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The Evergreen.
zealous in the cause of his hero ; hut he is truthful , and tolerably impartial . Being an admirer of the ppet ^ he consider ^ it necessary his faults ; he has yet to learn that a biographer owes nothing to the person about whom he writes but unmitigated justice ; but , with the exception of a few errors of style * the work is an excellent one- ^ the narrative is co nected and rapid—the dispositions interesting and highly poetical—the
descriptions of natural scenery gorgeous and picturesque . The work possesses also a peculiar value , inasmuch as Mr . Middleton has published , for th & first time , specimens from a copy of ¦¦ " M .. ^ em ^ y i ^ imd hy the poet ' s own . hands . In some of these great improvements of style are evident , while others plainly demonstrate how greatly Shelley ' s ideas differed in after years from the wild , impassioned , and sceptical notions of what may indeed be termed his boyhood . To the admirers of Shelley , as a man and as a poet , we can confidently recommend the work as one which will meet with their warmest and sincerest sympathy ; to the public in general
we can point to it as being the only complete Life of Shelley in existence . Captain Med win ' s work , written as it was by one incapable of appreciating the poetic character , was , as we have said , but a hurried compiLation . The four volumes just published by Mr . Hogg , without an index , without a table of contents—without , in fact , any m eans of reference ,
and composed as they are of information heaped together without an ^ nection—must be a disap ^ pointment to all those who had naturally looked forward to them as the only complete story of the poet ' s life . At present , therefore , Mr . Middleton ' s " Life of Shelley " is the only complete one we possess ; and , as it gives information which is given in no other biography , and much that is suppressed by Mr . Hogg lis unauthentic ( while he , by the way , quotes not a single authority ) , we can recommend it to all those who take an interest in the author of " Adonais . "
" Clerical Directory , 1858 , " by the Conductors of the Clerical Journal . John Crockford , Essex-street , Strand . —This is certainly a most comprehensive and useful work of reference , as regards the clergy and the church . The labour of bringing together the facts relative to the position , title , works , & c . of nearly 19 , 000 clergymen , must have been immense ; and the reverend gentlemen concerned do not appear to have given that attention towards ensuring accuracy which it might have heen ex--pected thev would do : the compilers statins * that they have expended pected they would do ; the compilers stating that they have expended
" more than five hundred pounds for postage stamps alone" in seeking information , or an average of about seven for every clergyman , many of whom never acknowledged the many letters addressed to them . Indeed , they appear to be as neglectful in this respect as we have found the majority of the Lodges of the Craft whom we have so frequently addressed ; though , like the editors of this Directory , there are many whose courtesy and kindness we are bound to acknowledge . Though by the help of the index the name of each clergyman is readily found , yet that labour will be undoubtedly
lessened hy an alphabetical arrangement , which the editors promise for flext year , and which they were onl y prevented from effecting this year thoughthe necessity which existed for printing the information received Efcs fa $ b & $ it came to hand . Every clergyman , and Indeed every person t ^ Idng % n interest in the statistics of the Church , should be in possession of infewwfc .
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The Evergreen.
zealous in the cause of his hero ; hut he is truthful , and tolerably impartial . Being an admirer of the ppet ^ he consider ^ it necessary his faults ; he has yet to learn that a biographer owes nothing to the person about whom he writes but unmitigated justice ; but , with the exception of a few errors of style * the work is an excellent one- ^ the narrative is co nected and rapid—the dispositions interesting and highly poetical—the
descriptions of natural scenery gorgeous and picturesque . The work possesses also a peculiar value , inasmuch as Mr . Middleton has published , for th & first time , specimens from a copy of ¦¦ " M .. ^ em ^ y i ^ imd hy the poet ' s own . hands . In some of these great improvements of style are evident , while others plainly demonstrate how greatly Shelley ' s ideas differed in after years from the wild , impassioned , and sceptical notions of what may indeed be termed his boyhood . To the admirers of Shelley , as a man and as a poet , we can confidently recommend the work as one which will meet with their warmest and sincerest sympathy ; to the public in general
we can point to it as being the only complete Life of Shelley in existence . Captain Med win ' s work , written as it was by one incapable of appreciating the poetic character , was , as we have said , but a hurried compiLation . The four volumes just published by Mr . Hogg , without an index , without a table of contents—without , in fact , any m eans of reference ,
and composed as they are of information heaped together without an ^ nection—must be a disap ^ pointment to all those who had naturally looked forward to them as the only complete story of the poet ' s life . At present , therefore , Mr . Middleton ' s " Life of Shelley " is the only complete one we possess ; and , as it gives information which is given in no other biography , and much that is suppressed by Mr . Hogg lis unauthentic ( while he , by the way , quotes not a single authority ) , we can recommend it to all those who take an interest in the author of " Adonais . "
" Clerical Directory , 1858 , " by the Conductors of the Clerical Journal . John Crockford , Essex-street , Strand . —This is certainly a most comprehensive and useful work of reference , as regards the clergy and the church . The labour of bringing together the facts relative to the position , title , works , & c . of nearly 19 , 000 clergymen , must have been immense ; and the reverend gentlemen concerned do not appear to have given that attention towards ensuring accuracy which it might have heen ex--pected thev would do : the compilers statins * that they have expended pected they would do ; the compilers stating that they have expended
" more than five hundred pounds for postage stamps alone" in seeking information , or an average of about seven for every clergyman , many of whom never acknowledged the many letters addressed to them . Indeed , they appear to be as neglectful in this respect as we have found the majority of the Lodges of the Craft whom we have so frequently addressed ; though , like the editors of this Directory , there are many whose courtesy and kindness we are bound to acknowledge . Though by the help of the index the name of each clergyman is readily found , yet that labour will be undoubtedly
lessened hy an alphabetical arrangement , which the editors promise for flext year , and which they were onl y prevented from effecting this year thoughthe necessity which existed for printing the information received Efcs fa $ b & $ it came to hand . Every clergyman , and Indeed every person t ^ Idng % n interest in the statistics of the Church , should be in possession of infewwfc .