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lufcd. is, tssi The Publishers* Circular...
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Lufcd. Is, Tssi The Publishers* Circular...
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I Now ready , in 1 vol . demy 8 vo . price 21 s . THROUGH AMERICA ; I Or , Nine Months in the United States . I By W . G . MARSHALL , M . A . I This work is embellished with nearly One Hundred Woodcuts illustrative of Scenes in the I ) famous Yosemite Valley ; of New York , Niagara , Salt Lake City , San Francisco , the ¦ I Giant Trees , & c . ; and contains a full Account of Mormon Life , as noted by the Author I during his visits to Salt Lake City in 1878 and 1879 . I EXTRACT JFttOlUE . THE "WOBK . ^^ Mm I ' Mormonism . has now become so firmly established in the United States that it is ¦ I I yearl important y decoyed , at the to present Salt Lake time City , when , to direct so many attention of our to poor some and of the ignorant evils to countrymen which Mormon are ¦ I emigrants to Utah are exposed . ' I ¦ I The Field says : c We notice SOME with PRESS pleasure NOTICES the extremel . y well-executed engravings ¦ I adorning this volume They aj-e far above any ordinary book illustrations on our side I of the Atlantic . Some of the Yosemite views are indeed gems . '—The Graphic says : We I know no book on America fuller of interest than Mr . Marshall ' s . '? —The Oxfobp and I Cambbidge Undergraduates' JouritaIj says : ' We have much in this volume which will ¦ I be at greater found in length no other , and ; with and at more least minuteness one or two , than sections has of hitherto the route been traversed given are by the dwelt Eng upon lish I traveller If it has not the discursive brilliance of Sala , the historical richness of I I siderable Dixon , or descri the political ptive power solidity , and of a Dilke certain , it sober is characterised charm of detail by , smoothness without any of attempt diction at , con fine - II I keen writing and or observant philosophical eyes theorising , the form , , which colour en , ables grandeur the , reader and peculiarities to see , through of the a pair objects of very and incidents chapter , without which came feeling under our interest the author flag 's ; and notic , on e rising from We are the led perusal on , from of the chapter volume to , ¦ I had a vivid and clear conception of all that the author saw . '—The Examiner says : ' Mr . ¦ ¦ I I Marshall good stories has ; a and quick he eye rattles and over a quick his ear pages , and like can a train photograp over a h New new York scenes elevated and gather railway up . ¦ H I descri at He home has ptions , besides in a of N " the ew , a York genuine social oyster horrors enthusiasm saloon of the and for " Rock his in a subject y hollow Mountain , of and a Zion for mammoth all , " p and hases the tree of nat in it . u Calaveraa ral He sp is lendours equ ; all his y ¦ ¦ H I I his which of the work and Golden , in with every Gate whom respect , are Mr we alike . , M is arshall vi that to gorous wh waxes ich and deals more true of to indi with life gnant Mormonism than The even and most previous the startling Mormons writers portion on , with the of ¦ ¦ I J I ^ Sj Th ject ? rough exce ^ A merica c © and When , if abundance not a book add to of the be the liveliness closel illustrations y criticised the , sty , we is le have one and that the said freshness is enoug certain h to of to prove the be matter widel that y instance read . * —Figaro , the merit says of : familiarising ' Through America you with , taken what aa the a whole author , is lias a cap seen ital , and book yet . it It is has never , for ¦ ¦ I I carefull risome y writte . Padding n has We been have carefull no y hesit avoided ation . in It say is ing brig that htly and it deserves , for the , for most several part , ¦ ¦ I I £ reasons he 08 ^ extent 8 & , ys to : to be * The which popular chief the both question author on this that has and made occurs on the use to other one of in his side looking opportunities of the at Atlantic such and a . work ' — faculties The as this Yorkshire , and is as his to I H JJJ ^ ? dmit 88 . * th presenting at he has something quite succeeded really readable in his task and . instructive The book to is the well public worth . y We of a are place bound on ¦ I s table or in one ' s library/—Thk Pity Prbss says : * Mr . Marshall has shown himself ¦ ¦ ¦ I I I f tea ^ ome P ^ traveller ting . ^ the observer various will enjoy , by matters the no means perusal broug devoid of ht this under of most humour his attracti notice , and ve well volume qualified We . ' fancy to form many an a stay opinion -at-I London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE , & RIV 1 NGTON , Bfe ^^_^_ frown . Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , E . C . ( 140 )
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1881, page 231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031881/page/31/
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