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Like many an intelligent man of his class
and calling, our friend the Doctor is brimfull of
pleasing anecdote, which, by a felicity of adap-
tation, he contrives to render always apposite and
always welcome. In point of fact, we should in-
variably feel sorry at the conclusion of one anec-
ge not certain that another equally
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laughter as biense'ance would permit ; and some of them,
no doubt, " exclaimed mentally," as well-bred people do in
novels, that there was a royal English girl, who had most
unquestionably a heart and a will of her own—and may
God bless both T. .

From the quotations given it will be readily
apparent that Dr. Doran's book is replete with
readable matter, is well considered in its illus-
trative tableaux, and is a mine of wealth to the
social and literary gossip, while the train of
reflection suggested in its pages is at once whole-
some and invigorating.

Pulmonary Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma,
Chronic Cough, and various Diseases of the
Lungs and Air Passages, successfully treated
by Medicated Inhalations. By Alfred B.
Maddock. M.D. London : Simpkin, Marshall,
and Co.

Of the work before us it might be sufficient to
state that, having reached its fifth edition, its
extensive popularity has been so far demonstrated
and established as to be beyond the reach of
damage or benefit from praise or blame bestowed
on it. Claiming, however, as it does, the earnest
desire to both alleviate and cure the most fatal of
maladies, by which our country is scourged, it
_is

entitled to some further consideration at our hands.
The author's object is to urge the value of one
mode of treatment, that of inhaling medicated
vapours, in combination with other therapeutic
agencies, as a means of arresting the ravages of
consumption. His earnestness of manner tells
much in favour of his recommendation, showing,
as it does, that he is himself a thorough convert to
his faith. His observations are practical and
simple, and they are generally characterised by
clearness of apprehension and soundness of judg-
ment. The value of his particular remedy we
leave to be determined by his professional brethren,
and shall do so by simply observing that an
extended experience of its importance has only
tended to confirm Dr. Maddock more and more
fully in his conviction of its utility. In a chapter
devoted to " The Causes of Diseases of the Chest,
and the Means of their Prevention," we find the
following

OBSERVATIONS ON DRESS.

Clothing has great influence in creating a predisposition
to diseases of the respiratory organs, and ought to be
regulated according to the temperature and the season of
the year. In this variable climate, at all times, flannel
should be worn next the skin ; which keeps the surface
of the body warm, and prevents the pores of the skin
being clogged up by the absorption of the oleaginous' and
aqueous secretions which are constantly exuding from the
body. In some persons, flannel produces too copious a
perspiration ; in such cases, merino or elastic cotton may
be advantageously substituted. But while guarding our-
selves against the impressions of a variable temperature,
we must be equally careful not to fall into the opposite
extreme of employing an undue quantity of clothing,
which, by retaining too much heat, inordinately stimu-
lates the nerves of the skin, and consequently the internal
organs become disordered by being thus deprived of their
natural nervous energy, and of the power of performing
their healthy functions. The same remarks are equally
applicable to overheated rooms, and to warm, soft beds,
which, however comfortable they may be to our feelings,
relax and weaken the frame, and render the lungs and
air-passages much more susceptible of injurious impres-
sions from without.

When we thus find an author judicious, tempe-
rate, and intelligent on subjects with which we are
to some extent familiar, we naturally place a higher
degree of confidence in those strictures which he
makes upon matters beyond our sphere of know-
ledge, and in this point of view Dr. Maddock
places himself prominently and favourably before
the general public. He writes like a man of sense,
and enforces his arguments as if he believed in their
truth, and was merely desirous of having that truth
established.

The Poetical Works of William Shenstone. With
Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory

Edin-

Notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan
burgh : James Nichol.
The volume now before us, forming the eleventh
of the interesting series of Nichol's Library Edition
of the British Poets, contains the poetical labours
of William Shenstone, who long occupied a conspi-
cuous as well as an honourable place among those
poets who, from the peculiar construction of their
poems rather than from the subjects of them, were
denominated "pastoral poets." Like its predeces-
sors in the series, the volume opens with a brief
memoir, which concludes with an equally brief
critical dissertation on the practical merits of the
author. Mr. Gilfillan thus sharply sums up

SHENSTONE'S POETICAL CLAIMS

After all, Shenstoue, although possessed of great accom-
plishments, much true talent, and a distinct, although
narrow vein of poetic genius, has done little. His life
was uneasy, uncertain, and in a great degree useless. He
never understood, and therefore never did his work, as a
man. He first found, and then forgot and abandoned the
sole path as a poet, which his genius was qualified profit-
ably to pursae. Yet his memory shall always survive, as
the sweet singer of the two simple strains we have
been just panegyrising, (" The Schoolmistress" and "The
Pastoral Ballad.") And then there is his great little work,
—the Leasowes ; but, alas ! of it, only the ruins remain,
and while they preserve the recollection, they also preach
the lesson of the weakness of this honest, but indolent
man—this true, but self-stunted poet.

