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there was exhibited a larger number of purely local antiquities than is usually brought together on such occasions . Those illustrative of the Eoman and Saxon epochs were particularly remarkable . Some forty or fifty examples of various types of the Eoman fictile vessels , found upon the site of the ancient potteries ou the banks of the Atcdway , were exhibited b y the Eev . T . AVoodruff .
The chief objects found in the Eomaii villa at Hart-lip were arranged by Air . Pretty , and collections of Eoman remains from Ightham , Plaxtol , ancl the neighbourhood , were contributed by Major Lnarcl and Air . Biggs . A selection from the contents of an extensive Eoman cemetery at Strood was exhibited by Air . Humphrey Wickham . There were exhibitions of Saxon remains , which were of interest ; such were the earthen vessels from
Harrietsham , and the silver enamelled hair pin and ornaments from Chatham . The antiquities were exhibited in the deanery , where on Wednesday evening a large company assembled . Air . E-oche Smith for upwards of two hours gave an extempore explanation of the Roman ancl Saxon antiquities with reference to the aims and objects of true archaiology . The papers were all of local interest , ancl were read by the " Bev . E . Trollopc , the Eev .
T . Hugo , Major Luard , Mr . Corner , ancl the Rev . L . B . Larking . The annual general meeting of the Sussex Archaeological Society ivas held last week at " . Bosham and Chichester . After visiting Bosham Church , where a paper was read by the vicar ,
the Rev . II . Alitchell , on the relics of the church , the Roman villa , the archaiologists returned to Chichester ancl visited the cathedral , inspecting the close , cloisters , vicar's hall , bishop's chapel , palace , market cross , ancl other antiquities of the place ; after which they dined in a marquee erected in the beautiful grounds of the bishop ' s palace . The Dean of Chichester presided , and the Bishop of Oxford made an eloquent and humorous speech
upon the occasion . We have before us some specimens of photographic reproductions of maps , executed b y Air . George Downs . These show yet another application of this most wonderful ancl beautiful art . The sheets reproduce for us an Austrian official survey of Lombardy , enlarged or diminished to any size at the will of the operator ; yet with a perfect fidelity of linesnamessurfacesmountain shades
, , , , and the like . We have never seen a more beautiful map . The National Botanical Gardens at Kew , containing the great palm-house , the old and new museums , the tropical aquarium , & c , and the royal palace pleasure grounds , flower gardens , ancl new arboretum , having been greatly improved and adorned , tire now open every week-day from one o'clock till dusk ; on Sundays , from two o ' clock till six . Ercc admission to the whole . In the
old tropical aquarium , or hothouse No . G , there is a fine specimen of the lace or lattice-leaf plant of Madagascar . It is said that it has been copied by the artificial florists of London for ornamental purposes .
Reviews Of New Books.
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS .
The Jews in the . East . By the Eev . P . BKATOX , ALA ., Chaplain to the Forces . [ From the German of Dr . Erankl ] . London Hurst and Blackett ( successors to Colhuru ) , Great Alarlborough Street . As FKEEMASOXS we admit into brotherhood and fellowshi p individuals of every nationality , people , and tribe , without reference to their religious faith ; anil as long as they acknowledge the
existence and power of a Supreme Being we do not impure into their mode of worship , for wc tolerate all reli gions and sects , and the question of each being right or wrong is no business of ours—if they believe in Gocl we are content . But yet the Jews are to us , Masonically speaking , a people of the greatest interest and importance , as every brother must know for himself , and every companion bear witness to . They were the chosen le of Gocl
peop , and . yet await the time when he , in his infinite wisdom , shall again assemble them and make them his chosen , according to his promise , when they shall be again collected into a nation , and no longer be a dispersed and distinct race , mixing- ivith the whole human famil y , yet never absorbed by it , but remainin g a separate people in faith , language , manners , laws , ancl even personal appearance .
Ihe title of The Jens in the East is partly a misnomer . The first volume has little or nothing to do with them , ancl the name ot the Rev . P . Beaton published in large type , with that of Dr hrankl bracketed in small type , is an entire reversal of the ° t things . Mr . Beaton taking the post of honour , while he mere translator , and Dr . Erankl , who is the real author , mo bringing up the rear . The work itself is one of the class ol tours m , the East , so plentiful nowadays . True it i i ^
Reviews Of New Books.
