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E which talcs of adventure occupy a principal portion.
Among the other papers we have " A History of
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Roads," an essay on "Rural Cemeteries," a sketch of the
life of Addison, and a treatise on Perfumes. The reader
has certainly no reason to quarrel with the quantity of en-
tertainment given him, and its quality is E1:l very lair that
it is difficult to guess how it can be provided at such a cost.
YOUNG ENGLAND.—This is a pleasant little
serial, intended for young people. It is plentifully illus-
trated and full of adventure, gossip, information, and,
amusement.

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have committed. "In the Land of the Eisteddfodd "is a
cm ions Mud of sketch thatdescribes very smartly the mixture
of comic and pathetic that took place during that imposing
ceremony. "Eveleon O'Connor" is a very awful tale, that
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suivived, and therefore her fate was not so tragic as it
seemed. " The Miseries of a Dramatic Author" is a very
entectaining, and instructive paper. It should be perused
by young and inexperienced writers, who little imagine
what is before them, if they aim at writing for the stage.
The real troubles begin, it is said, after the play is accept -d.
Every imaginable annoyance, every conceivable misfortune
seems to assail the hapless wight who aspires to become the
successful author of a piece. The manager coolly tells him
his best points are all impracticable, the actors do not like

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their parts—perhaps refuse to act at all—and thus cause
areat confusion, and sometimes stop the piece altogether.
Of minor troubles there arc myriads. Some people will
have " exit speeches," and expect some to bo specially in-
troduced to please them. A manager once asked an author
to give "B" an exit speech, adding that his position de-
manded it. The other replied that his position in the play
did net admit of one. The manager retorted, " Why not a
curse; B's position in the theatre demands a curse." This
seems a strange mode of settling differences, and would
hardly suit all tastes. A ludicrous story [quoted in
The Sun a few days since] is told of a writer for
the stage once venturing on a tragedy. His manager
advised him to "cut out all the poetry, and send it to
Astley's." He did so, and it ran a hundred nights. If
authors oftener followed scch unpalatable advice, the re-
sults might be as profitable. The sketch winds up by stat-
ing that a novelist, on the day of publication, feels as if
drawing cheques on the Bank of Fame; but a dramatist has
terrible misgivings to encounter, as his success depends
principally upon others, who are often indifferent.

TEMPLE BAR.—" John Marchmont's Legacy" is
continued at some length, and some eventful cir-
cumstances occur. Belinda Lawford speaks her
mind about Edward Arundel's conduct in chastising
Mr. Paul Marchmont, but is overheard by that
worthy man, and he seizes the opportunity of
mystifying her, Edward Arundel returns home from
Brittany, and finds Belinda at his mother's house on a visit.
After a short time he proposes to her, and the time is fixed
for the wedding. 111-omened doubts assail the mind of the
young man as the day draws near, and he is evidently
under the apprehension of some unfortunate event occur-
ring. In all probability one of those startling occurrences
will take place which have so often appeared in this
authoress's works. " The Trials of the Tredgolds " is
proceeded with, but does not make very much progress in
this number. Herbert Gifford and Lizzie Moyle still keep
up their engagement in a clandestine form, which will soon
cause fresh disturbances. Clement Buckburst attempts to
retrieve his fallen fortunes by proposing for Clare Gifford,
but fails in his object. Noel Bryan is progressing steadily
withhis work, and promises to become famous. "DeMortuis'i
is an article that contains a sort of melancholy interest.
The obituary record is now of one gone to the tomb in that
city of eternal change and revolution, which, in its whirl
of shifting movements, has scarcely time to ask where are
the old symbols—where even the cherished realities. The
Fabourg of St. German is the quarter alluded to, and
certainly its annals are stored with recollections of ancient
grandeur and departed power. Lord Strangford, in his lines
on the Aristocracy of France, has paid a tribute to their
constancy and devotion to the old cause, to which they clung
with chivalric enthusiasm:—
But though their state is fallen, all Europe cannot show
Such glory as was theirs of old, such glory as is now.
For they themselves have conquered, themselves they have
forgone;
And they their own relinquished, till the King shall have
his own.
This serial seems to be prone to undertake retrospective
subjects this month, for we find a paper headed "Fifty
Years Ago." It alludes to the 18th of this month
as the great anniversary for the Germans, since it
celebrates the battle of "Leipzig." After an elaborate at-
count of the conflict the writer seeks to read a lecture to the
present generation. He very wisely bids the Germans re-
member that all the armies then combined had been pre-
viously defeated separately. Hence it is aptly suggested
that the course now taken by Prussia is a very dangerous
one, and that the fable of the Bundle of Sticks may now be
verified. " It was dualism that lel to the loss of Lombai dy,
and the same feeling may cause Rhenish Prussia also to be
lopped off the Germanic Confederation," " My Travelling
Companion" is concluded, and it would seem that, after all,
the disappointed lover and the deluded victim was nothing
else than a dexterous sharper and an expert thief. His
adroitness in abstracting the loss of valuables about equalled
his skill in devising a thrilling tale of horror, and suggest-
ing the striking but unpleasant denouement of trying his
poniard on his companion to test its efficacy in ridding him
of his enemy. Though not over probable, the story is pos-
sible, and very ingeniously put altogether. "Winter
Prospects of the North of England" affords the opportu-
nity of suggesting some valuable hints regarding that com-
plicated question, It is truly said that typhus is greatly to
be dreaded, and that this is not only a poor man's question.
"Fever is erratic and unscrupulous; although bred on the
cold hearthstone of Lazarus, it will stalk unbidden to the
drawing room or bed chamber of a neighbouring Dives."
MACMILLAN. Macmillan is this month more in-

