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weakened, but only made natural affection more pure and
intense. Yet in all the tenderness there is no trace of
effeminacy. True, the woman's heart everywhere shows
itself. But as it has been said that in the countenance of
most men of genius there is something of a womanly ex-
pression not seen in the faces of other mon, so it is dis-
tinctive of true poetic temper that it ever carries the
womans's heart within the man's. And certainly of no
poet's heart does this hold more truly than of Keble's.
They, however, must be but blind critics, insensible to the
finer
Pathis df human life, who have on this account called
A-e1)10's poetry "effeminate." The woman's heart in him
is blended with the martyr's courage. Hardly any modern
Poetry breathes so firm self-control, so fixed yet calm re-
so stern self-denial. If these be qualities that can
consist with effeminacy, then Keble's poetry may be
allowed to pass for effeminate. But those who brought
this charge against it, misled, it may be, by the loud
bluster that pas ies with many for manliness, seem not to
be aware that the bravest and must trustworthy manhood
`rise the gentlest and most tender-hearted ; that, accord-
ing to the saying " A man is never so much a man as
whe , n he becomes most in heart a child."
Brief and unpretending as this little volume may
be, it is in no way an unworthy memento of the
Christian Year and of John Keble.

Istotre de France du Petit Louis. Par Lady Cal-
cott. One vol., pp. 352. Edouard Moxon et Ce.
the authoress of " Little Arthur's History of
England—already a classic elementary volumette—
,ll,as penned, almost we had said stenographically,
Ine pre-eminently enthralling, tragic, picturesque,
and heroic annals of France. As with ourselves so
It is with the French—their history and ours opens
magnificently with the achievements of Julius
sar. Before C3ar's apparition in Gaul and in
UEeßritain the records of the two countries are as no-
thing in their absolute insignificance—they are as
the records of lands kept only by barbarians. And
now, thanks to Lady Calcott, a Petit Louis may in
a rapid survey of a few chapters acquire a coin-
Prebensive first notion of the annals of his
native country, from the reigns of Clovis
_rand Clotilda to those of Louis Philippe and
Louis Napoleon—as, thanks to the same entertain-
ing instructor, Little Arthur has already been em-
Powered to acquire a knowledge of the riches of
England from the time of Queen Boadicea to
those of Queen Victoria. In thii new editon of
the " Histoire de France," by Miladi Calcott,
Madame Francisque-Michel has taken part very
intelligently. The work in its new form is as com-
plete as possible. It is—more important still—fair
and dispassionate. Printed in a compact form it
makes a charming pocket volume, the frontispiece
to which is an exquisite medallion likeness of his
Imperial Majesty the reigning Emperor Napo-
leon 111. Calcott's " Histoire de France" ought
to be in the hands of every English schoolboy and
history
bent upon studying at once French
'lstnry and the French language.

The Nature of Cholera as a Guide to Treatment.
Ey W. Sedgwick, M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. Second
Issue. Walton and Maberley.
This little work is well worthy of the attention of
the professional reader. It is intended "to illus-
trate the theory, which refers the disease to func-
tional disorder of the central p irts of the sympa-
thetic nervous system, excited through the medium
of the stomach." This theory, we are told, was
distinctly alluded to by some of the medical officers
in the East India Company's service during the
first outbreak of the disease in India. The subject
Is here treated in a thoughtful and inquiring spirit,
athey od is likely to prove practically useful in the fur-
investigation of this very important disease.
Illustrations of Scripture History. With Map.
This very Lothian and Company.
useful little work was compiled by a
t6und ay school teacher, who having found that illus-
trations of Bible history from the expensive works of
t awlinson and others were received with great
in-
erest by his class has collected and condensed the
scattered information for the benefit of other schools
and scholars.

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lan Grammar, for the Use of Colleges and
CO
Schools. By Raffaelle Vagnolini. Allan and
.
f This
iS an elementary grammar of the briefest
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and simplest eha.razter, which is likely to
prove luvaluable to the young student of Italian.

