The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-05 00:00:00

THE TAVERFOOL STANDARD, 'TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1851.

THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY IN ,AIORRICA

" When we reflect upon the gradual extinction of 'the
-aborigines of America, from the Frezen Sea to:CapdHorn,
-and the unceasing spread over its plains of the people and
-religion of Europe, two designs of Trovidence—or, rather,
perhaps, one grand plan seems to dawn ,uponus. :Are we
•not warranted in supposing that Providence so long held
America from our knowledge, in order that .Christianity,
after fighting its way to a contested supremacy in the Old
World, might there find a new world in which to develope
itself untrammelled ; and that the northern and largest
half of that continent was reserved for the noblest of hu-
man races, the Anglo-Saxon ? The blessings of Chris-
tianity, the freedom and energy of Anglo Saxons—do
not these sum up all that a land.mn -wish? And these
are the gifts of America. Fast and surely the wave of
-emigration is moving over the prairies of the Far-West;
from Hudson's Bay to the Gilf of Mexico, mankind are
-advancing abreast, ' like an army of banners,' thirteen
miles every year."
" Chatterton—a Story of the Year 1770," although
almost worn threadbare, is invested with some new fea-
tures of interest. Horace Walpole's-correspondence with
the wondrous boy" is extremely characteristic ; and the
whole narrative arouses a sympathy which reminds us of
striking instances frequently occurring in our own day.
The notice on " Pendennis," and the continuation of
4' Maurice Tiernay," are well handled, and together with
the concluding articles, are well worthy of a place in so
excellent a periodical.

Deafness. .An Exposition of Original Views as to the
Nature, Causes, and Treatment of the Diseases of the

Ear. By James Yearsley, R.C. S. London : Churchill.

This is a highly-interesting and scientific treatise,
adapted for the perusal of the public as well as of the me-
dical profession. The results of a long period of study
and practice by the author are invaluable. He skews that
almost all uiseases of the ear originate in a morbid condi-
tion of the mucous membrane of the throat, nose, and
ear, which becomes affected from a variety of causes,
among which cold, scarlatina, and stomach derangements
stand preeminent. In this consists the originality of the
work. He strongly condemns indiscriminate syringing,
&c. Tl:e author holds that late hours are very prejudicial
to the hearing, owing to the exhaustion of the nervous
system. He mentions the fact of the extreme preva-
lence of impaired hearing among the members ,Of the
houses of Parliament, attributable, no doubt, in some
measure, to the late hours to which their sittings are pro-
longed during so many months of the year. It appears,
from his statistics, that housewives and domestic servants
are the classes mostly afflicted.

Meteorological Results, cleducedfrom Observations taken
at the Liverpool Observatory during five years, ending
31st _Dec. By John Hartnup, Esq., F.R.A.S.
We have much pleasure in noticing the publication of
the tables of the above results, which are extracted from
the proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society
for Liverpool.

The Orange and Blue Banner. Burton : Bradford.
This magazine continues to support its reputation by
its spirited, vigorous, and appropriate articles.

An Elementary Speaking French Grammar Exemplified.

By John Loth. London : Whittaker and Co.

So many grammars of the French language have been
published of late years—we may say months, that a man
must have no small degree of confidence to write another.
The present little work is the result of practical observa-
tion, and agrees with our notions of the best way of
acquiring a language. Three months is sufficient time for
any one of ordinary memory to become acquainted with
the principles of a modern language, and the acquisition
of some of the most useful words and idioms. The com-
mittal to memory of a necessary stock of words for
writing with facility, and speaking with fluency, is, of
course, a work of time, the length of which is dependent
upon the strength of the pupil's memory. We feel no
hesitation in recommending the work.

Fraser's .31a9azine. London : J. W. Parker and Son.
August, 1851.

Fraser is uncommonly rich this month. The article
" Memorabilia of the Exhibition Season" is a highly
graphic piece of writing, and abounds with wit, and
humour, and descriptive felicity. What can be more
strikingly delineative than