Dickensian Crown of London Critics on New Novels
A literary roundup praises London's Heart and weighs Oakshott Castle by Henry Kingsley. The review finds Oakshott Castle lacking unity but notes clever touches in Squire Willesden and Jonas Clapperton, while Saint Cecilia is seen as languid and overdictated by art talk.
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London
Henry Kingsley
Oakshott Castle
Lord Oakshott
Sir Arthur
Granby
Whipple
Roll Island
Justice Hallow
Squire Willesden
Jonas Clapperton
Alice Willesden
Saint Cecilia
Constance
Guilford
Brief Notives. John, whom Jesus Loved.
A critique of James Culross’s six lecture work on Saint John. The reviewer notes aims, audience limits, and notes on teaching style. While praising its usefulness as a summary of John’s life, writings, and influence, it questions authorial bias and calls for balance between dogma and critical insight. The piece also mentions Browning’s Death in the Desert.
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John
Jesus
James Culross
A.M
D.D
Elliot Stock
Apostle
Mr. Browning
The
Desert
Dr. Currosa
Book reviews span religious guides to Lowell collection
The Good Voices presents a simple child friendly guide from Rev Eowin A Appert praising natural and biblical voices. The Student's Handbook to Oxford outlines exam subjects cost of living and entry routes. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell showcases his range from Biglow Papers to Brittany Legends with praise for variety and tone.
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Eowin A. Appert
City of London School
London
Macmillan and Co
Abbott
Oxford
Clarendon Press
James Russell Lowell
Lowell
Mr. Lowell
Biglow
Brittany
Keats
Fragmented Gleanings from a London Newsletter
A selection of humorous and curious notes including remarks on fashion, social behavior, and miscellany. Items mention paupers in London, amber dredging profits, a mole skin mantle in Edinburgh, and quips from clergymen and governesses. Also notes on a Boston minister and Wendell Phillips.
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Epping Forest
St. George's
Hanover-square
London
Edinburgh
Baltic
Prussia
Hudson
Erin
Scotland
Boston
Wendell Phillips
Phillips
Duartes Dickens
The
Atheneum
Dickens Letters And Coffee Tips In A Century Past
A dated miscellany recounts Charles Dickens replying to a young editor about rhyme, a coffee making tip from a late 19th century source, and Rufus Choate’s courtroom oratory as remembered by E P Whipple. The anecdotes reveal a taste for wit, method, and persuasive power.
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Charles Dickens
Oxford
Dickens
Corrie
Choate
Rufus Choate
E. P. Whipple
Births Marriages and Berths Notice
Births marriages and berths listed with names places and dates from April entries. Includes Nightingale Brown McEwen Wright Briggs Harvey Whiting Crosland Doncaster Armistead Hotham Allen Tuckwell Barron Thompson Jukes Goodman Aspland Russell and Cranfield Sully with locations Waterloo Westminster Hackney Leeds Bakewell Dawlish Dawlish and London.
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Nightingale—Brown
Waterloo
Liverpool
T. B. Sainsbury
John W. Nightingale
Bristol
Diana Mary
Robert Brown
Commercial Bank
St. John’s Newfoundland
McEwen—Dalton
Westminster Chapel
G. A. McEwen
J. McEwen
Perth
Rosamond Mary
Headingley
Anna Maria
John Whiting
Regent-villas
Leeds
Crosland
Doncaster
Friends’ Meeting House
Bakewell
Robert Firth Crosland
Oldfield Nook
Cleckheaton
Lucy Maria Doncaster
Daniel Doncaster
Broomhall Park
Sheffield
ARMISTEAD—_HOTHAM
A. 8. Aspland
Middle Temple
Lanesfield
Clifton
Kate Olivia
James Russell
Kinahan’s LL Wutsky advertised as finest Irish whisky
The notice extols Kinahan’s LL Wutsky as the cream of Irish whiskies: pure, wholesome, and unrivalled quality with a Red Seal Pink label Cork branded bottle. It also promotes a dye product Judson’s Simple Dyes with full instructions and chemist availability.
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Kinahan
Great Titchfield St
Oxford St
Judson
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