The Pill Book. By Arnold J. Cooley. Robert
Hardwicke.
In this little brochure one may learn 'now to con.-
Zt Pills boluses, globules, grains, and granules,
arulacePosial, and hospital, with full parti-
Teulars of their preparation, formula, doses, leading
bandsynonyms, including also quack medicines.
little work is evidently the result of much
eyeful investigation, and may interest and instruct
11111411 Y. For ourselves we are inclined to think that
however good it may be to know how to dispense
clicine, it is better still to know how to dispense
veith it !

Soups : How to make them. Routledge.
In the new number of Household Manuals, Geor-
gina Rill instructs us how to make soups in a hun-
dred different ways. By a careful study of this
little work the English materfamilias may rival the
cookery of France.

Anthony Trollope's Last Chronicle of Barset.
Saturday Number of Anthony Trollope's new
weekly serial story is remarkable for a wonderful
scene in which Mr. Crawley ‘4 crushes" the Bishop
and extinguishes Nrs. Proudie ! Or we are very
touch mistaken—Mr. Soames has perjured himself
in declaring he did not give that cheque to the
perpetual Curate of Ilogglestock. To the ultimate
confusion of this by Soames, we look for the extri-
cation of Mr. Crawley from his present difficulty,
and the triumphant vindication of his character.

MECHANICAL USES OF CASTOR OIL—It is not
as universally known as it deserves to be that
castor oil is as useful in the trades as it is as a
I,..,tiedicine. It is much better to soften and to re-
b'eem old leather than any other oil known. When
'nts.and shoes are greased with it, the oil will not
;lilt all interfere with the polishing afterwards, as in
soe case with lard, olive, or any other oil. In
arrisburg, Pennsylvania, the old leather hose of
sortie of the fire companies was greased with it,
and fokind to become almost as soft and flexible
as new leather. Leather belts for transmit-
ting
motion three in machinery will usually last
tear to five years, according to the wear and
they are exposed to ; when greased with castor
oil they will last ten years or more, as they alwayS
remain flexible and do not crack. Besides this ad-
v, 4ntage, castor oil will prevent slipping, so that a
oelt three inches wide, impregnated with it, will be
equal to a belt four and a half inches wide without
castor oil. It is necessary, however, to wait 24
hours, till oil has disappeared from the surface
and penetrated the leather, otherwise the freshly-
greased surface will cause slipping. That rats and
other vermin detest anything impregnated with cas-
tor oil, and will not touch it, is another advantage.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO AN ACTOR.-011 TIMM
day evening a frightful accident occurred at the Theatre
'loyal, Birmingham, by which an actor, named Charles
Christie, sustained very serious injuries. The transforma-
tion scoue in tho new pantomime was being put upon the
stage, when some of the machinery got entangled, and
Christie tried to put it right. While doing so a large iron
bar became loose, and fell from a considerable height from
the ground upon Christie's head, carrying away the back
part of his skull, and almost smashing his shoulders.
-When picked up off the stage the unfortunate man was
supposed to be dead, and the performance was suspended
for a few minutes ; but fortunately he was still found to be
alive, and was at once removed to the Queen's Hospital,
wbro ho now lies in a precarious condition.
THE PRICE OF MEAT IN SYDNEY,—The following
list of prices is taken from a butcher's advertisement in the
AS'yclney Herald of Nov. 23 :—llind quarter of mutton, 21d.
Per lb. ; fore quarter mutton, lid.; by whole or half sheep,
; mutton chops, 3d. ; rump steaks, 21d. ; boiling beef,
1(1.; corn beef, ld. ; ribs of roasting beef, lid. ; sirloin of
roasting b&ef, 21d.; spice beef, 4d. ; round beef, cooked, 4d.;
Gorman sausage, 4d.; black pudding, 3d.; beef sausage,
11'1.; Pork sausage, 6d. ; legs of pork, Gid.; loins of
7(-I
Poi‘ rk, • .; veal, sd. ; suet, Gd. ; white pudding, 6d. per
l". ; ox tougu.,, ls. 3d. each ; and beefsteaks, lid, per lb.
ANTICIPATED ERUPTION.—Mount Baldo, in the
Italian Tyrol, is giving signs of a probable eruption. The
,11°iglibourhood is frequently disturbed by shocks resem-
'ug those
4*o of an earthquake, and a livid brightness appears
Ve tho top of the mountain at night.