[BORN 1778. DIED 1818.]DR BRUNTON.
MARY Brunton, [authoress of the novels "Self-Control" and "Discipline," was the only daughter of Colonel Thomas Balfour of Elwick, and of Frances Ligonier, only daughter of Colonel Francis Ligonier, the brother of Field-Marshal the Earl of Ligonier. From her sixteenth year (although her mother is spoken of as still alive at a much later date), it is stated that the entire charge of her father's household devolved upon her, and left her very little time for anything else. Thus matters continued till she was nearly twenty. Meanwhile her future husband, Dr Brunton, and she had met, when or where we are not informed.] Dr Brunton merely says: "About this time, Viscountess Wentworth, who had formerly been the wife of Mrs Balfour's brother, the second Earl Ligonier, proposed that Mary, her god-daughter, should reside with her in London. What influence this alteration might have had on her after-life is left to be matter of conjecture. She preferred the quiet and privacy of a Scotch parsonage. We were married in her twentieth year, and went to reside at Bolton, near Haddington."
[A love of reading had been an early passion with her, but in her childhood it had spent itself mostly in poetry and fiction; and herwant of leisure afterwards had withdrawn her to a great extent even from literature of that description.] "Her time," Dr Brunton continues, "was now much more at her own command. Her taste for reading returned in all its strength, and received rather a more methodical direction. Some hours of every forenoon were devoted by her to this employment; and in the evenings I was in the habit of reading aloud to her books chiefly of criticism andbelles lettres. Among other subjects of her attention, the philosophy of the human mind became a favourite study with her, and she read Dr Reid's works with uncommon pleasure." After their removal to Edinburgh, their circle increased. "She mingled more with those whose talents and acquirements she had respected at a distance.... She had often urged me to undertake some literary work, and once she appealed to an intimate friend who was present whether he would not be my publisher. He consented readily, but added that he would at least as willingly publish a book of her own writing. This seemed at the time to strike her as something the possibility of which had never occurred to her before, and she asked more than once whether he was in earnest. A considerable part of the first volume of 'Self Control' was written before I knew anything of its existence. When she brought it to me, my pleasure was mingled with surprise. The beauty and correctness of the style, the acuteness of observation, and the loftiness of sentiment, were, each of them in its way, beyond what even I was prepared to expect from her."
[The work was published in two large volumes, which were afterwards distributed into three post octavos in January or early in February 1811 anonymously, and after considerable precautions had been taken to preserve the secret of the authorship, which actually was, we are told,for a little time so well kept that she had frequent opportunities of hearing her work commented on.
Mrs Brunton commenced a new novel, "Discipline;" but before it was completed "Waverley" appeared. It came into her hands, her husband says, while she was in the country, and when she had heard nothing of its reputation; but she at once discerned its high merit, and was so fascinated by it, that she could not go to bed till she had read it through. It happened that a scene of a part of her own work too was laid in the Highlands, about which a universal interest had been for some years before this awakened by Scott's "Lady of the Lake," and other poems; and her first impulse was to cancel the Highland portion of her story altogether; but to this sacrifice her husband strongly objected. Writing to one of her female friends in December, a few days before her new work was to appear, she says: "It is very unfortunate in coming after 'Waverley,' by far the most splendid exhibition of talent in novel-writing which has appeared since the days of Fielding and Smollett. There seems little doubt that it comes from the pen of Scott. What a competitor for poor little me!" When "Discipline" at length came out, however, its success was far greater than she anticipated. "But she was by no means gratified by it," we are told, "to the same extent she had been by the reception of 'Self-Control.' She was now well known to be the author, and therefore she was not so sure that the applause which reached her was all sincere." The silence of theEdinburghandQuarterly Reviews, too, annoyed and discouraged her.
