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    «¦- * * V From Messrs. W. Ec. Allen & Co...

    — —— '" - ¦ '' ' - - ' ' ¦ - ' ¦ " " ^ i ..... - ^ .-skilfully portrayed , whilst , none _ of : the accurat real cessories e hero who , of of a althoug the goocl / bpok , h novel . the . is ,, unquestion ob are ject lacking of abl ridicule . y The the

    owing , to his , bashfulness and comical appear- , ance self-denial , finally and wins earnest golden Mrf labours -opinions amongst through the his

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    of a noble and heroic life . From pamphle Messrs t , which . Houlston is full of & practical Sons . — and -A shilling shrewd

    ' Advice to PictureBuyers' from the competent The pen Search aim of after Mr of . this Thomas Rubens modest . ' Hardman & c brochure , has , just author is reach ' to impart of ed ' us . A .

    guidance inexperienced and to collector instil caution s of , especially old masters amongst . - Mr .

    Hardman writes in a sensible , though somewhat he hi valuable ghflown gives , to is , manner a precisely tiro in , ai art ) of 4 . the the He information kind certainly which is which is righ in- t

    ia urging collectors always to purchase through h tirst rst--class class dealers dealers ; : for for . in in the the event event of of anv sub

    sub-sequent dispute about the genuineness of . the painting , the purchaser will have a friend in the dealer , who will naturally € ght his battle if only for the sake of his cwn reputation .

    From Messrs . BEurat & Blackett . —* A Social Heretic , ' by J . Ashworth Taylor and U . Ashworth Taylor 2 vols . Althoug fc h there is not v ^ - much

    incide •^ h —*^ n ¦ y t ^^ in <^ , m ^ this ^ ^^ ^ mmr story « «^^^ of ** ^^ ^>^ modern ^»^ ^^ * ^ ^^ k ^ b ^^^ b ¦ socie ^^ ¦ ^^ a ^ - ^ b t y , ^^ and ^* - ^ *>«¦ ^ y of ^^ t he ^ - — problems with which its more earnest members are called to do battlethe book is marked by

    considerable insiht into characterand here and there ba keenif somewhat cynic alanalysis of

    y , , motive . Lady Solf ord , a woman who was accustomed to look facts in the face and make the best

    of them , and who never concerned herself in the ^ le ^** ms ast ¦ * r ^* degre ^—^ ^^ tab » ^ - * e ^^ with V V ^ v & ¦¦¦ ^ 'hi ^ Jl i * i g f \ h *•¦ - * -flown * ^ -r v w A A views * A ^ S * V ¦• - * or ^^ ^ impossible ^ VC »^^ - ' ¦ -- ' ^ ^ - ^ ^ - '

    ideals , ' is drawn to the life , and the ' social heretic ' himself is a careful study of an unconventional man . Perhaps the most realistic portrait in the bookhoweveris that of ' Jan / the

    , , erring wife of Luke Wbitwortb , who , ' fallen from her old loyalty , blemished by her unfaith , ' sees herself before the story closes a ' broken

    woman , poor indeed , since by her own act beggared of all that was worth giving . ' Some striking reflections are scattered through the

    book , and they are for the most part expressed with with epigrammatic ftniffTammfltin vigour viprinr and and s siio uggestiveness - e i"esfciveness .

    From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston & Co ., Limited— The Despot of BroomsedCove '

    . ge , by Charles E . Craddock . Miss Murfreei or so we prefer to call ' Charles Ebert

    g Craddock '—is thoroughly at home in descriptions of the outspoken and unconventional

    inhabitants of the Gieat Smoky Mountains -a region with which her previous works have

    rendered new story , us ' The all De uncommon spot of B roo familiar msedge . Cove Her ,

    is is full frill of nf the t , hf » . racy rar » . v humour hnmour of of the thfi soil soil and anrl this this in . turn is skilfully blended with touches of genuine pathos so that the reader « w * b by a sudden

    m *^ ^^ r + ^» v ^ a ^ k ^ b ^^ * n ^ w ^ my mm ^^ w ^ r 9 ^ r v ^ « v ^« Am ^ w m ^ ^^ 4 ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ' ^ « ^** # . * r ^^ r «^ v ^^ w * ^^ i * ^ - ^^ ^ v ^ * + * m turn in the narrative is often moved to smiles * and > V JLJl ^ - * i sometimes F ^ V *><« . jk ^ pS *> ¦• AA * X 'Fw * almost m > W J & JfcJfc * V ^ » v ^ « S to * # x-r tears •* ^^ ^ Mfjs . n ^^ . « ¦ There ^^ »¦ - *•_«* . -v . ^ is *• F ^ r . no « - ¦ ^^

    -lack of brisk movement in this original and fascinating novel and it vividly portrays a p mj has mW . I e ^ nr of ~ ** , life M *• ^ ^—r which w w A * A ^ . ^ m ^ lies » A ^ prfr- * curious ^^ ^< " *~ *¦> ^ p ^ ^— ¦ n ^ ly ^ ¥ "remote ^ ^^ ^ ^— ^^ »» - ^^ - > from v > ^ mm ^ i ~~ - * m

    , tbe ordinary humdrum aspects of modern society * The vivacity with which Miss Murfree describes her hexo and his associates is equalle d

    though not excelled , by the vigour wbich sne I has thrown into the delineation of people who |

    in in the some dail directions y intercourse as they of are life simp are le as in shrewd other 3 . .

