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      Notices Of Books. 279

      NOTICES OF BOOKS . 279

      Iosttense ¦»>;,. •'' As The Was \Pearl T...

      _Iosttense _¦»>; ,. •' ' as The was \ Pearl the interest of-Orr ' s Island and pathetic ; J _5 y Mxs as . _IS was eeclier the _Stowe story , of -ie Uncle _;;

      Tom ' s Cabin" the remembrance of the pain and the wrong which it so vividly dep , icted has made us shrink from its reperusal , almost

      from its recollection ; and though " The Minister ' s Wooing" was in free many from ways the a shadow charming of story that one charming terrible ly related wrong , still and over thoug its h it pretty was

      , _hpme picture lay the blight of a soul slavery even more accursed still it was , and so which well rendered marred our p . leasure in reading I ¦ _- •• . ¦¦¦ it all : the : more that

      , . . _". The Pearl of Orr ' s Island" has all the merit of _" The Minister ' s Wooing , " and . without this one drawback . As yet the hero and

      heroine ar < 3 described , and are left , mere children , but no , one . can close the volume without longing for the promised continuation , the

      comic and pathetic are blended as Mrs . Stowe can blend them , and Aunt Rosy and Aunt E-and Captain Kittridge and Sally will

      take their places among uey the _, real people who have lived for us in books with a more distinctive individuality than many a breathing

      acquaintance can ever do . The little blue and gold butterfly will nestlin the hearts of all who read this storyand how her pretty

      e , wings are to be singed—as surely they must be—is . , a problem which /

      we hope Mrs . Beecher Stowe will not leave long in doubt . : _**

      Give Bread—Gain Love. By Eliza London Me...

      Give Bread—Gain Love . By Eliza London Meteyard . ( Silverpen ) . William T egg ,

      Miss Meteyaed ' s children ' s books are so well known and so much liked that we need onlthis is quite -worthy of her pen , and

      that the adventures of y say little Jane and her Donkey will prove

      interesting to many young readers from the first page to the last .

      Little Sunshine Trap . To A Catch Tale F...

      Little Sunshine Trap . to A Catch Tale for a Sunbeam Very . Young , " & c - . Children Lockwood . By and the Co Author . of "A

      We hope many marnmas and nurses and elder sisters will read this story to eager little listeners , and we do not doubt that they will

      be called upon to read it many times . over , till " Little Sunshine " grows a household friend and example . It is very prettily got up and

      illustrated , and printed in large type suitable for the youngest eyes .

      On Food. By Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S...

      On Food . By Edwin Lankester , M . D ., F . R . S . First Course . Price Is . These lecturesdelivered at the South Kensington Museum , exhibit .

      "in . a popular , form the scientific principles by which the supply of food . to the human system is regulated . " Dr . Lankester in the

      lecture on " Animal Food" endorses Mrs . Barnes ' s opinion , as set forth in a paper on the" Comparative Properties of Human and

      Animal Milks , " that where children cannot obtain mother ' s milk ,

      the best substitute is cow ' s milk mixed with a certain quantity of

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1861, page 279, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061861/page/63/