The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-15 00:00:00

♦laric, my busliatid ; my Lye, my beat, rry
own, my only love.' _ . .

" ' I cannot say much tO'7, GTriil:•lB
bow good you are ; you will co!ac and 2,
will let you, 'woo% you ? '

.0; I iviow
if they

" See you ' paid sbe, etatting back, but ,I.JI hold-
ing him and looking up earnestly into hii f;4O-3. Sae
you! ' and then she poured out her leie with all the
passion Ma Ruth " Whither, thou go-it, I will go ;
and where thou lo•igest, I will lcd2e ; " "" Where
thou ciiest, will I lie, h d theLe will I, lre,baried : the
Lord do so to me, and wore aho, if s.aght but death
part thee and rue." See you, Alaric ! oh, it cannot
be that they will hinder the wile from- being with her
husband.' . . .

do not droop li)w,

" But, Alaric,' she went on,
love—will you 1
" I cannot brazen it out,' said he.
well what it is that I have doze;

I know too

"No, not that, Mario ; I wonl,l not have that.
But, remember, all is not over, whatever they may
do. Ah, how little will really be over, what-
ever they can do. You have repeated, have you
not, Alarm° ? '

"'1 think so, I hope au,' said Alarie, with' his
eyes upon the ground.
" You have repented, and aro right before God 4-do
not fear then what man can do to you. I would not
have you brazen, Atari° ; but be manly, ha collected, be
your own self, the nmn that I have Icved, the man that
Ido now love so well, better, better than ever ;' and
she threw herself on him and kissed Lint arid clang.to
him, and stroked his hair and put her hand upon hie
faoe, and then holding him from her, looked up to him
as though he were a hero whorl: she all but nor-
shipped.
" Gertrule, Gertrude, that I should have brat:gilt
you tothisl '
".`Never mind,'
said she ; we will win through ifs
yet—we will yet be happy together far, far away from
here—remember that—let that support ycu through all.
And now, Atari; yon will come,up for one moment and
kiss him before you go.'
" The man will be impatient.' _

" Never mind ; let him be impatient—you shall-not
go away without blessing your boy ; come up, Alaric.'
And she took him by the hand and led him like a child
into the nursery.
" Where is he, nurse ? bring him here--rapa is
going away—Alley, boy, give papa a big kiss.'
" Marie, fur the first time for the fortnieit;tnek the
little fellow into his arms and kissed him. ' God bless
you, my bairn,' said ho, and grant that all this may
never be visited against you, here or hereafter.' _ <
" And now go,' said Gertrude, as they descended
the stairs together, and may God in his mercy watch
over and protect you and give you back to Me.' .And,
Alaric, wherever you are I will be close to you, remem-
ber that—l will be quite, quite close to you. Now, one
kiss—oh, dearest, dearest Alaric-- there—there—and
now go.' And Fe he went, and Gertrude, shutting
herself into her room, threw herself on to the bed, and
wept aloud.
" She threw herself on to her bed and there her
mother found her. Oh, mama—dear mama, this is
so good of you, so very good—l am bout r that I waq,
mama • better that I hoped to be—but oh, mama, for
his sake, would that this day was done.' "
Mr. Chaffenbrass, the popular barrister, great in
browbeating witnesses, is another of the author's
clever touches, and even were the ability much less
than it is, the work would very likely be popular
from all these satirical sketches. But he has set
before him in this work a higher object than mere
amusement or the display of his powers of sarcasm.
He has shown how a noble nature may be perverted,
and great talents misapplied under specious pre-
texts. None can say the lesson is not needed in
our own time, when the high-born, the indepen-
dent, the gifted, those whom men have revered for
their piety, or trusted for their integrity, have
worn the dress of the felon, or escaped the punish-
ment of the criminal, though they share his name.
The end of over-speculation and fraudulent expe-
dients we have all seen only too often ; it is well
, that one should step forward to show again the
neglected beginning. None can quarrel with the
author for too great precision and formality, for
over scrupulousness or morose preaching. He
draws a life we cannot say is improbable, he shows
the dangers that attend those who make baste to
be rich by unlawful means, he brings it to an end
which many have reached during the last few years,
and teaches a powerful lesson. The career of
Charley is also well-drawn, showing ho w kind and
friendly aid will often save those not wilfully bad,
but led by untoward circumstances into temptation.
The work is one which will be likely to have a large
circulation, and gives promise that the author
will one day attain a high rank among writers of
fiction.

