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"Jane Austen, a woman of whom England is justly proud. In her
novels she has given us a multitude of characters, all, in a
certain sense, common-place, all such as we meet every day. Yet
they are all as perfectly discriminated from each other as if they
were the most eccentric of human beings.... And almost all this is
done by touches so delicate that they elude analysis, that they
defy the powers of description, and that we know them to exist only
by the general effect to which they have contributed."--_Macaulay's
Essays_.
ART AT HOME. Containing in one volume House Decoration, by RHODA and
AGNES GARRETT; Plea for Art in the House, by W.J. LOFTIE; Music, by JOHN
HULLAH; and Dress, by Mrs. OLIPHANT. 12mo. Cloth, extra, black and gold,
$1.50.
TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS AT RUGBY. By THOMAS HUGHES. New Edition, large
clear type. With 30 illustrations after Caldecott and others. 12mo., 400
pp. Cloth, extra, black and gold, $1.25; half calf, gilt, $2.75.
Alta Edition. One illustration, 75 cents.
"It is difficult to estimate the amount of good which may be done
by 'Tom Brown's School Days.' It gives, in the main, a most
faithful and interesting picture of our public schools, the most
English institutions of England, and which educate the best and
most powerful elements in our upper classes. But it is more than
this; it is an attempt, a very noble and successful attempt, to
Christianize the society of our youth, through the only practicable
channel--hearty and brotherly sympathy with their feelings; a book,
in short, which a father might well wish to see in the hands of his
son.
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