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      Like It—And Stands In This Child's Light...

      December 21 , 1850 . _** --, _„„ _.--,-- _* _^_ Z ____ THE NORTHERN STAR . tF - l , ilr _*— * - I | ; - -1 - — ——"

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      A Christmas Cabol. Join Merry Hearts In ...

      A CHRISTMAS CABOL . Join merry hearts in merry vows , To keep old customs up , To dress the house with holly houghs , And drain theJWassail cup ! ¦ We ' ll holdthe , mirth ths season brines With all its jonalfoUy , B As firmly as the ivy clings Around tho sprig of holly .

      Ob , 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 winterVnips , The little bright red berry , Reminding us of ruby lips That bid all hearts be merry ! _Bright Testa , hail ! Hence murky care Evaporate in fog ! Look on our little summer there

      Where burns the bright Yule Log . Christmas and thee are not of kin-He scorns thee , base sojourner ! There is noplace for thee -within Hia 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 paint its whiteness ? Or can spring ' s sweetest dew bestow The icicle ' s pure brightness ?

      _Kow Molly innocently trips Beneath the mistletoe , And if Ralph pounces on her lips , How can sho say Mm " No 1 " To ( -Barrel with so fair a kiss . "Were little short of treason And frown at _snch a time as this , "Were sadly ont of season ! Now 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 _oeginning- — "When all hearts join the chase for fame , And all are sore of winning !

      And old age _love 3 the 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 bave tripped as lightly ! Come , pass the Wassail bowl about ! The merry feast begin—He cares not for the cold without , Whose heart 1 b warm within ! Hail , rosy Bacchus!—graver cares , "We in thy goblet hury ; Let him be dismal now who dares _. Our _Christmas shall be merry ! A . M . F

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      The Personal History Of David Uopperfiel...

      The Personal History of David Uopperfield . By Charles Dickens . "With Illustrations by H . K . Browne . London ; Bradbury and Evans . . . _« ' 17 b may fairly rresume that everybody has read David Copperfield , and as naturally conclude , that everybody has been delighted with it . It is fie most beautiful of all th © works ¦ which have proceeded from his pen , embodying , as it does , all the merits which have already given him a world-wide popularity , with graces peculiar to itself . The hero of the hook , David -Copperfield ,

      becomes a successful cultivator of literature , and with a view to this , his imaginary career , seems to us a most felicitous conception . The _creaming tendencies of his childhood are confirmed and protracted , by the neglect . arising from a second marriage of hiswidowed mother . Her death throws him on his own resources . The care of his aunt restores him again to the genial g arden offamily nurture . Thus the visionary and real parts of bis nature receive developement in proportion to those which best contribute to the character ofthe perfect

      novelist , and his mind is stored with all necessary variety of incidents , characters , and images . This practical education is continued and 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 towards heights too high for childhood to climb—his rapid and

      sympathetic instincts for enjoyment—his quiet sense of injustice- —his tremulous foresight of coming griefs—the boy seduced by the fascinating qualities of a dangerous friend—the youth ' s boy-love for his child-wife—that love itself never faltering even to the end , yet by a fine instinctive information leading his mind to dim glimpses of a higher domestic happiness , at which he mig ht 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 , inexplicable shrinking of the orphan , when he makes one of the pleasure party of themeTry and beneficent un „ dertakers , Omerand Joram-few could have so nicely indicated the relish which , in spite oi 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 Banes that mournful sentiment which , being the natural aecompaiiiment of all personal reviews of the past , never in its saddest expressions takes the tone of _sentimentahsm ; but Mows the narrative like a low , sweet-and true—music :-beginning with the narrators first look out on his father ' s cold grave m the churchyard , against which every night his mother ' s door is barred , and only ending with ibe last line that chronicles the gams , the

      trials and the losses of a life . To point ont half the strongpoints shrewd hits and exquisite passages in this tale , would be a superfluous task , were it a possible one . i _4 y reader has already by heart the disasters of little Dora ' s housekeepmg-mcludmg 5 ry Anne and the Life Guardsman , the tearful page , the pet dog in his pagoda and Ss , that wasteful whole sahnon , and those _offers locked fast in their shells , of which the _sty Traddles made the best ; _Whase ery

