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article before us repeats , the works of Plato and Leibnitz were of no more authority than the best astromoners before the ei-a of Copernicus . The inner life of Klcist specially marks that transition state -when old , systems arc fast collapsing-, and . . new ones only in their . getn . In one of his earlier letters we find him complaining of the fate by v > hich he vras condensed " to be ever reflecting on the . inf cntion of our existence , seekin" to discover whether the enjoyment of happiness , as Ep icurus taught , o / the st riving after perfection as Leibinitz believed or . the fulfilment of duty , as Kant declared , be tho true end of man . " Here is an earnest sympathetic spirit completely at sea ; hero is tho , transitorial
crudity that marks the mental development of the time . Strange that Kleistcould not see that" supreme good" consists , not in the enjoyment bv tho individual , of his own selfish personal , happiness , but in tho universal well being of all , in which liis own is included , that tho " standard of moral perfection , " is approached in proportion to the earnestness with , which we labour for thi 3 eiid , and that it is this labour uhich the absolute " rule of conduct"' points out ; - that " perfection " consists in our fulfilling these paramount conditions of our being , that " duty , " except as implying the obligation we arc under to act thus , i 3 an empty name . There arc several other well written articles , including one about the
"Glacier Tneories . " ; The Journal of Plu / chological Meth ' cuie ami Mental PaUialoyu , Edited bv Forbes WinsW , M . D ., D . C . L . 2 ve \ v aeries No . 20 . October i 860 . —The present number contains some interesting papers , particularly those on "The Amelioration of Races by , Edueationand Inferma ' rriage .,, " Ivlodern Developments of tlic Marvellous , " and "The JVTodern Drama : a contribution to Mental Dietetics . " We extract ( he following passages from the last but one of these , without comment : — "The ° staga has lost all confidence in itself , all courage , nil capacity . The broken-down merchant who becomes a messenger in tho establishment of which he was once the chief , is not more humble in tonp , or more obsequious in manner , than the theatre of the present day . There is scarcely a subject lving out of the beaten dramatic track which it dares
to handle ' . It is afraid to meddle with politics ; it shuns all allusion to the great questions winch may be agitating the public mind ; it shrinks / rom relig ion , as a poor man shrinks ' from the elegant and well-furnished church , which he foolishly imagines he is not worthy to enter ; it rarely touches upon history , except with timid nervousness ; even the manners of the day , the passing follies of the hour , the airy trifles floating in the social atmosphere , and against which the polished shaft of v .-it and ridicule have c \ er been directed—even these fail to arouse its slumbering energies . It goes on at a jog-trot pace , the embodiment of a commomplace respectability , which , in its eagerness to offend no susceptibilities , to awaken no antagonism , to pass beyond no established formula of thought and speech , become pre-eminently . tame , servile , humdrum , harmless , and contemptible . "
Memoirs , Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore . By Lord John Russell , M . P . People's edition , with eight portraits and two vignettes engraved on steel ; now complete in ten parte . Ijondon : Longman & Co- —The reading portion of the public , who desire standard ivories at cheap prices , are much indebted . to Messrs . Longman for this attractive and excellent issue . The merits of tho work are too wellknown to require specification in this notice . We like Lord John Hussell ' s preface for many considerations immensely . It is characteristic of that eminent public man . For that gi'eat constitutionalist , to write or speak without allusion to " the British Constitution" would be next to impossible . We look upon this as a decided merit . It shows a hearty and persistent tendency to enforce at all timesand under nil circumstances the ruling idea of n man ' s life . That Lord John Russell is not a man of " one idea" the work before us abundantly
