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      comes the "talkoftiw towa ^ Tfheiherrit Louis Napoleon ' s co * p diktat , or Table Tttrnii ^ , op SomceopHtliy , or the Eastern qsnetotoon ^ ot the Dfoghts , as certain to &raiK * uta&ioc these fungi of books ; they ^ eomfc like-shadows , so dep ** t »" ftdoea « ot T bowe'rerviolkwrv Iwcauw w ^ rks owe tbeir publication to « m « teuwoxury denaandy amd are fbrthe most part « f asmsnnjom growth * anal rnaumom existence * that * fc » y h ** e not sterling qualities and valuable-noisCe rial . Book * , in * he deeprngnificadbo ^ of the word , ace rate at aH time *; and as to " publications , " if they are not supplying this demand tteey % r& 4 kat . 3 Ja the ciiti ^ 3 w » rev « r ^ ti » e » aia !* oiae » hnig-fata « iiBg in « &e monotony of subjact . Obliged to read : and « epoftoo 6 a many works ^ all' bearing oil the same point , he btgine to use dttefipectfial languace in reference to tha subject an ( Laa » thotSv As " gukiej pbilosDphMJ , and enemy , " wsewill briefly indicate . $ he nature ofa few-wnkkbJonoar table *

      ThemtisffiratMK-FtiwleffVyttrAey f or a Historyr of' the Ottoman Empire ( T . BL Rees ) , a Trork of daagniloquent platitude , setting . forth how the light of the Cross has been ; estitfoagtuahed by that of the Cresoentt *—supplanted by imposture Mahomet beih $ a miserable and transparent **\ Dal" ' showJng , moreov «* v bow , ia constqwence , ** the spark of liberty" has be « a " scrusiwd , '' &nd > Bo-v * ** « laveiy reigns-ranipairt ? ' wee a people once breatixing the ; air of freedom . We hwrre not Tead this : great performance . ^ The author win , perhaps , declare that suck an admission stultifies our criticism . Be * it so . . We have oo intention of Tending ? Kb book . We tried and bailed , ; trying again , again we foiled . If that : is not entirism , let who -wall writie one more

      elaborate . A took- © f % -dififerent order wr that by Colonel Ghesnay- —Tfa ? Rtisso-Turkish Cntnpaipij of 1 & 28 and I 829 r toith a View of the Present State of Affhirs infke Ec ^^ &a ^^ JSi ^ &G , vn&-Go . ) . Hare id a man who knows the East , and JtaowvWmeM . Memmfiot ^ r ytoOj who has Been , the world , and can form ? * n opiakMt witheixt an meoatmence of ThetoricrBshin * into the ** lofty style" *<> £ description and reflection * What he says-is worth listening to , and his experience both of Turks and Russians- makes his "' View 4 > f Present Affairs * very acceptable . "His opinion of the Turks , although bo much higher than the one = usually entertained , does not prevent his full appreciation . of the Russians , whom he regards as far more formidable than it . n 111 n IV ¦ ili ' ai ^ ¦¦ i ; Jiin * airf > fcV > ajMai ^ ii I frit Hi mi .. ^ K di ** MrA < w 3 > - . » . <•* . »¦* »* w 5 tti » % g » . ii » 4 i » % w ^ Ki ( i * l it-nJM jtmm *\ m % v **~ itlie fashionto represent them- > His ork comprises animated tind '

