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      alete csaroristan of'tha-tawms'of ISJuraes , Uata , &UJs , Walfousxe- 'iTliflj principal persons of : Nisi&e ^ b& < wroip ; toAhe » iius ^ of > Yta . rl , ' ajQada . theirabjgH- « tion iatke chnpch the day after , nay arrival . There , waa afterwards some CQolae ^ s , * but things resumdri' their good eonrse in sonae ^ neaee-oT a * few bfHets I gave ~ itp 0 n the iiooBes of the most obstinate . ' Me ~ ad&ed , eon-: fidenttalli / , that two of these billets were of a hundred men . each , tin * < econfl . ide ^ patch , he informed Louvois that he was prepajiag for an excursion , through the Cevennes , and tbat he hjaped ^ that , before the end of the ^ nonth , nob a Huguenot would remain there . . Finally , ia a thvifS'deapatch , he wrote : 'The nuitfber df'Protestants in thdsvprovhroe is -about

      sof anarchy , and have formed with them an invincible rampart against the passions of a mob ? misled by hatred , blinded by ignorance ^ greedy of & chimerical equality , in love with a liberty tso soon sacrificed to a transitory glory ? "Perhaps ; thanks to their assistance , Prance would Sthen have found the definitive form of her jjoveniment ami political institutions , distant salike from an exaggerated democracy and an unbridled despotism . "

      249 ; W » , 'an 3 w-hen'i-a&kwi « i 3 iH * e ** 256 h- <» f next mopfch fw-their ^ fttaw <» onv « r 8 ioa , M % xed too distant a date—for TbdievoMulli&ikitfrivfiJkisTmMMkitilLtwill 6 ea&MW . " Tfee departure dp the ^ rofc ^ atants , the « ost ^ aluabbeindustrial eleaa « nt of the nation , drained away the life-blood of Fretteh"eonHn » r 3 ce . 3 f « t An the face of theseT » inptt 3 results Louis imagined that his measures were those of a great poHti&an as well as saint . 'Colbert , Almost alone among his courtiers and $ p £ iusters , looked at the peEaecju . tionj . of ite Tr . otestaats with the eyes , of reason . and humanity , and did has utmost-to protect them . After his death iLouis heard little but the echo of ^ hisiselfi-flattery : —

      " It were erroneous to suppose that Louis XIV . did-nol ^ foresee : these'fatftl consequences ; but , doubtless , he ^ ues 3 ed not their extent , and * thought to ' jgwe-to 'france darable repose and prosperity at ^ the cost of a fleeting evil . A consfflemfile -part 6 F-the-nation partook of thfrdalaarafiariaata ^ V » nhao , Std 5 imon , i « nd suBinall number of superior minds ( amongst whom must be reeb » n 4 d Q bns&ta < of Jta ^ en ^ tbe / nation , was the accomplice , either Ijr its acts or by its silence , of the great king ' s faalt . Some days after the publicationofthe eitict , Madams de Se ' vigne' wrote to her daughter : 'You have donbtlert « owyt ; he ^ ei&fet by' ^ hibhjth » ilMg r « w » k «^ th « t oMSant « . TEhere is nothing * o fine aa all tbat it contains , and ^ jww ^ Thw * ny xking : done , nor will ever do , aught as tatol

