CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. For all who Court the GAY and FESTIVE SCENES, An improver and beautifier of the Hair beyond all precedent. For imparting a radiant bloom to the Complexion, and a softness and delicacy to the Skin, Or, PEARL DENTRIFICE, for giving a Pearl-like Whiteness to the Teeth, and Fragrance to the Breath. I 4 O 2 6 O IO O 3 3 919 9 7 6 6 0 17 O 0 4 6 13 10 3 0 4 I 10 060 O 17 5 о 14 19 6 I 12 O 7 I о о o 5 O 16 4 0 Any article to be had singly at the same prices. An oak chest to contain the above, and a relative number of knives, &c., 21. 155. Tea and Coffee Sets, Dish Covers, and Corner Dishes, Cruet and Liqueur Frames, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process. CUTLERY warranted. The Most Varied Assortment of TABLE CUTLERY in the World, all Warranted, is on Sale at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S at Prices that are remunerative only because of the largeness of the sales. 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Established 110 years. gravings free by post. CLERICAL TWEED CLOTHING. En Made to measure at the following prices, for Cash only: The Complete Suit Morning Coats 525. 255. 16s. 6d. Trousers Waistcoats Frock and Overcoats 30s. 635. and 855. 30s. and 455. IOS. 6d. 125. and 13s. 6d. 365. and 555. HEDn to their French and German Wines, comprising Chablis, EDGES AND BUTLER beg to direct atten Sauterne, Barsac, St. Peray, La Rose, Latour, Margaux, Lafitte, Chambertin, Côte Rôtie, St. George, Clos Vougeôt, Hermitage, Nierstein, Hockheimer, Liebfraumilch, Rudesheimer, Johannisberger, Steinberger, Assmanshausen, Brauneberger, Muscatel Moselle, Sparkling Hock, Moselle, and Champagne. Messrs. H. and B. respectfully recommend their SUPERIOR GOLDEN SHERRY, of soft and full flavour, at 365. per dozen. PALE GOLDEN and BROWN SHERRY, 425., 485., 545. FINE OLD PORT, 485. to 725. MADEIRA, BUCELLAS, TOKAY, and every other description of Wine. 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By Presbyter Dunelmensis. The Pledge. By the Rev. W. W. Robinson, M.A. 11. Monthly Letter (from our own Correspondent). London: WEEKS and CO., 44, Paternoster Row. rable Archdeacon DENISON. 8vo. 5. New Edition. REMARKS on ESSAYS and REVIEWS. DENISON, K.C.B., Governor of Madras. 1s. 6d. By Sir WILLIAM Just published. Price 125., Essays in History and Art. BY R. H. PATTERSON, Author of "The New Revolution." COLOUR IN NATURE AND ART. REAL AND IDEAL BEAUTY. SCULPTURE. ETHNOLOGY Of Europe. UTOPIAS. OUR INDIAN EMPIRE. THE NATIONAL LIFE OF CHINA. AN IDEAL ART-CONGRESS. BATTLE OF THE STYLES. GENIUS AND LIBERTY. YOUTH AND Summer. RECORDS OF THE PAST: NINEVeh and Babylon. INDIA ITS CASTES AND CReeds. "CHRISTOPHER North "-IN MEMORIAM. Revue des Deux Mondes. C'est un plaisir assez singulier que nous a procuré la lecture des Essais reunis de M. Patterson. M. Patterson est sans doute un homme supérieur; et il est loin de laisser faire ces instincts qui sont entrés en lui par droit de naissance-ces génies de son temprament: toujours est-il qu'ils sont bien en lui. Quoiqu'il ait aussi son côté poétique, c'est un esprit essentiellement clair et logique, qui aime à spéculer, à embrasser de vastes ensembles, et qui procède volontiers par des séries consécutives de raissonnements,-un esprit chez qui le besoin de comprende, d'expliquer, et de résumer l'emporte d'une manière decidée sur le sentiment et sur les émotions capricieuses de l'imagination. On ne s'étonne pas que ses articles sur la politique Napoléonienne (articles réimprimés depuis en volume sous le titre de la Nouvelle Revolution) lui aient valu la réputation de prophète et d'ingenieux penseur politique. S'il aime à généraliser, c'est en homme qui voit vraiment toutes les grandes données d'une question.. Dans ses instincts, comme dans son intelligence, il n'a rien d'exclusif. Cette disposition à rendre égale justice à tous le sert bien dans ses appréciations. . . Une des qualités qui ont le plus contribué à sa supériorité c'est qu'il est viril. Il a le sentiment de la réalité,-il ose la régarder en face: et cela n'est pas un mince avantage pour éviter toutes les extravagances qui aujourd'hui s'appuient sur tant de naïve sentimentalité. Dublin University Magazine. We have Not often, whether in prose or verse, does the same man command both "the vision, and the faculty, divine." Not often is the original thinker endowed with a fluent and fascinating style, which takes captive the crowd by its beauty. Mr. Patterson has this good fortune. He is an unquestionably original thinker, whom some readers might deem too daring; and he has a noble and eloquent style, which also some might consider too ornate. He is a writer so full of novel and unusual thoughts that he throws them into notes, und encloses them in parentheses. His writing is pictorial, and very full of colour, yet it never lacks precision. hitherto made reference only to Mr. Patterson's most thoughtful and philosophical essays. But the volume is diversified with "light reading." "Genius and Liberty" is a delightful essay, full of poetic ardour. "Youth and Summer" is nothing less than a prose poem-and that of no common kind. In "The Battle of the Styles" is condensed an immense amount of wit and wisdom. Mr. Ruskin's delightful fallacies are treated with admirable humour; and the despot of art is as pleasantly bantered by his reviewer as was Robert Montgomery by Macaulay.. • We can sincorely congratulate Mr. Patterson on having by this volume shown himself as original a thinker on subjects of general History and Art as he had previously proved himself to be on the contemporary history which we call Politics. He has insight, logic, humour, a noble and variable style-and can claim entrance by right to the first rank of authors of the day. Athenæum. In Mr. Patterson's Essays