Colorful chromos and mythic lessons charm young readers
A review highlights two chromo series. One portrays 1792 children with bright colours and woodcuts featuring Essie Chrissie Gramphie and Baby. The other presents French Granny’s time children in chromographs with gold illuminations. It praises Narcissus Sirens and the myths in Less Keira and commends The Bride Elect for practical guidance. It notes the 500 page gift volume rich in natural wonders and inventions and the Robins histories illustrated by Harrison Weir.
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Essie
Chrissie
Gramphie
Baby
Granny
Oliver Goldsmith
Dr. Johnson
Keira
Hercules
Midas
Atalanta
Sirens
Nausicaa
Harrison Weir
Trimmer
Brief Notices on Religious Works and Almanacks
The column reviews several religious books and almanacs. Praises Jones for studies on Acts themed sermons, notes Dorothy name origin debate, and critiques Patrick Scott and Edward Jewitt Robinson works. Recommends Alexander Creevy memoir, Mrs. Warren health guidance, Bonar Nativity hymns, Mark Evans children’s tale, and Whittaker’s and Congregational Almanacks for 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Scott
Pickering and Co
Scott
Maurice
Edward Jewitt Robinson
Wesleyan Conference
Flice
Robinson
Alexander M.creevy
Killyleagh
R. D. Dickinson
James Nisbet
Mark Evans
Whittaker
R. Banks
Racquet-court
Fleet-street
James Spicer
Congregational Union
Bodleian Acquires Hooker Manuscript With Whitgift Signature
The Bodleian Library has acquired a contemporary MS of Hooker’s fifth book of Ecclesiastical Polity with marginal notes and a Whitgift signature on the first page. It is believed the only known manuscript of the work, possibly from a non present quarto edition, and was linked to late editor H. S. King who edited Robertson’s Brighton sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodleian Library
Hooker
Atheneum
Hn Whitgift
Canterbury
H. S. King
Robertson
Brighton
Gladstone
Russia
Contemorary Review
Afghanistan
Punjab
Oxford
Monier Williams
Stanley Jevona
Littledale
H. Dudley Ryder
Oratory
Birmingham
A. Taylor Lunes
Canon Curteis
American Mission in Aintab Builds College and Church
From Aintab the Time Asia Minor correspondent reports American missionaries run a large educational complex for Armenians modeled on Robert College. About £3700 spent on buildings with equal American and English contributions. site given by a wealthy Muslim. around £1500 raised for teachers. Enrollment rose to 77 with students from multiple towns. six native and one American teachers teach languages, math, science, and philosophy. A girls’ school founded by American ladies grows. tuition and board cost £9. The Christian population includes Armenians in Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and a small Jewish presence. 2000 Protestants and Episcopalians. Bishop Migherditch Shahanyan leads Anglican efforts. church construction began in 1871, funded partly from England, but funds delayed. The author notes his reception at the Episcopal palace and comments on the city.
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Aintab
Timea Asia Minor
Robert College
Constantinople
America
England
Mussulman
Czsarea
Kharpoot
Diabekir
Mardin
Aleppo
Marash
Asia Minor
Mussuliman
Mussulmans
Church of England
Migherditch Shahanyan
Migherditch
Gobat
Jerusalem
Porte
Episcopal
Warning on Ireland University Education Debate
The article reviews a proposed shift to a denominational based university system in Ireland. It notes a rumour of a central examining board similar to the University of London and the bishops’ cautious reaction. Catholic students protest lack of educational equality with Trinity College and call for endowments for Irish Catholics.
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Ireland
University of London
Dublin
Trinity College
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J. Cynppytan Jones
Cardiff
Houlston and Sons
Jones
Dorcas
Folis
Cassell, Potter
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