Nursery Toy Books and Edifying Readings for the Young
A survey of sixpenny and shilling children’s books from Gall Inglis Cassell and Co Nelson Seeley Seeley Halliday and others. Highlights include Jack and the Bean Stalk Beauty and the Beast Robinson Crusoe and Christian tales with coloured engravings and moral lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Gall and
Inglis
Edinburgh
Messrs. Cassell and Co
Hipp
Cock Robin
Louissa
Dean and Son
Nelson and Sons
Alfred
Richard Cour de Lion
Froissart
Monstrelet
Barbara Harron
Griffith
Farran
Religious Tract Society
Campania
Pompei and Herculaneum
W. H. Davenport Adams
Sandford and Merton
T. Day
James Hogg and Son
Third Volume Of Infant’s Magazine And Allied Publications
Messrs Seeley and Co publish a coloured bound third volume of the Infant’s Magazine with wood engravings and child friendly instruction. The Friendly Visitor from the same publisher serves cottage and kitchen readers. The British Workman at Paternoster-row features a coloured frontispiece titled An African Prince and high order full page illustrations. The portrait of Lord Brougham is praised as a fine likeness. The serial’s design and varied stories aim to elevate its readership and it is hoped to prosper and outlast cheaper literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Seeley and Co
Fleet-street
Anelay
Lord Brougham
Childrens periodicals praised for wholesome reading value
A review praises the third series of the Children's Hour Annual with original tales and woodcuts. It commends the Mother's Friend new year edition, Old Merry's Annual for 1868, and features from Band of Hope Review, The Cottager, Chatterbon, and The Infant's Magazine for juvenile readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Hour
Johnstone, Hunter and Co
Edinburgh
Jeasie Oglethorpe
Merry and Wise
Band of Hope Review
Partridge
Cottager
Religious Tract Society
Chatterbon
Macintosh
Infant's Magazine
Children’s Prize
Seeley and Co
Tap A B O Despatch Box Patent by Jenner and Knewatub
Describes a despatch box with alphabetic slides for organizing business papers and letters. Methodical users prefer it, while unmethodical users gain from its simple arrangement for temporary disposal. The device is sold and patented by Jenner and Knewatub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Jenner
Oxford street railway plan draws local opposition
The article outlines a proposed transport line from Marble Arch through Oxford Street to the General Post Office with nine stations about a third of a mile apart. It would use stationary engines to cut vibration, aiming to avoid disrupting Oxford Street traffic during excavation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford-street
Marble Arch
Holborn
General Post-office
Hawkehaw
Oxford Street
United Kinapom Allanor
London
United Kingdom Alliance
Arundel Hall
G. B. Pechell
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Emily Faithfull
Hanoversquare Rooms
Working Men’s Club and Institute Union
Strand
Ernest Noel
Roden Noel
H. Solly
E.G. L’estrange
James Hole
Thomas Paterson
J. Weston
Edward Hall
F.S.A
C. Dunlop
J. J. Bryen
R. D. Walker
G. Banton
Hodgson Pratt
Atlantic
Liverpool
St. Helen
Christie
Roebuck Testimonial Fund Reaches 2600 Pounds
The Roebuck testimonial fund now totals £2600. Ruabon district colliers, numbering thousands, have struck for higher wages. Sir Henry Bulwer is preparing a life of Lord Palmerston. The working men's banquet for the United States Minister has been cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roebuck
Ruabon
H. Bulwer
Lord Palmerston
United States
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J. J. Bouton
T. Nelson and Sons
Serials
Lowe
Tennyson
Mr. Lowe
Liverpool Albion
Baron Bonson
Bunsen
British Quarterly Review
Our Lord
Jesus
Phoenicia
Frederick Seebohm
the Spectator
Bibel
British Quarterly
Christ
Biel Werk
Seebohm
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