All European nations share one stock in myths and legends
The essay argues that European, Asian, and African peoples descend from a single stock, calling it Indo European or Aryan. It notes shared tales from Eros to Jack and the Beanstalk and questions how such fairy tales spread, suggesting human nature may shape universal stories.
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Europe
Asia
Bunce
Cinderella
Jack the
Giant-killer
South Africa
Madagascar
South Sea Islands
Eros
Psyche
Orpheus
Eurydice
Schiller
Gift Books VII The Book of Trades reviewed
The improved edition of Mr. James Wylde's The Book of Trades is praised as attractive as a gift-book. It presents a clear, non exhaustive overview of trades from clothing to printing, with fair coverage of processes in major industries and a final section on philosophical instrument making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wylde
Wylde
India
Notable 19th Century Juvenile Library Titles Across Topics
The review surveys several juvenile books: Everyday Things, Grandmother Dear, Six Pinless Brooches, Ocean and Its Rulers, Fathers Motto, Manchester Clerk, and Thurston's steam engine. It praises illustrations, binding, and moral tone while noting aims to explain observation, history, and engineering for young readers.
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Crane
Ocean
Tyre
Sidon
Phoenicia
Greece
Carthage
Venice
Genoa
Portugal
Spain
Toland
England
Elwes
Manchester
Thurston
The Prince of Nursery Playmates and Aunt Louisa’s Toy Books
A review describes The Prince of Nursery Playmates as a large folio with seventy four nursery tales and songs, over two hundred coloured pictures, and paired text and illustrations. It notes Aunt Louisa’s London Toy Books offer popular titles like Cinderella and Red Riding Hood at low prices, each with six full page coloured illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson Low
Marston, and Co
Muséum In Parvo
Aunt Louisa
London
F., Warne and Co
Cinderella
Old Mother Hubbard
Red Riding Hood
Little Bo-Peep
Dame Crump
Husha-hye Baby
Anonymous 19th Century Book Listings and Authors
A scanned catalog snippet lists multiple titles and authors from 19th century publishers. Items include Or Histories and Marals in Common Life by the author of Ten Steps in the Narrow Way, A Book for Boys and Girls by Mrs Moorsworth, A Narrative of the Nations by ALIRED bunes, The Cloud with a Silver Lining and other Stories, and A Mystery of the Growth of the Steam Fuiyna by Puersrox with a technical author from Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Religious Tract Society
Moorsworth
Macmillan and Co
Alired Bunes
Griffith and Farran
The
Repert
Puersrox
AVL
Stevens Institute of Technology
Ileboken
Nod
Loulou
C. Regan Paul and Co
Religious Tract Society Publishes Children Books and Toy Illustrations
The Religious Tract Society issued several children’s books including Flower Bouquet and neat pocket-books. Pictures of Animals presents twenty four color drawings by Harrison Weir. The Town and Country Toy Book features bright plates showing metropolitan, country, and seaside objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Religious Tract Society
Harrison Weir
Christmas Illustrated Number Books Popular Draw
The Graphic’s Christmas edition, near sold out, features twelve full page coloured plates and Christmas tales. Millais presents a charming coloured plate of Puss in Boots with a curly haired girl at the center, likely to be mounted in parlours. Father Christmas offers a large coloured plate of a girl with a Christmas tree plus graphic illustrations and prose for young readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avendors
Illustrated
London News
Millais
Father Christmas
December Magazines Highlight Spottiswoode Portrait and Distressed Gentlewoman
The University Magazine's December issue features a portrait and memoir of William Spottiswoode, praised as a principled businessman. It also surveys the Distressed Gentlewoman with hopeful notes on employment programs, plus continued life of Margaret Fuller and essays on Theism and Greek Ethics. Tory Finance critique questions debt, taxation, and looming costs of war, urging accountability and reforms. Western America’s Fristo offers a vivid capital description and Mr. McCoan discusses cautious optimism for Public Works.
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William Spottiswoode
British Association
Margaret Fuller
Harrison
Greece
Fraser
England
India
Lord Beaconsfield
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