Review of religious works and school songs from 1849
The piece assesses The Past and the Future by Josiah Viney noting its local chapel history, and praises Songs of Freedom for school and playground set to popular airs. It commends a poetic collection for young readers with songs celebrating liberty, country, and humanity, including a Burns tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Viney
Jackson and
Walford
Bethnal-green
London
John Snow
Burns
Wallace
The Covenanters Poem Of Scots Liberty And Loyalty
A stately tribute to Scots who fought for liberty with steadfast sacrifice. It uplifts their memory, honors their martyrdom, and calls Scotland to remember sons worthy of fame who hold loyalty to God and the Just above earthly wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
God
Notable 1849 Publications and Works Mentioned
A reader list in a London column thanks various publications and works from 1849 including Views from Calvary by W Leask, Report of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, an Account of a Journey through North Eastern Texas by E Smith M D, Annual Report of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society, Reminiscences of Poland by Tueopors Livinsky, Lectures on the Development of Religious Life by H Lotty, Green s Juvenile Library titles Blind Alice and Jessie Graham, The Swiss Pastor by Religious Tract Society, The Soldier s Progress in Six Tableaux, Every Man his own Doctor by Carr, and a note about mislaid Halliwell pamphlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary
W. Leask
London
John Snow
General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland
Edinburgh
Palen and Ritchie
Texas
E. Smith
M.D
Hamilton and Co
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Poland
Tueopors Livinsky
H. Lotty
C.E. Mudie
Mr. Halliwell
Repvorion in Railway Fares Abandoned Plan
A railway excursion contractor proposes very low fares ahead of Leeds to Birmingham travel. First class would be 8s 6d, second 5s 6d for 230 miles, with 6 hours in Birmingham or a return the next day for an extra shilling. Ordinary rates would cost £3 to £4, or a penny a mile would bring only a few pence short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Birmingham
Holland
Netherlands
Francis
the Stock Exchange
Tulip Mania and the perils of speculative craze
A literary miscellany excerpt recalls the 1634 Dutch tulip mania as a vivid cautionary tale of market speculation. It contrasts prosperity and ruin, notes contracts voided and assets lost, and warns of greed’s reach across classes.
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Covenanters
Shirley
Burke
Ife
Tam
Tray
Milton
Quarterly Review
Butler
Lichfield
Sam. Johnson
Bracton
Littleton
Westminster
Inner Temple
Temple Church
Globe
Lord Surrey
Spenser
Shakspeare
Ben Jonson
Lord Campbell
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