The Childhood of Distinguished WomenBower, Selina A.
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The Childhood of Distinguished Women
Bower, Selina A.
Women -- Biography
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
_Crown 8vo., 3/6. Handsomely bound in Cloth, Gilt Edges_:
FROM ADVENT TO ADVENT: OR, PIECES IN PROSE & POETRY,
On Subjects selected from Sunday Services.
"A series of brief, thoughtful, and ably-written meditations.
The poems are the spiritual utterances of a devout mind. We
recommend the book with the greatest pleasure."
_Hand and Heart._
"Each prose composition is followed by a poetical one;
'collect,' 'meditation,' and 'poem' succeed each other in
due order throughout the book, and every page contains
instructive and edifying matter. The verses show a command
of metre in all its varieties, the ideas are well
expressed, and the rhymes are good.... We sincerely wish
it success."
_The Voice of Warning._
REVIEWS.
"Very high praise is due to the talented wife of the Vicar
of Ringland, not only for the conception of this work,
"From Advent to Advent," but for the admirable way in
which she has carried it out, and the remarkable literary
ability therein displayed."
_The Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette._
"We hardly know which to commend most--the admirable
arrangement of the work, or the excellence of its
composition. Both afford abundant evidence of great genius
and tact, to which is added the advantage of a large and
ripened experience.... An unceasing stream of meditation
and praise, in language which no Christian lips could
refuse to utter.... They simply breathe the pure spirit of
the Gospel, and express it with a beauty and pathos which
will attract every reader. The work supplies a long-felt
want. It forms an admirable companion to the Prayer
Book.... Even the verses, taken by themselves, would form
a second 'Christian Year,' of which a Keble need not be
ashamed. To the prose compositions like praise must be
accorded. The work is well-bound and printed, and forms an
attractive little volume, well suitable for Sunday School
prizes, for presentation to friends, and for the general
circulation which it deserves extensively to obtain."
_Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal._
"A valuable volume."
_The Rev. Hely H. Smith._
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Transcriber's Notes:
Punctuation has been normalized.
Page 14: "caresssing" replaced with "caressing".
"... in nursing and caressing her darling children...."
Page 50: "Inchmahone" replaced with "Inchmahome".
"... a small island in the Lake of Monteith, called Inchmahome."
Page 67: "troup" replaced with "troupe".
"... happy troupe of northern children; sometimes playing in...."
Page 69: "engulphed" retained as printed.
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