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      EARTH'S BURDENS . « Why gcoan ' m * so , tbou solid earth ! Tho' sprightly summer cheers ? Or is thine old heart dead to mirth ? Or art tbou bowed by yeaa ?" 5 or am I cold tb . sumraer s prime , — * Sorknows my heart decay ; Xor am I bowed by countless time , Thou atom of a day I IJ ored to list , when tree and tide Their gentle music made ; And , lig htly , on my sunny side , To feel the plough and spade . EARTH'S BURDENS . -

      I loved to hold my liquid way Thro * floods of living light ; To kiss the son ' s bright band by day And count the stars by night . I loved to hear the children ' s glee Around the cottage-door ; And peasant ' s song right merrily The glebe come ringing o ' er . Bnt man upon my back has lain Such heavy Ioad 3 of stone

      I cannot grow the golden grain : * Tis therefore that I groan . And where the evening dew sank mild Upon my quiet breast , I feel the tear of the homeless child Break burning on iny rest . Oh ! where are all the hallowed sweets , The harmless joys I gave ? The pavements of your sordid streets Are stones o ' er virtue ' s grave I

      And thick and fast as autumn leaves Uy children drop away : A gathering of unripened sheaves ' By premature decay . Gaunt misery holds the cottage door ; ' Black sin supports the throne ; And slaves are slavish more and more : — 'Tia therefore that I groan . Kotos and Poems , by Ernest Jokes

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      An , Essay on Church Reform . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Go . The Church Reform , propounded in this essay , is of so radical a character that we have no doubt the whole of the bishops and clergy would rather go over to Rome in a body than accept it Only imagine a policy to repel the aggressions of the Papacy , which "b egins by proposing to examine our own position , and to dismiss any errors that may be discovered

      in our creed , or the constitution of our churches ! Nor does the writer hesitate to indicate what he means b y ' error . " He throws overboard at the outset , the doctrines of a special Providence and original Bin , and scouts the doctrine of miracles , " or exceptions to the uniform and established course of Divine Pro tidence . " la opposition to the supernatural , or , as the imter terms it , the superstitious theory of religion , he advocates what he calls " the natural view ' based on the following proposition : —

      Every event in which man is voluntarily concerned has two distinct causes : God is the first or producing cause , and man u the second or occasional cause . If we use the means of a physical or mental improvement , a change in conformity with the circumstances is effected , and the two causes have operated . If we are idle or vicious , tho result of our conduct will be a physical and moral degradation , and the . same causes have brought about the change . Again , if we sow corn , we shall reap s crop , of which God is the producing cause , and man the occasional cause . These instances may represent all events in which man is concerned , and in none of these case 3 could there bare been a miracle or the interposition of a special act of providence , or the results could not have corresponded to the known causes . And he then proceeds to appl y this test of truth practically ;—

      Thi 3 interpretation of reli gion renders that knowledge which interests man most to know impossible ; hence it depresses reason , and hinders tho growth of tiie soul , and the object of existence . With this creed can the Christian tell us what is tho cause of any event that happens to him ? Can he define what he mean 3 by Faith and Grace ? Can he tell usin what original sin consists ; and if so , where it is ? and what it is ! Can he vindicate the acts of the Almighty in permitting the temptation of our first parents by a supernatural being . In short , does his faith admit of granting the perfections of

      the Baity in all their infinitude . Ignorance must be professed on all these essential points ; hence we are not surprised that man is made out to be a being incapable of knowing anything that concerns his eternal interests . And if none of these questions can bs answered , we should like to know how superstition can bs known , and how the Catholic claims can be refuted . We must ever be confined exclusively to faith ; and man ' s intellect must by no mean 3 be permitted to convert faith into knowledge . These are the practical results of the theory bv which the Christian religion 13 at present interpreted .

      The science of human nature ought to take its place at the head of all the sciences , and as it includes all knowledge it is the science of sciences , Bat what is its present position ? It is the least siadied and the least understood of any science . SbaU the object of Creation for ever continue to be its riddle ? Yfe can guage the HeaTens and tell the wanderings of the stare ; but man , the object of all creation , is left towander without rules of action , and without a knowled ge of the laws under which he exists . The materials for the science are scattered in profusion in the literature of Eurone ^ bu t

      t int knowledge has never been gathered together , nor condensed into a system : ferlesBhas it been reduced to practical rales , and taught to the people . In these circumstances we are entitled to say , that the science of human nature is practicall y a blank in the education of man ; and to what but to the influence of superstition can we attribute this neglect How can human science enter into the teaching of onr schools and pnlpits , when i . riuciples are held-w hich discourage self-reliance ? and bow can we expect evil to be reduced while superstition continues to hold its present influential position ? Here 13 a statement for Protestants of all

      denominations to ponder deeply : — The doctrines of Protestantism were fixed at the Reformation , when Europe was just emerging from the darkness of the Middle Ages . These doctrines vere embodied in the Articles of Faith of the different Protestant Churches , and thus religion became stereotyed , and it has ever since effectually resisted all improvement . The centuries tbat have since elapsed have increased knowledge tenfold ; pence while science hasgone on advancing , theology uas been left behind : and the longer this false position of the Church is permitted to stand , the greater will the separation become , that exists between science and religion , and between knowledge and « Jtb . If man is a progressive being , knowledge , both sacred and secular , must progress ; for what is man apart from knowledge ? Theology , like nature , ia unchangeably true , but our knowledge of ooth is progressive .. . . .

