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\ '¦ ___^__^__ ^_^__^_^^_^_^ ^^ _ truth ill ^_^ VA * loses ^ fc ti _~ n _ r ^^*^ r its ^ b *>»^ force ^^ «¦» ^^ ^^ w . Those «^"" ^ " ^ ^^ ™^ J ^ " who ™ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^ read ™ ^ ¦ ^ ¦ " ^^ diligentl t" ^ ^ ¦ ^^^ y « # for — — reading ^^ value ^——— ^^^ ' ~— s sake —— of , j the and for the terse sakd — — and of
mentall intellectual y vivid progress , is unquestionable , will unhesitating . Critics ly admit or reviewers that the care little to look at preface books , which the author himself does not think worthy of a prefaceespeciallat the * time when books
, y presen multi cood- p humoured ly like the Not spawning icuousl of fishes . ori Mr inal . Brander they ilot Matthews the ord * inary remarks reader on into this safei subject literary are
waters over tne , shoals of consp modern ' bunkum y g , , p i . - '
uncommon Cheap editions for the works of modern of popular books auth come ors upon to be us issued fast , and at popular furious . prices Years for ago a generation it was rather or
two . The times have changed , and so have the books . No writer
in these days has gained such wide and marked
popularity as Mr * H . Rider Haggard Tr and
we cordiall y ^* congra , tulate him upon -j- the _ ap j _ -
pearance of the new and moderately priced
editions ( excellently printed by Messrs .
Spottiswoode &• - Co . ) , of those clever works
Slie and Allan Quatermain . New
illustrations have been furnished for the
former work . Their artistic quality may be
judged from the specimen which adorns our
pages . The artists , Mr . Maurice Greiffenhagen
and Mr . Charles H . M . Kerr _ - deserve _ . _ _ hi _ gh
credit for , j their _ spirited g ^ B and happy
interpretation of the text . c Ploug —^ h and sow . reap _
and mow _ , j x ^ Lambs to , rear and
Health sheep to and shear content , -
ment the countrymen wear . '
These three lines give a better idea of
the contents of Mr . Heywood Sumner's
collection of other cou ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ nt i" i b ^ h ^^ r ry ^ r ^^ m folk ^^^ - ^^ r hi w v «*^ b ^^^ songs ^^^ ~^ m ^ ^^^ . ^^ p ^^ l ^^ h *^^
than tion . a The page book of descri , which p-
is illustrated by the compiler , is
marvellousl lmifil y v attractive a . t . traf » t . ivfi ; i in in fac to t folk , as - a lore contribution nothing
, recentl os good ha The s appeared tunes y 1
dered might hav more e been attractive ren- by the addition of accompaniments From ' She ; . * but through the extension of musical knowledge this is an omission which will be easily filled up . The illustrations are
well conceived and true to the principles of originality in Art . i i fr
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 1525, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/31/
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