we have a volume which no discerning reader will open only once. Fine appreciative taste and original observation are found united with range of thought and rare command over the powers of the English language.. ... Our judgment leads us to prefer his Historic dissertations. And the treatise we should adduce before all the rest in support of the high opinion we entertain of the author's powers is that on "The National Life of China." For breadth and strength of handling, completeness of grasp, judicious arrangement of material, and lucid style, it is a model of what such a performance ought to be. . . . It is impossible to convey in a brief space any adequate impression of a collection of papers, written on a variety of subjects, and holding in every page proofs of unusual research and capacity. To form a fair opinion of Mr. Patterson's merits, readers must get his volume. L'Independence Belge. La lecture de ce livre atteste à chaque page que l'auteur traite de la peinture avec le pinceau d'Apelle, de la sculpture avec la ciseau de Phidias, de l'architecture avec le compas d'lctinus. Il s'étaie tour à tour des beautés et des effets de la nature, des artistes de l'antiquité, du moyen âge et de notre époque. Il critique avec autant de profondeur que de tacte les plus grandes autorités contemporaines. Ses dissertations sont si simples, et cependant si animées, qu'en les lisant vous croyez voir l'azur du ciel, les paysages les plus luxuriants et les plus accidentés, la simple fleur des champs, l'onde argentée du ruisseau, l'infini de l'océan, les chefs-d'œuvre de l'art plastique et de l'architecture de l'ancienne Grèce et de l'ancienne Rome, de la Renaissance, et des temps contemporains. Ce magnifique panorama est parsemé de commentaires toujours originaux, de conclusions toujours logiques. La nouveauté des aperçus étonne tout d'abord le lecteur, qui se prend à accuser l'auteur de métaphysique; mais bientôt il est forcé de revenir sur cette première impression devant la preuve mathématique.. ... Il faudrait bien des colonnes pour apprécier ce livre de M. Patterson comme il le mérite, pour donner au lecteur une juste idée des critiques aussi originales que spirituelles qu'il contient. Bref, le livre de M. Patterson-véritable mosaïque littéraire-a d'autant plus de mérite que nous sommes dans une époque où les publications de ce genre sont malheureusement trop rares. La critique doit recommander ce livre comme infiniment propre à former le goût et à asseoir le jugement en matières d'histoire et d'art. Quant au style, il est toujours clair, mais toujours éloquent, toujours simple et toujours attrayant. Enfin, c'est un de ces ouvrages qu'on ne lit pas à moitié, mais jusqu'au bout, et qu'on retrouve toujours avec plaisir. Macphail's Edinburgh Magazine. All Mr. Patterson's writings are marked by a most striking originality in thought and in expression. His present work is executed with great literary ability. The style is terse, vigorous, chaste, pictorial and lively. Thoughts, original and suggestive, startle us in almost every page; and the matter is of the most solid kind... The two elaborate Essays on India and China contain almost all that a general reader would wish to know in regard to these countries and their peoples. The facts can thoroughly be relied on-which is more than can be said of most works on Eastern Empires, especially the Chinese. . . . The "Castes and Creeds of India" is a most valuable essay, inasmuch as the information which it gives cannot be obtained elsewhere. To the missionary in India, and to candidates for the Civil Service, we would especially recommend it as well worthy of careful study. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, Edinburgh and London. CONTENTS -Treatise on Prayer-1. Summary of Faith and Duty.-2. Daily Rules, Morning Prayers; Short Prayers for Every Hour; Evening Devotions; Itinerary; Meditations; Rules for Holy Life; Prayers for each Day of Week; Reflections for a Month Litanies.-3. Thanksgivings, Intercessions, and Prayers.-4. Holy Scripture; Holy Days and Seasons.-5. Remedies against Sins; Penitential Psalms, Self-Examination, Meditations and Prayers before Holy Communion, Thanksgivings after.-6. Preparation for Death; Devotions for the Sick, &c. London :-J. MASTERS, Aldersgate Street and New Bond Street. For Advent and the Church's Year. Pp. 480, price 6s. SHORT READINGS ON THE COLLECTS. By Sir ARCHIBALD EDMONSTONE, Bart. Admirably reflects the inner mind of the Church. A very delightful book. The faithful offering of one who desires to tread in the steps of Robert Nelson, and of whose spirit he has deeply drunk."-Christian Remembrancer. "The great merit of the book lies in its candour, its fairness, and its well-balanced teaching."-Scottish Ecclesiastical Journal. A Catalogue of Advent Sermons, Works, &c. may be had on London:-J. MASTERS, Aldersgate Street and New Bond Street. Sermons for Advent. Recently published, Second Edition, price 25. EATH, JUDGMENT, HELL, AND Four Advent Sermons, by the Rev. F. G. LEE, of S. Mary's, Aberdeen. "Warm and rousing, and good specimens of what such Sermons ought to be."-Christian Remembrancer. "Four impressive Sermons fuitable to the Advent season.”—Literary Churchman. "Thoroughly rousing; reminding us in their minute and picturelike reality of the far-famed discourses of the celebrated Masilion.”— Clerical Journal. HE GREEK TESTAMENT; with a Critically revised Text: a Digest of Various Readings: Marginal References to Verbal and Idiomatic Usage: Prolegomena: and a copious Critical and Exegetical Commentary in English. For the use of Theological Students and Ministers. By HENRY ALFORD, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. VOL. I. THE FOUR GOSPELS. A Fifth Edition is in the Press. 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