The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-12 00:00:00

leer expressive of the utmost self-admiration, con-
stantly repeating with a strange chuckle, " Jack!
Jack !" and then bursting out, in violation o!, all
good manners, into an irrepressible fit of laugh-e`er,
in which we found it difficult to prevent oursel yes
joining." Jack proves, however, more teachat
le
and tractable than the majority of his tribe, but 11_,;a
health suffers from the confinement and the climate,
and he is obliged to return to his native town. He
is put on shore and left there, divested of his costume,.
in order that he may be received back by his savage.
brethren, who are singularly rude and inhospitable.
Speaking of the Andaman Islands, Dr. Mount ob-
serves that they form an almost invisible dot on
the map of the world, the civilisation both of the
East and of the West has pawed them by
without in any way affecting the condition of their
inhabitants. In these islands man is probably still
in the st.me condition in which he was when they
Were first settled."
" Their inhabitants acknowledge no law to restrain and
guide them in life. Not only have they no knowledge of a
supreme Being, but they are even destitute of such a rude
system of religious faith as is gen,raily found even amongst
men in the most savage state. Their language is harsh
and disagreeable, in an imperfect state of development,
barely sufficient for the expression of their few
and simple wants. Totally ignorant of agriculture,
they have no means of making provision for the future, and
must be satisfied with such fruits and herbs as the earth
spontaneously produces, or with the shell-fish they pick up
on the shore."
ple.natiors, we become to
Thanks to Dr. Mouat'a ex
a certain extent acquainted with the manners of
this uncultivated people, and we find, in addition ,
in the pages of this volume a variety of anecdotes
and details on matters of general interest.. For
example, here is a description of some ;of the men
engaged in the Expedition :
" Many of them were wild adventurous seamen, 'who had
led roving and unsettled lives in all parts of the globe.
Excitement and danger were the elements of the atmosphere
in which they lived ; and as they were utterly reckless` of
their lives and persons, it was with difficulty they could i!le
induced to exercise even ordinary caution when they were
threatened with the most imminent perils. The officer who
commanded them was a man according to their own hearts;
he was the most daring of their number, and always in
front when there was the least chance of an encounter of any
kind. His life had been a very adventurous one, and the ex-
perience of danger had not taught him to fear or avoid it,
He was on board the Prince, at Balaclava, in that terrible
storm of November which so soon followed the battle of
Inkerman, and was the sole survivor of that lamentable
calamity. When the unfortunate vessel went down, he was
washed by the tempestuous sea on to a ledge of rock, from
which perilous position he was with great difficulty rescued
by means of ropes let down from the overhanging heights.
Such was the spirit of adventure by which this fearless
man was animated, one might well imagine that on that
night of dark and ominous memory he bad imbibed the
very spirit of the Black Sea tempest."
The " Matrimonial Parade" describes a very original
scene, and " David's Venture" in selection of a wife
is an episode of much interest, but our extracts have
already extended so far that we must take leave of
Dr. Alouat's pleasant pages.

FINE ARTS.

The Lords Prayer, Illustrated by Lorenz Frolich

Trubner.

A series of etchings upon the Lord's Prayer„
every zentenee being the text for an illustration.
Some of these i'lustrations are singularly happy,
and the idea of the work is likely to render it
popular. To say that the actual pictuies come very
far short of the ideal, conjured up by that sublime
prayer, and familiar to us all from infancy is only
to express what is, perhaps, inevitable. Nothing
less than an inspired pencil could do justice to
such a theme. In the first page, the Saviour
looking up to His Father and ours, is teaching
his followers to address the Almighty by that
tender appellation, which is at once the token of
our adoption end the bond of our common brother-,
hood—" Our Father." The readers of " Bleak
House " will remember the touching description
of the death of poor neglected Jo. There, on bAs
death-bed, for the first and last time, he learns to
pray, and only those two words come to his dying
lips—" Our Father—it sounds very good—it does,"
says the dying boy—" Our Father!" " Give us
this day our daily bread," is one of the happiest
of the artist's sketches. The scene is a corn-field,
and there in the midst of the harvest given by God
—a peasant is dividing a loaf of bread among his
children. A charming group, suggestive of peace
and plenty, while from above beams down the
benign face of the Divine Giver of all good gifts.
"Lead us not into Temptation" depicts the strng
gling Christian clinging to the rock, while the
sirens and the tempters allure him to the waters
of destruction, and is very effectively pourtrayed.
The work is dedicated to the Princess of Wales.