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tn, 1opdon) Quarterly and The Edinburgh reviews
for October which have recently been repuDhsheu' c
tain their usual variety Of interesting matter eo'nps
Ing several Of the important questions OF
tie day which with Intelligence ana aoii-
ty and for the most part with GOOD zeal OF popui
interest. The Quarterly uas critical paper on
poet and man, an essay Oh the Rise oI 'ne Aou'''
British Empire" lively sketch OF the process oi
Elephant Catching" and articles ON "Pe'rarcn An.
cient Cyprus" 1.-THE Life and Character OF NJ liners
"The Lancashire Cotton Strike" is tho Churcn OF
England Protestant and 1.-THE Revival OF Iurhey'
The article on Dryden is admirable Biographical es
saw written with great completeness OF statement anu
IN the spirit Of aeeonate appreciation of the genius Oh
the immora poe After speaking at length OF seVerdl
of the pieces the collected edition OF MS WORKS. INC
writer concludes follows: 1--WE would Willingly lhgef
over the other pieces comprised in this deShu GUILTY.
ton; over prose preface easy so gaceiu 50 c
win the mature harvest OF long life of study and re-
Election; over the exquisite beauty OF the verses 10 the
Duchess Of OrmOnd; over that lyrlcai masterpiece
which Scott, Byron aud Macaulay nave pro
nounced the nOblest Ode IN our lhnRudse' WHY"
Votaire preferred 20 the whole OF Pndar, ana "hch
avian now stands unrvaed for varied, rapid, masculine
melody: over that Epistle which the old poet laDOTed
with such care aud which he prOnouncedt to Dc one Vi
the Of his later compositions; over the Vehera"F
portrait for which safe the sanity Ken ana whlch lur
nshed Goldsmith model for his napplest deihc"-
In the article Petrarch the great Italian poets
treated with reference his services as the pioneer OF
reor rather than his eminent position IN the wOru
of letters 1.-THE position of Perarch in the history
of modern culture has recently been better UNDERSTOOD
owing TO a renewed and careful examination OF his
Latin works in prose and verse. Not very long ago he
lived upon the lips all educated people as the lover OF
Laura the poet OF the CanzOriere the hermit OF Vau
cluse the founder of school Of sentimental sOnneeers
called Perarchist. This fame OF ltays hrst yr1st SUN
belongs TO Petrarch and remains perhaps his highest
title TO immortality. seeing that the work OF the ARTIST
outliyes the memory of the services rendered 10 cVz
ton by the pioneer of learning Yet now know that
Prtrarchs poetry exhausted but small portion Vi he
intellectual energy, and was included in avaster anu
far more universally important lfetask what he ola
for the modern world was not merely TO hequed'h
to his Italian imitatOrs masterpieces OF yrical
art unriyaed for perfection Of workmanship
but to open out for Europe new sphere OF mentdl
activity. Petrarch is the founder of Humanism the
man of genius who standing within the threshold OF the
middle ages surveyed the kingdom of the modern spirit
and by his own inexhaustble industry in the field OF
study determined the of the Renaissance He not
only OWNED but to speak, created an ideal OF culture
essentially different from that Inch satisfied the me0ia
val world. BY bringing the men OF his own generation
once more into sympathetic relation with antiquity he
gave decisive impulse TO that great European move
ment which restored freedom selfconsciOusness and
the faculty of progress to the human intellect. To
assert that without Petrarch this new direction could
not taken by the nations at the close OF the
middle ages would be hazardous. The warm reception
which he met with in bis lifetime and the extraordinary
activity OF his immediate prove that the age
itself was ripe a momentOus change. Iett IS none
the less certain that Peraroh did actually stamp his
spirit on the time and that the Renaissance continual
to De what first made it, He was In fact the Hero OF
the humaDstic struggle; and farreachlDg were the
interests controlled by him in this his world
historical capacity, that his achievement as an
Italian lyrist seems by comparison inslgnlncan'''
The estimate Of NJ Theirs whose literary and p0tcal
career Is traced down the year 1872 aims at rigid
impartaity aud certainly does not err on the side OF
excessive commentator of the distinguished author and
statesman. We hardly know OF a pubic character"
says the writer ancient or modern, which u is more
difficult up or judge. He can hardly be called
great although Q influence be test OF greatness)
man cannot from it, when he paves the way for
an Empire or consOidaes Republic; when the pulse
of great Nation hrObs at his touch when moment
Gus crisis-with peace order and liberty at sake-hs
name is sounded through the whole length and breadth
Of his native land raying and his voice Is lis
tened like revelation 1t comes charged with wise
counsel and solemn warning from the tomb But, con-
sderng his marvellous intelligence his range, versa
tity and elasticity OF miud his sway over popular as
sembes genius for the conduct Of affairs his power
Of rising emergencies and above ALL the amount OF
thought and action he originated or impeled we do not
hesitate TO declare him. with all his faults and errors
the most brilliant and distinguished of the illustrious
band of writer's and statesmen whom France OF
the nineteenth century has produced"
The Edinburgh contains articles The Copyright
Commission" Recent Explorations in Palestine" Sir
Henry Taylors Works" The Correspondence of NJ de
Bazac aud other papers chiefly OF interest to the stu
dent OF British political history One Of the most vslu-
able articles the number is that the Copyright
Commission giving full details of the recent action OF
the Board OF Trade the subject with abstracts Of
the evidence furnished the Commission by Professor
Huxley Herbert Spencer, and others, presenting mass
OF information equally important to English and Amer
lean writers publishers and purchasers Of books The
paper on Sir Henry Taylor does ample justice to the
mastery gifts that iappreciated writer and that
Balzae the curious anthesis between the pri
vate character and conditions and the literary creations
OF the great novelist.
ART IN THE HOUSE. BY JACOB Won FALEE TRANSLATED
from the Third German edition. Edited, with Notes, by
CHARLES c. PERKINS NJ. A. 4to PIP. 355BoSton; L.
PIang 4 Co.
The purpOse of this richly illustrated volume is
TO present series of studies the decoration and fur
nishing OF the dwelling considered from critical,
thetc historical point of view II consists mainly OF
lectures delivered at the Austrian Museum OF Art and In
dustry treating the subject especially in its prac
teal relations, showing the conditions of beauty and
charm In the appointments OF the house. and furnishing
instructive guide the PRINCIPLES OF decoration har
mony, and comfort within the four walls Of the family
dwelling. In the arrangement OF his materials
the author first presents historical sketch Of
the Greek and Roman houses, of the medieval
house. and OF the houses Of the sixteenth, seven
teenth and eighteenth cenures next follows a crt
cal discussion Of the essential parts OF the house