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    transformations than any in the Metamorphoses . How miserably Horace's unde et quo Catiw will be hacked about in clumsy quotations ! The Walpole records abound in anecdotes of tlrischaracter : — The two Miss Gunnings , and a late extravagant dinner at White ' s , are twenty tim ^ raoie the subjeot of conversation than the two brothers [ Newcastle and Pelham ] and Lord Granville . These are two Irish Girls , of no fortune , who are declared the handsomest women alive . I think their being two so handsome and "both such perfect figures-is their chief excellence , for singly I have seen much handsomer women than either- ; however , they , can ' t walk in the park or go tq ' Vaiixhall , but such mobs

    folkrw them that they axe generally driven away . The dinner was a folly of seven young men , whobespofee it to the utmost extent of expense : one article -was a tart made of duke cherries from a liot-house ; and another , that they tasted hut one glass out of each bottle of champagne . The bill of fare is got into print , and with good people has produced tho apprehension of anotheT earthquake . Your friend St . Leger was at the head of these luxurious heroes—he is the hero of all fashion . I never saw more dashing vivacity ani absurdity , with some flashes of parts . He had a cauae the other day for ducking a sharper , and was going to sTvear : the judge said to him , "I see > sir , you are very ready to take an oath . " " Yes , my lord , " replied St . Leger , " my father was a judge . "

    Anecdotes of another character also , but not so quotable , although quite permissible in a library edition . This is an example of his occasional sty le : — - ' . ' ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦ - ¦¦ . ' ... ¦ : ¦ . - . . ¦ ' ¦ Qa . Tuesday the . operation of shaving wag happily performed on the upper lip of her grace the . Duchess of Newcastle , by a celebrated artist from Paris , sent over on purpose by the Earl of Albeioarle . The performance lasted but one minute and three secoBds , to the great joy of that noble family ; and in consideration of his great care and expedition , his grace has settled four hundred pounds a year upon him for life . We hear that he ia to have the honour of shaving the heads of the Xady Caroline Petersham , the Duchess of Queensberry , and several other persona of quality . And this of his views as to the treatment of a ¦ wife : — -

    If , like other Norfolk husbands , I must entertrain the town -with a formal parting , at least it shall be in my own way : my wife shall neither run to Italy after lovers and books , nor keep a dormitory in her dressing-room at Whitehall for Westminster schoolboys , your Frederick Campbells , and sucn like ; nor yet shall she reside at ' . hex mother ' s house , but shall absolutely set out for Strawberry Hill in two or three days , as soon as her room can be well aired ; for , to give her her due , I don't think her to blame , but flatter myself she is quite contented -with the easy footing we live upon ; separate beds , dining in her dressing-room when she as out of humour , and a little toad-eater that I had got for her , and whose pockets and bosom I have never examined , to see if she brought any billets dome from Tommy Lyttelton or any of hei fellows . I shall follow her myself in less than a fortnight .

    Keith \ ras the inarriage-broker , at Majfiiir Chapel : — - I shall only tell , you a hon mot of Keith ' s , the -marriage-broker , and conclude " 01— -d d—n . the bishops ! " aaid he ( I beg Miss Montagu ' s pardon ) , " so they will hinder my marrying . Well , let ' em ; bat I'll be revenged ! I'll bay two or three acres of ground , and , by G—d I'll underbury them all ! " Adieu ! jAut Erasmus ^ out Diubolus : — - . Beckford and Delaval , two celebrated partisans ; met lately at Shaftesbury , where they oppose one another :: th « latter said ^ "Art thou the man whom men famed IB eckford call ?" T ' other replied , ' ¦ ¦ : ' "Avt thou the much more famous Delaval ?" The following is in his most graceful vein :-

    —rwas prevented frona finishing my letter yesterday ; by what do you think ? By no less magnificent a circumstance than a deluge . "We have had an extraordinary drought , no grass ,- no leaves , no flowers ; not a white rose for the festival of yesterday ! About four arrived such a . flood , that we could not see out of the windows : the whole lawn was a lake , though situated on so high an Ararat : presently it broke through the leads ^ drowned the pretty Hue bedchamber , passed through ceilings and floors into the little parlour , terrified Harry , and opened all Catherine's water-gates and speech-gates . I had hot just time to collect two dogs , a couple of sheep , a pair of bantams , and a brace of gold fish ; for , in the haste of mv zeal to imitate my ancestor Noah , I forgot that fish would noteasily be drowned . " In short , if you chance to spy a little ark with pinnacles sailing towards Jersey , open the skylight , and you will find some of your acquaintance . Most lords of libraries will be impatient to have the ei ^ ht volumes complete .

