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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Story Of Queen And Sir Of The Lake With Other Poems by Wilhelm Hertz The Story Of Queen Guinevere And Sir Lancelot Of The Lake: With Other Poems by Wilhelm Hertz. Access to raw data. The story of Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot of the lake. After the German of Wilhelm Hertz. With other poems. Abstract. Mode of access: Internet. To submit an update or takedown request for this paper, please submit an Update/Correction/Removal Request. Suggested articles. Useful links. Blog Services About CORE Contact us. Writing about CORE? Discover our research outputs and cite our work. CORE is a not-for-profit service delivered by the Open University and Jisc. Arthur, King. was a legendary ruler of Britain whose life and deeds became the basis for a collection of tales known as the Arthurian legends. As the leading figure in British mythology, King Arthur is a national and a symbol of Britain's heroic heritage. But his appeal is not limited to Britain. The Arthurian story—with its elements of mystery, magic, love, war, adventure, betrayal, and fate—has touched the popular imagination and has become part of the world's shared mythology. The Celts blended stories of the warrior Arthur with those of much older mythological characters, such as (pronounced GWID-yon), a Welsh priest-king. Old Welsh tales and poems place Arthur in traditional Celtic legends, including a hunt for an enchanted wild pig and a search for a magic cauldron, or kettle. In addition, Arthur is surrounded by a band of loyal followers who greatly resemble the disciples of Finn , the legendary Irish hero. As time went on, the old Celtic elements of King Arthur's story were buried under new layers of myth. Some versions claimed that Arthur was descended from (pronounced i-NEE-uhs), the legendary founder of Rome. This detail linked British mythology with that of ancient Greece and Rome. As Britain came under Anglo-Saxon rule, Arthur became an idealized leader, a symbol of national identity who had once united all the warring chiefdoms of the British Isles. In some accounts, he led his armies across Europe, much like Alexander the Great of the ancient world. Christianity also played a role in the stories about Arthur. Some scholars have compared Arthur, a good man betrayed by those closest to him, to Jesus, who was betrayed by his trusted disciple Judas. In time, Arthur's story would be interpreted as a tale of Christian virtues and vices. Literary Development Modern scholars can trace the changes in King Arthur's story through the works of particular medieval writers. The most important of these writers was , who lived and worked between about 1100 and 1155. His History of the Kings of Britain contains the most detailed account of King Arthur written up to that time. Geoffrey drew upon Welsh folklore and possibly upon earlier histories; but his Arthur, a conquering national hero, is mainly his own literary creation. Geoffrey's work introduced King Arthur to a wide audience. Soon, English and European writers were producing their own versions of Arthur's life and adding new characters, adventures, and details. Sir , an English writer, wove various strands of myth and history into a lengthy volume called Le Morte d'Arthur (The Death of Arthur) that placed King Arthur firmly in the medieval world. Published in 1485, it became the best-known and most widely read account of the legendary king. Modern images of Arthur—illustrated in books, movies, comic books, and cartoons—are largely based on Malory's story. Arthur's Life and Deeds Arthurian legends are filled with themes common to ancient stories shared around the globe. Although supernatural elements, such as magic, wizards, and , play key roles in the story, at its heart is the simple drama of a man struggling to live by the highest standards in a world of human weakness. According to Malory, Arthur was the son of a king named Uther (pronounced OO-ther) Pendragon, who fell in love with (pronounced EE-grain), wife of Duke (pronounced gor-LOW-iss) of . With the aid of a wizard named , Uther disguised himself as Gorlois and conceived a child with Igraine. (Some versions say that Uther married Igraine after Gorlois died.) Their child, born at (pronounced tin-TAJ-uhl) Castle in Cornwall, was named Arthur. Merlin took charge of the boy's upbringing, arranging for a knight named Sir Hector to raise Arthur as his foster son. When King Uther died, he left no known heir to the throne. It was