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the story , and the writer may be congratulated deep on having ly interesting produced and a quite book out for of young the common people . Admirable illustrations Carl Becker
bellish the volume . by em-From the same . — « Glenathole' by Cyril Grey .
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attention throughout . The main interest centres round the doings of Kenneth Errol , who becomes — ~ engaged —» ^^^ m r ^^ ^^ — to ^ Ada ¦•^¦ fc ^ " ^^» ' ¦¦¦ wi Doug ^^ fc— ^ . ^ ** ^ ^^^ a ^ las ^ ^^^^ , 5 an ^»^^ •¦ ^» ¦ ear ^*^ " *¦ ^™ l ^^ ' s "
daughter . Kenneth , led into questionable courses by a man of evil reputation , loses all affection for Adaand falls madly in love with
a rising actress , whom , he wishes to marry . But r the enounces — — ac — — tress —~ — — , him — - di - ~ — sc <^ overin for ^™» - ^^ ** ever - ^^ - g - ^ f h . — engagement Owing **^ w w ^ m ™ ^ r ^^ to ^^ to ^ serious ^ ^ " ^ ^^ A ^^ d ^^ a H ™* ,
monetary peculations Kenneth absconds , and , merit ends his the foll novel y by suicide resents - ^^ p t . Thoug mm le mmi eviden h of unequal h ce ~ t i ~ t - ~ hat b ¦ pamp
I the author — — - ^ r - ^ ^ - - possesses ^ ^^ ^^ . ^ n v ^ ~^^ r a . dramatic mm ^^ n ^ ^^^^ r ^ m ^ m ^ r ^^^ ability ^^^ * ^ ^ ^ v ^^^ ^^ ^^ of mm > ^^ ^ no ^^^^^ w mean order . '
From Messrs . Harrison & Sons . — * The Colonial Office List for 1890 , 'by John
Anderj son conta and ins S a idney vast amount Webb . This of specia book l , as d usual very , I useful information on all that concerns the
i ! colonial full " ¦! historical m dependencies ^ and ^ statistical « of this . m * m facts country an _ d . a It *^ r well . has % - prepared account of the services of , the officers
: in the various colonial departments ; a tran-| scri tari pt ff of of e the ach colonial colony — — -- - —— ^ , regulations and — other — , desirable the customs
information . The work is also furnished with I j distinctively valuable maps excellent , and it possesses feature of throug clear methodi hout the
cal arrangement . j Fro ^ . ^ «^ ^^ m mmmmmrmM M ^ H « v . mw Calmann i ^ i ^ ^ - . — ¦¦»«»«* ^^^ 4 H *^^ ^ H «^» ¦ LeVy fl ^ BI ^^ ^ 1 ^ W ^ m V , Paris *** m * " / mt m ** . ^ — ^ Henry ^« ^*^ ^ ™ ~~* ^ W Hous ^~ -. " ^^ ^ " ^> —^
-saye , ' Aspasie , C 16 opatre , Theodora . ' In this | ! ! of volume celebrated M . Henry women Houssay of anti e dep quity icts , together a triad I with the society of which they formed so
! brilliant a part , and the state of civilisation . they may be said to represent . In the time of Asposia we see Athena in the full expansion of
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the Roman world , proud of its name and tact empire with , while the subjugated peoples it , had in a conquered sense , by . con In
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each de Lisle of , whom M . A . has Dumas brilliantly , and to illustrated M V . Sardou one , of the periods .
From Fields Messrs of Great . Crosby Britain Lockwood / by Hugh & Clements Son . —' The , of
the Board of Trade . This is a second edition , repractical vised m ^ f m ^ ^ mW ^ m * r *& , ^^ with W *^ b work W » ^ amr additions ^» , W ¦ which ^^ , , of in ^^ ^ . ^^ a view " most ^ " ^ i ^ " " of mmr useful ^— the — — — — increased and — very — - — —
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taining for Science Vk elementary h extra and Art subjects Department and b ¦ advanced of interest , South students and KensingtOD utility , con to - ,
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providing of the prospect they s mutually of landlords agree and to face tenant the s , difficulties that stand in the way .
