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    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832
    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832
    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832
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      Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction

      Volume 19. Issue 539 - 24 Mar 1832

      Author: Various

      Release Date: March 28, 2004 [EBook #11741]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE ***

      Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Allen Siddle and PG Distributed Proofreaders

      THE MIRROR

      OF

      LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

      WINDSOR CASTLE, (N.E.)

      Our sketchy tour of Windsor Castle has hitherto been told in visits far between, perhaps, if not few, for the interesting character of the whole fabric. ¹

      The present Cut includes the North-east view, a picturesque if not important point. The reader will remember, if he has not enjoyed, the splendid terrace on the north; this is now continued on the eastern side. The fine tower at the eastern end of the north terrace, (at the angle,) is Brunswick Tower, with a projecting bastion in its front containing the apparatus for heating the orangery, with rooms for the attendants; it is octagon shaped, and has a most commanding appearance, the height being 120 feet above the level of the terrace.

      A staircase turret communicates with the apartments, the principal one being appropriated as a private dining-room by the late King, while the larger apartments on the east front were reserved for splendid entertainments. In a central position between the state dining-room and St. George's Hall is a music saloon, in which is placed a fine-toned organ. A communication has been effected between Brunswick Tower and the state apartments by a corridor terminating at the King's Guard Chamber, where a new tower, named after George the Third, has been erected: the principal window is extremely large, and divided by Gothic tracery into several compartments, producing a noble and cathedral-like appearance.

      Beneath the Castle, in the Engraving, are seen the wooded slopes of the Little Park, the green retreats of Pope, where

      ——Waving groves a checker'd scene display

      And part admit, and part exclude the day.

      *** The friendly suggestion of our Correspondent, G.C. (Windsor Castle) shall be considered.

      THE MARCH OF MIND.

      (To the Editor.)

      It is generally supposed that the extensive search after, and diffusion of, knowledge, is in a great measure peculiar to these present times. It seems therefore to me a very curious thing to find a learned man and an accomplished courtier protesting against book-learning as an evil, so far back as the year 1646, and a curious thing he himself appears to have thought it, introducing his opinion as a paradox until he explains. In this explanation we find the same opinion that is now strenuously insisted on by Mr. Cobbett, namely, that a man who properly understands his own business or employment, though he have nothing of literature, is by no means to be accounted ignorant.

      The letters of James Howell, Esq. are well known as fluent examples of the best style of writing of his day, and as repositories of many curious facts and intelligent remarks. The following letter appears to be addressed to Lord Dorchester—

      "My Lord,—The subject of this letter may, peradventure, seem a paradox to some, but not, I know, to your Lordship, when you are pleased to weigh well the reasons. Learning is a thing that hath been much cried up, and coveted in all ages, especially in this last century of years, by people of all sorts, though never so mean and mechanical; every man strains his fortune to keep his children at school; the cobbler will clout it till midnight, the porter will carry burdens till his bones crack again, the ploughman will pinch both back and belly to give his son learning, and I find that this ambition reigns no where so much as in this island. But, under favour, this word, learning, is taken in a narrower sense among us than among other nations: we seem to restrain it only to the book, whereas, indeed, any artisan whatsoever (if he knew the secret and mystery of his trade) may be called a learned man: a good mason; a good shoemaker, that can manage St. Crispin's lance handsomely; a skilful yeoman; a good ship-wright, &c. may be all called learned men, and indeed the usefullest sort of learned men.

      "The extravagant humour of our country is not to be altogether commended—that all men should aspire to book-learning; there is not a simpler animal, and

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