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observe the circumlocutions resorted to when it becomes necessary to speak of modern things " I have seen graces ( says aCauibridge correspondent of a daily contemporary ) whieh would have been as unintelligible to Cicero or Quintillian as a cuneiform inscription or au Irish ogham . " In the grace for the admission of the new Bishop of Rochester to the degree of D . D ., by the way , the Rev . John Cotton Wigrain is termed " Episcopus Ruffoniensia" for " Eoffensis . " The official notices
issued from the Vice-Chancellor's lodge present a ludicrous jumble of languages , for though the graces themselves are in Latin , the preamble and notes are invariably iu English . For example , the following grace passed last week : " Placeat vobis ut Johannes Eldon Gorst e Coll . Div . Johann . ad incipiendum in artibus vel absens admittatur . " * After this grand display of erudition , tho reader whose eye follows tho falling star . to the bottom of tbe page beholds in the vulgar tongue this short and
pithy note : "Mr . Gorst is engaged in missionary work in New Zealand . " It can hardly be maintained that the miserable phraseology of the graces has a tendency to familiarize any one with classical literature . In America the circulation of the Cornliill Magazine has reached such a point , says tho New York Tribune , " that there is a plan now seriously entertained by an enterprising bookseller of reprinting each number bodily , and issuing it here the next day after the arrival of the English
copies . " The A ew York Tribune speaks highly of the interesting nature of AVashiugton Irving ' s \ " Lifo and Letters , " now in speed } - preparation hy bis nephew and literary executor . Mr . Irving is so much the historian of events that the work will possess almost the charm of an autobiography . The details of his visit to Europe , at the eventful period of the Peace of Amiens , 1801 , will be entirely new , and includes more romantic associations than are usually connected with our idea of Geoffrey Crayon , in later life ; while the pictures of English literary society , for which his prolonged residence abroad gave him material , will seem to the present
generation like a new revelation of the inner life of the Georgian era . The memoir ancl correspondence will probably make three volumes , uniform with the standard edition of Irving ' s works . M . Thiers , it is said , is about to visit the field of battle of AVaterloo , to prepare materials for the ISth volume of his History , which will comprise the Hundred Days . AVe hear from Tuscany that , amongst other Protestant books lately
published at Florence , a translation has appeared of Chevalier Bunsen ' s " Signs of the Times . " The work , whieh was originally directed against the German pietists , and has created a great sensation in this country , seems to have met with the enthusiastic applause of the Liberals in Italy . In his preface Signor Emilio Leone , the translator , likens the noble Chevalier to Romagnos , Simon , and the other natural religionists of modern times—a comparison which the author would certainly be
the first to disavow . More similarity of sentiment may be expected from Herr von Bunsen with the translator , when the latter , in a subsecpient passage , says that , with Roman Catholics , the notion of religious liberty is on a par with that of the rights of property among thieves . Frederick the Great of Prussia , during his lifetime , caused a splendid edition of his works to be published ; they wereillustrated by numerous copper-plates ; but after a few copies had been distributed , the King , as it would seem , altered his mind , and tbe edition disappeared . The
fewcopies , of course , that had found their way te the public have long been considered as great rarities , and have been paid for accordingly . Lately , some building repairs having become necessary , some nailed-up boxes were found at Berlin ; ancl , on opening them , the contents appeared to be the then secreted edition . It will be interesting to learn if the work is still in good condition . Euglish literature must be steadily cultivated in Germany as a branch
of Education , if we are to judge by an announcement that a ninth stereotyped edition has j ust appeared of a work entitled " The British Classical Authors : select specimens of the National Literature of England from Chaucer to the present time , with Biographical and'Critical Notices . Poetry and Prose . " It will be some time before Max Midler's similar specimens of German national literature , published for English students of German , attain a ninth edition in this country .