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    mer . In vocalizing the breath some voluntary effort is required in additioa to the ordinary involuntary process of expiration , and part of the difficulty lies in regulating the time and amount of this effort . Stammerers should ,, therefore , observes Mr . TJrling , be taught to make a sound ,, and not to stand gaping or making fruitless attempts to ¦ articulate silent breath . In the third place , as the articulation is at fault , it is necessary to teach the stammerer how to form his letters . Mr . Urling ' s process seems feasible , and only to require care and perseverance on the part of the patient . Canada , tlu Land of Hope for the Settler mid Artisan , the Small Capitalist , the Honest , and the Persevering . With a Descriptioii of the Climate , Free

    Grants of Land , Wages , and the General Advantages as a Field for Emigration * By the JUditor of the Ca ? iadian News . ( London : Algar and Street . 1857 . ) There are fields more attractive to the emigrant than Canada , and yet we are told by the Editor of the Canadian Neies that every inducement which should weigh with the English emigrant is afforded by Canada . Thqse who are anxious to obtain information about the " openings for capital and industry" it affords , the " purchase of land , free grants , " &c ., its agricultural operations , " and the facilities of transit to this one of our nearest colonies , will do well to purchase this pamphlet . It contains interesting information on these points , and the material progress of Canada , and will serve them better than many a larger work .

    A BATCH OF BOOKS . Three Eras of New England , and other Addresses , toith Papers Critical and Biographical . By George JLunt . ( Trlibner and Co . )— We are not aware that it is imperative on those who lecture for the entertainment of a " few select friends' to publish for the world at large . Mr . Lunt evidently thinks otherwise . Being requested by the members of the New England Society of New X ork to pronounce an oration , ho resolved to enlighten them on the past , the present , and tho future of their native district . He enlightens them accordingly on . a few points for which they were not probably prepared . It is upon tho past , he informs his readers , that America "bases hev reputation , which than tho

    , more upon present intelligence , enterprise , prosperity , or power rests upon the character of the ancestors of her people , resulting from their solid -virtues and substantial wisdom ; but a reputation which TZ \ „ "T f ???* ^ feifced « 3 thes « ennobling elements decline . " Mr . d £ ?« W %£ ° ^ ° Attorne y *» e States for tlie Massachusetts ?« vvl i , u-T V emivrk ! followed by an " Address on the Daily Tress , " £ ! i rt » B lwjenco ' . ** ^ competency , its shallowness , its impertinence , « MacauSC arG lnvC 1 ^ ° e « in r at . ™* fc ^ le violence . An attack on m ™ U V essa > ron . WarrCU Hilstl « Sa" and a critical inquiry into tho meaning of a passngo in llomco ami Juliet , close a work of moderate merit . focal Gymnastics ; or , a Guide for Stammerers and for P-uhlin . «?„*«/* ,., „„ , ! oincrs

    wuo suffer from certain Mmor Peetdiarilies ' of Utterance . ' By G F boot * ' Jk i f J ? Ch ««» W 11 - 185 70 This is an admirable little Doofc , and deals with the subject on which it treats in a practical way . atamtnering is regarded more as a bud habit than the result of any physical So , f eT , P 7 ic ' ° tjo surgeon can remove . In fact , it generally wJl- ¦ noglec 1 t . chlIdhood ° r infancy , and is caused by some error in laX S- ' u ! ! ? ' or in articulating . U ? hc breath is not drawn regu , * any and fully as it is when drawn instinctively by a person who does not

    stain-The Neio Zealand Settler s Guide ; a Sketch of the Present State of the Six Provinces , -with a Digest of the Constitution and Land llegiilatMts , and Two Maps . By J . Rhodes Cooper , Captain 58 th Regiment . ( London : Edward Stanford . 1857 . )—Those who arc about to settle in JSTcw Zealand need not complain that they have not had books of reference enough to let them into the secrets of emigration in that country . They would , we should think , be rather puzzled b y the multiplicity of information jDrovided for them . Captain Cooper ' s book comes , one among the many that we have had to notice , to add its mite of experience to the general treasure-house of facts . He tells us that , as he firml y believes New Zealand to be more calculated to make a happy home for Englishmen than any other colony , he shall be more than repaid for the trouble this pamphlet ; has given him , if , by its perusal , a portion of tliose who are undecided as to what colony they shall emigrate to , are persuaded that the " star of empire" does not merely " -glitter in the West , ' but that another " sea-girt isle" is ready to receive them , which promises some day to become a second England— " a British Empire of the southern , seas . "