These observations, although to some ears they
may sound harsh, are, in reality, a vigorous indica-
tion of the character and quality of Shenstone's
works. His poetical writings are often adorned
by great natural tenderness of sentiment, but that
is sadly marred by a strained conventionalism of
manner and affected singularity of language, de-
fects which he cultivated with considerable assi-
duity, and unfortunately with great success.

Orr's Circle of the Sciences ; Part X. London

and Liverpool : W. S. Orr and Co

The tenth monthly part of this elegantly-elabo-
rated series of scientific treatises is before us, and
by its beauty of typography and illustration, com-
bined with its intrinsic excellence, it fully sustains
the high character it set out by aiming at. In
the present part, the volume devoted to the
mathematical series, viz., simple arithmetic, alge-
bra, and the elements of Euclid ; together with
the science of planes, spherical trigonometry, series,
logarithms and mensuration; and also Practical Geo-
metry is brought to a close, and furnished with title-
page and index, while other portions of the general
series are carried forward.

WARTED to know the exact length of the rope used
when a man is tied to time.

" Union is not always strength," as Sir Charles Napier
observed when he saw the purser mixing his rum and

THE CRIMEA AND THE WELSH FIISILIERS.-Thirty
centuries since the Crimea was the hunting-ground of the
Cimmerioi, a people who, on the invasion of the country
by the Scythians, fought a desperate battle among them-
selves on the question of resistance or non-resistance ; and
their having very probably become hors de combat.
abandoned the land to the invaders. This circumstance in
itself seems sufficient to identify the Cimmerioi with the
Celtm, whose valour was so often and so fatally expended
on internal quarrels. This was ever the great error of the
Cymry, or Welsh, who thus appeared to be one in name
and manners with the ancient Cimmerioi. The traditions

of the Cymry point to the Gwlad yr Haf (Summer Land)
or the Crimea, as their original home, and that they
emigrated under their leader Hn Gardarn, seeking a land

where they could dwell in peace. This evideutlialludes
to the Gwald yr Haf having become the scene of war and
bloodshed ; and their wanderings are stated to have con-
tinued until their arrival in the Island of Britain. After
the revolution of ages a mighty expedition has sailed from
Britain and landed in the Crimea; and in that expedition
some of the descendants of the Cimmerioi have returned to
their manz-wald (mother-land), where many of them, with
that "heroic gallantry" which had conquered on number-
less field of fame, have fought and died, and been covered
with earth among the barrows of their " old fathers."—
Notes and Queries.

ASSYRIAN EXCANA.TION.—A private letter from Mr.
W. K. Loftus, dated Mosul, Aug. 22, 1864, says r--" You
will be pleased to learn that I have at length been success-
ful at Nineveh. Within the last fortnight I have struck
upon a palace, or part of a palace, twenty feet below the
level of any yet discovered. High up among the rubbish
are beautiful fragments from the north and latest palace
which was supposed to contain the perfection of Assyrian
sculpture. You may conceive my satisfaction when I tell
you that they can bear no comparison with these just
disentombed. The figures are in high relief, and have
less of conventionality than usual. The designs are full
In I of vigour and spirit, the execution is admirable, and the

minuteness of the details almost requires a microscope.
We are still following along one side of a chamber. The
slabs are divided into three compartments, of which the
two upper bear the representation of various scenes of
royal lion hunting. The king is seen shooting his royal
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THE WAR.

TIIE
ATTACK ON BALAKLAVA.

Last week we were enabled to lay before our readers
the official despatches, in which the military outline of the
battle, its result, and the casualties on it were related ; we
now present an account of the action and its events and
daring combats, as these have been described by the less-
restrained pens of those who were eye-witnesses of the
sanguinary conflict. Among the various accounts which
have been given, that furnished by the correspondent of
the Times is conspicuous for its graphic breadth of deli-
neation and minute elaboration of incident. He com-
mences his narrative by saying, " October 25.—1 f the
exhibition of the most brilliant valour, of the excess of
courage, and of a daring which would have reflected lustre
on the best days of chivalry, can afford consolation for the
disaster of to-day, we can have no reason to regret the
melancholy loss which we sustained in a contest with a
savage and barbarian enemy." He then adverts to the
existence of rumours which had conveyed an implied
censure, as it was understood by the troops, on the cou-
rage of the cavalry, to the effect that golden opportunities
of gaining distinction had been lost by them, particularly
after the battle of the Alma. The utter baselessness of
such rumours was no antidote to their sting; and officers
and men alike burned with the desire to wipe out such a
stain, however unjust and unfounded it might be. Having
given an elaborately detailed account of the positions of
the two armies in the immediate vicinity of the scene of
action, he_ proceeds : _ _ . . .

