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MAGAZINE DAY.

DUBLIN.—There is a new story commenced by
the author of " Wylder's Hand," &I. It is
impossible to form much opinion of it at this
early stage, but it promises to contain much
of that mystery and excitement which have
hitherto imparted so much attraction to
the pages of the author's earlier productions.
Maude, the heroine, is a very pleasing young maiden, as
she appears before us in this portion of the tale ; and some
of the other characters, especially Lady Knollys, are well
sketched, "Charles Townshend, Wit and Statesman," is
the subject of an article. It is interesting to peruse, mid
contains much to win attention. The description of his
mother is very remarkable; like most celebrated men, he
had a clever mother, but one of a most erratic class ; her
sayings and doings were brilliant and most singular, but
doubtless they accorded well with the tastes and habits of
her day. Speaking of Townshend, the writer remarks that
he belonged to a more dramatic style than exists in our
time. "We look back to the stirring days in which he
lived, and his white plume was seen tossing in the heart of
the struggle." This is the first part only of this distin-
guished man's career, and therefore the more exciting events
will be discoursed upon more fully afterwards. This sketch
does ample justice to Townshend, while it amply pourtrays
one who is well delineated as a strange compound of " wild-
ness, impetuosity, daring, singular intellectual power, and
dazzling brilliancy." " the History of a Hero" is a very
strange production. It is in imitation of Carlyle, and chooses
a " humbler rogue" to descant upon, instead of the more
remarkable individual selected by the great writer. This
sketch is cleverly carried on throughout, and will most likely
entertain some readers. It is a very apt illustration of the
manner in which nowadays many persons delude themselves
into believing cheats and villains to be geniuses and men of
talent, and when they undergo the penalty of their crimes,
call them heroes and martyrs. It is to be trusted that some
of the fatuists will peruse this sketch, and judge for them-
selves how their impressions look in black and white.
" Yaxley and its Neighbourhood," becomes more exciting in
this number, it discloses some important facts to our notice.
In the first place, Mrs. Pilmer behaves so violently to
Lizette that the poor young girl has to leave ; her great aunt
at last acknowledges her, and she goes to live with her—a
most uncongenial home. Luke Bayly is making all sorts of
mischief and preparing other troubles for the future. He
gets a large sum from Mrs. Pilmer on pretence of having
found the will of Mrs. Meiklam. This story is very simply
but very impressively told, and many of the dramatis per-
sonx are sketched true to nature. "The Grand Tour,"
this time, takes us from " Dresden to Vienna." The various
accounts are pleasingly told, and some information worthy
of knowledge may be gleaned from these pictures of foreign
lauds. "Edmond About and the Landes" is a summary of
the writings of this author, and we are told that his artistic
and critical powers are very great, as they appear in his
"lively and agreeable stories." The passages here pre-
sented of his works are certainly entertaining, and seem to
abound in quaint description and original observation.
There are some verses on the birthday of Shakespere, which
are written in a spirited style, and the writer seems im-
pressed with the importance of his theme. "Notes on the
condition of Ireland" makes some very just remarks as to
the prejudice which exists respecting Ireland, when people
ought to be more tolerant. " Those silly scoffs work a
large amount of mischief, and they are unworthy a great
and intellectual people. As an assumption of superiority,
they are gratuitous ; as an expression of contempt, they are
irritating ; and on the score of policy, they are a grave
mistake."
FRASER.—Several topics of interest are discussed
in Fraser this month. The " Land Revenue of
India" occupies a prominent place among them, and
without coinciding in all the writer's views, we
commend this carefully written article to all who
are interested in studying this great question. Mr.
Rossetti contributes a paper on the Royal Academy Exhi-
bition, which can hardly fail to gratify the lover of art,
though it shows just sufficient acerbity to befit an orthodox
artistic criticism. The writer reminds us that last year, in
a similar review, he specially dwelt upon three points. He
observed that the British school was becoming tinctured by
foreign influences, more particularly French ones; he dis-
cussed the influence exercised by the general character of
the subjects; and he touched also upon the tender topic of
deficient space and unfair appropriation of it. He takes)
these same points up again, and considers that the influence
of the foreign schools is, if anything, less perceptible; the
general tone of the subjects pleases him less than last sea-
son, while the standard subjects of complaint—the deficiency
of space and the, unfair distribution of it—are passed over
with very moderate reprehension, considering the fervour
which the writer shows on the matte' in other parts. "A
Campaigner at Home" is, as usual, very attractive in his
meditations. He discourses this time about idealism
and idealists, and realists, too, may take pleasure
in what he says. The present essay is the
best he has yet given us, and it would be well if the narrow
materialism of the present day could catch a little more of
its prevailing spirit. " The Judges of England" is the title
of a paper which gives a series of brief photographic por-
traits of our judicial functionaries, not, hem ever, painting
them in two flattering colours. " Two Chapters " is the
somewhat singular heading of a little paper that discourses
chiefly on the malevolence of gossip. This formidable
enemy would have less power for mischief if every one fol-
lowed the sensible advice of the old Earl Marischals.
According to this author, over the door of each of their
castles were inscribed these words—
"They haif sayd;
Qhat sayd they ?
Lat them say I"