      memorajste . ' Jl ^ ceUor ^ e ; l « iu ^^ me act , declared < 3 | j ^^ l ^ a ^ j ^^ c 4 » iliw ^ hgy I * na ptonau ^ Kse 'd taqae : w . or 2 s V 6 f , tbe caniicle oESimeon , < ig } i ! ji ^ i % ^ ! ° the coming of the Xdrd . The clergy celei ^ feil fbe 3 ay df revocation bj public thanisgivnjga , jin whiqli the ^ people of Paris eager ]!/ , *** ' # * »* ' *®^ h ^^ ' 8 o ^ i ^ 9 nm ? v ^* ' « e 3 ^ iiHett ^ tattutt , ^ # fc'ns 4 zp « raft oar ^ aris in ^ praises of the piety of Louis . Let our acclamations ascend to the sides , And let asaayito tilfcae ^ QwcHj ^ ine , thifcnftvr liwoAosiuf rMaa TaewaiaK ^ OjvJa ^ m ^^^ itriBrtifgen ^/ ftaiat thethji ^ ai ^ firttowrapnarj ^^ fiuth , y « a haTOjextetnahiate ^ heretics ; -it Is a Trork worthy oryonr reign , whose proper chaw&tiqijffl ^! -- *®^ God altjoe « an' % aTO * woTkett ; tlais marvel . |^^^ faei »^^ naeahra ^ e Mng-dfcearih : ^ t -is jthe-pr * psr oT ^ hft ^ uTch / it ^^ e-pRtyer Iffi ^ j ^

      tneir ««« ptedteonstoeB > oas > t > 0 « n airaestt eneryimiem ( Coaoptete , er « n ^ to -ishe tcatjMaiadn ^ ol'ih ^ names . ^ i ^ r ^ , ^ crr « jcamp le :-- " < . ^^ & | E *<» 6 i ** i ^^ Ste ; iSmv ^ $ ^ fcMvptrtJ . he names of Kreatz , Schs ? u }| , ^ HSe « e , JHeEWg ^ Wild . . ^^ Mti ^ ^ lw « d tieirB ^ o . h ^ altered tw # ^ ietts *^ i « wU h » d i ^ ejqB | iniflpd theio . JEttna flr « s ; 4 tt that the family of &onim % ^^ mt $ * mi& ; &v * &m ^ vm > xyi G « nwngr i&mi § lfceamosfe , « 8 nowned ofVate BeJiso ^ -jMwJteja » ina , t « iwfar [^ In ^ he- 'midst'fifrJhe patriotic fwrv ^ rdWatetf ^ the tkneiA « t , Fichte a u jt , ted ; 'his philo ^ Qphiwl leefcucw ^ toka * nn » im the >» ak ^ to ^^ HBWfe ^ biauaaiajf the hero of tij » Se ^ ea ^ nrs' Wjw ^ with 4 ; he spi * h « fc » f dasertor , « id <^ paredih | &writiMSt *> it 6 e > efie 3 Si that one skaker > io ^ mv toiibviU taxthimder a vthiteiakiSBt r ^ tb ^^ ugseseiestafeluhedia Berlin &eld solemn de ^«^ Qn ^^) niibwi £ b 3 y ^ shoaIdtiEor'BV ( g ^ Mio c ^ iFeii ^ iumifts ^ lu ^ cotnpietely-with . - ^ keain : — in / jGennany

      ' ^ ^^ ' ^^ EKp s ^^ 4 » a Engla ^ , a gteat jjtwnber of jefijge 8 s , ^ h « Uy . « biuring their nationality , changed their French nanies 5 nto Dutch - < Mie 8 ,. the . tr * nslatia ! Q of those their ^ t ^ tdiauh ^ twnanjjtted ^ to ^ thean . TheJjebtmcacaUed-tljemselvBa De Witt ; tUeiDqiardias , Bro ^^ S ^^^ IWg ^ r ^ -- ^* ^ a « ' « rtf «»* taWib rV * n ^ en . Bosch : TOfl ^ Mir ^ , ^ itt *^^ DMM .. < Qr >^^ ns , j .. t » ja , X ! Jiev ! alieB 8 , fioijter ; Ahe , Diupr ^ , ¥ an dsx ^^ t ^^^^ P ^^ i& ^^^ P ^ 'f tt ^^ wiauQr , l > eliGQ » ra , F ¥ aa < J « nJE [ ove , ; 4 ihe Corneilles , ^^; ; the 4 > orfiat ^ ,, ya ^ eK 3 Ca » t ^ derjftttpg ^; the . LeaagQS , Wua ; f * h « Xegrand ^ Ite | Gr ^ t ; 4 h £ > Doma ^ i ] e . T ^ w . der . M or ^^ mex 4 en ; , ttb * . ittajno » t §} , V « a . den Berg : t ^ eD / a ^ mt ^ yjubeagssy ''BtemxauientGua . dKecta « f itaisi ^ eacpatriatian ^ tre jfar 4 Vom , being-exhaxisfaed To the excitement dfvbod yfwions , ^ Bd ^ he impoveriahment of the moral « treiigth of the nsttion , -w ? hi < ih .-were its direct consequences , , M- Weiss * cr- ^ ^ probably . with jusijee , ihe co-mparati ^ fily j : eceut ^ political calamities oiMctaiCQ , : —

