, 1872-11-17

, tions Of "Dr. Livingstone" ". R. s. Ra1sto
|; tells some New Tales from the Morse" .sEif
Education, ~ by Thomas Wright Qhe "Journe,
man Engineer y, is an ettack upon the preseH
! educational system Of Great Britain, and pre
sents scheme Of what education for the worl
} lng-peop1e ought to be.
u Gambetta, the recital by an ex-secratarv, IN
; der the title, " Six Months Of Prefecture Unde
Gambetta," Of Gambetta's conduct in the de
fence OF France, will be of interest as shown
Gambettas great executive ability and patriot
slngleness Of purpose.
TINsLEYs',
1Snszeys' Magazine is mainly filed with fiction
more inano than i 4 Pair Of Blue Eyes." !
would be difficult to find. "Diana Temple" ii
concluded. and Mr. Farjeon continues ''Londont
deatt. Ihere 1s an essay son Growing Old,
written for those who are young. It concludes
with these remarkable words:
some time is still before us that we may show how
we have profited BY the experiences Of TIE past Lei
from US, that, whether We 60 down to an honorable
grave In hoar hairs, be suddenly called hence we
{fs<; may receive the glad word swell dono good and
Charles Mathews article on sheridans
Critic" in which he defends the practice on
the part of actors of introducing gags" or re-
marks of their own, in their parts, has already
been noticed in our columns. We give an inter-
esting extract:
It is possible for to obtain favor with the pub
lie by merely attending to the mechanical portion Of
the profession, without any e1eron Of his intellect
beyond committing his words to memory, and speak.
ing to his cues ut the right moment and With the
proper emphasis will give one remarkable illusra-
Nv When b Doagiss 5errods play of the "Bubbles Of
Day" YVES produced at Coyent Garden Theatre there
was long-czpeEienced actor, standing exceedingly
f1xr1 he
not mention his name, though, as he has long passed
away, might perhaps do so without un1indness1,
met with unqualified success with the
audience audience, vas : prominent ;feature IN The
ess By de dpasfS assor bz Il saa
fecty embodied his conception After the play had
run @ tor sone 9 ten or fifteen nights hs to
MS: OF the piece for short dme "Certain1y," said
"but what do you wapti for3" "Why," said he.
haven't the slightest idea what It Is aboa Or who % Or
what am in it." - ~
he had literally played his part admirably for many
and the author and he had even had the curl
9 os,ty ., to inquire la tn what way he vas mixed
able to fu all the Tequirements Of the character as-
sened to him without the least idea of what he was do
Ing, or OF the person whom he represented.
IA Tomb by the Sea - is the story of Sir John
Mores death. a racy sketch OF Sicilian Life ia
given IN :. From Pimlico to Palermo;" and the
number closes with "sybil Ashton, "a long eto-
Classics.'
TEMPLE BAR.
Temple Bar has caustic article on "Cowper
as a satirist," in which that gifted hypochon-
dr1ne, who WAS SO popular when our maiden
aunts read poetry, is severely handled and highly
praised; The notion that he brought Engliah
poetry back to truth and nature is pronounced
ignorant and shallow rubbish. It Was the time
y production Of that laughab1e poem, "John
Glpln." that revived public interest.
The Progress Of Error" " Truth" Tab1e-Talk,"
and "E1oostulaton," !" had already been published,
and, as the professional critics thought damned
their OPINION or ut least their verdict being, that ali
four we're no better than dull sermon, and displayed
When John Gpa appeared in il he I P5;ts M s 1does
ser, they took notice Of it whatever but when an
m Sa hsa id s I Of The hs
chorus Of admiration and 1acqueynke, bowed with !.
servle adulation before the very person who before
ored to exclude"
Another cause OF his succees Was the marked
religious cast of his writings and 3 third is
bis persistent cultivation Of commonplace, and
. fitness to be everybody's companion.
ac other English writer in the excellence Of his
work:
It is only lack Of subjects that prevents Cowpera
the foies and vices Of mankind ONLY in BOOK
md by imagination, and the consequence is that his
atre is, IS rule too general and sweeping Yet tits
ul1 Of power:
But when country-ons that could name
In prostitution sinks the sense Of shame;
When infamous yenality, grown bold,
Writes on his bosom, sIo be let or 8oLd.s
When perjury, that acknowledging vice,
Sells oaths By tale, and at the lowest prizes
stamps Gods own name upon lie Just u1ade.
to turn penny in the way Of trade"
In fact, parson OF sattrist behold the alter
atiye roles marked out by Nature for Cowper. He
ad not sufficient fancy or imagination to furnish forth
g Bus hs aus Hh9 op ea1d
It: Not that great sat1ist need be without fancy
illness Pope:. or without imagination,-witness
lem. The fine "ode on Boadicea, and the "IInes :
the Loss Of the Royal George, perhapa Cowpers
e1ses to his cousin, whom he was not allowed to
aarry, lead almost conciustvey to think the tor
eaius Could be have but lived nth IN the Mord, apd 1e
lined hts moral earnestness, he would doubtless haya
cen our Engliah Juvelal-
Edwin James gives the first part Of IA
seminlscence of tha American Bar,"-a defence |
Or murder. {
"Behold, It Was Dream l"is story of mur- .
er pretold BY dream
Postal Universities' unfo1ds novel and
1mlfable plan Tor systematic instruction in | =
which, like those of Australia or J
1e Far West, are 80 scattered that attendance at
ny central point. or for any certain time for |
10 ordinary collegiate training, is impossible E
we ma l0at even In q thicklg populated CQuutry .
ere exist classes to whom such System has already
ored Of value this manifest in the success Of the
stem Of Instruction BY Correspondence" already
wesk - At cambridge and oheE places chiefly for
says published under the sanction Of the National
MON Tor Improving the Education of Women. t
iss shirred we'll describes the benefits Of this | #
stem as means Of prolonging the period Of educa- \
n n from childhood or early youth to womanhood: I
lney propose to prevent the hand, those who -
We learnt but little from losing that little, to put
EN- IN the way Of increasing their store and fitting p
emseVes for better enaployments than women have u
en- able to undertake hitherto; and the other to u
cure to the large class OF girls whom no necessary th
'or awaits after schooays over from wasting g.
idleness and frvoty the best years Of ther Of
e. The system Of Construction BY Cor =.
'pondence" as carried at Cambridge resolves it. Of
into three main headB Advice and direction as to o.
ut books to read what sudies to putsue papers Of f
estons set in such subjects from time to time and vi
answers looked and returned to their authors
Ii comments upon them; and, lastly golu- hi
ns of any difficulties met with BY tn
student are carefully given.
centre Of the system wou1d be board OF adyis- IN
and teachers Of tried fame in their special lines; ",
such men are happily to be found in the various ~
onies attached to the nverses OF the larger cap
e. The evident course Of procedure for would-be &c
dents them, it were to matrculafa mr. an ia