TEMPLE 13.411.—" The Doctor's Wife" is con.
tinned, and approaches the crisis of its narrative.
The transition stages of Isabei's 'lliad are very aptly
pourtmed ; and it is very well described how the
studies to which the romantic and ill-disciplined
girl resorted had the effect of improving her mind,
as well as serving as means for passing the

We fear that modern common eense is far from reaching that
point. Miss Cobbe contributes an essay on the " Morals of
Literature," a weighty subject, somewhat heavily treated,
unquestionably souni in principle. The story of " Gilbert
Rugge " proceeds, and promises to be interesting as the
story becomes more advanced. Several poetical contribu-
tions are scattered through the number, of none of which
can we speak very highly.
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—Mr. Dudley Cos-
tello, having completed his history of Mr.
Grimshaw's adventures, has now commenced
the narrative of Mr. Tomkins's summer tour.
As may be conjectured from the title, it is
similar in style and character to its predecessor.
Mrs. Bushby concludes her Danish story of " Mes-
alliance," and it is satisfactory to find that Helena dis-
covers the worthlessness of her noble lover in good time.
Francis Jacox gives us an article on Ben Jonson's morose
and similar unhappy mortals. Messrs. Bass and Babbage will
read the essay with great sympathy and approbation. The
over wrought condition of nerves,which is too often the penalty
of excessive mental application, is a melancholy picture. The
troubled and chang&ul life of Queen Hortense, the mother
of Napoleon 111., is briefly chronicled in an interesting
paper. Dr. Michelson shows " Lottery and Hazard" in
their true colours, but they are not so dangerously fascinat-
ing here as abroad. In this country we reserve our games
of hazard for our financial speculations. " The Steamboat
to St. Cloud" gives an animated picture of a traveller's
adventures. " Street Trades in Paris" is another French
paper well worth reading, and a notice of Mr Kirwan's book
on " Dinners, Wines, and Desserts" will help to enlighten
the uninitiated respecting the secrets of good living. The
editor's story of "John Law" proceeds with undiminished

spirit.
THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—The opening
article is on Edmond About's work on "Progress,"
and is well written and interesting. " The Dinner •
Test of Grief " is a curious paper, commenting on
the effects of anxiety or sorrow upon appetite.
" Irving at Sunnyside" gives us some pleasant
pictures of the author. It is remarked that even in an age
when successful authorship has been so abundantly remu-
nerated, few have been so fortunate as Irving. From his
English copyrights he had derived upwards of twelve thou-
sand pounds, and in his native country more than 150,000
dollars. The stories of "Strathmore" and " The Quest"
are continued, and that of "Won Over" concluded, so that
the lovers of fiction have nothing to complain of. Another
story of a sadder and deeper interest is begun in the first
part of a tale of Cawnpore. " The Parting on the Prairie"
is a sketch of American life, and "The Reign of White
Terror" gives a dismal picture of the work of an infuriated
and unreasoning mob.
CORNHILL.—" Brother Jacob" is the first subject
in this number of this periodical. It is a very clever
story, quite original in its plot, and is a good defi-
nition of the manner in which the most cunning
are often entrapped. The poor idiot, with his
unequal powers, was the means of bringing the
delinquent to detection, and that at the very time when he
was on the point of making his plans perfect, and obtaining
a good connection in the place where he had set up under
an assumed name, The picture of the " natural," coming
in pitchfork in hand, when the party were seated at tea, is
penny-a-linen!, have it, be more easily
imagined than described.
a very striking sketch, and the shame of the guilty David
may, as the
My Three Days' Dictator-
ship" is a continuation o. f the sketches that have before
Turnpikes"
appeared in this magazine it is written in the same
origin of those tolls. Five hundred years ago the
is a very interesting sketch
ofan itmhaetoerdi
first was made, and William Phelippe, a hermit, was " the
I father of that race of turnpike-keepers, whose sovereignty
of the roads within 50 miles of London came to an end on
the Ist of July of this present year." It is always desirable
• to understand the peculiarities of any institution, and this
rcsum6 o turnpikes will attract many readers. "Margaret