      One extract more fromthis bold , thonghtfol , and ; comprehensive pamphlet , which we cordially commend to the attention of all who take an interest in the unimportant topics of * bich it treats ;— , Sever was . there a better opportunity for anniver stl Reformation than , the period . of . Bevolution through which we ' arei now passing , and in which wa destinies are cast . The great powers of Europe are in a deadlock , —a fact which adds courage » the bold , and fear to the timid . The day of paruai changes has gone by—Civilisation has reached that point that it must either take a great step in advance , or be hurled back into another "Dark ¦ age . ' Jjan is a progressive being , and yet the

      experience of the past teaches that the abuse of pri-^ ' - eges may throw back , his progress for many centanes tf Wbjeh the . history of the Middle Ages is We proof .-. Witt these facts-before us , let us not " >*?* . away the present opportunity for emancir Pto&g mankind . Belays are dangerous—a few years lost may render universal rain inevitable . . trance and Austria find their people 50 unruly » h ? - ^ ^ P P enormous standing armies , which " * y have no means of supporting . ' . ThiB eannot go 05 long . Either Beform or . Revolution must come « ° n . if tha" governments appeal to the people for Pecuniary aid , that implies Reformation and conss srons . ¦ Then the army may be reduced . If a fc

      • aostrong government prefers to fight it out , they r f ft - ring tb « Pay , of the soldiers from the pockets w ine industrious peasant and . artisan , whioh canno t fail to make every man inimical to the government . This is the signal for Bevolution , and of y Stogen maiK . - Reformation or Revolution is at IITr ^' ona —a few years more of suffering , and « - lornier is impossible . . . " ifit England emancipate herself from the tyranny ^ supers tition , and / shewill not only secure keraelf * J n the danger of Communism , Imt she will break ij echaM . of Europe , and pnt an end to European ^ temrboth moral and physical . - n , ottun g is more palpable than the lock in which J tte has thrown England and America by her ag-

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      KW ? f r America . ia » bard pressed as We are : and the fact proves that while a divided house may S ^ fe . ^ J Wesoion ; it caS Scked 7 l hOU 8 e . ! i Once fa « ly Seated ™* i 25 £ L T £ e attack of ^ tolerance by Intolerance , we undo all that this centwy bas already done in behalf of liberty and justice . In these rhS ^ T our dlit y i 9 P lain - To reform the unrollt and remove error , is to remove thecauseof 2 £ *\ ofweakne 8 s ;* nd this is the only course that an enlightened government and a generous people can consent to .. exist so long as there is no iSffiS-Tf . S

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      Pictures 0 / Sweden . By Hans Christian Andersen . London : Bentley . This volume seems founded on ah excursion in Sweden : it is , however , rather a Swedish sketch-book than anything else . Andersen describes some of the most remarkable scenery , paints the manners and characters of the peasantry , selecting individuals as representatives of a class ; he also gathers up the traditions connected with a place , or the historical anecdotes relating to a building , giving the reader the cream of the matter in a narrative and dramatic form . Thus , for instance , " Vadstene " opens with a picture of

      a turf cottage , and an old peasant grandmother , kind and pleasant in a life of some sadness ; happy in death . The reader is next carried to the old monastery , with anecdotes thrown into the form of story , of nuns with earthly lovers , who have suffered within the walls and fled from them ; together with an outline of the life of Sweden ' s Saint Bridget . The palace of Gnstavus Vasa is then exhibited , and some of the worser traits in the hero ' s life paraded for the edification of the reader . His selfishly cruel marriage in his dotage , the dishonour and misfortunes of some of his children , are exhibited , not perhaps with exaggeration , but with some of the

      animus of a Dane , who may not in his heart of hearts forgive the liberator of Sweden the expulsion of the Danish tyrant and his troops . Occasionally Andersen walks among the utilities , —as in his visit to the copper mine by the copper-coloured town of JFahlun ; though there he touches upon more human interests in the striking accidents that have happened in the mines . Now and then he handles graver topics , —as in the paper on " Faith and Knowledge ; " and sometimes he revels in pure description , mingled with fanciful or historical reverie . To plunge at once into the heart of this picture-book , who but Andersen could have given us such a glimpse as the following of " The Midsummer Festival in Lacksand

      ?"—lacksnnd lay on the other side of the dale-elv , which the road now led us over for the third or fourth time . The picturesque bell-tower of red painted beams , erected at a distance from the church , rose above the tall trees on the clayey declivity : old willows hung gracefully over the rapid stream . The floating bridge rocked under us—nay , it even sank a little , so that the water splashed under the house ' s hoofs ; but these brid ges have such qualities ! The iron chains ihit held it rattled , the planks creaked , the boards splashed , the water rose , and murmured and roared , and so we got over where the road slants upwards towards the town . Clo 3 e opposite here the last year ' s

