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The critic enters very tuily into the distinctive features of
1%1: Thackeray's style, and the merits of his various worke.
He is far from bestowing unqualified approval or admiration
on all, and his article is, indeed, one of the most judicious
which has appeared since Thackeray's death. Nevertheless
he accords, as all must do, high:praise to him as onewho will
always retain a foremost place among our literary chieftains.
Mr. Gardiner's "History of James I." i 6 discussed, and
the htatorian appears to have formed no favourable opinion
of our Scottish king. "His body, his mind, and
his heart appear alike to have been wanting in that central
force by which the human frame and the human intellect
are at the same time invigorated and controlled." "French
Life" is the title of a very pleasant and lively paper, which
introduces us into the privacy of a Parisian appartement,
and tells us little secrets about the domestic arrangements
which invest a gay French establishment with an air of do-
mestic comfort. " Our Private Play" is the narrative of
the wonders worked by some private theatricals. The
special virtues and qualifications of our matter-of-fact
nineteenth century are treated of, and a comparison insti-
tuted with its predecessors—no very original subject. " A
Campaigner at Home" is worth reading, and " The Story
of Two Wives" tells a not impossible social tragedy. The
last article discusses a question which comes very forcibly
home to most of us—" How may a Peace Income Tax be
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ST. JAMES'S.—" The Man in Chains" continues
to be the most prominent feature in this magazine,
and chiefly devotes itself in this instalment to the
fortunes of Silvester Langdale. S. Scoffern con-
tributes a paper on " Vempyres," reminding us of
come of the horrible weird superstitions that used
to be current on the subject. We have also an interesting
account of the " Silver Mines of Freiberg in Saxony," and
the first part of a new version of the old romance, whoa
hero and heroine are the dreaming poet and the beautiful
Scottish Queen, a Darr ative in this instance penned more in
accordance with the views of Miss Strickland than of Mr
Froude. " Bertie Bray " is continued in the regular
novelist fashion, and neither brother nor sister are con-
ducting themselves in the most honourable fashion. It is a
story of London fashionable life, heartless beauties and their
devoted admirers, old husbands and young wives, charming
toilettes and sour elderly maidens, and consequently will dud
plenty of readers and admirers. " Lascelles Wraxall"
initiates us into the mysteries that lie hid-ten beneath the
eork of a champagne butte, and Lieut. Warneford draws a
vivid picture of the horrors of being " Abandoned at S .a."
Ihere is a very amusing little sketch entitled " Our Mys-
terious Subscriber," which narrates how the writer, a
young litterateur, was raised to the seventh heaven of
delight by an appointment to the editorial staff
of the Puddleton Gazette. On arriving at the scene
of his labours he made the acquaintance of the
owner and projector of the paper—a new journal that
was to take the world by storm. On the eve of its first ap-
pearance, however, the prim els made an inopcortune de-
mand for candles, the grocer retused an extension of credit,
the new-coiner had 3id. in his pocket, and the proprietor of
the Puddleton Gazet'e not a sou, From this dilemma they
were happily rescued by the adventof their first subscriber,
who paid his quarter's subscription in advance. Such good
luck does not, we fear, olten fall to the lot of mortals.
LE CORRESPONDANT, Mars 1864. Cn. Douniol.
—A more than ordinarily attractive number of Le
Correspondant has here made its appearance. Upon
the opening paper we took occasion yesterday to
comment in our leading columns—meaning the
remarkable paper by the Cte. de Fallonx (de
l'Acad. Fr.) entitled " Introduction aux lettres de P. Lacor-
deire," these letters representing one half of the
correspondence between Madame Swetchin and the great
Dominican. Besides this—Rio descants here (upon the eve of
the tercentenary) upon" La Religion de Shakspeee"—Leon
Lagrange has a most appropriate criticism upon the works
and the career of the French Rubens Eugene Delacroix—
and, at the tail of several other excellent contributions, per-
hart the most remarkable of these being the one by the
Abbe Meignan, upon another phase of La Crise Religieuse
—Leon Lavedan rapidly, with a pencil of caustic, sketches
down the principal events of the month, burning perhaps
the most fiercely of all into his tablets the now notorious
incident about the member for Halifax.
MACMILLAN.—The story of " The Hillyars and
the Burtons" proceeds with und:minished interest,
and troubles seem to be thickening round most of
the actors in it. George litllyar and Gerty arrive
in London, and make their appearance at his
father's country seat, but although Gerty's first introduc-
tion to the sturdy old baronet is a great suecess, the bloom
has begun to fade off the poor silly little beauty's simple
life, and her influence over her gloomy, passionate husband
is already waning. The Burtons are becoming more and
more mixed up with the Hillyars, and the mysterious
