rather intensifies it ; but we are bound to regard the aim of author and artist , and to say that they have terribly succeeded . Leech ' s mixture of the modern moustache and Joinville tie with the Roman toga is immensely

      ludicrous—indeed , most of the illustrations are - stinct with fun ; and the text crowded with punsoften of that execrable ord ( r which rises into a kind of sublime badness , the equivalent of excellence in puns—contains a very good sub ^ tiatum of historical exposition . It is history in motley ; but it is history . Lo"ic for the Million ; a Familiar Exposition of ( lie Ait of Seasoning . By a fellow of the ltoyul Society . Longman ami Co We may call this an important work with a catchpenny title . It is really an ah e , intelligible , and even entertaining exposition of all that in books of logic can interest the mass of people . That which

      demarcates it from other works known to us is the uni >> n of solidity with familiaiity — the complete renunciation of all . scholastic technology—and the examples by which the rules are illustrated ; instead of the dull generalities usually consid * reel worihv of showing lojiic in action , the author has made abundant quotations from various sources—the Board of Health , lieports and Mrs . Caudle ' s Lectures—Sydney Smith and Chambers' Journal—The Times and the Pilgrim ' s Progress . When wo reflect upon the repulsiveneHS of works on logic , we must applaud this " Logic foi the Million , ' unless we condemn the study as altogether frivolous .

      Chemistry if the / 'our Ancient Elements , Avr f familiar things . The Chvinistrii of the . Crystal /'/// air i . s an iiiNti ucciyo

      companion to the tbou .-and and one hooks written about that building and its e . ontentn ; but the tide is uomewhat equivocal , and we must explain that the work simply pretends to furnish infoi ination respecting the chemical pro |) erti"n of the chief matc-iials employed in the construction of the Palace , uud eontaiiiH elaborate chapters on iron , zinc , tin , lead , glass , copper , gold , silver , wood , and other organic muterials . Both works arc creditably executed .

      Christian Charity , considered in Halation to the Love of ( toil . A Keinion delivered lit the Orf . iifjmi ( . 'Impel , Norwich , liy l'hilip Itluuri , I ' erpet . iml ( Jumteof ( -it .. Mai tin-ut-Oak , Norwich . Win tlieini mid ( Jo . ; Norwich , AJ unke ( . t . Whatever may be thought of the policy of Mr . ijiund ' u proceeding in preaching this Heimon in a chapel belonging to the UiiitariaiiB , no ono can dony him the credit of boldru an in the , enunciution of bin viewH , and of sincerity in the endeavour he Iiuh rnuda to vindicate tlm ' « liberty of prophesying , ' ' or , in other wnrdf , the right of the cleigy of the Chinch of Enghiud to preach in places of woiabi p other than tuoyo o [ the KalabJinliujeiit . Hooiul inconvononce ,

      in the shape of exclusion from a looal literary institution , and of alienation from the " influential among his former friends , appears to have already befallen this champion of extended Catholicity , while his mild and tolerant diocesan is taunted with having adopted towards him no stronger measure than a lecommendation to resign his living ; which recommendation Mr . Bland , being desirous , as it would seem , to test the law upon the subject , has declined to follow .

      Whatever the result of an appeal to the ecclesiastical tribunals may be—and we confess that we are apprehensive sucji would be adverse to Mr . Blandthe reflection is forced upon us of the necessity of so far modifying the laws of exclusion and division , as to permit the interchange of friendly offices of this kind between the teachers of different religious opinions . It does not follow that they should , in visiting and addressing one another ' s congregations , do so with a view of making proselytes . Judgment , taste , and temper would convince them , on the contrary , that they had done enough if they showed how much in common was held under apparently opposing

      systems , and the oneness of their aim practice spite of their diversities in points of faith . As the case is now , congregations are , like individuals , isolated , and ignorant of each other ' s peculiarities , except , for the most part , from hearsay . Objections are magnified by misconception ; and excellences , which would draw the hearts of multitudes together like the heart of one man , are without influence because they are unknown . As toleration is more fully understood , these hindrances to good feeling and harmonious action will be removed . Of the present discourse we have only to say that , avoiding , as was proper on such an occasion and in such a

