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      Tbje Arat volume of a wpifk which promisee to be of singular importance lias just appeared , ZWisttdr * JfatureUe Gdnjrale des Rhgnes 0 ryanique . 8 , hy pt fpamm ' ^ Gmapmt ^ ns , Hix ^ iaB , the « on of the great GEorraor , and himii ^ ffiwjq ^ y ikpVV M * natuTaliet and e man of erudition . This volume , mU&i U dwated , ^ Prolegomena , Is noi in-itself of very great interest . &h ? muthBm > utx > ut tf hia p roper apUere ,, and in the discussions on Classifies 1 ^ ofit © 6 ci en ce « « howB le « 0 ability than we have been led to oxpe ct from fci * p ^ her ^ odc 3 , Til © historical introduction is rapid and brilliant . But—« ndithe ^» i «• wor ^ noting--M , St . &tfcAiaa not only follows the traei . Of vulgar ^ rr <^ r is a ttribntin ^ to Burraw the phrase u le style est rhomme m&nfi" ( vftjiiHk Wpr leaders mar- remember we recently showed to be utterly inaccurate ) ,, hnt actually refers to the place and the page of Buffon where that sentence is said to occur—but does not !

      Amonj the curious facts noted by Isidore St . Hilaiuk is that not a aingle mention is made of the pig , the cat , the fowl , and , still more surprising , even the dog , in Genesii ; the ass , the goat , the bull , and the camel are mentioned in every page after the journey of Abraham into Egypt ; but of the other domestic quadrupeds only the horse is named , and it only twice in the history of Joseph . Not only is this absence of man ' s companion , tbe dog ^ surprising wien we read so many pastoral narratives , but it would Beem as if the dog liad been absolutely unknown to the Jewa of Llxat perio- < l , eince his existence is in no way indicated , and even in the triple list of animals in Leviticus which classes the pure and impure animals , no mention of titae dog is made .

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      BUSSIA AND SIBERIA . Travels in Siberia . By S . 8 . HUi , Esq , Two vola . Price 24 a . Longman and Co Jiussia . Abridged from tbe French or ihe Marquia de Costiae . ( Formina Parts 57 5 « ' 59 , of "Tht Traveller ' s Library ?} Price Ss . V L ^ grWand C ^ Mb . Mnx . took a three years' journey round the world , and , unlike other travellers , instead of fatiguing the public with a Narrative of aU his journey , selects that portion of it which relating to countries little known may reasonably ^ be supposed to excite the greatest interest . He starts from . Moscow to Mm NoVjgprod , touching , therefore , but slightly on Russia and the Russians - —enough , liowever , to show that Jie by no means adopts the general impresduoas respecting things Russian , as may be gathered from this paussage : — ** We had- fffertaas ^ y to lie joaraoj we had aadortakeu together , severally visited the two great capitals , as well as some other towns of the empire , and we had now seen many of the villages . We bad mixed more or less with the inhabitants everywhere , ana had aad the

      opportunity of observing something of the character and manners of the people , and of comparing these with sucli as we had observed among the people of the eider -nations of Western Europe . To express our impressions in . a few words , it mast suffice to say , that : w «> both quittedBuaria Proper with high opinions of two out of four classes of thepeopfe with irbwa we had come the most frequently in contact , or with whom we had had the beat oppoctanit ^ « f associating , and wiUithe « BTcrae impression of the retnaitung classes . The £ usabua . educated gentlesuui , and the mujik at peaaaat , had \> j their suavity ^ and politeness , howeTer ^ iifiweatly these were displayed , wherever we met them , and in all transactions we liad had wi& them , equally gained our regard and esteem . But of the inferior classes of the commercial part of the population , and the under classes « f the cMnotmiip pr officials Itenerally , we unwillingl / entertained the most unfavourable iokpressions . Never ^ eless , the tootl elements are so precttnainant in tixe proper Bossian character , aa it most be perceived wuuubivi iunuixva tav