      Maypole still stood with withered flowers . How many hands that bsund these flowers are now withered hi the grave ? It is far prettier to go up on the sloping bank along the elv , than to follow the straight high-road into the town . The path conducts us between pasture fields and leaf trees , up to the parsonage , where we passed the evening with the friendly family . The clergyman himself wa 3 bnt lately dead , and his relatives were all in mourning . There was something about the young ( laughter—I knew not myself what it was—but I was led to think of the delicate flax flower , too delicate for the short northern summer . They spoke about the Midsummer Festival the next day , and of the winter season hear , when the swans , often more than thirty at a time , sit ( motionless

      themselves ) on the elv , and utter strange , m o urnful tones . They always come in pairs , they said , two and two , and ttras they also fly away again . If one ot them dies , its partner always remains a long time after all the others are gone ; lingers , laments , and then flies away alone and solitary . When I left the parsonage in the evening , the moon , in its first quarter , was up . The . May-pole was raised ; the Hitle steamer , ' Prince Augustus , ' with several small vessels in tow , came over the Siljan lake and into the elv ; a musician sprang on . shore , and began to play dances under the tall wreathed May-pole . And there was soon ameny circle round it—all so happy , as if the whole of life were but a

      delightful summer ni ght . Uext morning was the Midsummer Festival . It was Sunday , the 24 th of June , and a beautiful sunshiny day it was . The most picturesque sight at the festival is to see the people from the different parishes coming in crowds , in large boats over Siljan ' s lake , and landing on its shores . We drove out to the landing place , Barkedale , and before we got out of the town we met whole troops coming from there , as-well as from the mountains . Close by the town of Lacksand , there is a row of low wooden ahops on both sides of the way , which only get their interior li ght through the doorway . They form a whole street , and serve as stables for the parishioners , but also

      —and it was particularly the case that morningto go into and arrange their finery . Almost all the shops or sheds were filled with peasant women , who were anxiously busy about their dresses , careful to get them into the right folds , and in the mean time peeped continually out of the door to see who came past . The number of arriving church-goers increased—men , women , and children , old and young , even infants ; for at the Midsummer Festival no no one stays at home to take care of them , and so of course they must come too—all must go to chnrch . What a dazzling army of colours ! Fiery red and grass green aprons meet our gaze . The dress of the women is a black shirt , red bodice , and

      white sleeves ; nil of them had a psalm book wrapped in the folded silk pocket handkerchief . The little girls were entirely in yellow , and with red aprons ; the very least were in Turkish-yellow clothes . The men were ¦ dressed in black coats , like our paletots , embroidered with red woollen cord ; a red band with a tassel hung down from the large black hat ; with dark knee breeches , and blue stockings , with red leather gaiters—in short , there was a dazzUug richness of colour , and that , too , on a bright sonny morning in the forest road . This roid led down a steep , to the lake , which was smooth and blue . Twelve or fourteen long- boats , in form like gondolas , were already drawn un on

      the list strand , which here is covered with large stones . These stones served the persons who landed , as bridges ; the boats were laid alongside them , and the people clambered up , and went and bore each other on land . There certainly were at least . , a thousand persons on the strand ; and far oat en the take , one could see ten or twelve boats more coming , some with sixteen oars , others with twenty , nay , even with four-and-wenty , rowed by men and . women , and every boat decked out with green branches .: These , ¦ and the varied clothes , gave to the whole an appearance of somethine s <> festal , so fantastically rich , as one would hardly think the north -possessed . The boats came

      nearer , all crammed fall of living freight ; but they came silently , withont noise or talking ^ . and rowed up to the declivity of the forests . ; , The boats were drawn up on the sand : it was a fine subject for a painter , particularly one point—the way up the slope , where the whole mass moved on between , the trees and bushes . The most prominent figures there were two ragged urchins ,, clothed entirely in bright yellow ,.. each . with a skin bundle ; on his shoulders . They werefrom Gagne . thepoorestparisb in Dalecarlia . There was also" a lame man with his blind wife : I thought of the fable ofmy childhood of the lame and blind man : the lame man lent his eyes , and the blind his legs , and . so they reached the town . And we also reached - the , town and the church , and thither they all thronged :, they said there were above five thousand persons assembled

      there . The clrarch-aervice began at five o ' clock . The pnlpit and organ were ornamented with flowering lilaca ; children » at wi th lilac-flowers and branches of bireb ; the little ones had each apiece of oat-cake , which they enjoyedi There was the sacrament for the young persons who had been confirmed ; there were orgaa-playing" and psalm-singing ; but there were a terrible screaming of chudren , and the . sound of heavy .-footsteps ; ' the ctomsyj iron-shod Dal shoes tramped loudly . upon the stone floor . All the church pews , the gallery pews , and the centre aisle , were quitefilled With people .. In the same aisle one saw various groups —ipfaying children and-pious old folks ; by the sacristy there sat a young mother giving suck to her child—she was a living image of the Madonna herself .

      The following ia an Anti-Calvinistic , perhaps scarcely an orthodox " Story ; » ' but it is well conceived for the writer ' s object , well and grap hically told : — All the apple-trees ia the garden had sprung out . They had made haste -to get blossoms before they got green leaves ; and all the , ducklings were out m the yard-and the cat too ! He was , so to speak ' , permeated by the sunshine ; he kekedifi from his ownpaws ; : and if one looked towards the fields , one saw the corn standing so charmingly ereen ! And there was such a twittering and chirp-

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      XeatfaM ' TnteaU bird 8 . i <» fca 8 if itwerea S £ ^ t 2 S ^ . s&s ¦ SKSfci l ?* 1 , Inde «> 8 *> «» e and warm a day , that one might well say , "Our Lord'is certainly Tut the ly / oodtowards U 8 m *™^ ' - eWh If ^ 8 t 00 d itl ^ pulpit in the 2 r «! f T S So loud and so angrily t He said that maukmd was so wicked , and that God dtf thHIt a em for u « " and tna * when they SSnWte Went d ° ™ into hell , " where they wouldburn forever ; and he said that their worm woaldnever dieand their fire never be extinguished , nor would they ever get rest and peace ! - - T . as ^ "kk t 0 . hear » and ho saidit so determincdly He described hell to them as a neati-K r . ^ il ^?™ might indeed . sav it was .

