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    SfpfprrS^-ii E^^ \ ^ 338 The Publishers'...

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    the girl visiting her . sick swain is out of the . question—not only would it be grossly improper ,

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    The thought occurs to him to send his son Chu , dressed from this up p as iece a of girl manoeuvring , in his daug the hter chief ' s stead comp ; and

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    Prom Messrs . George Bell & Sons . — ' The Buchholz Family , ' by Julius Stinde . In this

    - of little read work ers ) , ( the alread Eng y lish well translation known to whereof thousands is by L . Dora SchmitzDr . Stinde has given

    i through the mouth of , an unaffected homely , Berliner , an admirable description of German middle-class life . Frau Buchholz , whose letters

    to a supposed editor form the bulk of the work , strikes to the point at once , and some of her criticisms and descriptive sketches are

    remarkably searching and lifelike ; and they lose none of " the their plain point unpretending , but rather gai mann n in er effectiveness in which they by

    ways are delivered , which . require By ai hundred to be carefull almost y studied imperceptible to see the painstaking labour the author has put into

    his work , we gain here a knowledge of Berlin life that is almost marvellous . Throughout the book , tooare touches of the driest humourimparted

    with , an unconscious gravity that is irresistible , . Above everything , Frau Buchholz shows that she is a womanimpelled in her thoughts and

    actions by the foibles , common to the sex , and were stud it the onl book y for would this be exquisite remarkable bit . of character Carl and y

    Wilhelmine Buchholz , Dr . Wrenzchen , Frau Bergfeldt , Uncle Fritz , the Krauses and Weigelts , are people with whom the reader should speedily

    for become instance acquainted , the sketch . If entitled he ( or she * A ) Polter can - peruse abend , ( or Wedding-eve ) on the Third Floor' without

    humorous exhilaration , we shall have very little faith in the literary taste of our countrymen j again . To us the work has been a source of the

    I greatest delight , and we look forward to many another quiet hour spent in its company . From Messrs . Diprose & Bateman . —Reader *

    will be pleased to see that Mr . Edward Walford , a the ^ ~— ' Jubilee ' ^^ editor ^ — *^ ^ - " ~» ^^ of Memoir ^^ m the ^^ ^ T ~ ^^ ^^ ' 4 County to of ^^ . » ^ Her ^ hrf ^ ^^ 4 Families ^ ¦ Maj ^^¦^ Tfcg' * ^ esty ^ i * HHT ^^ , ' Queen has ^^^^ 1 ^^» ^^ ^ " written ^ y — Vi » ^ c ^^

    -toria . ' Mr . Walford has a good knowledge of the period of Her Majesty ' s happy reign , and his style being anecdotal and gossipythe reader may rel 3 '

    upon good entertainment . , There is none of the fine writing or exemplary lessons which have in a ' measure deadened other works on this subject .

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    and is a weird a retribution and mysterious , a woman story ' s sufferings with a ' , wrong and a * rascaFs punishment . Mr . Dalton is dreary but

    interesting . From Messra . Griffltli , Farran & Co . — A

    Manual Bafcterid of ge , Handwriti who is n the g / headmaster by F . Betteri of dge a . large Mr . Board School in Bradfordhas in . this book given

    , junior . A A teachers _ A some admirable 00 K A ^ K ^ Pk . lessons ¦¦ in A the ^ h

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    not Grallery a little , ' by attention Alan Muir on , is its a first book which attracted its characteristics being originality , , appearance taste , and quiet ; ^ drollery . A n « w editionrevised by the author

    is veiy welcome . , , From the same . —Mr . Hogg ' s * Town and Country

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    this talented author ' s work this little story keeps the reader amused and interested . It relates the outcome of a practical joke of some young subs

    against their crotchety , colonel . In his name I they publish an advertisement ' Wanted a Wife I ' -which mischief unexpectedly brings the colonel

    back to an early , but unforgotten love . The other stories call for no special remark . ^ From Messrs . Hurst & Blacfcett—The third «^ jb - % *•• edition

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1887, page 338, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041887/page/16/