All this indisposed her to attempt a third novel. Yet she commenced some other works, in which she proceeded slowly. But the end of all was at hand. After being married for twenty years, she had at last theprospect of becoming a mother. Her husband's interesting narrative proceeds:] "She was strongly impressed, indeed, with the belief that her confinement was to prove fatal, not in vague presentiment, but on grounds of which I could not entirely remove the force, though I obstinately refused to join in the inference which she drew from them. Under this belief, she completed every, the most minute, preparation for her great change, with the same tranquillity as if she had been making arrangements for one of those short absences which only endeared her home the more to her. The clothes with which she was laid in her grave had been selected by herself; she herself had chosen and labelled some tokens of remembrance for her more intimate friends; and the intimations of her death were sent round from a list in her own handwriting. But these anticipations, though so deeply fixed, neither shook her fortitude nor diminished her cheerfulness. They neither altered her wish to live, nor the ardour with which she prepared to meet the duties of returning health, if returning health were to be her portion. After giving birth to a still-born son on the 7th December, and recovering for a few days with a rapidity beyond the hopes of her medical friends, she was attacked with fever. It advanced with fatal violence, till it closed her earthly life on the morning of Saturday, December 19, 1818."
[BORN 1794. DIED 1835.]JEFFREY.
THE business of women being with actual or social life, and the colours it receives from the conduct and dispositions of individuals, they unconsciously acquire, at a very early age, the finest perception of characters and manners, and are almost as soon instinctively schooled in the deep and dangerous learning of feeling and emotion; while the very minuteness with which they make and meditate on these interesting observations, and the finer shades and variations of sentiment which are thus treasured and recorded, trains their whole faculties to a nicety and precision of operation which often discloses itself to advantage in their application to studies of a different character. When women accordingly have turned their minds, as they have done but too seldom, to the exposition or arrangement of any branch of knowledge, they have commonly exhibited, we think, a more beautiful accuracy, and a more uniform and complete justness of thinking, than their less discriminating brethren. There is a finish and completeness, in short, about everything they put out of their hands, which indicates not only an inherent taste for elegance and neatness, but a habit of nice observation, and singular exactness of judgment.
We have not as yet much female poetry. That of Mrs Hemans is a fine exemplification. It may not be the best imaginable poetry, and may not indicate the very highest or most commanding genius; but it embraces a great deal of that which gives the very best poetry its chief power of pleasing, and would strike us perhaps as more impassioned and exalted, if it were not regulated and harmonised by the most beautiful taste. It is singularly sweet, elegant, and tender; touching, perhaps, and contemplative, rather than vehement and overpowering; and not only finished throughout with an exquisite delicacy and even severity of execution, but informed with a purity and loftiness of feeling, and a certain sober and humble tone of indulgence and piety, which must satisfy all judgments, and allay the apprehensions of those who are most afraid of the passionate exaggerations of poetry. Almost all her poems are rich with fine descriptions, and studded over with images of visible beauty. But these are never idle ornaments; all her pomps have a meaning, and her flowers and her gems are arranged, as they are said to be among Eastern lovers, so as to speak the language of truth or of passion. This is peculiarly remarkable in some little pieces, which seem at first sight to be purely descriptive, but are soon found to tell upon the heart with a deep, moral, and pathetic impression. But it is in truth nearly as conspicuous in the greater part of her productions, where we scarcely meet with any striking sentiment that is not ushered in by some such symphony of external nature, and scarcely a lovely picture that does not serve as an appropriate foreground to some deep or lofty emotion.
[BORN 1786. DIED 1826.]ALISON.
THEY were happy who [in the siege of Saragossa] expired amidst that scene of unutterable woe. Yet even they bequeathed with their last breath to the survivors the most solemn injunctions to continue to the last the unparalleled struggle; and from the dens of the living and the dead issued daily crowds of warriors, attenuated indeed and livid, but who maintained with unconquerable resolution a desperate resistance. But human nature, even in its most exalted mood, cannot go beyond a certain point. Saragossa was about to fall; but, like Numantia and Saguntum, she was to leave a name immortal in the annals of mankind.
Such was the heroic spirit which animated the inhabitants, that it inspired even the softer sex to deeds of valour. Amongst these, Augustina Zaragoza was peculiarly distinguished. She had served with unshaken courage a cannon near the gate of Portillo, at the former siege, and she again took her station there when the enemy returned. "See, General," said she to Palafox, when he visited that quarter, "I am again with my old friend." Her husband being struck with a cannon-ball as he served the battery, she calmly stepped into his place, and pointed the gun as he lay bleeding at her side. Frequently she was to be seenat the head of an assaulting party, wrapped in her cloak, sword in hand, cheering on the soldiers to the discharge of their duty. She was at length taken prisoner; but being taken dangerously ill, and carried to the French hospital, she contrived to escape. A female corps was formed to carry provisions and water to the combatants, and remove the wounded, at the head of which was Donna Benita, a lady of rank. Several hundred women and children perished during the siege, not by bombs or cannon-shot, but in actual combat.
