, 1881-02-19
Wa'lace's Island life-sn Addition 10 tho
Literature Of EyolMion-A Study
Of Shakespeare.
Cervantcs-Wtlat Girls Can Do-Appel"
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The Poetry Of As.
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neoeived-Litorary, Art, and
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LITERATURE.

TR7YT,ntl1f1G TIME H1f ffCTft0.
wnurn ,,,,ob,n tn scc o,,v enot, or s,,t1lcicnt
rensoms IN Mr. Anti,o;,v ;rrnllnn.,s two vol
,,ncs for chon.j,,', I'm ,rrnnrni nninlon of
t,Icrro oa n atutra,nu,,, o,ator, n,yocotr. nuJ
u,nu h,ihcr,n trlj bv tbosc win hay,. stu,l-
irJl tl,n rrcat Ro,uon's l1fc nufl writings. III
formlnr n futlr,nnnt of n mnu tl,o mn,, must
s,n,,d bv husnlf. hIa mnt,vra uro N bc as-
cortotna,1 frn,n lila nets n,u1 mn hforrarher
mi, tustifv tlo fautts nj h,s own lrrn l,y
r,ratlinp lin rrossrr rxcnsses nf otl,ers. Yet
ills ID nrerjsrlv what Mr.. Tro1loue u,tcmpts
IN tn. and willis ln shnys tint lin y1rt,tns nf
f,Iccro nny hnyo nt,tnn,n,crctl his vfccs md
fnlblcs. stlll In cIcuriy rcycnls tn ia n man
vnrttlnttnr md insInccre In public life. de-
jicient IN prudence ,Iccls.ot,. md fortitu,lc.
nnl animated Mt MI times nv I'M tnorllnato
VANITY uud s"lflsr tlcstra for nIlmirntion nul
oppjausc. Uu,loubtc,lly Cicero was The first
of Humans IN olon,,encr.. woutlnrf0lIy
irornrd untt shIIfu1 NJ mn ndyocotc, endowed
viii rreat nnt,,ral ctfts, md tteserycdly l,on.
orcd by his countrymen with tho high.
est Office It was In their power
to bcstow. But tho samo ubi]Ity that
cleetri,icd thu Senate md drove tho
co,,sDirators against the ncpubyjc out
of l,o,nc. TINT branded Catiliuc Ms Infamous
sr,t sonr Of his nssor1ntes 10 death and tho
lcoCrr fnto eyila.-the same man who tlclly-
cred tl,e matcbIess ornttors with which every
echnnt.hov il fn,nt]tar.-l,ntl tecn uualfy
rp,tv to ,icf,n1 tt,o uoturtnus Catillno In or
DIR to helm hlmsrlr In his cnnvnss for the Of
Iire nf CouuIi. 1to Win cnuld ,irc1uim su
earnestly of tho vices of yerrcs and Ills NAL
administration of affairs III his Province, was
10 roo1v nui ~ cn1cr m t1rfen,l trn en,,nlly
ruiltv FontcIus. Who lind Numbered the
Gau]s while pronrptor. Cicero lad plottcl
agntnst and worked against tho growing
power Of Crsar; taken sides will, pornDcy,
uru been witt, him nj pharsalla, but-1'u,npey
md md ranked hin will, the gois. Compare
| Cicero's orat,on Pro Marco Murcclio, and
Tho snsuaec used in Ills seeona p',lppc:
A. VII ,rrn,,, III. 's :. M,.v t,ot ,,n wnrI ,nsIn.
MIR. Ifoiiope, .lnt ,;, INC %ora SI,n ~ s''si, ,a
so ] muci, more si,,ccre t.an others Tint the
,yho - accasonniy seas IS " tcf
~, or mt. And ovcn ar. Troftopo-who
s1va,s ~ MIhl,atn,, or 1,orsv,h IN liza cytrava-
a,t' nnnt omIo@;es % NJ T. t,rer..fatls 10 prove the
subject. We see Cicero rs a statesman
earliest mud honest, rs nn nlvocato unsur-
pa passed., , a"d I Is % a ma',:ot-iutters learned an4
successful. lilo stanels forth III bold relief MS
the noblcst of Romans ut the time when tho
,vor,,I,conoucr,nr l,nuubtlc was uasslng into
Wol5aolIet.s .supF 10y fs frn,S tp,,,ins, "a =
ah Empire. nut o ".s las llo ,u.ass ,au..os' ,"a
from perfect, far even from consistency ano
perfect rcctitude.
Mr.. r,rol,one ia r. t,te-concr in tho field Of
c;oaronton itcro,nrc. 1trom Tvrrc1l jo hos
C1cetoIian !'telut"te' fioll' 4S11eii nv .''.0
borrowed Clccfo6 correspondence neptlit''
cd upon Alomlnscn for Ills historical facts
tnkcm Middleton rs model, ,!ld Froudo as
IN ahagosSe wl'o ~ ~ ~ .'s .huvAu. ,no"r M".s
tohttack anu repe'. u!s Volumes however
luck the CHARM and tho entertaining
"I"u @ ~ " n,.tnrv ~ Ii.aro,a l,f, hoa rcn tor
1na,u ,". t'o amnu,nt n, - N % fntcrrst @ TIM genera
renAer.A Mr.. Trollope Is entitled to praise
for his study Of tho subject, for tho abilit,
with which he manages hls cause, mid tl,t
i ~" .,n,,.',oa i, ,nra"oo ~ f,1crro'a ..bou
zeal alsplayeu 'h oelc''so y, G'ce,oa Ao'