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      « « Like It—And Stands In This Child'lie...

      December 21 , 1850 . . „ TT « » T ^ « » . ,-. _ THE NORTHERN STAR . V ' - ' . V-.--,- — . ' ~ - ,- -. J .. I "

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      A Christmas Carol; Joinmerryhearts In Me...

      A CHRISTMAS CAROL ; Joinmerryhearts in merry vows , To keep old customs ap , To dress tbe house with holly boughs , And drain the Wassail pup ! "We'll hold the mirth the season brines , Wilb . aU its joTial folly , As firmly , as the iyy clings -. Around the sprig of holly . Oh , holly ! 'tis a sight as rare As summer ' s gaudy scene , To see both hall and hovel wear The livery of green ; To see in spite of winter ' s raps , The little bright red berry , Reminding as of ruby lips That bid all

      hearts be merry ! Bright Testa , hail ! Hence murky care ! Evaporate in fog ! look on qut little summer there Where burns the bright Yule Log . Christmas andthee are not of kin—He scorns thee , base sojourner ! There is no place for thee within His cheerful chimney corner . Welcome the midnight minstrel ' s lay-That simple rustic prayer—That , like the fabled elfin fay , Steals lightly through the air . Welcome the soft unsullied snow , What art can pahtt its whiteness ? Orjan spring ' s sweetest dew bestow . The icicle ' s pure brightness ?

      Bow Molly innocently trips Beneath the mistletoe , And if Ralph pounces on her lips , How can she say him ; "No ?" To quarrel with so fair a kiss , - Were little short of treason ; And frown at such a time as this , Were sadly out of season ! . How youth with dance and mirthful song Scarce feels the minutes fly ; Joy mingles with the very throng , And lightens every eye : Some ardent play the changeful game-Fit type of life ' s beginning—When all hearts join the chase for fame , And all are sure of winning !

      And old age loves tbe lively noise ; Each happy youthful face Appears to speak of by-gone joys , That memory may trace : He too has had his early prime . His eye has beam'd as brightly , His voice has joined the cheerful chime , - . ; His feet have tripped as lightly ! Gome , pass the Wassail bowl about ! The merry feast begin—He cares not for the cold without , Whose heart is warm within ! Hail , rosy Bacchus !—graver cares , We in thy goblet bury ; Let him be dismal now who dares , . Our Christmas shall be merry ! A . M . P

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      The Personal History °F David Copperfiel...

      The Personal History ° f David Copperfield . By Chables Dickess . "With Blustrations by H . K . Browne . London : Bradbury and Evans . We may fairly f resume that everybody has read David Copperfield , and as naturally conclude , that everybody has been delighted with it It is the most beautiful of all tbe -works -which have proceeded from his pen , embodying , as it does , all the merits which , have already g iven him a world-wide popularity , ¦ with graces peculiar to itself .

      The hero of the book , David Copperfield , becomes a successful cultivator of literature , and with a -view to this , his imaginary career , seems to ns a most felicitous conception . The dreaming tendencies of his childhood are confirmed and protracted , by the neglect arising from a second marriage of hie widowed mother . Her . death throws him on his own resources . The care of his aunt restores him again to the genial garden of family nurture . Thus the visionary and real parts of his nature receive developement in proportion to those which best contribute to the character ofthe perfect

      novelist , and his mind is stored with all necessary Tariety of incidents , characters , and images . This practical education is' continued arid enlarged ; by newspaper experiences ; and the mixed strength and weakness of his nature , called forth by his affections , contribute finally to concentrate his power upon desirable and worthy aims . The details are not less happily -wrought than the conception . The loving , imaginative child—with his childish fancies perpetually . reaching away towardsheightstoo high for childhood to climb—his rapid and sympathetic instincts for enjoyment—his quick ht of

      sense of injustice—his tremulous foresig coming griefs—the . boy seduced by the fascinating qualities of a dangerous fiierid—the youth ' sDoy-loTOfor his child-wife—that love itself never faltering even to the end , yet by a fine instinctive information leading his mind to dim g limpses of a hig her domestic happiness , at which he might have aimed—all these are outlined , filled in , and coloured without one stroke awry , or one exaggerated tint to mar the portraiture . Few authors would have so finely comprehended the step-child ' s mixture of awe and curiosity , under the tyranny of that she-turnkey Miss Murdstone—few could

      have touched the strange , inexp licable shrinking of the orphan , when he makes one of the pleasure party of the merry and beneficent undertakers , Omer and Joram—few could have bo nicely indicated the relish which , in spite of their sorrows , their shabbiness , their difficulties , their fustian and their prosing , David could not help finding in the society of Mr . and Mrs . Micawber . Then , over all there hangs that mournful sentiment which , being the natural accompaniment of all personal reviews of the past , never in its saddest expressions takes the tone of sentimentah ' sm ; bat follows the narrative like a low , sweet—and

      true music : —beginning with the narrator s first look out on his father ' s cold grave in the churchyard , against which every night his mother ' s d oor is barred , and only ending with file last liue that chronicles the gains , the trials and the losses of a life . ^ To point out half the strong points , shrewd hits and exquisite passages in this tale , would he a superfluous task , were it a possible one . Every reader has already by heart the disasters of little Dora ' s housekeep ing—including 3 Iary Anne and the Life Guardsman , the and

      tearful . page , the pet dog in his pagoda bells that wasteful whole salmon , and those o ysters locked fast in their shells , of which the trusty Traddles made the best ; bathas every one sufficiently admired the unobtrusive stall with which we are made to « low for the childwife ' s folly , without granting her a fool s pardon-to feel thatsbe is a mistake m the hero s fortunes , yet love her and weep for her early withering away ? Everybody has revelled in Miss Betsev Trotwood'sracy eccentricity—ner donkey-phobia , her antipathy to Peggotty , as one having a Pagan name : —but some of her most whimsical outbursts and most womanly

      sop histries , may have escaped the reader m the heat ofthe first perusal . Hear her , for instance / fike another Queen Bess , working herself up into high disdain on the subject of first and second marriages . - . Whatever possessed that poor unfortunate Baby tbat ^ he must go-and be married again , " said my aunt when 1 bad finished , / can ' t conceive . "" Po ' rhans she fell in love withher second husband , " MrVrS suited - " Fell in love . " repeated my o ™* " What do vou mean ? What business ffsheld ^ p . r ed ^ terthinking a h * te "« £ -Jd * f ° r p ] eaindeed ! replied aunt" A

      jW ' -- " Pleasure ; " nry , mighty pleasure for the poor baby to fix her ample fcitVflpon any dog of a fellow , certain to ill-use her in some way or other . What did she propose tohersdf , 1 should like to know ! She had had ono husband She had seen David Copperfield out of the world , who was always running after wax do Is from his cradle . She had got a baby-nb there wera a nairof ba ^ ss when she gav e birth to this child sittinebere , that Friday night!—and what more did she want ? ' ; * ^ '* ' ••¦* - ' "And then , as if thi * was not enough , and she had not s ? ood sufficientlyin the Jight of thischild ' s sister , Betsey Trotw 5 id said raji aunt , , * ' she marries a second ti - egoes and marries ajnurderer—or a man with a name