said that the person who succeeded in pulling the magical sword from the stone that held it would be the next king. The greatest knights in the land accepted the challenge, but none managed to extract the sword. When Sir Hector brought young Arthur to London, the boy was able to withdraw the sword with ease, thus proving that he was meant to be king of England; at a later point in Arthur's story, however, Malory says that he received the sword from a mysterious figure called the . Either way, Arthur became king and gained possession of Excalibur. The wise Merlin helped him defeat the rebellious lesser kings and nobles who did not want Arthur to be king. King Arthur was visited by (pronounced mor-GAWZ), wife of of the Islands. Morgause, a daughter of Igraine, was Arthur's half-sister. Among her children was (pronounced gah-WAYN), Arthur's nephew, who later became one of his loyal supporters. Morgause then bore a younger son, . In some versions of the story, Mordred was Arthur's child, the result of a relationship with his half- sister. The Fate of the King Arthur fell in love with Guinevere (pronounced GWEN-uh-veer), daughter of King (pronounced lee-oh-duh- GRANTZ) of Cameliard, in southern England. But Merlin said that Arthur must fight in France before he could marry. As a result, Arthur and Guinevere were married after his triumphant return from France. As a present, Guinevere's parents gave Arthur a large for the knights who made up his court. This Round Table became the symbol of the fellowship of the brave knights who went on quests to defeat evil, help those in danger, and keep the kingdom safe. Among their quests was the search for the , the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. King Arthur made the seat of his court, and Merlin built a castle with a special chamber for the Round Table. After a time, though, trouble arose. Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot , Arthur's best friend and champion, became lovers. Mordred accused the queen of having an affair, an offense punishable by death. Lancelot defended her honor successfully, but the conflict destroyed the unity of the court. Some knights sided with Arthur, and others with Mordred. After several battles, Guinevere returned to Arthur. Arthur left Mordred in charge of the kingdom while he went off to fight a military campaign. While the king was away, Mordred plotted against him, planning to marry Guinevere and become ruler of Britain. When Arthur returned and learned of the plot, he challenged Mordred to a battle. Arthur and Mordred assembled their armies near the town of Salisbury, in southern England. While the two commanders discussed peace terms, someone saw a snake in the grass and drew his sword. In a flash, all the knights drew their weapons and started to fight. Arthur killed Mordred but suffered his own mortal wound in the process. He asked the sole survivor of the battle, Sir , to take Excalibur and throw it into a particular lake. At first Sir Bedivere hesitated, but eventually he followed Arthur's command. As he did so, a hand rose from beneath the water, the hand of the Lady of the Lake, and caught the sword. Then a mysterious barge appeared. Sir Bedivere placed King Arthur on the barge, which carried him away to , a mythical and sacred isle in the west. There he would be cared for by and healed of his wounds. Legend said that he would return one day when England once again needed him. King Arthur in Context. King Arthur was born somewhere in the misty region where history and imagination meet. The original legends may have been based on a real person, but scholars have yet to determine who that person was. Whether real or imaginary, the story of Arthur has been shaped by the ancient myths and literary creations that developed around him. The courtly medieval king who appears in the best-known versions of Arthur's story is a creation of a later time. Almost fifteen hundred years after the first known reference to Arthur was written, scholars still debate whether or not Arthur was based on a real person. Some believe that King Arthur may be based on a Romano-British war leader, possibly named Artorius, who defended the native Celtic people of Britain against Anglo-Saxon invaders after Rome withdrew its troops from the British Isles in 410 ce. References to this hero appear in a book written around 550 by a Celtic monk named ; in a work by , a Celtic historian of around 800; and in a genealogy from compiled around 955 from earlier sources. According to these accounts, Artorius fought a series of battles