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    326 The Publishers' Circular Aprin, t8ai...

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    Books Received :— From Messrs. A. 8. Bar...

    i ; l ¦ fiction of and poetry philolog , in i reli cal g treati ious ses "work , it s , is and stronger in anti than quarian in

    i Anderson , the accounts drama , for or the general slender history knowled . , Prof of . : ; the subject possessed hy other nations , by alluding ge

    to the paucity of the Scandinavian nations and , the difficulties of their torgues . In England and America at leasttranslations from such authors

    , as Oelenschlagor , Bishop Tegner , Runeberg , HenriJr Ibsen , Bjornson , Hans Andersen , Viktor Hydberg , and Prof . Topelius have been warmly

    welcomed , and none have done more to arouse an intelligent interest in their writings than Edmund "W . G-osse in his ' Sj j -udies ___ of Northern _ _ Literature __ _ __ /

    and Prof - --- . Anderson t ~ ~ r- — ( of Chicago ) , the able trans- lator of the work before us . The publishers are to be commended for the typographical

    arrangemont and indexing of the volume , for it is noticeably good . "We would also specially mention the comprehensive list of works of reference at the

    head of each section , and the still further invaluable three pages bibliograp , of the most hical important catalogu " e work of s relating

    eightyto the Scandinavian countries , their history , literature , and mythology , which was prepared for the translator — — — by Thorwald — — - — - ¦—¦ — Solberg — — — — — — f~— of — the — U — . S — - .

    Congress Library .- ^ , for ifc adds greatly to the - - worth of the work , even as a book of reference . From the STational Society . — * Shakespeare ' s

    Plays for Schools , abridged and annotated , ' by and Charlotte ' Kin » M . Henry Yonge the —* King Fifth / Richard Few wri the ters Second are '

    . better Packet qualified to than books the for editor of the readers Monthl and y this series prepare of works which the young National Society ,

    is producing in g ; ood clear type with strong covers is likely to be very serviceable not only in schools , but to private families . Each little volume

    closes with separate plays , and a carefully written introduction followed by foot-notes on every page will tell the pupils almost all they are likely to

    require by way of explanation . For reading societies or elocution classos in connection with Working Men ' s Clubs and Young Men ' s Institutes

    this edition of the famous plays would be very useful . From Messrs . S . W . Partridge & Co . — ' John

    Wic'iffe . the Morning Star of the Reformation , ' b David J . ? Deane . A descriptive sketch of Wicliffb ' s life and worksillustrated by many effective wood

    cuts . The festivals , which are to be held in honour of the Vicar of Lutterworth during the present year will doubtless cause a demand for Wicliflfe

    literature , and Messrs . Partridge may be congratulated on being early in the field with a taste-From ful and Mr . popular "Walter little Smith book .- — . 4 The

    Gospelsdistributed into Meditations for Every Day , of the Year , and arranged according to the Harmony of the Four Evangelists' by L'Abbe Duquesne ;

    translated from the French , , and adapted to the use of the English Chinch ; Vol . III . The rich stored of devotional literature existing on the

    lish Continent readers have , a been nd the too seldom present utilised contribution for Eng —a - third volume o > f a series issued by Mr . Walter

    Smith , from the meditations of the eloquent Abb ( $ Duquesne—will be found suitable for private or family reading and suggestive to preachers and

    teachers . Tho subject of each Gospel is illustrated tinder several hoads , and the notes and ¦ : reflections - ~ - - are — — both — —w explanatory — — — — . ~ — - — ^ j and m — practical _ — _ - — _ ^¦ p ^ —r ^ . ¦ - ~— , ^ m

    ; mation conveying as to a the large meaning amount ' of of the interesting sacred text infor and - i , as to its bearing upon the daily life . Prayers

    ¦ K ; _ lA are supplied .. ... . at the close ot each meditation , -T ^ fif '"' 1 J T-r .-L--- hi - - -- - . _ ¦ ¦¦„¦ _ ., in . ai i . . . ¦ „ — , ,

    based upon the lesson which has been drawn out and enforced .

    From Messrs . Smith ., Elder , & Co ,. — Florence •' volumes Venice / of by A about . J . C . 200 Hare paged . These each are issued two pocket seDa

    , - rately from' the * Cities of Italy , ' and bound in a convenient — _ — ~ — — limp -- | - cloth - _ — . ' Florence' is — _ divided — \ into §

    w B ««^^ | ^ iii seven sections , his a coloured map , and is enriched by copious citation . There are also -woodcutsartistibitssuch the view

    fro — — — m , the — —— — Boboli c ' Gardens , ' - - — as not - always — of to — - ^ the be city had

    even by a person on the spot , y , as there j are certain ** r ^ f £ t *\\ I days . — of — — admission _ — _ — . _ ' Venice - ' is - similarly ^ j illus ** i UQ - which have the

    trated by woodcuts , vividness of sketches , and the citation from writers who beletheir theme

    vsirious have made as to the form ' Sea an Cy interesting ' feature , of are the so

    guide . At one opening Goethe , Howells , and From Ruslciti Mr . furnish Elliot quotations Stock . — . To and Fro / bW

    Sime . This is a collection of some 35 y . almost all of which are reprinted fro papers m the , St . James ^ Gazette . They are divided into '

    Mediterranean Papers , ' ' Notes from Ireland , 1880 , ' and ' Miscellaneous . ' Among the latter may be noted castles in FranceIrishmen in Franceat

    , , the foot of Goatfell , Scott ' s influence in French literature , the ' Provincial Letters , ' & c , & c .

    Many , who have read these in the newspaper , will be venient glad form to possess not to them speak in their of those present who more now con firs - t

    , meet with Mr . Sime ' s interesting collection of essa ^^ VoS *^ ^ JHT y V B s ^ . V

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    readabl volume here reproduced , e which type has No the in bette one merit r book handsomel of could good paper y printed chosen and

    . as a carpet-bag companion for an Easter outing . From MessrsWyman & Sons k —* Joh ¦* " ** *¦* n Bull ' s

    JL . * Vl & A JlVf r V ^ TfTJ h . 7 » ww _ T AJXUIAX ^ - »* ^ vmm « . -- — Neighbour in her True Light : being an answer to some recent French criticisms , ' by ' A Brutal author

    prefaces Saxon . ' the The book single by line telling in which us that tho 4 his only

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    French criticisms . ' The author indulges throughas out lec French in t a of smart the impertinence poorest running classes sati to re on Eng existing what land he ; under regards on t the he

    prominent Republic neg Eng T ^ norlisVi lish — and nnri a feature French " chapter FronnVi heroism ViArni in on the . mn * Horrible . book s carcely * H . rf ; * elv he Paris to to contrasts tno tllO ' is »» nil- a

    , amusements vanta ch ge literature of the of latter th he e declares g ; he sti p gmat ita to l be ises as filthy brutalizing mnny in " niaoy *} " [ !

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    We hare also received : —The April magazinesof the ( Religious Tract Society ) are full of good reaOHK for EastertideThe / % Own "

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    326 The Publishers' Circular Aprin, T8ai...

    326 The Publishers' Circular Aprin , t 8 ai I

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1884, page 326, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041884/page/14/