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Review Of Literature.
The East India Voyage . By Emma Roberts . J . Madden and Co . —The fair authoress of this volume terms it " Ten Minutes' Advice to the Outward-Bound . " It embraces whatever is useful , without professing to be a treatise , it is a friend and a monitor—a friend in social converse—a monitor without reserve . From the choice of a cabin —( what a variety of thoughts does the idea of a " cabin" bring back to our recollectionswhen the briht imaginings of our " early morning of
, g life" made the cabin of a ship the very beau ideal of comparative comfort and delight!)—to the " ultima thule" of oriental success , Miss Roberts' pen roams with a boundless rapidity . She sketches with singular fidelity all those traits of character and circumstance which create a powerful interest ; the deeper , because her page is dedicated to truth ; and her sentiments lead to propriety and honour . The necessary preparations for , and the various scenes of a voyage
, are described with great freedom ; in scarcely a single point is she at fault . The cadet and the assistant-surgeon—those two leading materials from whence spring the future stock of Anglo-Indian society—will prize Miss Roberts as the chart by which to steer their course ; not that her value is even thus limited -for she enters into the field of philosophy and general polity , with an acuteness that stamps her value as an authorand proves how true it is that when woman will writeshe
, , gives to literature an increased value by the peculiar fidelity that embellishes it . Independently of her acuteness in military law , our author exhibits a most unusual acquaintance with the medical polity of the Oriental world . Nothing seems to have escaped her attention ; its advantages
and abuses are touched upon ivith a masterly hand ; and the profession is much indebted to her for the soundness of her arguments , as well as for the deep interest with which she has championed the cause . The indigenous materia medica of India , and the general qualifications of the native Hakeems , are matters of great importance , and are not overlooked . On the contrary , it would appear that at no distant day the great capabilities of a world will be brought into circulation with European practice . Miss Roberts expresses herself with great force
against the pernicious reductions of medical remuneration , as equally at variance ivith prudence and justice , After much close reasoning , and great good sense , she argues that a medical director in the Court is almost essential to the vital interests of the profession , to protect the feelings and energies of the most important class of public men ; and expresses her opinions strongly upon this prevalent system of injustice . Miss Roberts pays high respect to the chaplains of Indiaas the
con-, servators of public morals . Their office is treated of with the respect that is their due ; and a spirit of thankfulness for their mission of piety to their Omnipotent Master pervades her subject . The value of this interesting work is by no means impaired by its republication from the Oriental Herald , in the form of a series of valuable papers , which have been carefully revised and corrected . The Governess . By the Countess of Blessington . Longman and Co .
—Fascinating as the noble authoress is in all her writings , we are free to confess that the " Governess" has less charms than most of the former productions of her elegant pen . There wants the freedom of expression which gives freshness ; not that Lady Blessington is unequal to her subject , which is one of the very best for a lady possessing great high-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature.
The East India Voyage . By Emma Roberts . J . Madden and Co . —The fair authoress of this volume terms it " Ten Minutes' Advice to the Outward-Bound . " It embraces whatever is useful , without professing to be a treatise , it is a friend and a monitor—a friend in social converse—a monitor without reserve . From the choice of a cabin —( what a variety of thoughts does the idea of a " cabin" bring back to our recollectionswhen the briht imaginings of our " early morning of
, g life" made the cabin of a ship the very beau ideal of comparative comfort and delight!)—to the " ultima thule" of oriental success , Miss Roberts' pen roams with a boundless rapidity . She sketches with singular fidelity all those traits of character and circumstance which create a powerful interest ; the deeper , because her page is dedicated to truth ; and her sentiments lead to propriety and honour . The necessary preparations for , and the various scenes of a voyage
, are described with great freedom ; in scarcely a single point is she at fault . The cadet and the assistant-surgeon—those two leading materials from whence spring the future stock of Anglo-Indian society—will prize Miss Roberts as the chart by which to steer their course ; not that her value is even thus limited -for she enters into the field of philosophy and general polity , with an acuteness that stamps her value as an authorand proves how true it is that when woman will writeshe
, , gives to literature an increased value by the peculiar fidelity that embellishes it . Independently of her acuteness in military law , our author exhibits a most unusual acquaintance with the medical polity of the Oriental world . Nothing seems to have escaped her attention ; its advantages
and abuses are touched upon ivith a masterly hand ; and the profession is much indebted to her for the soundness of her arguments , as well as for the deep interest with which she has championed the cause . The indigenous materia medica of India , and the general qualifications of the native Hakeems , are matters of great importance , and are not overlooked . On the contrary , it would appear that at no distant day the great capabilities of a world will be brought into circulation with European practice . Miss Roberts expresses herself with great force
against the pernicious reductions of medical remuneration , as equally at variance ivith prudence and justice , After much close reasoning , and great good sense , she argues that a medical director in the Court is almost essential to the vital interests of the profession , to protect the feelings and energies of the most important class of public men ; and expresses her opinions strongly upon this prevalent system of injustice . Miss Roberts pays high respect to the chaplains of Indiaas the
con-, servators of public morals . Their office is treated of with the respect that is their due ; and a spirit of thankfulness for their mission of piety to their Omnipotent Master pervades her subject . The value of this interesting work is by no means impaired by its republication from the Oriental Herald , in the form of a series of valuable papers , which have been carefully revised and corrected . The Governess . By the Countess of Blessington . Longman and Co .
—Fascinating as the noble authoress is in all her writings , we are free to confess that the " Governess" has less charms than most of the former productions of her elegant pen . There wants the freedom of expression which gives freshness ; not that Lady Blessington is unequal to her subject , which is one of the very best for a lady possessing great high-