The Asylum Poems of the Irish Bard Clare
A biographical assessment traces the life of the poet Clare from promising beginnings to twenty seven years in asylum from 1837 to 1864. It notes his fragile finances, emotional strain, and the surviving Asylum poems praised for simplicity and nature, with comparisons to Burns Keats Wordsworth and Blake while judging him a sweet singer of limited range. It cites specific poems on infancy and nature and comments on his prose and landscape descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty
Northampton County Lunatic Asylum
Cherry
Clare
Asylum
Burns
Beranger
Keats
Mary
Wordsworth
William Blake
Women of Methodism and a History of Britain for Schools
Brief notices review Abel Stevens New World volume on Women of Methodism tracing Susanna Wesley Mary Bosanquet and Barbara Heck with portraits and sketches along with a Primary History of Britain for Elementary Schools edited by William Situ praising its clear style balanced historical approach and free from sectarian bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susanna Wesley
Huntingdon
Barbara Heck
Abel Stevens
Wesleys
Dr. Stevens
Mary Bosanquet
Fletcher
Madeley
Lady Fitzgerald
Hester Rogers
Dinah Evans
George Eliot
Dinah Morris
Countess of Huntingdon
Mary Wilmer
Garrettsons
Britain
William Situ
D.C.L
John Murray
Alfred
University of Oxford
Henry
Church of England
Edward
Eliabeth
Book review praises Dr Smith on England history guide
The notice lauds the work for its rare religious and political balance and clear genealogical tables linking the present sovereign to Egbert. It commends eye friendly tables and index as well arranged under the editor. It positions the book as a foremost elementary history and a strong introduction to Smith's Student's History of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I
Smith
Egbert
Catholic View Casts Doubt on Bonaparte Heir as France Crown Hope
The article says Catholic opinion rejects Prince Napoleon as head of the Bonaparte family. It notes Joseph, Lucien, Louis, Jerome had seniority and descendants in line ahead of the Prince Imperial. It questions Catholic eligibility of other French claimants and mentions Thiers Gambetta and De Paris eyeing the throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Joseph
Lucien
Louis
Jerome
Cardinal Bonaparte
Prince Imperial
Denbigh
France
Henri V
M. Thiers
M. Gambetta
Ré Galantuome
Comte de Paris
Univers
Duc d’Aumale
House of Condé
Eloquent clash over Yorke Rothschild marriage alarms ritualists
The ultra ritualist camp seethes as Hon. Eliot Yorke marries Miss A Rothschild. Clergy attack the union citing religious law, while debates over licenses and precedent unfold at Ely and Doctors Commons. The piece notes a past Rothschild link with Henry Fitzroy and touches on Cleopatra's Needle as a government spending issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot Yorke
A. Rothschild
Sheridan
John Bull
Ely
Doctors’ Commons
Wimpole
E. Liddell
Portia
Henry Fitzroy
Baron Rothschild
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seave
God
Pliny
Alexandria
Rameses II
Mehemet Ali
George IV
Siam
Cleopatra
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!