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

example, here is a description of some of the men
engaged in the Expedition :
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"Many of them were NI ild 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 bf
their lives and persons, it was with difficulty they could be
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
lukerman, 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
eight of dark and ominous memory he had imbibed the
very spirit of the Black Sea tempest."
rite '` 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
elready extended so far that we must bile leave of
Dr. Mouat's pleasant pages.

FINE ARTS.

The Lord s Prayer. Illustrated by Lorenz Froliell

Trubner.

A series of etchings upon the Lord's Prayer.
every eentence being the text for an illustration.
Some of these ilustrations are singularly happy,
and the idea of the work is likely to render it
popular. To say that the actual pictures come very
far short of •_he 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 and 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 his
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.fieid,
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
Ind plenty, while from above beams dow❑ the
benign face of the Divine Giver of all good gifts.
•'Lead us not into Temptation" depicts the strug-

ogling Christian clinging to the rock, while the
sirens and the tempters allure him to the waters
of destruction, and is very effectively pourtrayed.
[he work is dedicated to the Princess of llcles.