Longmans are preparing for publication "A Sketch of the Life and Character of Sir Robert Peel , by the Right Hon . Sir Lawrence Peel . " This will be the first biography of the great statesman which will have owed anything to a member of bis family . Sir Lawrence Peel is a first cousin of the late Sir Robert Peel , and from 18-12 to 1855 occupied the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Calcutta . At Paris an interesting document has just been published in the Journal of Pnlflic Instruction . A poor governess numed Claret has dis-
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covered a supposed cure for the deaf and dumb ; a commission has been appointed to inquire into the matter , and has reported rather favourably to the minister of instruction upon the matter . The method employed by Mademoiselle Cleret consists in introducing sulphuric tether into the aural conduit , in doses of four to eight drops a clay , for afeout twenty clays , when tho application is suspended for a short time ancl again recommenced . The report declares the subject to deserve attention , and
says that the experiments already made have clearly proved the inocuous character of the application . Mdlle . Cleret discovered the supposed remedy by accident . She had been deaf for several years , and chanced to find a leaf from an old geographical work , in which it was stated that the natives of a certain country made use of various substances to cure deafness . She then commenced operating upon herself , but having no chemical knowledge , she suffered much pain and disappointment before
she hit upon the substance in rpiestion . A painful interest is thrown around the matter by the fact that the unexpected good fortune produced by the reception of the discovery—whieh was rewarded by the French Academy with the Montyon prize—has unhinged the intellect of the poor governess , who is now under restraint in a maison de san / e . The literary police of Paris bas been tolerably active lately with respect to political matters , but its efforts in the cause of morality have not been
so evident . However , as a commencement has been made , ancl the ice has been cracked—it can scarcely be said to have been broken—there is no saying what dangerous lengths the agents of Louis Napoleon may go . A clay or two since appeared a little book entitled " Memoirs of Rigolboehe , " professing to be the autobiography of a young lady , who is best known by the above euphonious appellation , and whose reputation is that she can raise the tip of her shoe to a far hig her altitude than airy other danseuse in Paris . Report does say , also , that her virtue is not quite of the same exalted character as her saltatorial accomplishments . Tho heroine appears hi the bills of the "Delassements Comiques" as
Marguerite . The book in question is fast—about that there is no doubt —and it had a large sale . It was at first ornamented by a photograph of the young lady in one or other of her most remarkable attitudes , and the fact that these illustrations were not copies of each other gave the thing the appearance of being published not only with her consent but with her aid . The work has not been seized , but the photographs have been extracted by order of the authorities ; while the book itself , ivhich
is far more objectionable than the pictorial embellishments , has only been interdicted from being reprinted . At the special general meeting of the Fellows of the Geological Society , held last week , it was resolved that the evening meetings ou May 2 nd , May 16 th , May 30 th , and June 13 th , shall be held afc Burlington House , Piccadilly . The Academy of Sciences of St . Petersburg is about to send a
scientific expedition to the newly subjected districts of the Caucasus , which are but little known to Europeans . Mr . Joseph Millar has bequeathed to the Institution of Civil Engineers the munificent sum of .- £ 5 , 000 . At the anniversary meeting of the Society of Antiquaries , ifc was resolved that the hour of the ordinary evening meetings should be halfpast eight , instead of eight o'clock . At the meeting of the Zoological Society last week , Dr . Gray , A . P .,
presided . He pointed out the characters of a new species of monkey obtained by Mr . Bates on the Upper Amazon ; and of new species of Terrapin sent by Mr . Fraser from Eucaclor . Mr . R . F . Tomes communicated , a list of mammals , collected by Air . Fraser in Eucador , among which were several new species of the genus Ilesperoniys . Afr . Sclater called the attention of the meeting to the series of peafowl and rheas in the society ' s menagerie , pointing out the characters which seemed to
establish tho claims ol the black shouldered peacock to he considered a good species ; and distinguishing a third speeies of rhea , founded upon a living male bird , which had every appearance of being truly different from Rhea Americana , aaSliea mitcrorhyncha . Air . Sclater also exhibited a table illustrative of the distribution of the Psittaciche , in the Eastern Archipelago . Mr . Bartlett exhibited a series of the eggs of struthious birds , amongst which was one of the Mooruk ( Casuarius BennettH ) ,
recently laid iu the society ' s menagerie . Mr . Gould exhibited specimens of the Himalayan Chough , which lie proposed to separate from the European species . Dr . A . Giinther described a new speeies of snake , from Cartkagena ; and read a third list of coldblooded vertebrates , collected in Ecuador hy Air . Fraser , among which were several new and interesting species . The secretary announced the arrival of some valuable animals from Belize , presented to the society's menagerie by Mr . Chief Justice Temple ; aud read a iwte from that gentleman relating to the
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Literature. Reviews.
