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      lor itself . -Neither the . high < esteem- with which the editor of these paces regards Mr . Richards personally , nor the admiration lie entertai n s for that gentleman ' s great and varied talents , has induced the publication , of this pamphlet . The issuing of these psges proceeds from the simple desire to ' see' public justice done to . a- public man . Sir . Richards' labours have been long , as' a reference to the following pages will testify ; that they have been earnest no man can doubt , and that they have been successful wo hare the daily evidence in the martial groups of citizen soldiers that meet the eye in every street in the metropolis , in every town in Britain . During ten long years has Mr . Richards devoted himself to the establishment of a volunteer force . Desp ite the sneers of seeming friends , the bitter hostility of some , and the indifference of the many , he has unremittingly devoted" his time , his talents , a-nd Ills purse , to the achievement of his great and . darling purpose , lie has never halted nor hesitated ; case-hardened to the taunts and deaf to the sneers with which he was assailed , he has pursued the even tenor of his way , and now when all England and Scotland too are of the same mind , when twenty millions of Converts share his opinions and admit the justice of his views , it is but right that we should publicly acknowledge the prescient wisdom of the nian , who with the true instinct of genius , foresaw fully ten years , ago what we all see now , viz ., tho necessity find expediency of a grand citizen army of volunteers . " /* i'dpu . < eil complete edition of the Exist iit ' j P ' nbl ' u : fitcitufvs ' , rcif / i E . t . phiitiiturii l * reftice . Tables of all lite Public Statutes puxscd t'lurifnj each Session , ' Jlcjistcr of J ' ub / ic ' \ Sinlutes anu-iidi'il , < £ •< . -., aitil . lnilf . Kcx to Ewjlixh Statutes , liy . Carncri liijr-f . London : ¦ Si mpkiu , Marshall , and Co .- Wiitorloivniul Sons ; I- ' .-S . Kinsr . Mr . Biggs's proposal for a new edition of the statutes resolves itself into two branches . First , as to tho statutes relating to the general law of England , —To edit and publish ( without any aid from the ¦ ¦ public revenue , or any stipulation , for the purchase of copies by government ) a complete edition of the "Existing Statutes relating to the General Law of England , " uniform with the "Statute Book for England , " provided that the text of . the statutes printed therein receive , proyious to the publication of the work , the sanction of some . authorised officer , j Secondly , as to the statutes relating to Great Britain and Ireland . —To edit and " publish a complete edition of all the existing public statutes , passed by the Parliaments of the United Kingdom , relating to Groat . Britain and Ireland , at the rate oj 2 , 400 pages annually : provided that Her Majesty ' s Government will subscribe for 1 , 250 copies , for the use of the legislature and public offices , at a reduction of forty per cent , froin the publication ' ' price . At the close of each session , the sliceia containing statutes in which amendments have been made , to be re- j printed , and 1 , 250 copies supplied to perfect the work to-that time : j such . sheets , to bo included in the 2 , 400 pages to be annually published , or otherwise to be charged at the same rate . . That no payment shall . be ttiade by government otherwise than on account of volume ' s or parts actually completed , and of which 1 3 25 O copies have been delivered to some oilicer appointed by government ; but at the close of each quarter the copies so delivered to bo' paid for in cash , subject only to the discount of forty per cent , from the publication price . The specimen volume before us is well arranged , digested , and put together . It is lucidly compiled i ' or reference , and . contains a good index . Sueh a j proposal if carried out will be in the hig hest dogreo conducive to public utility . The Rev . Mr . Jamks White'd sev . ' Histokv ov Engtlanjl ) . —The Rov . James White , the well-known author of some valuable historical worts , has now in the press a History of England , 1 o bo completed in i Ouo Volume , uniform with tho sumo author's History of Franco , j From Mr . White ' s peculiar qualiJlcntions for sueh an undertaking , tlio work in question can scarcely fail to supply a want that liaa long been felt ; we have reason to expect from his pen a history that shall bo nt oneu compendious and sufficing , clour and impartial , and , in fact , both in stylo and treatment , leaving notjiing to bo desired .

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      S ept . 29 , 1860 ] The Saturday Analyst and Leader . 835

      Serials.

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      .Autumn On The Thames.

      . AUTUMN ON THE THAMES .

