On this page
-
Text (2)
-
BOOKS OF THE MONTH. 213
-
BOOKS OP THE MONTH. The list of new book...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
M^ In Emoir The Of University George Wil...
inspiriting cry of hope and victory . And to some who perhaps need their lesson moreto those to whom all work is delightall pain and
weariness of heart , and head almost unknown , the p , icture of this braveheroic manbrings an almost crushing sense of the poorness
, , of their offerings and work compared with the worth of those which are won in the face of obstacles as great as those with
which George Wilson had to contend .
Books Of The Month. 213
BOOKS OF THE MONTH . 213
Books Op The Month. The List Of New Book...
BOOKS OP THE MONTH . The list of new books is very scantybut the deficiency is made up
for by the large number announced , as shortly to appear , among which tales of English life occupy a considerable place . Foreigners
who may be desirous of making themselves acquainted with our domestic institutions have now great facilities for so doing .
Miss Maling _~* writes on her favourite subjects with a degree of enthusiasm which will scarcely be reached by the majority of her
readers . The remark that " many people would feel quite lost without the occupation of watching their little nursery , " seems
to imply that _" many people" must be very much at leisure , and very incapable of taking an interest in what is going on
around them . Probably , however , Miss Maling , who appears to be herself an invalidis thinking of the sickto whom the light labour
of tending flowers , is often a welcome solace , in the long hours of weakness and weariness , It is fco be regretted that busy people do
not also spare a little time for attention to flowers . When we picture what London and other towns might beif every house in
every street had its window garden , it really seems , to become part of our duty to our neighbours to contribute our quota to the floral
display . Plants on balconies and window-sills do not exclude light and air to any considerable extentas window plants inside are apt
to do , and they brighten the house , both inside and outside . Miss Maling mentions a considerable , number of plants suitable for
window gardens , and we should be glad to see a greater variety . "Visitors to London this year must have been struck with the
endless repetition of the scarlet geranium , blue lobelia , and yellow calceolaria , with the nasturtium and canariensis doing duty
everywhere as creepers . Nothing certainly could be more gay than this brilliant combination of coloursbut a little variety is pleasantand
if anything else will grow in London , ( about which strangers , must feel doubtful ) one would like to see it .
" Birds and Flowers , " prettily bound in green and gold , with an amusing flowery frontispieceand written in an easysimple style
, , throughout , is likely to be an acceptable gift to children . A sensible child will like it all the better for the little bits of
instruc-How * Flowers . Birds for and Window Flowers Gardens ; or , The , in C T hildren own or ' s Guide Country to Gardening What to G and row Bird , and
keeping . Emily Faithfull .
-
-
Citation
-
English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 213, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/69/
-