Ursule’s Quiet Trials in England and Love’s Quiet Growth
The narrative follows Ursule after her brother’s death as she moves to England with two further “homes” on the title’s hint. Misunderstood by new companions, her steadfast virtues gradually win support from a witness to hardship, while her evolving devotion to Clement reshapes her sense of dependence and obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
England
Ureule
Uraule
Ursule
Clement
Illustrated Gift Books and Bunyan Illustrations
A London edition of Gray's Elegy illustrated with rich land scape pieces and praised overall as elegant. Also reviews The Nobility of Life edited by L Valentine with twenty four full color engravings and Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress illustrated by Chanuel H Bennett, noted for its unique and faithful character portraits and tribute to the artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
London
Sampson Low
Hampden
L. Valentine
F. Warne
Coleridge
Keble
Bishop
Butler
Shakspeare
Cowper
Longfellow
Addison
Whittier
Messrs. Kronheim
Bunyan
Charles ‘Bennett
Kingsley
Mr. Bennett
Duver
Holbein
Banyan
Mr. Kingaley
Bennett
Lord Hategood
Children’s Books Reviewed: Tales for Boys and Girls
A survey of recent children’s works praising Owen Karstone by Cassell and Galpin, Violet and Daisy by M. H., Corner Cottage by Francis Ossorne, Queen of the Tournament by R. St. Jon Dorset, The Lost Children by H. W. Nicholson, Kay Spen’s Our White Violet, New Stories and Old Legends by Mrs. T. K. Hervey, Men who have Risen for Boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Karstone
Cassell, Potter
Galpin
London
Violet
Daisy
M. H
Edinburgh
Johnstone, Hunter, and Co
Corner Cottage
God
Francis Ossorne
Griffith and
Farran
R. St. Jon Dorset
Cassell
Petter
H. W. Nicholson
H. Marlborough and Co
Kay Spen
Griffith
T. K. Hervey
Peel
Rothachild
George Stephenson
Oberlin
Inspiring juvenile tales of industry and observation
The excerpt praises a book for building industry and diligence in youth. It highlights Mrs. Gambier and her works Holiday Adventures and The Strettons Summer in Normandy, noting how fact based storytelling can engage readers. It also mentions Busy Hands and Patient Hearts as Hodder and Stoughton’s new edition of a beloved children’s story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodder and Stoughton
What is to come of it in the Liberal scene
Blackwood’s article surveys the prospects of a Liberal government under Mr Gladstone, critiquing the Whig stance and Tory calumnies, noting that Scots favor ending the Irish Church and predicting shifts in religious establishments, with reviews of Milman and Anson pieces and social papers by Girdlestone and Cobbe.
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Lord Derby
Mr. Disraeli
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Clarendon
George Grey
London
Liberal Party
Blackwood
Fraser
Dean Milman
Edward Girdlestone
Christian Observer
Grant
Times
Provence
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