The Press.
London, England, 1854-10-14 00:00:00

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The Art Journal for this month contains two en-
gravings—" Job and his Friends " and " Morton the
Dramatist"—rather inferior in execution to the
usual style of engravings in this periodical. A third
engraving is after a fruit piece by Lance. The lite-
rary papers contain the usual amount of information
upon art, not the least interesting among which is a
pleasant chatty letter from " Florentia" upon the
" Studios of Rome."
A new magazine appears this month under the
head of the Statist, professedly devoted to the ma-
thematical examination of social statistics. " The
" application," states the preface, " of scientific for•
" mulai to the reduction of facts to averages has
" hitherto been very limited . . . . and it is intended
" that the Statist shall be specially devoted to such
" objects, and be the medium between the classes
" requiring such information and the professors of
" the science." The first number contains Part I.
of the " Statistics of Violent Death," in which it is
singular to observe how the mortality from suicide
in males increases with advancing years. Between
the age of fifteen to twenty-tour, deaths from suicide
are 1 in 10,393, and the rate advances till, between
the ages of sixty-five and seventy-five, it is 1 in
every 1,903. There are other papers on "Cholera
Statistics," "Health and Longevity," and "Hospital
Statistics," but they are incomplete ; and it appears
to us a mistake to insert so little matter upon one
subject. The plan of the periodical is good, and,
with careful management, will no doubt command

support.
Sabina ; a Sicilian Tale. By John Brampton
Philpot. London : Saunders and Otley.
A TALE of the Sicilian vespers, containing the
orthodox hero, a knight pious and valiant, who is in
love with the no less orthodox heroine, a countess,
young and artless. Their love does not run
smoothly, the villain of the story, a recreant knight,
perpetually trying to abduct the heroine against her
will and pleasure. The following extract is a fair
sample of the style in which the book is composed.
We must premise that Adriano, the hero, has just
rescued Sabina, the heroine, from the wicked designs
of the villain, Count Juvainco:i. The faithful guide
who has led them safely through an impenetrable
forest has just disappeared in the undercover, and
Adriano is left alone with his lady love
To pause on their progress after being left to themselves
seems superfluous ; to linger with them through scenes
whose beauty formed no attraction, or whose diversity drew
from them no remark, may be considered tedious and
tiring. The gentle reader is already acquainted with their
hearts, and can picture with greater truth; can conjure up
in his or her imagination the varied and complex emotions
that such moments iu such a situation could produce with
far greater force than description can zonvey• . . • •
For some time they rode on in silence. It might be that
Adriano was merely collecting, arranging, and putting into
some definite form and order his ideas, thoughts, feelings,
and plans, culling the choicest, most fitting, and best a
his
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first offering to his love She noticed not
silence, her heart was too full of gratitude • the pearly
drops glistened among the jetty fringes of her dark eyes,
her lips parted, and a deep sigh only escaped.
From this the reader may form his own judgment
of the style and matter of Mr. Philpot's Sicilian tale.
Pigeons and Rabbits in their Wild, Domestic, and
Captive States. By Sebastian Delamar. Lon-
don : Routledge and Co.
A thoroughly practical treatise upon the care and
management, varieties, and diseases of pigeons and
rabbits and concluding with a no less practical
appendix upon the art of cooking them. The illus-
trations are correct and spirited.
Food for My Flock. By the Rev. T. Goodwin
Hatchard, M.A. London : Hatchard.
THESE sermons were preached in Havant Church by
its rector. They are distinguished by a tenderness
of tone which sometimes becomes too sentimental.
But the feeling displayed throughout the volume is
genuine, and in discourses addressed to mixed con•
gregations the purely intellectual should not exclu-
sively predominate. Mr. Hatoliard's style is smooth
and graceful, and well adapted for the purpose of ex-
citing pious emotions. Eloquent in expounding the
consolations of the gospel, he knows how to elevate
those minds that are dejected by worldly affliction.
The volume is published at the request of his
parishioners, and the compliment is well merited.
PUULICATIONS RECEIVED.
The Baltic : its Gates, Shores, and Cilia.. Rev. Thomas
Milner, M.A. F.R.G.S. Longman.
Gleanings from Piccadilly to Peres. John Oldmizon, Esq.,
Commander R.N. Ditto.
Lit.'s of the English Poets. Samuel Johnson. Murray.
The Deer-slayei . Routledge.
Oak Openings. Ditto.
Poona. W. B. Scott. Smith and Elder.
Dream of Pythagoras. Minns and Goodwin.
The Vicar of Wakefield. Grant and Griffiths.
Principles of Church Authority. Rev. R. I. Wilberforce.
Longman.