      g * _^ one sufficiently admired the unobtrusive sk . Il Swhich wifare made to allow _for-flttebMwife ' s folly , without granting her a fool s pardon-to feel that she is a mistake m the hero _s fortunes , yet love her and weep for her- ear £ _vitheriuglway ? Everybody has revelled m Miss Betsey Trotwood ' sracy ec centrieity—ner donkey-phobia , her antipathy to Peggotty , as one having a Pagan name : —but some ot tier most whimsical outbursts and most womanly

      sophistries , may have escaped the reader m the heat of the first perusal . Hear her , for inBtance , like another Queen Bess , working herself up into hig h disdain on the subject ol first and second marriages . "Whatever possessed that poor unfortunate Baby « _.-. « . lv _« n _,. _^ wo and be married again , " said r oy that She must gj > _"g _^ , hed , "I can ' t _conceive _" - _ZS _^ _to _SA * withhersecond husband , " v . _£ ? - ? _JL ** - — " Fell in lore . ' repeated my Mr . D _«^ _nSB « J _* - _JJaVg » «* Waat business _f _^ _l _^ LV " - _? ' Perhaps , " Mr . Dick _sim-^ i _^ _ftSthlniinea Httte , " _*« _* - - P _apered _, after toinUnp a _mu- _* ... . „ . " 7 indeed ! " lied _> my aunt" A

      _P _^_ » Heaue rep , _Sa _^ _^ _Ko _? a _^»™ _oa'r of babies when she gave birth to this child sit !? ff li i * was not enough , and she had not s : _ood suft & i $ te _"Xhtof _thfe-chUa » sister , BeUeyTrot-S" said my aunt , " she marries a second ti _.-. e-Ss aridmarries a murderer-or a man with a name

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      like it—and stands in this child ' s light ! And the naturarwHisequence is , as anybody but a baby mieht have foreseen , that he prowls and wanders . He'las _^^ _vi _^ rtv _™! grown n P * M _•»« can be . " -Mr . Dick looked hard at me , as if to identify me ui this character— •« And then , there ' s that woman with the Pagan name , " said ray aunt , " tbat Peggotty , she goes aud gets married next . Because she has not seen enough of the evil attending snch things , the goes and gets married next , as the child *? ?«« . onl ? h ° Pe » " _^ d my aunt , shaking her _\ , a 1 her boso _«* u _> _s one of those Poker _husoands who abound iu the newspapers , and will beat her well with one . " Aunt Betsey ' s delicious sophistries about Mr . Dick , too , are positivel y Shandean in their humour : — - --- _* - - *—i mni _^ _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 flying a kite is a much more ridicnloHS ol-ject than anybody else . " Then , commend us totheMicawbers : —he , with Ms genteel manner and his delight in his own epistolary powers , hia conviviality at a moment ' s warning , his sanguine readiness to take any conceivable shape or embrace any possible project , his mathematical 10 TJ ' s and magnificent obliviousness of all money

      difficulties ;—she , with her affable air of business , her wondrous lucidity and orderliness | n counsel , her famil y affections always " on the gush , " and that one song by Storace which she contributes by way of melody to the ever-recurring j ° _-g 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 lawle .-s , but defensive and prompt , One night have supposed him a child of the wilderness , long accustomed to

      live ont ofthe confines of civilisation , and about to retnrn to his native wilds . He had provided himself , among other things , with a complete suit of oil-skin , and a straw-hat wich a very low crown , pitched or caulked on' the outside . In this rough clothing , with a common mariner's telescope under his arm , and ashrewd trick of casting up his eye at the sky as looking out for dirty weather , he was far more nautical , _afterhis 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 mostuncomproniisins of bonnets ; made fast under the chin ; and in a shawl which tied her up ( as f had been tied up , when my aunt first receivedine ) 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 ; witfi nothing superfluous about her . Master Micawber : was hardly visible in a Guernsey shirt , and tbe shaggiest suit of slops I ever saw ; and the children were done up , like preserved meats , in impervious _tases . 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—Heave— Yeo I " 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 , * * "It 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 us . 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 ? " I said that I should hope to hear whenever she had an opportunity of writing . " Please Heaven , there will be many snch 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 <» oing to the furthest limits of the earth ; and , _whence 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 he frequently observed athwart our hows ; and , either on the Starboard or the Larboard Quarter , objeots of interest will be continually descried . In short , " said Mr . Micawber , with the old genteel air , "the probability is , all will be found so exciting , alow and aloft , that when the look-out , stationed in the maintop , cries Land-ho ; we shall be very considerably astonished !"

