The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-02 00:00:00

TEMPLE BAR.—" The Doctor's Wife" is very
exciting in this portion of its narrative. Isabel
Sleaford is married to George Gilbert. This union
is sure to prove unhappy, as the parties are totally
dissimilar. The account of their engagement is
ingeniously described, and the foolish manner in
which Isabel behaved may serve as a warning to those who
persist in their romantic visions until reality undeceives
them with no very pleasant teachings. Mr. Jeffson, in his
downright way, is a positive relief after the exhibition
which Isabel makes of her dreamy notions, and George dis-
plays his simplicity. To go through life fancying you must
be a hero or heroine is the most likely way to become a
martyr, theugh not in a very praiseworthy form. " The
Streets of the World" this time bring before us " Snargate
Street, Dover." This quaint locality will be remembered
by all who have been much about its precincts, though, as
the smart sketcher observes, few of the many who pass
through Dover see or care to acquaint themselves with the
curious spot hero mentioned. " Marechal do Saxe" gives
a resume of the career of that celebrated man, which may
interest many readers, and they may refresh their memories
concerning a man who should not be forgotten, and of whom
it is hero appropriately remarked, "Such was Maurice de
Saxe, and, with all his faults, we cannot refuse him his
niche in the Walhalla of glory." " Broken to nemesis" is
the second part of a new story by Edmund Yates. It is
smartly done, and presents some worldly and some peculiar
characters to our notice. " Home Contrasts" is rather a
peculiar sketch that sets forth the comparative advantages
and notifies tho distinctive allurements at home and
abroad. Much useful knowledge may be gained by the
study of this paper, and the most prejudiced to old fashioned
things should not be too proud to learn how to make them-
selves and their belongings more suited to the taste of the
day, and more fitted to meet the requirements of the age.
There are several other articles on various subjects which
merit notice, and the last of the contents, entitled " Past
Help," isice,
a very pleasing little poem. The verses are de-
scriptive and touching in their mournfulness, and they afford
a striking contrast in the death of despair and the life of
indifference.
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GOOD Wouns.—The present number is an ex
ceedingly good one, both as regards the letterpress
and illustrations, It opens with the continuation
of the tale of " Oswald Cray," by the authoress of " East
Lynn," and promises well• We have also several interesting
papers, both prose and poetical ; from the latter we make no
excuse for extracting the following pretty little trifle,
entitled—

POLLY.

Brown eyes,
Little nose ;
Dirt pies
tu ,
d clothes;
ifo
Spoilt toys;
Arch looks, ,
irni" books,
Unlike a boys s;
Little rage.,
Übviou., arts;
(Three her age is),

Deep Highs—
Cause not plain ;
Bribing you
With kisses
For a few
Farthing Misses ;
Wide awake.
As you hear,
"Mercy's sake,
Quiet, dear 1"
New shoes,
New frock;
Vague views
Ot what's o'clock
When it s time
To go to bed,
And scorn sublime
For what is said ;

Folded hands,

Saying prayers,
'Understands
Not, nor cares;

Thinks it odd,
Smiles away ;
Yet may God
Bear tier pray !
l'edgown white,
Kiss Dolly;
,Good night 1—
That's Polly,

Cakes, tarts ;
Falling down
Off chairs ;
Breaking crown
Down stairs;
Ca! ching

Fast asleep,
As you see;
heaven keep
My girl fur me !

on the pane;

THE ROSE, THISTLE, AND SHAMROCK.—The
adventures of Jacob Morrison have reached the 40th
chapter, in which Mrs. Stnick gives Jacob a proof
of her friendly regard; and the continuation of the
novelette by Feather Penn, Esq., " Harry Vow-
hampten," will bo read with interest. " Poland" is a
noble poem, from the pen of Elizabeth Sheridan Carey;
and " Misses and Matrimony," under the editorship of Capt.
W. W. Knollys, is as enteresting as over. The style in
which this paper is given is so excessively attractive that
ono invariably arrives at the words "to be continued"
abruptly and with regret. The latter feeling, however, is
somewhat assuaged by the knowledge that more is yet to

come.
THE ECLECTIC.—The warm tribute to the grea
worth and noble character of Father Mathew which
opens this number will be read with interest and
pleasure by all who concern themselves with the
wants, the sins, and the sufferings of their fellows.
It is remarked of him, in reference to the terrible
years of the famine, that " No wretchedness, no plague nor
pestilence daunted him ; he was almost übiquitous in his
incessant movements amidst scenes of the most fearful misery;
he exhibited for the poor, which he never exhibited for him-
self, a shrewd and practical, as well as a tender mind." Mr.
nathbone, of Liverpool, who visited Ireland at that time,
has given a full account of the zeal with which he devoted
himself to succour and comfort the afflicted. Mr. Rath
bone found Father Mathew's carpotloss roomfl
whilelled t!t
night with poor wanderers, who had no home, his
readiness to visit the sick and dying, in holism; wh ere
typhus raged, was a little alarming to his English visitor.
English Painting, in its social aspect, is discussed‘ with
fine perception and taste. Two other papers, on , Poems
of Rural Life," and "Problems in fHunanv
ature," are
the most interesting portions of the remaining contents.
THE AUTOGRAPHIC MIRROR, otherwise L'Auto-
graphe Cosmopolite, continues to prosper. Number
two just issued sustains the repute acquired by its
predecessor ; the second instalment of this new and
very (arm • us venture containing facsimiles of handwritings
and signatures, interesting, and various as those of Sir
Philip Sidney, General 1% ashington, Lord Nelson, the
Poet Coleridge, Mrs. Trollope, the novelist ; and living
actors as popular as Charles Kean and Charles Mathews.
Besides which, No. 2 is enhanced in value by two un-
published caricatures roughly sketched, the ono by Leech,
the other by Thacketay.
ANTHONY TROLLOTE's New Serial Story, " Can
You Forgive her ?"—" which," as Mrs. G amp would
say, " we can't," at any rate as yet—brings us (with
the monthly magazines) to the third number and
tho eleventh chapter, each inclusively. In this instalment
the reader lolirns all about the Pie-nio on the sands, and
how, at that pie-nie, Captain Bellfield proposes a toast.
Later on in the development of the plot the story will