The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-02 00:00:00

Orley Farm.

We ara introduced to Felix Graham's intended
wife, whom he is bringing up or " forming" for
himself; it is evident, howevienr,
spitethat theyof a
himself;r e
nnot
to be united, each party being in love with some.
body else. Felix Graham,
with Madeline Stavely, and Mary Snow
with with some unknown lover whom she endeavours
shun as a matter of duty. Mr. Furnival looks for
assistance, feeling certain from all be hears that
Lady Mason is guilty, although he w
acknowledge it even to himself. Heseeksadviiclel from
t
an old friend of his, an Old Bailey counsel named
Chaffanbrass, and they consult. n
Love was still the lord of oil, Sir Peregrine r ai
iti et he Ci''
propose-,eve
and is accepted by Lady Mason against what she
considers right. In this chapter
goes on in her breast is very
feelingly the struggle which
wishes, duty, and interest all being
ineontednetsiocnri,baencid,
the lastchaptershows the differentwayinwhichLucius
Mason and young Peregrine Orme view the matter,
both objecting to the - match from pride, but of
two different kinds.
ter of his grandfather Young Orme, for the charae-
; an old man marrying a corn-;

paratively young woman beneath him in station,
and Lucius because his mother removes herself from
his injurious guardianship. Both characters are
well defined.

Saunders, Otley, and Co.'s Literary Budget for
England, India, China, Australia, and the Colo.

nies. No I.

This is a successful commencement of a new
series of publication, to appear monthly with the
magazines, and to give a resume of all matters
connected with literature. It will, no doubt,
prove attractive to the reading public, as they will
thus be enabled to glean important information and
interesting intelligence on a subject of which no
one would willingly be ignorant in these days of
advanced intelligence and extended knowledge.
The plan on which this serial is carried out seems
a very excellent one, and it is really surprising to
mark the extent and variety of its contents. There
are notices of all the books recently published that
at all deserve to be called of consequence ; there are
short recognitions of the smaller class whether good,
bad, or indifferent, that are always lying in heaps on
the library tables or crowding the shelves of all in
any way concerned in criticising, the current ema-
nations of the press. We find also entertaining
accounts of the progress and prospects of literature
abroad, and the followieg fact is mentioned which is
truly said to be sufficient to make English contem-
poraries very naturally envious. " Victor Ifuge
has just sold the copyright of a novel to a Belgian
house (Lacroix) for 400,000 francs, in other words
for £16,000. This novel is in eight volumes, and
is to be entitled "Les Miserables." This is the
most signal proof we have yet had of the rising
value of literary workmanship." There are some
smart verses interspersed among the contents which
serve to enliven and animate their pages. One of
these is called "The Strand."

There's not a street that's worth comparing
With that from Temple Bar to Charing—
The Strand, the Strand
For Balmoral boots set hearts a-flutter,
And various journals nonsense utter,
In the Strand, in the Strand I

O how I love the Strand, boys I
I do, I do.
At noon or night
'Tis my delight
To stroll along the Strand, boys?

Learning there is in great variety—
King's College and the Royal Society,
In the Strand, in the Strand !
And what a treat 'twill be when men are all
As wise as her Majesty's Registrar-General,
In the Strand, in the Strand !

HI.
For gold the Westminster or Coutt's—
Milo's or Bewlay's for cheroots is
In the Strand, in the Strand
And if you walk its south side thorough
You'll find two uncles—Attenborough—
In the Strand, in the Strand I

Two theatres its sides are built on;
Who's for a night with " saucy Wilton"
At the Strand, at the Strand?
If in perfection you've never seen tea,
Try Antrobus for black tea, Twining for green tea,
In the Strand, in the Strand

The Globe each evening pleases one set,
And the only Sun that will rise at sunset,
In the Strand, in the Strand
The Press comes out to praise the Tories.
Bell's life with lots of sporting stories,
In the Strand, in the Strand !

