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BOOKS OF THE MONTH. 277
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BOOKS OP THE IHONTIT. Miss Kavaistagh's ...
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^ Ragged Life In Egypt. By M. X*. Whatel...
thoug of a _hi h glier the grade contrast , as was their rather dress strange sliowed , c ; ertainl all met y . on One equal or and two friendl were y clad terms in ,
the silk maj jackets ority , w and ore covered the ordinary with dar silver k b and lue cotton coral , , others trailing in , yet prin scanty t trous garments ers ; but . A coloured Copt , the ek mother ( or vest with the long pret , narrow ty Hynehn skirts a ) , , came a head -kerchief a dazzl of in the g jon same quil ,
narrow and a q mind uantit p y eeped of gold out coins in th round e critical her thin y , in brown which she hroat scanned ; her her bigoted poor , neighbours in their coarse veils , though she saluted them civilly enough . . . . ith " The feast The occupied altogether then a much in shorter little knots time than round feasts their of Chri the kind ti
f w riends -us . and list women ened and talked gathered while coffee was served as a finish to s the an entertainment " The , party , was and diminished one which E b , astern derees guests as some highl w y ho enj had oy . babies with them .
or who lived a couple of streets y ofi _^ g which , to their notions was ' a distance , ' , read were aloud anxious a p to return ion of earl Scri y pture ; the , others explaining sat by and our commenting friend , Mrs . in _R— a mann , who er
by suited the to dark her , and audience now were . Some permitted of the to schoolchildren remain , when had rendered slipped visible in , profiting by the * lig her htin arms g of on candles m . keees One with crept an round entreating to my side lovin , and , sittin k g that at my was feet quite , put
irresistible . ... y , g , " The last batch of guests departed as the others had done , with many
c expressions heeks again of affection again , and and regret several at shedding our departure tears , as kissing they repeated our hands , ' The and Lord preserve thee ! The . Lord bless thee ! ' "
We would gladly have called attention to Miss Whately ' s graphic descriptions of scenery , of native manners , and of incidents
in the daily life of Eastern women of the humbler classes . But to her book we must refer our readers , assuring them , that , thougli
unpretending , it is full of information , and written in that fervid spirit of Christian zeal which must awaken an answering chord _,
in the hearts of all those who desire the social and religious
improvement of their fellow-creatures .
Books Of The Month. 277
BOOKS OF THE MONTH . 277
Books Op The Ihontit. Miss Kavaistagh's ...
BOOKS OP THE _IHONTIT . Miss _Kavaistagh _' s _"English Women of Letters , " ( 1 ) is a collection
of biographical sketches , including Madame d'Arblay , Miss Edgeworth , Miss Austen , & c . Miss Kavanagh having confined herself
to novelists , some notable names in other departments of literature are wanting .
Miss Grace Wharton , in the first of her two volumes on the " Literature of Society , " ( 2 ) gives some curious extracts from an
old book on dress , Evelyn ' s Tyrannus . It appears that even _iix that day people had begun to complain of the want of distinction
in dress between masters and servants . _"How many times have I saluted the fine man for the master , and stood with my hat off to
the gay feather , when I found the bird all this time to be but a daw . " Julia ( 1 ) Kavanag " Eng The lish " h . Women ( Hurst of and Letters Blackett : Biograp . ) hical Sketches . " 2 vols . By _^ 2 ) Literature of Societywith Introductory Chapter on the
Ori , gin " of Ficti , on . " 2 vols . . By Grace ; Wharton an . ( Tinsley Brothers . )
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1862, page 277, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121862/page/61/
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