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      ~ So gardens of ancient or modern times eniv compare with tho Royal Botanic Oardcns at 3 £ ew for the innumerable variety and number of foreign plants , rare and majestic native trees and exotic furns , thriving in health and marvellous beauty within its ample domain . To the young artist and artificial ilorisfc desirous of nmking progress in their culling , the months of September and October oiler a most favourable opportunity for tho study of foliuge in all its endless variety of form , size , and hue ; tho lover of jS ' aturo , too , in one of her most beautiful aspocts , and tho admirer of gorgeous colouring , may also , at this season of tho year , enjoy a treat of tho very highest order , as the old and new aboretums , thopinotum , and many of tho conservatories aro brilliant with a thousand exquisite tints , the whole forming a series of sylvan pictures , rich with excoss of bounty , forcibly reminding visitors of the departing glories of ancient ; Shorwood , and tho grandeur and niii ' Tni ( ieonco of American primeval forest scenery during the full of the leaf , or Indian summer , of that vast continent . Standing on tho wostorn terrace of tho great tropical Pahn-houso , gildod by the setting sunbeams of u fine autumnal cloudless sky , tho matchless view , onibrnoin tho whole of the oxtonsi'vo ampluthcutro , enclosing the now aboretum with its llural tomplos , groups of pal riare ] i-al elms , lofty pinos , stately oaks , spreading cedars , woodland glacios , and noble avenues , bounded by tho culm , flowing rivor , which , soon at ) high water from un oinmoneo ( Victoria Mount ) , has tho nppoaranoo of an cxtonaivo sorpontino lakethe stream , reflecting tho bright azure of tho lovely sky , realizes tho idea of a Bplondkl shoot of lapis lazuli , or un immense turquoise , en wreathed with omurakld , variogutod with tho most costly goins—is bountiful and picturesque nlmpat beyond tho power of language to dopiot 5 no written description oun convoy to tlio reader its enchanting loveliness tuid surpassing bounty ; the prospect , from its magnitude , loveliness , and solitude , approuohos sublimity—it must bo seen to bo enjoyed and appreciated , This glorious and perfect panorama in univorsully allowed by competent judges to bo unrivullod as a Biiocinu'U of JOngliflh landscape gardening and rlvor sccnory throughout tlio world ,

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      Ax Auukesh to Tim Spanish Pjeoi'MJ , nv Don Juan jjk . Uouuon , flliOONI ) tiOX OV TI 1 IC LATH DON CaIIU > S , OV Hl'AlN , TftU ( jCIitiN ' ri l . NC'LU , AND YOUNCIKH BnOTIUJll OV TIIR OOVNT UK Mo . NTKJIOU . V . Spaniards , —On addrosalng myeolf to tho Cortos in . tho month of Juno last , making nso of tho right of pot it ion , imtl demons ! rating dearly and plainly tho grounds upon which I considered my rights to bo bused , 1 did not obtain a hoaring . Tlio prosont Assembly , tlio result of nn election with which every one is acquainted , had to bo tmbn ' iisflivo to tfio etiolates of tho ministers . Tho Senato , from its composition , more immodiutoly eubjeotod to tlio will of the person who at pi'osonfc oooupioa tho throno , naturally followed tho flawo course Time avoiding all discussion tho circulation of my writings was also prevented , by whioh uioaus clearly evincing tho

