The Press. — 1854-10-14 (London, England)

IMO  The Art Journal for this month contains two engravings—" Job and his Friends " and " Morton the Dramatist"—rather inferior in execution to the usual style of engravings in this periodical. A third engraving is after a fruit piece by Lance. The literary papers contain the usual amount of information upon art, not the least interesting among which is a pleasant chatty letter from " Florentia" upon the " Studios of Rome." A new magazine appears this month under the head of the Statist, professedly devoted to the mathematical examination of social statistics. " The " application," states the preface, " of scientific for• " mulai to the reduction of facts to averages has " hitherto been very limited . . . . and it is intended " that the Statist shall be specially devoted to such " objects, and be the medium between the classes " requiring such information and the professors of " the science." The first number contains Part I. of the " Statistics of Violent Death," in which it is singular to observe how the mortality from suicide in males increases with advancing years. Between the age of fifteen to twenty-tour, deaths from suicide are 1 in 10,393, and the rate advances till, between the ages of sixty-five and seventy-five, it is 1 in every 1,903. There are other papers on "Cholera Statistics," "Health and Longevity," and "Hospital Statistics," but they are incomplete ; and it appears to us a mistake to insert so little matter upon one subject. The plan of the periodical is good, and, with careful management, will no doubt command  support. Sabina ; a Sicilian Tale. By John Brampton Philpot. London : Saunders and Otley. A TALE of the Sicilian vespers, containing the orthodox hero, a knight pious and valiant, who is in love with the no less orthodox heroine, a countess, young and artless. Their love does not run smoothly, the villain of the story, a recreant knight, perpetually trying to abduct the heroine against her will and pleasure. The following extract is a fair sample of the style in which the book is composed. We must premise that Adriano, the hero, has just rescued Sabina, the heroine, from the wicked designs of the villain, Count Juvainco:i. The faithful guide who has led them safely through an impenetrable forest has just disappeared in the undercover, and Adriano is left alone with his lady love To pause on their progress after being left to themselves seems superfluous ; to linger with them through scenes whose beauty formed no attraction, or whose diversity drew from them no remark, may be considered tedious and tiring. The gentle reader is already acquainted with their hearts, and can picture with greater truth; can conjure up in his or her imagination the varied and complex emotions that such moments iu such a situation could produce with far greater force than description can zonvey• . . • • For some time they rode on in silence. It might be that Adriano was merely collecting, arranging, and putting into some definite form and order his ideas, thoughts, feelings, and plans, culling the choicest, most fitting, and best a his s a first offering to his love She noticed not silence, her heart was too full of gratitude • the pearly drops glistened among the jetty fringes of her dark eyes, her lips parted, and a deep sigh only escaped. From this the reader may form his own judgment of the style and matter of Mr. Philpot's Sicilian tale. Pigeons and Rabbits in their Wild, Domestic, and Captive States. By Sebastian Delamar. London : Routledge and Co. A thoroughly practical treatise upon the care and management, varieties, and diseases of pigeons and rabbits and concluding with a no less practical appendix upon the art of cooking them. The illustrations are correct and spirited. Food for My Flock. By the Rev. T. Goodwin Hatchard, M.A. London : Hatchard. THESE sermons were preached in Havant Church by its rector. They are distinguished by a tenderness of tone which sometimes becomes too sentimental. But the feeling displayed throughout the volume is genuine, and in discourses addressed to mixed con• gregations the purely intellectual should not exclusively predominate. Mr. Hatoliard's style is smooth and graceful, and well adapted for the purpose of exciting pious emotions. Eloquent in expounding the consolations of the gospel, he knows how to elevate those minds that are dejected by worldly affliction. The volume is published at the request of his parishioners, and the compliment is well merited. PUULICATIONS RECEIVED. The Baltic : its Gates, Shores, and Cilia.. Rev. Thomas Milner, M.A. F.R.G.S. Longman. Gleanings from Piccadilly to Peres. John Oldmizon, Esq., Commander R.N. Ditto. Lit.'s of the English Poets. Samuel Johnson. Murray. The Deer-slayei . Routledge. Oak Openings. Ditto. Poona. W. B. Scott. Smith and Elder. Dream of Pythagoras. Minns and Goodwin. The Vicar of Wakefield. Grant and Griffiths. Principles of Church Authority. Rev. R. I. Wilberforce. Longman. 

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