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Books Receited :— From J. "W. Arrowsmitl...
m- of Wordsworth mentioned in our issue of January 15 Mr - — Myers —• i has evidently not studied
Words-U . f ^ - . — worth ^ in order to "write about ^ him , but has written about him because he has studied him .
He has had access to some new sources of informationand these have frequently enabled him ,
to tn convey pnnvev to to his ins readers readers , , not not only only a a sound sound estimate estimate of the inspiration , the intention , and the beauty of ^ j ^ Wordsworth j , ^^ m . <^ m ~ ¦ ¦ ,, — - - ' s verse - , but also — — a fine - apprecia A ± -
ticn of the poet ' s personality . Few critics have marked more clearly the limits of Wordsworth ' s genius , or displayed more judgment in the appreciation of his greatest works . The little book
contains in a small compass probably the best biography of the author of ' Tne Excursion' yet written .
From Messrs . James Wisbet & Co . —* Daily Pray . *_ A . IV J ers w ¦*• " ' ¦ for the Household for a Month - ___ _ . , ' b . ^ y
J . Oswald Dykes , M . A ., D . D . Few tasks , we imagine , are more difficult even to practised th ^/ ^ e ^^ ol ^^^ ^^ o ^ k ^ g _^ __ ians _— — —_ than — — — — the — — composition — - ^_ - — . — — — - - — — of — _ p j rayers — - ^ g — , j
whether for use in the family or the church , and there are those who , in view of some of the inferior prayers issued ' by authority' in the
Established Church of late years , assert it to be 4 lost art . ' In this case Dr . Dykes has , at any rate t combined ¦ ¦ simplicitand devotional fervour
wi ^^^ ^ t ^^^ 4 t — h , -m l ~^ an ~™~ ^^™ - gu — - — — ag e which ™— is ~~ - - y m in no — — - — ca se — - — overwroug — - - — - — ht , and the terseness of his sentences stands in leasant contrast to the verbosity which
somep times passes current as * family prayers . ' There is , moreover , very considerable originality in many of the prayersand an absence of that
, borrowing of phrases from the Book of Common Prayer , which is so often noticeable in the works of recent writers . A word of praise may be given
to the typography of the book , which , with its red border to each page , is in admirable taste . There are additional prayars for Christmas Day ,
Good Friday , Easter Day , and Ascension Day , and for certain special occasions , such as the birth of a childthe baptism of a childfirst
communion , & c . , , From the Publishing Company , Felling ,
Newcastle-on-Tyne . —* William Ewart Gladstone : ¦ v o s lu — me Life ¦ ¦ "~ f - o ^* ** rms and ^^ mv ^ the **^ Timjes L ^ ^ # - first ~ i * U ^ S , ' of »^ b y a r ^ Lewi s e % s ^ ri ^ e »* s s >* A of ^* *• pjohn bi ^^ " o »^ P . ra ^^ F ™ Th ^ hie ^ is ^ ^ s" ^ g p
of * Memorable Men of the Nineteenth Century / and it would probably have been difiicnlt to select a more — — — popular v >» f ^ «« , ^ v ** subject j ^ vk m ~ r i v ^ *^ w ¦ for X ^«« fc the mm m . w opening * r m ^ »^ » * m *><* of ^* - » such w « - ••* * . — a ** v
series . Mr . Gladstone is emphatically * a memorable man , ' and in a day when he is filling the first place among Englishmen in the making of
our national history it is well that his countryof men his should — lift »»* . V in A bo 1 A CWa an supp . CU accessible V lied ^\^ V > O » J with A ILf JLVJ form XVfJLAXA a succinct * . To J ^ V * write If account litU of V ^ JL
with of ^ Vlr our . Gladstone due times regard , and is for , tho in historical e author ffect , to has write therefore the the history g chief iven ,
facts of the eventful period accura in which cy , ho has his played "is record record so important down down to to a the thft part close r . . loso Mr of of . A 1880 1880 pjohn . and and brings hia hia
, closing review of chapter the Primo is a Minister friendly ' s and forei favour gn policy ; iblo . Whether all jlb his readers will endorse his fial
" - up . JLA 1 O J . UaUUi . 0 MS . KM . UlA \ A \ JJL . &\ J AJJO 11 n UU 1 sentence question * t , on - for .-w * Mr . umju this . Gladstone jLfcJ is what TrjLACA > U AX ho is perhaps says » llJ k 7 : f a One >^ »» matter v of \ JM . tho \ , A of ~ K \ S
jnain js h boen y felt the felt elements b masses y in 1 Englishmen \ few lt 3 in of other ouier their good statesmen in rulers government Mr . ; Gladstone and of oi this recent is confidence confidence as times Limes it has
