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" , From 'Samaria ¦ wk ^ ¦¦ — — Messrs ««^ w s ^ bv , a ' . par »• - wv J . Hetzel . Phi ¦ —¦— — — li — ppe ^ r- j— et Cie Dary ; . , Paris l . . This —* Wassili story
in describes a quiet the little simp town le manage on the Franco of an old -Swiss clockmaker frontier . The B 0 BtStV household Bl ~ BT BBBf -B ~ B consists » —~ ~~» of ¦ " himsel - ~ ¦ ¦ ~ f » his motherless ^* ^^ B ^ ^^ ^^ V ^ P ^^^ ^^^™ ^ ^^^ " ^^ ^^^^^ "" ^^ ™^ " ^^ * — — ™ —^^ ^^ , ^ ^
daug it is hter understood , a widowed , ' wj 11 sister marry and his her cousin son . , who The , young ^ m ^ pp ^ B ^^ B * ^»^ BF BHB ^ h ^ man ^ " ^^ B 1 ^ " ^ " ^^^ " , ^ B who ^ ^^ ^^ ^ is ™ ^ ^ stud ^^^ ^^ ^*^ — ^ w y W ing — ^^ ^^ ^ P ™^ Bfc medicine w ¦ at Bern * e ,
makes the acquaintance of the hero of the tale , , a liussian fellow-student . Although , the latter frankl the trammels y ackno b wledges of * bb ^ relig «¦¦¦ bbbi pjBh ion bb that b- bb ¦ ¦ and ¦ he bt ¦ famil has —¦ ——~ thrown ¦ y life off Pierre —— —— all
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comes of a p i of Id type the , Nihili in the st mind student of Pierre and . how What matt be ers - ^ are ^ hflVflBfe ~^ p ^ broug p ^ aT ¦¦> ^ BB ¦ ^ V B ^ Bk ht BBV ^ BL « B «^ to "BB » ^^^ book a ^^^» satisfactory ~~~ ~ W ^^ ^ ^ ™^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ BT ~^ W conclusion " ^^ r " ^^ ^ — ^ - ^ — ™~ will — — ^^ be — —^
found in th ^ itSf ^ lf , which serves to , while away a few hours . From Mr . M . Tm . HutcWnson ( Melbourne i ) . —We
¦^ B ^ Bf BBB have Tolumes ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ BBB ^ r ^^ P ^ latel B * ^^^^ ^ B of ^^^^ " ^^^^^ y ^ B' B ^ Austrajisa had ^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ " ^^ i ^^^ opportunities ^^ ^ " ^^^ ^^ n poet ^^^^ " ^ —^^^ V ry ^^ " —^^ which ^» of seeing have , severa almost ~~ l without exceptiongiven us much pleasure .
t ^ , JL , ^^ ^^ A Chirps , ' by ah Australian Sparrow ( first series ) , printed contains fro som m , e the remarkabl North y Melbourne spirited verses Advertiser , re- .
" portrait We presume appears the in author the broch is Mr ure . Joh . n The Rae wo , whose rk is thoroughly colonialbeing printed by Messrs .
