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Review Of Literature, &C.
exposition ; and the reader who may be now in the enjoyment of robust health and quiet course of vital function , will gather from this small and practically useful volume , hints , how , for the future , he may retain a continuance of those blessings , which will make him consider the day when he read its pages , a fortunate era in his life . The man whose comprehensive mind illustrated this useful page—the concentrated essence—is worthof long and successful practiceis onein whose
y ; , hands , and to whose care , the invalid may confidently and hopingly entrust his case . We feel that we have not said as much in favour of the work as it reall y demands from an impartial critic , and it is from fear of a charge of partiality that we have " toned down " the force of what we should otherwise certainl y have said of it .
A brief Historical Account of the Parish of Allhallows the Great , in the Ward of Dowgate , in the City of London , _ yc . _ yc . By J . J . Hubbard . ( Printed for private circulation . ) We have been favoured with a copy ofthe above elegant publication , which is in various ways deserving of notice ; but in none more than because . it emanates from the liberality of John Johnson , Esq ., the worthy Alderman of the Ward of Dowgate , at whose cost the work has
been produced . It is hi g hly commendable that a gentleman , placed at the head of a district , should desire to see its antiquities and local peculiarities placed on record in such a way , and it would be of extreme value if so good an example were to be followed through this great metropolis , so that materials for future history would be placed , as it were , out of the reach of time and accident . The work commences with an historical introductionwritten with great care and judgmentandwe
, , , should think , of considerable value ; and this , as well as the compilation of the notices of the several charities , is very creditable to the writer . In conclusion , it is pleasant to see that the old charities are all well and fairly administered , and with a careful view of the change of circumstances dependent on altered times .
Prise Essay , on the Evils which are produced by Late Hours of Business . B y Thomas Davies . Nisbet and Co . _ Let not the author , whoever he may be , that is now in the zenith of his literary fame , disdain to glance at these pages , produced evidently not by an unlettered man , for this essay contains subject matter of the deepest importance , and calculated to raise the moral condition of tens of thousands of our fellow creaturesexpressed in language which shows
, that however the author may have lacked the opportunity of a high-class education , his school has been the world he lives in , his bed-room his stud y , his heart the lexicon . The author is a draper ' s assistant , and the Essay has been awarded the prize from the Metropolitan Drapers' Association ;—and most deservedly so ; the language is easy , unconstrained , and there is no false quantity in it . A preface by the Hon . and Rev . Baptist W . Noel , A . M ., gives a pleasing digest of the circumstances
attending the Society , and we need hardly say is commendatory of the Essay , which we agree with him in trusting "will be read extensively by all classes . " _ A circular of the society thus emphatically observes , " that a growing desire for studies and amusements of a more refined and intellectual character , has strongly manifested itself among the young men in our trade , with a consequent loathing of those frivolous pursuits , ancl that heedless dissipation , to which they have hitherto been absolutely VOL . c
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature, &C.
exposition ; and the reader who may be now in the enjoyment of robust health and quiet course of vital function , will gather from this small and practically useful volume , hints , how , for the future , he may retain a continuance of those blessings , which will make him consider the day when he read its pages , a fortunate era in his life . The man whose comprehensive mind illustrated this useful page—the concentrated essence—is worthof long and successful practiceis onein whose
y ; , hands , and to whose care , the invalid may confidently and hopingly entrust his case . We feel that we have not said as much in favour of the work as it reall y demands from an impartial critic , and it is from fear of a charge of partiality that we have " toned down " the force of what we should otherwise certainl y have said of it .
A brief Historical Account of the Parish of Allhallows the Great , in the Ward of Dowgate , in the City of London , _ yc . _ yc . By J . J . Hubbard . ( Printed for private circulation . ) We have been favoured with a copy ofthe above elegant publication , which is in various ways deserving of notice ; but in none more than because . it emanates from the liberality of John Johnson , Esq ., the worthy Alderman of the Ward of Dowgate , at whose cost the work has
been produced . It is hi g hly commendable that a gentleman , placed at the head of a district , should desire to see its antiquities and local peculiarities placed on record in such a way , and it would be of extreme value if so good an example were to be followed through this great metropolis , so that materials for future history would be placed , as it were , out of the reach of time and accident . The work commences with an historical introductionwritten with great care and judgmentandwe
, , , should think , of considerable value ; and this , as well as the compilation of the notices of the several charities , is very creditable to the writer . In conclusion , it is pleasant to see that the old charities are all well and fairly administered , and with a careful view of the change of circumstances dependent on altered times .
Prise Essay , on the Evils which are produced by Late Hours of Business . B y Thomas Davies . Nisbet and Co . _ Let not the author , whoever he may be , that is now in the zenith of his literary fame , disdain to glance at these pages , produced evidently not by an unlettered man , for this essay contains subject matter of the deepest importance , and calculated to raise the moral condition of tens of thousands of our fellow creaturesexpressed in language which shows
, that however the author may have lacked the opportunity of a high-class education , his school has been the world he lives in , his bed-room his stud y , his heart the lexicon . The author is a draper ' s assistant , and the Essay has been awarded the prize from the Metropolitan Drapers' Association ;—and most deservedly so ; the language is easy , unconstrained , and there is no false quantity in it . A preface by the Hon . and Rev . Baptist W . Noel , A . M ., gives a pleasing digest of the circumstances
attending the Society , and we need hardly say is commendatory of the Essay , which we agree with him in trusting "will be read extensively by all classes . " _ A circular of the society thus emphatically observes , " that a growing desire for studies and amusements of a more refined and intellectual character , has strongly manifested itself among the young men in our trade , with a consequent loathing of those frivolous pursuits , ancl that heedless dissipation , to which they have hitherto been absolutely VOL . c