The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-29 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

THE LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENTS OF FLOWERS-""
• published by the Messrs. Frederick Warne and
Company—is the sweetest little jewel of a book
devoted to the exposition of the eloquence of
. the parterre and the wildwood, of the garden and
• the hedgerow. Printed in Colours as the inns:
trations to the volume are throughout, the boor
is really (to the eye) as though it were
" enamelled o'er with flowers" like the grass of
,a spring meadow or like garden-beds at Mid-
summer. Some of the bunches of blossoms thus
presented to view we could almost " smell to," the,'
bloom upon us so deliciously. Instance—the frontis-
piece, representing a bouquet made up of the corn;
bottle, the convolvolus, daisy, violet, and popPY
Though there, it is true, the nose would have the per-
fume of the violet all to itself, the other constituent
portions of the nosegay being in effect inodorous.
Not so other bouquets comprising within them
the may, the pink, and the honeysuckle !—the Dar-
cissus and the lily of the valley !—the primrose and
the hayacinth !--to say nothing of i‘ lumps of
flowers," such as roses of every form and hue,
moss and cabbage, dogrose and tuberose, red,white,
blush, damask, and yellow And then from out all
those luscious blossoms—just as the bee gathers the
virginal wax and the gold-dropping honey—the
compiler of the charming little volume under notice
extracts the inner significance of each—the language
and sentiment therein latent—ready to be drawn
forth at pleasure (literally at pleasure) by the well;
instructed. " Love" from the Rose ! ',Purity'
from the Lily ! "Modesty" from the. Violet ! I
desire a return of affection" from the Jonquil!
"Generous and delicate affection" from the
Honeysuckle ! " Delicate pleasures " from
the Sweet pea ! " Chastity" from the Orange'
flowers ! " First emotions of love" from the Lilac!
" Amiability" from the Jasmine! " Innocence"
from the Daisy! " Childishness" from the Butter-
cup ! "Distrust" from Lavender " Thoughts"
from the Pansy ! " Melancholy" from the Gera-
nium ! " I wound to heal" from the Sweetbriar!
" Beautiful eyes" from the Tulip ! " Alas! for )337
poor heart" from the Carnation ! " Celibacy (most
appropriately) frum Bachelors' Buttons! Blossoms--
blossoms—blossoms !--they are strewn around us
in profusion as we turn these pages—Flowers of
speech in the letterpress—Flowers of verse from the
poets, from Milton's lament over Lycidas and Shak-
spere's warblings, in the voice now of Perdita, now
of Ophelia, to Charles Dickens's Ivy Green, and
Wordsworth's Little Celandine—from CareveB
Primrose to Shelley's Sensitive Plant. In a word
(or two)--a glance through this charming little
book is as refreshing and exhilarating as a stroll
along the garden walks in the flowery month of
June.

IVARNE'S BIJOU BOOKS—are the daintiest little
(waistcoat)-pocket-companions well imaginable•
Veritable bijoux—five of them in a cluster !
" Guide to the Ball-room" for one—leading the in-
experienced adventurer cleverly through all the con-
ventional labyrinths thridding the windings of the
mazy dance ! " Etiquette—for Ladies ! " Eti-
quette"—for Gentlemen ! For the dull-witted
" Fun, Forfeits, and Flirtation!" For the eccentric
—" Ventriloquism made Easy, or How to become
a Ventriloquist !" Surely choice enough of amuse'
ments to admit of the gratification of all sorts of
tastes—even those of a suckling Valentine V°
or a youngling (Edipus, of a fribble or a flirt, of a
Stodare of the playroom or a Joe Miller of the Lir-
sery.

THE TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE has been purchased
by Mr. Bentley, of New Burlington-street. The slll3l
stated by a weekly contemporary (viz., .£2,500) is incor-
rect ; it is a larger amount.

NEWSVENDORS7 BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT IN-
STITUTION.-Mr. Torrens, M.P., has consented to take the
chair at the annual dinner of the above institution. 113,„e
banquet will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern on the
20th of March.

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—TiI?
Mayor of Gloucester presided on Saturday at a meeting °`
his townsmen, held in the Corn Exchange, Gloucester,
when a resolution was unanimously adopted providing for
the collection in that city of a sum of money sufficient 0,
establish a lifeboat, which should be called the city of
Gloucester. Mr. Richard Lewis, secretary of the Ro93'
National Lifeboat Institution, was present.
STOPPAGE OF THE " SUNDAY EVENINGS FOR TO
PEOPLE."—The fourth of the series of the above
evenings took place last night at St. Martin's Hall, and Was
largely attended. The lecture, which was delivered by NV.'
B. Hodgson, Esq., LL.D., having been concluded, lldr;
Kenney, managing member of the committee, rose and said
no doubt most of the friends present were aware of the
strong opposition that existed on the part of the Sabbatali°
party to this movement, and this feeling had resulted in the
receipt of a lawyer's letter from the solicitor of the Lord
Day Observance Society, to the lessees of St. Martin's 11411'
warning them against letting the hall on Sunday evenings
for the illegal object for which it was now being used. The
lessees of the hall had therefore instructed their solicitor_
to send a letter to the committee, stating that the hall would
for the future be closed against them on the Sunday even-
ings. This, therefore, would be the last evening until the
question was settled in a court of law. Mr. W. Shaer''
solicitor, said that on Friday last two members of the com-
mittee called upon him with a long letter the committee
had received from the solicitor to the lessees of the hall, °
the effect that the hall would in future be closed spit°t
them, legal proceedings having been threatened against the
lessees, under an act of Geo. 111., cap. 39, passed in 1781'
for keeping open a disorderly house on the Sunday even'
ing for the discussion of texts of Holy Scripture and trr
performance of music by professional singers, and 'l3
taking money at the doors, it being a house of entertain-
ment and amusement, and by which the lessees were liable
to a penalty of £2OO per day. After consultation, it was
resolved by the committee and several of the gentlemen
who had interested themselves in the movement to
the question tried in the Court of Queen's Bench, as
whether the " Sunday Evenings for the People" cgeld
under the act referred to. A subscription list was open
to defray the cost of the law proceedings. and £250 5u
scribed in the room.

MANSLAUGHTER IN THE STREET. An inquest
was held on Saturday at the London Hospital,
the body of Mary Ann Hvnes, aged 53, a shoebindari
whose death was said to have been caused by violence'
On the evening of Wednesday fortnight the deceased,
widow, was returning home through Brick-lane, 11712itei:
chapel, after visiting a friend, after nine or ten o'cle°—
Two persons were quarrelling in the street, and she Went
b
between them and received a wound in the back, liliteds
proved to be very deep. Arrived home, she told her frie° r
that she did not know the persons who had stabbed hen °E,
what instrument had been used. She was removed to than
hospital, where she died on the 23d inst. Deceased W,
given to habits of intemperance. The post-mortena
mination showed that the wound penetrated the d°rsii't
vertebras. Half the spinal column was completelYncibe
through, and death was consequently inevitable. 'the
coroner inquired whether anything was known °f
aid
parties who stabbed the deceased ? Inspector Osborne se
the police had not been told anything about the eutdrgift.-
until after the woman's death, consequently great T•ss
c ultie s wore thrown in the way, but they Were
itlictl
inquiries everywhere in the neighbouirhood.
"Manslaughter a some person or persons unlll2°'

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