      A last glance at the emigrant ship—within . — It was snch a strange scene to me , and so confined and dark , tbat , at first , I could make out hardly anything ; but , by degrees , it cleared , as my eyes became more accustomed to the gloom , and I seemed to stand in a picture by Ostade . Among the great beams , hulks , and ringbolts of the ship , and the emigrant-berths , and chests , and bundles , and barrels ? and heaps of miscellaneous baggage—lighted up here and there by dangling lanterns , and elsewhere bv the yellow day-light straying down a windsail or a * hatch way—were crowded groups of people , _mnfeimrnew 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 _stoolB , or in dwarf elbow-chairs ; others , despairing of a _resting-place , and wandering disconsolately . From babies who had but a week or two of life behind them , to crooked old men and women who seemed to have hut 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 into the narrow compass of

      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 her family , even then ; and her last words to me were , that she never would desert Mr . Micawber . We went over the 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 the

      every taper line and spar was visible against glow . A sight at once so beautiful , so mournful , fnd so hopeful , as the glorious ship , lymg , still , on the 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 np , and echoed hack , and which were echoed and re-echoed .

      Copperfield is taken to see the Model Prison . — 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 lustreof Twenty-Seven . I heardso much of Twenty-Seven of his pious admonitions to everybody around him and of the beautiful letters he constantly wrote _tn _h-s mother ( whom he seemed to consider in a very

      bad way ) that I became quite impatient to see mm . t had to Testrain my impatience for some time , on _account of Twenty-Seven being reserved for a condud _n" effect . But , at last , we came to the door of _hfcell - and Mr . Creakle . looking through a little _LiL in it reported to u ? , in a state of the greatest _ffi £ _tfo- / tff hewas _readingaHynmBook . There admira tion i _«« immediately , to see _TwenT-Se ? en reading his Hymn Book , that the _ittleTole was blocked up , six or seven heads deep . K _rpmedv this inconvenience , and give us an _oppor-To remedy wis _™ Twenty-Soven in all his tunity _<& _£ _^ door of thecell tobe purity Mr . _^ 100 _^ ° . _^ _tf _^ _S _^^ _Ttoi . _-Bd who should

      _TrndSlcs : Sd I then behold to cm _^*™ _$ » this converted Somber Twenty-seven , Jut Uriah neep . Ho knew us directly ; and said , as he came _out-Uith the old writhe ,- « 'How do you do Mr . Copperfield ? How do you do , Mr . Traddles ? - This recognition caused a general admiration in tne party . I rather thought that everyone was struck by his not being proud , and faking notice of us . — « Well , Twenty-Seven , " said Mr . Creakle , mournfully admiring him . " How do you find yoursel " j to-day ?"— " I am very umble , sir ! " replied Uriah 1 Hecp . — " You are . always so , Twenty-Seven , " said Mr . Creakle—Here ,. another gentleman asked , > with extreme anxiety : "Are you quite comfort "

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      able ?" » Yes , I thank you , sir ?" said Uriah Heep , looking in that , direction . — " Far more comfortable here , than ever I was outside . I see my follies now _snv That ' s what makes me comfortable . " --Several gentlemen were much affected- ; and a third questioner , forcing himself , to the front , inquired with extreme feeling : " How do you find the beef ?"— «« Thank you , sir , " replied Uriah , glancing in the new direction of this voice , "it was tougher yesterday than I could wish ; but it ' s my duty to bear . 1 have committed follies , gentlemen , " said Uriah , looking round with a meek smile , " and I ought to bear the consequences without repining . A murmur , partly of gratification at Twenty-,, _, , _,, .

      Seven ' s celestial 6 tate of mind , and partly of indignation against the contractor who had given him any cause of complaint ( a note of which was immediately made by Mr . Creakle ) , having subsided , Twenty-Seven stood in the midst of us , as if he felt himself the principal object of merit in a highly meritorious museum . That we , 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 . Lattimer walked forth , reading a good book ! " What is your state of mind , Twenty-Eight ? " said the questioner in spectacles . — " I thank yousir" returned

      , , Mr . Lattimer ; " I see my follies now , air , 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 . " If so , mention it , Twenty-Eight . "— " Sir , " said Mr . Lattimer , without looking up , " If my eye 3 have not deceived me , there is a gentleman present who was acquainted with me in my former life . It may he profitable to that _gentleman to know , sir

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

      Amid all the prodigal profusion of distinct and distinguishable figures , the abundance of graceful and quaint details , there is yet a unity in the book which is 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 kindl y 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 willing self-delusion 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 give 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 uniforml y strengthen the generous emotions , so carefull y guard the delights and purities of home , teach us such increased tolerance and good will free from all toleranceof 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 two green leaves a month . ' '

      Curran And His Contemporaries. B Y C. Ph...

