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    l6o6 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6, 18...

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    Audrey ' s Jewels , by Emma [ Leslie , is an historical romance which is concerned with the Revolution of 1688 . The disabilities under which the Nonconformists laboured are inter- \ ...... . /• . * ¦• • •• i t in irl ^ of firm e * reli i ious _ •__?__!_ le and _ 1 . t

    woven with , the story of the heroine , a noble-hearted ggprincipgentle | sp extremely irit . —John well Bunyan described is . made A wholesome to play a book part in for the girls book , written , and with his influence imaginative ^ over insi Audrey ght . % j

    One of the last works written by that genial naturalist the Rev . J . Gr . Wood is entitled The Brook and Its Banks . It is marked by that happy union of accuracy of observation young and vivacity . The of reader style is which taken along long ago the made banks its of an lamented English autho stream r , a and favourite his attention with is old called and ,

    in a pleasant and informal way , to those wonders of nature which careless or preoccupied i passers-by continually miss . This is exactly the kind of book to instil a love of natural history i in the hearts of thoughtful boys and girls . i

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    at too quick a pace , domestic rule , amusements , hosp , itality , & c . The book is , bright , i practical , and suggestive , and adorned with many pretty illustrations of country life . j

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    arrogance - . . of . xM the . v > a . n obles vyiiii e O j , and iuau yji the . C 7 c assumptions ** J . u . xiJ . g jm . tt y tiAlXJ of the 0 LHUUgXl priests l cliUUUt . The a ct widespread WlUt book 3 M | Jl is OfclU written . itavOjlt i with * g ** lll . o great w w **^ vigpur vigour * and and gives gives a a livelv lively picture rncturft of of the the times timfiH . whils wTiilaf t . the f . Vift au » . n thor f . lir « r » ponfri contrive trAn s w wifh ith considerable nr ^ T »« irlftrable

    success ^ to hold the balance even between the romance , of fiction and the realism of fact . ' «»> — : — === *

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    l 6 o 6 The Publishers' Circular Dec . 6 , 1889

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1606, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/72/