      The Personal History °F David Copperfiel...

      like it—and stands in this child ' s lieht' And ih « gSS *^ as auvbWbSwSi itrS ' * ? ^ prowls and wanders .. He ' s as ^ SrSre - vTf ^ fir ™ 8 rowa n P . ' ' <* ** cm be . " fa ham ? l 00 lted hatd at ^ » tdidentify me ^ jfwv ir acter — " Andfl »» ihere ' s that woman ^ i aganname » " 8 ald my . aunt , "that Peggony , she goes and gets married next . Because she nas not seen enough of the evil attending such tnings , she goes and gets married next ; as the child relates . I only hope , " said my aunt , shaking her head , "that her husband is one of those Poker husbands who abound'ia the newspapers , and will beat her well with one . " Aunt Betsey ' s delicious : sophistries about Mr . Dick , too , are positively Shandean in their humour : — Mill nil i nil ilinnlii in if I 11 i i

      "I say again , said my aunt , nobody knows what that man ' s mind is except himself ; and he ' s the most amenable and friendly creature in . existence , If he likes to fly a kite sometimes what of that ! Franklin used to fly a kite . He was a Quaker , or something of that sort , if I am not mistaken . And a Quaker lying a kite is a much more ridiculous object than anybody else . " . ¦ ¦ Then , commend us to the Micawbers : —he , with his genteel manner and his delight in his own epistolary powers , his conviviality at a moment ' s warning , his sanguine readiness to

      take any conceivable shape , or embrace any possible project , his mathematical 10 U ' s and magnificent obliviousness of all money difficulties ;—she , with her affable air of business , her wondrous lucidity and orderliness in counsel , her family affections always " on the gush , " and that one song by Storace which ' she contributes by way of melody to the ever-recurring jug of punch . Few things have been richer than the sudden metamorphosis of the whole family into settlers . We must give the outfit ofthe party : followed by a passage of admirable word painting : —

      Mr . Micawber , I must observe , in his adaptation of himself , to a new state of society , had acquired' a bold buccaneering air , not absolutely lawless , but defensive and prompt , One might have supposed him a child of the wilderness , long accustomed to live out ofthe confines of civilisation , and about to return to his native wilds . Be had provided himself , among other things , with a complete suit of oil-skin , and a straw-hat with a very low crown , pitched or caulked on the outside . In this rough clothing , with a common mariner ' s telescope under his arm , and a shrewd trick of casting up his eye at the sky as looking out for dirty weather , he was far more nautical , after his manner , than Mr . Peggotty . His whole family , if I may so express it , were cleared for action . I found Mrs . Micawber in the

      closest and mostuncompromising of bonnets ; made fast under the chin ; and in a shawl which tied her up ( as I had been tied up , when my aunt first received me ) like a bundle , and was secured behind at the waist , in a strong knot . Miss Micawber I found made snug for stormy weather , in the same manner ; with nothing superfluous about her . Master Micawber was hardly visible in a Guernsey shirt ,, and tbe shaggiest suit of slops I ever saw ; and tbe children were done up , like preserved meats , in impervious cases . Both Mr . Micawber and his eldest son wore

      their sleeves loosely turned back at the wrists , as being ready to lend a hand in any direction , and to " tumble up , " or sing out " Yeo- ^ - Heav e—Yeo 1 " on the ' shortest notice . Thus Traddles and I found them at nightfall , assembled on the wooden steps , at that time known as Hungerford Stairs , watching the departure of a boat with some of their property on board . * * "If you have any opportunity of sending letters home , on your passage , Mrs . Micawber , " said my aunt , " you must let us hear from you , you know . " " My dear Miss Trotwood , " she replied . "I shall only be too happy to think that any one expects to hear from ub . I shall . not fail to correspond . Mr . Copperfield , I trust , as an old familiar friend , will not object to receive

      occasional intelligence , himself , from one who knew him when the twins were yet unconscious V I paid that I should hope to hear whenever shebadan opportunity of writing . " Please Heaven , there will be many such opportunities , " said Mr . Micawber . ' « The ocean , in these times , is a perfect fleet of ships ; and we can hardly fail to encounter , many , in running over . It is merely crossing , " said Mr . Micawber , trifling with his eye-glass , " merely crossing . The distance is quite imaginary . " I think , now , how odd it was , but how wonderfully like Mr . Micawber , that , when he went from London to Canterbury , he should have talked as if he were going to the furthest limits of the earth ; and , whenlie went from England to Australia , as if he were going for a little trip across the channel .

      " On the voyage , I shall endeavour , " ' said- Mr . Micawber , " occasionally to spin them a yarn . ; and the melody of my son Wilkins will , 1 trust , be acceptable at the galley-fire . When Mrs . Micawber has her . sea-legs on , an expression in which I hope there is no conventional impropriety—she will give them , I dare say , little Tafflin . Porpoises and dolphins , I believe , will be frequently observed athwart our bows ; and , either on the Starboard or the Larboard Quarter , objects of interest will be conturaally descried . In short / ' said Mr . Micawber , with the old genteel air , " tbeprobabilityis , all will be found so exciting , alow and aloft , that when tbe look-out , stationed in tbe maintop , cries Land-ho ; we shall be very considerably astonished !"