      s - . w cnrcumfitanttal accomrta oF'the campaigns of 1828 and T 829 , in which the now popular names of Kdflafat , Schumla , Silistria rivet attention . From the experience t ) fifteft 6 "campaigns , Colonel Ghesney deduces conclusions as to the present condition df affairs . Mr . Mor&l's Rnssid . 8 elf ~ € bndemne < i . Secret awct IhedifecFDocument ? connected' witH MUssmn £ R&toiy , und'Ztiphmictcy ( fy . Bogue ^ 1 Contains some undeniably authentic documents , which -were published some lame ago in France , tmt havie noWi fi > r ^ the fits t time , been translated into Englisn . They / are very "valuable : "as ffitastrstions of tlte irisidicrosly •' aggressive policy pursued by Hhe 0 b , urV 6 f Eussia during ifte last naff-century . ! Eheintrddti . < $ ti < on tySfr . J ; It . Mbrelf , commands attention : M . dfe liagnyW Sf % e 2 &vrut ¥ tmf the Rtissians , trmv ^ te&byJoltnBridgramnn ^ D . Bogue ) j i& an interesting analysis of Russia and the Russian system , written with obvious animus . For those who want arguments , in fevoar of xie iW suuk voiuuie wiu

      x jtvepuuiiy ngptuob . ) : aintraauve , j . ue v ^ os , uua . ue welcome . Bttt we ^ have read so many diatribes against these lying barbariaos , that . wdfare , b « gpLiaung to feel an inverse Aiistidisia ^ ana begin to think even , Kielkolaa 4 b not- so Xlack ea he is painted . We are cettaanUie Turks are not so blaeV as they are paihted by many writers . Those who know them best speak most fiivourably of them ^ Mr . Warrington Snoyth , without giving up the independence of Ms judgement to the fashion of thehoiur , and without therefore shutting hie eyes to many defects in Turkish life and character , does nevertheless ^ in his entertaining Year Among tiie 2 \ irks ( J . W . Parker and Sons ) , convey a £ avouxal » Ii& impression of the Turks . Has impartiality gives .-credibility to his statements . Having lived a year among the Turks , in out-of-the-way places , too , for the most part , and having exercised a clear eye and calm judgment , he brings to this topic of tl « day a quota of valuable observation , very pleasantly and unaffectedly conveyed .

      Pleasant , too , is that Visit to Belgrade ( Chapman and Hall ) , whicli Mr . Whittle has translated &nd condensed from the work of a Bohemian , traveller , Sildslavische Wanderungen , 1651 . It forms one of the shilling scries , Reading for Travellers , which these publishers issue with an eye to variety as well as quality . The " Visit" is sketchy , but amusing .

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      BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . ZTlw ttiJle-M-uskai , JSL Practical Treatise on the JB-aJleUJPritchetl " Rifle . By Captain J W . Jervi * Chapman and H « H . The 8 * 7 ioola of Doubt and thv School qf Faith . By Count Ag 6 nor deGaaparin . Translated fcy B . B . Wafcaon , B . A . T . Constable a . nd Co . Tlie Dublin University . Masraaine . - J . M'GUahan . The Art Journal . < j . Virtue and Co-SThe Illustrated J ^ ondon Magazine . Piper , Stophenson , and Sponce > The Family Economist . Groombridge aad Son . Tait'a Magazine . Partridge and Oakey . The London Quarterly Review . Partridge and Oakey . Siographicml Magazine . Partridge and Oakey . Tlie North JBritish Magaxino . No . L q . V"ickers . The NatUmal Miscellany . Office , Essei-streot . Tho Charm . Addoyand Co . T . Flacd PlautiJtUes Glorioaus . j . w . i » aruor an ( i g T . FUcei JPlauti Tv * n * mtM *» . j . \ y . Parker and Son . © Mr JFriimd ; » Jtonthfy Miscellany . j y Shaw TheLifea ^ fk ^ e 8 jpcm 4 en < teqfHen 7 ySt . OBOTge Thicker , Late Ateountant-Goneralnf Bengal t jana Chairman tf trie Hast India Company . By John "William Kayo . _ , _ , _ Bichard Bemtloy . Poems . By DavW Bates . TrUbnorand Co . Dante ^ mvint Comedy Tke Paradise , the Purffatoty , theZVision of Hell . Translated hiy C B . < flayt * y , BA . Longman and Co . L \ To and Marine AMmaranm . By W . Lance . Longman and Oo . Uii tury Of the French Protestant Itqf % g < ie 8 , By C . Weiss . Translated by P . Haidman . "W . Blackwood and Sous .

