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352 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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assailants . We sincerely trust that "by this time he may have in soine degree recovered from this disaster whichlike a true
, , philosopher , he suffered at the time to occasion him less disquietude than it caused his friends .
Towards the end of volume one are three or four elegantly colored drawings of the Nepenthes or Pitcher Plant . The flower
consists of a large gourd , some ten or twelve inches in height , and for is so that shaped purpose as to by be the perfectl natives y adap . To ted the The for uninitiated author holding water , as well , and as is to used the the
botanist Linibang , these River will , given prove under treasures the head . of " My ' Limbang s expedition Journa up l , " can is , we def think , the reader most of interesting apprehension division to lay of aside the whole the second work volume . We
until he y has any accomplished this fascinating tour hand in hand with Mr . St . John : the Sulu Islands ; Sarawak , and its dependencies ;
the Chinese in Borneo ; the Chinese Insurrection ; ( a most exciting chapter , as we have seen , ) and finally the Protestant of the and d volume Roman
We Catholic have Missions but faintl , are y the and concluding imperfectl chapters y conveyed an secon idea of the . and importance of Mr . St . John ' s publication to the minds
of compass our readerssince we could find so little space for mention of the several mountain , ascentsnot achieved without considerable personal
risk and exposure . But , should we be fortunate enough to rouse a small amount of public inion to discuss the merits of a question
involving the future of op a remarkable people and an _eqiially and
remarkable islandwe shall not deem our time thrown away , shall share in the , pleasure our author must experience in having
done his best successfully in a good cause .
352 Notices Of Books.
352 _NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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Me Street port of M the anch I e nsti ster tut ion quare for . May Emp 1 st loyment 1861— of 62 Ne . edlew Emily omen Faithfull , 2 , _THinde and
Co ., Victoria , Press . , The interesting narrative furnished to us by Miss Barlee of some of
the poor women who have found aid in this institution , is a special cause why our readers should care to glance over the yearl The y whole report scheme of one
of the most successful efforts of London charity . three is only needlewomen two years and and a half a old ital ; it of began £ 12 in and January is now , 1860 employ , with ing
, cap , from diture 600 of to which 800 workers was more , and than doing £ 8000 a business . An , the idea last of the year extent 's expen of
the Society ' s present operations may also be given by the statement , that last year 84 , 456 garments were made at the institution . for
It was in the autumn of 1859 , whilst engaged in preparing can the we press do to a hel little them volume " ( Nisbet entitled ) th " at Our Miss Homeless Barlee was Poor impressed , and what by
p ,, the scanty earnings gained by needlewomen employed on
Government contracts j one-third , and in some cases one-half of the wages
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1862, page 352, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071862/page/64/
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