      A last glance at the emigrant ship—within . — It was such a strange scene to me , and so confined and dark , that , at first , I conld make out hardly anything ; but , by degrees , it cleared , as my eyes became more acc ustomed to the gloom , and I seemed to stand in a picture by Ostade . Among the great beams , bulks , and ringbolts of tbe ship , and the emigramVberths , and chests , and bundles , and barrels , and heaps of miscellaneous baggage—lighted up here and there by dangling lanterns , and elsewhere by the yellow day-light straying down a windsail or a hatchway—were crowded groups of people , makine new friendships , taking leave of one

      another , talking , laughing , crying , eating and drinking ; some , already settled down into the possession of their few feet of space , with their little households arranged , and tiny children established on stools , or in dwarf elbow-chairs ; others , despairing of a resting-place , and wandering disconsolately . From babies who bad but a week or two of life behind them , to crooked old men and women who seemed to have but a week or two of life before them ; and from ploughmen bodily carrying out soil of England on their boots , to smiths taking away samples of its ' soot and' smoke upon their skins ; every age and occupation appeared to be cram me ( 1 into the narrow compass of the '

      The ship seen from without . — . The time was come . I embraced him , took my weeping nurse upon my arm , and hurried away . On deck , I took leave of poor Mrs . Micawber . She was looking distractedly about for herfamily , even then ; and her last words to me were , that she never would desert Mr . Himwber . We went over tho side into our boat , and lay at a little distance to see the ship wafted on her course . It was then ; calm , radiant sunset . She lay between us and the red light ; and

      every taper line and spar was visible against the glow . A sight at once so beautiful , so mournful , and so hopeful , as the glorious ship , lying , still , on tbe flushed water , with all the life on board , her crowded at the bulwarks , and there clustering , for a moment , bare-headed and silent , I never saw . Silent , only for a moment . As the sails rose to the wind , and the ship began to move , there broke from all the boats three resounding cheers , which those on board took up , and echoed back , and which were echoed and re-echoed .

      Copperfield is taken to see the Model Pn-, son . — However , I beard so repeatedly , in the course of our goings to and fro , of a certain Number Twenty-Seven , who was the Favourite , and who really appeared to be a Model Prisoner , that I resolved to suspend my judgment until I should see Twenty-Seven . Twenty-Eight , I understood , was also a bright particular star ; but it was his misfortune to have his glory a little dimmed by the extraordinary lustre of Twenty-Seven . I heard so much of Twenty-Seven , of his pious admonitions to everybody around him and of the beautiful letters he constantly wrote to h : s mother ( whom he seemed to consider in a very had way ) that-1 became quite impatient to see him .

      I had to restrain mv impatience for some time , on account of Twenty-Seven being reserved for a concludine effect . But , at last , we came to the door oi h » cell and Mr . Creakle , looking through a little hole in it , reported to us , . in a state of the greatest a JmSion that he was reading a Hymn Book There to , such a rush of heads immediate y , to see Twenty-Seven reading his Hymn Book , that the htdeTele was blocked up , six or seven heads deep . To remedy this inconvenience , and gi ve . us an oppor-? ffJ ^ fpnr . versine with Twenty-Seven in all his our & Mr cS " edi « ctcdthe djorof theeell tot ; C E ^^ ^^^^ SloulS this convAr ^ d Number Twenty-seven , but Uri .. li

      Heep . He knew us directly ; and said , as ue came out-with the old writhe ,- "How ¦ ipjovio . m . Copperfield ? How do you do , Mr . Traddles ? - This recognition caused a general admiration in trie party . 1 rather thought that everyone was strucK by . his not being proud , and taking notice of us . — " Well , Twenty-Seven , " said Mr . Creakle , mournfully admiring Lira . "How'do you find-yourself to-day ?"— " I nra very umblc , sir ! " replied Uriah Heep .- " You arc-always so . ' Twcntv-Seven , " said . Mr . Creakl«\—Here , another , gentleman . asked , with extreme anxiety : "Are you quile comfort-

      Curran And Ms Contemporaries... By C. Ph...

      Curran and Ms Contemporaries ... By C . Phillips , Esq ., B . A . " " London : Blackwoods . Among all the . men who figure in these pages , Curran was unquestionabl y the -most Irish , Goldsmith arid Burke had , in logical , phrase , passed from , the . particular into the universal ; Flood , Grattan himself ,, and many . others , were as much , Saxon as Milesian . The prejudices , manner , and style mightbejrish ; but the intellect and .. thqughtrWere i , English . . - * Curran . was Irish throughout .. The son of a peasant , ot something near a peasant , he passed His boyhood among the peasantry ; narrow

      circumstances still kept him much among the people during his youth , and earl y manhood ; native disposition , thehahits of his day , and the opportunities of his profession , gave him continual opportunity of continuing his observation till he became Master of the Rolls . Bat Curran ' s Irish character was not merely acquired knowledge?—it was in him . ' His readiness , his repartee ,-his wit , \ vas Irish , carried to a very high pitch , if-not to perfection , His versatility of manner and of feeling was Celtic all over . Some moral weaknesses , which Mr . Phillips tenderly skims over , and

      tastes which may be called , according to temper , genial or over-free ,: were also national . If there was truth in his enemies' accusation of closefistedness , it is fairly chargeable , to the impression left . by early difficulties . His oratory appear to have been soberer thaa that of many of his contemporaries who had more of the Saxon in other respects . ' He has : greater reality about , him . , His images might , be coarse and , even hoixid i but they were real ; there was little , or no turgidness . iu Curran . Thus , his picture of Stuart Judges . ( supposed , however ,.. to have had a personal application ) is not inflated , though loathsome . 2 :,

