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[2»<i S. VIII. July 2. '69. 



book, without adding proportionally to the bulk of it. 

 After making due allowance for the undisguised aversion 

 and consequent opposition of Archbishop Abbott — for the 

 exasperated feelings of the Puritans — and for the durable 

 spite of Tom Fuller (which breathes in the pages of his 

 Church History^, there can be little doubt that, through- 

 out his chequered career, the predominant passion of De 

 Dominis was avarice. But, in justice to the memory of this 

 distinguished ecclesiastic, while we admit his failings, 

 we must acknowledge how faithfully he discharged, to 

 the close of his life, those solemn obligations into which 

 he entered with the ministry of the Church of England, 

 upon the eve of bidding an eternal farewell to our shores. 



The Naval History of Gi'eat Britain from the Decla- 

 ration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of 

 George IV. By William James. A New Edition with 

 Additions and Notes, In Six Volumes. Vols. I. and II. 

 (Bentley.) 



The loud expression of public feeling called forth by 

 the rumour, that for fiscal purposes it was the intention 

 of the present Government to interrupt the exertions now 

 making for putting our Navy into a state of eificiency, 

 shows that old England's love (or her blue jackets has not 

 waxed cold. We fhall therefore be surprised if Mr. 

 Bentley's judgment in putting forth at the present mo- 

 ment this new and cheap edition of so popular a His- 

 tory of our Naval Triumphs be not richly rewarded. 

 Two out of the six volumes (of which it is to consist) 

 are now before us. These, after a brief sketch of our 

 navy up to 1792, narrate its history from the breaking 

 out of the first French Revolutionary War in 1792-3 to 

 the close of 1800, and will be read with pride by every 

 Englishman, who must sympathise with the daring, en- 

 durance, and skill evinced during that eventful period by 

 our naval commanders and their gallant crews. 



Mary Stuart. By Alphonse de Lamartine. (A. & C. 

 Black.) 



We have here a most touching and admirable sketch 

 of the life of one, beautiful as she was unfortunate — and 

 whose biography therefore is one of romantic and sur- 

 passing interest. It may well be imagined how M. de 

 Lamartine would write on such a theme : and this little 

 volume possesses not only the interest arising from a 

 well-considered subject treated by a man of unquestion- 

 able genius, but is remarkable as being the only work of 

 M. de Lamartine which has appeared solely in an Eng- 

 lish form, having been expressly translated from the 

 original unpublished MS. J. M. H., the translator, has 

 executed with considerable skill the task of rendering 

 into English the poet's highly wrought and elaborately 

 finished narrative. 



Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland. Fourteenth 

 Edition. (A. & C. Black.) 



This is certainlj' a most admirable Guide to the Beau- 

 ties of Scotland, pointing out as it does, not only the 

 localities most deserving a visit and the means of reaching 

 them, but also their historical and literary interest. A 

 work which has reached its fourteenth edition — each of 

 which successively has been improved — can need no com- 

 mendation from us. 



What is Homceopathy ? And is there any, and what 

 Amount of Truth in it? By J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. 

 (Longman.) 



A very important question asked by " a man who has 

 attained his three score years and ten, and whose prac- 

 tice has been very extensive during half a century," and 

 in which he shows the probability that in Homoeopathy 

 is to be found such a law in therapeutics as Sydenham, 

 Hunter, and others of great name in medical science long 

 desired to see. 



The Handel Festival has proved a success far beyond 

 expectation. As a musical performance it was unparal- 

 leled, and honour was done to the great musician in a 

 way worthy of his genius, and of the country which 

 nourished him. That the admiration of that genius is 

 still on the increase may be inferred from the following 

 comparative statement: — 



The numbers present at the Festival in 1857 were as 

 follows : — 



Saturday . 

 Monday 

 Wednesday 

 Friday . . 



Rehearsal . , . 

 Messiah . . . 

 Judas Maccabaeus 

 Israel in Egypt . 



8,344 

 11,129 

 11,649 

 17,292 



Total . . 48,414 

 On this occasion the numbers have been as follows : — 

 Saturday . . . Rehearsal .... 19,680 

 Monday . . . Messiah .... 17,109 

 Wednesday . . Te Deum .... 17,644 

 Friday .... Israel in Egypt . . 26,827 ■ 



Total . . 81,260 

 thus showing an increase of 82,846 persons in 1859 over 

 1857. 



The receipts amount on the present occasion to about 

 thirty thousand pounds ! 



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