If ynu want cheap news there are journals many—
Why, the famous old Chronicle's down to a penny,
In the Strand, in the Strand I
While if for a monthly you would pay, sir,
There's worse magazines by far than Fraser,
In the Strand, in the Strand I

VII.
The Lowther Arcade with its toy shops glorious—
Exeter Hall with its oratorios—
In the Strand, in the Strand!
And if so many excitements fool you,
Why, there's lots of \V enham Lake ice to cool you,
In the Strand, in the Strand
0 how I love the Strand, boys 1
I do, I do..
At noon or night
'Tis my delight
To stroll along the Strand, boys
The others are named " The Beast and his Image,"
and Mr. Bellew's Novel." They are good specimens
of the satirical and das'hing style of verses, and are
sure to gain numerous admirers, as this sort of thing
when at all fairly executed invariably proves
popular. The article on " Sensation Literature "
is very well done and contains some useful hints to
writers, and some good advice that may prove a
word in season to some inexperienced or mistaken
authors It is justly obst awed that "A proper infusion
of excitement is not on ly pardonable but essential
alike to drama, novel, and epic; it enters largely
iuto the composition of the very best Models of
each class, Jet us say into "Hamlet," "Ivanhoe,"
and "Paradise Lost." But excitement is not the
sole aim or the sole merit of the noblest produc-
Cons, though a low class of mind may seek them
greedily for that alone Authors and readers
should remember that the taste of a generation, and
the art of a generation, are mutually informed, and
are bastard or legitimatefalse or correct, flagitious
or respectable, alike and together. If art be too
didaCtic be sure that the age is too stolid, if art be
too pictorial the age is sensuous and vain. The
first conj-anotion I:maketi a fault only in national
temperament, the second promotes social
levity as well. But faulty temperament
social levity, and moral delinquency are one and all
embodied in that worst. of all artistic characteristicA
that an author can cultivate, or society require,
"sensation." There are the following remarks met
with in the comments on the literary promises of
the month :

" It is surely most justifiable to attach some public im-
portance to the prospects of our general literature. Books,
like other consumable commodities, have now become sub-
ject to the laws of general supply. Month by month and
year by year the average of demand increases or slackens
from causes precisely analogous to those which regulate
production in other directions. Society is, to say the least
of it, fully as much interested in the quality or quantity of
its literary harvest, as it is in the fortheomibg sripply of
any other article of mere luxury. Books, if no more, are
among the most desirable elegancies of life to all—to many
they are well-nigh one of its necessaries; and it is hardly
too much to say that after good food and good raiment,
good books rank next, both from their intrinsic value, and
in virtue of the extent of their consumption."

On the whole, considering the variety of the sub-
jects brought forward, and the vigour and viva.city
that for the most part pervade their tenour, we
must congratulate the managers of this new Serial
on its excellent arrangement, and on the superiority
of the greater portion of its contents. If it is car-
ried on with at all the same spirit and energy as
mark its outset, there will be no cause for them
to fear it will have other than a favourable re cep.
tion, or not fulfil its promise of being a Literary
Budget on an extended scale and an elevated
principle.

The National iliagazine.
Although not equal to some of the new serials
published at the same price, this magazine has a
good deal of pleasant light reading and plenty of
amusing or affecting tales for the lovers of romance.
One of the most attractive features in this number
is a beautiful photograph of New Westminster
Bridge, of which there is also a brief and in-
teresting account.

Cassell's illustrated Family Bible. Superior edition.

Part XL

This beautiful edition of the Holy Scriptures is
continued with unflagging merit. Many of the
illustrations are beautiful in design and excellent
in execution. We heartily eommend it to all who
wish to secure a superior
.copy of the Satcred
Volume, and whose means :night not allow of their
procuring it in a complete form. It is issued in
monthly shilling parts, and is thus placed within
the reach of a very laxge circle.

The Sixpenny .Magazine.
In the ,‘sixpenny Magazine the burlesque on the
Greek robbers and gendarmes, entitled "The King
of the Mountains," is continued. It is certainly
original. " The Round of Wrong" is a clever
French novel under another name. "Pea and
Pencil Sketches" are descriptions of various places
in England. " Trips after H, alth" is continued,
and several papers on various subjects are to be
found, some of no great pretensions, but good
enough in their way. But the best article in the
number, as iu fact it has been in former ones, is
" Animal Life in the Ocean," in which much curious
information is to be found of the monsters and
mites of the deep.