      Curran and his Contemporaries . B y C . _Phiiiips , Esq ., B . A . London : Blackwoods . Among all the men who figure in these pages , Curran was unquestionably the most Irish . Goldsmith and 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 might he Irish ; but the intellect and thought were English . Curran was Irish throughout . The son of a peasant , or something near a peasant , he passed Mb boyhood among the peasantry ; narrow

      circumstances still kept him much among the people during his youth and early manhood ; native disposition , the habits of his day , and the opportunities of his profession , gave him continual opportunity of continuing his observation till he became Master of the Bolls . But Curran ' s Irish character was not merely acquired knowledge—it was in him .. His readiness , his repartee , his wit , was Irish , carried to a very hig h 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

      _tasteB 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 hy early difficulties . His oratory appear to have been soberer than 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 horrid , but they were real ; there was little or no turgidness in Curran . Thus , his picture of Stuart Judges ( supposed , however , to have had a personal application ) is not inflated , though loathsome .

      when tbe devoted benches of public justice tice were filled by some of those foundlings of fortune , who , overwhelmed in the torrent of corruption at Jan early period , lay at tbe 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 Erskine in 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 points , it strikes us , Curran would have had the advantage : he was more versatile , and he never thought of himself or his oratory ; both of which were _altnogt uppermost with Erskine . To the general unscrupulousness 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 , he at all events left a picture of his adversary behind him which survived and embittered the 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 tho confidence 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 , he 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 _sullenness 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 that , in law as well as in war , every _stratagem was admissible . If he was hard pressed ,

      there was no peculiarity of person , no singularity of name , no eccentricity of profession , at which he would not grasp , trying to confound tho self-possession of the witness by Ihe no matter how excited ridicule of the audience . To a witness of the name of Halfpenny he once began , "Halfp enny , 1 see you're a rap , and for that reason , you shall he nailed to tbe counter . " " Halfpenny is sterling . _^ exclaimed tbe opposite counsel . " No , no , " said ho ; "he's exactly like his own conscience-only copper-washed . " This phrase alluded to nn expression previously used on the trial .

      Besides very freo liviug , a looso private morality , and little public princip le beyond a sort of party consistency , duelling flourished ill fdH vigour when Curran was in his prime .

      Curran And His Contemporaries. B Y C. Ph...

      Mr . Philli ps gives a few instances of it among judges and great lawyearB / * _cS " 01 _!' ' _Aw ards Lord Chancellor , fought _™ _£ I afterwards Master of the Rolls ! So iW pUtation ' " butcommo _» lawr a * so sustained inS" _™!? - ; afterTrards Chief Justice , fought two Hom _« and tw _oommonera—to show his impartiality , no doubt . r Medge , afterwards Baron , foughthis own _brbtherm-law and two others . Toler , afterwards Chief Justice of the Common _£ ieas , ; fought three : persons , one of whom was * itzgera hl—even in Ireland the "fireeater" par excellence . . Patterson , also afterwards Chief -Justice of the _samo court , fougt three _couutry gentlemen , one of them with guns , another with swords , and wounded them all ! ' ,.

      • • _Co"y » Chancellor of the Exchequer , fought Mr . Grattan . s The Provost of Dublin University , a Privy Counsellor , fought Mr . Doyle , a Master in Chancery , and several others . His brother , Collector of the Customs , _fourrht Lord Mountmorris . Harry Deane Grady , Counsel to the Revenue , fought several duels ; and " all hits , " adds Barnngton , with unction . Ourran fought four persons , one of whom was Egan , Chairman of Kilmainham , afterwards his » ? ln tho duel witl 1 Lon * Buckinghamshire . A duel in these days was often the prelude to _mttmacy .

      Although this work begins with the birth and ends with the death of Curran , it is not properl y a biography , but what the title page indicates—notices of •' Curran and his Contemporaries . ' ' 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 very often lost sight of while his contemporaries are delineated . Death has enabled Mr . Philli ps to add some of them to the present edition ; and amongst these O'Connell . The picture of the great agitator is drawn in a friendly 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'Connell against the charge of cowardice : but in 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 O'Connell was helpless and D'Esterre the victim of accident instead of deadly aim .

