Dublin Review Volume 40; A Quarterly and Critical Journal (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...it better known in his very amusing book. It appears singular that a detailed account of the proceedings of a wretched and vulgar " intrigante" should be amusing;- but so it is. Mr. Seager, by his serious purpose and manyaccurate details, has given to his narrative all the char.n of truth; the style of a well-bred gentleman, seasoned by a little quiet sarcasm, ha3 been sufficient to render this graphic narrative as popular as it is really valuable--valu VOL. XL.-o. LXXIX. 18 able especially as having rendered innocuous an attempt to calumniate Catholics by means of this wretched girl's success as an impostor. III.--Introduction to the Literature of Europe during the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries. By He.vry Hallam, L.L.D. Fifth edition. Vols. i.--iii. London: Murray, 1856. The "Literature of Europe," of which three volumes are before us, completes the cabinet edition of Mr. Hallam's works. The last volume is on the eve of publication, and as the new edition contains some important additions or modifications, we shall postpone till a later period our intended review of the collected works. IV.--Sacred History: comprising the leading facts of the Old and the New Testament; from the French of M. L'Abbe Drioux. Edited by the Right Kev. Dr. Qoss, Bishop of Liverpool. Kichardson and Son: London, Dublin, and Derby. Nothing can be more just than the objections which lie against the indiscriminate perusal by the young of the vernacular Bible. And yet no better ailment, healthier exercise or sweeter recreation can be offered to the youthful mind than the narratives of our Sacred Books. Hence the desideratum of " Bible Histories: " a want which, with various degrees of success, has heretofore been supplied to us--but ...