observe the circumlocutions resorted to when it becomes necessary to speak of modern things " I have seen graces ( says aCauibridge correspondent of a daily contemporary ) whieh would have been as unintelligible to Cicero or Quintillian as a cuneiform inscription or au Irish ogham . " In the grace for the admission of the new Bishop of Rochester to the degree of D . D ., by the way , the Rev . John Cotton Wigrain is termed " Episcopus Ruffoniensia" for " Eoffensis . " The official notices
issued from the Vice-Chancellor's lodge present a ludicrous jumble of languages , for though the graces themselves are in Latin , the preamble and notes are invariably iu English . For example , the following grace passed last week : " Placeat vobis ut Johannes Eldon Gorst e Coll . Div . Johann . ad incipiendum in artibus vel absens admittatur . " * After this grand display of erudition , tho reader whose eye follows tho falling star . to the bottom of tbe page beholds in the vulgar tongue this short and
pithy note : "Mr . Gorst is engaged in missionary work in New Zealand . " It can hardly be maintained that the miserable phraseology of the graces has a tendency to familiarize any one with classical literature . In America the circulation of the Cornliill Magazine has reached such a point , says tho New York Tribune , " that there is a plan now seriously entertained by an enterprising bookseller of reprinting each number bodily , and issuing it here the next day after the arrival of the English
copies . " The A ew York Tribune speaks highly of the interesting nature of AVashiugton Irving ' s \ " Lifo and Letters , " now in speed } - preparation hy bis nephew and literary executor . Mr . Irving is so much the historian of events that the work will possess almost the charm of an autobiography . The details of his visit to Europe , at the eventful period of the Peace of Amiens , 1801 , will be entirely new , and includes more romantic associations than are usually connected with our idea of Geoffrey Crayon , in later life ; while the pictures of English literary society , for which his prolonged residence abroad gave him material , will seem to the present
generation like a new revelation of the inner life of the Georgian era . The memoir ancl correspondence will probably make three volumes , uniform with the standard edition of Irving ' s works . M . Thiers , it is said , is about to visit the field of battle of AVaterloo , to prepare materials for the ISth volume of his History , which will comprise the Hundred Days . AVe hear from Tuscany that , amongst other Protestant books lately
published at Florence , a translation has appeared of Chevalier Bunsen ' s " Signs of the Times . " The work , whieh was originally directed against the German pietists , and has created a great sensation in this country , seems to have met with the enthusiastic applause of the Liberals in Italy . In his preface Signor Emilio Leone , the translator , likens the noble Chevalier to Romagnos , Simon , and the other natural religionists of modern times—a comparison which the author would certainly be
the first to disavow . More similarity of sentiment may be expected from Herr von Bunsen with the translator , when the latter , in a subsecpient passage , says that , with Roman Catholics , the notion of religious liberty is on a par with that of the rights of property among thieves . Frederick the Great of Prussia , during his lifetime , caused a splendid edition of his works to be published ; they wereillustrated by numerous copper-plates ; but after a few copies had been distributed , the King , as it would seem , altered his mind , and tbe edition disappeared . The
fewcopies , of course , that had found their way te the public have long been considered as great rarities , and have been paid for accordingly . Lately , some building repairs having become necessary , some nailed-up boxes were found at Berlin ; ancl , on opening them , the contents appeared to be the then secreted edition . It will be interesting to learn if the work is still in good condition . Euglish literature must be steadily cultivated in Germany as a branch
of Education , if we are to judge by an announcement that a ninth stereotyped edition has j ust appeared of a work entitled " The British Classical Authors : select specimens of the National Literature of England from Chaucer to the present time , with Biographical and'Critical Notices . Poetry and Prose . " It will be some time before Max Midler's similar specimens of German national literature , published for English students of German , attain a ninth edition in this country .