against the sometime between 500 and 537. A British researcher named proposed a different identity for Arthur. He based his theory on a letter that a Roman nobleman wrote around 460 to a British king named . Linking this letter with medieval accounts of Arthur's deeds in France, Ashe suggested that Riothamus, who led a British army into France, was the man upon whom the Arthurian legends are based. King Arthur has also been linked with in southwestern Britain. Old traditions claimed that early British Christians founded in the first or second century CE, with the earliest stone structure established in the seventh century. The abbey stood until a fire destroyed it in 1184. According to legend, Arthur and his queen, Guinevere, were buried nearby. Arthur's tomb bore these words: “, king that was, king that shall be.” Some chronicles say that King Henry II ordered the tomb opened in 1150 and that it contained Arthur's skeleton and sword. Modern scholars, though, have been unable to separate fact from legend. Key Themes and Symbols. One of the main themes of the King Arthur legend is the notion that “might makes right,” or that strength and power can be used to enforce a moral code. This moral code was known as , and included traits such as generosity, bravery, courtesy, and respect toward women. For a time, Camelot, the seat of King Arthur's court, seemed to be a perfect realm, free from wickedness. The Round Table represented the unbroken unity of the knights and their common purpose; however, the very knights charged with maintaining a moral standard ended up failing to uphold the standard themselves. King Arthur in Art, Literature, and Everyday Life. Aside from the numerous retellings of the legend of King Arthur in classic literature, the character has remained popular in contemporary culture and art. His traditional story has been brought to newer generations by books such as T. H. White's (1958) and John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976), which attempted to modernize the language of the tales for contemporary audiences. King Arthur has also proven to be a popular character in film. Several versions of his legend have been created, including the 1963 Disney animated version The Sword in the Stone (based on T. H. White's novel) and the more historically based 2004 film King Arthur. Camelot (I960) was a successful Broadway musical production that was adapted to film in 1967. Excalibur , a 1981 John Boorman film based on the writings of Thomas Malory, is considered by some to be the finest adaptation of the King Arthur legend. Many other books and films are based far more loosely on the legend of King Arthur, or simply include King Arthur as a character. Examples include Mark Twain's novels Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), and films such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Shrek the Third (2007). Read, Write, Think, Discuss. King Arthur and his court pledged themselves to behave in accordance with the code of chivalry. The code bound the knights to defend women from harm and treat them with honor as part of their knightly duties. Some modern feminists have criticized this attitude because it suggests that women are too weak to defend themselves and are dependent on men for help. At the same time, the modern phrase “Chivalry is dead” expresses a regret that men no longer treat women with the kind of respect that was once part of the code of chivalry. Can society have it both ways? Is it possible to treat all members of society with respect without fostering inequality? Some have argued that the death of chivalry is an unavoidable outcome of greater equality between the sexes. Do you agree? Why or why not? List of Arthurian Characters. The Arthurian legend featured many characters, including the Knights of the Round table and members of his family. Their names often differed from version to version and from language to language. The following is a list of them with descriptions. (Note: The ' † ' symbol indicates a Knight of the Round Table.) yv y Porthaur (circa 10th century) King Arthur Gorlois Queen Guinevere Igraine Lady of the Lake King Lot King Mark Merlin Mordred Morgan le Fay Morgause Bedivere Breunor (La Cote Mal Taillée) Calogrenant Gawain Griflet Hector de Maris Kay Lancelot Leodegrance Lionel Lucan Marhaus Palamedes Safir Segwarides Tor Ywain the Bastard Elyan the White Sir Ector Excalibur Holy Grail Round Table Avalon Brocéliande Camelot Cornwall Tintagel Books Films Various media Sir Balin Sir Balan of Elaine of Corbenic Dindrane King