The English Church-its Irish limb cut off-shows signs of breaking fast. Its sects increase-no two priests think the same. Disbelief and infidelity rage in its midst, and its most learned members, and even its very bishops, are tainted with them.

On the Continent, rationalism prevails and increases, and the Goddess of Reason has well nigh usurped the place which of right belongs to the God of Inspiration.

In America, again, strange doctrines prevail. Mormons, Freelovers, Shakers, and the like, cast ridicule upon everything sacred. Spiritualism with its false prophets is the belief of millions, and Mammon, in the shape of the almighty dollar, is the paramount idol of worship.

The Eastern nations, slowly learning to disbelieve their ancient religions, gain no other in exchange. Scepticism prevails, and wherever we look, man's faith grows faint and weak.

Then if we glance at the domestic affairs of the different nations which compose our globe, it will be seen how strong a current has set in, agitating them violently in one direction.

It is democracy which thus, like a resistless tide, is permitted to sweep everything before it.

The divine right of kings has been long a thing of the past. The divine right of the masses is the modern programme, which, in these latter days, looms before our vision.

Absolute equality is the dream of the age, and in the mean time, until it is procurable, republicanism, veiled or unveiled, prevails. All these surely are startling signs and symptoms in our ancient world, and seem to portend some important crisis is at hand.

Nor, when we reflect to how vast an extent man has been permitted to penetrate into the secrets of nature, does it seem conceivable that progress at a similar ratio can long continue. The tree of knowledge has been already vigorously shaken: there must be some limit to the fruit with which it is loaded.

These, then, are some of the indications, which, combined, constitute "the handwriting upon the wall," to which we would draw attention. It is not for us more specifically to endeavour to interpret them.

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From the "Lancet," 2nd April, 1870.

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From Professor ATTFIELD, F.C.S., Professor of Practical Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical
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FOR THE

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THE PHOTO-CHROMO-LITH PROCESS either produces Works in Fac-simile or in an Enlarged or Reduced Form, and is employed for Commercial Purposes in the Reproduction of Autograph Letters, Architects' Drawings, Plans, Specifications, &c.; and for the Reproduction of parts-voice or orchestral-of MS. and other Music.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

DAILY NEWS.

"Old books as well as old prints can be reproduced by this process, and the ponderous quarto of a century 220 transformed, as if by magic, into the most portable of duodecimos. In addition to all the above advantages, the inventor of this new process of photo-lithography claims for his process the crowning merit of great comparative cheapness and despatch."

THE ATHENÆUM.

"Tam o' Shanter-a Tale,' and 'The Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots,' by Robert Burns. These are fac-similes by the photo-chromolith process, from the poet's autographs, and have the great advantage over ordinary fac-similes in being absolutely perfect-not subject to ordinary errors of reproduction and transcription-errors which are inevitable. These are literally, fac-similes; every dot, spot and mark of the dragging of the pen on the rather rough paper Burns used,-every blot, and even the signs, as it seems to us, that he used sand to absorb the superflous ink ere turning s leaf, so that the MS. has a curious granulated appearance,-are here. The text of Tam o' Shanter' is fine, bold and clear-a complete transcript; doubtless, that which was sent to the printer. Letter-press copies of the poems are attached, and a brief Introduction by Mr. Moy Thomas."

THE EXAMINER.

"It is an astounding proof of the progress of the age, that we may not only purchase the works of a favourite poet st an almost nominal sum in the regular and precise form of Roman type, but may even have a faithful copy of the original manuscript, with its blots, smudges, mistakes, and corrections. This process, by which photography and litho graphy are made to combine in the manifold reproduction of fac-similes, is described as very cheap and easy of execution. Effective it certainly is; and we should think the publishers would find it profitable to extend its employment in manufacturing copies of old manuscripts valued by antiquaries and Art-students."

THE STANDARD.

"The edition of Burn's most popular poem, Tam O'Shanter,' is an exact fac-simile of the author's manuscript, and will be received with pleasure, both by those who are interested in autographs and the many who love the poems of the Scotch peasant poet; and it will, there is little doubt, serve as a valuable advertisement to the publishers, who are the proprietors of the Photo-Chromolith Process. Of the perfect success of that process, as applied to Tam O'Shanter," there can be no question. Every erasure, blot, and tittle are as fresh as when they came from the poet's pen. The advantages claimed for it are that by its use fac-simile copies of drawings or manuscripts can be taken with the greatest certainty and accuracy; that the process is at once rapid and cheap; and that the original copy is in no way damaged."

ILLUSTRATED TIMES.

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NOTES AND QUERIES.

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"The admirers of Burns will be glad of this opportunity to acquire the fac-similes of the poet's handwriting, with the emendations of the poems."

All applications with respect to the PHOTO-CHROMO-LITH PROCESS should be made to EDWARD J. FRANCIS, 4, Took's Court, Chancery Lane, E.C.

The Reproduction of BURNS'S MSS. of TAM o' SHANTER' and the 'LAMENT of MARY, QUEEN of SCOTS,' price 1s., published by Messrs. ADAMS and FRANCIS, 59, Fleet Street, E.C.

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