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London, England, 1854-05-18 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

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7 .nerally Mare sequels, we can. allt • pc. -
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these feelings in the authoress of "Au o;4' :"C', 1
and we shall look with interest to its futurifeoliciti
sion. In that, however, and in all her future Nvoiksi,,,.AlL!:...'<".,r
we would entreat Mrs. Marsh to do more justico = t S
to her true appreciation of the beautiful, and her
admirable delineation of the natural, and to avoid
such improbabilities and exaggerations as are to be
found in "Aubrey," such, for instance, as Lord Al-
gernon's forgery, and the deception practised by
Alice. An abundance of startling incidents are not
required to give interest to the pages of one who
can so thoroughly recognise and so vividly portray
the varying impulses of the human heart.

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The Professor. A Novel. By Emilie Catlen,
Author of " The Events of a Year," Jrc. 3 vols.
T. C. Newby.
This is one of Emilie Carlen's pleasing stories,
simple and natural, conveying an impression of
home life and manners. There are a great many
personages altogether in the tale, and the variety
of their characters and diversity of their actions
form an effective contrast. The most pleasing is
Rosa Widen, who is a charming heroine. Her
father, Commercial Counsellor Widen, failed, and
the whole family was reduced to great misery and
privations. Rosa sustained them by her courage
and constancy, and brightened the gloomy tenour
of their life by her praiseworthy exertions. The
young candidate, Frank Mannerstedt, is very per-
severing and talented, thus differing widely from
the volatile and imprudent Frederick, the nephew
of the old Professor. Professor Ling himself is an
eccentric old man, full of kindness at heart, al-
though repelling and abrupt in his manners. After
many disappointments and self-denials the two
most deserving of the young group, Rosa andMan-
nerstedt, who were the favourites of the Processor,
were to be united at his house. Frank Manner-
stedt had been very successful at college, and was
made rector ; he returned with a good reputation
and profession to the town he had left poor mad
almost destitute. As he proceeded on his tourney
he was comparing the past with the present; I\e
was now in a better worldly position than th e
proud Counsellor Widen, who had looked downon him formerly. " His feelings can only be un-
derstood by those who, after a long and arduous
pilgrimage over the thorny paths of poverty
and self-deuial, at length find themQelves at
the goal of a long-clierislipd though far distant
hope. The soul lingers as between tw‘',a worlds; the
past is the material ~ to rest, the fature is the
living spirit soaring aloft to higher spheres on the
wings of faith." The conclusion is sad, for the
festival is interrupted by death. The kind friend
of the young circle collected at the wedding had
hardly wished them happiness, when he wa's called
away from them for ever ; " and around Professor
Ling's lifeless form kneeled, weeping, the beings
whose happiness he had promoted."

The Boatman of the Bosphorus. By the Osmmtli
Abderahmau Effendi. 3 vols. Newby.
An interesting and romantic historical tale a
some twenty years ago, in which Russians, Turks,"
Poles, and Jews form the dramatis personce. The
name will no doubt prove a great attraction to
many, but the work itself will repay perusal. The
scenes and charac tern are diversified, and the
events, though striking, not improbable. The in-
terest is well sustaiuod, and to those who prefer
this description of roluance, with plots arrests,
escapes, insurrections, and similar incidents, to
the more q'iiet narrativ es of domestic life, thin
work will give great satisfaction.

The Railway Library.. Routledge.
Though many are found to lament the diminu-
tion in the price of literature, and to fear that lt
may lead to a deterioration of style, none can bring'
forward these objections to reprints. " The Rail-
way Library" is especially remarkable for the ex-
cellence of the style of publication, and from tho
fact. of the works selected being generally those
which have attained some degree of estimation.
Among those which have recently appeared in this
series are "Singleton Fontenoy," and the " Lanca-
shire Witches." The fortner of these is a ttaval
novel, by J. Hannay ; the latter, one of the nume-
rous and striking productions of Mr. Ainsworth.,
Among other recent republications of Mr. Rout-
ledge, we may mention " Sir Roland Ashton," Al
novel, by Lady Long, and another naval story, by-
an author not so well known as Mr. Hannay. It
is entitled " The Midshipman; or, Twelve Years at
Sea."