trouble hanging over Reuben grows darker and nearer.
" Our Sleep and Dreams" is a pleasantly written essay on
a very old subject of debate and discussion. The writer
cites some instances in which the world of dreams has exer-
cised a beneficial influence in the world of realities. " Tor-
tini is said to have composed his Devil's Sonata from the
inspiration of a dream in which the devil appeared to him
and challenged him to a trial of skill on his own fiddle.
Coleridge declares that he composed his splendid poetical
fragment of Kubla Khan when asleep. Condorcet relates
that more than once having retired to bed, jaded with
intricate calculations which he had left unfinished,
he completed them in his dreams. Franklin states
that he awned-nee saw the bearing of political
events more clearly during sleep than he had done when
awake. Dr. Gregory mentions that thoughts sometimes
occurred to him in dreams which were so got .d that he used
them in his college lectures, Sir Benjamin Brodie tells us
of a friend who had more than once invented an apparatus
for an experiment he wished to make in a dream, and of
another who had solved mathematical problems when asleep
which had brif3l4l him when awake." The usual " Letter
from Competition Wallah" deals this month with a very
difficult and momentous topic—Christianity in India. The
writer faces the question boldly, and after confessing the
unsatisfactory state of the religion of the Hindoos, he pro-
ceeds to inquire why it is that, " with all the advantages of
civilisation and domination, we have hitherto succeeded in
converting to our creed only one in 10,000 of the subject
people." The reasons he gives are so numerous and so
formidable that the most sanguine missionary might well
droop discouraged ; but there are good influences at work
as well as bad, and we may trust that the acknowledged
declension of the old Hindoo worship before the light of
knowledge and civilisation may be only the forerunner of
the substitution of a purer faith. " Two Months in Rome,"
and "A Gossip Over My Portfolio," are both worth read-
mg; but many readers will turn with more interest to the
reprint of some correspondence between Coleridge and
William Godwin, in which the poet gives full vent to his
metaphysical speculations in addressing a friend of such
congenial tastes and abilities.
TEMPLE BAR.—" The Doctor's Wife" is con-
tinued at some length, and in this instalment mat.
ters progress most unfavourably as regards the
future welfare and peace of the young couple. The
story is most naturally told, and this constitutes its
chief attraction, for the hero and heroine are alike provok-
ing in their opposite extremes—lsabel with her absurd
notions of romance, and George with his very hum-drum
ideas, Such characters do, however, constantly consort
and attempt to fight the battle of life together. The result
is one of those disastrous failures which furnish the stage
with themes for tragedy, and bestow endless opportunities
for the novelist to expatiate upon. " The Streets of the
World" this time describes Berlin, Unter-den-linden. The
sketch is not a very flattering one. " Rest and be Thank-
ful" are spirited verses. "Maid v. Mistress" is an article
that is well worthy of perusal. It traces the origin of the
fault which militates against the well-doing of so many
servant maids to their faulty bringing up at home, where
their hard working, half-starved mothers sacrifice every-
thing to turn out their daughters "smart."
Much may be
gathered from this sketch of the troubles that beset domes-
tic life in the shape of saucy and incompetent assistants.
" Broken to Harness" is continued in the same animated
manner as before. " The Ball-season in Parke' is an en-
tertaining little sketch of the doings in that gay capital.
The number of balls that take place, the numerous visitors
who throng to the festivities, and the amount which all this
quietly costs, are set down for those who seek such infor-
mation to con by rote, and they will doubtless be greatly
edified by the astonishing calculations and Wounding re-
velations that are made.
LONDON SOCIETY.—The illustrations to this ma.
giaine still ;orm a considerable part of its Rains,
tions. They are numerous and effective, and often
display both taste and talent. A
new series of
pipers commences in this number, and with promise of
interest. It is called "The London Opera Directors,"
and proposes to give us anecdotic memoirs of the most re-
markable men who have been connected with operatic
management, together with recollections of the chief singers
and composers who flourished during their reigns. This
first part chronicles the management. fortunes, and misfor-
tunes of no less a personage than Handel, the results of
whose operatic career are thus summed up :—" During his
unfortunate struggle against Porpora and the world of
fashion he had lost hie health, he had lost all the money he
had made during 20 years of labour, and he had to start
anew, at the age of 56, having nothing left but his glorious
reputation." " The Merchant Princes of England" are
continued in due course, and we have the story of the
famous Sir Richard Whittington. Lovers of the antique
will be gratified to learn that the biographer is clearly
of opinion that a cat was in some way connected with the

