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    WIW PWD.ONAl.D'3 AUTOBIOGXlAPHr^

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    KECENT NOVELS AND TALES.*

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    of them , as we perceive here and there statements , or rather deductions , with which we do not quite ag * ree . In the mean time we heart ily recommend to all interested in the furtherance of social reforms . Mr . Slack ' s " Philosophy of Progress in Human Affairs . "

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    A NEW story , entitled " Ballybhmder , " the authorship of which has not transpired on the title-page , is a work deserving of considerable praise . The story , which takes somewhat of a political and theological turn , is throughout well sustained and developed , and the characters are all artistically drawn , and invested with much life and individuality . The scene is laid in Ireland , and the national characteristics of that people , their impulsiveness , improvidence , and , above all , their hatred of the Saxons , are ably and truthfully delineated . It has evidently been the intention of the author to expose the ignorance of the great body of the Irish people , their subserviency to the priests , and the tinscrupulous means resorted to by the latter to keep them in their present state of physical and intellectual sloth , too much

    enlightenrnent being * prejudicial to their interests , and the continuance of their power . Upon this subject , perhaps the author is a little severe ; , he attributes , all the crimes , sufferings , and misconceptions of this benighted people to the influence exercised over thein by their spiritual heads . "The end justifies the means , " is the doctrine of the Rom an Catholic Church ; and the pernicious consequences of such an erroneous theory , urges the author , must be equally apparent to every one . He says : —" :. Satisfy your conscience that the end at which you aim is good , and you have carte hlaiiche as to the means by which to attain that end . Such a doqtj-ine opens the door to every species and every degree of wickedness ; there is no rciservatibn , no limit with regard to the means that may be employed . Only persuade one of these poor , ignorant ,

    uneducated people that it is ' for the glory ot God , and he will stop at notliiiig ! He will lie * cheat , rob—aye ,: and murder for 'the good cause * This is no theatrical fancy , on iiiy part ; it is not the prejudiced opinion of a Protestant , hostile to the Roman Catholic religion . I wish it were ; I wish this dreadful accusation rested upon ni ' y bare assertion alone , and were capable of contradiction ; but so far from thia being the case , it is patent to the whole country—nay , to the whole of Europe-rthatdenuiiiiations of p artictdar persons by the ^ priesti have been fouowed by the TOurder of those denounced . " Boubtiess there is much truth in this assertion ; still we think the author has spinewhat exaggerated the facts ; or , to say the least , has held up our ( jatholic brethren to the gloomiest and decidedly onefsided view of the picture . .

    But though some leaders may find fault with the over-Protestant zeal of the writer , in all other respects this novel is likely to meet universal . approbation . The leading points of the story are soon set fprfch . ' ¦ " ^ , v . Mr . Hindley , an ' Irishmari by birth , but a Protestant by education , moved bv the wretched condition of the lower orders pf his

    countrymen , purchases- a large estate in Ireland , called Ballijblunmr , and devotes , himself to the improvement , both morally and physically , of the peasantry around- To this end he erectjj school-rooms and public libraries , and ericoiirages by all ineaiis in his power the great cause of' national education , In his plulaiithropio endeavours in behalf or suffeiin"" humanity , he meets , with vi 61 ent opposition from the priests , \ v ' hp , alarmed at the increasing enlightenment and prosperity of the peqplei begin to ti-emble for their own supremacy , and taking udvanta ^ e of a little popular discontent , excited in consequence or 1 lands tp tnvmers

