The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

right welcome. In the preamble to this new boo
the author thus accosts his friends:—

"Again, towards the eventide of life, I touch that rhythimic

harp
Struck by the son of Sirach twenty centuries agone;

Again I ask thy favour—thou my brother or my sister:
Not as a stranger, but now a friend of thirty years ;
Again I ask for my words thy patience and thy love."
Then recapitulating the joys and sorrows, the
trials and temptations of the past thirty years, he
congratulates himself and his readers that they--
" still stand to fight the fight if faint, thank
God, pursuing ;
Still is life with half its hopes, and all its mercies ours;
Therefore gratitude and penitence, faith, and hope, and
charity,
These well become us each as friends reviewing ail
that past."
We cannotbut think the matter contained in this vo'
lame immeasurably superior to the manner in which
it is expounded. We cannot admire the rugged
style, but all must concur with the excellent teach"
int; which it sets forth. " Little Providences" and
" Smaller Morals" are forcible examples of what we
have said. While the spirit that
pervadas them,
reminding us how "sometimes gleaming in the
darkness we note that shadowy Hand," and " the
glory of God is in the highest, His glory is also is
the lowliest"—while this spirit is akin to that
which recognised " sermons in stones and good in
everything," the hand that describes them is as
matter-of-fact as that of the dreariest pre-Raphaelite
dilating upon " even the pattern of a carpet, even
the paper of a room." Nevertheless, in spite of
these drawbacks, after thirty years' silence, we are
glad again to welcome Martin Tupper. As he himself
says, "A book is in nosortlike a cable, tobe judged by
its weakest inch. A chain to he condemned through'
out, because some links are faulty." Recognising
the faults and flaws we are ready also to admit the
merits and to welcome again with cordial greeting
the old friend of " thirty years ago." • _..—.

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Trani tumbr,

HER MAJESTY, &c.

BALMORAL, May 27.
The Queen attended Divine Service in the parish
church of Crathie yesterday. Princess Louise,
Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Prince Chris'
tian accompanied her Majesty. The Duches3
Dowager of Athole and Lord C. Fitzroy were ill
attendance.

The group of statuary by Mr. W. Theed, repre-
senting the Queen and Prince Consort, was on-
covered on the 20th inst. at Windsor Castle in Pre•
sence of her Majesty, who expressed her entire 0;
proval of the work. The figures are of the size °f
life, in the Saxon costume of the ninth centa*
which lends itself favourably to the conditions o', ;
sculpture. Her Majesty wears a light and gracefu•
diadem and a rich mantle. The Prince has also 3
mantle, and his dress, in which reminiscences of tue
antique are discernible, displays his figure to great
advantage. Her Majesty is represented as lookil
up at her husband with an expression in which grief
and hope are combined, and the Prince looking don
at the Queen with tender solemnity. The details
and ornaments of the costumes are rich and elab°i
rate, and the execution of all the details is a nwa,e
of delicate and finished workmanship, fully accolla'•
ing for Mr. Theed's five years' patient labour.
figures are of the purest Carrara marble, and the
pedestal of the precious marble called Marino Affl'
cano, wrought from an antique fragment found is
Rome.

THE PRINCESS MARY.—Yesterday morning t°
following bulletin was issued :—" Kensington Palace,
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28.—Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaidsbao
passed another good night, and is going on quite well. j•
infant Princess is also well.—AßTlint PARRE, DLD."