Arthur's messianic return King Arthur's family Historical basis for King Arthur Emperor Lucius . Famous quotes containing the words list of, list and/or characters : “ Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find them infected with this dropsy and elephantiasis, which we ought to have tapped. ” —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) “ Do your children view themselves as successes or failures? Are they being encouraged to be inquisitive or passive? Are they afraid to challenge authority and to question assumptions? Do they feel comfortable adapting to change? Are they easily discouraged if they cannot arrive at a solution to a problem? The answers to those questions will give you a better appraisal of their education than any list of courses, grades, or test scores. ” —Lawrence Kutner (20th century) “ Children pay little attention to their parent’s teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully. ” —Mason Cooley (b. 1927) Arthurian Literature List. Most titles are followed by a key indicating the original language and style, with the form " (L s) ". If the language is not specified, it is English. A " - c " is appended to the style to indicate a chronicle. Languages B - Britsh D - Dutch F - French G - German I - Italian L - Latin N - Norse. Styles d - drama p - poetry pr - prose tr - tragedy. Reference Material. The Flower of Kings , Merriman post-Malory. Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages , Loomis pre-Malory. The Arthurian Material in the Chronicles , Fletcher. "The Arthurian Legends: Modern Retellings of the Old Stories: An Annotated Bibliography" in the Journal of English and Germanic Philogy vol.43 (173-221) and 49 (213-16) contains a list (with a few little notes) of all Arthurian literature (mostly original fiction) written from 1800-1944. Notes on Authors. The Chronicles. chronicle (p-c) Thomas Castelford 1328 Story of England (p-c) Robert Mannyng of Brunne 1385 Chronica Gentis Scotorum (L pr-c) Fordun 1420 The Orygynale Cronykil of (p-c) Wyntoun 1430 chronicle (pr-c) Capgrave 1436 chronicle (p-c) Hardyng 1482 Polychronicon (pr-c) Ralph Higden 1511 New Chronicles of England and France (pr-c) Robert Fabyan 1521 History of Great Britain (L-c) Mair 1527 Scotorum Historia (L-c) Boece 1534 Anglicæ Historiæ (xxxiv) (L-c) Polydore Vergil 1562 Abridgement of chronicles of England (pr-c) Grafton 1565 Abridgement of English Chronicles (pr-c) Stow 1577 Chronicle (pr-c) Raphael Holinshed 1580 Chronicles of England (pr-c) John Stow. The Story Of Queen Guinevere And Sir Lancelot Of The Lake: With Other Poems by Wilhelm Hertz. of the Atlantic cable. She had steamed out from Valentia 1,063 miles, and arrived in lat. 51 deg. 25 sec. and long. 39 deg. 6 sec., when on 2nd inst. a partial loss of. All over the country the one idea of the farmers. for helping themselves seems to be the sensible one of forming insurance clubs. The most popular plan seems to be to limit the club to the area of one or more unions, so that. The cattle pest is spreading in the Eastern, Southern, and. Mid- land Counties, and the Government on Saturday issued Orders in Council empowering any infected district to appoint inspectors, with power to order the isolation or. NEWS OF TIIE WEEK. T HE week has been full of plagues, rumours of plagues, and renie- dies for plagues. The cattle pest is spreading into all parts of England, and the cholera has already reached. Another war seems imminent at the Cape. The Dutch Boers, who some years ago set up the independent colonies of Transvaal and Free State, have quarrelled with Moshesh, chief of the Basutos. They say he has cheated them in the matter of. The Board of Directors of the Great Eastern Railway Com- pany have issued a reply to Captain Jervis's charges. It is too lengthy to condense, but the main allegations are that Captain Jervis is chiefly moved by the resistance of the. The Epidemiological Society held a meeting at the rooms of. the Social Science Association, to consider the best means of impeding the spread of cholera. A long paper was read by Dr. Headlam Greenhow, showing that the disease always fell. Page 2. The number of candidates for the Oxford local examinations has. this year been very great, and 206 have passed in English, 138 in languages, 166 in mathematics, 26 in physics, 29 in draw- ing, and 8 in music, the immense preference given to. Essex people will hear with great satisfaction a statement given. in the Thnes, that the governors of the Charterhouse intend to remove their school to Hallingbury, near Danmow. They own