Hae Brothers , of Melbourne , . From Messrs . B . & S . Livingstone , Edinburgh
—Medical students preparing for their ' prelim . ' in many subject cases of Log encounter ic . As ¦ an a stumbling aid to those -block who in the are
deficien V ^ ^^ ^^^^ ~ ~ . ^ Bl ^^ ~ ^ ^ B ^ ^^^ t ^^ in ^ — "" . ^^^^ a ^~ requisite ^ Bi ^^ Bl ^ ¦ ^ B ^ A ^ b ^^ knowl ^ bb ^— — ^ - — — flat ~— e ^~ dge M i - * - ~ , there — at — has A been ^ k published a ' Handbook of Deductive Logic' designed speciallfor the use of medical students
preparing the Eev . Dun for can y their Stewart preliminary D . D . examination The little book , by will be found very useful , by others besides the
class for whom it has been issued . From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , Sc Co . —
by ' Frank the Author ' s Ranche of ; or An , M Amateur y Holiday Ang in ler the ' s Rock Days ies in , ' Dovedaie . ' ' Of varied interest' is a phrase too
often used by reviewers when it is somewhat difficult to distinguish the variety . In speaking , however , of ^ BV WBBBI the W BB 1 V ^^^ ¦ new VVdBB " ^ B ^ ^ book ^^^ " ^^~ ~^» ^^^^ BT fro BB" ^^^ ~^» m ^^ - ¦ ^» the - " ^ ^™^ pen B »^ ~^^ ^^^^ of — ^ the —^ ' " Amateur — ¦ ' " ~ ' ^ — ¦
Angler' there can be no such difficulty ; for it not only appeals to all who like to read a charmingly-written volume of the experiences of
travel , but also to those who have ft more practical . , the purpose V ^ ^^ BB . BJb T true V ^ " ^ BJf BBi ^^ in state ^^ ^ view Ikl Bl ^ P" ^ BF' of , ^^ BBBi namel affai ^ " ^ « BBP ^ B > ^ ' ^¦ BB y rs ^ , T- to with w gai ^— - ^ F' ^—r ~ n regard — a - — VI knowled W — " 1 - to - ^ - » - ge the ^ of ^ ^—
West prospects . A of sub ' our -title boys of tho ' in book the lands describes of the it as Far a contribution to the inquiry into what we are to do
themselves with our boys will . find Parents much as valuable well as information the boys in tho book . The author describes with gentle
humour the ups and downs in the life of his e ^ n Frank , who , far from pleased with life in a City office f start BB s for ¦ the ¦ distan ¦ ¦! t West in the ¦ ¦ hope J of
Ending ^^ - ^^^ w p ^ ^^^ V ^ B ^ , BH »» ^^ moro ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ B ^ T ^ r ™» ¦ congenial - ^ r *^ " ™ i " ^— ~ - " »» ™ surroundings ^^ r — ^ - ^ ^ " -w ^ - ^ r- — ~~ r ^ ' , without ^ — — ^ - for —^ - ge the tting outset the Frank great 's purpose experiences of life in —Work Yankeedo * At m
Were far from encouraging , lint he never lost
. 1 . . i ! - heart , and continued , as the author r says , to ! Finall « * ^^ wri » te «« home however coura i he « geousl found n y himself ^ for more l « ¦ V . - money v / I
y , , in a comparatively settled Btate among the Shadowed valleys of ¦ the RockMountainsand mbbv there it
• m * m ^~^ r j m & ** ^ v *« ¦«^ . ¦& ^^ pr ^*<»« r y w < b >«> v w » »^ TT "" ~ « B » . B »^ , y <« , «¦¦ «^* b «^^^ ^^ ^ ^ was that the * Amateur Angler' found him at his ranche . We cannot do better than give > the
author ' s description of the position of affairs : — ¦ ¦ telling I have von tiuken of Frank yoa 's so disasters com ; : letely and into misfortunes my confid that ence it by is ]
fuiall biit fa successes T . r to him ; uot tbat that I should be has now very descri much be to to , show yota his at I preeent j ; icrciiV | dy , but ij \ j . u be u \ j oucimm seems . b homestead to v \* me uiv to u \ j be kiu righ on « - » ii the t 160 ri iiguw ^ acre lit track bi . CM of , , He JH 6 I
> good a cats ' re ^ lan time pot d , - ; which se he ^ pes also b will ^ owns be a absolutel hundred y acre his s freehold of good s rail in very road two whole feeding JV ^ IJllUg of * land JC this » 1 * U on VII with , the VU . \^ foot IVVV - - hills iUllO ; 9 he 11 U ails has X ^ C « O and AV fenced -JJIV ^ barbed VV * round AVFLiAlVi wire the VL 1 % J I
he las built himself strong a log posts hut ; , he r Las , purchased " a fair ; . set handsome rf agricultural buggie ; implements he has a :, including pair of strong waggons hbrBes and , a a iiuiuu ber t of / t pigsouuic poultryand few and calves
num he vegetable haf ^ v a ^ he w i * xjf ell require o - , stocked some " ijvuivlj , and garden lie ' i , ctuu , has which a cv la » c T d produces uufi cows down o auu about vnivro all half the : I ' an an acre acre of of land land with with tstrawbebries strawberries : : n n « « xt xt summer summer this this will will
produce a large crop . \ , ¦ ¦ '' ;' , perty When + with I remind only tiiiiiu trifling you that assistance c « w 3 he u ^ u vrnuw has acquired from «_/ aj ^ me this t and s ^« ji % little « mainly a-ixc « pro ^ j . i - i
• for you by 2 ^*^ a the his > \ yill labour " future j- understand « - * , - vr . of his own that hands I am , in inspired the a a space with - nib of some three years hopes . t y ,
Thisquotation will give some idea of the personal interest of the 'Amateur AngS ler * s' story " 1 / .
