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64 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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64 Notices Of Books.
64 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
-Al Mrs 14 Geria A . P Bodichon Rinces C...
-Al geria . Bodichon considered . as Publishe a Win d ter at the Hesidence " Eng for lish W the oman JSnc / lish Journal . By Dr Office . and
14 a , Princes Street , Cavendish Square , London . Moee time tliaii we could have wished has elapsed between the
publication season of of Alg this iers work is yet and unexp its review ired by in its our two pages most , but beautiful the cool
monthsand tourists who are so happy as to * have leisure in spring Tumours may yet , profit of war by have the hints blown it over contains will ; assuredl while next witness autumn the , if usual the y
, p troop icturesque Algeria of human , long and known swallows bloody to -wars "fl the ying ilhistrated Eng , fl lish ying onl , b fl y y ying as the south the daring scene . " pen of cil those of
Horace Vernet , has of late years become a place of winter resort for the alleviation of pulmonary disease , and a new field of exploration for the luxurious wanderers who can float about the
Mediterranean in their yachts , and cast anchor when it pleases them in each of the classic waters consecrated in history and renowned in song .
The little book now under our notice is the only guide-book yet title published from the in Eng quantity land for of the compact French and colony varied , and information fully deserves which that it
contains . A prefatory note tells us that part of its contents " has been translated from the following works of Dr . Bodiehon of 6
UAl Algiers _gerief : Etudes and ' H sur iene &\ Al a gerie suivre et en U _^ _jifri dl _geriej _quej and ' Considerations other parts have sur
yg been written in English by him . " To his wife ( the well-known artistBarbara Leih Smith ) the guide-book is indebted for its
translation , , arrangement g , and a quantity of miscellaneous information of the kind especially useful to English ladies landing in the
unknown territory of Algiers . The last chapter contains descriptive sketches of the town and countryfrom the pens of an English
, household located , a mile from Algiers in the winter of 1856-7 . Chapter the first gives an historical sketch of Algeria , which _,
belonged successively to Carthage , Rome , Constantinople , and to Mahometan invaders . Of the piracies which made its very name
terrible for many hundred years every child has heard ; the first severe check was iven by Lord Exmouthwhoin 1816 , " obtained a
comp ive lete one victory thousand g over the Christian Algerine slaves fle . et , , Other and , compelle hostilities d the continued Dey to up
to United g take States place betwe ;) and en at Al length giers and after Christian a fifteen nations years , ' ( including war , Algeria the
became a province of , France ; , Algiers making its submission on tlie 4 th . of July , 1830 . " It was , however , long before the French _,
conquered the whole of the three provinces now possessed by them ; Constantine lying to the east , and Oran to the west of Algiers . Each
tract may be said to have been torn piecemeal from the Arabs . geograp Chapter hy , the its animals second , gives its botany us the , present agriculture state , and of Al trade geria . ; an The its of and its on
third cliax _^ ter treats the climate influence Europ es ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 64, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/64/
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