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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. 343

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    . anonymous disadvantageous exports l , ion as but du is Futur well shown -known by these author ' 1860 amounts from P , ari whose s , : is E balanced work Dentu ( ) ' Un — I according have Mot taken sur 1 ' to Orient these the

    statements a Greece ' occas is said —by to the possess amazing Congres at the ly . present increasing . time maritime 4000 . trading power vessel of the s , a consi The country der sea - . able bf steamersd 30000 good ablebodied seamen .

    numer onew , an , , Is now ks as innate formerl genius y , the for faithful trade confederate also exhibits and itself friend in the of the number Greeks of . * private The

    . Gree' individuals Germany , have who , now in the taken capitals their of place Russia amongst , France ankers the , Eng greatest land , of and Constan d most even

    _rfc developed respectable inople are has b Greeks y merchants the been popular . the The of chief education n those atural obj cities ect genius . of . This the The of , Government ever the first peop since b le the is s even The liberation treng king thened dom of the of d -

    country Greece now , possesses 830 primary schools , for 64 , 000 chil . dren of both sexes , 102 schools of the second class 7 gymnasiums , and 4 seminaries for priests .

    ' thence The university the seed of of Athens knowled is attended and , civilization by from 500 to the to 600 whole students of the , w Christian ho carry ge

    East and and the in . other More general cities than well 50 of the being political king of dom or the literary , take country a periodicals livel Whatever y interest , published may in public be in deman business Athens ded , ,

    . not and with stood reason still which , during from at the modern the close twenty Greece of the -five , Liberation yet years it . must since War be its was conceded regeneration considered that at . it has the Its ,

    M population hest to , amount to 700000 soulshas since that mounted up to 1 , 500 , 000 . JBut g I will now speak of , a more momentous , lifekernel basis of for this national le virtues And I and

    health .: of domestic lifethe innermost -peop . am not I shall afraid mak of e being on this contradicted subject , in Greece by any . one I hav in e the not favourable heard a sing statement le forei which gner , not bear the testimony

    regarding patriarchal who Greek has law been domestic in long the easil best resident life sense be there divorced in of , Greece that the word . it , who Nevertheless is . in Married does a high coup it degree les is extremel may moral same , according y and rare also to to very y

    meet with , divorced persons or with illegal connections . Marriage seems to be extremel a natural y unirequent condition . amongst That which the Greeks an father elder . of son Elderl the famil or y brother unmarried has been does ladies removed for are his

    mother and undowried sisterswhen the y , before Is provide most he admirable for has them had , time . and Both to frequentl think reli , g of ious y himself the and young , national if he man ever ' custom s hair is able will requires to become do so him . grey The to

    hysical * Scotland conformation In many respects of the country presents , but a parallel in the to enterprising Greece , not and only erratic in the

    released p sp Europe irit of , from the Scotch peop the merchants le incessant . If Greek trouble are found merchants of defending everywhere are foun herself . d But in all little until the or Scotl chief no and internal ports was of

    to development the country took amounted place Scotland . onl In y 1656 to had 137 we risen , carry find to ing that 215 5 vessels , the 736 whole tons , . vessels At ing the 14 belong Union 485 tons , ing in

    In 1707 1858 , the shi the pp number ing of of vessels registered , was 3 , 543 , carry , with a tonnage , of . , aid of loans did much to begin this

    • of 652 prosperity , 675 . The . temporary Are the industrious money Miss Greek peasants tells to go on do burying will career their the

    good money genius in the of earth Limited for safety Liability , as banking Bremer companies us find they its way , or thither to

    their help ?

    Notices Of Books. 343

    NOTICES OF BOOKS . 343

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1863, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011863/page/55/