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, mm , mm m ^ ^^ M V mm ^^ ^ m ^^ r m ^ p ^^ m ^ . ^ m m ^ — m * — ^— ~» ^ ^ ' ^^ - — — ' — * m ^ — and decline of Roman Literature from 250 B . C . down to the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian . The contents of this handlittle
volumecon-XIJC UUUlCllia Ul 11 J 1 S IJCLIIVIJT y lltl / lC ywiuiuv , , vwudisposal ^ sidering - ^ h M T V ^^ — f r _ r ^ . TT m ^ , V are m the i 1 mm . ^ m ^ ^ a ^^ VP limited marvel . L ^ w * ^ k' ^ ** T ^^ i «* space of ^ h ^ ^^ conciseness *^ ^ i ^ ^ ¦ *~ at ^* - ^~ ^— ' the — ~ . author It — is ' a s
pity these useful primers are not furnished with indexes . From h k the A B same h b . — 'A Lover | - of - «¦ the Beautiful' by
^^^_ ^ Katherine m _ r ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ k ^ r ^^^^^^* ^ . *< ** Carmarthen ^^_« v ** ^^~ . ^^¦^^ ^^ r ^ . ^^ ^ . ^ The ^^ — — ^ mr scene ^ ^ — — of - Lad , my y Carmarthen's graceful and well-written story is ma —m & laid mm- m ^ rmr am ^ ^ h in ^~ M > mm Ital mmmt ^ af ^ ^ m * —* y w , m * ^ an a ^ - ^ ^— — d ~ ^ t ^^ h — ^™ e ™ c ^— h ™ — ief — ~— actors —~ ~ ~— — in it are
members of that cultured and artistic society which abounds in Rome . The outward incidents ami recorded vh in the book are sliht and for \
¦ he mg ^ mm mm most - m ^ r mm m ^ r mM ^ m part , * ' am . ^» - »^ m . ^ - » « un dr . ^ a raatic ^ ^ m > ' - »— — - - ~^ ; th e in terest - g m—^ m q — of the story gathers around the baffled quest of ideal loveliness on the part of a gifted painterand
the hunger for a gleam of human tenderness , which takes possession of the gentle , troubled soul of the beautiful young wife whom Guido
della Verazia utterly fails to understand . Absorbed in his art , he unconsciously neglects her , or » m ^^ rat mm ^ ft ^ V ^^ ^ h at ^ B er ^ h ^ ¦& g ^ P ^^ k r ^^ ows ^^^ ^^^^ o ^^^ bl ^^^^ ^^ ^ ivious ^ _ l— ^ b ^ r ^* - of ^^ r . ^^ ¦ her — ^^ w ^ unspo —~ — ^ - ^ — i h ^> ^ ™ k ^^ ^^ e ^^ n ^ ¦ ¦
needs . A more is a singularly lovable heroine , and the story of her troubled life is told with tenderness , refinement , and imagination .
From the Religious Tract Society . —• For France and Freedom , ' by Emma Leslie . This
is another tale dealing with the French Revolution . The story is skilfully worked into the historic scenes of the period . Of course , the
subject lends itself to good descriptive writing , grap and the hic author composition i has hmmj g . iven It us is numerous a book pages of well of
sustained ^^^ » mr *¦ mr —~ am , r m ^ ¦¦ -m >^ - «« interest ^ p ¦» . ' m ^* r m ^ ^ ^— ' , -m ^ - . - ^¦ and ^ ^ ¦ w is - thro ^ ughout — — ° —^ marked ' — — ™ - — by lofty purpose that cannot fail to have a good influence on those who read the work .
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384 The Publishers' Circular April 1 , 18 90
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1890, page 384, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041890/page/20/
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