      . . —r ^ wben the- devoted benches of public justice tice were filled by " some of those foundlings of fortune , who , overwhelmed in the . torrent of corruption at fari early period ,-lay at the ( bottom like drowned bodies while sanity remained in them , but at length , becoming buoyant by putrefaction , they rose as they rotted , and floated to the surface of the polluted stream , where they were drifted along , the'objects of terror and contagion ; and ' abomination . - ¦ ¦ - - - ' <¦/ ' ¦ , ¦ : ' -- ¦ •' :, ¦ ¦ - . In Ireland the power of Curran as an

      advocate was equal to that of Erskme m England , and comparisons have been drawn between them . ' Perhaps the field of action was too different to allow of any close parallel ; but in two important'poiiits ; ' it strikes us , |; Curran would have had theadTantage : he was more versatile , and he never thought of himself or his oratory ; both of which were almost uppermost with Erskine . ' -To the ' general unscrupulous ness of his profession and his . - time Curran seems ; to have added an indifference of his

      own . This ; is Mr . Phillips s picture of him as an advocate ;—¦ : . '' '' It was an object almost with every one to preoccupy so successful or so dangerous an advocate ; for , if he failed , in , inducing a'jury to sympathise with his client , be at all events left a picture of his adversary behind him which survived and embittered tbe advantages of victory ; Nor' was his eloquence his only weapon ; at cross-examination , the most difficult and by far the ; most hazardous part ot a barrister ' s profession , he was quite inimitable , There was no plan which he did not detect , no web which he did not disentangle ; and . the . unfortunate wretch , who commenced with all the cbnfi-Ience of

      preconcerted perjury , never failed to retreat before him in-all ' . the confusion of exposure .- ' Indeed , it was almost impossible . for . the guilty to offer a successful resistance . He argued , he , cajoled , he ridiculed , he mimicked , be played off the various artillery of his talent upon the witness ,- he would affect earnestness upon trifles ; and levity upon subjects of the most serious import , until at length he succeeded in creating a security that . was . fatal , or a sullenne ' ss that produced all the consequences of prevarication . No matter how unfair the topic , he never failed to avail himself of it ; acting upon the principle thatj'in law as well as- in" warj every

      stratagem was admissible . If he was hard pressed ; there was . noipeculiarity of person , no > singularity of name ; no eccentricity of profession ,. at which he would not grasp , trying to confound tho self-possession of thie witness by the no matter . how excited ridicule of the audience . To a witness of the name of ^ Halfpenny he once began ,. " Halfpenny , I see you ' re a rap , and for that renson , you . shall le nailed to the counter . " "Halfpenny is sterling " exclaimed the opposite counsel . "No , no , " said he ; "he ' s exactly like his own conscience-only copper-warded . " . This phrase alluded to an expression previously used on the trial ., ;

      Besides , very free , living , a ; loose private morality , and , little . public . ; principle .: beyond a sort of party consistency , duelling flourished ; full yi ^ pur wheo Qurrau was in his prime .

      Curran And Ms Contemporaries... By C. Ph...

      able tl- "Je 8 > I thank you , sir ? " saioVIJrWMv , looking in that , direction . — " i * ar ' ' moire comfortable here , than ever I was outside . I see , my ^ follies now sir . ' . That ' s what makes me comfortable . "~ Several gentlemen were much affected ; and afthird questioner , forcing . himself to the front / inquired with extreme feeling ' : "How do youtfind the beef r— « . « . Thank you , sir , !; replied Uriah , 'glancing ; in tho new direction of this voice , "it was tougher y esterday than I could wish ; but it ' s my duty to bear . I have committed follies , gentlemen /' said Uriah , looking round with ' a ' meek smile ; , " and I ought to bearthe consequences withoutrepining . A- murmur , - partly of'gratification at Twentyi '

      Seven s celestial state of mind , and partly ofi indignation . against the contractor who had , given him any cause of complaint ( a note of which was . immediatcly made by Mr . Creakle ) , having- subsidedj Twenty-Seven stood in the . midst of usj as if he felt himself the principal object of merit in / a highly meritorious museum . ' That we , i the neophytes , might have an excess of light shining upon . us all at once , orders were given to let out-Twenty-Eight ; I had been' so much astonished already , that I only felt a kind of resigned wonder when'Mr . Littimer walked forth , reading a good book ! " What is your state of mind , Twenty-Eight ?" . said the ques tidner in spectacles . — " I thank you , sir , " returned

      Mr . Lattimer : " I see my follies now , sir . I am a good deal troubled when I think of the sins of my former companions , sir ; ' but I'trust they may find forgiveness . "— " You are quite happy yourself ?" said the questioner , nodding : encouragement . — - " I am much obliged to you , sir , " returned Mr . Lattimer . "Perfectly . so . "— "Is . there ; anything at all on your mind , now ? " said the questioner . "Ifso , mention it ; Twenty-Eight . "—" Sir , " said Mr ! Lattimer , without looking up , "If my [ eyes have not deceived me , there is a gentleman present who was acquainted with me : in mj former life . It may be profitable to that gentleman to know , sir ,

      that I attribute my past follies entirely to having lived a thoughtless life in the service of young men ; and to having allowed myself to ; be led by them into weaknesses , which I had not strength to resist . I hope that ^ entleman will take warning , sir , andwill not be-offended , at my freedom . . It is for his good . I am conscious of my own . past follies .-1 hope he may repent of all the wickedness and sin to which he has been' a party . "—I observed that several gentlemen' were shading their eyes ; each , with one hand , as if they bad just come into church . —M . This does you credit , Twenty-Eight , " returned the questioner . — " I should have expected it of you ; Is there anything else ?"

      Aniid all the prodigal profusion of distinct and distinguishable figures , the abundance of graceful and quaint details , there is yet a unity in the book whichjs always felt , both as to purpose and effect . ' It has a profoundl y studied aim . Without parade of moral maxims we are incessantly reminded , by the course of its incidents and the fortunes of its actors , of the duty of tolerance towards individuals , of charitable and kindly construction for all , of the pity which the worst and the consideration that . the best may claim . The only thing pitilessly treated in it is that willingjaelf-delusioh by which men confirm themselves in error and . crime . Every page of the story is a

      lesson in self-denial , in the patient endurance of unavoidable ills , in strenuous effort against such as are remediable , and in that virtuous aspiration after the pure heart and unselfish will which can alone g ive true happiness or lasting peace . In the entire range of literature we could not point to an author whose writings ,, apart altogether from the amusement and instruction they convey , so uniformly strengthen the generous emotions , so carefully guard the delights and purities . of home , teach us such increased tolerance and good will Iree from alltolerance of vice , or contribute so much to . each man ' s means and power of . enduring and conquering his fate .

