The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY.

TEMPLE BAR.—" Lady Adelaide's Oath" is con-
tinued here at some length, and becomes very event-
ful in this instalment. First we find a picture of
extreme misery and destitution presented to us in
the home life of Wilfred and Edith, and next a
most exciting scene is sketched of a shipwreck ; the
storm casts the ship on the shores of Danesheld,
where it is dashed to pieces on a rock. Young
Wilfred ventures out in the life-boat, and, with the
aid of some hardy adventurers, rescues a few of the
passengers and crew. One among the former is no
stranger, although he keeps concealed. Iu the next
number or so we shall doubtless meet with some strik-
ing eclaircissement. Lady Adelaide will also get
into trouble in consequence of her false oath. The
chapter relating to the shipwreck is a very effective
one, and ably described. "Archie Lovell" is also
very exciting in the portion here net, and the un-
fortunate young girl finds herself in a complete
mess through her foolish freak of bygone days. The
manner in which this part of the story is worked
out is very ingenious, and will form the point of the
story in all probability. As for Gerald Kirans, he
does not interest one at all, for he is selfish and
calculating. After trifling with Archie he turns
round and pays court to the rich Lillian, with whom
he has no sympathies in common. He appears to
advantage, however, beside a finished villain
like Denison, and a scheming fellow like Waters.
" Buying Experience" is an amusing account of
acme adventures that two ladies met with who were
rash enough to trust themselves at a " sale" in the
character of unprotected females. The climax of
their discomfiture was reached when they were told
to pay ten pounds for a worthless daub. " Rents and
Darns" is a well written sketch that contains some
truth. The rents that appear in daily life, in social
matters, and inbusiness affairs, are enumerated, and
it is truly said that worse than rents and darns is the
idle life of the selfish, who are " mere machines
wound up on golden springs, and set agoing in
jewelled cases." " A Week with the Fenians" is an
appropriate sketch just now, and the " Story of the
Invasion of Canada" will interest many readers.
" Our War Paint" reveals some strange details of
the army clothing. " Quite Beneath Notice" is a
paper that does not merit to be treated as its title
indicates, for it presents much worthy of notice.
" Rad's First Love" is a sketch of adventures in
Germany, and " False" is the title of some effec-
tive verses.

DUBLIN.—There are some very interesting stories
in this number. " Cometh up as a Flower" is con-
tinued, and the adventures of the heroine are nar-
rated in a lively manner, and some of the reflections
are well worth noticing. It is an impressive pas-
sage where Nelly soliloquises as to whether it can be
possible that one is the same individual being
through the whole course of one's life. " Does it
not rather seem as if each man or woman is in him-
self or herself a succession of individual beings, pos-
sessing one after another several successive souls.',
" Never—for Ever" is a pleasing description of sea-
side life, coupled with romantic incidents. " Num-
ber Five Brook-street" is a more elaborated tale,
and the doings of Mrs. Lepell are ingeniously told.
The account of the dinner party at which Lord John
was the hero, and gave himself most unconscionable
airs, is ludicrous indeed. " The Session of 18G6"
reviews the recent changes that have taken place,
and seems to entertain a favourable opinion of the
new Ministry. "It is the desire of the public, which,
in certain circumstances may be said to have the
force of an edict, that the Ministry of Lord Derby
should have a full and fair trial." " Glastonbury
Abbey" is continued, and presents us, as usual,
with most interesting chronicles of the past : the
subject more particularly referred to in this divi-
sion is " Monasticism in its Vigour." A sketch of
Thomas King, the original Lord Ogleby, and Sir
Peter Teagle, is well worthy of notice. He en-
joyed a high reputation for a long period, and re-
tired deservedly regretted from the stage he
adorned. " Voltaire, and his Valet" is a curious
sketch, that will please some readers, and contains
some striking representations of French life at that
period. "The Grand Tour," and " Timbuctoo,"
are among the remaining articles in this interesting
number. " Ophelia's Stream" is the title of some
verses that are written in an appropriate strain, and
please one by their subdued and refined
melancholy.
CORNIIILL.—" The Claverings" proceeds, and
many untoward events occur. A quarrel springs
up between Sir Hugh and Haig, who conducts him-
self rather imprudently about Lady Argate. A
really ludicrous sketch is that in which Madame
Guaddoup confronts the wretched Archie, and all
his fine projects of getting the better of the "Rus-
sian Spy " dwindle into nothing. " The Education
of the Working Classes," by a working man, con-
tains much to attract much notice in its pages. It
is said that much has been done, but that more
might be done by proper management. "iThere are
means in plenty ; what is wanted is, that those who
are interested in promoting the welfare of the
working classes should try to bring about the sub-
stitution of another and a better plan of using
them." " Granny Leatham's Revenge" is a sketch
that is cleverly drawn, though by no means pleas-
ing to peruse. It records the baneful effects of
jealousy and wrath. The story relates to the cattle
plague, which has desolated so many stocks lately,
and is ingeniously worked out. " The Village and
the Cliff " is continued, and poor Miss George is
banished and sent off to France. The scenes in this
story are well selected, and form a pleasing study
to peruse. " Good Looks" is an article that will
attract many ; and we meet with some amusing de-
scriptions in it. Referring to the difference of
opinion that prevails, an anecdote is told of an
African chief who visited Dr. Watts, and was asked
how it was that he and his descendants were black,
when, in common with the rest of mankind, they
were descended from Adam, a white man. To
which he replied, " Adam white ! how know you
Adam white? Me tink Adam black,
how came
you white ?" " Breech-loaders" is sure to meet
with attention at this juncture, and an elaborate
account is given of its mechanism, but the writer
is of opinion that the Prussian system is unsuited
for our service.