rp Ihis T . it ; r must U be admitted BLauesmon is strong language recenL , but .. ' ^ as ri we ter ' are s political as not concerned views of , to but support simply or to attac speak k the of \ t ^& worK
« a piece literary ware , wo can give . . waavnnia Msi
— — ^^—^^^^^^^^ m ^ m it a good word as a painstaking and interesting volume , well fitted to put the reader in possession of facts which every intelligent Englishman
ought to have at his fingers' ends . From the Mr Phe . nomena W . Bee of Soun . — d Musical as conn Acoustics ected wi , t or h
Music , ' by John Broadhouse . The second title given to this work , as ' The Student ' s TT "T * iti * . is ¦• ^> — __ __
Helmholtz , ' furnishes a fair description of its contents , for it is in effect an adaptation of the
work wori £ of oi the tne great erreat authority authority on on musical musical acoustics Hprmst , ir *» , whose into Eng ponderous lish by Mr treatise . Alex has . J . Ellis alread . y In been such done a
book , diagrams are essential to the due elucidation of the subject , and the hundred illustrations included in Mr . Broadhouse ' s pages serve very
materially materially to to add add to to the the value vahio of of his his work wnrk . . It It is in intended specially for those who are preparing for examinations in the science of music , but it
may also be commended to the increasing number of amateurs who are striving to qualify thems tud elves for a b science etter understanding of the art by yng
. From Messrs . Bidgway & Co . — ' Kauticus on his Hobby-horse . ' This relates the adventures
of a sailor during a tricycle cruise of 1 , 427 miles : ' written for my private journal ' ( says the author ) . They are now published , pour
encourager les autres . The 1 , 427 miles appear to have been done in three cruises , in the course of which Nauticus went almost round England
besides seeing a good deal of the interior . We , will mention one or two of the places touched to give an idea of the comprehensiveness of our
sailor ' s cruise upon land : —Lake scenery , Fountains Abbey , Sheffield , Peak scenery , Lichfield , Stratford-on-Avon — Stok ___ — e Po gis — 7 Bri _ hton — 7 Chi _ . _ -
Chester , Salisbury , , Truro , London ^ , , g Gravesend , , Cambridge , Bedford , St . Albans , & c . 'Nauticus oa his Hobby-horse' is a pleasant companion to
«/ A X well-known scones . From Messrs . Simpkin , Marshall So Co . — ' Life , '
by James Platt , Author of 'Business / Morality , ' and ' Money . ' This is a little book , somewhat similar in aim to the 'Self-help' seriesbDr .
Smiles , containing much that is very excellent , y and practical . We will giye the headings of the chapters a into which it - is divided , thoug a h they
can scarcely be regarded as a correct index to the contents : Life ; Is Life Worth Living ? Life of the Future ; Culture ; Health and Recreation ;
r 7 v Common Sense ; Thrift ; Compulsory Thrift ; Marriage ; Happiness ; Religion ; Future Life ; Human Destiny ; Introductionand Concluding
, Remarks . Attcntivo readers—and Mr . Platt deserves such readers—will find much in tho book that deserves to be well laid to heart .
From the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . —' The Natural History of British
fishes , their Structure , EeonornicUses , and Capture , by Net and Rod , & c ., ' by Frank ^ J 5 uckland , Inspector of Fisheries . This is i \ now edition of
an old favourite , and comes bearing tho melancholy incident that tho preface , dated Dec . 17 , two days before" his deathia probably the last
address he made to a class , of readers who always welcomed what this cheery writer had to say on a subject he so familiarly and lovingly handled .
The book is of interest to the general reader , und specially to all anglers , and contains in an appendix much useful and concise information on
the cultivation and breeding of Ashes , text of the Freshwater Fisheries Act 1878 , & c . & c . ' " ^ ^¦¦ ^ ^ ¦¦ " ' W HflH
¦I ' ¦ ,.¦ ¦ ¦ ' Ffi _ Feb. R, 1881 The ...
¦ I ' ¦ ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ffi _ Feb . r , 1881 The Publishers' Circular 9 I
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1881, page 91, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021881/page/11/
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