      ^• aftne « f the nwst deploraMe xesnltB Of Lottis XEVi ' s - « rror , was the ( . awakening of nnatloum in * th 0 * sooth . SelipHme "passions , whidh , ainee the ^ pacification « f Alais had almost completely slumbered , revived in all France , and especially hi Langaedoc Tire faggots ware ^ fired fer . therXJwWsardd ; « uxd , < f » llowi » jg ; JnnoeentillL ' s example , Pope Clement iX ado ^ d , ^ ejr ^ lajDawujft ; Jie ^ in ^ acheda . cm ^ ewgainst , the , lierettcs . of the Cevennes , wionihe'des ^ uatQa / in liis . Kinl tfgnorance atfa passionate faith , as idsue of the execrable race ^ the Albicense ? . Jn altWIl * promnlgated at Rotne the 1 st May , 1703 , and which was « enbto ! aUrth 8 ibiShop »< in r Langaedoc , who published it with a charge addressed to ' the clergy « fthWtdio «» a «* , i »^ romU ^ A >^ nei ! alandi 5 » mpletearw » to all who should ariiiat under the holy banner of the church , and contribute to the extirpation of Ihe-rebel * . Theseincitement ^ ywJuch ^ minded men of a terrible epoch s in ^ the annals of thaBouth , proaucerl no immedi ^ ie ofTect . . Alnaost the entire effective . population , of . the . province was enrolled in ttroagyal itrniics , or in the insurgent bands . The measure of oalamity was ahroady fall , and none , coiild add to U ; Uut Ibng « fter the termination of this fratricide : 8 truse £ e ,

      relrgious hatreds were hereditaiily transmitted in families ; and the massacres of . which , an the cotemporury , pefrio 4 » "Nism «» naajseveraL times been the theat » e , sufficiojatly t > covo that ^ en ^ t ^ nekwifl n < it , c 3 : tinguial » ed . ' Mt'is ; a ^ eH ^ knovynJbjstOiicat law that every excess , 'in one sense ,. provokes sooner or later a reaction in - * ] d opposite diroctian . The ultra-Catholic parly had had recourse to tlie terappriil armto vahqaialj iheir enemies . TEiey bad anaitten ^ in tho ^ peraons of tiio Oalvinbts , the rfght of free examination . They had exalted over tbe apparent return to Home of thousands of men wlioin they called new converts . Pursuing thuir fatal caroer , they had d . oetroyed Port-Royal , and condeianed to silence perhaps the onl y men whose elevated prin--ciplea , jn , ight one day have recojiciled the two creeds , aad re-established religious unity . It was irifidelity , and cot the Clmrch of Rome , that profited by this double victory . As Baylo had predicted ,, 8 oej ) tics and ficoffcrs gathered all its fruits . Tlie oighteenth cejutury beheld the growth of a generation which rejected Christianity- because it hated intolomncR . and