MacmILLAN.--Ilenry Kingsley's singular story of
" Sileote of Silcotes" is continued, and the compli-
cations of the plot and the eccentricities of the cha-
racters increase rather than diminish with the pro-
gress. The style, too, exhibits all the writer's
peculiarities in strong relief, and the tale is better
calculated to surprise than to please the reader.
Mrs. Norton's " Old Sir Douglas" is resumed, and
presents a decided contrast to its rival, though the
interest of the story is painful too. Mischief is
evidently brewing under the agency of the humble
and smooth-spoken Alice, and Gertrude's happy
married life bids fair to be soon overshadowed by
doubts and suspicions. Mrs. Norton is fond of
drawing human nature in extremes, and Alice is a
most repulsive creature, even as Kenneth Ross, Old
Sir Douglas's graceless nephew, is altogether a
mauvais sujet without a single redeeming point to
account for the infatuation of his uncle. The more
solid contents are varied and well written. " Social
Responsibilities" is an essay which boldly throws a
share of the blame of pauper mismanagement on
every man's shoulders. The guardians, contends
the writer, do not deserve all the abuse they have
received. They are not generally men who, by
position or education, are likely to feel for the
'sufftrings of the poor and helpless ; but those who
could feel for such distress are greatly to be cen-
sured for the indifference or inaction which made
what was really everybody's business nobody's
business. There are some very just remarks on
the duty incumbent on every intelligent member of
society to form a clear and definite opinion on all
these social problems. "Three Centuries of the
Portraits of a Family" is an entertaining paper,
full of scraps of forgotten family history, and show-
ing the interior of an English worthy's household
in the troubled times of the first Charles. " The
Expression of the Eye" is a curious paper, well
worth reading by the artist and the miniature
painter. " The Campaign in Germany," and
" From the lip of Loch Etine," are among the best
of the remaining papers.
THE VICTORIA.--The Opening article in the
Victoria is on a very appropriate subject, for it

treats of the brilliant career of Madame de Staeli
to whose genius it renders full homage. It is re-
marked that " French by birth and early training
and association, Swiss by lineage, Swedish by mar-
riage, English, German, Italian, and Spanish
by the adaptive power of sympathy and
knowledge, Madame de Stael belonged rather
to Europe than to France." The• fifth book
of Professor Laboulaye's elaborate treatise on " The
Civil and Political Status of the Female Sex" has
commenced, and brings down the subject to a point
nearer our own day than those feudal ages in winch
it has so lingered. Two stories are included in the
table of contents, and the miscellanea and corre-
spondence contain some interesting reading. Among
the literary notices is a review of the prize essays on
Vivisection, which revolting practice is now becom-
ing generally condemned. There is one aspect
which well deserves the consideration of those Who
consider the infliction of torture on living beings
justifiable in the pursuit of scientific knowledge--
whether the inevitable brutalising of the operator's
own feelings may not in reality interfere with his pro-
fessional skill, since the art of healing is not to be
exercised on machines, but on sentient creatures, to
deal with whose ailments successfully more than mere
facts are required. The man of wide sympathies
and keen perceptions will achieve a greater repel'
tation than he who is dead to all beyond the dogmas
of his profession, and it must be owned that the
progress lately made in physiological and psycholo-
gical knowledge has accompanied the development
of increased humanity, refinement of feeling, and
extended sympathy, none of which really enlighten-
ing qualities are likely to be cultivated by the prac-
tice of vivisection.

THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE.—Th 3 " Annals of a
Quiet Neighbourhood" are brought to a temporary
conclusion, that is to say that the Vicar's own per"
sonal history is done, but that he promises to give
us from time to time papers about his parish and
his parishioners. " The English Hymns of the
Elizabethan Era" are brought to a conclusion•
" Christian Finance—St. Paul's Exchequer" is 3
well written and suggestive paper. There are maul
other papers, all of them written with some excel-
lent object, and several of them possessing strong
claims on the interest of the reader.

GOOD W ORDS.—Mrs. Oliphant's carefully-written
story of " Madonna Mary" proceeds with interest,
and exhibits the signals of a terrible forthcoming
domestic storm. Professor Ansted contributes a
valuable paper on the late eruptions and present statr,
of Vesuvius. "Arkite Ceremonies in the Himalayas
and " A Glimpse of Shepherd Life in New Zealand',
are also interesting articles. Henry Rogers vincli"
cater Christianity from the charge of its religious
intolerance, showing that whatever the actions ef
its followers, persecution is diametrically opposed
to its recognised character and tenets. " Dust
Ho !" gives an account of our dustmen and dust'
women, pariahs of civilisation who have been some-
what neglected by philanthropists.. 4g Mariam
Harris " is a most interesting sketch of a charitable
Jewish lady who has devoted herself to the care of
the children of the Jewish poor. " The Lady a°
the Hooks" is a story in verse, not without its
moral.
ONCE A WEED.—This is a very pleasant and
readable miscellany, adorned with numerous illus-
trations of somewhat unequal merits. Stories,
sketches, novels, poems, articles, and essays abound;
and the reader who cannot while away an hour or
two over its varied and animated pages must b°
very hard to please.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Aug. 30•
The Qeeen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
drove out in a pony carriage yesterday morning•
In the afternoon her Majesty and Princess Louse
rode on ponies in the neighbourhood of the Castle.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Hon. I‘lll'
Hardinge, and Gen. Peel dined with her Majesty•