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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 30, 1870
Page
9
A critical note says the books offer healthy tone and good gift value for boys though sometimes overly realistic. They are picture rich and easy to read, with little demand on intellect, though less genius than Madam How and King George’s Middy, yet potentially more immediately engaging for young readers.
A cheap edition of Bach’s Passion Music is praised as timely ahead of a performance at Exeter Hall led by Mr. Barnby. The piece is described as profound, with varied choruses and recitatives, and noted for its emotional depth, accessibility to skilled amateurs, and mountain of melody within a devout, reverent framework.
Brief notices discuss A Spiritual and Most Precious Pearl translated by Mines Coverpate and a work by Witutas Anderson, both praised for devotion and reformist tone. Also reviewed are The Life of Gideon by Joan Bruce and Saving Knowledge for Young Men by Guthrie and Blakie, with notes on style and orthodoxy.
A Saturday Review piece examines how future historians would parse a century of legend about Bourbon rivalries and a fictitious Victor Noir. It argues the name signals a system of censorship and imperial control, not a real person, with Olivier as a generic symbol of political peace.
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