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      fchis point her position gradually improves . Sne becomes acquainted with the family of a . neighbouring nobleman but recently returned from Italy , and a better jadge ofoxen when framed than when fitted . This society is n great acquisition to * ; Daisy . ' Her taste rapidly develops , and her exec a - tion improves so far that all her friends agree , in the propriety of her returning with Ii . ord Nairne to Italy , when the countess ' s health " -renders- " this measure imperative . At this crisis in Margaret ' s career the story is concluded ^ This mode < rf finishing ; a story is , to say the least of it , very unusual , and ^ we think , in so young an authoress— -for -we understand it is a first appearance—indiscreet . We hope she will offer tlte only compensation in her po \^ errhygiyiagtis a continuation as soon as possible .

      We say this the more earnestly , inasmuch as the interest of the story is by no means confined to Margaret . Her three sisters and her brother ELeene are all so described as to elicit our sympathies with their fate ; The eldest girl , Alice , we may perhaps look upon as settled . But the pretty And sprightly Henrietta , the life and soul of the circley married to an old man , and * pining among herwalls and towers ; ' and the thoughtless , rakish little Dora , who reminds us a good deal of Lydia . 5 n 2 * ride and Prejudice , are two ; characters whom we part front with regret and with misgiving .

      In conclusion , we would add ia few words of caution both to the authoress herself and also to her readers . —^ - In terference between parents and children is a very delicate naatter , and to bring forward too prominently the want of appreciation occasionally displayed by theformerm&y produce mischievous effects . Many a lazy child would be glad enbagh of 1 his excuse . We freely admit , however , that the counterevilis one of so ^^ magnitude ; and if SummerleighManor hastanght but one of those lovers of system and rputihe who destroy so many children to distrust his or tear infallibility , it -vrill bareconferred a considerable benefit on society .

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      : y " . V / : " . ;^\ :: V J % ePoiticcd Worksof'Edgar Allan Foe ; With Original Memoir ^ Illustrated . ( Low and Cp . )— -Here is a book with coders of" purple flashino ; with gold , like the wings of some Oriental bird . The pages shine with the strange beauties of the American poet's verse s exquisitely printed on creamtinted paper . Seldom is a gift-book illustrated with so much real art , but then ifc is rarely that a publisher assenablessach a eoricourse to illuminate the fancies of a single vciiimie ' - -. as ' 'Vi ' i-- '; R .. Pickersgill , Il . A ,, John Tenniel , Birkefc Foster , Felix Darley , Jasper Crossley , IVDuggan , Fereival Sk < eltori ; itnd A . M . Mador---all menof ' talent and some of genius . The editidi is creditable to all concerned in its production . The Haven , and The JSelfe&re ^ actty the poems fo ^ shadows are ghostly . Among the decorated publications of the season none

      has appeared more graceful and appropriate than . this .. Tike Shipwreck i a Poem- By William Falconer . Illustrated by Biiket Foster . ( Adam and Charles : / B ;^ ck . p- ^ W ^; - ; ape---. glad ^ to ' - -haye '; a- new and brilliant edition of Falconer ' s characteristic , poem . The covers are of pale green , stamped with a delicate pattern ^ and enblazdned with dolphins , a topmast , a sail , a streamer , a chain cable * a seioll ; a border of shells , and a miniature portrait in ^ gbld , profusely but tastefully blended . The illustra ^ tions by Mr . Birket Foster are thirty in number , and have been adjniriibly engraved b y various hands . Mr . Noel Humphreys contributes the vignettes and initial letters . Critical and explanatory notes accompany the poem , which is . prefaced by a memoir of Falconer , somewhat trite in style but interesting . ¦ : ~' : -- ' . ' . i " ? ; :- \ - : : \ -O- ; :. ¦ : ^" . ¦ ; "¦ . " : '' ' ' " .. ¦¦• ¦' , ¦' '¦ : ¦ '¦ : "' - : A ¦ ¦;'¦ :. "¦ .

