MacMillan & Co.'s General Catalogue of Works in the Departments of History, Biography, Travels, and Belles Lettres, December, 1869 by Unknown
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are that it is written in a lively and agreeable style, that it implies a
great deal of physical pluck, that no page of it fails to show an acute and highly intelligent observer, that it stimulates the imagination as well as the judgment of the reader, and that it is on perhaps the most interesting subject that can attract an Englishman who cares about his country."_--_SATURDAY REVIEW_. EARLY EGYPTIAN HISTORY FOR THE YOUNG. _See_ "_Juvenile Section_." Forbes ------ LIFE OF PROFESSOR EDWARD FORBES, F.R.S. By _George Wilson_, M.D., F.R.S.E., and _Archibald Geikie_, F.R.S. 8vo. with Portrait, 14_s_. _"From the first page to the last the book claims careful reading, as being a full but not overcrowded rehearsal of a most instructive life, and the true picture of a mind that was rare in strength and beauty."_--_EXAMINER_. Freeman ------- |
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