      We look forward with pleasure to the time indicated on the preface , when this genial and powerful writer shall " again put forth twe green leaves a month . "

      Curran And Ms Contemporaries... By C. Ph...

      ft ^ 3 ^ pV ! i ^^^ Jn ^ B & Q f it among judges and . great lawyears . :. , ^ Lord Clare ; afterwards Lord Chancellor , fouehi kurran , afterwards- ; M aster qf the Rolls ! So much ^ forJequity ; but common law also sustained imputation .. ; . ; . ; t y- - liu : iJ .:.: , , . j Clonmell , afterwards Chief Justice , fought two lords and two commonera-to show his impartiality , no doubt . ' : ' •! . ,: ;;> . , * ; Medge , afterwards'Baron , fougbthisowil brotherin-law and two others , . i . ' ; ; ., v .-.-r ' -.- : , v , :-,,- . . ; -: n 'Toler ,. afterwards Chief Justice of the Comhion ^ leas , j fought' tbree-persons , one of whom was Fitzgerald—even m Ireland the " fire eater ' . 'par excellence . !; . : > ^; jvJ !^ 'l " \ ' ' '¦ ' : ¦ ' - Patterson , also afterwards ' Chief Justice of . the ; same . \ c 6 urt , i fougfc' three country gentlemen , one of them with guns , another with swords , and wounded them all ! : - ^ - >

      Cony , Chancellor Of the Exchequer , ' fought MjvGrattau , - ; : ?' ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ;„ ,: ¦ . - " i The . Provost of Dublin University ,- a- Privy Counsellor , fought Mr .-Doyle , a Master in Chancery , and several others . ' ' ' ¦ ' , His brother , Collector of the Customs , fought Lord Mountmoms . ¦ . Harry Deane -Grady , Counsel " to the Revenue , tought several duels ; and " all hits , " adds Harrington , ' with unction . ' - . ' _ Outran fought 'four persons , ' one of whom \ was Lgan , ' Chairman 'Oi' Kilmainham ; afterwards his friend in the duel with Lord Buckinghamshire . A duel in these days was often the prelude to intimacy .

      Although this work begins with the birth and ends . with the death of Curran , it is not properly a biography , but what the title page indicates—notices of " 'Curran " and his CoritemporariesiV The life , of Curran is rather run " over than narrated in order , the qualities and characteristics ofthe man being-chiefly dwelt upon but . he is vei-y often lost sight of while his . contemporaries are delineated ; Death has enabled Mr . ' Phillips to add some of them to the present edition ; . and amongst these 0 ' Conneil . The . picture of . the great agitator is drawn in a friendl y spirit ; but such

      was the character of the selfish demagogue as developed in his later years , that it leaves a bad impression of the man . The following is , the defence of O'Gonnell against the charge of cowardice : but it does not establish the case ; for although great skill ( unless consisting in quickness ) on the part of one duellist may not avail against the skill of his antagonist , it gives confidence ! The story , however , ; is curious ; and not the less so that it has always been supposed 0 'Conneil was helpless and D'Esterre the victim of accident instead of deadly aim . V

      ... On the : occasion in question he showed a total absence of what is vulgarily called fear ; indeed , his frigid . determination was remarkable . Let those who . read the following anecdote remember that he most- reluctantly engaged in the combat ; that he was . then the father of seven children ; and that it was an alternative of life or' death with him , D ' Esterre being ' reputed an unerring marksman . Being * one"of those who accompanied 0 'Conneil , he beckoned me v aside to a distant portioriof the very large field , which had a slight covering of snow . " Philips , " said he , 'Hhis seems to me not a personal but a political affair . I am obnoxious to a party , and they adopt a false pretence to' cut me off .- 'I shall not submit . to it . They have reckoned without their host , I promise you . I am one ; of the best shots in Ireland at a

      mark ; having , as a public man , considered it a duty ,. : prepare , ; for .. my . own protection , against such unprovoked aggression as the present . Now , remember what r say to you . I may be struck myself , and then skill is out of the question ; but if I am not , my antagonist may have cause to regret his having forced me into this conflict . " The parties were then very soon placed on the ground , at , I think , twelve paces distance ; each having a case of pistols , with directions to fire when they chose after a given ; signal . D'Esterre rather agitated himself by making a short speech , disclaiming all hostility to his Roman Catholic countrymen , and took his ground somewhat theatrically , ¦ crossing his pistols upon ; his bosom . They fired almost together , and instantly on the signal . D'Esterre fell , ' mortally wounded . There was the greatest self-possession displayed by both .

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      Erinnertingen ausJtemJdhre , 1848 . Von Fanny ,- Lewald . praurischwig . , ' 1850 . Reminiscences of ' the Yeai 1848 . By Fanny Lewald . Brunswick . , 1850 . The writer is onepf . a . elass peculiar to Gerriiahy , ' a " claB 8 . of ^ women , * namely , who-know something about everything . Nothing is too high or too low to become an object of consideration to these female Teufelsdrucks ,

      petticoated professors of dlleflia wissmchafty " the science . of things in , general . " . Stray , specimens may : be found in other capitals , but in Berlin they " abound ; The repression of the revolution / may have dethroned them from their , position , and discouraged any addition to their numbers , but they : formed a delightful and remarkable feature in Berlin society before 1848 . The intense intellectual cultivation

      amongst the middle and higher classes of society in Prussia , the patronage bestowed b y the court upon learning , the arts , and sciences ; the encouragement ' given to discuss freely every imaginable themo in politics or religion , with the-single exception of the measures of the administration , all tended , to create a taste for mental display in which it was necessary that female ' s should participate , ' if they wished to retain their old position in the social world . In the salons of Beriin , therefore , foreigners were surprised to hear women taking a prominent part in conversations in which the most

      abstruse questions in . religion , politics , and general science were discussed . The philosophers , male and female , debarred by the spy system and the censure" from any open investigation of passing politicalevents , revenged themselves by treating these events as mere temporary p hases of the great system of revolutions which forms the materiel of history , scarcely worthy-of notice , and directed their attention to the great princi p les which underlie all great social and religious develppements . A strange tone was thus given , to conversation .

      Listening to the talkers . at a ^^ Berlin conversazione you might have fancied , judging from , the nature of the subjects of conversation , that a . number of gods and goddesses were debating on the ' construction of a world . Mere vulgar , bricks and mortar they . ignored , and were anxious only about primary and . secondary geological formations . The actual state of any societ y was scarcely cared for , except in illustration of a principle , and the great forces which must unite to f orrhjttie'heat posaible societyi were the only subjects of investigation .