" Our lines were formed by natural mountain slopes in
the rear, along which the French had made very formidable
entrenchments. Below those entrenchments, and very
nearly in a right line across the valley beneath, are four
conical hillocks, one rising above the other as they recede;
the farthest, which joins the chain of mountains opposite to
our ridges, being named Canrobert's-hill, from the meeting
there of that General with Lord• Raglan after the march
to Balaklava. On the top of each of these hills the Turks
had thrown up earthen redoubts, defended by MO men
each, and armed with two or three guns—some heavy
ship guns—lent by us to them, with one artilleryman in
each redoubt to look after them. These hills cross the
valley of Balaklava at the distance of about two-and-a-half
miles from the town. Immediately below were the valley
and plain of coarse meadow land, occupied' by our cavalry
tents, and stretching from the base of the ridge to the•
foot of the formidable heights at the other side. French
trenches lined with Zouaves a few feet beneath, and, orr
the slope of the hill, a Turkish redoubt lower down, then
another in the valley, then in a line with it some angular
earthworks, then, in succession, other two redoubts up to
Canrobert's-hill. At the distance of two or two-and-a-half
miles across the valley there is an abrupt rocky mountain
range, covered with scanty brushwood here and there, or
rising into barren pinnacles and plateaux of rock. The
camp of the Marines, pitched on the hill sides more than
one thousand feet above the level of the sea, are opposite
as your back is turned to Sebastopol and your right side
towards Balaklava. Oh the road leading up the valley,
close to the entrance of the town and beneath theselills,
is the encampment of the 93rd Highlanders.
" At seven o'clock this morning an orderly came gallop•
ing in to the head-quarters camp from Balaklava, with the
news that at dawn a strong corps of Russian horse; sup.
ported by guns and battalions of infantry, had marched.
into the valley, and had already dispossessed the Turks of
the redoubt No. 1 (that on C'anrobert's-hill, farthest from.
our lines), and that they were opening fire on the redoubts
Nos. 2; 3, and 4, which would speedily be in their hand
unless the Turks offered a stouter resistance than they
had done already.

" Orders were despatched to Sir George Cathcart and to-
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge to put their
respective divisions, the fourth and the first, into motion
for the scene of action, and intelligence of the advance of
the Russians was also furnished, to General Canrobert.
Immediately on receipt of the. news, the General com-
manded General Bosquet to get-the third division under
arms, and sent a strong body or artillery and some 200
Chasseurs d'Afrique to :assist us in holding the valley.
Sir Colin Campbell, who was- in•command of Balaklava,
had drawn up the 93rd Highlanders a little in front of the
road to the town, at the first news- of the advance of the
enemy. The Marines on the- heights got under arms ;
the seamen's batteries and marines' batteries, on the
heights close to the town, were manned, and the French
artillerymen and the Zouaves prepared for action along
their lines. Lord Lucan's little. camp was the scene of
great excitement. The men had not- had time to water
their horses ; they had not broke- their fast from the
evening of the day before, and had' hardy saddled at the
first blast of the trumpet, when they were drawn up on
the slope- behind the redoubts in front of their camp to
operate on the enemy's squadrons. IV was soon evident
that no reliance was to be placed'on the. Turkish infantry
or artillerymen.

" Soon after eight Lord Raglan anctliii staff turned out
and cantered towards the rear of our position. The boom-
ing of artillery, the spattering roll of musketry, were
heard rising from the valley, drowning the roar of the
siege guns in front before Sebastopol: General Bosquet
followed, with his staff and a small escort of Hussars, at a
gallop. Faint white clouds rose here•and there above the
hill from the cannonade below.