[BORN 1816. DIED 1855.]MRS GASKELL.
THE authoress of "Jane Eyre" and other works is, as she calls herself [August 1850], undeveloped then, and more than half a head shorter than I am. Soft brown hair, not very dark; eyes very good and expressive, looking straight and open at you, of the same colour as her hair; a large mouth; the forehead square, broad, and rather overhanging. She has a very sweet voice; rather hesitates in choosing her expressions, but when chosen they seem without an effort admirable, and just befitting the occasion; there is nothing overstrained, but perfectly simple. Her nerves were severely taxed by the effort of going among strangers. On one occasion, though the number of the party could not exceed twelve, she suffered the whole day from acute headache, brought on by apprehension of the evening.
It was now [1853] two or three years since I had witnessed a similar effect produced on her, in anticipation of a quiet evening at a friend's home; and since then she had seen many and various people in London; but the physical sensations produced by shyness were still the same, and on the following day she laboured under severe headache. I had severalopportunities of perceiving how this nervousness was ingrained in her constitution, and how acutely she suffered in trying to overcome it. One evening we had, among other guests, two sisters who sung Scotch ballads exquisitely. Miss Brontë had been sitting quiet and constrained, till they began "The Bonnie House of Airlie;" but the effect of that, and "Carlyle Yetts" which followed, was as irresistible as the playing of the piper of Hamelin. The beautiful clear light came into her eyes; her lips quivered with emotion; she forgot herself, rose and crossed the room to the piano, where she asked eagerly for song after song. The sisters begged her to come and see them next morning, when they would sing as long as ever she liked, and she promised gladly and thankfully. But on reaching the house her courage failed. We walked some time up and down the street, she upbraiding herself all the while for her folly, and trying to dwell on the sweet echoes in her memory, rather than on the thought of a third sister who would have to be faced if we went in. But it was of no use; and dreading lest this struggle with herself might bring on one of her trying headaches, I entered at last, and made the best apology I could for her non-appearance.
Much of this nervous dread of encountering strangers I ascribed to the idea of her personal ugliness, which had been strongly impressed upon her imagination early in life, and which she exaggerated to herself in a remarkable manner. "I notice," said she, "that after a stranger has once looked at my face, he is careful not to let his eyes wander to that part of the room again." A more untrue idea never entered into any one's head. Two gentlemen who saw her during this visit, without knowing at the time who she was, were singularly attracted by her appearance; and this feeling of attraction towards a pleasant countenance, sweet voice, and gentle, timid manners, was so strong in one as to conquer a dislikehe had previously entertained to her works.
There was another circumstance that came to my knowledge at this period, which told secrets about the finely-strung frame. One night I was on the point of narrating some dismal ghost-story, just before bed-time. She shrank from hearing it, and confessed she was superstitious, and prone at all times to the involuntary recurrence of any thoughts of ominous gloom which might have been suggested to her. She said that in first coming to us, she had found a letter on her dressing-table from a friend in Yorkshire, containing a story which had impressed her vividly ever since; that it mingled with her dreams at night, and made her sleep restless and unrefreshing.
[There was a peculiarity about Charlotte Brontë's death.] Not long after her marriage with the Rev. Mr Nicholls, she was attacked by new sensations of perpetual nausea and ever-recurring faintness. "A wren would have starved on what she ate during these last six weeks." Long days and long nights went by; still the same relentless nausea and faintness, and still borne on in patient trust. About the third week in March [1856], there was a change; a low wandering delirium came on, and in it she begged constantly for food, and even for stimulants; she swallowed eagerly now, but it was too late. Wakening for an instant from this stupor of intelligence, she saw her husband's woe-worn face, and caught the sound of some murmured words of prayer that God would spare her. "Oh," she whispered forth, "I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we have been so happy." Early on Saturday morning, March 31, the solemn tolling of Haworth Church bell spoke forth thefact of her death to the villagers who had known her from a child, and whose hearts shivered within them as they thought of the two sitting together [the father and husband] in the old grey house.
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2.Ulric Zwingle; or, Zurich and its Reformer. The Story of a Noble Life. By the Author of 'The Spanish Inquisition.'
