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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 27, 1873
Page
9
The review lauds Professor Campbell for a faithful English Sophocles translation that vanishes into the reader’s hand. It notes superb rendering of Antigone and Electra, with strong Greek fidelity, clear thought flow, and minimal notes or apparatus.
The reviewer commends faithful line-by-line reproduction in three plays and notes the ingenuity appears natural. They urge translating the remaining four works, hoping for the Gidious Rex from the same hand for scholars and amateurs alike.
The brief notices cover The People's Encyclopedia by L Conaner praising thorough American content and cheap price. Also The Old Masters and their Paintings by Sanaa Tytler lauded for clear nontechnical art history. The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University by G D Pik highlighted for fundraising US Negro singers in England. Saracens by Edward Gibbon and Simon Ockley praised as a Chandos Classic digest. Holiday Letters from Athens Cairo and Weimar by M Burham Edwards commended for vivid travel prose and lively style.
The notice lists several books and publishers including Clarke's Newspaper List Puppy-Dog Tales The Ordinances of Christian Worship Herbert Spencer Descriptive Sociology No 1 Div 3 Part L What we Saw in Egypt Uncle Max Salvation Sought Found and Enjoyed Bird Songs and Bird Pictures I go a Fishing It Partridge Nimino Stock W J Clarke Simkin Marshall Williams and Norgate Religious Tract Society Sampson Low.
A catalog of pamphlets including The Reign of Terror to Mr Gladstone by Geoffrey Crayon jun with Provost and Co, Catechism for Legislators by Rev W Hume Rothery, Visions by a Converted Man, A Pastoral Letter to my Parishioners of Haverhill by Rev J D Paramore, The Story of the Lew by T W Cameron, Spiritual Claims of Nonconformity circular letter by Rev F W Goodby, and other ecclesiastical items from St Ives publishers.
The Stockwell orphanage for fatherless boys reported 218 residents with no debt and a 25,700 endowment. Mr. C. H. Spurgeon chaired the meeting, tracing the institution’s origins from a donation story and praising its non sectarian access and family style housing while noting a brief cash shortage followed by fresh subscriptions.
The movement of the Midland Railway to attach third-class carriages to every train is supported by traffic returns from other lines. The North-Eastern shows a notable rise in third-class passengers. Second-class is fading as passengers seek either luxury or economy with first-class or third-class options.
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