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      From the same . — < Cardinal Wolsey / by Mandell Creig CrpiVhton hton . M M .. A A . . This This is is the the second second , volume volume or of

      the series , Twelve English Statesmen' now being issued by Messrs . Macmillan . The series begins with William the ¦ bb Conqueror b ¦ ¦¦ and •¦ ¦¦ con ¦ - -

      tinues f ^ S » i _ i * & a Jk _ Alw' ¦ w along » A l _ r r ~ i w the Bb bv . * , avwaa * great »* , . >»^ line ¦*— ' ^^ — ... ^ h of <« «— -v — events *^ ' — , v . - ' ' - ™ up -w to ——the time of Feel . This volume opens with a brief fSt ^ r b » JL ¦ ^^ y Jb » | sketch b ^ ~ v *^ b ^ ^^ - - of - % m ^ bW the *^ m ^ m - *^ * state ^ r *¦ * b _* bm b ^ ^^ of ^* mr Bb . Europe b ^ b- B ^ Bi b . ^ - ^ f *^ ^^ - ^ from ^ ^— ^— ' » » , b . ^ 1494 ^ — ^ - ^ -B ,

      to 1512 , when Wolsey began to control English politics and England emerged from her obscuri ^ , , m ^ ^ J j ^ ty b ^ w — Yb an ^ V ^ Bv ^ Bt obscurity ^^^ ¦ r w ^ J ^^ f ¦ *** ^ b » bb , ** J produced W ^^ ^ " ^ ^ tf b . i bi ^^ - ^^ ^ i w by rBB- w the ^ ^~^~ ^ bt insane ^~ ¦ * ¦ " ^^ ™ ¦ *¦ ¦ ^ - ^

      conduct of her rulers—and became a powerful factor in the European system . Mr . Creighton , in his opening , takes a just as well as

      comprehensive nrfihfmsive view view or of the the situation situation and and the the part r > art played by Wolsey , and he leads up in a masterly manner r W < * m x «& ^ L ^ m , ™ *^ b » to **• ^ - ^ the ™*^ BbJV ^ b' gre T ^^ ^* " ^ " ^ " at » " * •** events ^ r ^ » ^^ ¦ bb . ^ b ^ ^*^ which B Bi ^ b > ^ - ^ " »^ sprang r * mr fh ^ ^~ - B' ¦ ™ ™ BBfc ^ from ^ ^~ ^^ ™ ™ ^

      the ambitious designs of the chief actors in the drama of European history just preceding and following a ^ WI ^^ » , ^^ ^ ^ b ; b ; Jt * -- * w ^ b the ^ S ^ M ^^^ ¦ course ^ , t * ^^ ^ ^ n r ^ k ^ of ^ ¦ . ¦¦¦ ^ * the ™ " n ^ . ^ Reformation ^ b ^ v ^ wr r ^^ b- b bi b b _* b ^ b ^ - ^ ^ w ™ ™ . v ^ Each -v—^ «~ f ^ # ^^ «* - ^»

      step of Wolsey ' s gorgeous life is presented in skilful and vivid colours . From his entrance on that wondrous stage on which played the warlike Popes and tne iants of statecraftto

      g , the time w ^ hen that curious compound of a man Henry "VIII . drove him , degraded and sorrowing , from the lofty eminence which his own splendid

      genius had won , the character of the man stands out prominent , a mark of wonder to the world . Each phase of that character is faithfully depicted by Mr . Creighton , each event is portrayed . We are lad to welcome this book

      and accord to it the g praise due to so good a , work . There is a useful table of contents at the head and a necessary index at the end .

      From Messrs . S . "W . Partridge & Co . — Cousin ¦¦ Mary , ' by Mrs . Oliphant . There is a strong tinge of 4 melanchol fcBk in BtBb this Bb story Mi Vj ¦ Bi ¦ ¦¦ but JiVl as Vh ^^ V is

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      — ~ - ^ ' Bb ** b W ^^ ^ mT ^^ BW — .. Bg B «^ BT «^ B ^ ^^ . ^ ^ ^^« ^^ «^ ^ « B- ^ B ^ ^ ^^ ^_^ ^^ ^^ ^ B ^^ B ^ B . T ^^ B » »* «* ^^ i The ingenuity of the tale is marvellous , very I delicate situations being admirably developed .