3.The Spanish Inquisition: Its Heroes and Martyrs. By JanetGordon, Author of 'Champions of the Reformation.'
4.Heroes of Ancient Greece: A Story of the days of Socrates the Athenian. ByHelen Palmer, Author of 'Fishermen of Galilee,' 'The Standard-Bearer,' etc.
W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell's Catalogue.NIMMO'S LIBRARY OF HISTORY, TRAVEL, AND ADVENTURE.In crown 8vo, cloth extra, price 2s. each; gilt edges, 2s. 6d.1.Travels and Discoveries in Abyssinia by James Bruce.2.The Life and Travels of Mungo Park. With Supplementary Details of the Results of Recent Discovery in Africa.3.A Voyage Round the World by Sir Francis Drake andWilliam Dampier, according to the Text of the Original Narratives. Edited, with Notes, byD. Laing Purves.4.A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-44 by GeorgeAnson. Edited, from the Original Narrative, with Notes, byD. Laing Purves.5.Voyages Round the World by Captain James Cook. Edited, with Notes, etc., byD. Laing Purves.6.The Story of the Good Ship 'Bounty' and her Mutineers. Mutinies in Highland Regiments.7.The Story of the Indian Mutiny (1857-58).8.Feats on the Fiord. A Tale of Norway. By HarrietMartineau.NIMMO'S LIBRARY OF BIOGRAPHY.Uniform in size and price with above. Each Volume having a suitable Portrait as Frontispiece.1.Risen by Perseverance: Lives of Self-Made Men.2.Heroes of Invention and Discovery.3.Lives and Discoveries of Famous Travellers.4.Great Achievements of Military Men, Statesmen, and others.5.Eminent Philanthropists, Patriots, and Reformers.6.Gallery of Notable Men and Women.7.Earnest Lives: Biographies of Remarkable Men and Women.8.Teachers and Preachers of Recent Times.9.Great Orators, Statesmen, and Divines.10.Kings without Crowns; or, Lives of American Presidents. With a Sketch of the American Constitution. ByCharles H. Evans.11.Lessons from Women's Lives. BySarah J. Hale.Theabove Series of Books have been specially prepared in order to meet the rapidly increasing demand for instructive and wholesome literature of permanent value. They are admirably adapted for School Prizes, Gift Books, etc. etc.
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NIMMO'S LIBRARY OF HISTORY, TRAVEL, AND ADVENTURE.
In crown 8vo, cloth extra, price 2s. each; gilt edges, 2s. 6d.
1.Travels and Discoveries in Abyssinia by James Bruce.2.The Life and Travels of Mungo Park. With Supplementary Details of the Results of Recent Discovery in Africa.3.A Voyage Round the World by Sir Francis Drake andWilliam Dampier, according to the Text of the Original Narratives. Edited, with Notes, byD. Laing Purves.4.A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-44 by GeorgeAnson. Edited, from the Original Narrative, with Notes, byD. Laing Purves.5.Voyages Round the World by Captain James Cook. Edited, with Notes, etc., byD. Laing Purves.6.The Story of the Good Ship 'Bounty' and her Mutineers. Mutinies in Highland Regiments.7.The Story of the Indian Mutiny (1857-58).8.Feats on the Fiord. A Tale of Norway. By HarrietMartineau.
1.Travels and Discoveries in Abyssinia by James Bruce.
2.The Life and Travels of Mungo Park. With Supplementary Details of the Results of Recent Discovery in Africa.
3.A Voyage Round the World by Sir Francis Drake andWilliam Dampier, according to the Text of the Original Narratives. Edited, with Notes, byD. Laing Purves.
4.A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-44 by GeorgeAnson. Edited, from the Original Narrative, with Notes, byD. Laing Purves.
5.Voyages Round the World by Captain James Cook. Edited, with Notes, etc., byD. Laing Purves.
6.The Story of the Good Ship 'Bounty' and her Mutineers. Mutinies in Highland Regiments.
7.The Story of the Indian Mutiny (1857-58).
8.Feats on the Fiord. A Tale of Norway. By HarrietMartineau.
NIMMO'S LIBRARY OF BIOGRAPHY.
Uniform in size and price with above. Each Volume having a suitable Portrait as Frontispiece.
