The White Nile and Other Notable Readings Reviewed
The piece surveys natural history notes on the White Nile including birds vermin swarms and reptiles, praises Dodo studies and Kirkaldy of Grange memoirs, and previews religious and historical books. It lists new works and periodical notices with brief judgments and mentions forthcoming items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Nile
Munchausen
Egypt
Spain
Kirkaldy
Grange
Darnley
Sir L. Bulwer
Ilistony Editions Sellout and Century Market Shifts
The article notes Mr Macauray's Ilistony is out of print with 3000 copies of the first edition sold and a second edition in press. Rumors say he sold two volumes to Longman for an annuity of £600. It compares poetry and history markets, mentions Dickens’s Christmas story selling 18,000 copies on day one, and cites Hallam, Carte, Nicolas amid evaluative commentary on historical writing. It closes with diary excerpts from Pepys and a survey of northern counties’ historical lawlessness and fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Carson
Beecher
G. Miller
D.D
M.R.I.A
London
Bohn
York-street
Covent-garden
Paradise Lost
Simmons
Hume
Smollett
Hallam
Carte
Want
Harris Nicolas
Nicolas
Mr. Dickens
Atheneum
Monsieur Robins
Covent Garden
Kingsland
Kingstown
Pepys
Trent
Middlesex
Northumberland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Charles the Second
Cumberland
George Iie
Borrowdale
Ravenglas
Peel
Newcastle
Carlisle
Tyne
Keeldar Castle
California
Macaulay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward Bereuer
New York
John Wiley
Broadway
Paternoster Row
Religious Tract Society
Bible Class
Sunday School Union
Sunday-school Union
Ward and Co
Richard Davis
Catherine Howard
Marton and Co
Holborn-hill
Methodist New Connexion
John Bakewell
Hammersmith
John Cumming
Daniel French
Houlston and Stoneman
Sam Munn Kypp
Effingham Wilson
Ffingham Wilson
J. K. Starling
EB. F. Sewer
Charles Gilpin
J. B. Brown
B.A
New South Wales
J.C. Byrne
Fleming
Paternoster-row
David Bovrne
Fleet-street
Papacy
Creed
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