estates there, and are convinced that London is. The cholera is still raging both in Italy, Turkey, and. Egypt. In the latter place it is travelling towards the upper provinces, leaving both and Cairo full of dead. In Turkey it is in Cairo kil ling upwards of three. Mr. Sprague neither denied nor explained the charge, and the. Lord Mayor committed him for trial. Mr. Tidd Pratt made a well-deserved exposé of a swindling. friendly society before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday. He stated that within a few yards of the Mansion House were the offices of the "Garibaldi Mutual Life Assurance and Sick. Lor I has apologised to his tenantey for the. Rote sent round to them before the election, "expecting" them to vote for the Liberal candidates. He says, in a circular ad- dressed to them, that he urged action but not. imposture and a blasphemy." No matter, Jew or Christian, their. first duty was to curse hard. The Liverpool Ma, trying to express the universal annoyance of the community at these outrages, abused Mr. Kelly in language certainly violent. The latest intelligence from China points to a crisis as. imminent. The rebels of Shantung, the north-eastern county, just south of Pekin, have defeated and slain the Tartar Prince San-ko-lin-sin, and seized a point within 100 miles of. Lord Shaftesbary's philanthropic zeal evidently does not pay him. His. time is so entirely occupied with managing societies, presiding at public meetings, reforming sinners, and devising schemes of practical usefulness, that he neglects his own. Page 3. Another officer has been shot by one of his own. men. Major F. IL de Vere, instructor in field fortifications in the Royal Engineer establishment, had 0C11114011 to send a private named Currie for six days to the cells. He had. Do our readers remember the name of lJgarta, the Jesuit. whose invention of a post-office to the Virgin caused 2,500 ladies in the Cathedral of Santiago to be burnt to death, and who exulted in his victims as saints whom Mary had. The latest papers from New Zealand (June 14) are full. of a great official scandal. The facts, on which wu have else- where commented, appear to be these. General Cameron, weary of a war in which he has not succeeded—Maories very. No further doubt exists that the man who murdered three. chil- , dren in Holborn and a woman and child at Ramsgate was Stephen Forwood, alias Ernest Southey, baker, billiard-sharper, and writer of begging letters. Before the. The latest account from Germany is that the Austrian and. Prussian Governments have made up their differences, and that Kaiser and King are to meet at Salzburg. The basis of accom- modation is saki to be a joint occupation of the. It is stated that the Prussian Government is trying to. accumu- late a treasure against "eventualities." Among other devices it has cancelled a contract with the Cologne-Minden Railway for a sum of 4,500,000/. This contract bound. A meeting of the fleets of Great Britain and France. came off at Cherbourg on the Emperor's fête-day, the 15th inst. the Channel ironclad squadron, attended by four wooden ships, all under the command of Admiral Dacres, entering. The leading British Railways left off at the following prices. yesterday and on Friday week :— Friday, August 11. Friday, August /3. Caledonian Great Eastern .. Great Northern .. Great Western.. Do. West Midland, Oeforl Lancashire and. On Saturday last Consols left off at 891 for money, and 891 for account. Yesterday the closing prices were 89>j for delivery, and 89fl for time. The closing prices of the leading Foreign Securities yesterday and. on Friday week were as follows :— Friday, August 1 I. Friday, August, 18. Greek 21 2 Do. Coupons Uaxican 231 231 Spanish Passive •• Tee Do. Certificates 28. Page 4. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE FLEETS AT CHERBOURG. T HE alliance with France is not perhaps the one which, were the world before them, English statesmen would deliberately choose. Liberals at least. TELEGRAPHIC FREE TRIBE. T HE proprietors of Scotch papers are in a rage with the Tele- graph Companies, and though moved more immediately by their own interests, they are in this matter the spokesmen. Page 5. A WORD AGAINST PA.RA.GUAY'S ENEMIES. A fortnight since we said a few words in favour of the little country of South America which is now engaged in an unequal warfare with powers whose dominions extend over more. Page 6. THE PEERAGE ON THE HUSTINGS. L ORD LEICESTER'S circular to his tenantry brings the of the right of a peer to interfere in elections once more before the public. We showed a fortnight since that such. Page 7. OFFICIAL ANARCHY IN NEW ZEA_LAND. T HERE is official anarchy in the Britain of the South. What- ever may be the good fortune of other Ministers, Mr. Cardwell must be singularly constituted if he can "rest and be. Page 9. THE HOLBORN MURDERS. II1HE latent malignity which always co-exists with vanity was never more clearly illustrated than in these Holborn and Ramsgate murders. The key to those crimes, and to the. Page 10. SUMMER RAMBLES.