      On the occasion in question he showed a total absence of what is __ vulgarity 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 ohildren ; 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 O'Connell , he beckoned me aside to a distant portion of the very largo field , which had a slight covering of snow . " Philips , " said he , " this 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 to prepare / for my own protection , against suoh unprovoked aggression aa the present , Now , remember what I 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 hia 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 .

      Erinnerungen Ausdem Jahre, 1848. Von Fan...

      Erinnerungen ausdem Jahre , 1848 . Von Fanny Lbwald . Braunschwig . 1850 . Reminiscences of the Year 1848 . By FANNY Lewald . Brunswick . 1850 . . The writer is one of a class peculiar to Germany , a class 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 allerlia wissenchaft , "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 by the court upon learning , the arts , and sciences ; the encouragement given to discuss freely every imaginable theme in politics or religion , with the single exception of tho measures of the administration , all tended to create a taste for

      mental display in which it was necessary that females should participate , if they wished to retain their old position in the social world . In the salons of Berlin , 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 political events , revenged themselves by treating these events as mere temporary phases of the great system of revolutions which forms the materiel of history , scarcely worthy of notice , and directed their attention

      to the great principles which underlie all great social and religious developements . A strange tone was thus given to conversation . Listening to the talkers at a Berlin conversazione you mig ht 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 society was scarcely cared for , except in illustration of a principle , and the great forces which must unite to form the best possible society , 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 over oysters and Bheinwein in the Rathskillor at Bremen , as when meditating upon ancient art and philosophy in Wilhelm von Humboldt ' s castle of Tegel near Berlin . Tha "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 countries except France swept back the runaway kings and governors into their old places . Of this rich cycle of events our authoress saw much , and has related it well . Sho starts from Oldenbugh to be a witness of the progress of events in Paris .

      We arrived in Bremen . Scarcely had we placed one loot on shore when Dr . Andree met us , with a newspaper in his band . " Louis Philippe has fled The Republic is proclaimed in Paris . . Here , read for yourself . " I took the paper from his hand , and read amongst tho names ot the members ofthe provisional government , Albert , ouvrier ! A new era begins . "What will it bring the French ? New contests ? Death and guillotine ? A short epoch of freedom and new form of tyranny ? I cannot believe it . Murderous wars , bloody battlos appear to

      me impo 88 iblo , unimaginable , after an endeavour has been oneo made to realise in actual life the ideasof socialism , ofthe fraternal union of humanity . To kill ft mnn becauso lie is nofc of our opinion , or because he lives on one side and wo on tho other of a certain river , or because we have different manners , different languages , is so sad , as to forbid us to dream of its possibility in the present condition of human civilisation . Wars letween educated nations are the last remnants of bestial ' ferocity , and must vanish from the earth . I have

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      faith in humanity in the future , in the duration of the republic . Beauteous hopes , glorious recollections , unite with the human tones of these words . I feel more than ever drawn towards Paris . I wish to see how a people forms itself , how a state consolidates itself , after having declared itself ripe for following the course dictated by its own nature . What impressions are awaiting us in Paris , that ever-beating heart of Europe ? The answer to these lofty expectations is to be _seeri , for the present , in the terrorism which reigns in Prance under the sway of the " 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 ; but she saw enough to awaken her anxieties .-She speaks in the most satisfactory manner of the perfect tranquillity of Belgium , and of the repugnance of the people to any other form of government than that under which they enjoy so much happiness . Alexander Dumas bears witness to the same fact , 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 emeute for the sake of variet y ;

      Leopold quells the tumult by threatening the rioters that he will go away . He appears , says the veracious Alexander , at , the window of his palace , with his portmanteau read y packed up in his hand : "My good friends , " he cries out , " put an end to this tumult and let me be off . I have been tired of living here for some time , and never wanted to come . You are a just people , however , and will doubtless settle my account before I go . 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 quietl y to their homes . Our authoress has accounted for the contentment ofthe 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 _Btand in spite of all Boomers 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 new 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 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 the 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 an Encyclopaedia . Her husband is an historical painter , and also a National Guard , and had left his house on hearing therappelon the morning ofthe revolution . As the noise of the fight increased , and the ringing of 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 sho , I found barricades , with men on the top , who offered me assistance and helped me over . Pans lepied sur mer main ! on vous assistera ! on vous aidera , madams ! was the cry from all parts . Upon arriviug close to one of these , a troop of gamins came up , singing the Carmagnole at the top ot their voices , and jostling each other with violence , in their endeavour to reaoh the top . I was obliged , in _consrquence , 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 , as a protection before me , and exclaimed , Respect aua femmes ! faut il done aimer lesfemmes , pour chasser « in roi ? .