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romantic incidents before us. " Charleston and ,Atit "a-; . IF
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is a sketch sure to meet with attention at'thit— -,i s
juncture. In conclusion, it states that the FederalNL li
commander is as far from the reduction of Charleston as he
was a year ago. Old Sumter in its ruins is as strong as
ever. " Dreary Court Sky" is a very lugubrious effusion,
suited to those who like melancholy verses. It is pretty in
its expressions, and the style is flowing, An article on
" Some Points of the Eton Report" concludes the number.
It advocates the study of elocution more particularly than
it is at present attended. It is truly said that "to be really
elequent is in the power of few; but to say what one has
to say io an assembly fluently, intelligently, and not dis-
agreeably, is in the power of almost ev ry man who is not
a fool or a stammerer, provided he ha 3 learnt to do it.
English lawyers and actors can always do it, because they
have taken the trouble to acquire the art ; very few other
Englishmen can."

time. "It is impossible to live in the constant com-
panionship of great writers without growing wiser
and better in their grave and genial company. Slow and
subtle is the influence that is exercised, unconscious the
improvement that is wrought, but not the less certain." It
seems sad to discover that just at the epoch when her mind
was forming and her judgment accepting commonsense no-
tions, that the temptation again assailed her, but such is
natural. Those who do not act on principle must expect
to meet with risks, when they feel safe; to encounter evils;
when they imagine they have secured themselves from their
approach. Painful as this story is, it is nevertheless im-
possible not to acknowledge its fascinating influence. Its
temptations and troubles are so naturally described and
faithfully depicted, that the reader may well fancy that a
page of real life is unfolded before him instead of an ima-
ginary chronicle and a fancied portraiture of events. The
other two tales are also in a state of progression. "Broken
to Harness" contains some melancholy episodes in this instal-
ment. The Churchills do not find that their new life is so
pleasant as they had pictured it, and Barbara's uncomfort-
able position may serve as a warning to those who under-
take more than they can manage. Kate Mellon is foolish
enough to give heed to slander, and seems in danger of be-
ing made the tool of a sharper. In " Paid in Full" Led-
bitter's designs are continued, and the plot is becoming de-
veloped. The adventures of Horace Bentley are very
amusingly chronicled, and his attempts at the part of a dra-
matist are most ludicrous. " In Church" is a peculiar sketch
in verse, which hardly befits the styleof its subject as regards
reverence, and seems to make j okes on matters which should
be treated otherwise. " Victor Hugo on Shakspere" is
an article that is appropriate at the present time. It is
said in conclusion that it is well when the people of both
the countries of England and France are versed in the
literature of each, and best of all, that they should sincerely
admire and justly appreciate in common the immortal
writings of Shakspere. "True to the Last" is a sketch of
a very silly young man who deserved the fate that he met
with. "Church-street," Liverpool, figures this month
among Mr Sala's " Streets of the World." It is sketched
in his usual racy style. Other subjects of interest com-
plete the varied contents of the number, amid which appear
" A Druse Funeral on Mount Lebanon," " Catherine the
First, Empress of Russia," and some expressive lines at
the end, " Traces on the Sand."
THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—This is a better
number than usual of the St. James's being more
varied in its contents than is customary. The
story of the " Man in Chains" which has for the
last several months been the eheval de bataille, is