1.Risen by Perseverance: Lives of Self-Made Men.2.Heroes of Invention and Discovery.3.Lives and Discoveries of Famous Travellers.4.Great Achievements of Military Men, Statesmen, and others.5.Eminent Philanthropists, Patriots, and Reformers.6.Gallery of Notable Men and Women.7.Earnest Lives: Biographies of Remarkable Men and Women.8.Teachers and Preachers of Recent Times.9.Great Orators, Statesmen, and Divines.10.Kings without Crowns; or, Lives of American Presidents. With a Sketch of the American Constitution. ByCharles H. Evans.11.Lessons from Women's Lives. BySarah J. Hale.Theabove Series of Books have been specially prepared in order to meet the rapidly increasing demand for instructive and wholesome literature of permanent value. They are admirably adapted for School Prizes, Gift Books, etc. etc.
1.Risen by Perseverance: Lives of Self-Made Men.
2.Heroes of Invention and Discovery.
3.Lives and Discoveries of Famous Travellers.
4.Great Achievements of Military Men, Statesmen, and others.
5.Eminent Philanthropists, Patriots, and Reformers.
6.Gallery of Notable Men and Women.
7.Earnest Lives: Biographies of Remarkable Men and Women.
8.Teachers and Preachers of Recent Times.
9.Great Orators, Statesmen, and Divines.
10.Kings without Crowns; or, Lives of American Presidents. With a Sketch of the American Constitution. ByCharles H. Evans.
11.Lessons from Women's Lives. BySarah J. Hale.
Theabove Series of Books have been specially prepared in order to meet the rapidly increasing demand for instructive and wholesome literature of permanent value. They are admirably adapted for School Prizes, Gift Books, etc. etc.
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1.The Blade and the Ear. A Book for Young Men.2.The Young Men of the Bible. A Series of Papers, Biographical and Suggestive. By Rev.Joseph A. Collier.3.The King's Highway; or, Illustrations of the Commandments. By the Rev.Richard Newton, D.D., Author of 'The Best Things,' etc.4.Nature's Wonders. By the Rev. Richard Newton, D.D., Author of 'The King's Highway,' etc.5.Guiding Lights: Lives of the Great and Good. ByF. E. Cooke, Author of 'Footprints.'6.Heroes of Charity: Records from the Lives of Merciful Men whose Righteousness has not been Forgotten. ByJames F. Cobb, F.R.G.S., Author of 'Stories of Success,' etc.7.Mountain Patriots. A Tale of the Reformation in Savoy. By Mrs.A. S. Orr.8.Village Tales and Sketches. By Mary RussellMitford, Author of 'Our Village,' etc. etc.9.The Standard-Bearer. A Tale of the Times of Constantine the Great. ByEllen Palmer.10.Stories told in a Fisherman's Cottage. By EllenPalmer, Author of 'The Standard-Bearer,' etc. etc.11.Diversions of Hollycot; or, The Mother's Art of Thinking. By Mrs.Johnstone, Author of 'Nights of the Round Table,' 'Clan Albin,' etc.12.Philip Walton; or, Light at Last. By the Author of 'Meta Franz,' etc.13.Picture Lessons by the Divine Teacher; or, Illustrations of the Parables of our Lord. ByPeter Grant, D.D.14.Taken Up. A Tale for Boys and Girls. By AlfredWhymper.15.Champions of the Reformation. Stories of their Lives. ByJanet Gordon.
1.The Blade and the Ear. A Book for Young Men.
2.The Young Men of the Bible. A Series of Papers, Biographical and Suggestive. By Rev.Joseph A. Collier.
3.The King's Highway; or, Illustrations of the Commandments. By the Rev.Richard Newton, D.D., Author of 'The Best Things,' etc.
4.Nature's Wonders. By the Rev. Richard Newton, D.D., Author of 'The King's Highway,' etc.
5.Guiding Lights: Lives of the Great and Good. ByF. E. Cooke, Author of 'Footprints.'
6.Heroes of Charity: Records from the Lives of Merciful Men whose Righteousness has not been Forgotten. ByJames F. Cobb, F.R.G.S., Author of 'Stories of Success,' etc.
7.Mountain Patriots. A Tale of the Reformation in Savoy. By Mrs.A. S. Orr.
8.Village Tales and Sketches. By Mary RussellMitford, Author of 'Our Village,' etc. etc.
