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278 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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Books Of The Month.
the Ordering of her Household , and the Economy of the Dinner-Table" ( Smith & Elder ;) and the " Family Save-all" a System of
, , vertised Secondary a " Cookery Manual of ( Kent Hyg . ) iene On 3 ' with a hi special gh scientific Reference level to , the we Practice see
adof Sanitary Science and Public Health , by Drs . Letheby and Lankester . Messrs . Day & Go ' s , list of illuminated and illustrated works
includes the " Idylls of the King , " with sixteen illustrations drawn and etched by Amy Butts ; and the " Church ' s Floral Kalendar" Toy :
Emil In y the Cuy list ler of . fiction , we must first speak of tc The Young Step , -
mother , " by the author of the " Heir of Redclyffe . " This tale , which appeared in a serial form in the Monthly Packet ( a periodical
especially designed for the younger members of the , Church of England ) would interest anybody who cares for purepeaceful
pictures , of family life . The warm-hearted , impulsive Albinia , , set , at twenty-four , to rule and guide « h . er three mismanaged
stepchildren , is as natural and solid a figure as any in the minor _walks of fiction . Miss Yonge ' s booksthough peculiarly feminine in their
, kind of power , are never effeminate ; and it says a great deal for the woman who can invariably draw this fine line of distinction .
They are so real , so veracious , that the greatest philosopher might , advantageously read them 500 years henceif he _wished to know how
, English families of the middle class and of moderate means lived in the country houses , villas , squares , and terraces of the nineteenth
century . Although much is omitted of what actually goes on in this wicked world about us , the omissions do not interfere with
the artistic truth of the novelette , inasmuch as they are only such as are practically made in families of the class to which Miss
Yonge refers . Her sex , her age , and her experience , only enable her to describe with fidelity certain phases of modern English life , but
with these she deals most accurately and most artistically . " Martha Brown , the Heiress , " is another story of somewhat
the same type , though we believe from a male hand . The stern , uncompromising young woman , with thick eyebrowsmanages to
obtain the idolising affection of her somewhat feminine , lover , and the admiration of the author , who has undertaken to describe her .
He has drawn a very real female character , one who is not " best distinguished" by being black or brown , and who differs widely
from the approved type . " My Eldest Brother " is by the lady who wrote " Our Farm of Four Acres . "
Lastly , we come to the juvenile books : " Distant Homes ; or , the Graham Family in New Zealand . " " Guy Rivers ; ora Boy ' s
, Struggles in the Great World , " with illustrations . " Cortez and , Pizarro ; and the Early Discoveries of the Spaniards in the New
World , " retold for youth by William Dalton , illustrated by-Godwin . " The _favorite Story Book ; " a series of tales for young
people by Andersen , Mary Howitt , Miss Muloch , and others ; witfi
illustrations by Absolon .
278 Notices Of Books.
278 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 278, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/62/
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