      From the Religious Tract Society . — ' Finding * Her " ¦ — ' - ^^ Place ^^^ ^^ B ^*^ B ~ ~ ^^ , ' b r ^^ y W Howe BB ^^ B ) ~ ~ V V —] — Benning « B ^ ^ hB * Bh ^ B ^ ^ m ^ Bi « Bi ^ B > BJ | Bh . W The BBBb ^ Bt ^ Bh ~ ~ p Bl ^^ ^ lot Bh ^^^ B |^ of ^^^ ^ B ^

      this fairly interesting story proceeds on familiar lines . It details the experiences of a young school-teacher BbW | BkB | Bk named bd & 4 Bb Linda - ^ B ^ bV k fc-l B- % JBJ Pheland ¦> Bi Bk

      describes rW ^^ — ^— **^ - ^^ a ^^ her - ^^ — - efforts ^^^ » B »>^ b «^^ « to ^^ ^^> overcome « B , ^ ^ ^ W B the & ^^ ^* - ps y , ^ B ^^ unworth , H ^ » ^—> BM >^ B ^ b _^ ; propensities of her nature , and to lead a good y unselfish ¦ ~ >^» ¦ - existence — ^» BBf WmiT fc- ^ B ^ . V ¦ At ¦ " ^ B . one ^_^ " 4 ¦ % „ time S Bfc A 4 ~ ' | she B ^^ B . 4 is B > B in bV ~ T — *— ' ^ ' ^^ ' *^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^*^ ^^ ^ * ^^ ^^^ ^* p ^ .

      danger of being dismissed from her position at the school , but we gladly learn at the conclusion that she has been forgiven her transgression .

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      i II . of this work , which consists of prose selections , is disappointing . The editor , with a j ¦ desire ¦ » as tf we supposeto be ~ H ~ ori ~ » Bb \ V inal % has % VVbT

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      and in some cases little-known writers . As in i the first volume , his preference is decidedly for pieces of a mournful tendency , touching it may be and BbJBJ Bbb bll Bb no Bb doubt Bj excellent B . in the moral they

      r ** S ^ « 'BB , ^ b * B * B » ^^ B . B ^ ^^ ^^^ B » Mfc ^^ ^^ ^ ^_^ ~ ~ Bb ^ ^ BK . ^ % X " ^ ^ B ^ 1 H # 1 ^ - ^ * V * M « J | B ^ - T H _ V convey , but hardly suitable without some en •/ - livening interlude for entertainment purposes . No No fj doubt Oiiht peop T > eoT » le lf > like lilrft to to be V > ft morall morallv instructed insf-. rnr » f-. p > rl

      and maybe to cry at social gatherings y , but they also ¦ ¦¦ like BBI I to be T ^ B- amused « BB « BB WBPbV and VVBA « tf Bb it must Bb ? be confessed \

      B- * —r *~ ^^ B ^ - ^ B- ^ T ^^ - VT V BJ ^^ ^« B ^ , BJ ' B « ^^ <| BB * b . BV «^ B . T V % ^ ^^ ^ b ^ ^ * FT l ~ . ^ IVIb / ^^ ^ rf ^ that in Mr . Langbridge ' s book there is slight opportunity for the latter relaxation .

      From the same . —* Humpty-Dumpty ' s Silver Bells ' by Margaret Hay craft ; Taught by Experience ' / by Ruth ¦ ¦ - Lamb I ; ¦ ' Saved 4 BbBT at Bl Sea Bl ' bMrs bBBBbfBf . OF

      T- ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^ - ^ ** — ^^ " ^— —^^^— F ^ B- V ^ ^» ^ B- M B * B »* " ^^ » B- B * , B / I B . "y » ^^ - ^ Ib ^ 0 ¦ " ^^(^ . . Walton TTTT ^ _ T A _ . These f i ' iI . are three j ^ agreeable ^ I stories im of homely interest , though the latter is chiefly

      concerned concerned with with the the rescue rescue of or a a child child at at spn sea . Each is thoroughly wholesome in tone and . conveys ^^ . ^^ ^^~^^ ~ ' ^ W T- ^ sound P nh ^ i ^ ^^^» ^^^^» " 4 ^^ B 1 ^ moral BM ^ B ^^ Bi ^^^ ^ B _ B ^^ W BBS teach «^ ^ b ^ Bb ^^ T ~ | » ^^^^ B ing ^^^ h ^ B | J ^ b > . Bl —We VI ^^ B Bp have >^ b ^ rfBJ B ^^^ > also B ^ ¦ V ^ ^ - ^ ^

      received from the same Society ' Natural Laws and Gospel Teaching / by Herbert W . Morris , D Bi . Bl D . ¦ and BrfW ¦ a smaller l Bb volume bBrfB Bl entitled Bi rfB 'Stories ¦_