      Fanny Lewald is one of these fair prodigies . She has studied everything from the Hegelian philosophy downwards ... She is as great in revolutions as , in ribbands , and is as amusing when talking , sentiment oyer oysters , and Eheinweih in the Rathskillor at Bremen , a when meditating upon ancient art and philosophy , in Wiihelm yon Humboldt ' s castle of Tegel near Berlin . Tbe " Reminiscences "• are contained in

      letters written by the authoress to her friends during the year 1848 . They commence in February , at the beginning of the continental revolutions , and . terminate in December , ; when the reaction , had in all oountriesexcept France swept back the runaway kings and governors into , their old : places . . Of , this rich : cycle of events cur authoress saw much ; and has related it well . She starts from Oldenbugh to be a witness of the progress of events in Paris . ' r

      We arrived in Bremen . Scarcely had we placed one loot on shore when Dr . Andrce met us , with a newspaper in his band . " Louis Philippe has fled ! The Republic is proclaimed in'Paris . " Here , read for yourself . " -I took th ' e paper from his hand , and rcadamongst the names of the members of the provisional government , ; Albert , ouvrier . ' , Anew era . begins . What will it bring the French . ?¦ ,- Now contests ? Death and guillotine ? . A short epoch of freedom and ' now form of tyranny ? I cannot believe it . Murderous wars ; bloody battles appear to

      me impossible , unimag inable ; after an endeavour has been once made to , rcaliso ( in . actual life the ideasof socklism , of tlic fraternal unionof humanity . To , kill a man because he . is not-of our , opinion , pr because he lives on one side and we on - the other of a certain ; rivef , or because we h' ^ ve * different manncrsjdifferent languages , is so sad , as to forbid us . todream of its possibility in the present condition , " of human . civilisation . ; Wars Ietweon -educated ; : nations are tlib last rempants . of . bestial ferocity ; aiid inust vanish from , the earth . I have

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      faithinhumamtyin the iuture > -in the-duration of the republic ,, Beautepus-hopes , glorious recollections , unite with . the' human tones ' of these words . I feel more than ever drawn towards Paris .: 1 wish to see how a people forms itself , how a state : consolidates itself , after having declared itself ripe for following the ' cburse dictated by'its own nature ; What impressions are awaiting u ' s'in ' Paris , that ever-beating heart of Europe ? " " " " ' . .-, The answer to , these . lofty expectations is to be ! seen , ; for : the" present , in ; , th , e , ; terrorism whichreignsin France under the sway ofthe V ordermongers . " ; . >• •; , ? :::- ¦ .

      The authoress quitted Paris before the terrible scenes happened which have ended in delivering France , 'for . a time , into the hands of a despotism ; butshesaw enough to awaken her anxieties . - — ! "" ' ¦ ' ¦¦ " •¦'¦ : '¦¦ '• ¦ ¦¦' ¦¦'¦¦¦ ' . ' . ' . . She speaks in the moat satisfactory manner of the perfect tranquillity of Bel gium , and of the repugnance ofthe people to any other form of government' than that under which they enjoy so much happiness . Alexander Dumas bears witness to the same / act , ; and . ; informs his readers very , gravely that , whenever a plethora of good living and comfortable circumstances has had the effect of rendering the , Belgians , like spoilt children , untractable , and ready for a little cme «/ e for the sake of variety t

      Leopold quells the tumult b y threatening the rioters that he will go away . He appears , says . 'the veracious 'Alexander ,. at the window of his palace , with his portmanteau ready packed up inhishand : "My good Mends , he cries out , f put an end to this tumult and let nie beofif . I have been tired of- living here for some , time , and , never , wanted . to . come . You are a just people , however , and will doubtlesssettle iny account before ! go ] I My expenses here have 'been considerable , : and it is but fair that I should not , be out of pocket by you . " The people become convinced , beg the King to forget their escapade , and retire quietly to their homes . Our authoress has accounted for the contentment of the Belgians in a different manner : — '" . "''

      This says nothing either in favour of a constitutional monarchy or against a Republic ; it only furnishes a measure for the height of cultivation of the people in Belgium : for- every government is good which is adapted to the degree of civilisation of : the nation . The highest spiritual development and moral cultivation necessarily require a Republic , and if France has reached this point , the Republic will stand in spite of all scurners and doubters . ] The events which the authoress witnesses in Paris are so well known now to the world , that it will be unnecessary to transfer many of her accounts of them to our pages . Frequently ,, however , she adds a hew interest to

      a well known fact , by her admirable talent for . description . Her remarks , two , are always keen , sensible , and go to the heart of the matter . Heartily sympathising with the revolution , she has collected several , anecdotes which show-the admirable spirit which i actuated the combatants . The following , incidents were well calculated to work upon the feelings of an enthusiastic woman :- — Madame Cornu , a brilliant writer to whom I was introduced by Bettina , gave us to-day a delightful account ' of her experiences during , tbe revolution . She is a charming woman , still young , who has lived many , years , in Germany and Italy ,

      and is at present engaged in writing an article on Italian art and literature for ah Encyclopaedia . Her husband is an historical painter , and atao a National Guard , and had left his house on hearing thorappelon the morning of the revolution . As the noise of the fight increased , and the ringing oi the bells became more general , his wife became more anxious for his safety , till , at last ,, unable any longer to endure the torment , of uncertainty , she determined to go . out into the streets , in order to discover at least where her husband's company was placed . " Wherever I came , " said she , "I found barricades , with men on the top , who offered

      me assistance and helped me over . Vanes lepied sur mer main ! on vous assistera . ' on . vousaidera , Madame ! was the cry from ... all ¦ parts . Upon arriving close to one of these , a troop of gamins came up , singing the Carmagnole at the top ol their voicesi and jostling each other with violence , in their endeavour . to reach the top . I was obliged , in- consequence , to step back into the recess of a doorway ! Instantly a couple of men jumped down from the barricade , extended their arms , black with , gunpowder and- hard labour ,. ' protection before me , and exclaimed , Respect aux femmes ! faui il doncaUmer les femmet , pourckatser unroi ? ...