The Choice of It Profession. By H. Byerley
Thomson, B.A. Chapman and Hall.
This is a work on a subject whose importance
will be readily acknowledged. It gives a brief and
comparative review of the English professions,
giving a concise account of each profession and its
honours, the special education required, the cost of
entering, and the mode of doing so ; the general
income and advantages, and the necessary capacities
and qualifications. It will, therefore, at once be
seen how valuable such a work must be to those
who are as yet undecided in their choice, and who,
not being gifted with any peculiar taste or talents,
are uncertain which to oboose. Itis justly observed
by the author, that there can hardly bo a greater
social misfortune than the erroneous choice of a
profession. Those whose choice is already made
may find the information given very useful. It
must not be supposed that the church, the law,
and medicine are the only professions treated of.
We meet chapters on the army, the navy, the mer-
cantile marine, the civil service, and all artistic
and scientific pursuits. The author believes this
to be the only general work on the English profes-
sions, and as it fills so remarkable a void, it is likely
to meet with immediate attention

The Buccaneers. By Walter Thornbury, author
of " Art and Nature," ctc. Routledge.

The reprint of Mr. Thornbury's clever -work on
the history of the Buccaneers will no doubt be re-
ceived with interest. It is now published in one
Tontine, with illustrations by "Phiz," and contains
a full account of the exploits of those extra)rdinary
men. Mr. Thornbury's literary talents have
enabled him to compile such an interesting narra-
tive, that the feats of these cruel " sea rovers' are
likely to be more widely known than the deeds of
better men.

Industrial and Social Position of Women,
Chapman and Hall.

This is a valuable and carefully written work on
a most important topic. The author has evidently
thought deeply on the subject, and ho gives us the
results of no Quixotic dreams, but of an earnest and
practical consideration of the question. The just-
ness of his views, and the moderation and good
sense displayed in them, entitle the work to a
careful and attentive perusal.

ENGLISS TRAVELLERS AND ROMAN

BRIGANDS.

ROME, Dec. s.—The brigands in the neighbour-
hood of the Eternal City have just resumed their
periodical practice of spoliating such incautious
travellers as take more money with them than is
necessary for their own wants, or less than will
suffice to pacify the auri sacra fames of highway
assailants. On Monday evening at seven (*.lock a
y-
vetturino carriage was plodding its wearwayirom
Oivita Vecchia towards Rome, and had reached a
spot four miles on this side of Palo, when its
farther progress was opposed by seven bandits
armed with bludgeons, pistols, and daggers,
who stopped the vehicle, and proceeded to rifle
the passengers, consisting of Dr. Conolley, Roman
Catholic bishop of Halifax, on his way to Rome to
pay homage to the supreme head of the Church,
Mr. Blake, and Mr. and Mrs. Harper. The Bishop
was eased of 1401., besides his episcopal chain and
cross, and the pastoral ring, a fine emerald, which
he wore according to custom. Mr. Make, feeling
greatly averse to submitting to spoliation, in bis
turn manfully resisted. the outlaws' invitAtion to
stand and deliver, but he was finally oveipoWered
by numbers, after being severely beaten and having
had a pistol presented at his head, which fortunately
missed fire. Mr. and Harper were robbed of their
watches, chains, and purses ; and altogether the
plunder realised' by the marauders may be valued
at about a thousand scudi, or over 2001.