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fill renr ably and usefully ) had led him to stop short of what he originall y contemplated in this work , we shall still hope that he maynnd opportunity to continue it to its natural conclusion , —* a sicetch of a plan of national education , with an estimate of the cost of carrying : it into operation / * W . J . F .
The Floricultural Magazine , and Miscellany of Gardening . No . I . June . Conducted by Robert Marnock . London . 1836 . This is exactly the publication which all those who have pretty gardens will rejoice to possess , and the reading of which renews the regrets of those who do not possess such
gardens . The Captivity . An Oratorio . By Oliver Goldsmith . This is ' by way ' of a literary curiosity . It will add nothing to the well-deserved fame of the amiable and admired Goldsmith . The best lines are mediocre , and for the worst we think the following may be selected : —
SECOND PROPHET . Down with her , lord ! to lick the dust Before yon setting sun : Seriie her as she hath serv ed the just ! The Musical JVorld : A weekly record of musical science ^ literature , and intelligence .
Knowing , as we do , the numerous cabals and petty jealousies of the musical profession , it must be a task of exceeding difficulty to steer clear of them , or clear through them , in a periodical . The difficulty is increased five-fold when the periodical emanates from a professional quarter , be its editor who he may . This difficulty is accomplished in the present excellent little work ; and as far as it has hitherto gone , we have not only found the criticisms unprejudiced , uninfluenced and just , but frequently written with great ability , and sometimes in a very amusing manner . L .
Ingrams System of Mathematics Third Edition . Revised by J . Trotter . It is scarcely within the duty of a reviewer to verify the calculations ana work the problems of a System of Mathematics . We do not pretend , therefore , to answer for such a book as this in detail . But of its general princi ple of selection and arrangement we can apeak very approvingly ; it is well adapted * for tne use of schools , private students , and practical men ;'
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1836, page 458, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2659/page/66/
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