The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-10-28
THE LONDON QUARTERLY RE
VIEW

For July, 1875, just issued by the Leonard Scott
Publishing Co, Al Barclay street, New York, con-
tains as follows
1. The first Stewart in England-Von
Rankle, Pattison, SPEEDING, Gardi'
ner.
II. Jamaica.
III. Virgil in the Middle Ages.
~. Ballooning and Voyages in the Air.
V. The Theatre Francas.'
VII. Memoirs of Countde Segur-More about
Napoleon.
VIII. Tennyson's Queen Mary,
XI, Church Law and Church Prospects.
This number of the Quarterly RevieO opens with
a historical sketch of England under the first
James, taking for Its guide some works of recent
date, which differ in the view they take Of that PEE
riod from those of Macaulay and other well.re'
known historians.
The account of Jamaica gives vision of charm.
ing country The beauty of the scenery, man.
ners and customs of the people, products and re-
sources, are all described in glowing terms, and
the actual condition and prospects of this in.
teresting island are portrayed bya skilled hand
Virgil in the Middle ages" The book here re-
viewed is in two coumes the first of which is de.
voted to an explanation of fVirgilsreputation as a
writer from the publication of the 1Eneid to the
twelfth century, and the second, to the Virgilian
Legends. The reasons for the selection of Virgil
as Dantes Guide occupy considerable portion of
this essay.
A very interesting paper is devoted to history
of aerial locomotion, including description of q
balloon and its necessary appurtenances, an ac-
count of the balloon post established at Paris dur
ing the late war and of various attempts to make
dirgible balloons. "The possibility of construct
ing, on principles analogous TO those of aquatic
navigation, a buoyant Rriaf screw-ship which
shall have form of small resistance, which shall
be stable and easy to manage, and which shall
obey her rudder, has been fully established
The Theatre Francois is considered model Of
dramatic perfection among the theatres of Eu
rope" 1t had is origin in 80, under the patron
age of Louis XIV, and we have here little his
tory of It's growth, and sketches of some of the
celebrates who have from time to time, graced
its boards
We have looked upon Falcony as a thing of the
past-belonging to ages oftournaments and tennis
courts, but the article on Falcony in the British
Isles tells ofmodern falconers and of favored spots
in Great Britain where the amusement is still
practsed
The Memoirs of Count dc Segur places the per.
sonal qualities of Napoleon Tin a lightwhich con
trastsstrongy and pleasingly with our preconceiv-
ed impression of the intense, concentrated, all
prevailing egotism of his character" The review
is filled with anecdotes and quotations,
Of Tennysons "Queen Mary" the notice is fa-
vorable. Itgives the plot and many of the more
marked passages and considers the work fgreat-
er literary than dramatic interest.
The periodicals reprinted by the Leonard Scott
Publishing Co.. Al Barclay street. N. Y. are as fol-
lows
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woods Magazine Price, year for any one, or
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