Dr . Erankl went on a special mission to Jerusalem , and wherever he stopped appears to have made himself thoroughly acquainted with the actual condition of the Jews in those places ; he has certainly told us more about them than any previous traveller has done of late years . As we before intimated , the first volume tells us but little of The . Tens in . the Eastbut deals chiefl y in classical allusionsand as
, , Dr . Erankl , who appears to be a German Jew , as well as a physician , a poet , and tin editor of a not unknown edition of Hippocrates , it is scarcely to be wondered at . He opens with a description of a visit to Athens and the preliminary voyage down the Adriatic , ancl the account he gives us is full of his terrors , emotions , ancl sensations , which were caused by a navigation of the Ionian sea about the time of the vernal equinox , ancl are , no doubt , faithful
pictures of the horrors of a sea voyage to a German landsman ancl poet to boot . We pass over the various places he saw with admiration and excitement , as they will readily suggest themselves to the memory of the classical geographer , and incidentally mention that he seems not to have recognized the scene of a poem of his own on the battle of Lepanto , although he more than once complacently alludes to that performance . But with his experience of the first
roll of the vessel m a gale ot wind , and its magical effect on the breakfast table , he tells us bow horribly seasick he was , and what fearful despair and fright his situation engendered . Yet under these perils mind for a time j overcame matter , and he struggled to behold the majesty of the ' great deep in its fury , the poetical overcoming the landsman's feelings . Still it was but for a . short time that his heroism lasted , for he \ rawled to the scuttle of
his cabin and opened it to look upon the ^ waves , "like stout gigantic women , wearing powerful crowns of ~ silvery foam , and dancing wild dances to the mad music whicli thundered clown from the clouds ; " and like most other " stout gigantic women , " in their " wild dances , " they did not like being watched so closely , and so unceremoniously dashed through the scuttle , drenched him and his bed , and he became so utterly helpless ancl hopeless , that
not even an attempt of the "friendly doctor" to "divert his attention" to the classic shores around could rouse him from his abject state of misery . Safely landed at Athens , he expresses himself amply compensated for having " crossed the stormy ocean , " for there be seems to have been perfectly bewildered with enthusiasm . Even the chipping of the stones by the Athenian stonemasons recalled to his recollection and niade him think of the passages he had read
concerning "the clink of Amphion's lyre which built the walls of Thebes . " Here he falls in with an Athenian sculptor , Al . Pittakis , " a thin , little , elderly man , with fiery eyes , rather poorly dressed in the French style , working in a small room in Hermes-street , among hundreds of fragments of marble , and thus pathetically describes the end of his visit : — ' ¦ ' I asked AL Pittakis for a small piece of marblo to carry home with
me as a sign that 1 had been in the Holy Land , to which he said I was a pilgrim . He looked ou the ground and handed me a small piece which had formed part of a gutter , and bore at least some traces of the chisel . After I had received it with thanks , he took it back again , and looking at it with a sorrowful air , said : — "' Go ; thou hast witnessed the lapse of thousands of years . It may be that the hand of Pericles touched thee , that his eye gazed upon thee ;
thou hast survived the destruction of bygone ages , and now thou art about to go forth to the land of the barbarians . . Do not take this impression amiss , sir ; you know that every country but Greece was considered , barbarous . ' "When I saw how paiuful it was for him to part with it , I did not wish to take the stone , but lie said— ' I have mastered my feelingstake it , take it . '" Passing over the author's various disquisitions respecting the
modern Greek poets and professors , the affability of the king , and the horsemanship of the queen of Greece , the Sultan ' s new palace at Constantinople , Omcr Pacha , and the Emir Beschir , we come to the real subject matter of the work , The Jems in the East . 'The condition of this once favoured people is , according to Dr . Frankl , one of the most melancholy and sad spectacles that can meet the eye . He describes tbem , not as a lofty high souled race ,
hearing their misfortunes with dignity , but as the lowest , ignorant , and most abject people of the east . They exist in self govern eel communities , adhering to the old theocracy , organized ancl ruled ¦ iiiijhe rabbinical class whom be calls a priesthood ; but surely this mistake , seeing that the daily sacrifice cannot be restored come . These Rabbis have the power of taxation , political , social , and charitable purposes , as well as flurisuiction , including tbe administration ol' punishment . ; and , if we read Dr , Erankl aright , this also in-4 ! iti
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there was exhibited a larger number of purely local antiquities than is usually brought together on such occasions . Those illustrative of the Eoman and Saxon epochs were particularly remarkable . Some forty or fifty examples of various types of the Eoman fictile vessels , found upon the site of the ancient potteries ou the banks of the Atcdway , were exhibited b y the Eev . T . AVoodruff .
