Leaves from a Madeira Garden 



Life, Death, and Immorality," a lapse which 

 is like to make our great-grandmothers, whom 

 the reverend doctor's pious platitudes lulled 

 to sleep, turn in their graves. A pleasing 

 collection may be made of curious extracts 

 from bookseller's catalogues. Some in puffing 

 their wares adopt a very flamboyant style. I 

 cull the following recommendation of the 

 bound numbers of a magazine which appears 

 to have died untimely ; but there are two 

 ways of looking at everything : " This yellow 

 flower lived triumphantly for three years ; and 

 so long as real art and literature are loved in 

 this island, the work will be treasured. Some 

 of the greatest names of modern times are 

 to be found on its pages ; some of the most 

 brilliant gems glisten in the green field of its 

 endeavour, against whose brightness time may 



batter in vain. With as literary editor, 



a host of great ones appeared, splendid, like an 

 army with banners." This is going one better 

 than our Madeira letter-writer. 



True to their obscurantist principles, the 

 authorities impose a tax on books imported 

 in any considerable quantity, although they 

 permit Messrs. Hatchard to post us single 



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