      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 no 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 _Leirald 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 is dated 11 th April , after tbe terrible struggle in March : — " I have been nearly a fortnight here , " _9 ho writes , " since my return from Paris , and the altered appearance of Berlin still strikes , mo 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 oonnef rouge and smoking cigars , 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 the guard ate his ice at Kranzler ' s with his legs stretched over the iron balcony . None of tho 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 bad 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 mediaeval monarch of Prussia had not trespassed rather largely on the patience of his subjects ? Our authoress sympathises deepl y with the revolutionists , and in the course of her advocacy of their conduct lets fall incidentally many _ullusions 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 .

      Reform The Chahtbb-House— Mr.Poole,Autho...

      Reform the Chahtbb-House— Mr . Poole , author of Paul Pry , and of other works still living and likely to live , has refused to accept the post of one of the Poor Brethren of the Charter House . Tho reasons for his refusal are , it is said , tho 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 tho walls of the Cha . treux . Few commissions more than charity commissions require to be renewed at short intervals ; and nn flndowments need more to be looked after

      than tho noble foundation ofthe Charter House . A commission of inquiry into the management of Eton and the Charter House will we trust follow pretty closely on the heels of the present Cambridge and Oxford University Commissions . A master of the Charter House with a smaller income , and tho same number of Poor Brethren with greater comforts—would be more in accordance with Sutton ' s spirit , the objects of his institution , and the re quirements of the age . —Athenceum . Why is a pig the most extraordinary animal in creation?—Because you first Ml him and then cure him . Happiness is often at our side , and we pass her by ; Misfortune is afar off , and we rush to meet her .

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      Affected Simplicity Is Refined Imposture...

      Affected simplicity is refined imposture . . Affected virtue is more to be dreaded '' thana vice . Ready money is equal to but two things , ready j wit and a clean shirt . _VlTm _* LATTEnr isa gort ofbad t which our r vanity gives currency . -. '„ . ' , C _^ j Jr _^ _! _P Accordin Bto ihe articles of war , ati 3 9 death to stop a cannon ball . _¦¦ .-,-, '¦ _¦>¦ , ;¦ •!> Pity will always be his portion in _adversiiyfwho > acts with gentleness m prosperity '' ' ' •' The population of New York , according , to . the J census of June last , was 520 , 000 , ¦ ° < >¦' , »• - \ MALoaYSAYS , the reason he don ' t get married ' _i ' _is ,, that his house is not large enough to _coritain- _'the i consequences . - .- !" r- ' '' Nobleman . —One who is indtbted to his ancestors i for a name and an estate , and sometimes to himself ' for being unworthy of both . _.:-.

      A country girl , in writing home about thefpolka ,, says , the dancing is not mucb , but the _buggnh g is : heavenly . That young women should be diet _^ _u _;' _.,. ' ? , Laws Ann generally found to be nets oi sucha i texture , as the little creep through , the great break through , and the middle size are alone entangled therein . - " _{•' ;' ' -. ' ' _-, - t Extend thy generous aid to him who ' is _Je ering and in distress ; ' for thou knowest , _iiot- ; _, hp _, w ¦ soon the same proffered services will _need-: be _.. exr tended to thee . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . - *' .- ; . • • .: _» . _

      The Quickest way to Rome . — " Every . road , " says the ancient proverb , " leads to Rome ; _'' but 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 , yyhen _onls sullied by an unwholesome breath , may . be / _. wipe _fi clean again , bat if once it is cracked it is never to berepaired . . _>• - _¦ _- . _::-Six of the English race-horses sent to the'Pacha of Egypt some time since have died in consequence of the change of climate , , . ; . / _> A diseased mind turns every chance _accidenttOi its own distempered view , and makes the terror , or the sorrow , whioh exists but in its own imagination ? a reality of evil . -. ¦¦ •¦; _. _--.: r » - > r , \ " I embrace the opportunity , " as Don . . Juan _^ saifl when he kissed the girl in the dark ; " but weare aU | liable to deception , " as he exclaimed , when _hedhv _* covered her to be black .