"Looking to the left, towards the gorge, we beheld six
compact masses of Russian infantry, which had just
debouched from the mountain passes near the Tchernaya,
and were slowly advancing with solemn stateliness up the
vall. Immediately in their front was a regular line of
artillery, of at least twenty pieces strong. The batteries
of light guns were already a mile in advance of them, and
were playing with energy on the redoubts, from which
feeble puffs of smoke came at long intervals. Behind these
guns, in front of the infantry, were- enormous bodies of
cavalry. They were in six compact squares, three on each
flank, moving down en echelon towards us, and the valley
was lit up with the blaze of their sabres and lance points
and gay accoutrements. In their front, and extending
along the intervals between each bbttery of gams, were
clouds of mounted skirmishers wheeling and whirling in
the front of their march like autumn leaves tossed by the
wind. Just as the Russians had carried No.l redoubt, the
farthest and most elevated of all, their horsemen chased
the Turks across the interval which lay betwen it and
redoubt No. 2. At that moment the cavalry under Lord
Lucan were formed in glittering masses ; the Light Bri-
gade, under Lord Cardigan, in advance ; the Heavy Bri-
gade, under Brigadier-General Scarlett, in reserve. They
were drawn up just in front of their encampment, and
were concealed from the view of the enemy by a slight
' wave' in the plain. Considerably to the rear of their right,
the 93rd Highlanders were drawn up in a line, in front of
the approach to Balaklava. Meantime the enemy advanced
his cavalry rapidly. The Turks in redoubt No. 2 ran in
scattered groups across towards redoubt No. 3, and towards
Balaklava, but the horse-hoof of the Cossack was too quick
for them, and sword and lance were busily plied among
the retreating herd. As the Lancers and Light Cavalry
of the Russians advanced they gathered up their skir-
mishers with great speed and in excellent order—the shift-
ing trails of men, contracted, gathered up, and the little
peloton in a few moments- became a solid column. Then
up came their guns, in. rushed their gunners to the
abandoned redoubt, and the guns of No. 2 redoubt soon
played with deadly effect upon the dispirited defenders of
No. 3 redoubt. Two or three shots in return from the
earthworks, and all is. silent. The Turks swarm over - the
earthworks, and run in confusion towards the town, firing
their muskets at the enemy as they run. Again the solid
column of cavalry opens like a fan, and resolves itself into
a 'long spray' of skirmishers. It laps the- flying Turks,
and steel flashes in the air, and down go the poor Moslem
quivering on the• plain, split through fez and musket-
guard to the chin. and breast-belt. The Turks betake
themselves towards the Highlanders, where they check
their flight and form into companies placed on the flanks of
the Highlanders. As the Russian cavalry on the left of their
line crown the• hill, across the valley they perceive the.
Highlanders. drawn up at the distance• of some half mile,
calmly waiting their approach. They halt, and squadron
after squadron flies up from the rear, till they have a body
of some 1,500 men along the ridge—Lancers, and Dra-.
goons, and Hussars. Then they move en echelon in two.
bodies, with another in reserve. The cavalry who have-
been pursuing the Turks on the right, are coming up to
the ridge- beneath us, which conceals our cavalry from
view. The Heavy Brigade in advance is drawn up in two
columns. The first column consists of the Scots Greys
and of their old companions in glory, the Enniskillens ;
the second, of the Fourth Royal Irish, of the Fifth Dra-
goon Guards, and of the First Royal Dragoons. The
Light Cavalry Brigade is on their left in two divisions
also. The silence is oppressive : between the cannon-bursts
one can hear the champing of bits and the clink of sabres
in the valley below. The Russians on their left drew

breath for a moment, and then in one grand line dashed 'at
the Highlanders. The ground flies beneath their horses'
feet—gathering speed at every stride they dash on towards
that thin red streak topped with a line of steel. The
Turks fire a volley at 800 yards, and run. As the Rus-
sians come within 600 yards, down goes that line of steel

in front, and out rings a rolling volley of Mini 4 musketry.
The distance is too great. The Russians are not checked.
but still sweep onwards with the whole force of horse and
man, through the smoke, here and there knocked over by
the shot of our batteries above. With breathless sus-
pense every one awaits the bursting of the wave upon the
line of Gaelic rock ; but ere they came within 150 yards

another deadly volley flashes from the levelled rifle, and
carries death and terror into the Russians. They wheel
about, open files right and left, and fly back faster than
they came. 'Bravo, Highlanders! well done,' shouted

,
the excited spectators ; but events thicken. The High-
landers and their splendid front are soon forgotten ; men
scarcely have a moment to think of this fact that the 93d
never altered their formation to receive that tide of
horsemen. ' No,' said Sir Colin Campbell, 'I did not
think it worth while to form them even four deep !' The

ordinary British line, two deep, was quite sufficient to
repel the attack of these Muscovite chevaliers. Our eyes
were, however, turned in a moment on our own cavalry
We saw Brigadier-General Scarlett ride along

n front of

his massive squadrons. The Russians—evidently corps
d'elite—their light blue jackets embroidered with silver
lace, were advancing on the left, at an easy gallop, towards
the brow of the hill. A forest of lances glistened in their
rear, and several squadrons of grey-coated dragoons
moved up quickly to support them as they reached the
The instant they came in sight the trumpets of
Lry gave out the warning blast which told that in
moment we would see the shock of battle 1
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