      uvwvw me ypqimma . nuwo xuvwfcJcuHayimtuua ^ t piecj , i- « yaicy , naeiitjr , hospitafitr , quickness , aod everlasting ^ oofl imnaour , and are so deeply seated , that ' we may hope , as an accomplished education naa finished- the gentleman , some improvement in the adaptation of i&e ^ education of the other classes , may effect great and early change * in their mannsrs abo , and in their moral character . It is , lowever , at present said , ^ andV 1 am pertfuadad , with good raaeoo , ihat anch knowladge iua these classes have been Able ti > acquire , ha « hJtWta tended rath ^ to c ^ n ^ tifaan impt ^ both their mannerB and aaoral conduct , and JwccnLe a positive evil instead of Waaeing 'to themselves and ail their fellow subjects . " This ^ estimoxiy is worth attending to , for it comes from a sensible anan . Th ^ whale book proves Mr . Hill to be a sensible man ; but let us add , it aleo proves him to be somewhat ^ ull , not merely in tbe literary seoset bat also an tHie want of that quick sagacity irt observation , and vivid p ^ wer of Miterpreting social aspects , waieh make the lively and trustworthy-traveller .

      Stal , we repeat , the testimony of a man so sensible and so hoae 3 t is worth y of attention . If Bussia can ^ o impress him , it will so impress 6 iher $ - and if atrangfirs can be thus impressed , we maj learn how Kussiacs ^ themselves , l > orn aad seared amid the system * may without any hypocrisy uphypld it . . To thi ^ e who read tne lively , searching , and prolbundly discouraging work of the Marquis de Cuatine on Jn ^ issiay ^ oBcee aucn ^ aunterpoise may be jieees « arjl * Alwoogjk we thmfcthe Marquis nearer the truth than Jfix . Hill , and althovgh we rate Uii sagacity far higher , it is yet dear to tis that he kas viewed Russia withi& Freshman ' s eyes , and exaggerated the « vil , because < be « vil would . itoa ^ rench ^ Ddan , lje so s ^ -

      To reiurn to Mr . Wfflb- EEa course lay through KnEan , the Uotl Mountains , Neviauslt , Ikaterinbur ^ , and Tomsk , to { fiei borateif towns of Siberia and Ghinri cw * to Kazntschatka . A hQifex &ja . woiuiT n ^ ve observed things of lasting interest on tbis route . It must be confeaseaibat he has not made tae most of his oppgrtuaitiea , audirlvat witk the absaace of picturesque ppwer , and deficiency jn flie graces of styl « , has &ar * ative is somewhat j »? gai ^ None of the scenes stand out before the eye . ISm ^ of tha cbarac ^ ers leftve # viv * dlr * ce on the ooeoiory . It is only theaovelty of the ground whJQk induces u » to travel over it with him . That , however , does suffice to Juren * on . W& bad marked aeveral passages for extract , but can only- iftud room for these :- — . ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ . - ' •

      " OOODTBAWStNTHBRUaSIAWIlEIilCHOJT . « flfne of the first thiaga , that Btrikes a' Prote 3 tant atrariger after bis arrival in Eussia , is the great lolerance , ml only of the « tate , bnt even of tits clergy and people , wbitiwrrtowards ioreiguers , ox towards time differeat sectswithin the conntrj . In ^ si ngle street in ^ htniodwi metropolia , and that too io which he | jn 4 athe ^ mu . « h-frequ ? a *« l <)» thjjdcfll « f Kaswni h » n ^ y enter a Lutheran church , a Konjish charch , one . lxelpngiog 4 o the . Sunnifces , aaotber to the Schfttei , an Armenian « harch aa ^ aA lea st , twoouareoTtheTerjjaames ^ f wfticb faeperhkps never heard before . But , besides these , he may find many other churohps of other sects , in the different parts of the town , inpliaaiqg , of coarse , » a English cjiurch . "The next advautngd of t ) he Russian CJrbroh over the Italian , is the performance of the divine offices in a known tongue , tho Sclavonic , which , ttiough it mr tti this day be

