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say that ify was the reproach of England , that whereas she had a thousand different religions , she ^ had only one sauce—melted butter . Unfortunately it exceeds the powers even of a genius , so versatile and accomplished as Bro . Soyer to remove the former of these stigmas ; . but the latter he has altogether abolished . We have still an endless variety of creeds , but it is consolatory to think that , thanks to the ingenuity and enterprise of the modern Lucullus , we have also a

rich diversity of sauces . New liturgies are continually invented , and the savour of fresh condiments rises in grateful incense through our cloudy atmosphere . Bro . Soyer has , to use his own peerless expression , " unfurled the banner of gastronomy , " and taking his position upon a hatterie de cuisine , he keeps waiving the meteor flag with an energy and devotion which have resulted in renown to himself and signal advantage to the community . Of all the works with which his graphic pen has enriched the literature of the larder , his last is by far the most

valuable . It has literary graces which , independently of its gastronomic qijalbties , render it peculiarly attractive , and , interspersed with various subtle disquisitions on the art of cookery , and many admirable recipes for the manufacture of new dishes , it contains some most interesting particulars respecting the most glorious epoch of Bro . Soyer ' s profession and career—his sojourn in the Crimea . It is the peculiar merit of this remarkable man , that with a delicate and discriminating taste for all that is savoury and palatable in the world of edibles , he

combines a keen relish for all that is witty , sententious , and sentimental in the world of letters . He is almost as clever with his pen as with his spoon , and his writings have as great a poignancy as his dishes . It is this faculty which has made him so great a benefactor to his art , for the most valuable of all talents is that which enables a man to present his opinions in a form that will render them pleasing to the fancy and imagination of the public ; and it has been remarked with great justice by Mrs . Hannah More , that there is no such friend of vice as

the man who advocates virtue in a disagreeable manner . Heretofore , cookerybooks have been the driest and least interesting of publications , the leading articles in the Economist always excepted ; but Bro . Soyer has giyen them , an Attic flavour , which makes them as pleasant to read as they are eminently useful to consult . In a moment of great national exigency , Bro . Soyer repaired to the Crimea with the intention of carrying on in that remote peninsula a campaign far more salutary to the interests of humanity , than any that could be maintained

by shot and shell ; and he was greatly instrumental in promoting the comfort and mitigating the sufferings of our soldiers . His merits were universally acknowledged in both camps , and Lord Raglan , in particular , regarded him as an admirable auxiliary . He has , therefore , a right to be regarded not only as a most eminent professor of a very useful and indispensable art , but also as a great benefactor of mankind , and in any other country than this he would long since have received some public recognition of his services . But tc bon temps viendra .

" Life and Times of Nathalia Borissoona Princess Dolgorookov , " by James Arthur Heaed . London : Bosworth and Harrison . —In this work , which is chiefly derived from the letters of the princess herself , Mr . Heard , who describes himself as a knight of the order of St . Stanislaus , presents a yivid picture of those times which immediately succeeded the reign of Peter the Great until the fall of Biren and the assumption of the reigns of power by Elizabeth ; during which period , to be the favoured friend or minister of one monarch , was to meet with some

disgrace and banishment to Siberia , if not death , from his successor . Indeed , in many instances , scarcely twenty-four hours were allowed to intervene between the most princely wealth and most abject poverty and disgrace ; and that without any notice to the victim whose whole family was too often involved in one common ruin at the caprice of the ruler , or his creatures , for the time being . This work givesnthe

history of a young and heroic woman who owed her banishment and disgrace merely to the circumstance that she had been true to her womanly instincts and refused to abandon—even ere she was married—him to whom in the hour of prosperity she had plighted her troth , at a time when the death of Peter II . 'threatened him with disgrace . > She became Princess Ivan Dolgorookov only in time to accompany her husband into the most degrading of exile , where she remained cheering him

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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

Eeviews Of Uew Books

say that ify was the reproach of England , that whereas she had a thousand different religions , she ^ had only one sauce—melted butter . Unfortunately it exceeds the powers even of a genius , so versatile and accomplished as Bro . Soyer to remove the former of these stigmas ; . but the latter he has altogether abolished . We have still an endless variety of creeds , but it is consolatory to think that , thanks to the ingenuity and enterprise of the modern Lucullus , we have also a

rich diversity of sauces . New liturgies are continually invented , and the savour of fresh condiments rises in grateful incense through our cloudy atmosphere . Bro . Soyer has , to use his own peerless expression , " unfurled the banner of gastronomy , " and taking his position upon a hatterie de cuisine , he keeps waiving the meteor flag with an energy and devotion which have resulted in renown to himself and signal advantage to the community . Of all the works with which his graphic pen has enriched the literature of the larder , his last is by far the most

valuable . It has literary graces which , independently of its gastronomic qijalbties , render it peculiarly attractive , and , interspersed with various subtle disquisitions on the art of cookery , and many admirable recipes for the manufacture of new dishes , it contains some most interesting particulars respecting the most glorious epoch of Bro . Soyer ' s profession and career—his sojourn in the Crimea . It is the peculiar merit of this remarkable man , that with a delicate and discriminating taste for all that is savoury and palatable in the world of edibles , he

combines a keen relish for all that is witty , sententious , and sentimental in the world of letters . He is almost as clever with his pen as with his spoon , and his writings have as great a poignancy as his dishes . It is this faculty which has made him so great a benefactor to his art , for the most valuable of all talents is that which enables a man to present his opinions in a form that will render them pleasing to the fancy and imagination of the public ; and it has been remarked with great justice by Mrs . Hannah More , that there is no such friend of vice as

the man who advocates virtue in a disagreeable manner . Heretofore , cookerybooks have been the driest and least interesting of publications , the leading articles in the Economist always excepted ; but Bro . Soyer has giyen them , an Attic flavour , which makes them as pleasant to read as they are eminently useful to consult . In a moment of great national exigency , Bro . Soyer repaired to the Crimea with the intention of carrying on in that remote peninsula a campaign far more salutary to the interests of humanity , than any that could be maintained

by shot and shell ; and he was greatly instrumental in promoting the comfort and mitigating the sufferings of our soldiers . His merits were universally acknowledged in both camps , and Lord Raglan , in particular , regarded him as an admirable auxiliary . He has , therefore , a right to be regarded not only as a most eminent professor of a very useful and indispensable art , but also as a great benefactor of mankind , and in any other country than this he would long since have received some public recognition of his services . But tc bon temps viendra .

" Life and Times of Nathalia Borissoona Princess Dolgorookov , " by James Arthur Heaed . London : Bosworth and Harrison . —In this work , which is chiefly derived from the letters of the princess herself , Mr . Heard , who describes himself as a knight of the order of St . Stanislaus , presents a yivid picture of those times which immediately succeeded the reign of Peter the Great until the fall of Biren and the assumption of the reigns of power by Elizabeth ; during which period , to be the favoured friend or minister of one monarch , was to meet with some

disgrace and banishment to Siberia , if not death , from his successor . Indeed , in many instances , scarcely twenty-four hours were allowed to intervene between the most princely wealth and most abject poverty and disgrace ; and that without any notice to the victim whose whole family was too often involved in one common ruin at the caprice of the ruler , or his creatures , for the time being . This work givesnthe

history of a young and heroic woman who owed her banishment and disgrace merely to the circumstance that she had been true to her womanly instincts and refused to abandon—even ere she was married—him to whom in the hour of prosperity she had plighted her troth , at a time when the death of Peter II . 'threatened him with disgrace . > She became Princess Ivan Dolgorookov only in time to accompany her husband into the most degrading of exile , where she remained cheering him

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