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    April 25 , 1857 . ] * T HjS _ I ^ g _ AJLy B ' 403 _

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    THE OPERAS . HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . Fkom the moment when the bright young Star of Sienna , Whose advent we announced last week , appears above the London horizon , the glorious summer of the Opera season may be said to begin . This has been a FiccoIomini week , and we look with pleasurable anticipation to many more , from May to August . . . . ' . ' ; ... ¦ '¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦' . . .. ' ¦ ' " ¦ ¦ . ' : : . ; .. ¦ . . ' Never Was a favourite child welcomed back witli a more enthusiastic and prodigal affection than this young angel of song , the joy of Italy and the delight of England . Madlle . Piccolomini is the pet lamb of the English public . In the form and manner of , her welcome on Tuesday and Thursday there was something rnore than the reception always accorded by tho most facile and indulgent audience in the world to established celebrities or traditional

    reputations ; ther « was a certain fondling and caressing tone in the bravi , and a certain lingering tendency in the murmur that ran through the house as the Child of the Regiment came tripping down the mountain path , and as the Child of Passion came flitting-through the groups of revellers—which , betrayed an ^ undercurrent of personal sympathy in the audience . The simple truth is that Madlle . Piccolomini has taken our rough English hearts by storm . Foreigners have no idea how soft and susceptible a British audience , composed of so many cold and inexpressive exteriors , really is . Only a profound observer , like Emilb Montegut , is aware that 'the Englishman , outwardly so truculent and awkward , has all the tenderness of a woman , and all the shyness of a child ; and that the shyness is often mistaken for arrogance . The . besetting sin of the public at our theatres is excessive indulgence ; let an actor or a singer once obtain the favour of an audience , and he or she may

    go on singing or barking , as the case may be , until voice and beauty and genius have become a tradition of u few veterans in the stalls . It is this excessive indulgence that is also the besetting danger to young celebrities ; if they have not the line restlessness of the true artist , never content with promise or achieve- ment , ever conscious o f defect , ever pursuing something higher , th « y sink into a conceited indifference , and are lost to the life of art . Your cruel public of France or Italy is in this respect a better school for dramatic singers . On the other hand , the self-assumption , of the Parisian critics is ludicrous ; just as your French political journalist , insists on France being , the i £ ta da culonno de I'humanity ( just now-wo should sny a pillar of cloud ) , so your Eronch . musical critic will , liuvo it that an artist ' s famo receives its final and indispensable consecration iu Paris , And this in tlio face of the fact that in Paris Handhi , is almost a novelty , Mendelssohn very partially known , and Webisii a rocent discovery . There was a disposition to reseat the London laurols of . Madlle . Piccolomini , and to refuse the Parisian consecration to a success first ratified , by English honda . Madlle . Piccqi . ojiini might have said as JjiNNt Lind . 'did when she was

    reminded that the fiat of the Parisian public was necessary to complete her European f ame , " Eh bku , je m ' unpusserai ; " but with all the fearless enthusiasm ot youth slic wont , over and won the unwilling laurels ; aho sang tho Traviatu moro than . a dozen times , and , we bclievo , was asked to ronow her engagement . Since that-sho has taken a , brief holiday at home , in her suuny , Italian . air , and now comes back to her faithful and constant English worshippers ^ looking better acting better , singing better than ever . Nothing can resist the charm of thai fresh , happy girlish lace , with its gentle oval , and tender arch ; the dovelikc mouth and tho delicato car ^ nothing can resist that sweetly rounded and compact little figure , and that wilful littlo foot ; nothing can resist that binlliko voice gushing out with gladness or sorrow , like a fountain sparkling in the sunshine or playing with tho shadows of the clouds . Nothing—not ovon the jaded ole epicurean who has counted forty summers in the stalls , not evon the inagniliccnt lady on the grand tier who has como to offer herself an oblation to o Uiousund lorgnottes—nothing can resist tho infinite charm of youth , witli nil it £ freshness , its sincerity , its enthusiasm . In that pretty opera La Figlia do ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 25, 1857, page 403, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2190/page/19/