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Review Of Literature.
it is clearly proved that a condensed summary may be at least as inter esting as the more elaborate work , and it has this advantage of coming within the means and the comprehension of all . The blessings of si"ht and hearing are denied to so many that every effort made on the behalf of those who are , is a benefaction upon mankind ; and if the present vade mecum , be somewhat egotistical , we only wish we could with equal truth announce our own right to claim , with the author , the apto whom he hasunder Pro
probation and gratitude of the very many , - vidence , been so serviceable . Curiosities of Medical Experience . By Dr . Millingen . Bentley . Here we have a good gossiping book , full of curious matter , to be conned at a leisure hour , bit by bit , to be put down and taken up again , and to be still enjoyed . In truth , the doctor has got together an extraordinary batch of curiosities . We have a list of the fattest men , the leanest men , iant is not
oldest men , the tallest men , and the shortest ; no g forgotten , a single dwarf is looked over . AA ' e can recommend Doctor Millingen as a most pleasant companion for those hours dedicated by our friends to lig ht reading . - Impressions of Itahj and other Poems . By Lady Stuart AVortley . Saunders and Otley . the noble poetess has gratified the world by this effusion of her muse , sweet indeed are many of the poems , and some are sad yet sweet ; we have not space to do justice to the many blossoms which grace the volume , and having nearly reached our own limits we shall close with her Ladyship ' s last poem .
HUMAN LIFE . " A darkness and a light , A silence and a sound , A weakness and a might , A vastness ancl a bound ; " Such , such is Human Life , AVith its contrasts and its change ,
AAlth its trouble and its strife , AA'ild , startling , dim , and strange . " A war within—without—A hurry—a delay—A certainty—a doubt—A slavery and a sway . " A fulness and a void
, A substance and a shade , Hour after hour destroyed By the progress it hath made . " A whirlwind ancl a calm , An idlesse and a task , A poison and a balm , A vig il and a masque I
' ' Such , such is Human Life , Say , rather , Human Death !—"fis one agony—one strife—From the first to last of breath !" The Outcast . Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . If a man be in love with misery it may be well to read tbe "Outcast ; " peradventure there may VOL . IV . ¥
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Review Of Literature.
it is clearly proved that a condensed summary may be at least as inter esting as the more elaborate work , and it has this advantage of coming within the means and the comprehension of all . The blessings of si"ht and hearing are denied to so many that every effort made on the behalf of those who are , is a benefaction upon mankind ; and if the present vade mecum , be somewhat egotistical , we only wish we could with equal truth announce our own right to claim , with the author , the apto whom he hasunder Pro
probation and gratitude of the very many , - vidence , been so serviceable . Curiosities of Medical Experience . By Dr . Millingen . Bentley . Here we have a good gossiping book , full of curious matter , to be conned at a leisure hour , bit by bit , to be put down and taken up again , and to be still enjoyed . In truth , the doctor has got together an extraordinary batch of curiosities . We have a list of the fattest men , the leanest men , iant is not
oldest men , the tallest men , and the shortest ; no g forgotten , a single dwarf is looked over . AA ' e can recommend Doctor Millingen as a most pleasant companion for those hours dedicated by our friends to lig ht reading . - Impressions of Itahj and other Poems . By Lady Stuart AVortley . Saunders and Otley . the noble poetess has gratified the world by this effusion of her muse , sweet indeed are many of the poems , and some are sad yet sweet ; we have not space to do justice to the many blossoms which grace the volume , and having nearly reached our own limits we shall close with her Ladyship ' s last poem .
HUMAN LIFE . " A darkness and a light , A silence and a sound , A weakness and a might , A vastness ancl a bound ; " Such , such is Human Life , AVith its contrasts and its change ,
AAlth its trouble and its strife , AA'ild , startling , dim , and strange . " A war within—without—A hurry—a delay—A certainty—a doubt—A slavery and a sway . " A fulness and a void
, A substance and a shade , Hour after hour destroyed By the progress it hath made . " A whirlwind ancl a calm , An idlesse and a task , A poison and a balm , A vig il and a masque I
' ' Such , such is Human Life , Say , rather , Human Death !—"fis one agony—one strife—From the first to last of breath !" The Outcast . Simpkin , Marshall , and Co . If a man be in love with misery it may be well to read tbe "Outcast ; " peradventure there may VOL . IV . ¥