—A CORNER OF KENT. A VERY curious chapter of early English history lies written 11 in stone at the eastern corner of Kent, along the flat shore - facing the so-called Small Downs. Though now a. Page 11. THE DESCENT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES FROM THE HOHENSTAUFEN. • W HAT the Middle Ages really were, writers the most learned, the most ingenious, the most profound, will perhaps always puzzle themselves in vain to discover. All is chaos. Page 12. THE BRUCES OF ELGIN (CONCLUDED). DWARD, eldest son of the deceased Lord, succeeded as second ri Lord Bruce of Kinloes. He was invested with the Order of the Bath at the coronation of Prince Henry, June, 1610. Page 14. STATE RIGHTS. [Faust OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, August 4, 1865. Two subjects of commanding interest have been brought pro- minently to public attention here within the past few. Page 16. SHOREHAM. To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—I was not a little surprised to see the borough of Shore- ham classed in your paper of the 5th as a nomination borough of the Wyndhams. PATENTS. To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—Your able and temperate article on the policy of Patents deserves the attention of all who wish to consider that subject in all its. Page 17. ANOTHER ELECTION. To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—In common no doubt with many others, I read with con- siderable interest a letter in your paper of the 12th, from a correspondent giving. BOOKS. CHRONICLES AND MEMORIALS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND DURING THE MIDDLE AGES.* Ir is not easy for the critic to keep pace with the diligent editors who work for the Master of. Page 18. THE LAND OF ISRAEL.* NEXT to Dean Stanley's eloquent narrative of travels in Palestine, we do not know of a more interesting book on the same subject than the one before us, by the Rev. H. B. Page 19. GOD'S PROVIDENCE HOUSE.* EXPERIENCED novel-readers are aware that the statement, in the preface of a work of fiction, of its being "founded upon facts" nearly always heralds something grossly improbable. While an author who deals in pure invention ordinarily. Page 20. TWONOVELS.* THESE two novels, though widely unlike in plot, composition, and style, are based upon substantially the same motives of human action. In each of them the heroine voluntarily. Page 21. Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart. (Longman.) —This is an interesting little work. Somebody has said that any one may write a readable book who will only tell the truth about himself, his feel- ings, and his doings. This. CURRENT LITERATURE. Homer's Iliad Translated into English hexameters by Edwin W. Simeox. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—We sincerely trust the ensuing legal and parliamentary vacation is not. Blanche of Afontacute. A tale in two vols. By Mrs. George Haly. (Newby.)—This purports to be a tale of the Wars of the Roses. Certainly the characters in it bear the names of noblemen and gentlemen who flourished ii, thosa. Biographies of the Kings of Judah. Twelve Lectures. By James. Augustus Hessey, D.C.L., Head Master of Merchant Taylors' School. (Rivington.)—The writer says of these lectures, that some of them, printed for private perusal only, were. Remarks on the Sonnets of Shakespeare, with the Sonnets, showing. that- they belong to the Hermetic class of writings, and explaining their gene- ral meaning and purpose. (New York : James Miller.)—The character of this work is sufficiently. Page 22. Our Charlie. By Vera Haldane. (Richard Bentley.)—This is a story. of the present day, or rather story it is none. It is simply an account of a number of women that Our Charlie falls in love with, or who fall in love with Our Charlie. They are. Popular Genealogists; or, the Art of Pedigree-Making. (Edinburgh Edmonston and. Douglas.)—This is an amusing attack upon Sir Bernard Burke, whose reputation certainly will suer severely if it remains un- answered. The errors in the Peerage are first pointed. Life in the World. Sermons Preached at St. Luke's, Berwick. Street. By Rev. Harry Jones, M.A., Incumbent. (Rivington.)