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Reviews Of Hew Books.
EEVIEWS OF HEW BOOKS .
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the month , addressed to the Editor of the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , " 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields . ] The Spirit of the Holly . By Mrs . 0 . T \ Owek . London : Routledge and Co . —This beautiful Christmas and New-Tear ' s story is founded on an ancient legend relative to the influence of spirits upon
a house during the interval between Christmas-eve and Candlemas . The tale is decidedly superior to any production of the kind we have of late years read , and we concur in the opinion of our brethren of the press , that for exquisite pathos and graphic feminine power in weaving scenes of real life with a tissue of imagination , no production has appeared equal to it since Mrs . Inchbald ' s " Simple Story . " We
cannot do better than corroborate the sentiment expressed by our clever contemporary the " Critic , " which pronounces it to be "A'true Christmas tale ; the time , the place , the theme , the tone of cheerful piety , are all of Christmas . It tells of the trials and triumphs of love , wrought by the agency of the spirit of the holly , —affections revived , peace restored , in a household where sorrow and suffering had
abounded before . " The authoress stands justly high in the rank ot our modern writers , and in this little work exhibits a rare union of intellect and feeling . "We may add that the illustrations are by the newly-discovered Anastatic process , from the beautiful designs of the llev . Gr . L . Johnstone , whose indefatigable labours
amongst his parishioners of Kew , by whom he is universally and justly beloved , find refreshment in the graceful exercise of a consummate talent for pictorial delineation . We cordially commend the little book to all who wish to recall to age the passages of past joy , and to rivet on the attention of the young , lasting lessons of how to make home happy .
The Keepsake for 185 G . Edited by Miss Poweh . London : Bogue . — 'This relic of former drawing-room cloth-of-gold denizens is truly "the last rose of summer left blooming alone , " but we are hound to say it blooms still . The engravings are of a mingled character ; that of the Duchess of Argyle is good , though strangely redolent of that word which , according to Johnson , can alone express the Scotch , namely , " pawky . The handsome face cannot obliterate the hard national lines of character and feature . We should not
think her grace ' s voice was " soft and low—an excellent thing in woman . " The " Warning , " " Helen , " and indeed most of the pictures , are but mediocre , but the "Valentine" is an elegant and tasteful little sketch . Many of the contributions are rather limpid , with the exception of that by Mrs . E . W . Cox which is decidedly clover .
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Reviews Of Hew Books.
EEVIEWS OF HEW BOOKS .
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the month , addressed to the Editor of the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , " 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields . ] The Spirit of the Holly . By Mrs . 0 . T \ Owek . London : Routledge and Co . —This beautiful Christmas and New-Tear ' s story is founded on an ancient legend relative to the influence of spirits upon
a house during the interval between Christmas-eve and Candlemas . The tale is decidedly superior to any production of the kind we have of late years read , and we concur in the opinion of our brethren of the press , that for exquisite pathos and graphic feminine power in weaving scenes of real life with a tissue of imagination , no production has appeared equal to it since Mrs . Inchbald ' s " Simple Story . " We
cannot do better than corroborate the sentiment expressed by our clever contemporary the " Critic , " which pronounces it to be "A'true Christmas tale ; the time , the place , the theme , the tone of cheerful piety , are all of Christmas . It tells of the trials and triumphs of love , wrought by the agency of the spirit of the holly , —affections revived , peace restored , in a household where sorrow and suffering had
abounded before . " The authoress stands justly high in the rank ot our modern writers , and in this little work exhibits a rare union of intellect and feeling . "We may add that the illustrations are by the newly-discovered Anastatic process , from the beautiful designs of the llev . Gr . L . Johnstone , whose indefatigable labours
amongst his parishioners of Kew , by whom he is universally and justly beloved , find refreshment in the graceful exercise of a consummate talent for pictorial delineation . We cordially commend the little book to all who wish to recall to age the passages of past joy , and to rivet on the attention of the young , lasting lessons of how to make home happy .
The Keepsake for 185 G . Edited by Miss Poweh . London : Bogue . — 'This relic of former drawing-room cloth-of-gold denizens is truly "the last rose of summer left blooming alone , " but we are hound to say it blooms still . The engravings are of a mingled character ; that of the Duchess of Argyle is good , though strangely redolent of that word which , according to Johnson , can alone express the Scotch , namely , " pawky . The handsome face cannot obliterate the hard national lines of character and feature . We should not
think her grace ' s voice was " soft and low—an excellent thing in woman . " The " Warning , " " Helen , " and indeed most of the pictures , are but mediocre , but the "Valentine" is an elegant and tasteful little sketch . Many of the contributions are rather limpid , with the exception of that by Mrs . E . W . Cox which is decidedly clover .