Notable Local Verses Show Thin Yankee Tone and Clever Turns
The excerpt notes several marriages and separations among valley residents with references to Fanny Amelia Emma Mary and Sarah and a Texas joiner. Critics praise clever verse turns but doubt overall merit beside Biglow. The piece contrasts limited Yankee rhymes with frequent use of words like guess yes and queer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
Amelia
Brigham
Emma
Brother Dell
Mary
Fred Bates
Sarah
Texas
Silent Member Critique and Quiet Book Reviews
The column surveys a Silent Member’s sharp parliamentary jabs at Gladstone Goschen and Baxter while praising his independent stance. It also reviews Francis Jacox’s Bible music notes book and several religious and literary works, noting merits and cautious flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
MempBer
Provost and Co
Gladstone
Goschen
Baxter
Miall
Mr. Miall
Bill
Mr. Gladstone
House of Lords
Francis Jacox
Hodder and Stoughton
Jean Paul Richter
Jacox
Richter
Christ the Consoler
Carlislee
Longmans
Augustine
Brooks
Manton
Sibbes
Orme
America
Janus Macaulay
M.A
Edinburgh
Dr. Macaulay
Constance
Economic and social notices from the era reflect price rises and civic matters
The piece surveys rising prices for major goods, silver coin scarcity in London, political reelections and fundraisers, sanitary advocacy by Chadwick, a prison case at Lewes and Old Bailey, debates on women education in Edinburgh, a Christmas charity event, the London Infirmary for Disfrasss or Tin Legs appeal, Alabama claims dispute views, a Bristol deaf and dumb nuptial, and honors for MP Joseph Pease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
London
Tus
Stoke-on-Trent
Melty
Roden
Hall
Bate
PlyMouth
Rooker
EARTH
Edwin Chadwick
Council
the Society of Arts
Pall Mall Gazette
Christina Edmunds
Lewes Assizes
Central Criminal Court
Newgate
Old Bailey
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Masson
Superior Bennett
Sheriff Bennett
Banks
Mountfield
Sussex Royal Volunteers
Robertsbridge
United Kingdom
Florence Nightingale
Duke of Bedford
Alabama
Spectator
Morning Post
United States
Litent Buiss
Western Daily Press
Bristol
Vpease
M.P
Axp Rik Sranish
Charles LI
Joseph Pease
Southend
Darlington
Pease
Dymond
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Andromeda
Charins Kincsugy
Macmillan
Mr. Kingsley
Sandro
Emma Marshall
Old Gateway
Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday
Philip Dennistoun
Bolton
Heaven
Church of England
Christ
Lord Kinnocn
Religious Tract Society
Bogatzky
Peter
Campbell Overend
Oliphant and Co
Peter the Great
Europe
Jessi
Coomers
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