      ^ ^—~ W , V ^^ *^ r ^ B , r * - ^ . ^ B ^^ . ^ ^*^ ^ B » Bl W ^^ ^> ^ j > ^ . ^ ^ fci * . B . ^ V B ^ , " ^^ ^> B ^ W *^ V ^ \/ J ^ ^ ^^ about BJ ] . Japan ^ B ^ , ' bI b y Annie m R ^^^ . Butler ^ b ^^^ ¦ ^ B . ¦ From I ^^ ^ 1 ^ — ™ ^ Bl Messrs BBBJBJlB BJV ^^ BW BV BBK BBjb * . BJ . BflBJJJfBJJI Routledge -BjyjP ^^ B | BJB BB -B ^ b ^ ^ bBBI JjBBB ^ BJj ^ & BJ ^ flBJjr Sons BBbj ^ ^ V BbBb * J > . BJ > —Disraeli Bl . ^ BB > Vb . ^ ^ ^^ V ^ b ^ ^ ^ ' s pTj

      novels , Primrose edition . The first issue of this series , commenced almost on Primrose Day , and and done doTift up nn in in a a pi rri c o . ture t / nrfi wrapper wrarmfYr of nf suitable snif . nhlA

      tint , consists of ' Coningsby , ' ' Contarini Fleming , ' ' Sybil / and ' Vivian Grey . ' They are printed ^ in ~ ' ¦ ¦ a ^^^ very ^^ ^ W ¦ ^ readabl ^ ^ BW ¦ * - ^ •¦ Bi ¦ BP B ^ e ^ B ^ t ^^ ype » Bb _* ^^ . ^ , BJ considering ^ h ^ ^ . ^ BhBb Pkk ^ ^^ ^ ip ^ BB ^^^ Bk Bb Bl Bi W ^\ the ^^ ^^ " ^^ ^ " ^ ^ small ^^ ^ B- * fc ^ fc * - > V A Bh

      space into which each novel is made to go—an octavo volume about a third of an inch thick . From Mr . Jolin SI ark . — « Hours with the Mystics , ' by R . A . Vaug ¦• Bi lr han ¦¦»•»» BB BP Bi . This bBWB Pb book * Bi has BkBhVWBk been ¦ long BBb Bb out

      • - — ' J - ' ^ B | ^^ - ¦ — ^ B" BP ""]^ X ' ^ . ^ . ^ " 4 ^ ^ p ^ ^^ ^^ F ^ - ^ b ^ ^^ B ^ - ^^ , y ^ ^^ » -Bi ^ of print and much sought , as our columns of * Books Wanted ' have testified . Mr . Slark has , therefore thereforft - done don ft a sptv service iop both V > ot / h to to booksellers T" » oolrsp . ll ptb

      and to their , customers by making the work obtainable . This is the fifth edition ; prefixed to ~ ^^ it ^— *^ is ^^ r ^ ' the ^^ ^ W ^ B - *^ preface Bt ^ * Bb ^ a ^ BbB * W ^ b' ^^ to W V the ^ l' ~ ~ ^ b ^ third « - ^ ~ ~ ^ B . ^ B » W , edition ^ b . ^ ¦ ¦ I ^ B ^ ^ b » ~^^ ^ Bi ^ , K which V V ^ ^ B . ^ b > ^^ » ^

      contains some account of the author and his labours , by his son . It may be useful if we give a slight indication of the contents : Definitions ¦ Bi of Mysticism - ¦ --- Bagvat-Gita W Philo

      Plotinus ™ ^ ~^ " * ™ ™ ^^^ b > ^^ ^^ ^^ , Pb ^ Porp T - ^ Mr ^ B . hyry ^ B . * . ^ B , W * W ^ B , ^^ ^^ ^ St . , K Anthony ^ b _^ Vbi ^ y ^ BBk * TJ _ -y B ^ ^^ , 1 / Bernard * , BBB * H T B > - ^ W ^^ , , * Heretics of the Rhineland , Tauler , Black Death ' ^^ W ¦»¦ » , the »* —¦¦ - " ••** Flagellants BB . BbBuBybBb ^^ B . —¦ » WLI . Ul ^ , a Luther B » . B » W « . ^/ S _ . " ^ . « . and I ^ VAbV ^ the Vb \»« V ^ Mystics ¦— » ¦ - J + ~ T »* B . \^ U « ,

      Cabbala , Cornelius Agrippa , Celsus , Jacob Behmen , Rosicrucians , Quietism , Madame de Krudener , Mysticism in England , Spanish Mysticism , Swedenborg , Novalis , & c .