      Picture Fables . Drawn , by Otto Specker . Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel . With Rhymes , translated from the German of F . Hey . by Hi W . Dulcken . ( Routledge . )—rThese are charming pictures , and the companion are Trerses suited to the intelligence : and sympathies of children .

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      ¦ . ¦ ¦ ; '¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ' v ' ' ¦ ' TV . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ . ' " " .: From Joseph Andrews Wilson , Esq ., to G . Andrews Wilson * Esq . Woodsprin ^ Somersetshire . _ . _ . ' , _ . _ ¦ WeyraoutlMtoreei , December 3 , lflfiT . M * w ^ slGeoug ^—1 have encountered one of the strangest incidents I * ** y life . ITou wiU s ^ y that , a not much , for a fellow who has only made the •¦ grand tour , ' with a guide-book , but really it would be strangeTin ant mansbfe . It was . at a . party at Lawford ' s . You will fancy I spend my days m parties , Ixut I have not neglected business On the contrary , I have settled Aunt Eugenia ' s business nowltbinlc fiwUly ; and it was partly through _ tlm thai my , adventure happened . It isr abeurd to call it mv adventuare , as . L wan only a spectator ; bat I moot teU yoa how it cawie- about , or you . will . not ap . pjteoiaW my surprise . To teU yoa of a smvvimi befbwhand ia warj uwotistie , but I am only tcULng things as tbeyoccmr in real lift ) and

      not trying to _ astonish or to make up a story . And truth , y ou know {« often niore wild and wonderful than fiction . ' I settled my business through the kindness of Leicester , who is a Te-nibn . brick . I only wonder that he lias leisure , for I am sure heis a hardworkino . man . Among his extensive acquaintance is a French gentleman whosp position is rather curious . He is a man of very old litinily , and mupJi esteemed . The grandfather was a staunch Hoyalist in the days When there was no question of Legitiihism , the father was an Influential Orleanist and the son is an Imperialist ; but although ah old ftiniily , it has jiist for these three generations been connected with manufactures , and the first M de Coney ,- —I hope he will forgive me for calling him the firs t instead of " the fifty-third , — -but I mean the -first of these three , became a partner in the house of a man who had once been a serf on his own lands . The house . which " was and is at Lille , was then Meuriier , the old gentleman not choosing to lend his naaie . The xiext c raison' \ vas Coucy , Meunier , et Compagnle until De Coueypere kicked ^^ Meunier out , and it then became Gbucy , fils et Gompagnie , and continues so , although the ' terminator of delights ' tliP

      separator of companions , and the replenisher of the graves' has for some years kicked out ^ ^ De Cqucy pere . Jt is a e societe en commandite '— -that is , you kiiow , a trading firm with a sort of joint-stock sleeping partners ; whose liabUit y Is limited to the money they invest . M . de Coucy is extending r his capital in . consequence of the extraordinary development given to French commerce . I can understand your first alarm at the idea of goin <* into trade now , and of course I expressed my own doubts to Leicester , but he explained to me that it is just at this kind of j houses that can stand take the business of the little houses that fall . The same thing always goes on in this country . M . de Cpucy has issued a sorf ; of private circular explaining his objects , which I enclose . The house has an JBQuiense fortune , and is about jto extend it ; it has lasted eighty years , indeed longer , or Meunier ^ took ut > an old business . - 1

      But , * said Leicester , ' do not trust to my account of iriy friend . Let us ask some other nian of bTisiness , who only knows De Coucy through his trade . We could not think of any one whoni I-knew enough to value fcis opinion , although Leicester ran over half Ihe Directory , until wfell back xtppn Lawford , who is , as Leicester remarked , hot in the same basiness , and the more likely to be impartial . So we went to Lawford ' s offic e , —a perfect contrast with Leicester ' s quiet , almost dingy ^ offices iEtGld Broad-streefcy with only a few clerks and porters to be seen . : r , . We found Lawford engaged , and while we were in the waiting-room of * the Department of the Duchy of Somerset , ' as Leicester calls it , Baddeley came in , finding apparently some amusement in 'hunting np old Lawford , ^ and l ending another lordly name to the grand trader ' s card rack . But we did not have to stop Ipngv and Leicester most unceremoniously told the noble Member to wait till we had done our business . " I av ill call you wlien we have finished , " he said . v :

