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    BOOKS RECEIVED . The New Testament , in Greek . Third edition , revised and corrected . H . O . Bohn . An Essay on the Cause of the Indian Revolt . ( In Persian . ) By Syud Ahmed Khan . Agra : J . A . Gibbons , Mofussilite Press . Morceau do Salon a la Mazurka ( Music ) . Schott and Co . The Romance , of the Ranks . By T . W . J . Connolly .

    2 vols . Longman , Brown ana Co . The Mothers of Great Mem By Mi's . Ellis . R . Bentlcy . Village Belles ; a tale of English Country Life . It . BentleVi The Parent ' s Cabinet . Sm ith , Elder and Co . The Convalescent . By N . Parker Willis . Sampson Low and Co . 2 'he Historical Magazine of America . Triihncv and Co .

    The Trilogy ; or Dante ' s Three Vision * . II . G . Bolm . A Manual of Geographical Science . John YV . Parker . Sporting in Algeria . Hamilton , Adiuns & Co . Suggestions for a Revision of the Prayer Booh , $ c Hamilton , Adams and Co . The Rose of Ashhurst . Thos . Hodgson . Hardwick ' s Shilling Handbook of London for www . It . Hnrdwick . Practical Observations on the Nature and ^ eutiiwrd of Sciatica , By H . C . Roods , M . D . John ChuicWH . A Proof-Print of H . R . tl . Prince Alfred . J . Mitchell . , JnrtruoitoM /«/• */«> Management of Own JW «\ £ Heavy Surfs and Broken Water , la- < d Y < w Itoyaf Lifeboat Institution . Clmrluu Ivnlght amiw-Tapper on National Rifle Clubs . lloutlcUgn , M arnes and Co .

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    Univeusitv ov LoN » 6 x .-On Wednesday go annual meeting of the Un ! vorBity . lor <» n { onj « J degrees and distributing prizes and ¦ f ^ ffi honour was hold at Burlington- louse . ***? . JJj Granvillo , Chancellor of the Uiilvowity , P ^ 'T ' and reviewed the progress of tho Uniyowlty juw » j the academical year . Ho then left to attend tnu loveo , and tho degrees were conferrod bytlio vj Chancellor , Sir John G . Shaw Lofeyro , Wo jg £ that our space will not permit us to B | vo t | 10 nw of the gentlemen who wore tho . recipients . w . distribution of medals prizes , &o ., < f J 3 t 2 J pPo . tionorc ., medalists , and priao mon o J tu « j » ceedlngs . There was a largo audience vi learned and fashionable visitors ,

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    HKAINH AIAOHKH . Griesbach ' s Text . Third edition revised and corrected . Henry G Boh Tins is a valuable edition of the New Testament Greek . To the text from Gricsbach , the ySoS readings of Mill and Scholz are added , with marginal references to parallels :. The critical introduction gives a large quantity of valuable information " Bass ' s Greek and English Manual Lexicon" is bound up with the volume . It lias been greatly im proved and enlarged—both in regard to the bulk' matter and the correction of errors . Tho definitions of important words have been amplified and extended . Bible Training . By David Stow , Esq , Thos . Constable . and Co . Tims , is "A Manual for Sabbath-School Teachers and Parents ; " intended to improve the teachers ' method of communicating instruction . The writer depends greatly on the system of interpretin g emblems—and on this point we are " disposed to agree with him . The selection of subjects for tramin <* is well made . : a The Naval History of Great Britain . By Williain James . A new edition , with additions and notes In 6 vcls . Vol . 1 . Richard Bentley . It is sufficient to announce' the publication of this volume . The new edition is introduced with a new preface that deserves . attention .