      jentiai nple , where all the filthiness of the world flowed together . There was no air except the hot sulphureous flames ; there was no bottom ; they sank and sank into everlasting silence ! It was tcrnble only to hear about it : but the clergyman said it right honestly outof his heart ; aud all the people in the church were quite terrified . But all the little tords ontside the cburch sang ho pleasantly and so pleased , and the sun shone so warm ,-it was as if every little flower said , " God is so wondrous good to us altogether ! " Yes , outside it was not at all as the clergyman preached . In the . evening , when it was bed-timo , the K ? m W hi 8 ,, ? 8 it s 0 stiU and thoughtful . "What ails you ? " said he to her . "What ails me ? " she replied ; " what ails me is , tnao I cannot collect rav thouchts riehtlv—that

      1 cannot rightl y understand what you said ; that there were so many . wicked , and that they should burn eternally ! -eternally , alas , how long ! I am but a sinful being , but I could not bear the thought in my heart to allow even the worst sinner to burn for over . And how then should our Lord permit it ? he who is so w ondrously good , and who knows ftl . ^ fT * . J <> n > without ^ d within No , I cannot believe it , though you say it " tJj ? aSaUtumn ' , Thele « es fell from the trees ) thegrave severe clergyman sat by the bedside of-a dying person ; a pious believer closed her eyes-4 t was the clergyman ' s own wife . - f . A a 7 ^ eS - . P L aoe in the grave , and grace fTiWi 11 *? 18 lfc thou » " 8 aid tbecWgvman . dLdbo ' dy ntf 8 ' read a Plover ' _ And she was borne to the grave : two hear * t ^ r *

      Sni ^ i that 8 tern man ' cheeks 5 and « was suu and vacant m the parsonage : the sunBhine witMn was extinguished-she was gone . wrW A coId wiad blew over the clergy-V * L t ' ' ^ Opened his e ?* 8 > and ifc « just as if the moon shone into his room . Bat the moon did not shine . It was a fi gure which stood before bis wL « v the 8 - P irit of hiB deoeaaed «» e . She Si °£ , " ? sil ) guIarIy dieted , it seemed as though she would ^ ay something . rfSVlf ? - Irai 8 ed himself half erecfc in bed , and stretched his arms out towards her . - Th ™ T ? en the is Swnted everlasting peace . Th ou *»* « ti * l thou , the best , the most pious !>; And the dead bent her head in conformation of his words , and laid her hand on her breast . « vL t ^ v 1 roc u e peace in the grave ?" "a ! it sounded in his ear . "And how ?"

      J' Give me a hair , but a single hair of . the head of that sinner whose fire will never be quenched-tbat SSSSSfi cast dowa lnt 0 Ml « t 0 ^' v ^^ S& ^ iSS liberatcd ' thou "VT fol ! Sw me ' " 3 aid the dead ; "it is so granted us . Thou canst be my side , wheresoever thy thoughts will . . Invisible to mankind , we stand in their most secret places ; but thou must point with a sure hand to the one destined to eternal punishment , and ere the cock crow he must be found . ' And swift , as if borne on the wings of thought , they were in the great city ; and the names of the dying sinners shone from the walls of the houses m letters of fire : "Arrogance , Avarice , Drunkenness , Voluptuousness ; " in short , sia ' s whole seven-coloured arch .

      • t " , -i A ^ ' M I tbou S » as I knew it , said the clergyman , " are housed those condemned to eternal fire . " They visit the haunts of weakness , folly , and arrogance . They observe the wretched miser in his den ; they see the felons in their prison ; and the divine himself cannot doom them—nay , he stretches out his hand to save a felon . even from human pain . The scene changed . - They flew through rich halls and through poor chambers ; -voluptuousness and envyall mortal

      , sjos strode past them . A recording angel read their sm and their defence : this was assuredly little for God , for God reads the heart ; ho knows perfectly the evil that comes within it and from without He , grace , alHoving kindness . > The hand of the clergyman trembled ; he did not venture to stretch it out to pluck a hair from the sinner ' s head . And the tears streamed down from his eyes , like the waters of grace and' love , - which quenched the eternal fire of hell . Tho cock then crowed .

      "Merciful God ! Thou wilt grant her . that peace in the grave which I have not been able to redeem . " " That I now have ! " said the dead : " it was tby . nard words , thy dark , human belief of God and his creatures , which drove me to thee I Learn to know mankind ; even in the bad there is a part of God—a part that will eonquer and quench the fire of hell . " - And a kiss was pressed on the clergyman ' s lips : it shone around him . God ' s clear bri ght sun shone into the chamber ; where his wife , living , mild , and affectionate , awoke him from a dream , sent from God ! . . :

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      The Girlhood of Shakespeare ' s Heroines . Tale VII .- ByllAKY Cowden Clarke . Smith and Son , Strand . In this . tale we recognise the same subtle and penetrating insight into the minute influences that form the ducti le character of youth , which we have noticed in the previous tale s of the series .. The Btory , in itself / is not so stirring in its interest as some of its predecessors , but the dramatis persona are distinctly drawn and colonred , and stand out of the canvass with a clear individuality , which proves Mrs . Clarke has caught much of the peculiar characteristic of the Great Poet Bhe reverentl y essays to illustrate .

