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NOTICES OF BOOKS. -275
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BOOKS OF THE MONTH.
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Speech Of The Earl Of Shaftesbury, At Th...
4 he above institution , intended for the metropolis and Lome counties , is contemplated— -similar in its general plan to the one at _Coton's
Hill in Staffordshire , and those at Cheadle , Barnwood near
Glou-¦ cester , and in Lincolnshire .
Notices Of Books. -275
NOTICES OF BOOKS . -275
Books Of The Month.
BOOKS OF THE MONTH .
_TFhom the abundant announcements of the publishing season par excellenceit is far from easy to select our special list as a piece of
literary gossi , p , "which touches the interests of woman , 's work , we _cjuote the assertionthat although literature in its purely literary
character will be excluded , from the forthcoming Great Exhibition , books will form no inconsiderable portion of the attractions of
. 1862 , and that illustrated and educational "works will be a con-. spicuous feature . We should like to see the different female
schools of art send us illustrated books as specimens of achievement . The popular editions of Longfellowboth prose and verse
_^ was conjunction largely wi illustrated th Birkett some Foster years ; and ago thoug by , Mrs 'h we . B have enham few H women ay , in ,
who can illustrate as she did , before her foreign residence withdrew her into other walks of art , there is surely enough talent in
_anany branches of artistic ornamentation , to enable our female designers and woodcutters to produce something really good .
It having often been remarked how much of the French element ~ was to be found in our pageswe have some pleasure in noting one
of those straws which shows , how the wind blows , across the Channel . Messrs . Letts and Co . give a practical illustration of their
faith in the increase of our mercantile ( and consequently , social ) relations with Franceby announcing that everyone of their
wellknown diaries will henceforth , contain French dates side by side with Englishthroughout the pages .
, A contemporary reproaches the gentleman who reviewed the autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight in the Times the other day ,
because , after filling many columns with Miss Knight's amusing . anecdotes , he remarks that the work has no index , and therefore
adds , " We advise our readers to abstain from buying the book , and be contented with our examination of its contents . " It is
appropriately asked if this comment on the omission is not somewhat ungrateful ! Not so much to Miss Knight as to Mr . Bentley .
John Stuart Mill , who has invariably given a clear and consistent scientific testimony in favor of an unrestricted right to labor on the
part of women , has lately been defending the " Utilitarian Philosophy " in Fraserin an essay which deserves deep attention from _,
all who take interest , in the Philosophy of Morals , on whichever side of the great controversy they range . It is well for those who ,
Hike ourselves , take another view of life and duty , to know exactly
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 275, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/59/
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