The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-27 00:00:00

RIGHT OF SECESSION.

We hold these truths to be self-evident :—That all men
are created equal; that they are andnwpd by tha;v
with certain unalienable rights ; that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these
rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving
the just powers from the consent of the governed ; that
whenever any form of government becomes destructive of
these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish
it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation
on such principles, and organising its powers in such form
as to them shall seem most likely to eff...ct their safety
and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that
governments long established should not be changed
for light and transient causes ; and accordingly all
experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to
suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves,
by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursu-
ing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce
them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their
duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new
guards for their future security.

7he Nest Hunters. By W. Dalton. Arthur Hall

and Co.

In this work, which is of the same character as
others that have preceded it by the same author,
the object has been to describe foreign countries, to
picture the manners, customs, and superstitions of
races hitherto but little known in popUlar works ;
and thus to convey, in an easy end popular mode,
information to the juvenile portion of readers. These
descriptions, obtained from various valuable books
of travel, are blended with fact and fiction, and
made interesting, while at the same time they are
most instructive.

The Roundabout Papers. By W. M. Thackeray.
Smith, Elder, and Co.

There are few of our readers who have not been
amused with the light gossiping, diffusive papers,
which appeared in the t-ornhal Magazine, under
the title of "The Roundabout Papers." They will,
we feel assured, be plcacoa to find that they are
now collected together in one lively and entertain-
ing volume. There are several illustrations, which
will add to the attractions of the work.

The Mill on the Floss. By George Eliot. Fifth

Edition. William Blackwood and Sons.

The republication of the admirable tale of The
Mill on the Floss in its present form, as one of the
seies of the new issue of the works of the author of
Adam Bede, will be heartily welcomed. Of the
merits of The Mill on the Floss it is wholly un-
necessary to speak, and we have only to express
our sincere gratification at seeing it now placed
within the reach of a much larger circle of readers
than that to which the work in its first form was
accessible.

Romantic Passages in English History. By May
Beverley. Jas. Hogg and Sons.
The younger portion of the reading public will
find in this volume some pleasant and agreeable
reading. Among other things they will hear how
Rahere founded the hospital of St. Bartholomew;
how the battle of Evesham was fought and won ;
how Queen Anne loved her people ; the doings at
Ludlow Castle, and some account of the last of the
Lord High Constables.

The New Forest ; its History and its Scenery. By
John R. Wise. London : Smith, Elder, and Co.
We have here a monogram of the New Forest
which, in binding and illustration, and in beauty
of paper and type, it would be difficult to surpass.
Nor are the contents of the volume unworthy of
their setting. The history of the Norman Conquest
and of Norman rule is written in ineffaceable eh t-
racters upon the New Forest. It is a standing re-
cord in perpetuam memoriam. rei. Its glades and
alleys are crowded with historical associations,
which can never lose their charm to the mind of an
Englishman, and which appeal with irresistible
force to the hereditary sympathies of our Ameri-
can kinsmen. Mr. Wise includes in his history the
whole district lying between Southampton Water
and the Aron, which in the reign of award I.
constituted the ambit of the New Forest. This
gives him an opportunity of noticing the scenery
on the Hampshire coast, and of contrasting it with
that of the forest. We have first a graphic de-
scription of the scenery of the forest, with its an-
cestral oaks, many in a state of decrepitude, but all
displaying the most_lordly proportions. The tree

from which Walter Tyrrell's arrow glanced into
the heart of the Red King has vanished, and its
place is marked by a stone which suffered so much
from the enthusiasm of visitors that it had to be
covered with a case of iron. There are, however,
withot r doubt, some trees still in the forest which
resounded to the hunting horns of the Plautage-
nets. The history of the forest in general follows,
and this is succeeded by special notices of the most
interesting spots; we have then some very curious
remarks upon the human frequenters of the forest,
their folk lore, and dialects. The Roman antiqui-
ties, the geology, botany, and ornithology, are
finally exhausted, and the volume is completed
with appendices and a very full index. The in-
terest which such matter is sure to awaken will be
enhanced by the engravings with which it is pro-
fusely illustrated. They have been all drawn on
the spot by Walter Crane, and engraved by W. J.
Linton, a sufficient guarantee of style and execu-
tion.

We have received a copy of a pocket " French
and English Dictionary," by Leon Conte useu (Long-
man and Co.), which we can commend to favourable
notice on account of its completeness and accuracy,
and of its consequent usefulness to the student of
French, and to all who may have occasion for the
use of a work of this description. •