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Critical Notices Of The Literature Of The Last Three Months,
as is the main object , viz ., that of showing the importance of the influence of the higher classes OA'er the very lowest , and the terrible struggle which dire necessity sometimes causes even the middle classes , the aim is kept steadily and constantly in view . We feel that we are reading to some purpose for information as well as for experience ; for every fact detailed , and every character represented , has a life-like reality about it which gives to the book an absorbing interest . We recommend it to our readers as
unquestionably the best novel that has appeared for some months . We shall conclude our list of works of this description with a brief mention of the titles of such books as are worthy of the attention of genuine novel readers ; we mean that general description , that fortunate class of persons to whom reading novels is a polite and fashionable pastime , —who indulge in it while reclining on a sofa , or lazily lolling in an arm-chair , —who read because they have nothing else A'ery particularly to engage their
attention , —whose natural activity of mind and soundness of health prevent them from being positively idle , —and Avhose chief excuse for not doing something useful or learning something instructive , is that they do not know kow to set about either the one or the other , and are too old , or too confirmed in luxurious habits , or too disinclined to be taught anything or to learn . Eor their convenience we will in a few lines save them the trouble of the last sheet of circulating library catalogue , and introduce to their
notice " Jerningham , a Story ; " *— " Phillip Rollo , or the Scottish Musketeers ; "f— " Temper , a Tale , " by Captain Marryat ' s Daughter ; % — " Crewe Rise ; " §— " Vivia ; " ||— " Clara Morrison ; " f— " The Brief Career , or the Jew ' s Daughter ; " **—and "Ealconbeek Hall . " ft Amongst the most useful class of works may be mentioned the experiences of our colonists ; men who have gone out with the definite and praiseworthy object of working out their own independence , and who have ,
moreover , the ability as well as the inclination to make their experiences useful to such of their countrymen as have a mind to follow their example . Mr . Cholmondeley , in the work before us , JJ has gone , perhaps , a little out of the ordinary way in imparting his views of the present prospects and future chances of the colonist in New Zealand ; but his work is so thoroughly practical in many parts , and there are such distinct evidences of ability and original thought , that although in style and literary merit it is far beyond the ordinary run of colonial handbooks , we strongly advise intending emigrants of the higher classes to peruse it attentively before setting out to try their fortunes in the New
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Critical Notices Of The Literature Of The Last Three Months,
as is the main object , viz ., that of showing the importance of the influence of the higher classes OA'er the very lowest , and the terrible struggle which dire necessity sometimes causes even the middle classes , the aim is kept steadily and constantly in view . We feel that we are reading to some purpose for information as well as for experience ; for every fact detailed , and every character represented , has a life-like reality about it which gives to the book an absorbing interest . We recommend it to our readers as
unquestionably the best novel that has appeared for some months . We shall conclude our list of works of this description with a brief mention of the titles of such books as are worthy of the attention of genuine novel readers ; we mean that general description , that fortunate class of persons to whom reading novels is a polite and fashionable pastime , —who indulge in it while reclining on a sofa , or lazily lolling in an arm-chair , —who read because they have nothing else A'ery particularly to engage their
attention , —whose natural activity of mind and soundness of health prevent them from being positively idle , —and Avhose chief excuse for not doing something useful or learning something instructive , is that they do not know kow to set about either the one or the other , and are too old , or too confirmed in luxurious habits , or too disinclined to be taught anything or to learn . Eor their convenience we will in a few lines save them the trouble of the last sheet of circulating library catalogue , and introduce to their
notice " Jerningham , a Story ; " *— " Phillip Rollo , or the Scottish Musketeers ; "f— " Temper , a Tale , " by Captain Marryat ' s Daughter ; % — " Crewe Rise ; " §— " Vivia ; " ||— " Clara Morrison ; " f— " The Brief Career , or the Jew ' s Daughter ; " **—and "Ealconbeek Hall . " ft Amongst the most useful class of works may be mentioned the experiences of our colonists ; men who have gone out with the definite and praiseworthy object of working out their own independence , and who have ,
moreover , the ability as well as the inclination to make their experiences useful to such of their countrymen as have a mind to follow their example . Mr . Cholmondeley , in the work before us , JJ has gone , perhaps , a little out of the ordinary way in imparting his views of the present prospects and future chances of the colonist in New Zealand ; but his work is so thoroughly practical in many parts , and there are such distinct evidences of ability and original thought , that although in style and literary merit it is far beyond the ordinary run of colonial handbooks , we strongly advise intending emigrants of the higher classes to peruse it attentively before setting out to try their fortunes in the New