      Paper p rom tow is said to have been invented and made at Berlin , so difficult , if not imp'dss ? b _$£ t o becounterfeited , that it will supersede ail , 6 . tnei ; . ; fa- brics for bank-notes , stamps . & c . . j . r _* ' . ¦[ ' ¦ ¦ - _~ Advice . —Gentlemen walking the streets . ivithi 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 themi' J , ! -., ';' . : " ! . Mr . Webster , the American statecman , . _havijigj taken his stand with the slaveholders , a . Wesleyan minister , after invoking a blessing upon the Presi-f dent and his Cabinet , supplicated Heaven , id an al- _" most hopeless tone , " to try to bless" Daniel ' Webster ! " _¦^^ _4 ON MISS ANNA BREAD . . . 1 .:.- - ,- ; , >

      While belles _thsir lovely graces spread , _v _.-J ; _.- ; . ; And fops around them nutter , I'll be content with " Anna Bread , ' ' . ; ' \\ ¦ And won't have any " but her , " _| , ; : ;; _^" . ; _' _!^ We _hatb some persons because we do . notjkhpWii them ; and we will not know them , becausewe hate ; them . Those friendships that succeed to such aversions are usually firm , for those qualities ' -must'be _^ sterling that could not only gain our hearts , 'bil ' t ' cdn- quer our prejudices . ; ¦ , '¦!; ' _^ f- ' _* .- - _Brothemyy Love . — " Jack , Jack , " crieia sailor ,, / on board a ship at sea , lately , to one of hiscom _*? : panions— " Hallo ! " replied Jack , « ' what _iS'iW ' _M '' Your brother ' s overboard . " — ' * Overboard ? " "Yes . "—" Blow the lubber ! he has got my . sea _; boots and monkey jacket on . " , . ' ' 1 , ''

      A Madmans Notion , —A lunatic , who recently died of delirium tremens , had a notion that ; a large rat , taking advantage of him while he . was : lying _? asleep with his mouth open , bad run down his . thrpati „" and was gnawing at his vitals . He thrust , . _$ ' pair _, oi ' tongs into his throat to catch the imaginary intruder , 7 and hastened his death . .-. i _.- _^ :: ' _t . d < " < r . i , > i The Vatican contains eight grand staircases ¦ and * two hundred ordinary ones , twenty ' _cWrts _jlnd . squares , and four thousand two hundred . and . twentytwo rooms ; with all its galleries , grounds , " and app . urV tenanoes , it has been computed to cover : bs : large a pace as tho city of Turin . -.. v _^ _t . _1 Captain Cocker .- —It is stated that after j one of our military companies had partaken ofagobd ' . dihner

      they were exercised a little , and at the vv , 6 rd _,, ' ,,. fire , " the discharges were so irregular tfiafc _/ _Vths ' captain . Bhouted out , " 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 , that the Astronomers at the Cambridge Observatory have discovered a third ring . ( iri ' teri 6 r to the two others ) , surrounding the Planet _; _-Saturn ; "i i It was at the same Observatory that the eighth satellite of this planet was discovered , about two year . s ' ago . ' '' Cockney Lingo . —A hungry looking ' . countryman , _^ was leisurely exploring one ofthe quiet lanes inV ' tbea city , in order to comfort tbe inner maD , when ; his > ears were suddenly saluted by a shrill voice , which _" uttered , in rapid tones , the following

      incomprehen-sible jargon : — " Biledlamancapersora- —R 6 _icbtefrosi _' ,. goosrosemuttonantaters \ —Bikdamancabfmgeyeg _^ _eJQbt e _^ , —Walkinsiriakeaseatsir . "—The astonished , man hastened his pace in order to find a house where they , spoke English . - ' ¦ _-. '>• ¦ ' V j .. ? Milton . —Soon after the resfcoration \ Mutoh waffoffered the place of Latin Secretary to the King , which , notwithstanding the importunities of his wife _i he resolutely refused . His answer to his wife ' s entreaties was : — " You are right , my dear ; yw . aB ., other women , would ride in yourcoach _~* for me , ; my ; aim is to live and die an honest man ! " We dare say _^ there are " writers" now in existence who would not ' n hesitate lo declare , if pressed upon the subject ,-that ' Milton was a consistent _< ool , and his wife ; ' a . _'diScrejef and sensible woman . —London Anecdotes / •'"• _' '' ' J !' "' "