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      Tlio C . ' urnhill Magazine , —London . No . 10 . October . Smith , Elder , and Co . —Tho October Number of tho Cornhill M ' aijaz ' utv contains some excellent papers . Tho amusing and interesting " Ph y siological Riddles " roach their conclusion j and tho papers on "William Hogarth" their ninth number . " Frumly Pursonago " progresses through tho chapters 28 , 29 , and 00 . The " Roundabouts " aro as chatty and nuausing as over . Thoro aro good articles on "Tho Situations of tlio Moment in Ituly" and " England's Future Bulvmrks . " Elizabeth I 3 arret Browning contributes sonicohuractorislio versos— "A Foi'ood roeruit at Solfcrino . " "Tlio Four Georges " tuke tho usuul precedence of royally and stand at tho houd of tho contents . Thou wo have some talk nbout " Chinese Pirates . " Mr . Ruskin contributes paper No . 3 of tho sorios entitled " Unto This Last , " whence wo extract the following passages on tho subject of Froo-lraelo !• — " Most people ' s minds uro in curious confusion on tho subject of freetrade , booauso tlioy suppose it to imply enlarged competition . On tho contrary , froa-trade puts an oncl to all oompotitiou . 'Protection ' ( among various other mischievous functions ) , endeavours to onablo ono country tp compote Avith anothor in tho produotiou of on aitiolont a disudvantugo . When trudo is ontireJy froe . no country can bo competed with in tho artiol . 's for the product ion of which it is naturally culculatod i nor can it compolo with any othor , in tlio production of articles for whioh it is not nuUirnlly oalculatod . Tuscany crimnot compote with England in Blool , nor Eiigluiul with Tusonny in oil . They must oxohiinyo their atool and oil . Which oxohango should hj ) as frank nnd froo as honosty nnd tho soa-winds oun make it . Competition , indeod , arises at Xiret , and eliarjily , in order to prove whioh is strongest in any givon manufacture possible to both ; tins ppint onoo asoortuinod , coinpotition iu at nn end . " ¦ ••' ¦• MaomUlaiCs Maqazlna . No . 12 , Ootobor , I 860 ' . Qumbridgo nnd London s Maoiuillum and Co . —This numbor contains a , very interesting artiolo on " Oo-oporativo Sooietios ; their Social and Eoonomioul Auuoots . " It is a prominent part whioh oo-oporutivo organizations nro playing in tho prosont development of society . There la no doubt in tho ruinds of thoao > vho are oapablo of interpreting the eigns of tho timos , that wo ano rapidly eliding into a tvanoition etoto botweon the

      | old egoistic system of individual acquisition for individual emolument , and that higher and improved stute iii which the whole social organism will assume the form of a vast system of mutual assurance .- There is not a work of any note . in which questions of social economy are at all discussed , in which the important subject of co-operation does not occupy a conspicuous place . It is one of the prominent topics embraced in Mr , John Stuarfc Mill ' s masterlj work on the " Principles of Political Economy . " And there is not ono periodical of note that has not recently , either directly or indirectly , treated the question in leading articles . The new nunber of the " Cornhill Magazine " maybe cited as an instance . in point . The rest of the contents of the current number of " Macinillan " are of the usual attractive character . " Tom Brown at Oxford , " and "Kyloe Jock , " progress with spirit . The Rev . F . 1 ) . Maurice contributes a paper on " History and Casuistory ;" and there are in addition a varied list of well-written articles . BlaclcKoocVs Magazine . No . 510 . Oct . 1860 . London and Edinburgh : Blackwood and Sons . Black wood this month contains some good articles . There are the s . eeond part of " The Romanes of Agostini , " and Part IX of " 2 sorman Sinclair , " and papers on " The Fresco-paintings of Italy , " " Tho Amndel Society , " " Tlie Papal Grovcrnment , " &c . "Tho licputed Traces of Primeval Minn , " is an article in which a most curious and interesting subject is discussed . From the first article in tho table of contents , entitled "Seeing is believing , " we extract the following pas- ¦ sages : " There is no popular adage less understood than this . With an ill suppressed irritation at any expression of scepticism respecting tilings said to have been seen , a narrator asks whether or not he may believe the evidence of his own scii 3 Cs ? That argument seems to him final ; and it oftens happens that his opponent , evading , instead of meeting it , retorts : 'Xo ; the evidence of the sensed is not to be . trusted , when they report anything so absurd as . that . I would not believe such a thing if I were to see it—tlio ¦ absurdity is too glaring . ' Bath are wrong . Seeing is believing ; and he who distrusts the evidence of his own sight , will iind a difliculty in bringing forward ovidenec more convincing . The fallacy lies in confounding vision with inference ,- —in supposing that facts aro-iscijii which are only in furred . There can bo no mistake iu trusting to . the evidence-of sunse , as fur as that goes . Il id one thing to balieve to / tat-. you have seen , and another to believe that yuu have seen all there was to be seen . The fallacy is widely spread and very injurious—so injurious and so uususpected by the mass of mankind , that we are temj ) tod to consider its operation in the formation of opinions , and especially in the acceptance of that ignoble and . debasing superstition , whioh , under the nainps of Spiritualism , ' ' Spirit-Rapping , ' and 'Table-Turning , ' disgraces Europe of tho jiresent day . " 1 ' upular Manual nf I'hrenolotjt ) . By Frederick Jirkl ^ 'c s . liOiicluu and Livcrpuul : George Philip u-ncl Son . Press of matter prevents us this week from noticing at greater length tins lucid and compendious hand / book .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 29, 1860, page 835, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2367/page/11/