    he falls in love . This feeling is quite reciprocalthe young damsel , who boasts of the extraordinary name of Venus Silvio , is , as with all . Italians , in novels , all passion , &e . After a few love scenes Robert Mornay , who has resolved upon marrying lier , discloses his intention to a lady of his acquaintance , who being one of the higher ., bred classes exhibits a virtuous indignation at his resolve . A few words from this discreet old gentlewoman bring before Robert ' s mind the fact that he has been dreaming ; the best proof of the titter unreality of his love for Venus being the circumstance that he is ashamed of her . For , be it known , this goddess of the Florentine valley is nothing but a peasant girl ,

    whose lovely form has been ripened by the glorious sun and warm hearths of Italy ; and whose refinement is only that which nature has bestowed upon her . He writes her a letter , praying her to forget Mm—receives a passionate appeal in reply—goes to see heir—is so weak that he is overcome by her tears , and declares he loves her as well as ever ; leaves her , however , at length , and does not see her again in Italy . When he returns to England he finds that Mabel has heard of his Itsdian adventure and refuses to have anything more to say to him . Her scruples are ultimately overcome , and they are married ; and had this been the finish of the story there would have been admire

    little to object to , ) and a great deal more to in Robert Mornay . The reader will perceive from the outline of the book we have given , that there is no exaggeration of truth for incidents . The . incidents and story are rather common-place than otherwise . And there is no reason why poor Miss Venus should be dragged on the stage again , as a disreputable woman . This incident mars all the good feeling the author has created in the earlier part of his work . However , viewing the complete work , we are willing to confess it contains power of thought and fluency of diction , and could only have been written by a man that has much knowledge of human nature . Knowleugc ui uuuitm uni-iuc

    Eugene Grandet . By Henri de Balzac . George Routledge and Co . To those persons who are unaquainted with Balzac ' s writings in their orig inal form , this- translation of one of the finest , and certainly the purest of his writings will be heartily welcome . "Eugene Oraiidet " is a capital story , and the moral is excellent , which , is more than can be said , perhaps , for any of Balzac ' s other works . It is much to be regretted that the greatest of French novelists should have fallen into the error common to the age in . which : he lived . Dumas enjoys a wide circle of admirers in England ; but his works contain scarcely any knowledge of the human heart , or depth of thought , when compared with Balzac ' s ; yet owing to the"French" tendency that runs through inost of Balzac ' s writings , they cannot be placed with impunity in the hands of our children . . ¦

    Our Farm of ' Four Acres , and the Money we Made by it . Chapman and Hall . The writers of this little volume took a small farm of four acres , a few miles from London , and not being able to manage it on the " old principles of farming , " they marked out a course for themselves , and the result of their experiences is the very useful manual before us . Some of the experiments of these lady " cockney farmers" are very ludicrous—washing pigs , for instance ; it would have been easier , and certainly more rational , to have given them clean straw to prevent their getting dirty . For

    tho next refractory cow they have , that obj ects to being milked , instead of getting two men to hold her , we recommend our lady farmers to purchase a " kicking-Btrap ; " this strap costs * a mere trifle ; it buckles tho two hinder legs together , prevents them kicking tho milk-pail over , and inflicts no pain whatever on the animal ., But these little absurdities' are more than balanced by tho valuable information the work contains , and we recommend it to all persons who are thinking of becoming farmers . Indeed it contains much good advice to people already possessing farms , and none perhaps better than on butter making : — " After many experiments , wo tried tho effects of bringing tho cream into the kitchen on tho overnight , and sco if warmth would make any difference . It was guess-work for tho first two or three churnings , but the discovery was made at last , that wo were always sure of our butter in half an hour , provided tho croam Svas put into tho churn at a temperature of from 60 dog . to CO dog . " Now this is a scientific way of ascertaining liow to make butter in a certain period ; and will be of groat service to people who keep largo dairies . They can always ascertain when tho cream is tho right temperature by keeping a small thermometer for tho purpose .

    Morfeau de Salon ct fa Mazurka , Sohott . A . pitpxTv , Ught composition , that must become popular . ¦ ¦ ' ' •

    Localized Movements ; or Muscular Exercises . By Henry Heather Bigg . John Churchill . The . muscular exercises mentioned in the title are " combined with mechanical appliances for the treatment of spinal curvature and other deformities . " The author sets himself the task of ascertaining the plan of treatment for cases-of incipient deformity ; and of providing against the difficulty of finding out proper agents for the execution of scientific suggestions in relation to them . How shall the muscular exercises be best performed ? That is . the question . In answer to it , Mr . Bigg lias projected the construction of a medical gymnasium , to which medical

    men may send their patients . Such gymnasium should be attended by a properly qualified individual ; one who practically understands the nature and mechanical treatment of deformities . Mr . Bigg has qualified himself personally for the task proposed , by visiting the Orthopaedic and Gymnastic Institutions of Vienna , Berlin , ' Stuttgard , Dresden , &c . Here he witnessed the method by which mechanical appliances and gymnastic exercises were combined , and has enabled himself to administer the different exercises in England , as perfectly as they are managed on tho Continent . The more systematic plan adopted abroad' has also commended itself to him from its obvious advantages .