Firstly, we are informed by the highest chemical autho-
rities, that pure water so rapidly acts upon lead, that in a
very short space of time it becomes impregnated with this
metal in a soluble form. Nor are we to escape by the com-
forting assurance that the water is impure. Water that
contains carbonic acid (and what water does not in agreater
or less degree ?) equally appropriates to itself a portion of
the metallic medium through which it passes ; these are
facts from which we have no appeal. It is true that water
may contain certain constituents that will act en the lead
in a manner more favourable to a hygienic state of things ;
but do we take the trouble to ascertain if such a quality
exists in our water? We think not. The result is, there-
tore, that in the case of all new lead pipes, colic, next to
poisoning, is the result upon all who use it; and in all
cases, unless specially protected, poison, in the form of salts
of lead, is administered, whether in homoeopathic dosses or
after the more liberal allopathic system, and a deleterious
effect is produced on the system and health of all who par-
take of the liquid. The effect of sulphuric acid as a cor-
rective, in the exceptional oases of which we have already
spoken, is caused by the internal surface of the lead being
changed from the metallic state into a sulphide of the metal
which is insoluble in water. Z his reaction may be artificially
produced by a simple yet scientific process, the discovery of
which changes the metallic
Dr. Schwarz, of Breslau. This savant proposes the passing
through lead pipes of a solution of sulphide of potassium,
a
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iodtleigrele perfectlywater free from the risk of
contamination by any poisonous salt from the lead. It re-
mains for the public themselves to decide from our state-
ments of facts, whether or not they will continue to tolerate
even the skeleton of an evil that may be so easily exercised.
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westing than usual, the subjects being varied and
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the articles generally well written. The fifth letter
from the " Competition Wallah " dilates enthusi-
astically on the advantages of the Indian Civil
Service, and expatiates on its superiority over the
heart-sickness of briefs deferred, and the hopeless struggle
against the sons of attorneys, and the nephews of railway
directors. "Is it not better," he asks indignantly, `tan
grinding year after year at the school with teaching the I
young idea how to turn good English verses into bad
Latin ? Is it not better than hanging wearily on at college,
feeling your early triumphs turn into bitterness, doubting
whether to class your self with old or young An able
energetic man, for whom active life has charms, well de-
light in such an exchange as is offered him by an Indian
career, but an enthusiast is forced to admit that the attrac-
tions of domestic life are not equal to those of public service.
The lack of employment or interest in "up country life" is
severely felt by the ladies, and when it comes to sending
their little ones home without them the trial is very great.
Yet, with all drawbacks, the picture which the writer gives
of the Civil Service is an inspiring one. "There is no career,"
he says, "which holds out such certain and splendid pro-
spects to honourable ambition. But better far than this, there
is:no career which so surely inspires men with the desire
to do something useful in their generation—to leave their
mark upon the world for good and not for evil." The story
of " Vincenzo" is continued, and the fortunes of the luck-
less hero take a sudden turn for the better. Sorrow and
anxiety have softened Rose, and the long and dangerous
illness of her husband following closely on the death of her
father, reawakens all her dormant affection. She devotes
herself to him with unceasing tenderness, and at length
sees him restored to life and to the service of his country
from which she had so long withheld him. Dr. Anstie con-
tributes a paper on "Physical Pain," and inclines to the
theory that pain in the nerve is the result of a low degree
of vitality, and supports his views by ingenious argument
and illustration. " Gold, its Chemistry and Mineralogy,"
is the subject of an interesting paper. It is mentioned, as
a curious fact, that it is not unusual to find in the sand of
the river Seine, which is used for glass making, small
grains of gold, and that this gold by some means makes its
its way into the vegetation on the banks, A French che-
mist, in order to demonstrate this with certainty, burnt some
of the vines growing there, and from their ashes ho ex-
tracted enough gold to coin three Napoleons. As each
piece of 20 francs value cost the experimenter 120 francs to
procure, the result was not encouraging in the way of profit,
but it was highly successful by way of scientific experi-
ment. "A Little French City" is the title of a pleasant
gossiping 'paper about the good people and quiet town of
Sens, written by an artist who gives such a glowing de-
scription of the beauty surrounding his painting-tent that
it is enough to tempt any reader, with means and leisure,
to cross the Channel forthwith.
ST. JAMES'S.—The story of " Aubrey Marston"
continues to unravel its mysteries at a slow and
uncertain pace. It is followed by an article onthe
various discomforts and ingenious tendencies oft
railway travelling. The writer, however, does not
consider these drawbacks to be inseparablevsfr,a
the popular system of locomotion. "It is,
hlie° pity that
glorious mode of progression, and great is,ht .
ether Immo-
everything that tends to diminish its risk, ;The secrets
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diate or future, is not adopted without delast Y 8
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to delight
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of my Office" is!continued, and unfolds aneoint;
pages of human life which the writer s
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Sir Lascelles Wraxall gives us a
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is continued with spirit, but it is
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introduce the incTirratsoosft
details are fresh
this kind. It is a new feature
certainly not one to be commended.. There are several other
Papers, the best of them being " Death on the High Seas,
and "As far as the Rigi."
Tim NATIONAL MAGAZINE.--The most noticeable
feature in this magazine is Captain Mayne Reid's
isttsorayutoh works, lull of life and
for's The White Gauntlet," whichadventure.
Queen
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Elizabeth's trouble;; are discussed at length, and it is curi-
ous to compare the dangers and trials of her early days with
her subsequat grandeur and prosperity, The series of