It likewise contains some remarkably telling bits of picturesque description . Here , for example , are some admirable lines of descriptive writing :
ral A tents -fter lunching , we drove in on a temporary till we canie hotel to , consisting * The Fairy of Ifalls seve , - ' which UWll can only be seen by following a steep path down UU TT li the Ll
" ^ si *> Jk * ** J * . % . % . J KSW «\ - » VH ** J AVL 1 V W lUj ^ UDVUUp l / AVU I ^ . ^ I Shortly side of th afterwards « caiion—a we difficul came t path upon , but a scene quite wjiich worth probably talcing . Vy cannot &* 4 . A &* Wy be A Kf \ J paralleled | n « tUAAV _* Hell 4 B 4 Vl IBI & BBi ^ flB . on UU «*^ this UU 1 O ^ VC ea * rth > Vllf flk . BThey . JL ^^ . UUJT \ call * 4 JbXX AV it , ) not UV / V in 1 A ± - ~ I I
appropriately , * ' s Ha ^ f-acre . ' Here our coachman turned chalky formation out of the , wliich road see on m to ed a to wide me li -expanse ke the upper of 'white crust , of an % + immense Jk 4 Vi honeycombout of this bubbled inrm JUil
great merable " *^« . mM . crust A * sm « u , al whi « l and ch M . m \ covered ra . large A ** i y vviaiv hot a ; boiling springs VU w Vi . ; . lake VHJO Driving , struck ^ WbI VFIV ^ A over ^/ VbI me thi as I . 3 I being give rather under lilVJ risky t , \ for \ e weight TT I could see of VI no a coach reason and why four JLVtV it might « V at t not * UJ
f 3 *»^ way »• * 9 J ^^ J , U ^ IV > VlgUU - «* VVTCV \^< La T ^ IIV * Bk *» W any Bl I had moment fallen ¦ . in Suddenly ^ ak . *^ Just 4 imagine we came an upon apple a- - great pie , a opening dozen acres which in size , and on it you come suddenly upon a place where half
an an picture acre & cre or or the so so crust has has been bean as havin cut cut * out rmfc fal with urith len in a a . knife knife The ; ? coach or or you ton drives may m & v clo vauDw se up M Jf to VXJ the •** " - > edge vvigv of vx this vuao place juuvc cauldron ) , and ni » . \ Jk . you jrv / L » Jivyvak look . uv down >*** I
upon acre in a sizev great sending roaring , up boiling great rolls of , sulphurous at Ieaat half eteam an hundred iiuuuiv « u s n of ul feet x \< uu jlil in the bicv c air * jli . . The jl uv > terror % *\ s ± l \ JM . vta of au it to is quite v | ujivw the in *»* - - ¦
hard desoribabl road e a . ? ain I wa . 3 The glad boiling when water the coach is of got a most back brilliant on transparent coloured gems green , like , and potatoes ic boils in up a pot great . globes of
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ini ^ ht been better , for the matter is worthy proper one paragraph literary repeated 'treatment : it . is AVe a notice quotati , at on least from , Cyrus Bedding ' s ' Recollection * , * givqn in page &
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1886, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021886/page/14/
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