    Deformity inay always bo prevented by the cnv ployment of a judicious course of muscular exercises and these should be as much promoted as the expansion and improvement of the intellectual faculties . The development of tho physical organisation is nearly of as much importance . These times , too , require more physical strength than former , and all means should be taken to maintain tho mens sana in corporesano . But prejudices oxist . Some parents , for instance , have a habit of restraining all exhibitho

    tion of playful gaiety ^ under impression that it betrays vulgarity . of manner . This habit has boon attended , says Mr , Bigg , with tho most serious consequoncos to the physical development of the rising generation . He believes , indeed , that tho enormous increase in spinal curvature , which has taken place during the last twenty years may bo traced much more to tho imprudence ' of forbidding " romps , " and other occupations of " eliildhood taking holiday , " than to any supposed diminution in tho constitutional of mankind

    The Man of Fortune ; a Story of the Present . By Albany Fonblanque , junr ., author of " How we cure Governed . " George Eoutledgc and Co . Fok " a story of the present day" this is the wildest , the most incoherent , and the . most- , . unreal one could well imagine . It contains a . great deal of material for a good novel , but it lacks that reality for which we admire all works of fiction that are worth being read . We are aware that" The Man of 1 ortune appeals to a large class of readers ; yet it is not the sort of work that a man with the great abilities that the author possesses should have written . Has Mr . Fonblanque ever asked himself what moral effect his work would produce on his readers ? A novelist lease himself his

    rarely writes solely either to p or readers . The great fault of the work is , its want of earnestness . Hugh Trevor , the hero , has a fit of the blues , and to dissipate them he rushes off to the continent . While in Italy he meets with a young woman of great attractions but not very reputable character ; her charms make him at once her slave . They are married , and soon after he finds that she has a favoured lover , and has only married him for a position and money . On this " , discovery he wishes her to leave Italy ; she refuses ; he fights a duel with her paramour , and leaves the field under the impression that he has killed Iiis rival . He soon , however , hears that this is not the case , and that his wife is nursing him ; and directly afterwards hears she is dead . The is

    next scene is laid in England , and Trevor wooing his prott . y cousin'Nelly , and is on the point of being married , when his Italian wife makes her appearance . She demonds money , and will make a written confession of her guilt , so that he may get a divorce . It is soon arranged ; but when leaving her home , where he has been to settle these things , he is attacked by two scoundrels in the interest of the Mexican lover , receives a wound in the head , and loses all recollection for a long period . But we are unable to follow the hero in all the haps and mishaps through which the author guides him . To those persons who are fond of reading for excitement , and are not over particular as to the means employed to raise this feeling , we recommend " The Man of Fortune . "

    power . The Three Pitlaqea , and other Poems . By James Orion . Bosworth and Harrison . W > find hero some pathotio sentiments expressed in elegant vorso . Tho main feeling is , however , rather that of pioty than of " poetry . The v 6 lumo will ploaso readers of religious disposition , * and" servo to otQvato tholr thoughts In meditating on tho ti&pects of nature and tho ovonts of life .

    1 . The Voluntary System Applied to Academical Instruction . Suggestions by D . P . Chase , MA . 2 . The Same ; Considerations Addressed ( in place of a speech ) to Members of Congregation . By D . P . Chase , ¦ M , A . John-Henry and-James Parker . Thk author proposes " to open the windows to let - in the natural air upon universities . " A desirable object this , though figuratively expressed , and we wish him success in the use of all proper ¦ means for effecting the intended object . The Parian Chronicle . By Tranlce Parker , M . A . J . 11 . and J . Parker . ' This is a reprint from the Gentleman ' s Magazine , of a learned treatise to .. prove-that . the common interpretation of the Parian Chronicle is subversive of the Scripture chronology . It will be valuable to all engaged in the study of Biblical chronology .

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    fi 9 O THE LEADER [ No . 477 , May 14 , 185 Q

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 14, 1859, page 620, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2294/page/16/