The Prophet's Mantle review and related religious works
A critical survey of The Prophet's Mantle by Jas Muray notes earnest piety but limited focus on Elijah's spirit and character. It praises scriptural care yet laments over detailed, microscopic scenes and the lack of broader insight. Additional notices cover At the Feet by R. C. Morgan and other religious titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha
Shaphat
Jas, Murnay
Old Cumnock
Blackwood
Sona
Elijah
R. C. Morgan
London
Morgan, Clore
Scott
Alice Leigh
The
Religious Tract Society
Alice
Grand Duchess
Augusta of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Morgan and Chase
Prize for Perseverance From Idle Son Provokes Mum's Quip
A mother pleads for her son to receive a prize at an exhibition. A teacher declines noting the boy’s stubborn idleness. The mother retorts that if not, he could still be awarded for perseverance, prompting a humorous exchange.
New Swedish Railway Prospectus and Royal Hall Opening
A prospectus for the Nassjo Oscarshamn Railway shows 180,000 pounds of debentures at 78 shillings each with 5 percent interest, a 94 mile line from Oscarshamn to Nassjo linking Baltic and North Sea routes due for completion by July 1872. The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences opened in London with Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales present, crowds cheering as the King’s procession attended a formal opening. A Westmeath inquiry reports agrarian crime and disaffection are at peak, with evidence of complicity among respectable classes and inadequate existing laws. An libel case in Kingston sees Otto and Mdme. Lind-Goldschmidt vindicated. damages awarded to the plaintiffs after a judge condemns the publication as groundless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassjo Oscarshamn Railway Company
Eastern Railway of
Sweden
Oscarshamn
Baltic
Nassju
Gothenburg
North Sea
Messrs. Morton and Sons
London
Royal Albert Haut of
Apts and Sciences
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Tur
Westmeath
Meath
King’s County
Mapames Lind-Goldschmidt
Otto Goldschmidt
Mdme
Lind-Goldschmidt
Kingston Assizes
New York
Jenny Lind
Goldschmidt
Ducane
Damages Awarded in Libel Case Across Publications
The plaintiff seeks compensation for injury from libel with a verdict of 7501. and 500/. in two separate trials over the same paragraph published in the American Register and the London Reader. The court notes that no amount could fully compensate the plaintiff for the harm caused by the initial libel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Register
London Reader
Tenby oyster bed found off South Wales coast
Odd miscellany notes include a giant oyster bed near Tenby, jokes about boots half soles, Brigham Young’s wives, a Maine railway guard saved by a pocket Testament, and quips about painting, sermons, and Irish travel humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenby
South Wales
Seuttle
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Breakfast items and patent medicines advertised in 19th century paper
The page advertises Epps's Cocoa with notes on digestion and nutrition citing Civil Revue Gazette. It lists James Fris & Co as London makers and mentions Epps's Cacieine a light evening beverage. Holloway's Pills are praised for long-standing relief with claims of restoring health by cleansing blood and addressing stomach lungs heart head and bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Illinois
United States
Sandy
Galignaini
National Defence
Hotel de Ville
Napoleon NT
Gambetta
Gluais-Bizoin
Rochefort
Etienne Arago
Jules Ferry
Assi
Lullier
Versailles
Inrsuman
Wemet
Ireland
Jimmy
Epps
Civil Revice Gazette
James Fris & Co
Hanapathic Chemists
London
Holloway
Pitts
Also Mentioned on This Page
Christ
Gondon: Macintosh
Maine
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