      recognised no . authority but that of reason . Protcatanta whom dragoons had drugged to Uio altar revenged ( heitiaolves thaa , perhaps , fur their compelled submission . Strange to say , the two brothers Condillac and Mably , who so powecfuHy contributed to almke . a despotic ¦ c hurch and monarchy , were grandsons of a gentleman of DauphinG , converted by the soldiers of St . Ruth . " Reviving philosojlucal and social theories , whicli tlie seventeentb . century had left in thoshndo , and pluciog , tJhe first , intelligence jn matter , tho second , all sovereignty in tlie people , they sapped the bases of religion and royalty . Those principles , populariaol by Diderot and Rousseau triumphed upon tho day appointed b y Divine wrath . Tlio throne was ^ . vertu ru « d » the altar broken , aod society disappeared ia a frightful tempest . Who shall say xnat the Revolution of 1789 might not have taken another course , and have remained pure or ino greater part of tho crimoa and excises that sullied it , had France possessed tho numerous deaoundants of that uice—somewhat rigid , bat religious , moral , intelligent , full of « nergy ana lova ty—which ono of her kings had « o iai prudently ejcpollod from her bosom ? is it not lnankoly proUble that thoso men , devoted to social law , as they ware devoted to xaao or tno gospe ; , would resolutely have supported the middle classed agaiust the uboLtora

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      DAYS AST © HOUES . DaysondBEowrs . By . Frederick . Tennyaoo . J . W . Packer , and Son . ' WB'open ^ thifcope jaa £ hwith > a certMn reverence a ^ book which Jbears on its ( title-page ( the jiame of ^ Eennyson . It will be reotenxbered tlat the first tap ^ peacaace of Alfred Tennjson as a met ; was tfoznoinify with another brjother ; , Charle ^ , / in a volume entitled " Poems hy Two Brothers . " The isecond vojee has long been silent . A younger brother now appears , and claims a part in-iibe precious heritage oF ^ aia ' raniily . We believe that only a ifew verses J > y the author of tbis volume have hitherto been given to the rptibLic . ilBe . TttUeipoejaa of " Jiarvest ELame , " quoted reeentl y in the Xearfer , textracted&om-ane . of ^ e . maga ^ ines , was in itself enough to justify glad expectations of a voliuae by the samej > en . It is , to oar thinkin _ gv * Qne of the Ibest in tlwe collec £ ion , « . aria enitiienily characteristic of fhe .. authjor * s qualities . lUe'liasVit "vrili be seen , many points df Tesemblance -with his elder brother , riJre ^ ame ^ ieVing- and observant attention -to ?*) N « ture £ a voices , Jood and low ; ! the -warae atcttte peccBpt ion of the'pictttr 3 esque and , to a great de ^ rse , the iSKtne felici ^ r of description ^ hut the d&pth , the height ; , the passion , the . QEJiginalitjv . and " infinite yarieiy" of Alfred Tennjson , . are , jaot here . It lmight seem unnecessary and invidious to compare the brothers . ; but they wilpje compared . * 55 lr . Frederick ; Tennyson cannot a . vdld the great responi sUjility of ^ a " ^ reit name- ; an 9 ,-witnaut m « ny degree accusing % im cC'intentionalim ^ Ktion , the * eisundowbtedlyja sorinjf intellectualiamiiy * resemblance between ^ bbem . "Tiie present writer . is ; of , the school of ipoete founded hy Alfr ^ X onnyscm , iEui > ued with , his tiara of thought ^ and ¦ . expression , offwiiqn the inferior claas jxeaembie hiui from inaitating those mere jaannerisms and peculiarities oflangtiaga and construction , which are j > atent and superficial ;—! tl » e H ^ i er anfl more TnteUefCtaar from ^ eing ^ formed vrith'lirgr spirft , irom lra ^ glearnt to-secwith ^ s « yes , and feom ^ aving « lrank at ^ he ^^ aBae ^ ouuts of inspiration . The former * arse imere / iaervile copyiats ^ - ^ theJatter- dscipks ; biit'botUorecreateAiby him : -theilevelApment , *?^ direction ^ tf ^ poetic « xpisiunon 'in both Jkavre been ^ determined by his jpresions existence . , It isdn tne h ) gh «« t and worthiest sense that-we teem this author a disciple of Alfred Tennyson ; but we must record our belief that had there been no Alfred , there % x& % een no CFredeTM ^ ,-r ^ at least v ao 1 rthe ^ Frederick fcere before us . f p ^ ems in ihis ~ vdlume >» eiTOry mugfewhat its'title indicattea , Tecordsof days : snii ihouTS ;; vwrid tranflerlpts of the present ^ scene or . OBoment , or not lessi graphic recalluags of a dear and lamented . past . We will ^ proce to give our readers rsoxne specimens of the charming word-pictures which abound'in the poems . The principal , difficulty . lies m selection , and inlhe wrong sometimes done to a ^ ptcture I 3 fy taking 'it out ^ rf its frame . wrong sometimes done to a ^ ptcture 1 jy tkkihg it out ^ rf its frame , ifti