brought to a conclusion, and certainly the author follows
the sensational fashion of his time to the extreme. The
lovers of excitement cannot possibly find any fault with
these concluding chapters, which include the recovery of a
fortune, the loss of an old estate, a double forgery, and a
double murder. There are also some incidental circum-
stances which render these events still more extraordinary.
Thus, the estate which Lord Montalban loses proves to belong
to Silvester Langdale, his son-in-law, and this astounding
fact only becomes known in the court in which he is con-
ducting his father-in-law's case, in his capacityas barrister.
The particulars of the forgery are still more original, but
we will leave the admirers of the marvellous to discover
them for themselves. "Among the Hops" is the title of
a pleasant chapter on our English vineyards, which the
writer styles the most graceful of agricultural products.
The plant itself, which is generally supposed to be indi-
genous to this country, was, he tells us, brought front
Flanders at the beginning of the sixteenth century, but it
has certainly naturalised itself since that time to very good
purpose. A paper on poor " John Clare," whose story is
one of the most mournful chapters in literary history, is
well worth reading, and is written in a kindly and appre-
ciative spirit. It is to be hoped that patrons and poets
will alike take warning—the one of the difficulty and dan-
ger of transplanting a man from his native sphere, and the
other tof the fickleness of popular favour, and the transient
nature of fame so easily won. The " Records of an Old
Police Court" show some entertaining varieties of felon
life, and " Art in Aid of Beauty" gives some directions to
ladies as to the choice of colours, &c., many of which are,
we fear, too elaborate to be impressive. There are several
other tales and sketches, besides various poetical contribu-
tions of no very high order of merit.
MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE.—" The Hillyars and
the Burtons" still occupies the prominent place in,
Macmillan. As the reader might have inferred from
the last chapter, old Sir George has died intestate, and
Erne Hillyar is consequently turned adrift upon the world.
He resolves to chart the Burtons' fortunes, and to go with
them to Australia, but Emma, whose conduct appears to be
extravagant and unreasonable, objects to such a course.
Mr Maurice, whose name is better known as a theologian.
than a politician, discourses about corruption at elections,
and plainly tells us that a good many very respectable
people are guilty of exercising illegal influence, directly or
indirectly. The Editor's Recollections of Dead Men
whom he has known are this month especially interesting,
for they recall Dr Chalmers. Another literary portrait is
given us by Mr Dicey, who portrays Nathaniel Hawthorne
with a careful and discriminative hand. He was, according
to this writer, quite out of harmony with his people and his
time, belonging rather to that race of scholars and philoso-
phers who love to dream in their studies than to the hard
bustling business world of the United States. "How ho
ever came to have been born in that bustling New World,
became, from the first moment I knew him, an increasing
mystery to me. If ever a man was oat of his right ele-
ment, it was Hawthorne. He belonged indeed to that.
scattered Shandean family who never are in their right
places wherever they happen to be born—to that race of
Hamlets to whom the world is always out of joint any-
where." The portrait thus drawn is not a pleasing one,
though probably lifelike. "A Son of the Soil" proceeds
with interest, though it is rather diffuse; and "The Last
Days of Sonderborg" gives a description of the quiet home
ifs of the little town a few days before its bombardment.

The National Association for the Promotion
of Social Science.

The National Association for the Promotion of Socia I
Science will hold its eighth annual meeting in the city of
York, from the 22d to the 29th of September, under the
presidency of Lord Brougham. His Grace the Archbishop
of York is one of the vice presidents, and also the president
of the education department. The Right Hon. Sir James
P. Wilde, Judge of the Probate Court, presides over the
department of jurisprudence. The other chairs have net
yet been filled up. The council of the associate have found
it necessary, owing to the annual pressure of business, to
adopt new regulations. In each of the departments, now
reduced to four, three special questions are put, fold a day
is to be devoted to the discussion of each, the voluntary
papers being read and discussed on the remaining days. The
following aro the questions for the several departments :
in the three parts of this
SPECIAL QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION IN JURISPRUDENCE.
1. Are the laws of real property
United Kingdom respectively, in their substance and ten-
dency, suited to the present condition of society ? and, if
not, how should they be improved? 2. On what principle
should the law deal with the questions of responsibility and
mental competence in civil and criminal cases respectively?
3. Whether any, and what, ameliorations can be introduced
into the institution and conduct of criminal prosecutions?

SPECIAL QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION IN EDUCATION.
1. What improvements can be introduced into the present
system of public
school education ? The discussion
will be
opened by
a paper on the report of the commissioners ap-
pointed to inquire into the revenues and management of
certain
colleges and schools. 2. In what way can the
grammar and other endowed schools be made more available
for the education of the middle class ? 3. What are the
peculiar difficulties in the way of elementary education in
small towns and rural districts, and how can those difficul-
ties be removed or lessened ?