      The following description of the preparations for the annual distribution of prizes to the boarders educated by the " Ladies of the Holy Petticoat , " though ostensibl y applied to a fashionable convent in Padua a long time ago , ia terribly suggestive as to the character of modern boarding-schools : — It was a striking feature in this display , that all works of utility were omitted . Nothing but fsney works , works that would $ how well , were included among those-got-up-for the occasion . Of course , during the long period of preparation for all this , every kind of useful lesson or solid acquirement was set aside , to . give time for the heaps of show things that it was necessary to achieve .

      Nothing . was to be seen but pieces of satin , and silk , taffeta , lutestring , and brocade ; beads , coloured papers , tinsel , ' gilded bordering , spangles , gauze ; palettes dabbed with the gaudiest of paints , drawing boards , cards , fillagree . bran , embroidery ; floss silks , worsteds , wools , ribbon , ivory , shells , feathers , wax , lace , pencils , paint boxes , silver and fold wire , thread , cat gur , gum , paste , varnish , ugles , gilt foil , muslin , tissue-paper , velvet ; all kinds : of smarteries * in material , —all possible variety in bits , shreds , scraps , morsels , and small quantities .. _ And then , by degrees , this mass of trumpery was formed , modelled , and made up . Beneath the diligent . fingers of the youne ladies , aided by the

      skill and invention of the . nuns ,, it shaped itself into innumerable objects of almost indescribable appearance , and of utterly indescribable and undiscoverable use ,, but which were collectively to . be displayed as the works of the school—and to form that grand exhibition , upon which the hearts of the young ladies and their parents were so fondly fixed , as the result of their year ' s schooling , and the source of the forthcoming prizes . There were pincushions — vast numbers of pincushions—of every size and shape ; but the favourite kind of pincaBhion wa g a singular fabric of crimson satin crammed with bran , fashioned three-corner-wise ; the two upper , points of which being strained across the top and fastened together , the whole was supposed to form a striking . resemblance to that mysterious organ , ' the human heart . This , —to bo

      dangled at the side , by a long ribbon , —was considered a useful present to a faithful servant , or favourite nurse ; at the same time that it afforded an affecting typical , assurance of the fond attach-, ment for home maintained by . the young lady during her school life . ' TJpen the whole , perbapB , the pincushions were the most useful objects there ; at any rate , there was a definite and specific use to whioh they might be pnt ; . But for the most part , the articles constructed ^ were purposeless ; utterly devoid of any conceivable aim or avail . whatever . There were boxes so small that they would contain nothing ; boxes so fragile that they would . hold £° ™ ng » boxes with suchiaadhesivesides ' , insecure handles ,, and limp , intenible bottoms , tbat they were fit tecepticles for nothing but dead flie 3 or dust . There were heaps of artificial flowers , with

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      S ^ SeiSS " ^ Dature ' " «• effigies of lambs oVh ^ ee ; There were waxen fillfgree curU . ttJ'fef 'Vembeddeaiin myriad glass lids . lflSS * X ? S boxe * * &h made with patohwH 2 \ ° T ? > ~ or " raM » , V ' l ^ n « l , ' ) LS S 2 S »* - g | t tape . There were of great virtue , ^ hunTjJ t i P bsed ;* M » neck ; 8 quare bits oftt 8 ldo . « tomi the ing silk , and trimmed & oraame ? i > ith . sew . pea aud ink nSSKfiSg , ^^^ »™ > a » d more than one ^ SbKn BaintBl There wc «> holy , peep-show , tSL ? J IftMze ; a sort of with wax figures 8 S T' ? '^ ethlehem Stable , worked ptoLai £ ^ 2 ^ " ? hei ? were Wor 3 Ied for eyes ! and aBfc !?^ , ao . , and white stitches embfoideredVu ihi ^ Jui ^ 1 calf J in - 'he distance ; eyes , and pink S& ? Srt ^ te fl ° silk of-oorn . ; , famttKnKfl JP llowflffl « 8 h » 'w fabrications ; popuH £ t ?? > certai " watch ^» . "Sff-SI ta meant'for smell ' : M ^ yj £ & J ^ # ^

      po 68 BS 8 ions ) , «^ or tnv- »« f " r "" "S n » o lawuy fashioned-0 ^ 11 ooSLi ^""?^ - these we " > hekagonal , $ && l j ^ - Ta « etie 8 . ; octagonal , auapfd ; quiltS Sii , ^ ; -, ? 5 - and dian « > ndinvariably ghSi ^ S ' «»« wwtted ; but pouches to thrusefolCvw fral 1 and treachwous adapted , the watcn ^ L - th ?? JQt 0 P « 8 seuly the bed ' aheadlslHS ? . uld disa PP " beKind shell work bam ? £ >* ¦ M ° floor- Thore were and rice and-1 ? t , g ? . .. thanflue ; feather , tJuched ' lesVthrif b , J skets ' that-mightn't be SSKd ^ SSga . eyes askew

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      Poems and Mtes to the People . By Ernest THKiiew pubncation . Av-ell deserves extensive circulation . Mr . Jones advocates the cduse ot Democracy m a style peculiarly forcible and eloquent , and his "Poems and Notes" present every variety of ; topic : and style for the popular reader . ' In the present numbers we may notice particularl y the fine poem of "The Painter of Florence / ' as a production which

      would confer honour on the most gifted writers of the age . "The History of a Democratic Movement , " and the "Letters on the Chartut Programme" are full of interest and instruction , while too many—thepoems composed by the author while subject to the murderous heart and mind wearing treatment in his solitary dungeon , to which we adverted last week -will notprove , the least powerful attraction ot this periodical .