proves , to say nothing of Sydney Smith ' s assertion that he wns readyto take the command of the channel ( loet at a moment ' s notice . Tho British constitution , however imperfect , it may be judged by a high ideal standard , is unquestionably tho most perfect embodiment of politionland religious freedom thn ' fc lias grown up in the old world , and as such 13 a fit theme for a Great-British , aa well aga groat British , statesman . Accordingly we find , at p . 20 of the preface , that . ""Lord Holland early hi life sat at tho foot of his eclobruted unolo . From Mr . Fox he learnt on ardent hatred of oppression , an attachment to the leading principles of the British constitution , indignant detestation of religwisperseo \ iliQn , and a sympathy for all nations endeavouring to shako off the yoke of tyranny . " These passages give ua nn assurance that Lord John Russell will , consistently with lug liberal professions on a \ l occasions , rojoioo iu tho great Italian movement talcing tys full dovplopmont , without countenancing anynttemptp , oomofrom whatqunrtor they will , to restore " religious pewoutionn " of which , even in tho inilcloi forms of papal " nggf oesion , " ho is known to entertain eo
dociilod a " dutestntion ; " but on tho contrary , his strongest « pympnthy " will bo enlisted , especially nt tho forthcoming Warsuw conferences , in favour of tho " nations endeavouring to shnlce off tho yoke of tyranny . " Dublin JJniuorsity Maaazino . No . 334 , October , 1860 . Dublin : William Robert aoii . London s Hurst nnd Blanket t . Tho number bpforo us opens with nn olabornto nrticlo 01 n subjoot of peculinr intorost and importance at tho present : time , "Tho French nnd English Armaments , " The contouts tablo presents a copious and varied sorica of papers for wiling away tho loiauro hour , nflbi'ilihg fit olirnont for tho ohcoi'ful ov tho flftd , for tho time-lfillcr or tho " earnest" render who wants solid information on solid ( mbjoctei , nnd Hret-oluua " mnleri « la for thinking . " " Vonvod , tho Dane , " reaches . tho oifflil Hi port > " TUo Worlc » ii'Dny \ voriel of Frnnoi' , " its fourth ohnptorj nnd thuro is t ) io second pnnor of " Wanderings in Irohuirt , " " American Agriculture , " " Our i ? Qlitic , al Chorus , " The Irish Stnlo Paper , " " Cornwall und Pilchards , " Paraoimltiofl , " orb nriiong tho taking titloa which will out oh tlio eye of . ' very olnsa 6 f vendors . ' .
Hagntt Storing for Rtn »» i r JX / ya and Winter JS'h / li / s . Tha r 7 otw « nakpr of J , i / o ) tx . ' By E . M . I'ij . or , London : Oi'ornnbridf ( i ) nnd Spns , —1 'Uiri is tlio sixth iminbor of IMobsi's . 0-i'ocnnbri ( lj , jo ' d exc-olU'nfc loijios ' , outitied us nhovi ' . Tho tulun uro well concoivod » ud well tuUl j hpy oro " short nnd swocl , "—tlioy nro well ilhutnuoil willi wooilculs , vrici . whilu posaceaina a lively intoiesl that hoops up \ , \\ o nllouUon , tho , V uv not i » or « ly pf iv t ivno-hilliiig cluuMa'tor , bi . » t » l « ow Unit rmlly vnluublo nf ppmntlon mny b . \ wpappocl up In tlio mo « t intcroating works of lotion .
Recreative Science . Oct . London : Grroombridgo- and Sons . —Tliia monthly record and remembrancer of intellectual observation maintains . its established vepiitation for amusing initruction . RontleJges Illustrated . Kalnral ilistorr / . ¦ Pcirt 20 . Oct ., 1 SG 0 . 13 v the Her . J .. Ci . Wood , ' M . A .,, T . L . S . London and Neiv York : Uoufledgeand Co . — The October issuu of i ) ih c : ipital \ sork opens witli tlio s-wallow ( in continuance of tho lust par !) , whose habits avid instincts are so interesting ,: contains our royal feathered bipod friuwds tlie . kingfishers , nnd concludes v . ith the bec-catcr . The Art Jovruiil . Ko . 10 . October , 1 SG 0 . Lor . don oncl A > , v York : Virtue and Co . —The engravings , this nioiilh arc "Henrietta of Orleans , " daughter of Charley 7 ., from ]\ r . igna ; -d ' s picture in the Koval collection : < fThe oj ) cning of ( ho WalhalFa , " from Turner ' s picture " in the National Gallery ; and " ' Modicimy' engraved by G . Stodart , fro ; n the statne by Eni ? t H : \ hnel . There are ¦ nmr . pvoi ' . s woodcuts of landscape scenery , and the lettcr-prcsi ? is of tho usual vaiicd 11 rid cxrdl . >«( fhnrnptr . r .