9.The Standard-Bearer. A Tale of the Times of Constantine the Great. ByEllen Palmer.
10.Stories told in a Fisherman's Cottage. By EllenPalmer, Author of 'The Standard-Bearer,' etc. etc.
11.Diversions of Hollycot; or, The Mother's Art of Thinking. By Mrs.Johnstone, Author of 'Nights of the Round Table,' 'Clan Albin,' etc.
12.Philip Walton; or, Light at Last. By the Author of 'Meta Franz,' etc.
13.Picture Lessons by the Divine Teacher; or, Illustrations of the Parables of our Lord. ByPeter Grant, D.D.
14.Taken Up. A Tale for Boys and Girls. By AlfredWhymper.
15.Champions of the Reformation. Stories of their Lives. ByJanet Gordon.
W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell's Catalogue.NIMMO'S BOYS' OWN LIBRARY.ENLARGED SERIES.Crown 8vo, Illustrated, elegantly bound in cloth extra, gold and colours, bevelled boards, price 2s. each.1.The Hermit's Apprentice. By Ascott R. Hope.2.The Far North: Explorations in the Arctic Regions. ByElisha Kent Kane, M.D.3.Monarchs of Ocean: Columbus and Cook.4.Noble Mottoes of Great Families. By CharlesBruce, Author of 'Lame Felix,' etc.5.The Castaway's Home; or, The Story of the Sailing and Sinking of the Good Ship 'Rose.' By Mrs.Hardy.6.Great Men of European History, from the Christian Era till the Present Time. ByDavid Pryde, LL.D.7.Afloat and Ashore with Sir Walter Raleigh. By Mrs.Hardy, Author of 'Champions of the Reformation,' etc.8.Lame Felix. A Book for Boys. By Charles Bruce.9.Life at Hartwell; or, Frank and his Friends. ByKatharine E. May, Author of 'Alfred and his Mother,' etc. etc.10.Max Wild, the Merchant's Son; and other Stories for the Young.11.Up North; or, Lost and Found in Russia and the Arctic Wastes. By Mrs.Hardy.12.Angelo and Stella. A Story of Italian Fisher Life. By the Rev.Gerald S. Davies.13.Seeing the World. A Young Sailor's own Story. ByCharles Nordhoff.14.The Miner's Son and Margaret Vernon. By M.M. Pollard, Author of 'The Minister's Daughter.'15.How Frank began to Climb the Ladder. ByCharles Bruce, Author of 'Lame Felix,' etc.16.The History of Two Wanderers; or, Cast Adrift.17.Memorable Wars of Scotland. By Patrick FraserTytler, F.R.S.E.
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1.The Hermit's Apprentice. By Ascott R. Hope.2.The Far North: Explorations in the Arctic Regions. ByElisha Kent Kane, M.D.3.Monarchs of Ocean: Columbus and Cook.4.Noble Mottoes of Great Families. By CharlesBruce, Author of 'Lame Felix,' etc.5.The Castaway's Home; or, The Story of the Sailing and Sinking of the Good Ship 'Rose.' By Mrs.Hardy.6.Great Men of European History, from the Christian Era till the Present Time. ByDavid Pryde, LL.D.7.Afloat and Ashore with Sir Walter Raleigh. By Mrs.Hardy, Author of 'Champions of the Reformation,' etc.8.Lame Felix. A Book for Boys. By Charles Bruce.9.Life at Hartwell; or, Frank and his Friends. ByKatharine E. May, Author of 'Alfred and his Mother,' etc. etc.10.Max Wild, the Merchant's Son; and other Stories for the Young.11.Up North; or, Lost and Found in Russia and the Arctic Wastes. By Mrs.Hardy.12.Angelo and Stella. A Story of Italian Fisher Life. By the Rev.Gerald S. Davies.13.Seeing the World. A Young Sailor's own Story. ByCharles Nordhoff.14.The Miner's Son and Margaret Vernon. By M.M. Pollard, Author of 'The Minister's Daughter.'15.How Frank began to Climb the Ladder. ByCharles Bruce, Author of 'Lame Felix,' etc.16.The History of Two Wanderers; or, Cast Adrift.17.Memorable Wars of Scotland. By Patrick FraserTytler, F.R.S.E.
1.The Hermit's Apprentice. By Ascott R. Hope.