      THE CHUB . cn AND THE DISSENTERS . , _,., ; i ., _; . i " Friend Samuel , " said aNoncon , toa Quaker , ; "f "What think you of this Bull that make-. folks' quail ? •• " ¦ _^ - ' _; ¦ "• ' ; s _. ' » You have no great affection for its maker ,. _'' ,: ' ' , 7 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-, _PWe .. . . ' ; . ' : ; , -: jt . | " The Red Hat trailing of this Nicholas Wiseman / As a Red Herring , to divet the chase ; " J ' _*

      Now herb ' s another thing that ' s no ptizzle _^ and ! yet I'll set it for an answer . _^ How do you ; account !) for some hall porters and livery and other '_ servant ' s ,. being so saucy to decent people in some _places , whe ' nit in others , ay , and very often where there ' s real vank » too , all the servants are so civil and respectful ? - Py _' e ; ' seen so much of this , that let me see the se , ' rva ' nfs ' , . '" and I'll tell you what the masters and mistresses aria ., without seeing them . —A Packet of Seeds saved _, by _. aiii Old Oardener . : " y , \ , -. -i :., _-ni-yr A speaker at a Protestant _meeting-rat-Exeferi 1 ' last week , said , that a short time ago , a yourfg ; . ' clergyman from Ireland , on a visit to this _countryi | attended divine service in which ¦¦ intoning , " ' --" _histronics , " and a variety of ceremonies- were pervl formed in imitation of the Romish Church ., . After the service , the rector said to him , in a pityjng , _tjone , ' -f " You have nothing of this sort in Ireland ? . " -r- '' i 0 h yes , indeed , we have . "— " You have ?"— ¦ _•• . On-yeS , _*' he replied , " we have the raal thing there !" ' _' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦• ' ¦ ¦ t < yi

      The Force of _IsrAaisrATiON .--Dr . Beddoes ; . ;' ah _'' English physician of great enthusiasm , had . riinbibecL the notion that palsy could be cured by inhaling , nitrous oxide gas . He requested the celebrated Sir _« Humphrey Davy to administer the gas to oneof _iiis ' _:-patients , and sent him to him for that purpose . ; Sit- ' Humphrey put the bulb of the thermometer ' _unde _^ _j tbe tongue of the paralytic , to ascertain _tlietcmpera- ' _jl turo of tha body , so that he might see whether , _-iti ! would be at all aftVcted by the inhalation of the gas ; ' The sick man , filled with faith , from the assu ' ranpe _^ of the ardent Dr . Beddoes _, and supposing tha _^; ' t _§ eVj thermometer was the remedy , declared at ohce that ' he felt better . Davy , desirous of seeing how much imagination would do in such a case , then told him that enough had been done for that time , " and directed him to _ooine next day . The application _. pf the thermometer was made from day to day in th _, _^ same way , and in a fortnight tho man was _ctu'ed _.--j- _« Phvsicianand Patient . : ¦ : jmh

      Talking _Pkofle . —Notwithstanding the common ? adag « , in respect to the loquacity of women , souu £ ! men are not the less prono to the evil of indiscreet talking ; they are always putting themselves out by ' - forgetting to keep their lips close . Some very cleverpeople , too , are tobefoundpininginobscurity , simply ? because they frighten people , who would advance them ;' by their habit of unseasonable or imprudent chafe ; . ) tering . Attempt to ask them a _queniion , and they . i are ready with a volume of explanation , which _M uttered with such rapidity that there is no getting '' a word in " edgeways ; " " and frequently they _havfe _* . uot patience to wait till you have completed your "

      question , but fly off at or . ee , telling or showing _yotfi all that is irrelevant to the Point on whioh you wish . _3 tobe informed . Others are always unburthening ? their mind of whatever it may contain , without con- _^ sidering for ' a moment whether it be discreet to ch ? f so , or agreeable to other people . This habit of intt cessant talking is injurious to all , but always pre _^ . ' . judicial to young people of both-. sexes , and it should _^ therefore be carcfnlly guarded against and controlled . ' In all good society , talking , chattering peisous nra > set down at once as pests to be avoided ; and in _atiyj situation of life the man or woman of few words wilC always he preferred to one who must always be saying something . K . : _1 . .. " lb

  • 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/ns3_21121850/page/3/