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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 06, 1878
Page
3
Remarkable beliefs link butterflies and moths to luck and mischief. Gloucestershire ties white butterflies to white bread luck, brown to unluck. Nottinghamshire counts three butterflies as an omen like three magpies. Somersetshire children kill a large white moth named Miller after chanting a rhyme accusing it of theft.
A reviewer profiles Fenn a once prosperous landscape painter who became blind and wrote about travel art and city life. The works mix reflective essays on London landscapes and leafless trees with stories on blindness and social topics, revealing a thoughtful if unoriginal mind and a humane charitable spirit.
A review praises Cassell Peters and Galpin for an illustrated edition of Dr. Farrar Life of Christ noting vivid imagery, careful engraving, and strong portraits. It highlights French Pictures drawn with Pen and Pencil and Child life as worthy gift-book companions, with detailed critiques of images and text quality.
A items list introduces several new publications including With Illustrations by English and Foreign Artists from Religious Lecture Society, Child-life A Collection of Poems edited by John Greenleaf Whitmer with illustrations Nisbet and Co. The Two Friends by Lucien Biart translated by De Hautriville and Great and Small Scenes in the Life of Children from Madame Madaline Larcquy translated with engravings by Bertany Griffith and Farran.
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