A Poor Biography of Cromwell and Charles I
The review finds Mr. Andrews work animated but loose and inaccurate, lacking biographical judgment or historical analysis. It condemns the neglect of Cromwell's and Charles I's full roles, noting Heath's testimony overemphasized and the overall biography as out of date and of little value today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Charles I
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Mr. Andrews
Charles the First
Heath
Charles the
Overdale The Story of a Pervert Review
A London review praises Emma Worthoise’s Overdale The Story of a Pervert for its fair portrayal of Ritualism without bitter bias. It notes the author claims to narrate facts with altered circumstances to avoid harm while exposing problematic principles and warning readers about religious controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overdale
Emma Jane Worsorss
London
James Clarke and Co
High Church
Misa Warbhoise
The Contemporary Review on Mr Forster's Bill
The Rev. T Markby writes with practical knowledge of education and sympathy for schoolmasters. He finds serious points in the bill though remaining conservative in tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forster
T. Markby
Fraser and Fraserian review of reforms and religious debate
The article surveys critics and writers on grammar school abuses, inspectorial tone, and church reform. It notes Dean Alford’s Cathedral Reform vindication, debates over Irish and Scottish politics, and Fraser’s prominent religious controversy pieces. It highlights Blackwood fiction, Curious Cornhill sketches, and St Paul’s Lord Brougham tribute as part of a superior issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markby
Dean Alford
Calderwood
Lecky
Dathus
Henry Holbeach
Bonamy Price
Blackwood
Department of Fiction
Maga
Scotland
Cornelius O’dowd
Lord Byron
Quarterly
Cornhill
Arnold
Lord Brougham
Mary Greasley
Belgravia
Parliamentary representatives and sketches from St James's Magazine
The present number highlights parliamentary representation and moral lessons from commissions. It reviews Limehouse children's establishment sketches and Maories, with praise for St James's Magazine serials Cabinet Photographs and Clerical Celebrities including Mr Binney. It critiques Dissent and Liberation Society contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limehouse
St. James’s Magazine
Binney
Liberation Society
Messrs. Cassels
Christian World Magazine
NEW MUSIK Open Window and Spring Time Pieces Review
Open Window by R Andrews with words by Longfellow offers a simple melodic song. Spring Time Rondino for piano by F W Hinp is an easy school piece. L Irresistible Polka Brillante by Emerix Szexely sparkles with lively time and key changes. Aspen Leaves Morceau de Salon by Emerix Szexely is short yet varied and largely simple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Andrews
Longfellow
Weekes and Co
F. W. Hinp
EmeRix Szekely
Notable literary and scientific notices from March
A roundup of upcoming publications and projects across literature science and art. Dickens plans a new serialized work arriving in March while Gauizot, Proctor, Woolner, Wakely, Ellis, Solly, and Froude announce books, portraits, and a new periodical. Welsh Bible copies fetch 377 at Pattick and Simpson’s. Deep sea dredging by Carpenter and Wyville Thomson reveals abundant life at 2400 fathoms and advances in dredge technique. Findings promise Royal Society presentation and theoretical insights on ocean depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
M. Gauizot
Murray
Richard Proctor
Woolner
Dr. Temple
Exeter
Rugby School
J. B. Wakely
Messrs
Chapman and Hall
Pattick and Simpson's
Leicester Square
Froude
Ireland
Culver
Wvature
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