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    Books Receited :— From J. "W. Arrowsmitl...

    g to inary a book localities published . The in last the sounds popular like series an allusion of Mr . F hh ¦ . A . Brockhau h s of Leipzi m g £ entitled Nils Klims

    ^^ WaVfahrt ^* ^ ^ v — , a pilgrimage which j , took the adventurous explorer in at one end of the world and out at tho other , by a North-West passage only

    known to himself . From Messrs . De La Rue & Co . — 'The Voyages

    of the Elizabethan Seamen to America , ' by E . J . Payne , M . A . This volume , which will be of rare

    interest interest not not only onlv for for those those who who lo love ve to to lollow follow tne the steps of our brave and adventurous _ ancestors , but to all who have a taste for English history ,

    contains thirteen original narratives from the collection of Hakluyt , collected and edited , with historical noticesby Mr . Payne . The seamen

    whose deods are , here recounted are Hawkins , Frobisher , Drake , Gilbert , Amadas and Barlow , Cavendish and Raleigh ; and the record of their

    voyages — — - - — — — is prefaced _ j b y an interesting introduction in which Mr . Payne ascribes their enterprise to the unwillingnpss of Protestant

    England to allow the Papacy to control the New World . His volume , he argues , ' tells the story of a mighty reaction against the claim of a

    single Catholic power , based on a title derived from the Pope , to the exclusive possession of the New World ; and this reaction followed closely

    upon , and was ultimately connected with , that great reaction against the general claims of the Papacy in Europewhich goes by the name of the

    , Reformation . ' There is thus a strong historical interest in the work , apart from its merit as a fair specimen of the English literature of the days in

    which it was written . Mr Payne deserves the thanks of all students of the mother tongue and lovers of the mother country for performing his

    task with such unqualified success . From Messrs . Griffith & Farran . — ' The Golden

    Queen : a Tale of Love , War , and Magic' By Edward H . Sloane . This work ' dedicated by permission to Mr . Gladstonea man thatas an

    orator , patriot , and scholar , , is the pride , of his own countrymen and the admiration of the world' deals with exciting scenes in the life of

    the Indian , warriors of North Americaand describes in verse events which took place during , the early visitation of the country by Europeans .

    The poem shows considerable power of description , and is vigorously conceived . Of the author ' s style tlio _ following £ brief extractdescribing the

    ^ - _ , - , , - - £ 3 queen ' s death , must serve as an illustration : The But UU felt ll Chief li he / long JL form gazed Ul with heavy love in upon his her charms ,

    X Her ^ more drooping -lUV he r felt M II head * her | , grow fai 1 U bosom « nt V LXUUVJT o ' er ' s heaving his IU shoulder U 1 O Ul arms swel 1 UD fell l ,, , , And cold and dewy that marble brow \

    u Fro * -tx \ - m i closer vjwhj his c sustaining * to uvj his ucyyji hear grew { $ arm it t her w she uums form ' s sinking uini he drew kji no w yv , ,, And kissed upon her cheek his Ia 3 fc adieu , .

    From . Messrs . Johns tone , Hunter , & Co ., Edinburgh . — ' The Christian Treasury , containing contributions from Ministers and members of

    various Evangelical Denominations . ' The annual volume of a Scotch monthly magazine , fillpd with sketches , essays , and sermons on religious subjects .

    The writers include some of th © most eminent of the * foreign evangelical pastors , as well a 9 well-known Scottish ministers , and the

    translalations of the sermons of M . Bersier , oue of the most eloquent of French preachers , will be ¦ welcomed bmany readers . Fiction and music

    y also find a place in the * Treasury / and amongst its other features is * A Daily Portion , ' or in other words , a abort devotional reading for each

    day in tho year . BBC-

    From S . P the . Tregelles same t _ j . — ' . Notes There of a are Tou alread r in Brittany y so many , ' ^^ b y .

    books of recent travel in Brittany , that one is led to wonder what can have been left unsaid . In his preface Dr . Tregelles gives as the motive of

    his book : — There are few who are not glad to learn what the facilities QLU are for MAJL . communication Vi \ JiU to UiUUlVC know lllLr what U from UUIU the place ^/ JUVt to VV place £ JLC * of K /\> ; y to U \ S many HXCbLiy it X . V is 13

    hiring an object may be ; and to not a few cheapness who will read travelling these notes and it affords is an for important Christian useful inquiry ness . . ... what opportunity it

    wi Carnac The th illustrations book Nantes is a small of octavo Dinan Alenc of on , nearl Brest and y oth , 200 Quimper er pages laces , , of interest , . , Angers , ., p