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decidedly wavering. We have a long story founded on the
immemorial tradition c^ncerning the Ist of April, and a
good many lively sketches of pen and pencil fill up the re•
mainder of the number.

GOOD WORDS.—Mrs. Wood'e story of " Oswald
Cray" is growing more complez anti mope melan-
choly. An unfortunate suspicion rising from some
chance wards has come between Oswald and Sara
Davenal, and the troubles seem springing up plenti-
fully. Lady Oswald's fortune is left to Dr. Davenal,
a circumstance which exci'es a good deal of surprise and
comment. A. H. H. B. gives us an essay, " Concerning
Needless Fears," the moral of which seems to be in the
words of Tupper, that "Half our troubles are half our in •
ventiou." Dr. Guthrie continues his " Out of Harness,"
the Dean of Canterbury proceeds with his " Letters from
Abroad," and Mr. Gosso gives us the fourth part of his
" Year at the Shore," so that there is plenty of good and
varied reading. Added to these Isaac Taylor contributes
" Personal Recollections," the editor continues his "Even-
ing with Working People," a reporter gives a very vivid
account of the "Labour and Difficulties of Stenography,"
and Dr. Rogers, LL.D., discusses our Coal Fields. He
must consequently 19e a very captious or discontented
mortal who cannot find something to attract and interest
him in such a table of contents.

THE MUSICAL MONTHLY.—The number for
April is, of course, well supplied with articles
touching the approaching festival at Stratford,.
upon- Avon. The presentation piece for the pianoforte is
entitled "A Shaksp-tian Fantasia," in which the well-
known airs sung by Ariel in "The Tempest" are intro..
duced. The introduction is full and telling, but the airs
have been rather ineffectively handled. There is a
thinness about the adaptation, and a great want
of dash and brilliancy in the variations. Although
it will not supersede the pieces on the same airs
already published, it will find favour in the eyes of thostt
who are looking out for an easy piece suitable for the ar
preaching festivity. The magazine is just the sort of thing
wanted by the puolic ; but some such pieces as those played
by Madame Goddard, Madame Oury, &0., must be given to
make it popular with the lovers of music.

LE FOLLET.—This mouth's number of this ele•
gant little publication is unusually attractive.
The plates are brilliant, and if the fashions here
set forth are followed, the dresses of the ladies
this season will be truly splendid. There is here the
usual intelligence communicated with respect to the
ldtest novelties, the most striking changes, &c., in cos-
tume; besides which, a variety of high amusing reading is
met with in this periodical, and also a description of the
Dperas, theatres, &c., so that for a fashionable reader nothing
is left out of the repertoire of its contents that can possibly
be missed.