    Mr' jiindley letting : put some pasture J&ngUsh , , incite tb , ejgnorarit populace to assert an imaginaiy . right to the ^ freocQininOiisige of the mountains / ' by destroying- all t ^ e sheep ot their benefactor ' s tenants . Mr . Hindley applies to the ^ authorities for p&ctipri , 'but tho police appointed to w ^ tch over ^ property mid Sprohend the depredators , being , of the hostile favth , are , of cour ^ ofcompletely under the control of ^ heir ^ Jesuitical confessors , ahOi iiv ^ onsequeneo , etui pbtain no effectual redress , Ultimately hols p 4 rpoworea and defeated by . hi 3 wily persecutors , an < i ; after a strufffflo ^ f inpro tluw twenty years lie is forced to give , in to the torrel& owpHitipn , ami retire from the scene of contention , heartbrpke i' antf disgusted ^ t thp ingratitude evinced on all sides in rSiijtw ' lus noble efforts to alleviate the condition ot his

    couutry-Thwo is besides thia w very oloyer underplot ; which the author haaTrendeved both , amusing W oxcituig ; and . which , togothei < with ti 3 ; ' | qS ^ l tyoiitl . of the novel , cannot fail to render it popular with * « Woping fnXJpearuuceii , '' by Cyrus Bedding , possesses much tlmtS wwtfiy oladmiration .... Thpugfi the story ^ somewhat itimgro , vob& exactors , are sq well dotfnea . tQdj and the jnodents so highly coloS > % at th « , vendor ' s enjoyment . . of .. the nbvelis by no means Zt i rddbvthe » Wovness of the inaterwis of which it xs composed .

    Miv . Soclina ^ flp roht >>^ » mrtwv * of feojipgr ; he . hm the power S diving aW wto ^ tl ^ o hidden source from , . which oju- eoyeral VANaojuMl e ; niotipns , t ^ e riae ; a ^ spving . 'Xh o human heart w oSn & 2 m Jlfi rtivinpa thp comijlicatea laws by : which it w SSciSd hIows . w ; tiM- « % l » i «» di mitmpprtant boginnuigs nreW » MducjijlVo of gigantie VQsul , t « . . Wo has , bosidos , an . easy SS eSlflo . \ r pnan | im | ro , ii « mg i \ t thwoa to Qcmmbpvahh powev j ^ -S Sa ^^ W a- y ? 4 ptaouifttQ cl to wsm-iito miwwttmt ¦ : . i ; ''" i I 1 ' 1 - . ' 1 ' 1 ! '' ¦¦¦ ¦ , ¦ . .. '* . ' .. [ ' ' ¦ « i .., | . . . . ¦ rV . h * i iv r > iii > ipAf niwl Hon . ' KetmiAfJ U-1 t

    sympathies of the reader in . what he is nari-ating . The scene is laid in the present time , and the moral is intended to show the folly of man and woman striving to keep up appeai * ahces at the expense of higher , and what should be , more deeply-rooted principles . The Btockwell Family" must be accepted as an illustration of this Mr . iStoelrwel ; a wealthy banker , who from a coniparativelyminor position has worked himself up to be the originator and responsible partner of the house of " Stock \ yell ,

    Blazon , and Co ., " is a man whose only idea in life is makingmoney ; he cannot understand how the aristocratic families by "which he is surrounded can exist quietly and contentedly upon their incomes , without seeking to augment their capital by speculation . He has no feeling for his fellow creatures in general , little affection for the members of his own family , can boast of few intellectual attainments , and is in fact the very personification of cupidity and selfishness . Fortune is , however , chary of her favours , ami apt to be capricious ; for some unaccountable reason she withdraws her countenance from her

    favourite Sto . ekwell ; he engages in fruitless speculations ; his credit fails ; in order to retrieve himself—tho old story over again—he appropriates money left in trust by others to tho benefit of the firm ; not purposely dishonest , but intending : at some future period to replace the golden treasure . The money is applied for only twenty-four hours before he is able to refund ; he is arrested , tried , convicted , and sentenced to ten years ' transportation ; and so ends tho career of a man whoso sole objects in life were the making- of money and the extravagant keeping up of appearances . u Pride and his Prisoners" is a delightful little story , bearing a healthy moral , and written with , a grace and delicacy -which renders it particulariv pleasant reading . At tlic comraenciment