      The last question is . unique . It must be confessed that the-French alone understand the art of making revolutions . . Whether the greater ^ division amongst parties , which has been the consequence of the revolution , will have' the effect of embittering the . feelings of all , and tend to make any future contest more bloody than , before , it would be hard to , say . Such a contingency would be , however , much to be , deplored . The French have hitherto kept the object to be attained

      solely in view , and abandoned all extraneous considerations . There is ho question that Louis Philippe and his family owed their safety , to the utter carelessness of the people for every other object but one , the establishment of the revolution . That attained , -kings and princes , and the whole paraphernalia of the old . regime , were matters of no concern . Fanny Lewald believes that the revolutionary animus has even impregnated the language , and rendered it more fit to * arrive quickly at the hearts ofthe people . "" '

      On receiving the news of the revolution in Prussia ; our adventurous heroine returns to Berlin . Her first letter isI . dated '; 11 th April , after the terrible struggle in March : — - "I have been nearly a fortnight here , " she writes , " since my return from Paris , and the altered appearance of Berlin still strikes me as passing strange . When we entered the city on the night of the 1 st of April by the Potsdama Thor , and passing by the office of the minister , of war , saw there , instead of the usual military guard of honour , two students wearing the bonnet rouge ^^ and smoking eigars , I though that it must be . all a dream . But how was my astonishment increased

      when , on the following day , I saw the streets of Berlin without a single soldier in them . No officer of theguard ate hisice at Kranzler ' s with his legs stretched . over the iron balcony . None ofthe painted signs were to be seen which a few weeks before had shone so proudly with the title , ' Purveyor to the Court . ' At every corner were sold newspapers and pamphlets , which had never - passed under the eye of any censor , whereas a short time back even the inscriptions on gravestones were sub ject to the censure—every where were , cigars to be ' purchased ; although smoking in the streets was formerly prohibited under a penalty of two dollars for each offence . " ,. ¦

      .. Who will say , after this , that the mediseval monarch of Prussia had not trespassed rather largely on the patience of his subjects ? Our authoress sympathises deeply . with the revolutionists , and in the course of her advocacy of "their ^ conduct lets fall incidentally many allusions to a wide-spreading discontent previous to the outbreak ; She has not , however , the same sympathy with her own countrymen as with the French . She feels that they were unprepared for a . great convulsion ,: ' that they wanted teaching . Even before the reaction she confesses herself anxious as to the future . The revolution in Germany appears to her at present to be only a subject of thought for philosophers .

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      Reiorm tub Chartkr-Hocse . — -Mr . Poole , author of Paul Fry , and of other works still living and likely to live , has refused to . accept the post of one ofthe Poor Brethren of the Charter House . The reasons for his refusal arc-, ' it is said , the want of many common comforts necessary ' for his health , which it was thought by his friends so rich an institution as Richard Sutton ' s would have supplied to all " poor brethren " within the walls of the Cha . troux . Few commissions more than charity commissions require to be renewed at short intervals ; and no endowments need more to be looked after

      than the noble foundation of tho Charter House . A commission of inquiry into the management of Eton arid the . Charter House will we trust follow , pretty closely on the heels of the , present Cambridge : and Oxford University Commissions . A master of tho Charter House with a smaller income , and the same number of Poor Brethren , . with greater cr > mforts—would bemprVih ' accbrdanco with-Sutton ' s spirit , the objects ' , of his ' : institution , and the requirements of tbe age , —Athenceum . ¦¦ ¦ . Whyis a ' pig . the . most extraordinary animal in creation ^ --Becauso ' you first kill him and then cure hilh . . ' - ¦ -.. -. ¦ ¦ : '¦ ! - " : < -, - ¦¦ ¦>;; v--. v l- - ¦ ¦ - " . ¦ l ' - ' ¦¦ ' ' . Happiness is . often at puri ' . side ) . and we pass her by ; Misfortune is afar off , and we rush to meet her .

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      A Wected Simplicity .Is Refined Impostur...

      A wected simplicity . is refined imposture . . Affected virtue is . more . to be dreaded than vice . , v i-. 3 j ^ > V ; MeHET : is ' equal to but- two things , ' , ready wit and a clean shirt . * " ; M „ i ^!? T ' aBoft of bad money , to which our vanity gives currency . -.. ..-... ' death te «; m ; Accordin 8 t 0 ihe artioles of war , it is deatn to stop a cannon ball . I- » rSSi } " * ' . » his Portion in adversity , who acts with gentleness m prosperity . '"' ; ' : ¦ : The mpulation JofNew York , according-to the census of June last , was 620 , 000 iL MALOnTSAYS , the reason he don ' t get warned is , that his house is not large enough- to contain the consequences .

      Nobleman . —One who is indebted to bis ancestors for a name and an estate , and sometimes to himself for being unworthy of both . A country girl , in writing home about the polka , says , the dancing is not inuch , but the hugging is heavenly . That young women should be dieted . , Laws are ' generally found to be nets of such a texture , as the little creep through , the ^ reaJhreak through , and themiddle size are alone entangled therein . Extend thy generous aid to him who is suffering and in distrws ; for thou knowest not how soon the s ' nme proffered services will need be extenrfed to thee ; "Why is it better to be burnt at a stake than to have your head cut off at a block ?—Because a hot steak is better than a cold chop . When

      . we mean to touch the heart , we always speak the truth in same degree ; it is our last resource , and if it were out first , we should have less to lament . '•»' ¦¦¦ ' The Quickest wat to Rome . — - " Every road , " says the ancient proverb , ' * leads to Rome j ' . 'Ibut of all roads none will take you there so quickly as the small Tracts that run through Oxford . —Punch . Credit is like a looking-glass , which , when only sullied by an unwholesome breath , may be wiped clean again , but if once it is . cracked it is never to be repaired . ¦ : ¦ :.- > Six of the English race-horses sent to the Pacha of Egypt some time sinco have died in consequence of the change of climate . A diseased mind turns every chance accident to its own distempered view , and makes the terror , or the sorrow , which exists but in its own imagination , a reality of evil . !

