The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-06

Benthams unrelenting hostility to what he
called judge-made law and lawyers which re-
suited IN the great changes we are all prOhting
by, grew out of a little incident which occurred
In the very first case he ever undertook; and he
never meddled with another. 'All reports we're
IN manuscript then" said he. son particular
occasion was applied to in n matter of conse-
quence. gave legal opinion, which turned
out not to be law at the time, though not long
before IL was law; the law having been changed
by judicial decisions, without my knowledge or
consent / refused TO give any opinion after
this. The case was then put into the hands of
Lord Kenyon, who also gave an opinion. Host;
he gained He could make nothing of 1t, and
was paid for proving as much, at the partys
cost acknowledged at once that could make
nothing of 1t, and suffered byproving the where
FORE my own cost"
From the same house we have received
''Mopsa, the Fairy" by Jean Ingelow Miss
Ingelow is scarcely the successor of Miss
Browning as some of her admirers would
make her out to be, but she is poet Of rare
delicacy and fine perceptions. The ''High
Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire" is GER
tainly the finest poem of its class that has
been produced for many day, and some of
Miss Ingelow's minor efforts are equally ex-
cellent Independently of her merits as a
poet, Miss Ingelow is one of the few authors
who understand the very fine art of writing
for children. The 'iStories told to a
Child" are models of their kind,
and like all good literature, they
cannot fail to have refining influence.
They are simple enough to be understood by
those for whom they are especially intended,
but the genuine poetical spirit that pervades
them makes them fascinating to readers of
all ages; and this is the surest test of excel
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of literature. "Mopsa the Fairy" is a
genuine fairy story, in Miss Ingelow's best
vein, and it is book that, unlike many won
derful romances of the nursery, will not be
likely to pail upon the taste, but will be read
again and again with pleasure. Miss Ingelow's
stories are pervaded by fine religious tone,
but she avoids the error which so many
writers for young people commit, and while
her moral is sufficiently apparent, it is not OBJ
trusively thrust forward.
From j. b. Lippincott & Co. we have
received ''Uncle Johns Flower Gatherers, "
by Jane Jay Fuller, in which the study of
botany is made the subject of lively and en-
tertaining narrative, that ought to assist in
popularizing this delightful science; and
| ''Phiip Brantley's Life Hook, and How he
Found 1t, religious story for young people.
os -''The History of the American Stage" is
the title of work in press and to be pub
lished by Dick & Fitzgerald late in August
| The author Colonel Il. Allston Brown has
been engaged fifteen years compiling the
work. 1t will consist of brief biographies of
every lady and gentleman of note that
has appeared on the American stage
from ,1733 to 1869. It will be illus
trated with portraits of one hundred of
the principal members of the professions
will be printed on fine white paper, hand
somely bound, and it is thought that the re-
tail price will not exceed So. Such a work
will be Invaluable for reference, and nothing
in SO complete form has ever before been
attempted in this country.