2.The Far North: Explorations in the Arctic Regions. ByElisha Kent Kane, M.D.
3.Monarchs of Ocean: Columbus and Cook.
4.Noble Mottoes of Great Families. By CharlesBruce, Author of 'Lame Felix,' etc.
5.The Castaway's Home; or, The Story of the Sailing and Sinking of the Good Ship 'Rose.' By Mrs.Hardy.
6.Great Men of European History, from the Christian Era till the Present Time. ByDavid Pryde, LL.D.
7.Afloat and Ashore with Sir Walter Raleigh. By Mrs.Hardy, Author of 'Champions of the Reformation,' etc.
8.Lame Felix. A Book for Boys. By Charles Bruce.
9.Life at Hartwell; or, Frank and his Friends. ByKatharine E. May, Author of 'Alfred and his Mother,' etc. etc.
10.Max Wild, the Merchant's Son; and other Stories for the Young.
11.Up North; or, Lost and Found in Russia and the Arctic Wastes. By Mrs.Hardy.
12.Angelo and Stella. A Story of Italian Fisher Life. By the Rev.Gerald S. Davies.
13.Seeing the World. A Young Sailor's own Story. ByCharles Nordhoff.
14.The Miner's Son and Margaret Vernon. By M.M. Pollard, Author of 'The Minister's Daughter.'
15.How Frank began to Climb the Ladder. ByCharles Bruce, Author of 'Lame Felix,' etc.
16.The History of Two Wanderers; or, Cast Adrift.
17.Memorable Wars of Scotland. By Patrick FraserTytler, F.R.S.E.
W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell's Catalogue.NIMMO'STwo Shilling Library for Girls.Small crown 8vo, Illustrated, elegantly bound in new style, cloth extra, price 2s. each.1.Life's Crosses, and How to Meet Them. Tales for Girls. By T.S. Arthur.2.A Father's Legacy to his Daughters, etc. A Book for Young Women. By Dr.Gregory.3.Labours of Love: A Tale for the Young. By Winifred Taylor.4.Mossdale: A Tale for the Young. By Anna M. De Iongh.5.Jacqueline. A Story of the Reformation in Holland. By Mrs.Hardy(Janet Gordon).6.The Minister's Daughter, and Old Anthony's Will. Tales for the Young. ByM. M. Pollard.7.The Two Sisters. By M. M. Pollard.8.A Needle and Thread: A Tale for Girls. By Emma J. Barnes, Author of 'Faithful and True; or, The Mother's Legacy.'9.Nonna: A Story of the Days of Julian the Apostate. By EllenPalmer.10.An Earl's Daughter. A Story for the Young. By M. M. Pollard, Author of 'The Two Sisters,' etc. etc.11.Doing and Dreaming. A Tale for the Young. By EdwardGarrett.12.Vain Ambition; or, Only a Girl. By Emma Davenport, Author of 'Our Birthdays,' etc.13.The Cottagers of Glenburnie. A Scottish Tale. By ElizabethHamilton.14.My New Home: A Woman's Diary.15.Home Heroines. Tales for Girls. By T. S. Arthur.16.The Roseville Family. By Mrs. A. S. Orr.17.Leah. A Tale of Ancient Palestine. By Mrs. A. S. Orr.
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1.Life's Crosses, and How to Meet Them. Tales for Girls. By T.S. Arthur.2.A Father's Legacy to his Daughters, etc. A Book for Young Women. By Dr.Gregory.3.Labours of Love: A Tale for the Young. By Winifred Taylor.4.Mossdale: A Tale for the Young. By Anna M. De Iongh.5.Jacqueline. A Story of the Reformation in Holland. By Mrs.Hardy(Janet Gordon).6.The Minister's Daughter, and Old Anthony's Will. Tales for the Young. ByM. M. Pollard.7.The Two Sisters. By M. M. Pollard.8.A Needle and Thread: A Tale for Girls. By Emma J. Barnes, Author of 'Faithful and True; or, The Mother's Legacy.'9.Nonna: A Story of the Days of Julian the Apostate. By EllenPalmer.10.An Earl's Daughter. A Story for the Young. By M. M. Pollard, Author of 'The Two Sisters,' etc. etc.11.Doing and Dreaming. A Tale for the Young. By EdwardGarrett.12.Vain Ambition; or, Only a Girl. By Emma Davenport, Author of 'Our Birthdays,' etc.13.The Cottagers of Glenburnie. A Scottish Tale. By ElizabethHamilton.14.My New Home: A Woman's Diary.15.Home Heroines. Tales for Girls. By T. S. Arthur.16.The Roseville Family. By Mrs. A. S. Orr.17.Leah. A Tale of Ancient Palestine. By Mrs. A. S. Orr.
