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MAGAZINE-DAY,

BLACKWOOD. " Chronicles of Carlingford"
brings a crisis to the fortunes of the Perpetual
Curate, and after having no instalment last month,
we enter upon a most momentous epoch in his
career. In the first place, he is put upon his
trial, and Mr. Morgan developes his posses-
sion of the qualities of malice and revenge
to an extraordinary degree. The scene in the vestry
which describes the little assembly in full conclave
is very ably sketched, and displays some of those traits of
character which go far to make up the groat scenes of life,
and to create the awkward and unpleasant situations from
which so many suffer. The next number of these Chronicles
will, it is to be presumed, bring our hero triumphantly
out of the maze of difficulties by which he is now surrounded.
" Forsyth's Life of Cicero" is an impressive article, that
will well repayperusal, affording some interesting reflections
on the character of a man whose name must be for ever
memorable, and whose chequered career supplies us with an
instance of the vanity and instability of all worldly great-
ness. Great stress is justly laid in summing up the chief
peculiarities of Cicero's nature, on his lamentable want
of courage. He lived in days when such a want was a
very marked deficiency, and could not be compensated for
by the presence of many other most desirable attributes.
It is well observed, here, that the quality of " manliness" in
which he was deficient, might not have been so apparent in
its absence, in his own days, for it was " fast dying out ;"
but " without that quality, to an English mind no man is
recognised as the true philosopher or hero." It is a most
suggestive study to turn occasionally to the review of the
lives of the departed worthies of all climes and ages. Some-
thing profitable must perforce amine from the contemplation
of those careers that have influenced their own generation
so considerably, and left an impression on all after times.
Mr Forsyth appears to have rendered full justice to his sub •
ject, and it is here remarked that Cicero never dreamed
that his life would be written by a " British Barrister."
" Tony Butler" is continued, but does not bring
the hero at all before us, in this division.
We are treated to a great deal of Mr. Norman Maitland's
company, and that gentleman is not at all an agreeable
acquaintance, despite his assumed freedom and his airs of
consequence. Some Italian scenes are adroitly put before
us, and there is every possibilty of some eselandt e shortly
taking place. Mrs. Raiford disappoints one by her persis-
tent devotion to this objectionable man, and appears very
likely to get herself involved in some awkward transaction
by her pertinacious meddling with matters which do not
concern her at all. "A Song of Matrimonial Matters" is a
succinct sketch, which presents the reader with different
phases of courtship and marriage. It is written in a very
lively style, which may serve to amuse the reader who likes
and is pleased with satirical allusions. "A Groan over
Corfu" is a light, readable paper, which records the sorrows
of an old Corfiote who deeply grieves at the loss of the Seven
Isles. The writer indulges in no moody tone, however, and
makes no foreboding prophecies. Hence the lovers of pro-
gress may accord a gracious reception to his murmurs, espe-
cially as he winds up his dissertation with the cheering as-
surance that the sympathies of Christendom are with the
Greeks, and that the very rivalries of nations seem to wait on
their uprising. We shall not find reason to mourn over our
own loss if it issue in their well-doing. " The Great Indian
Question" takes up a subject which is now-a-days a very
important one, engrossing the attention of many by its
arduous details and complicated bearings. A very fair judg-
ment seems to have been given in this instance, and the
conduct of Sir Charles Wood is deservedly censured.
Cornelius O'Dowd continues his animated remarks on " Men
and Women and Things in General," bringing before us an
infinitude of subjects, good, bad, and indifferent, as the case
may be, but all treated with the same vivacity of description.

