Book reviews praise reform efforts in pauper schools and historic tales
A collector of critiques highlights Miss Hill’s education reforms for pauper children and supports boarding-out and apprenticeship over workhouse schools. It also covers Cameos from English History by Misa Yonge with vivid living pictures, Recollections of the Paris Exhibition by Eugene Rimmel, and Abyssinia myths and history by Richard Cruppie, noting their value and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Ireland
America
Norwich
Rollo
Edward II
Redclyffe
Macmillan and Co
England
Misa Yonge
Eugene Riymell
Chapman and Hall
Rimmel
Abyssinia
Richard Cuanpipe
C. J. Skeet
Court Circular Notes Royal Tour in Switzerland
The Queen with Princess Louise and Prince Leopold travels by steamer to Brunnen and drives from Goldau. Reports from Lucerne say fatigue limited activity at first then improvements. The royal party enjoys lake excursions and cathedral organ concerts. A false Fenian plot is denied and the Queen moves to the Furka area. Election dates, cabinet appointments, and other royal and political notices pepper the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Prince Leopold
Brunnen
Goldau
Daily News
Lucerne
Mansin
Abe
Switzerland
Gazette de Vance
Charles
Murder Verdict for 18-Year-Old at Old Bailey
Alexander Mackay, age eighteen, was found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey for attacking Mrs. Grossmith in Norton Folgate while his employer was away. The jury recommended mercy and he was sentenced to death. In Strand, a fire at Northumberland House damaged priceless art and a 10,000 Sevres vase given to Duke Hugh of Northumberland. The blaze, blamed on repair work, was contained to the ballroom. Also in Cork, French General M Corbet was arrested as a suspected Tory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Mackay
Old Bailey
Mr. Grossmith
Norton Folgate
Northumberland House
Strand
Charles X
France
Hugh of Northumberland
St. James’s
M. Corbet
Cork
Ile
Tur
Roya Insurance Company
Royal Insurance Company
Fire Department
Life Branch
Holden
Crystal Palace
Gladstone
Judas Iscariot
London
Manchester
Finlen
Silance
Evermore
Morning Star
England
Herefordshire
Mark-lane
D. d. Mechi
Mills Fire and Drowning Toll Highlight Local Tragedies
A Crossley and Sons mill branch in Halifax suffered a gutting fire with 5 000 pounds in damage and a Leeds party of six at Scarborough saw four drown after their boat capsized. A Cape mail steamer Briton fire damage occurred with no deaths. An 85 year old Prestwich traveler died after fasting for a Jewish new moon fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severn
Beachley
Leeds
Scarborough
J. D. Wilkinson
Holbeck
Leeds Mercury
Birdsall
Southampton
Lazarus
Prestwich
Fenchurch-street
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Berne
Thisng
Furka
St. Gothard
Birmingham
Michael Hicks-Beach
Bart
East Gloucestershire
Poor Law Board
James Fergusson
Home Office
Frederick Stanley
Preston
Lord Derby
du Cane
Admiralty
James Lowther
York
M. Hicks-Beach
John Bull
Baggallay
Hereford
Society of Arts
G. A. Macfarren
Brigham Young
Utah
Disraeli
John Askham
Royal Bounty Fund
The
Lord Mayo
India
Lord Napier of
Magdala
Hughenden Manor
Edward Goulburn
London Court of Bankruptcy
Goulburn
Prince Arthur
Paris
Queen Victoria
Do. J. Monk
M.P
Revenue Departments
Civil Service
Scudamore
Prince of Waules
Rifle Brigade
Grimes and Casualties
Miscellaneous
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