1.Life's Crosses, and How to Meet Them. Tales for Girls. By T.S. Arthur.
2.A Father's Legacy to his Daughters, etc. A Book for Young Women. By Dr.Gregory.
3.Labours of Love: A Tale for the Young. By Winifred Taylor.
4.Mossdale: A Tale for the Young. By Anna M. De Iongh.
5.Jacqueline. A Story of the Reformation in Holland. By Mrs.Hardy(Janet Gordon).
6.The Minister's Daughter, and Old Anthony's Will. Tales for the Young. ByM. M. Pollard.
7.The Two Sisters. By M. M. Pollard.
8.A Needle and Thread: A Tale for Girls. By Emma J. Barnes, Author of 'Faithful and True; or, The Mother's Legacy.'
9.Nonna: A Story of the Days of Julian the Apostate. By EllenPalmer.
10.An Earl's Daughter. A Story for the Young. By M. M. Pollard, Author of 'The Two Sisters,' etc. etc.
11.Doing and Dreaming. A Tale for the Young. By EdwardGarrett.
12.Vain Ambition; or, Only a Girl. By Emma Davenport, Author of 'Our Birthdays,' etc.
13.The Cottagers of Glenburnie. A Scottish Tale. By ElizabethHamilton.
14.My New Home: A Woman's Diary.
15.Home Heroines. Tales for Girls. By T. S. Arthur.
16.The Roseville Family. By Mrs. A. S. Orr.
17.Leah. A Tale of Ancient Palestine. By Mrs. A. S. Orr.
Transcriber's Note:Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.The following changes were made to repair apparently typographical errors:p.41 "incantations to recal her spirit" recal changed to recallp.67 "seducing Althelwold into a" Althelwold changed to Athelwoldp.195 "her, and did not like it.["]" closing quotation mark in [] addedp.211 "discriminative in the extinct eulogies" extinct changed to extantp.227 "than two hundred Scotticisms.["]" closing quotation mark addedp.227 "compositions of Metastasio.["]" closing quotation mark addedp.233 "anyrate no common phenomenon" anyrate changed to any ratep.236 "BORN 1750. DIED 1728." 1728 changed to 1828p.238 "n[h?]ighest admiration for the refined" text unclear; highest usedp.240 "BORN 1758. DIED 1848." 1758 changed to 1750p.240 "ninty-seventh anniversary of her" ninty changed to ninetyp.270 "in 1709, after a visit the poetess" 1709 changed to 1809p.303 "what she eat during these last six weeks" eat changed to atep.6, ads "Author of 'The King's Highway,[']" closing quotation mark addedThe biography of Jane Shore refers to Edward the Fifth. This should probably be Edward the Fourth.
Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.
The following changes were made to repair apparently typographical errors:
p.41 "incantations to recal her spirit" recal changed to recall
p.67 "seducing Althelwold into a" Althelwold changed to Athelwold
p.195 "her, and did not like it.["]" closing quotation mark in [] added
p.211 "discriminative in the extinct eulogies" extinct changed to extant
p.227 "than two hundred Scotticisms.["]" closing quotation mark added
p.227 "compositions of Metastasio.["]" closing quotation mark added
p.233 "anyrate no common phenomenon" anyrate changed to any rate
p.236 "BORN 1750. DIED 1728." 1728 changed to 1828
p.238 "n[h?]ighest admiration for the refined" text unclear; highest used
p.240 "BORN 1758. DIED 1848." 1758 changed to 1750
p.240 "ninty-seventh anniversary of her" ninty changed to ninety
p.270 "in 1709, after a visit the poetess" 1709 changed to 1809
p.303 "what she eat during these last six weeks" eat changed to ate
p.6, ads "Author of 'The King's Highway,[']" closing quotation mark added
The biography of Jane Shore refers to Edward the Fifth. This should probably be Edward the Fourth.