Readable yearly volumes for idle moments attract readers
A survey of leisure reading volumes notes Leisure Hour, Sunday at Home, Quiver, Cassell's Family Magazine for broad appeal and low cost. Religious and children oriented titles such as Christian Treasury, Little Folks, Chatterbox, and Sunday School publications follow, each praised for tone, illustrations, and popularity among readers and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Pattison
Religious Tract Society
Quiver
Cassell
Christian Treasury
Edinburgh
Johnstone and Co
Sunday School Union
Wells Gardner
Erskine Clarke
Cottager and
Tract Society
Band of Hope Review
Partridge and Co
Children’s Friend
Seeley and Co
Fleetstreet
Young Days
Sunday School Association
Mother
Completed History of Protestantism by Rev Dr Wylie
Cassell Petter Galpin publish three volume History of Protestantism recounting Europe’s religious conflicts from Netherlands to Britain. The final volume covers the Thirty Years War and Henry VIII to William and Mary with careful factual condensation and Protestant ardor. Deserves library place, especially for Bible classes and Sunday schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Sauvage Yard
Wylie
Continent
Europe
Netherlands
Poland
Bohemia
Hungary
Transylvania
France
Great Britain
Henry VIII
William and
Mary
New World and Indian Histories Critically Praised
A review lauds Edmund Ollier's three volume History of the United States from colonial times to Hayes for its thorough narrative and cheap availability. It also commends James Grant's Illustrated History of India in two volumes, noting its unity, vivid record of Hindostan, and rich wood-cut illustrations that illuminate Oriental life for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Ollier
United States
Virginia
New England
Hayes
Messrs. Cassell and Co
India
James Grant
Queen Victoria
Grant
East
Brief Notices on Irish Life and Other Works
A compact critique of several 19th century titles including Henry Martin’s Stories of Irish Life and Holiday Rambles in Ordinary Places. The review praises authorship and illustrations yet notes monotony in themes of priestly influence and Protestant conversions. It also covers works by Kingston Ballantyne Wakencap Whytehead Baynes and a noted anthology of Home Songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Martin
Partridge
Martin
Daldy
Isbister, and Co
the Spectator
Fleet Street
T. Jovinian
W. H. G. Kiyaston
Hodder and Stoughton
Mr. Kingston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
South Africa
R. M. Balluantyne
James Nisbet
Norman Macleod
Thomas Whytehead
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Cue Esters
Isbister
New Zealand
Selwyn
Chester
Waimate
Venice
Heidelberg
Dean Howson
Mr. Whytehead
Shelley
R. H. Baynes
M.A
C. Kegan Paul and Co
W. M. Punshon
William Leighton
Ada Cambridge
Bishop Alexander
E. H. Hickey
Ray Palmer
George MacDonald
Jesus
Jericho Town
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