The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-03 00:00:00

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manner in which reading and writing are taught
together in Germany will interest all who know
the difficulties of imparting rudimentary know-
ledge. Next we come to what will to many readers
be the most attractive article in the number, the
continuation of " Realmah" by the author of
" Friends in Council." It is the " friends in
council" who are in fact the chief characters of the
piece, and their debates and discussions are never
tedious. In the chapter before us Milverton and
another entrap Ellesmere into one of his charac-
teritic semi-humorous harangues by asking him
what he would do if he were to live to a patriarchal
age, and Ellesmere proceeds with a sparkling
mixture of jest and earnest to sketch out his plans,
beginning with abolishing the penny post, and end-
ing with the encouragement of wholesome recreation
and reducing the standing armies. The "Autograph
of Handel's Messiah" affords matter for a critical
inquiry, and " The Quarrels of Friends" are wisely
discoursed upon. " Saved at Last," by the Rev.
J. Gilmore, is a graphic account of an heroic
rescue performed by the Ramsgate Lifeboat in a
terrible gale of January. The feat was a desperate
one, the lifeboat being beaten back four times from
the wreck by the violence of the waves, and at last
only succeeding by the desperate resource of driv-
ing her in over the sinking vessels, and throwing
the anchor upon her deck. This gallant scheme
was successfully carried out, and the shipwrecked
crew saved after they had thought rescue impos-
sible. When they saw their friends in need driven
off time after time they gave up hope, but one of
them—it was a Danish vessel—assured his fellows
that they had yet a chance. " I have sailed in
English ships," he said. " I have often heard about
lifeboat work, and I know they never leave any
one to perish as long as they can see them, and they
will not leave us." Encouraged by this hope, the
men clung to the wet and shaking rigging to be all
saved at last. Miss Youge's interesting story of
"The Chaplet of Pearls" proceeds with animation,
and the number altogether is an excellent one.
BELGRAVIA.—As usual this magazine contains a
variety of subjects. " Bound to John Company"
is the first subject met with, and it is an effective
sketch. " Charlotte's Inheritance" still proceeds,
and "Dead Sea-Fruit" and "Diana Gay" also con-
tribute their share to the large stock of fiction
which appears among the contents. " Marriage
versus Celibacy" is a paper on the topic that is just
now so often met with, and Walter Tbornbury's
" London Clubs" are well worthy of attention.
" The Whitebait Mystery" will please many at this
season, and the poems interspersed through the
pages of Belgravia are a useful as well as orna-
mental addition, relieving the monotony of the
prose papers, and imparting a brilliancy to the
style.

CORNIIILL.—This number is an interesting one,
and the completion of " Avonhoe" is written in a
very powerful style. Thera is something very effec-
tive in the sketch given of the vanity of human
wishes, and the sad loss of the, youth in the full
hope and promise of his career was a warning to
the pride and selfishness of his parents. " The
Bra,mleighs of Bishop's Folly" is eventful in this
instalment, and the returning Jack Bramleigh is
the hero of new adventures. This romantic story
will soon Coal') to au end, wich will be a loss to the
reider, who has long followed its erratic records,
and been conversant with its stirring events and
peculiar characters. "A Prussian Soldier's Notes
on the Prussian Army" will be found full of inci-
dent- and information, and " Anarchy and Autho-
rity" is concluded in this instalment, which is an
impressive one, and carefully written. " Great
Solar Eclipses" is a suitable topic to discuss just
now, when attention is directed in that line.
" How to Form a Good Taste in Art," " Coast De-
fence," and the " Sautals" complete the contents of
this number, which is perhaps too solid, but con-
tains much of a noticeable nature.