      'f Here Is Wilson wants to ask you a question , " he cried , as Le and Lawford exchanged ^ a ^^ touch of ^ tbe fingers , " Tell him all about it , '' he added , pushing me torwardi . : ¦¦ . '¦" : '¦• • . ; ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦/>• ''^ . ; ' ; y v " / ' . ¦ ¦ - / /^ -. .: - . \ y < : " '' - , / : ¦' ' ¦ ¦ . •" ' , ¦ ¦ ^ I did so ; and Lawford then looked with a blank expression that soinctrmes conies bver him at the sight of Leicester ; ' * Mr . Leicester said ^ ' I continued , " that you could tell all about M . de Cpucy , his business and position . " tl . Well , really , " said Lawford , "in the present state of French commerce , I do not know that I should be warranted——" f < W"ilson knows all about that , my dear fellow , " interrupted Leicester ; . '' lie , is no baby . The single point about which we came to trouble you was the position of Coucy , fils , et Compagnie . It has existed nearly eighty years , it is rich , in the present depressed state of French trade it is eating up smaller houses , it is extending its capital for that purpose , Colman has shares to sell privately;—did I tell him wrong in saying this ?' " Well , no—certainly not . "

      *' Speak up , man , tell him your mind . I think you have had some your Kadicaf set here , and you have gone wool-gathering after the Reform J 3 illofl 858 ! " ¦ ^ Curiously enough , that was just what had happened , and Lawford looked pale and worried with these little ' agitations . ' For you , down in the free repose of VVoodspring—far away from the ' weariness , the fever , and the fret ' of which my favourite poet sings—would hardly believe the wear and tear that men endure in working at these ' movements , ' which nobody knows anything about . However , on being thus aroused by Leicester , the statesman descended to business , and gave us a full account of Coucy , iils , et Compagnre , from which I could see that I could not do better than close . I had explained to Leicester our dear aunt ' s position , — henceforward dependent upon this little fortune , except so long as she chooses to have a home among her own family . And L aw ford's noble conduct in saving her from the London and Empire Bank proves how we can trust him , especially in speaking of a firm in which he can have no interest .

      As soon as that point was . settled , Leicester called in Baddeley , and left him with the statesman ; but not before he hud x'epeated his challenge to Leicester , reproiKihing him with having shown the best that he could at our visit . Leicester did not pay much , attention—he never does to Baddeley ; bnt Lawford had grown quite gay on the entrance of the venerable young lord , and he joined in the banter with more effect . He ended by challenging Leicester to exhibit beauty for beauty against him . —Baddeloy and I to be umpires . ¦ ¦ Kow , my clear George , I know Jyou will be angry -with me , and say this is vul 1

      very gar trifling for an Andrews to get into ; but I assure you was taken by surprise—it all happened in a moment—and I was , I con fess , rather piqued by Leicester ' s manner . I can scarcely describe it—he wits so cool and indifferent ; and afterwards so confident and so quietly contemp tuous of Lawfordja challenge . Yet Lawford meant more than his words conveyed , besides which , Leicester was evidently thinking of something that we had not seen on Saturday . Lawford ' a display was to bo at his own house , where he was to give a party ; and ho is a married man , in the very best society . He spoke with an air of-artistic coolness that he must have caught from Leicester . But it is of no use making excuses j right or wrong I agreed , and

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      THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY . The Post-Cffice- London Director !/ has vanquished all competition . It was always the best , and is now the only work of the kind published . The edition for 1858 presents several improvements of detail . Its size has been somewhat reduced , notwithstanding that the leading classifications exceed in number those of any previous issne . This has been effected by means of improved typographical arrangements , which , for several years to come , will prevent the growth of the volume into unwieldy bulk . As usual , the corrections have been brought down to the latest possible date . To a man of bnsinesB , of course , this Directory is aa indispensable companion- in clubs and hotels it ia a piece of necessary furniture- ' i&f

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 1170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2220/page/18/