Thackeray’s Pendennis examined in North British Review
The North British Review reviews Thackeray’s Pendennis as a sharp critique of literary life. It argues writers’ finances and habits are irregular and often poor, but notes the reviewer’s fidelity to truth and call for self reform within the profession.
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History and Present Condition of Metropolitan Omnibus Staff
A new series of papers on the working classes begins with The History and Present Condition of the Metropolitan Omnibus Drivers and Conductors. Miss Meteyard has gathered statistics to surprise metropolitan and country readers and to benefit the drivers and conductors themselves.
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Carlyle on Jesuitism and English doom in final pamphlet
A critical review of Thomas Carlyle edited pamphlet series on Jesuitism and English society. The piece praises Carlyle’s vivid imagery and forceful style but condemns his mood as morbid and his conclusions as half-truths, noting his perilous stand in political debate.
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