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      HHl IBS Ita ' EStr gJlHE Tiie The Christmas majority maioritv book are are or of s of a a this nomely homelv well fo torm -kno rm ; / wn and ana Edinburg rejoic reiolce e in in h firm those tnose are pleasant pleasant entirely scenes scenes composed of or fireside nresiae of fiction life lite .

      ¦ the Sit ISSr J jaost ohn that 's part Ward seem in , the peculiarl by Jan country e y H appropriate , . Jamieson and is tinged , to is d the , modest with season quiet chronicle of good thoug of will ht events and and charitable unaffected that happ thoughts humoiiir ened for . ,

      Several of the characters in their descriptive analysis exhibit signs of keen observation , and ; Step are < lej yre > icted &? e by agreeabl thb in author y transported with' consid of by erable Mr . Andrew force and Stewart constructive to Edinburg skill . h In town One , there False to ; bfec 6 nxe ^ i ^ ttetested such a mass entan glements that we have scarcely recovered from pur

      fcllilcl / iVlimUl ; VVJUeil the story is wound upwith the skein

      , quite clear at ^ the close . The narrative

      has something to do with post-office

      work and the terlible consequences . x -x .

      that ensue from a missing letter , and

      , the author adds to "the interest of his

      work by the happy knowled — ge ^» he

      displays of certain p hases of life in

      Auld Reekie' and its surroundings .

      ~ We are always sure ^^^ when we take up

      a book by Annie S . Swan to meet with

      a certain amount of healthy interest — - /

      and to ^ have our , sympathies

      pleasantly aroused . St . Veda ' s ; or , the

      Pearl of Orr ' s Haven , possesses

      all all the the delight dfiliolitfiil * ul attributes associated in our niin 4

      with previous works of this

      novelist . There is both humour and

      pathos , homely interest and exciting

      event . The' Pearl / whose W ^ ^^^ Jf ^ ^^^^ J ^* l ^ ^^^^ experiences ^^^ ¦ ^ m ^—^ F ^^ n * ^¦ ^ r ^^^ m ^^^ ^^ p- ^^^ " ^^ ^^^ - — —

      are here so graphically relatedis a

      baby happily , v rescued from a wreck .

      The mother , who is also brought to

      land , never recovers perfect

      consciousness , and the child is adopted by

      1 one Janet Krakine , a woman of deep sorrow , who has previously lost a little baby of her own . The small waif , on growing up to girlhood ' s years , is discovered to be the relative of titled peopleand with the resumption of her own name and rank in society the story is brought td

      a satisfactory , ending . The volume is illustrated with a frontispiece by N . Macgregor , of I which we give a reproduction . Miss Annie S- Swan has also contributed two- other storiesI

      Bazell & SonsBreweriwhich relates to the , social connections and trade liabilities of the , I ^ A ^ A . J ^ , - , . * ^ A ^ . _ ^_ * ^ l ^^^ l

      'head ^^ s of a business ^ nrmand ^^ Miss Baxter ' Beiiue » tthte unsensational narrative ^ of a I , * , ^ H ^^^^^ k ^'''''^^^''^ ' ^ ' ^^^ ' ^'''''^^ MflpMRMfttfiWffMffaMttMv ^ tHvai ^ Mff ^ BHH ^ B ^ ntetfB ^^^ HiaBMn' ^ VMtfvflia ^ nMa ^ atf ^ vHvtfVMVMvifliVB ^ Mkipa ^ fl ^ iBvittMaiaiHiMtfMMiHiiHMh ^^

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 1538, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/44/