The . Leisure Hour . Part 105 . Sopf omber , 180 O . London : of ? , Patcrnot-ter-row , and 1 ( 5 ! -, Ticcaxliny .---Thc present month ' s insi . ulinent ox . this periodical contains the usual niiinbi-r of page ? of instructive light reading , appropriately , illustrun-il \> i ( h \ vciku'u ( s . Kingston ' s Ifn ? i < xzitw for Jioyx . Xo . 20 . OA . ISOO . ' L < md .-- -n : Eoswiirth and Harrison . —If the boys of this progressive a ;; avo not well posted up in useful lmowlege it certainly is not I or want of publications suitable formating thorn merry and wise * , among \ v ! ii-. 'ii this magazine occupies a prominent-plneiv ¦ ¦ ¦ PnvelVs Domes ! 'i < - I \ Ia > iazi . v : No . 2 . Oct ., 1 ^ 0 ) . Lonrl . > n : M :-, ; l-
borbifch and Co ., Bri g hton : E . mbling and Jienl . — \ v e specially khj i : \ -d the first number of this new serial in a iormer impression . It fnlilL * , . co far as it ... has appeared , the promises of its propp . vtu * . . The Shipvrrcclced Jfcrriaer . iS ~ o . 2 Sj Oct ., 18 ( 50 . London : Tiforri-. ii . —This quarterly mnritirnc Magazine is peculiarly in-1 cresting to a maritime people , and to the philixthronist in partiriilar . able' find willing to exercise benevolence in practical efforts to succour the ofdiotc-d . The JZnnl'xh CiiclnponVta of Arts , and S ' cirnc-f . Conducted by Charles Iv night . ' Part . 21 . London : Eradbnry and Kvans . —Tiie present part of this elaborate arid comprehensive worn , l . vniarkiible for its accurate and ooj ' vioirB . ijifoiruiation , begins with the vowel O , and concludes with the commencement of a well-rjmpil'M aitirlt'on " Paper Miuxufiicture and Tr ; vdi . ' .
Le Toilet . London : Sinvpkin and Marshall . —The Ffiinf f . ve ^ pisiir and graceful , if troublvs . ome and " useless , ' width of skirt , t-xtending oym-¦ the same ample rotundity of ' crinoline' ! An iv-sle , all the elegant Matures of this fominine periodical present themselves in t heir cuvtonmrv complotc-ncsp . . ' . One of Them . By Charles -Lcvc-r . IS o . 11 . October . -London : Chapman and Hall . —The usual amount of the usual rany writing is before us again this month in due course , and we are another number tho nearer to the completion of the story , and our critical annlysis of the book . The Assurance Magazine . Vol . 0 . Part : ) . No . ( 51 . O . •!¦ ., ISilU . London : C . and E . Layton . —Tho present part contains articles of a special character , of great interest and importance , as bearing on social phenomena . There is a paper , for instance , on the question " How far the inordinate mortality in this country . is controlable by human agency 5 another , "On tho discovery of the hwv of human mortality , and on the antecedent partial discoveries by Dr . Price and Mr . Gomperlz ;" another " On the construction of Hfo tables , illustrated by a 11 : \ v lil ' o
