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101 Boo& $ And ^Umoti ^ Of
A lady went recently into a bookseller's shop to purchase a present for her husband .
She hovered round and manifested the usual indecision , whereupon the assistant in charge , to help her out of the difficultysuggested a
set of Shakspeare . The would- , be purchaser met remark this * proposal Oh ! he , read however that , when with it the first promp came t
ou jb ^^ ™ t . ' ^— We , make ^^ ^^ ^^ * ^ " ^^ haste ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ to ¦ ™ ^^ add ^ ^»^ j ^ v that » » * b «* *^ f * ^ v this ^ B ^ B ^ m happened ^*^ ^ v * v ^^ ¦ ^ tw ^^ f ^ ^ ^ f * in America . #
? # writes A clever under author the name in the of ' Nonvelle Fergus' Revue has rep , who lied
to the criticisms recently made on , Rousseau by Mr . Herbert Spencer and Professor Huxley .
He indicates that in his opinion the views of those writers are coloured by the fear of
Socialism , which , he maintains , is now taking a deep hold of Eng ^ j lish thoug ^^ ht and — life . He contends
that Professor Huxley has not dealt fairly with Rousseau . #
? * One hundred and twentthousand ies
of Professor Drummond ' y s booklet cop 'T he Greatest Thing in the World' have , already
been printed , and it has been , difficult to meet «/ the rapid demand , as orders quite recently have
been nearly a thousand per day . One or two imperfect editions under other titles have appearedwhich Messrs . Hodder & Stoughton
have JLA . suppressed , , and the trade are warned < Z > not to offer the same for sale .
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The Rev . J . G . Wood , the well-known naturalistwho literally died in — harness _ — last
year , was , the original - - - - of ' Little - - Mr . Bouncer - ' in that droll bookthe ' Adventures of Mr .
Verdant Green . ' We , make this statement on the I / 11 O authorit CLUl / llVJJL l l jf y of \ JL the lllC Rev XVO . V . Theodore X UC 17 UW 1 D Wood TT « JV ^« O . ,,
who has written an * extremely bright and vivid account of his father ' s life and work
which Messrs . Cassell & Co . have just published .
• • ** An unpublished letter from Jonathan Swift was sold at Sotheby ' s the other day which
bore witness to the fact that the country possessed as little attraction for the famous Deaof StPatrick ' for DrJohnson him
JWKjilll n KJL KJV . . JL < 11 / 1 H / A . s B « as * O XVJL M . SM . . . t » WUUm'll lllllt - - self . ' I am here , ' writes Dr . Swift , ' among the ¦ 1 beauties of nat w urefor which I have f ¦¦ little ¦
taste ^— ^ " » ^ . ^ ^ m . ~^^ ^ f ^^ p 1 ^^ I ^ ~^ v -- ^ - ^^ ¦¦ 1 —t ^ . i ^ ^"" ^ " ^ ^ ^ w ^^ the ^^ w ^™ ^ "F ^ , dirt ^^ *— " ^ . ™ hurricane m " ^ ¦•* ^^ ^ ^™ ""^ p- ^^ »™ *» r- w - ^~ ma l ^» i ^— ~ - ^ - nity iu w envy hich you as all London , people , you g ¦ ¦¦
live . '
Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden Sc
Welsh propose to follow up their cheap reprint of Midshi the late W ' . with H . « a . uniform Kingston edition ' s ' The of k Thre Peter e pmen
th the e Whaler Whaler , ' bv by the the same aame author author . . * * The The Three Three Midshipmen ' in having an enormous sale , and the publishers state that they are constantly
» t / m / receiving letters of thanks for this their latest effort to place good wholesome fiction within
the reach of every English school-boy . Bpf—""*''"" ¦ ¦¦¦—¦ ixnii ' 1 " i i . ¦ ¦ »¦ — ¦ y « ni"i— ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ -in— . -n !¦¦—¦¦ ..,. - ¦¦»¦¦ — ¦— I ,.,.. i .. ii— ... ¦—¦¦ ——— ^ 1 ——
An interesting piece of news cornea to ms It from India . In the literature of the Madras [
Presidency there is an increase in original I works as opposed to translations , aiid
considerable improvement is reported in the quality of the native _ _ _ literature _ . A very
¦ ¦ diversified ^ _ X B _ 1 1 ¦ ^ _^ */ * ^«_ ¦ ran ^_ ¦ ¦ ge j . of _ _ M _ - subject . - _^ _ . has _ ^_ _ . been _ . taken _ ^ up _ . ^ in < u the vuu departm uv / jjuitviuvii ent v of vi poetry ^» vv > vji y , , whilst n uuon there uuv > v / is w a t » r I
perceptibly growing taste for fiction , < As i You Like It' has just been translated into \
Tamil . | * * 811
of the In his Czar fo / rthcomin Mr . Josep g new h Hatton novel , deal ' By s Order more j I
particularly with the Russian persecution of the ^ ^ - ~ " *** Jews ^ - ^ ^^ v v K . r ; a but >*_^ ^^ ^^ "some * ^^^ A ^» ^^ of ^^ ^ ^ his »^ J ~ 1 d most < ^ ^ ^^ B ^ r V exciting ^^^^ ^ 1 ^^ ^^ ^ ^ MK " scenes * v ^ if * ^ f . ^^ ^^ f ^ v j I b
tion take with place a in great London act of and Nihilistic | Venice , vengeance in connec- .