      cousiaerea by many as at Jeast a half-d « ad language , is nevertlieless better than the Latin , on account « f its being still intelligible to the classes that most ; need instruction , " The reading of the Scriptures , fcoth in private and in publui , tile farmer pf whi ? h the clergy rather recommend than dJUcoarage , may eUo b « conaid ^ red A niQDg thp sdyantoges of the Russian Church . ! " Certain restrictions , however , are conjoined with this privilege , tluMigh not every one even among ourselves , perhaps , will differ from the Russian clergr concerning the value of these . Sky the Busaiavs , it is deetned improper that girls at too tender an age shoule be acquainted with the history of vices aad crime ? found in the Old Testament more especially , but also in the New . All of the delicate sex , therefore , are restricted , until they attain the age of thirty , from acquiring any other knowledge of the ea « red writings , than such «• they may obtain from passages that are read in the churches , and from the portions that appear in cttrtuin . authorised pablicatione , "

      Tbi ^ latter trait seems us worthy of universal imitation . What will the Calvinlsts say to tie views of

      u A RUSSIAN I'HILOSOPKEB . " The opinions that our alternately gay and grave philosopher expressed , wbicl ) most attracted my attention by their seeming originality , were concerning tho improvement of U > o social stato generally among mankind , and concerning that groat stumbling block to inond philosopliere , tho existence of evil , and , upon [ h « relation of what passed in this Ufa to that which we trust we shall enjoy lioreafter . " Upon the first mentioned of these subjects , that oF our social condition , he was of opinion that the imperfections in our institutions were in a great measure owing to the imago which oven good men , as a munns of restraining vice , continually seelc to impress , tipou tho minds of tho multitude , concerning the Creator , upon whom , whether taught or

      untaught , all feel they depend and alone worship . Ho thought that by bo frequently showing the belly in liis anger , and which was always in a picture ho much clearer and more definite in ( illusion to the next stato , than thai in which liis beneiicence was jnade to appear , the spirits of men were depressed , Lbeir hearts hardoned , and their dirtpoaition subjected to ill-temper and morosemess , from which proceodod half those vices and errors among us , which no regulation of our social institutions could cure . Whereas ho thought , that if tlio instructors of the multitude in all landa , under every Hystem , would snow that thotruo motives to a good life should be gratitude mid not error , and if" they would dwell more upon the rewards of viijtuv , aud upon the delight , attending si good conscience , that all men in every condition of society would nut onl y bo better , but ulao more easily governed , and that ill their institutions would proportionally improve . "

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      riticsftre not t&e legislators , Trat ttee judges ana police of literature . They do ais ^ t jil fSSce'tawa —sbliey interpret and try to enforcei ; b . em .. —Jl&inburtfh Review .

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      Q tepKBi&ilHUKAsrcied fha ^ sp le&dtd privJhage < & £ exciting a < lMti * t * g And ttni ' rcrsal inter « efc mi what he AtTitea . It was saad , aad scarcely ^ in € hoiat exag-^ rlip ^^^ a ^ ibe death of Paul Dombey was mourned T ) j a natlom ; and wthito a matfflf has nuttle hh ereaiu > ns " Household wortis" and r ^ alituae to m « h exteat « s that , it will be i < wig before the public hears -with indifference u Pi ^ KJEKR-Jbiaii coniinenced a new . story . ' * We « re telltng « o feader a Mt of | UEp ^^ a , iteuQ | gr Jum tikxt & »< we&k * ho . Household Words , a new story ealled Bmidir : & $ m 49-i b « 0 tn . menced , vhicln is > to coatioae week by week , fat fire mdtrffcfij ; - *** ¦ ¦ # «^ - ' wo ^ tf ^ wlii ^ er'to l > ic « c « wa the desiraVility of somewhat i 3 ^ erga » pg ^ flie lasirfilinfuflia ifiie vastotis % 0 s stcsty to produce adequate effect .

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      m * THE LEADER [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 1, 1854, page 306, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2032/page/18/