      place , discussion on doctrinal differences , it sets forth , in accordance with its title , and in eloquent and flowing language , the great religious principle from which alone adequate results can flow—love to God and goodwill towards mankind . The Worktof Hato . A new and literal version chiefly from the textofstallbaum . Vol IV . By George Burges , M . A . ( Bohn ' s Classical Library . ) " ^ Bohn . After thu long article we devoted to Mr . Burge s Plato ( vide No . 36 ) it is unnecessary to say more of the present volume than that it contaius fourteen of the minor dialogues , and the pseudo epistles , executed in the same style as the former volume .

      Peter Little and the Lucky Sixpence ; the Frog ' s Lecture ; and other Stories . A verse book lor my children and their playmates . Second Edition . Itidgway . A second edition of these pleasant little verse stories called for in six weeks fully bears out what we said of them ; and the delight manifested in our nursery by the appearance of the volume is the best criticism we can offer . They have an easily appreciated moral , and are told in true childlike simplicity .

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      Introduction to the History oj the Peace , from 1800 to 18 W > . By Harriet Miiriiacaii . ^ < Knight . J \ 'ot so Bad as JFe tieem ; or . Many Sides to a Character . A Comedy in Five Acts , iiy Sir Edward Uuhver L > tton , Bait . < - 'h ; ipiii ; in and Hall . The Law as to the Eu-empticm of Scientific and Literary Sucictin Jrom the Pnnsh and other Local Rates ; with Practical Directions to ami h Societies , Mechanics' Institutes , 8 jC . the / eon , and Comments o . i the Policy oj the Law , and vf Exemptions jrom Itateubility . J- Crocki ' oid . Vwlenzia . A Tragedy . J . W . Pinker . I he Crystal Palace ; its Architectural History and Constructive Muriels , iiy l ' etcr Dei lye and Charles l- ' o wler , jun . J . Gilbert . Soft Sprinff Water from the Surrey Sands . By th . c Hon . Win . Napier . Smith , KIder . and Oo . The J \ "orth British Iicriew . No- 29 . Huiuilton , Adam ? , and Co . The Public Health a Public Question . l'ir « t lleport of the

      Metropolitan Association . Plan and Description of the . Original Electro-Magnetic Tclcgrtiph ; with Preparatory Motes to the hoy at Commissioners ' of the Exhibition , and / Iclatirv Documents . liy Williiim Al ( 'Jiaii ' . li : r . ' oiiguiiiii . Drown , and Co . The- Decimal System , as itppl ' wd to the Coinage and Weights and Measures of Great lirituin . By Henry Taylor . Gro"iiil > rulge and Soup . Le Petit llhneur . Beinx French and English Words and Sentences in Rhymes . Groomln id at * i » ud Hona . Jutnnlu .: lory Lessons in this French Lanijuage ; with a Series oj lCxeri tutu . Hy ( J . J Dehlli' . ( Jrouinbridtfe uml Hi > un . / In Inquiry as to the lissentiul Nature <> f I'hftiomena or Perceptible / Existence , or as to the ( ieiwrnl Ajency and Law of Percention on which such Existence depends , i ' art * I and 2 . J . M'Gla&hai ) . Knight ' * Pictorial Shakfperc . I'art li . { . Much Ado about I \ , olhin

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      rJDEUO . Lovern of music and opera-goers are by no means of the same clans . You ^ o to the opera for everything' but . the music . You # o because it * - the opera ; becaiiHe the Clueen and the uracelul forms of our lovely women me to be « c « n there ; bucuuue there iw a ballet and Hpectuele , and you nod to acquuintuuecH in fop ' s alley und the erunh room ; or cIho you ffo hv-cautm- — -an order has been / uf iven you ! My dear sir , that \ h the crude truth : you «!<> not care for mUHic , you < lo not understand a word of Italian , you do not know a good ninger from a

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 24, 1851, page 492, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1884/page/16/