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he was but in his sixth year, his mind
Perplexed with the' question of God's
as that was debated among the mystical
in connexion with the disastrous earth-
Lisbon.

INPA.NT GOETHE ON GOD'S JUSTICE.
d It in his own mind as he heard it debated around
ha records that on his coming one day from
' he had listened to a sermon on the subject,
s goodness was justified, his father asked him
a the sermon had made. " Why," said he,
all be a much simpler matter than the clergy-
God knows very well that an immortal soul
10 injury from a mortal accident.:'

already seen that the poetic and sne-
lernents were developed in the mind of
an unusually early period of life ; but
unlike what has been usually remarked

-ions genius, the faculties and the
their use grew with his growth and
. with his strength. His facility in
ition of languages was extraordinary,
his earliest days he appears to have
elementary studies a store of material
use. His mind was peculiarly alive
emotion, and his perception of the
acute, clear, and strong, as evinced
tical treatises ; but infinitely more so
tions of his work where, as was his
drew upon his theoretical resources
the creations of his fancy. Out of
iliarities arose probably the greatest
of them all—Goethe himself. An

though mysteriously abstract poet—
abstract and mysterious artist—from
'ancy through ripe manhood, and
old age the same impression-
of intellect the same subtle

of mental speculation held pos-
him. Many portions of his life
dark suspicion, and not a few are
) censure. The power of his genius
hue to many of his acts, which, in
;or mould, would have been repul-
strength of his intellect surrounded
improprieties with a halo of simu-
The biography of such a man was,
subject difficult to treat of, if not
interfere with; but in the two volumes
Mr. Lewes has manfully grappled
the difficulties and the dangers, and
a work of deeper interest than can
L by any labour which aims at no
than mere amusement.

Itiagazine. Edinburgh : Blackwoods.

ier for the concluding month of the
-ices with the final part of " Zaidee—
Which has maintained the interest
throughout the past twelve months,
. up, in the old orthodox fashion, with
'ess of the chief parties concerned.
)g Zaidee returns to Cheshire, and
1' as to the inheritance is most satis-
41.ed. A paper on " Simony or Lay
historically and morally considered,"
Valuable information on a subject but
:Eton& notwithstanding the interest
and some important suggestions are
t° the best mode of removing the
Which exist, and which are thus briefly

.an may not purchase a next presentation to
I may purchase a next presentation, but not
living is vacant.
for a clergyman to give a bond of resignation
if certain specified relatives of the patron.
for a clergyman to give a general resignation
to t, UN
„, bell -maly a more general popular error
itioh`Pe the sale of an advowson or next
tj; to be the sale of a cure of souls. It
e light of nominating the individual

already adjudged to be duly qualified. The
writer recommends a full legalisation of sales,
with a right of veto on the part of the bishop,
on physical as well as moral and doctrinal grounds,
subject to an appeal to the Metropolitan court.
Such a mode would remove many reason-
able objections to the present system, and
is at least entitled to serious consideration.
Illustrations of Herodotus " is an in-
teresting review of two recently published
works on the subject by Mr. J. T. Wheeler, which
are highly eulogised. In an article on " Modern
Light Literature—Art," the writer, after a
good-humoured assault on the inconsistencies of
Mr. Ruskin, notices favourably Mrs. Jameson's
" Sacred and Legendary Art," and Mr. Leslie's
" Handbook for Young Painters," while Lord
Napier's " Modern Painting at Naples" is spoken
of as a literary curiosity, and Mr. Street, for his
" Brick and Marble Architecture in Italy," is re-
commended, when he takes his next holiday, to
carry some one with him who can do the writing,
and to confine his own labours to his pencil. Of
" Courtship under Difficulties" it is difficult to
speak, except that it is a humorous history from
the German of Ferdinand Stolle—a fact which
accounts perhaps for .its extravagant absurdity.
By far the most important article in the magazine
is the one headed " Our Rural Population and
the War," which is deserving of the most serious
consideration. The writer shows by clear
and forcible argument that, owing to the
discouragements given to agriculture, and
that insane preference of wealth to men
which particularly characterised the last few
years of. Sir Robert Peel's political career, the
military strength of the country has considerably
diminished since the last war, notwithstanding
the increase of population. The working people
have been driven from the fields into the towns,
and instead of the stalwart men who once re-
cruited our armies, we have only the factory popu-
lation, deteriorated both physically and morally.
The necessities of war may, however, force an
attention to the subject which it failed to excite
during a time of peace ; and it is to be hoped
that the ably written comments to which we refer
will not be without their effect. The number
concludes with a brief notice of the death of the
Rev. John Eagles, whose contributions to this
Magazine, of "Letters to Eusebius," " Once upon
a Time," &c., were so highly esteemed.

sionally shoot forth ; but when these do occur,
which, it must be admitted, is but seldom, the
prompting motive is so obviously an innocent, if
not, indeed, a virtuous one, that reprobation, if
bestowed at all, is administered " more in sorrow
than in anger."