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      TO OBM&E BENSOff . A . vxbx ingenious puttn ^ grtogether of very old materials , wBichrwail always be amusing be they never-sOcAd , is that vaudeville of Un service a JftanchafcL whick Tom Taylor has "donfi ^ . for-the Dltmbic under the titlejodf Jb OMige Benson , but . which is unwiseal y and improperly styled a- . V ^ aomedy , " being both , in incident aa < l . dtction of the bt-oadest farce . . . - ~ - » It is of the fkree farcied , and all tlie more amusing , on ; dtat-aocomnf . Whea once Truth Is , givea up , when oaice a \ nriter ceases to regard , the representation of ie < 4 cb « ra <; teir and feeling ai hi » . object ^ -he cannot , be bhinaed for any means w ^^ secure lua object- ~ laughtei ^ Tft ^ t vihi a ; pttce there are two-husbands d « a ( tifwon thei ^ wivpa A « a 40 ^^^^^^^^^^ - nis law tne in ins

      cases , o « uer Horticulture , ilie wile ot ^ tlwij « y ^ *» en * ott » ia the pique and epairi ^ p f a $ glect , i « nfeoturag «» iti * e luit ^^ e ^^ ^ ytnmg gentleman , and even writes to him . The wif » .. o £ ' 4 ae | iN ^ d ^^ ' ^ iiR ^^ zrkad from this iiantinent i ^ ger , resolves to show what ; il ^^ e (| to . e ^ eiMSHl would be if Benaon were jealaasv She tells hen hu 8 band , 2 ^ tte * Sauth ? - down , to pretend to be j « b 1 obs » : He . does 40 ,, without , ki ^^ He 4 oes it badly , of course because he feels W / jfeiafe ^ j . j 33 ffi ^ li | ffi ^ 8 « ce « eds Jfes > Benson ; &itlarmed , rep-entant . ^ new o «^ l « eati < lQ oo « pre ^ eBtsitself . Trottec is uLade to believe thai . ^^ mT ^ & ^^^^^ hua the . cause for tUat ? jea }« i ^ y he has < been feignisig ^•> W ' ^^•¦^ % ^ y «^ 4 ffft storm of real jealousy , whick , w , of couree , appe ^ ed before liiefalliOf ; the cwtaif t * ¦ ¦• :.. ¦ ' . .- .... .-. ... - i ^ . iW <¦ ¦ . " cv . ; v * & ' ilrjr .. ¦

      I have said enougb of the peice to mate intelUgibie what liehttll ? have to sar of the acting . The prmcipal partis that of ^^|||^ j ^^ % MSbbS «^ Altfcough he . was received ^ wi ^ h shouts of laughter « r ^ l ^ pwie ^^' > w ^ -dn % ineertaim details that ihe showed hhnse £ f ' »¦ coniea ^ baa ; ^^ b ^ iii ^ atfiUittlew no Immozarl have already saidi and evea ^ time ^ ee&Mni ^^^^ vjii ^ comas more assured .- &ut without , humour a nian-. ma ^ Kfei- ^ nili ^ ^^ comedian , and I think there is stuff in Robson to become one . -- %# | Si < iH 3 * however , he was outrageous ^ - extravagant in his as ^ iuned jealousy— -extra vaarant to the ooint iof nrit bfetnrbr amusin * - —i-anfl ^ ftfe ^ te * rti \ ¥ &t £ & -frftm tlmf fiMilf :

      • whea expressing the real feding . ~ i There wertf little bits of irnp ^ eritiicr ? - dtility quite wonderful in their Way ^—^ t 'here ^^ cre - ^ &B&raS 1 ^^^ % iiciBis throughout—but one felt that he had not grasped the character- not iaentified liimself with the situation but had ^ takenpfc cue fronv tW lanfflaa ^ e at tim « s sa extravagant j and aimed at laughter 4 r $ tn 6 uf regard ^ o cbn ^ wtlnc # Her got the laughter , but he fell-sbmewhat niniy Gpinibh : P ^ hfiuiH ^ bf liip » - Keele ^ would hare played tltepart—the TiewHderedperplesdi ^ aW" come assumption of the-early scenes , « nd the real griisf , stM co ^ nic , ^ fths ^ lat ^ r Scenes .

