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66 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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Mrs. Henry Wood's Dstovels. The Four Com...
and when a rather "unflattering expression of astonishment is rna & e to himJan observeswith cool reflection , "I don't know that
I would , have had any , body else . " Lady Mary was of the same opinion sti ; pulated on her for side hj she Jan promised on his to side sew he on took the his buttons degree which and
were ; , became Dr . Verner . There they are of course to this day , a curiousl country y parish assorted and coup bring le ing , doctoring their children and nursing in the the fear poor of God of . a
The other novel , of Mrs . Wood up 'swhich has been out some time , , is entitled " MrsHalliburton's Troubles . " It bears a family
. resemblance to " The Channings , " but , as its name implies , the heroine is a woman ; while in the former work Mrs . Channing plays
murder a " A quite Foggy . subordinate It Nignt flatl part at Oflbrd . but The , Mrs " last is . Wood production a Christmas soon catches of tale this based up prolific her upon thread pen a , opens y
with suspicion spirit . attaching There is to a the , jilted wrong lover person and a , all jealous worked husb _lip and together , and a with sufficient melodramatic effect . Portions of the story appeared
some time sincein the pages of a monthly periodical ; and , " in the hope been that re-arranged it may , prove and is accep presented table to as an the author general ' s contribution public , it has to
the Lancashire Fund , . " Here again we have a boy , slightly but be characteristicall said to be full y sketched of boys . . If _*' Mrs these . Halliburton gentry do not ' s Troubles form the " stap may le
of the story Mrs . Wood may have in hand , they are sure to pop out irresistibly from all sorts of odd corners . In their earl but y stages these ,
they are the are good partial , moral to , " industrious roast pork and fellows lots . of Dissi crackling pated lads ; " , who hairs are
safe to turn out shamefully , and bring their parents' grey with sorrow to the grave , refuse to eat salmon unaccompanied by
lobster sauce . We must not omit to notice that the first story to which Mrs .
Wood ' s nameso far as we are aware , was attached , was a Temperance Scottish tale Temperance , entitled , League " Danesbury offered House a prize . " of The £ 100 Directors for the of best the
story The MSS illustrative . sent in for of competition the injurious were effects placed of in intoxicatin award the hands in g favour of dri three nks of .
Scotch clergymen , who unanimously gave their the " Danesbury speciality House of the ; " subject this was probabl in 1860 y . hindered It is a stirring its attracting book , but the
same kind of notice as was at once drawn forth by " East Lynne , " which received a review in the Timesand ran through several
editions . But the unanimous according , of the prize , over all the other competitors , indicated the rising of a new star in the skies
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66 Notices Of Books.
66 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 2, 1863, page 66, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02031863/page/66/
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