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effort to secure to the public the necessary element, bars
testimony to the difficulties that ever arise in a civilised and
highly populated country, in obtaining water in its state
of purity. Pure water has been tho cry that has lowered
the water company's dividends to an alarming extent, to
the shareholders. Albeit, the public weal might receive
considerable addition therefrom.
Still, when we realise the fact, so well established as to
be beyond all doubt, that the purer the water that enters
our leaden conduits, the more poisonous it may be made
before it reaches the consumer, we have to ask most
seriously whether or not that great depreciation of stock is
not lost, so far as the public advantage that might
accrue from it, by the want of a proper knowledge
of the medium through which the water is conveyed.
A circular was issued, or a general
notice promulgated, by
the several water companies, when the
reservoirs were
covered in and the various additions and improvements
mado in compliance with the new act of Parliament relat-
ing thereto, requesting the consumers to clear out their
cisterns, that they might receive the full benefit of the
purer supply. Still it left an equally important require-
ment untouched and almost unknown. In some districts,
public attention has been aroused to the knowledge of the
requirement of which we speak, through the sudden death
by poisoning of several members of a family, with the nar-
row escape of the remainder. The cause has been traced
to the leaden pipes through which the water used by the
family has been conveyed. We are not about to frighten
our readers with a prognostication of sudden death to the
consumers of water that has passed through leaden Pipes,
but ask their attention to a few facts relative to the charac-
teristics of the medium through which they receive this
universal element.

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