      " I embrace the opportunity , " as Don Juan said when he kissed the girl in the dark ; " but we are all liable to deception , " as he exclaimed , when he discovered her to be black . Paper from tow is said to have been invented and made at Berlin , so difficult , if not impossible , to becounterfeited , that it will supersede all other fabrics for bank-notes , stamps . & c . i Advice . —Gentlemen walking the streets with canes or umbrellas should always carry them on their shoulders ^ for then they may get an opportunity of putting out the eyes of persons behind them . Mb . Webster , the American stateoman , having taken his stand with the slaveholders , a Wesfeyan minister , after invoking a blessing upon the President and his Cabinet , supplicated Heaven , in an almost hopeless tone , "to try to bless Daniel Webster ! " - ' ,

      ON MISS ANNA BREAD . While belles thsir lovely graces spread , And fops around them flutter , I'll be content with " Anna Bread , " And won't have any " but her , " We baib some persons because we do not know them ; and we will not know them , because we hale them . Those friendships that succeed to such aversions are usually firm , for those qualities must be sterling that could not only gain our hearts , but conquer our prejudices . ) ¦ Brotherly LovbJ— . " Jack , Jack , " cried a sailor , on board a ship at sea , lately , to one of his companions— " Uallo ! " replied Jack , " . what is it ?" "Your brother ' s overboard . " — "Overboard ? " " Yes . "— - " Blow the lubber ! he . has got my sea boots and monkey jacket on . " .

      _ A Madmas ' s Notion . —A lunatic , who recently diedofdeimum tremens , had a notion that a large rat , taking advantage of him while he was lying asleep with his mouth open , had run down his throat , and was gnawing at his vitals . He thrust a pair of tongs into his throat to catch the imaginary intruder , and hastened his death . The Vatican contains eight grand staircases and two hundred ordinary ones , twenty courts ' and squat es , and four thousand two hundred and twentytwo rooms ; with all its galleries , grounds , and appurtenances , it has been computed to cover as large a pace as the city of Turin . Captain Cocker . —It is stated that after one of our military companies had partaken of agood dinner they were exercised a little , and at the word "fire , " the discharges were so irregular that the captain shouted but , " Where are the other two charges ? I counted but thirty-five , and there are thirty-seven " muskets --American Paper .

      The Planet Saturn . —We learn from Boston , in America , th . it the Astronomers at the Cambridge Observatory have discovered a third ring ( interior to the two others ) , surrounding the Planet Saturn . It was at the same Observatory that the eighth satellite of this planet was discovered , about two years ago . Cockney Linoo . — A hungry looking countryman was leisurely exploring one of the quiet lanes in the city , in order to comfort the inner man , when his ears were suddenly saluted by a shrill voice , ' which uttered , in rapid tones , the following incomprehensible jargon : — . 'ABiledlamancapersors—Eosebeefrosegoosrosemuttonanlaters ' . —Biledamancabbagevegetables

      —Walkindrtakeascatsir . "—T ]\ e astonished man ; hastened his pace in oider to find , a hduse where -they spoke English . " MitTOJf . —Soon after the restoration Milton . was offered the place of Latin Secretary to the Kingf which , notwithstanding the importunities of his wife , he resolutely refused . His answer to his wife ' s . entreaties was : — " You are right , my dear ; you , as other women , would ride in your coach—for me , ; my aim is to live and die an honest man ! " We dare say there are " writers " now in existence who would not hesitate to declare , if pressed upon the subject , that Milton waa a consistent < bol , and his wife a discreet and sensible woman . —ZoMcftm Anecdotes .

      SHE CHURCH AND THE DISSENTERS . " Friend Samuel , " said a Noncon , to a Quaker , '" 'What think you of this Bull that make folks quail ? You have no great affection for its maker , But is ' t not , tell me , very like a Whale !"• "Yea , John , " said Sam ! " and further , in my eyes , man , ' These sly State Churchmen now before you pace Tho Red Hat trailing of this Nicholas Wiseman As a Red Herring , to divet the chase . "

      Now here ' s another thing that ' s no puzzle , and yet I'll set it for an answer . How do you account for some ball porters and livery and other servants being so saucy to decent people in some places , when in others , ay , and very often where there ' s real rank too , all the servants are so civil and respectful ? I ' ve seen so much of this , that let me see the servants , and I'll tell you what the masters and mistresses are without seeing them . —A Packet of Seeds saved by an Old Gardiner . A speaker at a Protestant meeting at Exeter , last week , said , that a short time ago , a young clergyman from Ireland , on a visit to this country , attended divine service in which "intoning , " " . histronics , " and a variety of ceremonies were , performed in imitation of the Romish Church . After the service , the rector said to him , in a pitying tone , " You have nothing of this sort in Ireland ?''—" , Oh yes , indeed , we have . "— " Yon have ?''— " Oh yes , " he replied , "we have the raaJthirig there !"

      The Force of Imagination . —Dr . Beddoes , an English physician of great enthusiasm , bad imbibed the notion that palsy could be cured by inhaling nitrous oxide gas . He requested tho celebrated Sir Humphrey Davy to administer the gas to ono of his patients , and sent him to him for that purpose . ; Sir Humphrey put the bulb ; -of the thermometer under the tongue of the paralytic , to ascertain the temperature of the body , so that he might see . whether it would be . atall affected . by . the inhalation of the gas . The sick man , filled with faith , from the assurances of the ardent Dr . Beddoes ; and supposing that tho thermometer was the remedy , declared at once that he felt better . D , w < , desirous of seeing how much imagination wouM u . i iu such a case , then told him that enough had been done for that time , and directed him to come next day . The application of the thermometer > vas made from day to day in the same way , and in a fortnight the man was cured . — Physician and Patient .

      Talking Pkqflk . —Notwithstanding tho common adat ;» , in respect to the loquacity of womeu , some men are not the less prone to the evil of indiscreet talking ; they are always putting themselves out by forgetting to keep their lipg close , Some Very clever people , too , are tobefoundpiniiiginobscurity . simply because they frighten people , who tvouldadvancethem , by . their habit of unseasonable or imprudent chat * tering . Attempt to ask them a question , and they are ready with a volume of explanation / which ia iitterod with such rapidity that there is no getting a word in " edgeways ; " and frequently they have not patience to wait till you have completed your

      question ^ but fly offat once , telling or showing you all that is irrelevant to the point on which you wish to be informed . Others are always ¦ unburthening their mind of whatever it may contain , without considering for a moment whether it be discreet to do so or agreeablo to other people ' . This habit of . incessant talking is injurious to all , but always prejudicial to young pcoplo of both sexos , and it should therefore be carefully guarded against and controlled . In all ffood society ; talking , chattering persons are set down at once as pests to be : avoided ; and in . situation of life the man or woman of few * ords will always be preffri'Cu to one who must always be saying something . , ; : ;; • ¦ .- K .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21121850/page/3/