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Reviews Of New Books.
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS .
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review addressed to the Editor o ? the Freemasons' Magazine , 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-Inn-fields . ] a The Good Soldier ; a Memoir of Major-General Sir Hemp Ha / Mock , of LucJcnow ^ Bart ., K . C . B ., " by the Rev . W . Owen . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . Ipswich : J . M . Burton and Co . —The heroism and self-denial which war calls forth will ever command the attention of
mankind , even where the love of peace most prevails , and the arts of peace most flourish . Apart from the battle and the campaign , the profession of a soldier affords many opportunities of cultivating the nobler traits of human nature . The great and good Havelock exemplified these remarks . In the bivouac or the battle , in the city garrison or the tented field , in regimental duties , on the staff of his regiment or division , or on the grand staff of the army , Havelock was a perfect soldier , and a manly ,
generous , frank , noble-hearted man . How the stern brow of the warrior can relax in the smile of domestic love , has been shown in several of the recent memoirs of Oliver Cromwell . Havelock also proved that while duty was east in its most inflexible -mould in his person , his benignant nature found its congenial repose within the circle of family affection He w as one of those rare men who shine everywhere , and in spheres the most remote from one another . Before " the white elephant" in the
glittering yet gloomy capital of Burmah ; marching his few battalions of devoted followers over the sun-burnt face of Bengal , or by the luxuriant banks of the Ganges ; piercing the line of hostile array ; urging the prompt pursuit ; defending the beleaguered post ; organizing newly arrived levies ; measuring wdiat disciplined troops could perform against outnumbering enemies— -Havelock was equally distinguished . He was always great in
little things , and never little in great things—as the sun which alike warms and illuminates the rain-drop and the ocean . Character and intellect re-acted on one another , and were mutually illustrated in his life . How beautifully Mr , Owen brings out this fact ; with what a delicate and acute intellectual philosophy he poises the separate influence of these qualities , and shows their mutual dependence and combined power . The majority of the sketches of Havelock , written by clergymen , have not
been happy ; there has been too much of " ashes to ashes , dust to dust , " pervading " them . They are all like sermons—bad funeral sermons—the very worst species of composition in which those who have a desire to go to the press can indulge . Mr . Owen has written in the sacred and dignified tone of a Christian clergyman , and has taught us what pious lessons to draw from the life _ of an eminently good man , while hq has at the same time presented the general to us in his aspect as a man of the world , a soldier , and a diplomatist . Mr . Owen ' s talents as a scholar , and his connection with the
periodical press , give him advantages over Ins competitors in this undertaking , wdiich every practised eye can at once recognize ,, Had our author been a Freemason , as happily many clergymen are , he would have modified some opinions and expressions , but we hope that the darkness lie is now in , in this respect , will give place to the light of Masonic science and philosophy . We heartily commend Mr . Owen ' s book for both its matter and manner . It was just the sort of tiling wanted to redeem the religious history of Havelock from the mass of rubbish with which so many paltry books and pamphlets have surrounded it .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews Of New Books.
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS .
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review addressed to the Editor o ? the Freemasons' Magazine , 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-Inn-fields . ] a The Good Soldier ; a Memoir of Major-General Sir Hemp Ha / Mock , of LucJcnow ^ Bart ., K . C . B ., " by the Rev . W . Owen . London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . Ipswich : J . M . Burton and Co . —The heroism and self-denial which war calls forth will ever command the attention of
mankind , even where the love of peace most prevails , and the arts of peace most flourish . Apart from the battle and the campaign , the profession of a soldier affords many opportunities of cultivating the nobler traits of human nature . The great and good Havelock exemplified these remarks . In the bivouac or the battle , in the city garrison or the tented field , in regimental duties , on the staff of his regiment or division , or on the grand staff of the army , Havelock was a perfect soldier , and a manly ,
generous , frank , noble-hearted man . How the stern brow of the warrior can relax in the smile of domestic love , has been shown in several of the recent memoirs of Oliver Cromwell . Havelock also proved that while duty was east in its most inflexible -mould in his person , his benignant nature found its congenial repose within the circle of family affection He w as one of those rare men who shine everywhere , and in spheres the most remote from one another . Before " the white elephant" in the
glittering yet gloomy capital of Burmah ; marching his few battalions of devoted followers over the sun-burnt face of Bengal , or by the luxuriant banks of the Ganges ; piercing the line of hostile array ; urging the prompt pursuit ; defending the beleaguered post ; organizing newly arrived levies ; measuring wdiat disciplined troops could perform against outnumbering enemies— -Havelock was equally distinguished . He was always great in
little things , and never little in great things—as the sun which alike warms and illuminates the rain-drop and the ocean . Character and intellect re-acted on one another , and were mutually illustrated in his life . How beautifully Mr , Owen brings out this fact ; with what a delicate and acute intellectual philosophy he poises the separate influence of these qualities , and shows their mutual dependence and combined power . The majority of the sketches of Havelock , written by clergymen , have not
been happy ; there has been too much of " ashes to ashes , dust to dust , " pervading " them . They are all like sermons—bad funeral sermons—the very worst species of composition in which those who have a desire to go to the press can indulge . Mr . Owen has written in the sacred and dignified tone of a Christian clergyman , and has taught us what pious lessons to draw from the life _ of an eminently good man , while hq has at the same time presented the general to us in his aspect as a man of the world , a soldier , and a diplomatist . Mr . Owen ' s talents as a scholar , and his connection with the
periodical press , give him advantages over Ins competitors in this undertaking , wdiich every practised eye can at once recognize ,, Had our author been a Freemason , as happily many clergymen are , he would have modified some opinions and expressions , but we hope that the darkness lie is now in , in this respect , will give place to the light of Masonic science and philosophy . We heartily commend Mr . Owen ' s book for both its matter and manner . It was just the sort of tiling wanted to redeem the religious history of Havelock from the mass of rubbish with which so many paltry books and pamphlets have surrounded it .