"How to Make a Novel" is a clever skit of the sensational
romances now so much in vogue ; and in these stirring verses
we meet with much truth, though it is clad in the guise of me-
taphor. The last article is on " The Position of the Minis-
try," and, of course, does not take a very hopeful view of the
prospects of the occupants of the Treasury benches. A gra-
phic sketch is given of the chief points of our foreign policy
and our diplomatic exploits, all tending, of course,
to the same direful and disgraceful end. There ie, unfortu •
nately, no need for fancy to aid the account, or for exaggera-
tion to influence the language of political opponents, when
Ministers go out of their way to perform such actions as
those which have scandalised the people at home and
excited the amaze and contempt of the nations abroad. The
concluding passage relative to Lord Palmerston is very
effective. It tells how ho has outlived his popularity, and
persists in being in power to the great detriment of his
reputation. Rather than resign, he becomes a roi faineant
Truly is it stated that the interests of the country suffer by
...b....0ur... A-ltozetb.er. a very correct notion of the
existing state of things is given in this article, thus ap-
propriately concluding a number that possesses more than
the average amount of attraction in its contents.
FRASEll.—Fraser this month is more than usually
attractive, for there are several very interesting and
readable articles. We have a notice of " Carlyle's
Frederick the Great." It is remarked that, as
especially characteristic of Carlyle's History,
he holds it as a doctrine that " kings, and generals, and
statesmen, whatever may have been their virtues or de-
merits, were at least living persons. There is, perhaps, a
certain mannerism in the constant reference to the gun-
powder complexion of Leopold of Dessau, or to the promi-
nent eyes and small stature of George H. ; but Mr. Carlyle's
very oddities have a purpose in reminding his readers that
men are men, and not bundles of contradictions, or even of
abstract qualities." The second paper, on "French Life,"
is as lively and agreeable as the first. It shows our conti-
nental neighbours in their dramatic circles. It is very
seldom that a traveller takes us into the real private life of
Parisians, and in consequence many untravelled English
men and women are slow to believe that there is such a

thing as family life at home in Paris. " Lady Cowper's
Diary," which brings back to us all the petty intrigues of
the court of George 1., is noticed at some length. Mr. De
Vere's Poems form the subject of a well-written article,
which is enriched with extracts copious enough to give the
reader unacquainted with his works a fair idea of the graces
and deficiencies of the poet. " The Pleasures of Difficulty"
is the title of an essay of vigorous and stirring
character, which boldly tells its readers that " the
doctrine which appears to be very commonly
received, that work and difficulty are absolutely evils, and
that ease and indolence are absolutely blessings, must, if
seriously entertained, be destructive of all happiness," The
style of the article is somewhat heavy, but its moral is un-
doubtedly sound. Readers of Fraser will be glad to meet
again their old friend and favourite, A. K. H. 8., although
the essay now before us is by no means among his best. It

is called "A Reminiscence of the Old Time; being some
Thoughts on Going Away," and though it draws pleasant
and life-like pictures enough, it does not deal much with
the deeper things of life. The opening chapters of a new
story, entitled " Gilbert Rugge," promises well for the
future. It is by the author of " A First Friendship," and
even in the opening instalment shows signs of being an
eventful and complicated history.

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY,—The story of the

changeful fortunes of John Law, the great financier,
from the btiliiant pen Crf the editor, occupies as usual
the most prominent place in this magazine. Law
is just now at the height of fame, wealth, and power,
favoured by the Regent, and courted by all, while crowds

are thronging to give any price for the shares inhis schemes.
The reverse of the picture is probably at hand. Meanwhile
those who follow the romantic part of the story will be in-
terested to note the reappearance of Belinda, the beautiful
wife of the jealous old man who was believed to have fallen a
victim to her husband's unjust suspicions. The other stories
in the number are both instalments, Mr. Dudley Costello
continues his history of Mr. Grimshaw's adventures, and
Mrs. Bushby proceeds with the Danish translation. In
the latter we fear the hero will prove by no means worthy
of the affection felt for him. " The Virgin Forest" carries
us to the wilds of South America, and curiously enough
another paper notices at length a work on " Men and Things
in Uruguay." The writer remarks that as it is probable
that the tide of emigration towards the United States will
soon be checked, the vast idle tracts of fertile land in the
southern half of the great western world are worthy of
attention. " All the World's a Stage" is a pleasant enough
article, on an old but never trite moral, It is curious among
the various citations of philosophic and poetic discourses on
this text to find the very same thought re-appearing in
different forms in the works of Epictetus, of Robert Hall,
and of Archbishop Trench, yet without plagiarism, from
the difference of the application.
COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.--In an article On
"Life in the Parana," a comparison is drawn between
the progress of Buenos Ayres, founded i❑ 1837 by
Mendoza; New York, a mere port in 1615, and
Sydney an irregular village in 1810. " Yet," says
the writer, while commenting on the difference, " all the
advantages of position, climate, and resources were immea-
surably in favour of the mighty La Plata." The second
part of the interesting essay on "The Ballads and Tradi-
tions of Northern Europe" continues to trace the relation-
ship between some of our simple nursery tales, and the
grim old legends of the North. Edward Rowsoll contri-
butes a paper on " Small Worries," troubles of universal
presence, and we have an interesting criticism of a volume
of American poetry. " Strathmore " is continued in its
accustomed style, and it is not difficult to trace the same
characters previously delineated by the author in other
'arms in the chief characters. Strathmore is a sterner and
more guilty Granville de Vigne, while Greville is a gentler
and less flippant Alma Tressillian. These two characters
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to their excellencies—they have neither of them the re-
motest idea of following any higher law than their own
selfish gratification, nor any thought but of indulging the
passion of the hour, whether love, hate, jealousy, or re-
venge. " Corpulence" is an article which should be read
by all who are anxious on the subject for its wise observance
of the via media.

COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE opens with a
carefully written article on the " Re-enlistment of
time-expired Men," in which the author enters into
a detailed account of the relative expenses of re-
cruits and of re-enlisted troops. He endeavours to
show that a great economy would be effected by holding
more encouragement to soldiers to re-enlist at the expira-
tion of their term of service, and contrasts the French sys-
tem favourably with the English. An outline of the Jena
campaign will be perused with interest 'at a time when
Prussia is so distinguishing herself by the prowess of her
legions in Jutland. When we compare the results of the
present protracted advance and hard-won successes of the
numerous and well-appointed army of the Prussians
against a handful of unsupported Danes, with the result of
Napoleon's campaign of 1806, which virtually annihilated
the kingdom of Prussia in four weeks, there can be but

little doubt that in the event of a French army again
crossing the Rhine, Napoleon the Third may as success-
fully re-enact Jena, in the north of Germany, as Auster-
litz was separated in the south at Solferino. A history of
the " Experiments of Shoeburyness," contains the results
of the trials of the Whitworh and Armstrong 12-pounders
up to the present time. " The Military Engineering of the
Ancients" is continued, and contains descriptions of
ancient Roman fortifications in England. as well as re-
marks on certain Peruvian construction of primeval ages.
In section three of " The Soldier's Why and Because,"
by Lieutenant Steinmetz, we enter upon the principles of
skirmishing chill. Captain W. Knollys furnishes the first
instalment of a new tale entitled " Oswald Hastings, or
the Adventures of a Queen's Aide-de-Camp." It is full of
promise, and so far as we may yet judge of it, is evidently
intended to be of a sensational and romantic character.
The principal incident in the present chapter is the in-
troduction of a rather novel personage in fiction, namely,
a mad dog. " Curiosities of Naval Literature" relate to
ancient forms and customs in the Royal Navy, and con-
tains some sharp criticisms on the follies and fashions still
extant in the service. " A Trip to Teneriffe" is con-
cluded. We have also a paper "On the Invasion of Den-
mark and the Political Crisis," and a summary of foreign
events.

TEMPLE BAR.—" The Doctor's Wife" becomes
more developed in this portion of its contents, and
all that occurs foretells a sad termination to the
tale. There is no one to take an interest in, for
Isabel is so dreamy and absurd, George so heavy
and matter-of-fact, Roland so abstracted, and Lady Gwen-
doline so affected, Mr. Raymond is quite welcome in his
downright straightforwardness, after all their nonsense and
vulgarity, but he is not free from blame. He ought not to
have assisted in making the match between the ill-assorted
young couple, and it was idle to expect a satisfactory result
to follow from so false a beginning. In this story we meet
with some of those delineations which have before now im-
parted such a life-like character to the previous works of
this authoress. " Windsor, Thames-street" is the sketch
put forward by Mr. Sala this month. It is a curious ac-
count, and many will be amazed to hear that those who
live in the shadow of Royalty are little moved by its con-
cerns, but use becomes second nature to them. "A. Girl's
Love-song" is a very strange production, and the last verse
especially is extraordinary in its supposed simplicity of
expression. "Broken to Harness" gives an interesting
account of Miss Lesden's marriage, and the fashionable
aunt figures in a very discreditable way. This little roman-
tic episode gives a pleasant variety to the narrative, which
in its previous chapters was somewhat monotonous in its
tone. " Paid in Full" is the title of a story which promises
something horrible in its course. There is an avenging
spirit in the shape of a valet, who watches everything and
reveals nothing. Some information imparted during the
instalment before us seems to point out a dark passage in
the career of Lord Elenburn. " Little versus Mickle" is a
readable article that contains some thoughts worthy of no-
tice, and brings before the reader glimpses of that inner life
which should never wholly be thrust aside in the bustle
and turmoil of the world and its troubles. " A Visit to the
Federal Army of the Potomac," and other subjects of in-
terest, make up the remainder of the contents of this maga-
zine.

THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—" The Man in
Chains" is still the princival feature in the table of
contents, and its unfortunate here is getting him-
self deeper and deeper into the toils of the money
lender. Dr. Scoffern contributes a sensible article
on sugar, from which the curious may extract much infor-
mation. "In Pursuit" is the title of a very amusing
sketch. A London detective going to America after two
felons, falls into company with a young Virginian planter
and his bride, who prove most agreeable fellow travellers.
The sequel, as may be guessed, is the arrest of the interest-
ing couple by a sharper sighted detective, and the unfortun-
ate story-teller is laughed out of the service. Caroline
White gives us a very cleaver botanical paper on " May
Flowers," and the story of " Bertie Bray" proceeds in true
novel-like fashion.
MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE.—The concluding letter
from the " Competition Wallah " is the first and
not the least interesting thing to meet the reader.
This writer's shrewd sayings on men and things
are always worth reading, but this month the
article possesses an unusual attraction in the shape of an
unpublished minute of Lord Macaulay's, written when ho
was President of the Committee of Public Instruction.
The Minute in style and subject is worthy of the writer. It
is an eloquent appeal in favour of our grand old mother
tongue—the key to such wide and varied treasures of
science and literature being taught in the 'Endo() public
schools, instead of the traditional Arabic Sanscrit. It seems
strange that there should ever have been a doubt in the
case, and if any lingers in the mind of the reader after per-
using this minute, he must be very hard to convince. The
original manuscript lies in one of the public offices of Cal-
cutta, with time and the white ants working upon it.
" Unfold the packet, and every page teems with the vivid
thought, the glowing fancy, the grand yet simple doctrine
which has already became classic wherever the English
tongue is spoken or the English literature studied."
The writer of these letters is extreme in some
of his views and sentiments, and of course his
opinions are not to be accepted without reserve; but his
epistles contain much truth and good sense, and are clearly
the work of experience and a cordial interest in his adopted
country. They deserve to be collected and reprinted, which
we are glad to see is the case. The story of " The Hillyars
and the Burtons" proceeds with increasing interest.
Troubles seem thickening round all the party, and James
Burton meets with a serious adventure. The idea of the
family emigration is mooted for the first time, The Editor con-
tinues his "Recollections of Three Cities," and "Edinburgh
as it Was" is vividly pictured. Goldwin Smith propounds a
problem connected with the American war—Miss Cobbs
takes us into the dismal crypt below the Dublin cathedral
—lsa Craig tells the thoughts of " One in the Crowd" on
the 10th of April—and Matthew Arnold, under the head of
"A French Eton," discourses on the advantages of public
schools for the lower and middle classes, and State action
generally. The sixth part of "A Son of the Soil" shows
us poor Colin still in his old perplexities, though beginning
to wake from his love dream ; and the number terminates
with a direful catastrophe, in which he is again instrumen-
tal in saving the life of his rival, as in the days of their
impetuous boyhood.
CORNHILL.—" Denis Duval" appears this time
with its last instalment, and the reader will there-
fore have the mournful task of taking leave of
one who has so long fascinated and charmed his
leisure with his inimitable productions. The style
is similar to the earlier productions ; and it is
curious to observe that the concluding chapter here met
with is called The Last of my School-Days. It seems
strange that the author, who was about to quit his busy
career and lay aside his pen for ever, should thus chronicle
the termination of his hero's studies. " Garibaldi's Invi-
sible Bridge" is a spirited account of some episodes in
hie
eventful career. It is sketched with animation, and
whowr 1
doubtless gain attention from the numerous reader;
this
will wish to become acquainted with all the details o
remarkable man's life. "Thoughts on Ilalf-holidays"is
a pleasing paper, that brings old scenes s
withncl endeared aastsood-
ciat ions before one, presenting us
the
traveller. e zest that t o
the belong to
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glimpse of the hours that are over
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and still revelled
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in by hosts of enthusiastic go u
enjoy a holiday with alla
life's spring days. An interesting account is given
of a visit paid by
Old recollections. overcome him,
of bygone days.
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and he hastens away after asking for a 4, half-holiday for
teme he left that play-ground
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as ex-head boy of the school, only that 40 years have joined
eternity since then." But his looks are bent forward, that
I happy invalid old man, for he has spent life's school-days
at his master's feet, and now the long holidays are near, and
then—" hurrah for home." Some genial remarks are made
on the importance of these " half holidays" to the toil-
worn and the weary. Too much stress cannot be laid on
this point, and it would be well if employeis of all grades
and classes would ponder on the lessons of wisdom that are