Abbott views on Bible Lessons in City of London School
The British Quarterly reviews Mr. Abbott’s Bible Lessons volume as a high quality teaching tool. It praises his aim to illuminate Bible spirit over rote facts, notes its unsectarian tone, and discusses tensions with sectarianism, denominational views, and state funded religious instruction. The piece weighs Catholic and Unitarians’ perspectives, urging balanced schooling while defending religious teaching in national schools.
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Abbott
City of London
God
Christ Jesus
Our Lord
British Quarterly
Christ
Brief Notices on Secular Annotations and Christian Evidences
The review critiques Francis Jacox’s Secular Annotations on Scripture Texts as entertaining yet at times obscuring spiritual meaning. It notes Albert Barnes’s The Evidences of Christianity in the Nineteenth Century as conscientious but insufficiently refuting Rationalist arguments, praising his diligence while questioning impact.
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Francis Jacox
Hodder and Stoughton
Jacox
Gibbon
Lausanne
Albert Barnes
Blackie and Son
Barnes
We Girls by Mrs Wattney a New England Family Tale
The work is not a true novel but a chaptered portrait of girls in a New England village. It traces daily life with lively character play among The Holabird sisters and companions. Domestic adventures, social satire, and practical reforms entertain and instruct young ladies.
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Wattney
Gigworthys
Sampson Low
Marston
Acarcely
New England
Magazines Continued Review of German Empire and French Designs
The Fortnightly carries two war outcomes pieces by Professor Von Sybel and Karl Blind. Von Sybel argues German unification benefits European civilization while rejecting aggressive power, and laments if France had won. Blind describes French Republican sentiment and Alsace Lorraine hunger, forecasting unification stabilizing progress. Includes literary pieces on Balzac and Shelley with Rossetti on 1812 13 and a full poem Devil's Walk. An additional note covers Shelley papers and Declara tion of Rights with Fawcett criticizing England Prosperous claims.
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Professor von Sybel
Karl Blind
France
Europe
Germany
England
Rhine
Alsace
Lorraine
Empire
Leslie Stephen
Balzac
Mr. Rossetti
Shelley
M. Rossetti
Barnstaple
Lord Sidmouth
Richard Jones
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