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Review Of Literature, &C.
given to vice ; tlie small encouragement given to virtue ; bad example of parents . Our own observation points to the necessity of promptly removing the first cause by a simultaneous movement among all classes . We felt some hesitation in noticing this pamphlet , but our hesitation yielded to principle ; and we trust not merely that we have acted rightly , but that our attempt to awaken the public to the investigation of the subject may not altogether fail .
Memoranda of Irish Matters . Machin , Dublin ; Simpkin & Co , London . " Ireland is our party . " AVith these ominous words the author of these " Memoranda " ushers them in to the notice of the critical world . They certainly do not fall within the bounds of Masonic examination , inasmuch as they have not merely a very strong political bias , but they are altogether of too un-English a nature to stand such a test ; indeed , had we not good grounds for referring their authorshito an Irish
p Masonic Brother of high reputation , we should have hesitated in presenting these " Memoranda " to the notice of our readers . AVe entertain hopeful expectation that the dignified conduct of Lord Denman and others on the recently delivered judgment , will tend to remove from the author ' s mind some of that prejudice which obscures some otherwise excellent writing , and that a more liberal tone will consequently be imparted to the second number or series of tbe " Memoranda of Irish
Matters ; " so that they may be more acceptable to the English reader , and their merits appear in their proper light . The seventh memorandum is curious ; it charges the poet Campbell with piracy , or with plagiary at the least , in having assumed the authorship of that beauteous composition " The Exile of Erin . " The details are startling . Some biographer of the deceased poet will surely remove this stigma , or explain the circumstance . Meantime we refer the author of the " Memoranda" to
Eraser ' s Magazine for this month , page 342 , where it is observed of Campbell that '' He set sail for Hamburgh , where , struck with the si ght of many of the Irish exiles in that city , he strung his harp anew , and sung that touching song' The Exile of Erin , ' which will endear his name to the heart of every honest Irishman . "
My Dog Brace . A Poem . By the Rev . Calamus Kurrens . Mortimer . This is indeed a curiosity "in very irregular verse , and otherwise very irregular , with a singular postscript in prose , addressed to the working classes in England by a little country parson , ancl secretary to the Anti-Kant Society . " The dedication to those in England who live by the daillabour of
y their hands is unique in its way , but although quaint , is not sufficientl y easy and fluent to interest them ; it is rather written for than to them . The cantos are somewhat after Butler , and have an earnestness , although they do not flow as trippingly . My Dog Brace is a study , and requires more looking into than a mere glance . There is soul in it .
On the advantages of a triform System of Colonisation to South Africa . B y Echvard King . Longman & Co . The author is a medical psychologist converted to his theory by a politico-christian philanthropist ; he states that he uses a phraseology as little in vogue as the science of psychology . His views of ensuring tho
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Review Of Literature, &C.
given to vice ; tlie small encouragement given to virtue ; bad example of parents . Our own observation points to the necessity of promptly removing the first cause by a simultaneous movement among all classes . We felt some hesitation in noticing this pamphlet , but our hesitation yielded to principle ; and we trust not merely that we have acted rightly , but that our attempt to awaken the public to the investigation of the subject may not altogether fail .
Memoranda of Irish Matters . Machin , Dublin ; Simpkin & Co , London . " Ireland is our party . " AVith these ominous words the author of these " Memoranda " ushers them in to the notice of the critical world . They certainly do not fall within the bounds of Masonic examination , inasmuch as they have not merely a very strong political bias , but they are altogether of too un-English a nature to stand such a test ; indeed , had we not good grounds for referring their authorshito an Irish
p Masonic Brother of high reputation , we should have hesitated in presenting these " Memoranda " to the notice of our readers . AVe entertain hopeful expectation that the dignified conduct of Lord Denman and others on the recently delivered judgment , will tend to remove from the author ' s mind some of that prejudice which obscures some otherwise excellent writing , and that a more liberal tone will consequently be imparted to the second number or series of tbe " Memoranda of Irish
Matters ; " so that they may be more acceptable to the English reader , and their merits appear in their proper light . The seventh memorandum is curious ; it charges the poet Campbell with piracy , or with plagiary at the least , in having assumed the authorship of that beauteous composition " The Exile of Erin . " The details are startling . Some biographer of the deceased poet will surely remove this stigma , or explain the circumstance . Meantime we refer the author of the " Memoranda" to
Eraser ' s Magazine for this month , page 342 , where it is observed of Campbell that '' He set sail for Hamburgh , where , struck with the si ght of many of the Irish exiles in that city , he strung his harp anew , and sung that touching song' The Exile of Erin , ' which will endear his name to the heart of every honest Irishman . "
My Dog Brace . A Poem . By the Rev . Calamus Kurrens . Mortimer . This is indeed a curiosity "in very irregular verse , and otherwise very irregular , with a singular postscript in prose , addressed to the working classes in England by a little country parson , ancl secretary to the Anti-Kant Society . " The dedication to those in England who live by the daillabour of
y their hands is unique in its way , but although quaint , is not sufficientl y easy and fluent to interest them ; it is rather written for than to them . The cantos are somewhat after Butler , and have an earnestness , although they do not flow as trippingly . My Dog Brace is a study , and requires more looking into than a mere glance . There is soul in it .
On the advantages of a triform System of Colonisation to South Africa . B y Echvard King . Longman & Co . The author is a medical psychologist converted to his theory by a politico-christian philanthropist ; he states that he uses a phraseology as little in vogue as the science of psychology . His views of ensuring tho