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136 BOOKS OF THE MONTH.
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Books Op The Month. The List Of Works Re...
be mentioned " Philanthropy the Genius of Christianity , " by Dr . Horsford ( SimpMn ) . This work is dedicated to Lord Brougham ,
and includes sketches of some of the most eminent Philanthrop distinguished ists , the followers for their of Howard devotion and to Wilberforce their fellow , - men creatures and , women great
reformers , & c . " The Transactions of the _National Association for It is the Promotion
of Social Science" ( J . W . Parker ) is now read _^ . unnecessary to do more than announce its publication , intimately associated as
we are both with the contributors and the subjects under discussion .
The " Journal of the Workhouse Visiting Society " ( Longman ' s ) for March , contains extracts from Miss Twining's evidence before the
Select Committee on Poor Relief , also in reference to the condition of girls and young wonien in Workhouses .
The Lectures delivered last summer by W . T . Gairdner have been reprinted , under the title of " Public Health in relation to Air and "Water . " ( Hamilton . )
The vexed question of the day , the Revised Educational Code , continues to be much discussed . To the Journal of the Statistical
Society Mr . Horace Mann contributes " Popular Education in Eng subject land : and " Some Wales Points . " Longman on the has Education just issued Question two , works " by Arthur on the
Garnt , M . A ., and the -very important one by Sir J . Kay Shuttleworth" The Four Periods of Public Education ; " being a complete
history , of our educational system , from its rise in 1832 to the present moment
. From Parker and Son , we have a new edition of Mr . Mill's great work" The Princiles of Political Economy" with the facts on
several , subjects broug p ht down to a later date . , Those interested in the question may consult " The Factory Acts , " by H . C . Oats
( Stevens ); the work touches on the legislative enactments relating to Lace FactoriesBleaching and Dyeing "Works & c .
In foreign Literature , we may mention " L' , Annee Seientifique et ~ _Industrielle , " by L . Figuier , which has re ached its ninth year of
publication . It is , as the title indicates , a concise account of the discoveries made _diiring the in scienceas well as the application of such
discoveries to the year industrial arts . , Under the title of " Eeonomistes Modernes , " M . Reybaud has given biographical sketches of some of
the leading men of the age—Cobden , Leon . Faucher , John Stuart MillPellegrino Rossiand others .
, , . Longman publishes Two Calendars of State Papers : one relating _^ to the Domestic History of Charles L , edited by John Bruce ; the
other a continuation , embracing , the period of Charles II ., edited by MrsGreen .
. _"An Epoch of My Life , " by Count John Arrivabene , ( Booth , ) refers
¦ work the also oppressions contains six ori Austrian ginal letters rule of Silvio Italy fort Pellico y years . since : the
136 Books Of The Month.
136 BOOKS OF THE MONTH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/64/
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