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ALLMOST al l these papers were written, not because I wanted a subject for an article, but because an article on the subject was wanted at the time. The occasiorls have passed away, and the particular value which they then possessed has passed away with them. But tlle subjects whether notable boolcs, or characters of in teresting men, or disputable questions in policy or literature are for the most part still open for discussion, and liable to reappear on the stage from time to time, Now, when I have had to study a question myself, I have always wished to know something of its history, and what was thought and written about it in its former stages. Each of these Essays may be regarded as a chapter or section in the history of the question it deals with and as they were all written carefully, and ul on good information, and with no other ol ject than to represent the case truly as it then al pearedto me, it has been thought worth while to collect them into a rolrune, vheret hey inay be f o n b d y tllose vlioni t hey conccrll Talrcn as representing the opinions of an individual inq irearn, d not of a judicial board, they inay carry less weight in the readers estimation, but he can judge better what weight is due to them. I have reprinted them without other alteration than the correction of misprints or awkward sentences, the omission of one or two passages which I do not now altogether approve, aiid tlie restoration of thc original test where alterations, which I did not think improve ments, Ilaci been made by the editor. CONTENTS. TV. TALES BY THE AUTEIOR O F L E I HA L L r .,. ... V. THE WAKEFIELDT HEORY O F COLONIZATION . .. . . . ... VI. SOUTHA USTRALI I A N 1841 .. . ... .. . .. . VII. EXPEDITION TO THE NIGER IN 1841. CIVILIZATIO O N F AFRICA ... VIIT. DICKEKSSA MERICANO TES . . . ,.. ... ... IS. TEKYYSONPSO EMS ... .. . ... ... ... ... S. HARTLEYC OLERIDGE ... .. . .. . .. . . . . XI. ENGLISH I IEXAMETEBS .. . . . . ... . . . . . . XII. TWELFTH N IGHT A T THE OLYMPICT HEATRE IN 1SG5 ... XIII. THE MERCHAN O T F VENICE A T TFlE I I N C E OF VALESS T HEATRE IN 1875 ... ... ... ... ... .,. ... XIV. ON THE AUTHORSHI O P F TIIE PLAY A S TT RIBUTED TO SHAKESPEARE 3 69 XV. ON A QUESTION CO NCERNING A S PPOSES DE rlilfEN O F SUAKESPEARES HANDWR TINQ .,. ... . . . .,. ... 376 XVI. THE DUTY O F ADVOCATE IN S CRI IINATLR IALS , S ... 385 XWI. A Q ESTIO C N ON CERNIKG BOOKSP UBLISHE O I N COYBIISSIO . N .. 390 XTIII. Oa SOME OVERSIGHT IN RECENT I IISTORIES .. . ,.. . . . 395 XIX. TEACITIN T G O R u n ... ... ... .. . . . 4 09 I. IIEKRT TAYLORS STATESD IAN. A REVIEW. TIIIS is a book full of excellent matter, on a subject which has hitherto occupied very little attention, It consists of Essays on larious points connected with the administration of Government written, it would seem, at different times and in different moods, as the sundry experiences of a life occupied in public business have happened to suggest them. Its more immediate and especial importance lies in its bearing upon our present system of Executive Government the manifold defects of which, both in theory ancl in practice, are well held up to the public viem, and a plan of reform suggested and urged with earnest eloquence lipon the general attention, which needs nothing but a strong call from mithout to be introduced with the greatest ease and advantage. It is in the hope, we imagine, of awaking such a call, that the book has been published in its present somewhat immature and undigested state...
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