CASSELL'S PUBLICATION S.—The different monthly
parts of the works now publishing by Messrs Cassell,
Petter, and Galpin are here again before us, and bear
unmistakable evidence of the energy and enter-
prise of the firm. "The Illustrated Shakspere"
will, when completed, form a splendid volume, both from
the ♦ariety and excellence of the illustrations and the supe-
riority of its paper and letterpress. " Pilgrims Progress"
is another co Lmendable proiuction, and our dear old
friend "Rubinson Crusoe" is still being submitted to the
public in a manner hitherto uuattenipted. " The Illustrated
History of England," "The Popular Educator," "The
History of England," and "Popular Natural History" are
all worthy of high commendation.
THE BOY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE contains a
variety of light reading, which will be found both highly
entertaining and instructive.
THE BOY'S OWN MAGAZINE this month is brim
full of facts, fiction, history, and adventure.
THE ENGLISHWOMAN'S DOMESTIC MAGAZINE
abounds with useful and entertaining articles. It is one of
the cheapest and best magazines published.
THE QUARTERLY BRITISH POSTAL GUIDE has
just been published by command of the Postmaster General.

Naval and Military Intelligence

THE NAVY.

Arrangements have been for some time in progress at
Chatham dockyard for the adoption of the new system of
accounts connected with the building of new vessels, the
repairs of those requiring " conversion " or alteration, and
the charge for labour in each department, the whole of
which have been arranged under the immediate superin-
tendence of Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., one of the Lords of the
Admiralty. Under the direction of a competent staff of
clerks and assistants from the Storekeeper-General's de-
partment a complete stock-taking of the whole of themate.
riel, of every kind, in Chatham Dockyard will be commenced
this morning, and periodical returns afterwards forwarded
to the Admiralty. Under the auspices of Mr. Stansfeld,
and mainly, if not certainly, through his exertions, the
dockyard accounts will from April 1 be placed on a basis
which will enable them to be compared favourably with the
accounts of the best private shipbuilding establishments in
the country. In future the percentage charges for the
different descriptions of work will be eliminated, and all
labour not employed on manufacturing operations will be
charged, pro rata, on the ships. It is, however, in the im-
portant item of labour, which has hitherto defied all the
attempts made to properly apportion the charges under that
head, that the greatest alterations will be made at Chatham.
This will be effected by what are termed labour charts, in
which the fullest explanation will be periodically given of
the nature, variety, and amount of labour employed on any
given vessel, or other undertaking, its relative and actual
cost, These labour charts will be laid before the House of
Commons, which will thus have the opportunity of ascer-
taining the amount expended for labour, as attested by the
accounts.

The screw steam gunvessel Ranger, 5, Commander Gor-
don, at Plymouth, bound for the West Coast of Africa, got
up steam on Wednesday, but continued in the Sound up to
yesterday afternoon.
The screw steamship Nile. 78, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
Alex. Milne, K.C.8., is hourly expected at Plymouth.
The screw steamship Royal George, 78, went outside
Plymouth breakwater yesterday to try her engines and
machinery, under the inspection of Capt. Edmonstone, of
the Steam Reserve. To-day she will be commissioned and
manned by the officers and crew of the Ajax.

The United States gunvessel Kearsage yesterday dis-
charged her powder-5 tons—st the powder-buoy off Wool-
wich Arsenal, in charge of the shipping agent, and pro-
ceeded to the Victoria docks, to make good certain damages
sustained during the late gale in the channel. She will be
thoroughly overhauled, will be supplied with a new top-
mast and have her bottom cleaned. She is manned at all
quarters with a most formidable armament of six powerful
11-inch guns, weighing 6 tons, to carry a 2001 b shot each,
so as to maintain a steady fire from every part of the ship.
The Kearsage is last from Dover, where she was an object
of much attraction, and was visited by a large number of
persons.
Mr. Tomlin, one of the Admiralty clerks, who has been
engaged during the past 17 years in the office of the Com-
modore Superintendent of the Dockyard at Woolwich, is
ordered to enter on the duties of the Auditor's office this
morning, in order to check the expenditure of the establish-
ment, and to carry out a more orderly return of accounts
for the inspection of the Admiralty Board.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty Board :—W. H. Monckton, midshipman, to the
Aurora—W. Skipworth, midshipman, to the Black Prince
—and Henry Smiles, nominated to a naval cadetship,

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