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    350 NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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    Stories from Memel. By Mrs. Agnes De Hav...

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    Children's Songs. By Mrs. Hanfrey. Routl...

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    On Scientific Physical Training and Rati...

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    The Life Clarke And Labours London Of Vi...

    Many the mistress a task in that this usual case ly undertook falls to the and share executed of the . Thus master mutual of a famil consultation y to do ,

    husban mutual d agreement all active , trouble were the by sole voluntaril points y needed assuming ; while it to the herself wife . spared Thus her too ,

    it may be said , that his super , -excellent wife was one main cause of Vincent Novello _' s achieving so much—so very much—as he did . Had he had paltry

    concerns to attend to ; had he had the perpetual worry and distraction of household questions to decide upon ; had he had the constant interruption of that appeals he , would responsibilities have found , famil time y cares and , and opportunity business for transactions tlie incessant —is it musical likely

    labour and industry—besides extensive professional teaching" —which were his ? Had his brain been disturbed with ordinary subjects ; had his lingers been employed in penning business letters ; had his hours been frittered away by

    other calls upon his time , instead of being devoted to the one great and absorbing pursuit ; is it probable that he would have been able to accumulate one all that man mass to have of musical achieved work with , which his own form unaided s an almost hands incredible V Men amount of artistic for

    calling , possessed of such an inestimable treasure as a wife like Vincent product Novello ' s from , are their thereb genius y enabled and labour to give to the not world only . a " double but a multiplied

    mere The enum original eration composi of the tions work of s he _Novello arranged were and not edited few , would Lut a

    was compris broug e a ht catalogue to a close of in nearl August y 200 , 1861 pages , . when His laborious had almos life t

    attained the ripe age of eighty years .

    350 Notices Of Books.

    350 NOTICES OF BOOKS .

    Stories From Memel. By Mrs. Agnes De Hav...

    Stories from Memel . By Mrs . Agnes De Havilland . Hurst and Co . Price 2 s . 6 d ., with illustrations .

    Eng tive These lish of the , t hey scenes leasing have and ly wri a manners freshness tten tales of a for country young originali li children tt ty le , v calcula isi . ted Descri b ted y the t p -

    the interes moral t juvenile lessons readers inculca . ted The are ton excellent e throug . hout is healthy , and

    Children's Songs. By Mrs. Hanfrey. Routl...

    Children's Songs . By Mrs . Hanfrey . Routledge and Co . Price 2 s . 6 d . A collection of rhymes and easy verses nicely illustrated , and

    mi likel gh t make to please for the little amusement folks . The of songs her children are such , and as w a mother t they

    hour themselves s . might repeat to their doll , or sing over in play

    On Scientific Physical Training And Rati...

    On Scientific Physical Training and Rational Gymnastics , By Dr . Both , Esq ., M . D .

    Dr The . Roth mott , before of this a lec mee ture ting , which of ic the was members originally of t li he vered Royal by

    and Unit ch ed e Service than Ins cure titution " and , is t — he lec Preven turer tion after is adver better ting , easier to the ,

    fact tha aper t more than fif ; ty per cent of the female population of this countare in a state of weak healthmostlarising from

    preventable ry causes , goes on to show what , important y results . might be expected from subjecting * the rising generation to

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1864, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011864/page/62/