Not gold that hearts despise and the rarer prize
The passage praises Austin Dobson and his Cantos, noting how few recent poetry volumes match the pleasure of reading his work. The reviewer loves the poet's wit and form and predicts greater things from him in the future.
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Austin Dobson
Man and Blast Told of Animal Reason and Immortality
A critic reviews Mr. Wood's work arguing it demonstrates a genuine faculty of reason in lower animals and suggests a modified immortality for them. The piece highlights lively anecdotes about dogs, cats, toads, cows, and a goose and hen, praising the humane aim and wide testimony supporting animal intelligence.
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Wood
Newman
Mr. Wood
Iui
Tiny
Tubberakcona
Clonmel
Mr. Newbold
The November Magazines Review in Cornhill
The article surveys current literary pieces in The Cornhill and other periodicals. It notes Black’s Three Feathers continuation, biographical pieces on The Wartons and Feudal China, and analysis of works by Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Procter, and Barry Cornwall, among others.
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Black
Cornhill
Wartons
China
Guizot
Patricia Kemball
Smyrna
Mr. Francillon
Olympia
Gentleman's Magazine
Barry Cornwall
Hunts
Hazlitts
Procter
Leigh Hunt
Buchanan
O’connor