The chief objects found in the Eomaii villa at Hart-lip were arranged by Air . Pretty , and collections of Eoman remains from Ightham , Plaxtol , ancl the neighbourhood , were contributed by Major Lnarcl and Air . Biggs . A selection from the contents of an extensive Eoman cemetery at Strood was exhibited by Air . Humphrey Wickham . There were exhibitions of Saxon remains , which were of interest ; such were the earthen vessels from
Harrietsham , and the silver enamelled hair pin and ornaments from Chatham . The antiquities were exhibited in the deanery , where on Wednesday evening a large company assembled . Air . E-oche Smith for upwards of two hours gave an extempore explanation of the Roman ancl Saxon antiquities with reference to the aims and objects of true archaiology . The papers were all of local interest , ancl were read by the " Bev . E . Trollopc , the Eev .
T . Hugo , Major Luard , Mr . Corner , ancl the Rev . L . B . Larking . The annual general meeting of the Sussex Archaeological Society ivas held last week at " . Bosham and Chichester . After visiting Bosham Church , where a paper was read by the vicar ,
the Rev . II . Alitchell , on the relics of the church , the Roman villa , the archaiologists returned to Chichester ancl visited the cathedral , inspecting the close , cloisters , vicar's hall , bishop's chapel , palace , market cross , ancl other antiquities of the place ; after which they dined in a marquee erected in the beautiful grounds of the bishop ' s palace . The Dean of Chichester presided , and the Bishop of Oxford made an eloquent and humorous speech
upon the occasion . We have before us some specimens of photographic reproductions of maps , executed b y Air . George Downs . These show yet another application of this most wonderful ancl beautiful art . The sheets reproduce for us an Austrian official survey of Lombardy , enlarged or diminished to any size at the will of the operator ; yet with a perfect fidelity of linesnamessurfacesmountain shades
, , , , and the like . We have never seen a more beautiful map . The National Botanical Gardens at Kew , containing the great palm-house , the old and new museums , the tropical aquarium , & c , and the royal palace pleasure grounds , flower gardens , ancl new arboretum , having been greatly improved and adorned , tire now open every week-day from one o'clock till dusk ; on Sundays , from two o ' clock till six . Ercc admission to the whole . In the
old tropical aquarium , or hothouse No . G , there is a fine specimen of the lace or lattice-leaf plant of Madagascar . It is said that it has been copied by the artificial florists of London for ornamental purposes .
Reviews Of New Books.
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS .
The Jews in the . East . By the Eev . P . BKATOX , ALA ., Chaplain to the Forces . [ From the German of Dr . Erankl ] . London Hurst and Blackett ( successors to Colhuru ) , Great Alarlborough Street . As FKEEMASOXS we admit into brotherhood and fellowshi p individuals of every nationality , people , and tribe , without reference to their religious faith ; anil as long as they acknowledge the
existence and power of a Supreme Being we do not impure into their mode of worship , for wc tolerate all reli gions and sects , and the question of each being right or wrong is no business of ours—if they believe in Gocl we are content . But yet the Jews are to us , Masonically speaking , a people of the greatest interest and importance , as every brother must know for himself , and every companion bear witness to . They were the chosen le of Gocl
peop , and . yet await the time when he , in his infinite wisdom , shall again assemble them and make them his chosen , according to his promise , when they shall be again collected into a nation , and no longer be a dispersed and distinct race , mixing- ivith the whole human famil y , yet never absorbed by it , but remainin g a separate people in faith , language , manners , laws , ancl even personal appearance .
Ihe title of The Jens in the East is partly a misnomer . The first volume has little or nothing to do with them , ancl the name ot the Rev . P . Beaton published in large type , with that of Dr hrankl bracketed in small type , is an entire reversal of the ° t things . Mr . Beaton taking the post of honour , while he mere translator , and Dr . Erankl , who is the real author , mo bringing up the rear . The work itself is one of the class ol tours m , the East , so plentiful nowadays . True it i i ^
Reviews Of New Books.