table of the healthy districts of England , " &p . The Eclectic . October , 18 G 0 . London : Judd and C ! l ••? : ' . T 110 contents this month nro of iha average ch : irac-ti'r , being mostly of a theological east . An article on "TIip Province of lienson"' di-cussed tho controversy originutcd by 3 \ fr .. Mansoll ' s locturcp . Thfro id ul-, 0 a paper on the " Social AflVctions , " . of n strongly lvligiou . ^ tone . The Companion for X ' out / t . No . I . Nmv Series . Oetobor , l . > f ! 0 . London : Dean and Son . This is one of tlio well-known publ'ienlton : * issuod by Messrs . Doan , who have shown llicinselvos such c-xcclloiit caterers in providing " instructivo amusement nnd amusing instruol ion for juvenile Englnncl , and who havu contributed so much to ( lio " dol ' ighlful task " o-f touching tho young iiloii how to shoot . 5 ¦ Series
CasselVs Illustrated JUvlori / of . JCiighouK Purl . ) . Now . London nnd Now York : Cuflsoll nnd Co . — -Tho period oinbrn . 'ed within tho proaont part of thia meritorious publication is tho moinonlous 0110 of 1780 , so prolific in grout events , which have left tln-ir dcep _ iiujnviis upon tho olmruotcr of the present n . 'jo . Among tho oventn wliich iurni tho Buhjecfc of tho ntunorous ongmviiifja with whicli thi- < workabouuils nro the oapturo of Oocnkow by iho j { usaiann , the pro . ^ . wnMi of tlio iici' 5 etat in Puris , 17 H 0 , U 10 mooting ol' ( ho ruvi'lutioivr . -y K'niloru iu tiio Tennis Court , M-jtIo Aut . oinetto pro . ion ( : in « tho Djiup hlii t . ) t ! irt nob .. ( it , tho nttnoli upon tho Jinutile , tho puoplo driving Volry IV ' . > m 'i ' oulou 1- ) Puris . There in also a well'cxooutud portrait of Nociinr , nnd ti ntlllongth ono of Mario-Antoinette , besides othof illu * l rut Ions . TZ CatoeU'it If In strain I Family Jiibto . Part 17 . London nnd ^ ovr York : Oaasoll rmd Co . —Thn part ; boforo in coinprijo . j tho litler p . irfc of tho 2 d Book of Kin ^ a nnd tlio 1 st' Book of Chrnnu'h- . s , > U > ' > i-haptoi' 0 . Tho illiifltrnlions ' two mmieroin , iijij ) i ' . >) , ti u > lo , ir .. U t-soolhmt . _ ..
C ( rxs , ' !/\ i P . ipi'lur Xix' -eral lllalar'h Vwvl 1 . 0 , Lonilm » n > l - " s >« - ^ York : C ' aasoll and Co . — Tho llluphaiih , U 10 Uorm \ uml I lio ^•• • brn , nro I Ho sulijoclfl of thif . month * d i , mia , tin oula Loin ,. ? oxmI ! 't . t nu . l lh " lotlor-pivftrt inUMVfltincr and oopiou . . Tlio cliurnnliM of tlu'HO \ u"ll compiled soriuls luia Ivdoii alrenr . lv ¦ pint oil in those columns . Thn J . nrtio . i' 2 ' rc « xitri / and Ilt < i * tmtad M'tffn , xinc . N «> . ¦! !» Ool . lfi « - London nnd jtfow York : Otiusill mul Co ,-In pivvioiii nolii-en \ vo luvvo no fully gono inld tlio mi > rltrf of this oxmlleuL work , ih rej . ; hji U l ) Oth li . 'ltcr-pviJdU nnd illustrations , I hat in oiii" pivsi'iit ^' ; > -i v \ , '" pwwuiiig ( Itininnds on our unn . •> . , wo Jmvo only roam for it- -1 isi- 'orUi'ti among our wcriiil i .
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Nkw VTouk on Ha * m'aki ' . u ;'« j { Jauwox * . — " \ Y * wuC ^ vnia ^} tl . ;\ t MgsBi'u , Nisbnt nnd Co . uro about to puUliah aa n qU \ book , " . Kxp ^ i tion of tlio . Qrti'toaiin of llnffiti' -llo ' s , b , v Ii , A . Siuiih , jun . IlUi * tn » ti'u W nlxotogrnphe iroju Iho originnlu .
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g ^ g : 1 lie Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Oct . 13 , I 860
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 13, 1860, page 868, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2369/page/12/
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