      ' -fisre ^ is ' a verse wrKidh earries you "deep intothe forest of 'Aarden : " — " Far M bWnbcugus shall dapplerthetlecp . award WitK ^ gloomg , * nd thro ' itaeJeajresj gold , shafts shall Jeaa OfT > eremptory light ,, and on the green ' Toncti ' -the dimflowwra ^ with blandest 1 Summeri « tirT d , Or fch * awi £ t glitter « f > arpa » 8 Ujg ^ bird ; J \ . n « i , ere . the shadows swallow- up the light , 'Thine eye shall seize < the momentary flight < Of eager himterssstreaming by unheard . " Andheiea / noon ^ tide Claude : — " At , Nopii beneath , itsfbldeiwinjts The wild Breeze slept—upon all things Xay dreamy stillness without 8 th * , AU buttthe chirking CS-rasshpnper , ; : Xhe clouds hung m tue purple skies At anchor , like great argosies ; The poplar 8 ^ flitter'd Eot—the streams Were bridged by long , calm golden . gleams , The Sum athirst drautc the last dro-ps 'Of dew , and drew froni flowery slopes Rich breaths , that wafted tiotaway ; We si ^ h'd . amid the fervent day , But in the hush she looked on me ; We ; heard the'roaring of the Sea !" 38-owfor a change of scene ..: •» - »• - " . !» I « ST ttir * IAKOH . " Thro' the gaunt woods the winds are shrilling cold , Down from tko rifted ruc-k-the sunbeam pours Over the cold grey slopes , and stony moors ; Tho glimmering' / wateroQucafl . the eastern wold , And over it the whirling 8 ail 0 ' the mill , The lonely hamlet with its mossy spire , 'Tlie piled city smoking Klce a pyre , iFebchAd out . of shadow gleam with light as chill . " " The tiald ^ tires 8 mr > ke along'the campaign drear , And drive before the north wind streaming down 'Bleak hill , and furrow dark , and fallow brown ; F « w living things along the land appear ; Tlie weary horse looks out , his mane ast w , y , With anxious fetlock , unl uneasy eye , And sees tho markot-carts go mudly by With sidelong drivers reddoas of the waj . " Here ia a frosh aiul graceful little sketch : — " The open casement quivers in the hreezo , And one largo muskrosc leans its dewy graco Into the chamber , like a happy f ' aco , And round it » wiui tho bees . " We wish we hud spaae for tlie whole of " The Blackbird : "" THIS UIACKBI 1 U ) . " How sweet th « harmonics of Afternoon 1 Tho lllackbird aings along the sunny breezo ¦ Llis ancient t > un < r of loave » , and Summer boon ; Rich breath of hayjields streams Lhro' whispering troes ; And birda of morning trim the . ir bustling wings , And liaten foudly—wliilo tho Blackbird ainira .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 22, 1854, page 378, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2035/page/18/