    From Messrs . Longmans , Green , & Co . — Outline of English History . First Period , b . c . 55

    —a . d . 1603 . ' By S . R . Oardiner , Professor of Modern History at King ' s College , London . The discussions in the House of Commons and

    the action of the Education Department have stimulated the authors of school literature to provide A . under the form of Reading «— ' Books many

    works which are also valuable as instruction books in specific subjects ; so that while the scholar learns to read , he is also learning history ,

    geography , or some other branch of art or science . As a specimen of this form of school book , Professor Grardiner ' s ' Outline of English History' is

    ifc worth is fov y of strong children commendation ifc is not . overlad Designed en with as dates , but young is an interesti , ng narrativeinterspersed

    with some capital woodcuts , the , paragraphs being brief , and in each case headed with the subject in prominent type . Mr . Grardiner has

    certainly accomplished the by no means easy task of telling- his story in language which children will be able to understand , and in a

    form which will attract and not repel them from their lesson . From the same . — ' Richard I . and Edward I . ' by

    Ella S . Armitage . This , the new volume of Messrs , . Longmans & Co . ' s English History Reading Books , is p - - ^^ derived — —— - ^ —— — — — chiefl — — — — - y . fro — ^— m — - ~— the - ^— - - —— - ^^ p chronicles - ^^ r ^^»*^^ ^^^ - ^^ ^ h ^» ^^^ ~ m ^ ^^^ ^^^ h of ^^ r ^ h ¦ Roger h — ^— ^ h ^ h

    of Hoveden , Benedict of Peterborough , Rulf of Coggeshail , the Itinerarium Regis Uicardi , Walter of — — Heming — — K ~ J burg l f h , Nicolas ^— ^ ^ ~~ ^ ¦ Trivet «^ « . *» — ^^ " , w Rishanger - ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ — — — — / ^' s

    forei Chronicle gn authorities , & c , while have the also best been modern consulted English . The and littl —— — _ . e _ book __ — _ is _ printed _— _ _ _ — ^ in _ _—r ¦ a ^ clear ^^ ^ ^ , ^ ma bold w *^ - * ^ Kf *¦ ^ type ^^ w r-r — , jand

    has illustrations which , copied apparently from old statues , assist in reflecting the period treated of . From Messrs . Sampson LowMarston < fc Co . —

    , Shep cated herd to ' Sir s ' British F . Lei School h tonthe of Painti Presidont ng . ' of Dedi the - Royal Academy . ' All g our , recent text-books and

    */ accurate essays in information art , ' says the respecting author , ' pre the -supposo names , char more - acteri ont-ani s ctl tics -i ^ ci and oti / 1 princi TM » inn ! pal r \ . il works xirAwl / a of r \ P the + V » o painte nninhfll rs 'S 01 of

    the British , school than is to be found in a conciso form / Mr . Shepherd has therefore collected from , tho best authorities , and put into a hand book uook y

    and and concise concise form formthe the matter matter of of his Ins littlo littlo ,, list which of is works a crown which octavo , , go to ot form about it 200 occup pages ies a . groat The

    part of a page . From MessrsMaomillam & Co— Wordsworth vfiuu '

    X 1 Mr X by VJ » . 1 _ A . . Mr IILDOaJLa John * M . F . W . Morley XVLKJX . . JUULCWUUJLXlXtiilJL H . IOJT M ' s O yers series OUJL , being UO O # \ of XJX J \ . the . . 'Eng JLUll ' new ^ * lish * - » * volume . * Men —— " -of in ,,

    Letters readers / considered This littl — e if monogra only for ph its will intrinsic be by merits many of nf matter rvmtfftl . and on / 1 sty o ^ nin le—the t-V . n . rmwv * of rtf tho fll n whole T ^ Vinln S series 6 rl 6 S . .

    Kni It forms ght ' 8 forthcoming in itself a worth libra gem y ry pendant edition of to tho Pro works fessor

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1881, page 90, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021881/page/10/