    of the story the reader is requested for a short space to give the reins to his imagination , and fancy himself in the presence af two supernatural visitants , of course , conjured : up by tlie author for the peeasion ; these are the spirit of pride and the spirit" of . intemperance . These twain hold a . colloquy together , and " bi-tast of the : extent oftheir several empiresMri ¦ ike ' hearts ; ot poor , weak , erring iiunianity . Pride , however , jiroves bej-ond all . controversy that his sSvay over mankind is more genei-al than that of his companion , and enumerates , with much , satisfaction , the difiereiit phases he assunies in . the breasts of diflerent natures . : His ; obiect , at the time of this conversation , is to i-educo to his sceptre

    one Ida . Atwierte , hitherto an angel of purity and goodness ,, but whose weak point he thinks he has at last discovered , and determines to tvorkupbn accordingly . This weak point is " selfwill , " but which the dark spirit intimates , with a sneor , the lady herself would call " sensitiveness . " Wo should not like to anticipate the reader ' s enjoyment of . this charming story b y showing through what arts the evilg-enius finds a hold on the spirit of tlie gentle * w aiden ; sufficei it that ultimately she throws off the wilps of ' 'the- "tempter , ; ' and appears , iio the world both chastenc-d and purified by the ordeal she lifts gone through . _

    We have besides this , specimens of hiariy kinds of pride , an personified in tlic different characters which compose the story ; spiritual pride ,. the pride of intellect , the pride Of wealth , the prido pf poverty' the pride of births forining at once a lessson and n . warning to all who suffer themselves , to beeorne enslaved by this direhu enemy of social and domiestic happiness and concord" Tinsel and Gold , " by Mvs . Veitch , will bo found a very xXauM and entertaining book , especially for cliildi'on . 'whom it wiu imtmte in the several duties of dpmestic lUb , ¦ iind teauh npt to pjiy ^ xelusivo attention to outside accomplislnnentH su » d show , but to add thereto a little useful art and practical knowledge ,-which , in cuso of certain contingencies * , to which pvpn tlio proudest of ua are liable ,, may stand them instead in the hour of need . Wo should advise all mothers of famUies to p laco this volume in tho hands of their children as speedily as possible .

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    ¦ . ' ' [ SKOONU ^ OTlOlO * ; ¦ . . IT is a pity that the tfreriolvave not alvvays honest ill theirpublio doeurnonts . They have much Inislod tlio fow surviving- « fen « p of Lord Gambior . These claim in the diiily journals an * gftu ; ttal of ¦ tho latter , bpcansq our noighbours have adopted Mr . btolces s iuaccurato chart , It U strand , . howovor , that they uhould have seized so eagerly on this f ^ ct , soQing that tovd Ihmdonald , had oTposed the &aud . The French Government , his lordsnmobsorvcd , ha l ¦ '« taken a vovy justifiably invvaj advantage , cnloulatcd to deter any British Admiral in future from undei-tacmg in Auc . Woads SnSvo operations of any kind . " Tho French , in jgl then' pohthat ttrot

    f ,. > ftl recbrdiiisrs . have those that are pxptoric and . thoao » vo tical reabrdings , have those that are oxpteric and thoao uvo osoterio . J 3 ut these dodges of bur neighbourK will not snvo tiio memory of Lord , OainDior , T ^ rflrnnhiW Jiuti after all , Lbrd Pundpuald had not awd Lon <» bwi . Mohalinioroly told Lord Mx % ravp , a « nnn-utpdm the first volu » o , tlmt hi k not PonBider Lorct' qambier ' s ^ orvice . s W ^^ J X ^? pf thunlw iVow PavHampnt , nnd . ( htit on ttiw ffroui } d , « h »« J pWie duty to his conBtituents , ho » lioulrt vPg ;«* >{; ¦ * ^*{ JW " fi . vmont . iw iiidowondonce Iio wasdoomQcl tp hi ( for . . ¦ Lord mtii ^ ftve

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    Nov . 24 , 1860 ] The Saturday Arixil ystand Leader . 961

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    Kecent Novels And Tales.*

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1860, page 961, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2375/page/9/