Longmans are preparing for publication "A Sketch of the Life and Character of Sir Robert Peel , by the Right Hon . Sir Lawrence Peel . " This will be the first biography of the great statesman which will have owed anything to a member of bis family . Sir Lawrence Peel is a first cousin of the late Sir Robert Peel , and from 18-12 to 1855 occupied the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Calcutta . At Paris an interesting document has just been published in the Journal of Pnlflic Instruction . A poor governess numed Claret has dis-
Literature. Reviews.
covered a supposed cure for the deaf and dumb ; a commission has been appointed to inquire into the matter , and has reported rather favourably to the minister of instruction upon the matter . The method employed by Mademoiselle Cleret consists in introducing sulphuric tether into the aural conduit , in doses of four to eight drops a clay , for afeout twenty clays , when tho application is suspended for a short time ancl again recommenced . The report declares the subject to deserve attention , and
says that the experiments already made have clearly proved the inocuous character of the application . Mdlle . Cleret discovered the supposed remedy by accident . She had been deaf for several years , and chanced to find a leaf from an old geographical work , in which it was stated that the natives of a certain country made use of various substances to cure deafness . She then commenced operating upon herself , but having no chemical knowledge , she suffered much pain and disappointment before
she hit upon the substance in rpiestion . A painful interest is thrown around the matter by the fact that the unexpected good fortune produced by the reception of the discovery—whieh was rewarded by the French Academy with the Montyon prize—has unhinged the intellect of the poor governess , who is now under restraint in a maison de san / e . The literary police of Paris bas been tolerably active lately with respect to political matters , but its efforts in the cause of morality have not been
so evident . However , as a commencement has been made , ancl the ice has been cracked—it can scarcely be said to have been broken—there is no saying what dangerous lengths the agents of Louis Napoleon may go . A clay or two since appeared a little book entitled " Memoirs of Rigolboehe , " professing to be the autobiography of a young lady , who is best known by the above euphonious appellation , and whose reputation is that she can raise the tip of her shoe to a far hig her altitude than airy other danseuse in Paris . Report does say , also , that her virtue is not quite of the same exalted character as her saltatorial accomplishments . Tho heroine appears hi the bills of the "Delassements Comiques" as
Marguerite . The book in question is fast—about that there is no doubt —and it had a large sale . It was at first ornamented by a photograph of the young lady in one or other of her most remarkable attitudes , and the fact that these illustrations were not copies of each other gave the thing the appearance of being published not only with her consent but with her aid . The work has not been seized , but the photographs have been extracted by order of the authorities ; while the book itself , ivhich
is far more objectionable than the pictorial embellishments , has only been interdicted from being reprinted . At the special general meeting of the Fellows of the Geological Society , held last week , it was resolved that the evening meetings ou May 2 nd , May 16 th , May 30 th , and June 13 th , shall be held afc Burlington House , Piccadilly . The Academy of Sciences of St . Petersburg is about to send a
scientific expedition to the newly subjected districts of the Caucasus , which are but little known to Europeans . Mr . Joseph Millar has bequeathed to the Institution of Civil Engineers the munificent sum of .- £ 5 , 000 . At the anniversary meeting of the Society of Antiquaries , ifc was resolved that the hour of the ordinary evening meetings should be halfpast eight , instead of eight o'clock . At the meeting of the Zoological Society last week , Dr . Gray , A . P .,
presided . He pointed out the characters of a new species of monkey obtained by Mr . Bates on the Upper Amazon ; and of new species of Terrapin sent by Mr . Fraser from Eucaclor . Mr . R . F . Tomes communicated , a list of mammals , collected by Air . Fraser in Eucador , among which were several new species of the genus Ilesperoniys . Afr . Sclater called the attention of the meeting to the series of peafowl and rheas in the society ' s menagerie , pointing out the characters which seemed to
establish tho claims ol the black shouldered peacock to he considered a good species ; and distinguishing a third speeies of rhea , founded upon a living male bird , which had every appearance of being truly different from Rhea Americana , aaSliea mitcrorhyncha . Air . Sclater also exhibited a table illustrative of the distribution of the Psittaciche , in the Eastern Archipelago . Mr . Bartlett exhibited a series of the eggs of struthious birds , amongst which was one of the Mooruk ( Casuarius BennettH ) ,
recently laid iu the society ' s menagerie . Mr . Gould exhibited specimens of the Himalayan Chough , which lie proposed to separate from the European species . Dr . A . Giinther described a new speeies of snake , from Cartkagena ; and read a third list of coldblooded vertebrates , collected in Ecuador hy Air . Fraser , among which were several new and interesting species . The secretary announced the arrival of some valuable animals from Belize , presented to the society's menagerie by Mr . Chief Justice Temple ; aud read a iwte from that gentleman relating to the