A Glimpse of Easter Reflections and Cheriton Tales
The passage blends sermons on Good Friday and Easter with a serialized tale. It contrasts living faith with ritual mourning, then shifts to Mrs. Camerons world at Cheriton where Ella Dallas, Jack Ormsby, and Lady Althea drive a complex love triangle amid family schemes and social proprieties.
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Judea
Charles Kingsley
God
Jesus
Christ
Cheriton
Philip Dallas
Ella
Jack Ormsby
Philip
Althea
Jack
Clarice Newton
Snell
North Rocks
Mr. Snell
Bose
Mrs. Cameron
London
Ella Dallas
Clarice
Deceivers Ever review notes readable prose
The critique says Mrs Lovett Cameron’s novel is readable though not deep or high in analysis of human nature, with graceful writing and pleasant description but occasional prosaic phrasing that spoils some effects. The reviewer offers balanced judgment despite a tendency to oppose usual practice.
Veitch’s Border History merges science with poetic memory
The review lauds Professor Veitch’s study of the Scottish Border, linking geology philology and ethnology to Border poetry. It notes his balanced analysis, strong thesis on Border life, and the book’s portrayal of clan unity under the crown, while praising his vivid, wandering-source infused prose and disciplined scholarship.
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Veitch
Arthur
Merlin
Mr. Skene
Wales
Fife
Lothians
Scotland
Britain
Europe
Edinburgh
Two American Reviews in the International Review Issue
The November-December number delivers a finished Bryant sonnet memorial to John Lothrop Motley, plus a strong Schopenhauer’s Philosophy article by Charles I. Twining and a subsequent, somewhat pretentious piece.
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International Review
John Lothrop Motley
William Cullen Bryant
Schopenhauer
Charles I. Twining
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Jeremiah
Israel
Scottish Border