—This is by no means an ordinary volume of sermons. Homely and perhaps a little abrupt in style, they are, we should. The Secrets of Angling. By A. S. Moffatt. (Black.)—This is. an excellent little work, written by an enthusiast in the sport, especially intended for those who have the good fortune to explore the trout and. salmon streams in the north of. The Law on its TriaL By Alfred H. Dymond. (A. W. Bennett.)— This is a loosecollectionof stories, without order or method, put together for the benefit of the Royal Commissioners by a gentleman who occu- pied the position of. The International English and French Dictionary. New Edition. Dictionnaire International. (Paris : C. Fourant.)—This dictionary, in two volumes, is the result of the combined labour of English and French linguists. Vol. I., by S. Smith and H. Hamilton, for the use of. The Church of the First Days. Lectures on the Acta. of the Apostles. By C. T. Vaughan, D.D. (Macmillan.)—This is Volume IIL of the series of Dr. Vaughan's sermons on the early Church, and is dis- tinguished by the title of the. Page 23. George Jackson, the St. Andrew's Student. (Simpkin and Marshall.) — George. Jackson is the son of a Scotch blacksmith, who having shown his powers, and it is to be supposed his tastes, by spelling " Jerusalem " and " Nicodemas " at the age of five, is. The Staff Surgeon ; or, Life in England and Canada. 1 vol. By "E. S. T."—This is a lady's first attempt, we are inclined to think. In spite of the Canadian addition to the title, the story is all about the "squire and parsons of. The Reconquest. A Love Story. By Arthur Cory, Capt. H.M. Indian Army. (Smith and Elder.)—This is a poem in two cantos in the Spen- serian metre. The scene is laid in India. When one finds in two suc- cessive stanzas such lines as. Philosophy ; or, the Science of Truth. By James Haig, MA. (Saun- ders.)—Suppressed as a politician, Mr. Haig re-appears as a philosopher. Nothing can be simpler than the science of existence, as explained by him. Grant the postulate. Lectures on Practical Geology. By Professor D. T. Amsted. (Hard. wicke.)—Professor Ansted has some difficulty in descending to the level of the unlearned, otherwise this would be a very useful volume. Some knowledge of geology and chemical. Time and Space. A Metaphysical Essay. By Shadworth H. Hodgson. (Longman.)—This is a learned essay by a writer who is thoroughly ac- quainted with the works of all the great metaphysicians, ancient and modern. It would be quite useless for. people take an interest in when written by their friends, or on scenes in which they are mixed up. The versification is unobjectionable, and the ideas varied. There is one poem, headed "A Life Poem, by a Vaurien," that deserves higher. The Lacemak,ers. Sketches of Irish Character, with some Account of. the Efforts to establish Lacernalzi g in Ireland. By Mrs. Meredith. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—Mrs. Meredith has written about lacomakers because they will soon exist only. The Story of Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot of the. Lake. After the German of Wilhelm Hertz, with other Poems. By Charles Brace. (Longman.)—The "other poems" are described by the author as "Splinters from the Lever of Love, with. An Address to the Younger Clergy and Laity on the. Present State of Religion. By the Bishop of Argyll. (Longman.)—We heartily com- mend this short review of the questions lately brought before the Judicial Committee of the Privy. Page 24. Poems of Purpose and Sketches in Prose of Scottish Peasant. Life and Character. By Janet Hamilton. (Murray, Glasgow; Ritchie, Edin- burgh; Nisbet, London.)—" An old woman of threescore and ten, whose only schoolroom was a shoemaker's. Christ the Interpreter of Scripture. By John R. Beard, D.D. (Whit- field and Green.)—This is a volume of sermons addressed to a congre- gation at Manchester, "assembling for the worship of the Father," by their first minister. Dr. Beard. A Key for Every Lock. By the late Rev. C. T. Yorke, Rector of Shenfield. (Hatchard.)—This is an interpretation of the Book of Revela- tions, based on what is called by the author the general, as distinguished from the. . By His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman. (Hurst and Blackett.)--Criticism. is out of the question under the painful cir- cumstances which attended the production and publication of this frag- ment. The late Cardinal, at the request of the Royal.