Dr . Erankl went on a special mission to Jerusalem , and wherever he stopped appears to have made himself thoroughly acquainted with the actual condition of the Jews in those places ; he has certainly told us more about them than any previous traveller has done of late years . As we before intimated , the first volume tells us but little of The . Tens in . the Eastbut deals chiefl y in classical allusionsand as
, , Dr . Erankl , who appears to be a German Jew , as well as a physician , a poet , and tin editor of a not unknown edition of Hippocrates , it is scarcely to be wondered at . He opens with a description of a visit to Athens and the preliminary voyage down the Adriatic , ancl the account he gives us is full of his terrors , emotions , ancl sensations , which were caused by a navigation of the Ionian sea about the time of the vernal equinox , ancl are , no doubt , faithful
pictures of the horrors of a sea voyage to a German landsman ancl poet to boot . We pass over the various places he saw with admiration and excitement , as they will readily suggest themselves to the memory of the classical geographer , and incidentally mention that he seems not to have recognized the scene of a poem of his own on the battle of Lepanto , although he more than once complacently alludes to that performance . But with his experience of the first
roll of the vessel m a gale ot wind , and its magical effect on the breakfast table , he tells us bow horribly seasick he was , and what fearful despair and fright his situation engendered . Yet under these perils mind for a time j overcame matter , and he struggled to behold the majesty of the ' great deep in its fury , the poetical overcoming the landsman's feelings . Still it was but for a . short time that his heroism lasted , for he \ rawled to the scuttle of
his cabin and opened it to look upon the ^ waves , "like stout gigantic women , wearing powerful crowns of ~ silvery foam , and dancing wild dances to the mad music whicli thundered clown from the clouds ; " and like most other " stout gigantic women , " in their " wild dances , " they did not like being watched so closely , and so unceremoniously dashed through the scuttle , drenched him and his bed , and he became so utterly helpless ancl hopeless , that
not even an attempt of the "friendly doctor" to "divert his attention" to the classic shores around could rouse him from his abject state of misery . Safely landed at Athens , he expresses himself amply compensated for having " crossed the stormy ocean , " for there be seems to have been perfectly bewildered with enthusiasm . Even the chipping of the stones by the Athenian stonemasons recalled to his recollection and niade him think of the passages he had read
concerning "the clink of Amphion's lyre which built the walls of Thebes . " Here he falls in with an Athenian sculptor , Al . Pittakis , " a thin , little , elderly man , with fiery eyes , rather poorly dressed in the French style , working in a small room in Hermes-street , among hundreds of fragments of marble , and thus pathetically describes the end of his visit : — ' ¦ ' I asked AL Pittakis for a small piece of marblo to carry home with
me as a sign that 1 had been in the Holy Land , to which he said I was a pilgrim . He looked ou the ground and handed me a small piece which had formed part of a gutter , and bore at least some traces of the chisel . After I had received it with thanks , he took it back again , and looking at it with a sorrowful air , said : — "' Go ; thou hast witnessed the lapse of thousands of years . It may be that the hand of Pericles touched thee , that his eye gazed upon thee ;
thou hast survived the destruction of bygone ages , and now thou art about to go forth to the land of the barbarians . . Do not take this impression amiss , sir ; you know that every country but Greece was considered , barbarous . ' "When I saw how paiuful it was for him to part with it , I did not wish to take the stone , but lie said— ' I have mastered my feelingstake it , take it . '" Passing over the author's various disquisitions respecting the
modern Greek poets and professors , the affability of the king , and the horsemanship of the queen of Greece , the Sultan ' s new palace at Constantinople , Omcr Pacha , and the Emir Beschir , we come to the real subject matter of the work , The Jems in the East . 'The condition of this once favoured people is , according to Dr . Frankl , one of the most melancholy and sad spectacles that can meet the eye . He describes tbem , not as a lofty high souled race ,
hearing their misfortunes with dignity , but as the lowest , ignorant , and most abject people of the east . They exist in self govern eel communities , adhering to the old theocracy , organized ancl ruled ¦ iiiijhe rabbinical class whom be calls a priesthood ; but surely this mistake , seeing that the daily sacrifice cannot be restored come . These Rabbis have the power of taxation , political , social , and charitable purposes , as well as flurisuiction , including tbe administration ol' punishment . ; and , if we read Dr , Erankl aright , this also in-4 ! iti
Ar01303
. ord (?^ J isWCcP /« sfly mmjfebib I JftW , § i $ i £ & ke a till " TSvQtoh flcM ? f p ^ A D- ' tgi ^ aT Jjy ^ pppristmment " »« ram c orde >^^ 3 i $ J $ fcj » e a 1 1 i ^ feP tilf " Sl ' * Mi . o * M y n < M ? f $ A i njerpits C' Q- ' igi ^ aQu ; ¥% ( l / i Jj & W'isbi