    From the same . —One of tfiebesfc books wfitren 1 by the late Edward P . Boe is , ^ Nature ' s Serial

    the Story beauty '—a volume of the which ean h not and only sky vividly , but links rerle the cts

    procession nroftession of of the the se seasons asons to tr > a a romance romance Iwhieh 'which is .-full of the charius of human sympathy and A lo \^ ve V . Mr ^* JL . Roe AWv confesses J * - WKJk'VV t I hat lilflr » S he AJW talks ^ % ^* fcV * fcJ at Wf times WA ItJLiM ^*^ ^^ % LUt ^^^^ * ^ X «

    an ' like admission a garrulous , he lover in truth *; but only in making reveals sach the secret sfto . rftt . of of his his -nowM * . He TTe loves loves " Nature Nat . nrfi ardently ardeiit .

    lvand has studied power her chanceful moods ; and she , in voice turn which has spoke she n keep to s him for in her that lovers still alone small .

    sympathy The book with can scarcely the fair fai world l to around bring others them , into and iitt . will will doubtless rlrnihtless' open rvnen to to man mant y an an avenue avenue of of

    pure and lifelong enjoyment . The illustrations " are extremely graceful and suggestive , as well as artisticXbis is just the volume to

    .. brighten a sojourn in the country and to throw for a jaded townsman fresh t and welcome

    significance into fields and woodlands . From MessrsMCacinillan & c Co . —An author who

    . whi has ch the ^ _ . he rare timidly satisfaction ^ ^^ laun ched of _^^ finding has ^^^ k ^^ h ^ h passed " that _ 4 throug _ a book M * h

    thirteen be UC forg lUlglVCU iven editions for XU 1 JJHUi findi in l- ng lJ less . g that UAiCti . than U he UC two has JUOiO years something OVFJ-UCJUULlJU may

    additional to say on « The Pleasures of Life . ' Sir John Lubbock , like the confirmed optimist lhat he JtX ^ i JkfcJ swrites pleasantly ¦« in this

    supple-\^ % M \ J JL If Jk * V V » f •^ jy r A ^ MM ^ tWAA fc * T A * A »»^ - ^ B _ r « -r » - ^ P *^ B *^^^^^ nient ^ ary vol , ame concerning wealth , health _ , amb d dppnpr itio -- n frb fchenaes , ^ lo wnas ve , . . art Some Some , poetry ot of , his his music reflections reflections , and a few are are

    rather eeper obvious and commonplace ; but then Sir _ John explicitly sta g es in the preface that he has not striven to Be oriinal / ' The volume

    abounds in striking quotation g , and is marked bmellow wisdom and genial urbanity . There

    is y a distinct literary flavour in the book , and occasionally mf t ^ e thoughts ** J expressed L rise far

    .- above the level of their surroundings . From the same . —For tender and realistic studies

    of child-life Mrs . Molesworth is perhaps-unrivalled ; her youngsters are not pert or simpering little men and women , but genuine children , artless artless . confidi r » . nnfiflinp \ frolicsome f rnlirKOTnp > and a . nrl full frill of of wonder wonder

    and mischief , . ng For , this reavo , n , amongst others , we are glad to welcome 'Christmas-Tree Land ' and ' Two Littl »/ \ j + e Waifs isfe ' two 1 / fascinating ii **^& k stories #

    % Jt 0 l M \ Jt . 4 U Tv V ^ xj * . ' * w » ova . , a . « , * v v ^ < a . ««<_ r v ^* w »« -v » a ««^ «^ ^^ . ^ — " - •»¦ ^ . distinguished by abundant fancy , literary grace , and delihtful familiarity with the high

    and by-way g s of that enchanted world in which ways the LllCS hear IlCcll t t of UJ . childhood UU 11 UUUUU revels lCVClo . .

    From Messrs . PeTrin & Co ., Paris . — « Talleyrand , Lettres ii Napoleon , 1800-1809 . ' The documents of which MPierre Bertrand her

    lilCUtS Ul WIUl / U J . « . . . A ICfJlO iJCl KA <» XiVX UCtC e publishes the text are " 13 eposited among the archives of the French ForeiOffice to . MM .

    gn Thiers and Mignet have ha ^ l access them , V and ^ V Jfc A V >^ ** hav » K ^ V * e X ^ partly BiS'iaV JW vJI I utilised » - » % / m jft A , ^/ ^^ ¦ X- ^ them % S & J *—^ «*^ ; but -v ^ h > w wA w w — th v ^ ~ th ^ r — — is » w

    exception these curious letters are practically new to the public . Nearly all are in the handwriting of Talleyrand , and where that is

    not the case the fact is indicated . To the three hundred and thirty-one letters in this volume MBertrand has added two which are due to

    . the kindness of a friend . In the introduction he uo has jljmiP assembled aootiju uivu pr yjA . oofs \ j \ rx . o w vv hich luvtu go o to show ouvti that uuuu

    the letters we ' re not merely written by Talleyrand , but also composed by him . This , he thinks t . hinks . also also annpars from -from i i nternal nternal evidence ftvirif » nr » o .

    , appears ~ They show the writer to have been ceaseless in the endeavour , to impress upon Napoleon the dof moderatioin the midst of his

    I . UU ... esirability » lJLciUl ; . ¦ Uiy UL WVIAVIcIIjHJLI n i . U bllt > JJLUU & L UI U 1 H - 4

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 471, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/17/