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      MR . YHlLD'S MODEL OF THE EARTH . The work has been the subject of Mi * . VMd ' s consideration for many yearB , and in its exeoution a wrgenumher of artists and workmen have'been employed for more than six months . The building itself , which has long been an object of curious in ! terest to the passers-by , occupies the greater part of the area of the enclosure in Leicester-square It'ia surmounted by a lofty dome , modelled after that of St . Paul's , the entrance being on the north side Passing through a hall of handsome proportions , payed with , patent lava inlaid flooring , in the Grecian style ,, the visitor proceeds into the interior of the building , and sees spread before him and around him the model of the earth , the effect of which is extremely striking and beautiful . In order that a

      more enlarged or comprehensive survey of the surface of the globe may be obtained , the view is taken from the interior , the delineation being on the concave instead of the convex surface . Upon entering the globe in : the ; Antartio regions , as it were , the large space which the model fills cannot fail to strike the attention . Its magnitude , however , as compared with the globe itself is so utterly insignificant , that . if it were ' constructed Upon the same scale for height and distance , the highestmountains upon the . earth ' s . surface would be scarcely perceptible , and . a country like England would appear a » a dead level . By varying the scale in a due proportion , the elevated portions of the globe are made apparent to the eye , and . the heights and lowlands of our little island are . shown down to the smallest

      hills and the narrowest marshes . Wherever it was practicable the hills have been modelled from the latest ^ surveys . In our own country the ordnance survey has been followed . The northern hemisphere being well known is very fully modelled ; Amongst other portions ,-England , Ireland / and Switzerland , may be especially referred to for the elaborate minuteness with which . they are detailed . The knots and chains of hills in the Alps , and tho springs of the Danube , the Rhine , andthe Po , will also » be found worthy of minute Investigation , as exhibiting the wondrous works of the Almigh ty . That nothing may . tend to divert the attention from tho natural appearances whioh the earth ' s surface presents , there 18 no writing upon the model . The sea is coloured blue , and the land of as natural a tint as

      possible . The great model teaches us what no man can teach—the earth ' s form as a whole , its general aspect , the relative quantities and positions of its several parts , ? the bearings of Its hills , the flow of its great waters ; and the seats of its rich dales and its barren wastes . Here the intending emigrant may trace out his path over the great deep , and find out the spot on which his kinsmen have settled themselves on the shores of New England , or amidst the gold-bearing mountains . of- California , tho wilderness of South Africa , or the great plains of Australia . ' The top of the globe is made the north pole , and the . bofctomthe south pole , " without regard'being paid ttf what is knowa as the inclination of the ecliptic . The width or diameter ,- of the model is sixty feet , the , girth or circumference 188 feet , and

      tho extent of its surface . 10 , 000 feet . The scale upon which the earth ' s surface is represented is ten miles to an inch horizontal ; and one mile to an inch vertical . . The oentre of the building is occupied b y a series of four circular galleries one above the other , so that every point of'the wondrous panorama may be viewed with convenience and accuracy . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' — " ¦¦ " ¦ - ¦ On emerging , as it wore , from the South Pacific Ocean , ; through which we enter the interior of the globe ; we have , on the immediate leit , above , the southern point of the Afrioaa continent—the Cape of Good Hope ; and a little'higher , on the right hand , west , the great Fish River , separating it from Natal . To the right of the contiuent , high above , we just catoh sight of the great island of

      Madagascar ; and still further on , in the Ocean , tho isles of France and Bourbon , and below these , and Bc&tcely p etcepUWe , «> veral Bmaller islands , with Kerguelen's Land . Proceeding on in the 8 ame direotion we cross the Indian Ocean , and reach the . mainland of Kew Holland ; or Australia , the region on the right being New-South Wales , and that in the lowest extremity including Adelaide , Port Philip , and South Australia , with Western Australia , or Swan River , on the extreme left . On the south is Van Diemen ' s Land , and to the right the islands of Kew . Zealand . Further to the right , crossing the South Pacific Ocean , we reach the southern extremity of tho continent of America—the Falkland Islands lying further on , and Capo Horn immediately below , Proceedine no the

      staircase to the first gallery , . a little to the left is tho continent of New Holland . . Crossing the Indian Ocean we reach , the great island of Madagascar , with the smaller islands of the coast of Africa , and find _ ourselves again on this continent , just above Eaffrana . Crossing the deaerts . and unknown regions of the interior , not failing to notice the large lakes m the wa , y ,. that to . the right being the newlydiscovered lake Nussa , we find amongst the islands in-the Ethiomo Sea , off tho western coaet of South Africa , the Guano Mand of Ichaboe , St . Helena , the Ascension Island , &c ., and at length reach the South-American continent , , in ' its entire length , from Pataffomato . theIsthmus of Panama , and to the far left of this the Polynesian Islands of the Pacific . ' , '' ¦