      From Messrs . Smith , Elder & Co . —We have received ¦ ¦ ¦ the Bar Bb V / first B BPUT BT volume B _( fl of JF a « W new edition of

      " ~ V »•— "" •• ~— ' - ~ - ^~ ^ ., ^> . . >_^ , m _^ - - B , _^ ^_ . ^_ ¦ B ^ B ** * V *—»* V- * * ¦ VA V- ** T V ^ - « - Browning's Poetical Works . This contains ' ~~ Pauline ~ ~""—— — —¦— ¦**¦ ' - and »^» b . b « w * Sordello W ^^ f "V ^ - B . hrk _ rB . A . ' The L » aVAV edition » - < t b . Wb . ^^ f- »¦ will « V JL , Bb B * be ¦« - * ' ¦* - » "" * " ^^ ^"** ^ " ¦ J T • . , B > . _ _ 1

      completed in sixteen monthly volumes , and will include more than one portrait of the author author at at different different periods -nfvrioris of of his his life liff » also also a

      few illustrations . The volume now before , us is admirably printed and excellently bound , and Bb the BB ¦¦ edition <_•& Bi ¦ promises to be worthy of its

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      delightful volume , The Enemies of Books / has taken its proper place as one of the very , if not one of the hundred , * best books' for booklovers . There BBBB 1 fore tfb k the / Bb Jb new Jb edition call Bfc b . B ^ - s for no

      ** ^*^ v ^ i ^ ^^ h * B > ^ ^ ~~|| , ~~ » ^ ^^ ^ ^^ B , B ^^^ >^> \^ B y B ^^ ^> Jfc ^ ^^ A . ^ * A ^^ L ^» ^ J f > , _» ^^ B ^^ ^^ ^ ^ - ^^ special notice beyond saying that it has been revised and enlarged . From i Messrs bw bhb . Frederick Warne ¦ » & Co—* Sarah f ¦¦¦

      ~ - . —> _ r — - — — aakahabj ^^ r ¦ . bbj * a ^ ba •¦ b' ^—» ^^ a « a «>>« b ^ bM * V ^ VbTb > JLA ^^ ^ y ^^^ " ^ b * 9 . r '^ JTI >~ - <•» " — Crewe B * " ** ; or , What ^ ff ^ t W A Happened ^ JT ~ ^^ - ^ at Miss ^ Bi BV * A Minchin . BB ^^ B ^ A A ' s , ' by Frances Hodgson Burnett . A simple storyjust I ~ " — " M - ** ¦ the V — > ^— ' ¦ sufferings * ~^« B .--. «/ . — . ^ » , B b— KwT of "V . ^ JBj . a -b . "J > little BiA «_ f > j bW ^ . ' g ! ¦ *¦> * irl ¦ ' ' ¦ A at •>¦¦ " # ¦ school ba'X' *~ % »» V ^ ' ¦ V , left ^ ^^ ^^

      after her father ' s death to the mercies of a hard-hearted mistress—nothing particularly original in it , too , but how genuinely told , with what delightful insight into child character and wb the Vj nooks » . ^ - Baar and *> VI « corners ¦ of a whimsical ¦ dis b bj b . f -

      • WW — B > var B .. B - » — B - ^^ A B > .-V . B , ^_^ ^^ A AA ^ vif A Pn . ^ ^ . ^ b WW * W * * Jb J * 1 | ^ i ~ ~ b # * Wb *> ^ , position 1 No wonder the baker ' s woman was affected , and the Indian gentleman had to shad tvm . ~ "T *» " e •>• his ¦> - » M eyes _/ " * - * " — ' ; ¦ such » ' " ¦* ¦ ^^ ¦ - — touching " - /^^ " - — . ^^ •«» J- * W *» fcBb simp » w-a- *^ b . i * . K / licity * - »» VA ** ^ T ' would * ^^ ^^ ^^

      have moved , the heart of a slave-driver . The volume also contains * Editha's Burglar / the ¦ story of ¦ . a little bb girl who « fc ^ with quaintly mis ¦ -

      ¦ taken * " v ^^ —• _ ' % ' ^ ideas ~ " A , bj ^ w confronted )^ ^^ Hb BM B , V ¦ « " ^^ , « one ¦ * ¦ * J » ¦ « b > M . J of * U the ¦> J 1 .. 1 " » F bW house * ^ W " ¦ 'I "" -

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1888, page 452, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051888/page/14/