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    g- The PubKshers' Circular IO7

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    Books Received :— Messrs. A. 8. Barnes &...

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    SalL ^ ht in fitly order be to bring the matter before the «! wkers in the P anting and publishing trades

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    available the nterestiDg result of for Mr a . still Hodson , larger ' s researches numerous circle of will read be ers made and , t The made in book illustration

    has students been different . so rap progress id processes , and has _ _ that involved althoug the h use as of Mr so .

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    technical phrases they are fully explained in the ; glossary at the end of the book . Additional clear--ness has been giveu to the descriptions of the

    insects by the use of illustrations from the work on ' Farm Insects / by John Curtis , published by

    Messrs . Elackie & Son ; and of figures from Newman ' s British Moths / and other standard booksso that we have not only a manual

    calculated to , be of practical service to the agriculturist but a treatise of general interest to the student . The structure of the insects and their characteris-^ h ^ m ^^ v ^^ H ^^¦ ^ " ^^ v ^ b ^ b ^ V ^ . ^^^ ^^ V ^ v ^ v ^ - ^^ - ^^ -- - ^^ p- ^^ - ^ h h — ^ ^^ ^^^^ r ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ F ^^ ^ V ^^^ ^^ V ^^ B ^^ ' ^ H ^ ^ W M ^ H 1 V ^^ ^ i ^ ^^ 1 ^ BV ^^¦•^ V ^ B' ^^ # ¦ ^(^^ r V ^^^ ^ B ^ V 1 HV BB F ^^

    tics are fully described , and many interesting and little-known peculiarities in their history and habits are noted VVV with #% a care for detail which

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    insects are full , and set repairing 1 fortn . the The mischief authoress which shows they the do ,-agriculturist y first how to meet the attacks of hie

    enemies directly , by measures of husbandry ; and , \ secondly , how , indirectly , he may , if he cannot get ; rid of the foeat least carry his crop with safety * :

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    / iiW Magazine . New Series . VbJL I- July to- j December series of , thV 1883 well . - The known attractions magazine of have , the more new - I . j

    than maintained its reputation , and the publica ^ - i tion in the present volume of Mr . Anstey ' s re- | markabl ^^ ^* ^^ B ^ V ^ V ^ B" ^ ^^^^^ ^^ T V ^^ v ^^^ y f clever ^ B ^ *^> ^ B ^ V * V V * tale ^^ ¦ ^*^^^ v ^^ p , b ^ ' The ^^ ' ^^ v ^*^**^ ^^^ Giant ^^^ * ^^ ^¦ ' ^^ ¦ ¦ ^^^ ' s ^^ ^ Robe ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ * ^^^ ^ ^ m / will ^ ^ ^ - ¦ *

    alono give the book a ready sale . The illustraq tions scattered throughout the pages are contributed ^ BMT ¦ ^ J ^ BB Vw * BT B ^ B ¦ b ¦*» y ^ artists ^ B 1 B ^ B ^ B'BB » VhBr BH BV of ^*~ "" I" the ^^ ^^ ^ Bi ^^ first ^—^^ ^^ v | ¦ ^^ ^ rank ^ — ' ^ ^^ f ^^^^^^ , BJ including ^^ ^^^» ^^ - ^ —¦¦ - ^ - ^ i — BBB B Dni - ^ " ^

    Maurier , H . Furniss , W . Small , A . T . ElWes , and A . C . Oorbould . and , unlike so many ^ pi 6 turd « mated tellia : ible to current correspondence ¦ t fiction bi ¦««¦ , ther between bf e is always aiiyF author 1 iwai 'an and ¦¦ in - 1 i

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    G- The Pubkshers' Circular Io7

    g- The PubKshers' Circular IO 7

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1884, page 107, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021884/page/11/