      The gallery above this looks upon the equator , or burning zone . of tho globe . Over against the staircase are the great islands -of Australasia ; to the left is flew Guinea ; the other very great one being Borneo ; n which are Sara wak andXabuan on the western ' side . Here , also ' , are . the Spioe Islands ; and aboy ^ Borneo ; the , Phillipine 8 , Ao . ^ while below it . and leftward are the islands of Sumatra and Java . Paasing round the gallery , to the left , we bav ? !! f w ^ ** come to mid-Africa , on each side of which are the seats of the slave trade . * ! wS ? ° M » 8 ld ? i 8 the Gulf of Guinea , nn ° f ? S « r r 8 liah settlements of Cape Coast Castle , Sierra Leone , and the Gambia . The great chain of ^ mountains 8 tretchin ? : alone the

      lengtn 01 we continent , on the left , ia the Cordilleras , or Andes . ; The third gallery opens upon the Pacific . Going to the left are the ^ hillippfne Isl ands : and China , the large islandI of Hainan l yiog off the shore ; and ab ° . v& tno Ph » ll pmesi ; -Formoaa , to the north of which are the small Loo Choo Islands , and above these the great islands of Japan . - The . great inlet in the north of China is the ; Tellow Sea , having , on the . rjght , the and of Core , v » great . heafiiand runnfngsouth . _ Totho ' left , anhefow China , is a great land running out into a harrow tongue , and having the sea all round ' it , except towards the north , where it is hemmed in by great hills . This is the Burman Empire , la it to tue right are Ton-

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      quin ,. ; Cochin / China , and Siam ; - oa-ti ^ ZZ tongueisihlaya , and ; on the left BurnS ^ E the end of the tongue is Singapore ; and on its lnft are Malacca and < Pulp Pennng . or ; Prince of Wales Island-all Englisb settlements : To the left of Burmah . 'and on the other ' side of the . Bayof Bengal » aiml . oo 3 taDor India , running down to a peak , ine . great island below is Ceylon . ; The fourth galleryy near the summit of the building , brings us close to the countries most familiar Vh 'Jy' -i . ? rth ' Amwica » EuroPe , and North Asia . wS £ f- ft , Eart ? f th lobe » w beautifully SA ^ ' * - vi 8 rtor UenabIedto twee the oourse of the great rivers , the ranees of monntaina .

      S » e t u tSE £ ^ S 2 s S » n ^ « ^ ^ f | ^ Sf ^~ Son Sr T ! aid down » aj « 'fliegreatestSK ^ f ^^ " ^ sS ^ s ^ Ssftfi fettSt ^ HHSiaJSj lo « p part of lh 8 TS '' A . . v ™ V"f" > : Tta

      s jWrssz 151 ft SMaBSftSfc ^^ RB ;" g&S . Sf-Bng and , The corridor M will be li gMed with ground S fiBiST mthe T l & - Attached ^ -2 5 S ^ , t geographical library , containing a SmnnfP ^ l ^? " ^^^^ ImTJ ^ i to ^ " ' beaccessible to all visitors ; and the whole will form one of the most interesting ttSS «^ 5 * P hl 0 Bl monuioeuU tbat has ever been constructed in any country .

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      Virtue is the only true beauty . ¦ Bashful people frequently confound themselves by endeavouring to avoid confusion . Generosity does notT consist in giving , but in making some sacrifice in order to give Cons . —When is money damp . ' -When money is duein the morning , and mist at ni ght . k « Ti , H V re P ? ? ? 2 havin S recovered their health by the beneficial influence of sea air , like convicts ? — cause they are sea-cured . GooD . —If your means suit not your ends , pursue those ends which suit with your means . Si . Amant , the great chess-player , ia appointed French consul at California . ¦ Character of an Habitual Sot . —He was & man of no determination—except to the head . — a tine tit

      A Western writer thinkg that if the proper way ? . W"& tAois < ' tho »« h . " etc " eight , " and bo , 5 ^? ' **« ***>* " Potatoes" is Appbtitk . -A relish bestowed upon the poorer classes , that they may like what they eat , while it is seldom enjoyed by the rich , because they . may . eat what they like . CoMPBimo ' N . —The man who travels a thousand miles ma thousand hours may be tolerably quick tooteA , but he is nothing to the woman who keeps up with the fashions . ¦ ¦ ¦ * 5 The importations of ice from Norway during the past month have exceeded 16 , 000 tons weight ; whereas the supplies of the last and previous year each amounted in all to about 1 , 000 tons only . ^ GHooisasea term for rum and water , and originated from Admiral Vernon , who first introduced « i > . . hoard ship ; he was called by the seamen . via

      '¦ urog , " irom hig wear ing a grogan coat in bad weather . We have artificial teeth , artificial hair , eyes , calves , hips , noses , and artificial religion and morality . We believe that some young ladies must wear artificial heads , as we read of a young lady whose head was turned by a young man . _ A Whiter on Swearing , says : — "That an oath from a woman ib unnatural and discreditable , and he would aa soon expect a bullet from a rosebud . ' . ' A Parson was one day busily engaged with the hard task of persuading a miser of the blessings derived from being charitable , when the miser replied : - Since it is so good . I wish you would beBtow a little on me . " " Oh , " said the parson , " I aee yours is an incurable disease . "

      _ of the Foreign Exhibitors says , thattheprincipal productions of Great Britain are east winds , fogs , rheumatism , pulmonary complaints , and taxes ; and thai her imports are log-wood for her port wine drinkers , and chicory for the lovers of " Old Mocha . "

      At a late trial , somewhere in Vermont , thedefen . dant , who was not familiar with the multitude of words which the law employs to make a very trifling charge , after listening awhile to the readingof the indictment , jumped op and said : — " Them ' ere allegations is false , and that ' ere alligator knows itl' < Hood mentions a sea toper , who never saw a flask or pewter measure that he did not inexorably seize , andgauger like , try the depth of . He had agon equally fond of potations ; on which a neighbour remarked that he took after his father . Whereupon the would-be Trinculo retorted : — " Father never leaves none to take . "

      An Ornithological Marriage , —In Edinburgh " once on a time , " the following ornithological mar . riage took place , which set the whole neighbourhood all in ^ flutter : —Miss i / e « -rietta Ptacock was espoused to Mr . Robbin Sparrow , by the Rev . Mr . Daw , the bridesman being Mr . Philip tfawfc , and the bridesmaid Miss ZarJk-ins . The value of the mineral products of Great Britain andIrelandare estimated at about £ 25 , 000 , 000 per annum , taking the various products as nearly as possible in their first state . •¦ - It has been further , estimated by competent writers , that the annual value of the mineral substances raised in the British islands is equal to about four-ninths of that of all Europe .

