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

RIGHT OF SECESSION.

We hold these truths to be self-evident :—That all mon
are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator
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 moat I,kely 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.

Vie Nest Hunters. By W. Dalton. Arthur Hal

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 and 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 tornhal Magazine, under
the title of " The Roundabout Papers." They will,
we feel assured, be pleased 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 .Fless. 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.

Ronzantic 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 oh t-
ranters upon the New Forest. It is a standing re-
cord in perpetuam memoriam rei. Its glades and
alleys are crowded with hiAorical 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 Avon, which in the reign of &ward 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