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      • A TGUNQ- 'BEBtPTAira ^ BL ¦ ' a "" ' ' ' : ' - : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' I « a . vb the pleaaore to inform you that the LxcEUJtthastljis weekpresented us with that ^ agveeable rarity , a young , handsoin ^ , graceMwonian ^ having the appearance , Carriage , and manners of an elegant lady , such as we adore in « ur drawingrrocanB , and scarcely ever get a glimpse of On ^ 6 stage | a woman who can wear dress as if she were acemtomeato % who " oanjput Qn and take oflTher doajc , setitlh' ^ c'sel ^ take ft cup of tea in , her , iiand vititt an elegance of which the stage has been ignorant for a long while . Miss Taibot , who made her ! first appearance on any stage ^ in the . ^ ftrmin ^ W \ dowy is tall , with a figure of -vdaptuous grace , wlta adorabfe arona and wrists , blonde hair , brifiiant teeth , and fair complexion . Her manner was { iia . tural , quite unstagy . ; and ,, in spite of the terriblfe nervousness of a fi ^ . ^ fct j ^ he snowed such dispositions as _ aa actress , . that I think I onaj . predict'we ^ shall hereafter find inter the aolitary reDres ^ entative : oiles arands&cobuetteaL the be M ^^

      dashing widows , andjwhat m ^ y called the s Nisbet ^ caiaT * cte ^ s , Tliat , however , is : at present mere speculatiba . I can't say whether she Las any genius for acting ; atpresentit la enough , forime ^ to nqeprd the appearance of a beautiful womaTi , who , if she never takes cue step forward as an actress , will still be valuable in the ladyEfce characters . Is not that something ? In the present state of theatricals , ia it not a greal deal ? l < et her study her art , study it bravely , severely , with untiring watchfulness , such , as alone leads to eminence , such as all artists by instinct and by , calculation employ ; let her drewi . facile success andthe facile praise which Beauty always extorts from our waak and lying sex ; let her regard the ? eulogies of Jones and the ecstaciesof Smith only as victorious skirmishes ' witii Fame , and then—if there be real faculty in iier—she wttl be that darling of the public , " a popular actress . * Up to this time I do not'know whether she is an actress at all

      The Charming "Widow is a translation of Alfred de MF . ussetfs cbarminff Caprice , without the finesse and perfect style of the original , bufc with enough dramatic interest in it to wile from us « n agreeable half-hour . Tivian ( not your Vivian , beloved reader , bufc another , and oh ! how different ) has a charming wife , whom of course ho neglects for a flirty widow . Here my severe moral senae was outraged . If I had a wife ( whicn I am pleased to say is not the case ) , no widow should lure me from the domestic hearth-rug . Certainly no widow such m Lady Darlington . But Vivian Montague is not a man of severe principles . I'm afraid nis chapel is a chapel of ease . He allows himself to be more or less captivated by that widow- I say iaore or less , because no sooner does Mrs . Pierrepomt , " the charming widow , "

      attempt his reformation , attempt to w-ean him from Lady J- > ., than forthwith he surrenders to her , and begins kissing her hand in a style of fervid inconstancy which says little for his principles . It is true , Mas Taibot looked tlie widow capable of shaking even the sternest morality . I won ' t swear that even my august principles would have kept the domestic image of Mrs . V . steadily before my conscience under such temptation . Man . is of flesh ! But , luckily for Vivian Montague , Mrs . Fierrepoint is as wise aa she is charming and he only gets a lesson which makes the curtain fall on domestic happiness . Virtue ia triumphant , and will b © " every evening uatil fturther notice . " VlVJLLN .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 11, 1854, page 235, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2029/page/19/