      Somb years since a couple of young ladies ( who are now married and distinguished women ) , were tripping it over the green , when the one who was behind fell to the ground . The other looked back , and seeing her companion was uninjured . laughed merrily aa she said : — " Pride must be humbled . " " And a haughty , spirit goeth before a fall , " retorted her companion . Love and Law . —A young lawyer who had long paid his court to a lady , without much advancing his suit , accused her one day of being " insensible to the poyierofhve . " " It does not follow , " she archly replied , that I am « o , becavise I am not to be won by thepower of attorney . " Forgive me , " , replied the suitor , "• but you should rzmember that all the votaries of Cupid are solicitors . "

      . The Fair Sex in the Aws .-The farmers of the Upper . Alps , though by no means wealthy , live like lords in their houses ; while the heavier portion of agricultural labours devolves on the wife . It is no uncommon thing to see a woman yoked to the plough with an ass white her husband guides it . . An Alpine farmer accounts it an act of politeness to lend hu wife to a neighbour who has too much work , and tht neighbour in return lends his wife for a faff days ' labour whenever requested . Shaw ' s Patent India Rubber Air Guk . —This is an ingenious and peculiar combination of the etes 1 tic power of vulcanised India rubber and air . With an unrifled barrel 400 discharges may be made per hour ; as in that case the bullet requires no vammuig down ; -- One-quarter of a mile is its full range , and , according to a general rule for projectiles , it will do execution at one-third of the range .... This is hoth a dangerous and useful weapon . See No . 25 ^ Cl ass 8 , in the Exhibition .

      A Singular Fahilt . —In taking the late census at Ortey , one of the enumerators had to record perhaps one of the most singular families in the kingdom , comprised of six individuals , father , mother , and four ohildren ; five of this number are deaf and dumb , and have been so from . their birth , namely , the mother , three sons , and a daughter . In other respects few persona could be found to surpass them they are particularly lively , active , industrious , and most interesting to those who know them . —Waktfield Journal ; Lettbrs . —The ' number of letters transmitted &j the mails in various countries , can be Been from the following table : — < > . • ¦ Population . letters Per head England ¦ 29 , 000 , 000 ¦¦ 320 , 000 , 000 11-0 Switzerland 2 , 408 , 000 13 , 800 , 000 5-6 France 36 , 000 , 000 108 , 000 , 000 3-0

      Prussia 16 , 500 , 000 45 , 00 , 0000 2 ' 7 Austria 37 , 000 , 000 23 , 000 , 000 0 'S ; If the civilization of a country can be tested by its public roadg , ' the intelligence of a peo ple can be tested by the number of letters transmitted through the poBt-office . By the above statistics , Britain stands high above all other European nations . GovERSMEST . —Whenever the * people are worthy to reign , they will reign . Government is only the mould in which the statue of the people is cast , and in whioh it'takes that form which is best suited to its more or leas perfect nature . As ib the people bo will be the government , and when a people complains of its government , it , is onlyiheeause it wunworthy to have a better . This -was . the judgment which Tacitus passed on his own time , audit ia stiUtrue of our day . —Lamartine . ¦ A Wife's Revenge -Lady Lytton ( wife of Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton ) has brought out a tew novel , «• Miriam Sedley } » mi there is very little I 5 1 t ! r

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      TO& -i meaning when she savs :- « The SSdSBSttl" * heai i ° * i ' who *• fi in servilei ^ ? a - para 5 0 n - 0 BCause he spent his Ufa and , to continue tK 1 ^ 8181 - ' ' ^ he won the P rize - tionI ( for" 25 ^ was fn « t ar , L ? rce of filiaI affec * gistio lies in marbleS h l fatri 5 aIs )> he told *^' fearful account . " tLuk ' ^ u had to hec outpouring of a " wonnir / 1 * ? - * . * « most savaga rememberSo have met wltrcA' ¥ " we ovec Gazette . ¦ witu . —cAurcA and State Mrs-. BLOOMBR , editor nf flio r- ;; ¦ • ' the " short dress an «^ Ttv ^ ° »™ h » 8 . «** W paper of this month , tha iSy of Ll m b ? that place ^ enecaFalls ) opp"Se f dtjfS " laugh ; others still are in favour ; " and wa ' h S have

      nv « nAnntoA tl , o Jraa , " n ti . « . » Jv . .,. . raany adopted the dress . " ' Those who hint ^ S ' queer ' would do well to look back a few years t « the time when they wore ten or fi fteen pounds of petticoat and bustle around the body , and balloons on their arms , and then imngine which cut the queerest figure-they or we . We care not for the frowns of over-fastidious gentlemen we have those ot better taste and less questionable morals to subnTnn iff men ,. tbillk the r would be comfortabte I ° " ' fe ' : ^ ' ¦>•» them put them on : we

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1629/page/3/