The Press.
London, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

THE PRESS, SEPTEMBER 2G, 1857.

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of their own religion. All Mussulmans are ardent
proselytisers and fanatics, and look upon the slaughter of
an infidel as a short cut to paradise. The majority of
those in India are descended from converts made by the
swotds of these Paten invaders. The war cry of the
Mahomedan is" diu din" (religion), and scarcely anything
can hold him back when this cry is raised.
When the mutiny took place at Bolarum in 1155, in
which Brigadier Mackenzie was all but assassinated by
men of the 3rd Hyderabad Cavalry, he and his family
slept as secure and as void of all distrust under the
protection of the Mussulrnaus of the 3rd Infantry, and
with a Mussulman Subailar on guard, as they did under
that of the Hindoos of the same gallant and loyal
regllthent, because, as the bigoted Naant himself expressed
it, " Yih din ka kier nahiu "—this was no religious
quarrel. Dot men of the same contingent have lately
declared that they cannot fight against their brethren,
because now it is " Din ki bat "—a religious question.
Great ignorance prevails among Europeans as to what
really constitutes and affects caste, and consequently they
yield when they should be firm, and are incautious and
obstinate where they should yield. A native will often
allege his caste as a pretext for not doing something which
he imagines contrary to his dignity.

AMONG the mass of new publications and fresh
editions of popular works, we have to acknowledge
an excellent, well-bound, well-printed, and cheap
edition of Miss Bronte's works. Jane Eyre has
already appeared, and Shirley now follows. We can
recommend this edition as certainly the best in every
respect of the many cheap editions now publishing.
Harry Hamilton (Hodgson) is a lively bustling tale,
well told, of adventure at sea and on shore. It is
written with vigour, and forms an excellent and
original number in that admirable series, "The
Parlour Library," which includes also, in cheap
volumes, " The Man-at-Arms," by James, " The
White Mask," by Mrs. Thomson, "The Hussar,"
by Gleig, and " Ethel Churchill," by L. E. L.—
standard works of fiction now placed within the
reach of all lovers of such literature. The Common
Objects of the Seashore (Routledge) fulfils its title,
and gives a popular description of everything to be
found upon the seashore, from seaweeds anC whelk•
shells to zoophytes and soft-tailed crabs, cuttle and
codfish. It is carefully writtenvaccurate in its state-
ments, and a most fit present for Children, big or little,
as an introduction to the aquarium. Numerous
woodcuts, well executed, engravings from the pencil
of Mr. Sowerhy, illustrate the text. Here is an ex-
planation of what we all know by sight, " cuttle-
bone ":

There is a substance that is often to be picked up on the
shore, and oftener to be purchased at the perfumers' shops,
known by the name of cuttlebone, and, when reduced to
powder, used for various purposes. This so-called cuttle-
bone is not bone at all, but a very wonderful structure,
consisting almost entirely of pure chalk, and having been
rat one time embedded loosely in the substance of some
departed individual of the species called Sepia officinalis.
The " bone " is inclosed within a membranous sac within
the body of the cuttle, by which sac it is secreted,and with
which it has no other connection, dropping out when the
animal is opened. On taking one of these objects into
the hand, its extreme lightness is very evident, and if it
be cut across and examined through a lens, the cause of
the lightness will be perceived. The plate is not solid, but
is formed of a succession of excessively thin laminte or
floors of chalk, each connected with each by myriads of
the tiniest imaginable chalky pillars. When the cuttle is
living, this structure runs through the entire length of the
abdomen, being of equal length with it, and occupying
, about one-third of its breadth.

The relations of Masters or Mistresses and Servants
are cleculy laid down by Mr. Baylis, M.A., barrister,
in his excellent little treatise. Such a clear, simple,
and accurate statement of the law affecting the rela
tive liabilities and vice versa of both parties has long
been wanting. There is much useful information in
this little pamphlet, which we can cordially recom-
mend to the public.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED-SEpr. 21.

BOOKS.

Inver:ails et Penni Saline. With :a Commentary. By the
Rev. A. J. Macleane, M.A. Whittaker and Co.
Euripides. With an English Commentary. By F. A.
Paley. Vol. 1. Ditto.
Publii Coma•diia Ses. With a Commentary. By the Rex,
E. St. John Parry, M.A. Ditto.
England and France before Sebastopol. By Charles Bryce,
M.D. Churchill.
Russell's History of Modern Europe Epitomised.
Routledge.
The Noble Traylour. A Chronicle. By Thomas of Swar•
raton. Armiger. Three Vols. Smith and Elder.
Letters on Connoisseurship ; or, the Anatomy of a Picture.
Chapman and Hall.
The Story of Afy Life. By Lord William Lennox. Three
Vole. Hurst and Blackett.
The Travels of Prince Legion, and other Poems. By John
Le Gay Brereton. Longmans.
Autumn Leaves. Poems by Dunsterville Brucks.
Groombridge.

PERIODICALS.

The Journal of the Statistical Society. J. W. Parker.
The Commercial Traveller's Magazine.' Kent and Co.
The Weit of Scotland Magazine. 1111 Rau and Virtue