Books and Christmas Cards Featured in 1879 London Review
A lengthy review highlights Home Makers and How they Make Them, Shams and Realities in Dress and Society, and Various Miscellanies from the Hand and Heart Office. It notes new travel Bible volumes, pensions of readers’ gifts, and a large London Post Office Directory for 1879. It also praises the Shakesperian Calendar, Day onto Day, and ministerial and church reference publications, plus a rich array of Christmas and New Year cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuara L. Batfour
Cuns. Bullock
D.D
Thomas Cursairee
Elliot Stock
But- Lock
Broken Walla
Jerusalem
James Nisbet
Agatha Lee
M. R. Hickam
Brighton Cottage Homes
Millicents
Sylvia Gay
Amos Foyle
Mrs. Prosskr
Anna C. di Teraouiya
Tract Society
Johann
Post Office
London
Kelly and Co
Great Queen Street
Marcus Ward and Co
Hodder and Stoughton
Christmas Corps
Messrs
Marcus Ward
Walter Crane
Saulman
Traffic of livings in the church exposed in Echo series
The Echo highlights a long running inquiry into the sale of advowsons and church livings. It cites perjury risks, middlemen profits, and alarming ads offering immediate possession, naming agents like Bagster Ancona Beck and cases such as Bridford and Newton Blossomfield to illustrate the scale and secrecy of the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Manchester Examiner of
Essex
Bagster
Ecclesiastical Gazette
Messrs. Andrew and Son
Plymouth
Belstone
J. M. Andrew
Royal Commission
Mr. Ancona
the Echo
Ancona
Bridford
Exeter
Edward William Fenwick
Lawrence Park
Beck
Allen
Brown
Newton Blossomfield
Olney
Bucks
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Somerset
Kent
Yorkshire
Nottingham
Suffolk
Norfolk
Middleton
Baverley
H. D. Blanchard
Shere
Guildford
R. L. Adams