The book will be published immediately by Messrs . Hutchinson & Co ., who have also just
brought out a second edition of Mr , Hatton ' s ' Old Lamps and New . '
Mr . W . L . Fagan , of Alabama , U . S . A .,
has has New Songs compiled aomnilfid York , which are Messrs a a about volume volume . to Richardson of of publish ' ' Southern Southern with & Co in many War War ., of
illustrations , . Mr . Fa ^ an was an officer , the Confederate ~ i ~ - ^^ r « v ^ K ^ v ^ . ^ ^^^ ^^ r ^ ^ if ^ v ^ r ^^ f 7 Army ^^* *^ ^ v ^ m ^ * w , V and ^ V ^ F ^ w ^ b ~^^ v he ^^* ^ b ^^ . * ^ has f > ^* ^ ^^^^ ^ made * ^^^* ^^^ v ^ f ^^ ^ ¦ ¦! an ~ - - ^* in i ^ Hr - ^^^
-teresting collection of camp-fire , patriotic , and sentimental songswhichduring the Civil
War , were continuall , y on , the lips of the soldiers suiuicia who wiiu served ocivcu under uuuci commanders i / uuunauutio like iiac
General Lee and * Stonewall' Jackson .
The widely known * Pen and Pencil Series '
of the Religious Trac — . t Society is about to If J receive what should prove a valuable and
interesting addition , viz ., a volume entitled ' London Pictures . ' It is from the pen of the
Rev Pictures . R . / Lovett ' Irish , Pictures M . A ., au ' thor k of and * Norweg will supp ian ly j |
a long-felt need . Multitudinous ,, as the books I on London are , there are none in existence so I
as hand the y , and at the e vo sam lumes e time of so th well is ser illustrated ies . The , I ' averag 1
work will * ill be read y earl y in May Tffc ft . ' #
We learn that the Abb 6 Guers lias comleted his bookiving his recollections of
p 1870-1 . It will be , g remembered that the Abbe " was V T ^ ^» ^* v 9 at ' ^ V ^^ Wiihtlmshohe * * #% iP tf . *^ ^ v M i ** m ^ v f" . j ^ ¦* ^ . r f « ^ ^ . f ^ when v « ^— — ' ¦¦ ~^ ^^ the ~~ — *~~ — Emperor ¦
Napoleon t m ain Ifcfllh «« Ift W W F » W was a captive F in VB H t *» eres iF- . ti - This h « ¦ rem - — -- work ~ ~~ i -- n ---- iscences will con of - . . many ^ ^ very ^ ^ . ^ . * " " ^^ ^ " ^ " ^ ^^ ng i . — ^
the house Emperor and his in exile in , the his pursuits airthe in com the - ways open
# ¦ ^ ^^ ^^ q * V ^^» , ^*^ F * ¦ * *^« ^ «¦ ^ fif' ¦ w V ^ ' ^ r * r * m M ^ ^ F » ^ - ™ ^^ -w J ^^^ m ^ , 1 m The pany volume he met *»¦* will , and a fford the _ talks limpses _ — of the _ of social M . Rouher * table . m 'm .
M ( f )^ . ffl . a ^ L ^ Paul W ^ wT 09 , ^ 4 t ** de ^ F' W » ^ ¦ Caasagnac ^ ' ^ F »^ ^ - * . F . w i ^ g f ^^ , M r . ^^ Gambetta , and , Prince x linto Bismarck i > . » uviiiviv . . ;
i # # | publish The an Reli important gious Tract work Society by Sir are J . about William to
evolution Dawson ThtwRon , . "FF controversy .. K R .. JK 5 .., - on on the the . The pre oresent sent book state state is entitled of or the tiie I 4 Modern Ideas of Evolution in relation to | m
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1890, page 373, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041890/page/7/
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