, 1866-11-07

hc ping The ria media. His ne, book IL tn
treat OF thu ACTUAL state of Christianity"
lie clings still 10 temporal power OF the
Pope, and TO all those reactionary political
doctrines which governed his policy when in
e1licc. and which ended in tue revolution Of
1873.
The 1ah Lord Hcrbcrt-bctter known as
Sidnty flcrbert-laborca with his wife In
many works Of bcnevolence, and highly ap.
prceiatcd her zeal hut he seems to have
seen that the bent Of her mind was towards
authority in matters Of religious faith, and,
in his will. he provided that his son should
be trained in the doctrines Of the Church
of England, and that his estates should 70
only to Protestant heir. After
bis death, Lady Herbert went to
Rome, where she frequently met Arch
bishop Manning, who speedily obtained
considerable influence over her. 1t
Is said tha: on one occasion she remarked to
her chaplain, "Do not leare me alone with
Or. Manning. If have to listen long to him
unsupported, know l shall enter Ills
church." As It happened, the chaplain was
sent for from England, and during his ab-
scnce her Ladyship'e conversion to Roman
ism was completed. The son-quito q lad
is educated in Church Of England views, but
ofeourse no will could prevent him from co-
ing to Rome after he is OF age and has en-
tered into possession Of the estates. Her
;Ladyship has two works in the press one
entitled impressions Of SPAIN" and the
otltr called "Thrce Phases OF Christian
Love" The latter, It Is surmised, will con.
thin some references to her change of opin-
ions.
Besides these works there is the usual run
Of ec1mons-no less salable than ever
One Of the two survivors Of poor Bishop
Mackcnzie's clerical staff has written an &C.
count Of the Universities mission to East
Central Africa, from Its commencement to
its withdrawal from the Zambcsi-a sad rec
ord Of blunders, for which Dr., Livingstone
Is partly to blame.
The 'ndctatigable Gustavc Dorc has taken
Milton in hand and intends to il!ustrntc our
great poet In his peculiar sensational way.
Milton, in this volume, will be more fortu-
rate In the artist than in the editor, for d
more unsuitable selection than the Rev. Dr..
Robert Vaughan for such work, could
scarcely have been made. Milton, with him,
will be simply ''dIssenting" author. He
cannot rise to the greatness Of either the life
or the work.
MISCELLANEOUS.
lranslations Of Homer are ann1nls in Eng
land. ihe scotch Professor, Dr.. Rlacki3
has tried Ills hand at the niad, and In EapF
expensive volumes follows in the wake 6f
Pope and Cowper, and later Of Earl Derby.
Professor B'ackie has passionate admla.
tion for modern Greek, and is wont to u}se
that 1t be studied by all who would become
good Greek scholars; but he is singular in
this: tirgil's iEncid is handled by Profes-
sor harrington OF Oxford University, and be-
iorc tue year Is out few prentice hands'
VIII probably be inspired to similar tasks.
Among other books, notice that the little
French traveller, n. Du Chaillu,
nothing dauntcd by the skepticisn,
which his last book awakened,
Is ready with another. rccounting his late
visit to equatorial Africa. Mr.. PritchaEd,
the missionary consul who, in Louis Phil
lipe's time, nearly brought England and
Franco to war over Tahiti, is to give to the
world us rolynesian researches. Mr, Dal.
!as' revic" writer In the Times, and the
husband OF Miss Glyn the actress, is to sho1'
Us IN series OF essays, the true science OF
criticism, (which In his case, Ill.
| natufed iolk say, partly consists
IN Rnmne your friends, while
nppcat"e u 1csle" tncm Miss Lott, the