English literary taste and book sales noted in review
The piece observes cheap editions of major poets and authors expand on English shelves. It cites orthography failures in Civil Service exams and banking hiring, notes continued Dickens and Forster works, and mentions Sarah Payson Parton Fanny Fern and ongoing serials in All the Year Round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Browning
Arnold
Morris
Longfellow
Oxford
Cambridge
Duke of Norfolk
Denmark
Sarah Payson Parton
Fanny Fern
Parton
N. P. Willis
Maine
Boston
Hartford
Connecticut
Eldridge
Bibliographic round up of forthcoming books
The Atheneum notes Miss Yonge will handle materials for an authorized Life and Letters of Bishop Atteson. Hodder and Stoughton announce several titles: Charles New's Life Wanderings and Labours in Eastern Africa with Kilima Njaro ascent, and East African Slave-trade remarks. Stanley Leathes The Structure of the Old Testament. Faith and Free Thought lectures with a Preface by the Bishop of Winchester. Edward Reuss History of Christian Theology to the Peace Age Volume I with Preface and Notes by R. W. Dale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atheneum
Stanley Leathes
King’s College
London
Christian Evidence Society
Lord Bishop of
Winchester
Edward Reuss
Theological Faculty
Strasbourg
R. W. Dale
M.A
New Books and Works Listed in the Catalog
A catalog displays several forthcoming or recent works across science philosophy religion and fiction. Notable items include J W Dawson on earth history, E de Pressensé on Christian doctrine, J J Van Oosterzee on dogmatics, James Bonwick on The Mormons and the Silver Mines, Ueberweg’s Modern Philosophy with Noah Porter additions, London Rambler’s Romance of the Streets, Harriette Bowra's Una and related domestic fiction, and Ellis’s The Women of England and Education of the Heart paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Dawson
Ll.d
F.R.S
F.G
McGill University
Montreal
E. de Pressens
D.D
J. J. van Oosterzee
University of Utrecht
James Bonwick
F.R.G.S
Thales
Friedrich Ueberweg
University of Konigsberg
Noah Porter
Una
Harriette Bowra
Redlands
Mrs. Ellis
England
Education of the Heart
Railway Directors Censured Over Inquest Findings
The inquest into the deaths of a engine driver and stoker at Woodhouse Junction found both deaths accidental but censured the shunter for inefficiency and carelessness and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway directors for culpable lack of station accommodation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodhouse Junction
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
Dusby
Herbert de Burgh
Dublin
Rogers
Belfast
Richmond
Lord Selborne
Dundas
Cooke
Sean
Ronee
Quotable Greens and Foe of Devils in Odd Paris Signs
A Paris Univers editor likens Bismark to a horned devil while two Philadelphia signs read James Schott and Jonathan Fell. A New Bedford Mercury note reports an Arctic whaler chest broken open. natives swallow contents with deadly results. Glasgow tea samples show widespread adulteration. six high priced teas genuine, others faked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Univers
Bismark
Philadelphia
James Schott
Jonathan Fell
New Bedford
Mass
Mercury
Esquimaux
Glasgow
London
North British Mail
Dollond Spectacles Move From 59 St Pauls to Ludgate Hill
Notice informs clergy and gentry that Messrs Dollond have relocated from 59 St Pauls Churchyard to No 1 Ludgate Hill. They offer spectacles and eyeglasses for all sight needs with free trial glasses nationwide. Established 1750. Breakfast section advertises Epps Cocoa and Homeopathic remedies from James Epps and Co London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollond
St. Paul's Churchyard
Ludgate-hill
Kingdom
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps
Marriages and deaths in Bath and beyond October lists
Marriages are announced from Bath Folkestone Leamington and other places with names such as Sturge Short Kemsley Bolton Fagg Slaughter Gibberd Watson Macmillan Pignatel Wilkerson Reynolds and others. Deaths note Autcheson Humphreys Gill and Bennett with dates October 26 to 28 and residences in Harrogate Wellington Burnley Camden Road Fleet Street and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturge—Short
Friends’ Meeting House
Bath
Robert Young
H. Sturge
Lambridge Villa
Catherine Henrietta
Kate
J. Short
Kemsley—Bolton
Woodford Congregational Church
Joseph William Kemsley
Mary Ann
Edward Jones Bolton
Islington
Fagg—Slaughter
Baptist Chapel
Folkestone
W. Sampson
Charles Rayson Fagg
W. Fagg
Elizabeth
William Slaughter
Fawke House
Sevenoaks
Ayerst
Copthail-place
Gibberd—Watson
Congregational Church
Surrey
Emma
Eugene Pignatel
Lyons
Wilkerson—Reynolds
Therfield
Herts
Allport
Clear Wilkerson
Abbotsbury
Miriam
Joseph Reynolds
Autcheson
South Terrace
Harrogate
George Ayre Aitcheson
Leeds
Belgrave Chapel
Humphreys
Wellington
Somerset
Alfred James
G. W. Humphreys
Gill
William Bartlett Gill
George Gill
Woodfield
Burnley
Lancashire
Bank of England weekly financial accounts Oct 23 18S
The Gazette shows for the Bank of England week ending Oct 23: Notes issued 33,962,215 pounds. Government Debt 11,015,100 pounds. Other Securities 3,984,900 pounds. Gold Coin and Bullion 18,962,215 pounds. Silver Bullion value listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF England
Victoria
Department
Banking Department
J’tor’s
Government Secu
Frank May
Markets Report From CORN EXCHANGE And Cattle Market
Market notes show a wet week with liberal foreign grain arrivals except maize. Wheat and barley prices dip. oats and maize fall 6d to 1s. flour and barrels slow. Metropolitan cattle arrivals total 11 308 head, with limited sale and uneven quotations due to weaker dead meat demand and poor weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Exchange
Mark Lang
Essex
Kent
Chevalier
Harrow
Norfolk&Suffolk
Metropolitan
London
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Dr. Bennett
Macaulay
Edwin Drood
Death
Sala
Halliday
Atlantic
Robinson Crusoe
Clarize
Crusoe Island
Robinson
Friday
Mr. Forster
Dickens
Messrs. Chapman and Hall
David Copperfield
Glennings
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