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«¦- * * V From Messrs. W. Ec. Allen & Co...
triumphs , and they also reveal the independence of the minister who ventured upon the not too
From agreeable Messrs t . ask Ij . , Reeve & Co . —A new series of selected works in Poetry and Prose from the
English Classics , published in diminutive volumes , well printed and neatly bound , has
just made its appearance , entitled the ' Victoria Library . ' The first two volumes consist of * British Political ¦** Oratory' and * Old AVA Eng Gk lish
•" - ^ ¦*• * V »^/* A ^ b . X ^ vAVt ^ l . X ^ A W meX ^ * _ T * , liUU ^ - ^ ^ LJS * J i ^ V * A * Dramas , * and t ) oth have been carefully edited by Mr . T . E . Jacob , B . A ., of St . Catherine ' s
College , Cambridge . It is proposed to include biographical sketches of celebrities in literature , scienceand artas well as men of action who
have distinguished , , themselves in war , travel , research , and philanthropy . Histories of important epdchs ancl even occasional volumes of
fiction what are , ' are innocently also promised termed . works of ' approved ~~ 1 -. From Messrs . George Boutledge & Sons . ^ -
Bound in cloth and published at sixpence , * Routledge ' s New Ready Reckoner' may be
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reign reism and s } of of r nipath Queen Queen y . Vi Victoria o . tnria . with with inimitable iniiYnt « Klf > vi vi gour annv From Messrs . Walter ¦¦ Smith ¦<¦ B & Innes Bl Bl —Miss
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medical of the practitioner four fair daughters in an old-fashioned of Dr . Miller country , a
town and and povertv poverty in the like like Midlands an an armed armed . The man man local invadps invades bank . fails with with ,
ruthless steps a sheltered and happy , home . The story is ¦ written with considerable «»< humour ¦
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class in English society , . The manner ih which themselves middle-class on peop their le in birth a provincial and breeding town plume and
hol — d themselves — — — ' " — ^» ™ ~ - ~* ™ stiffl ^ ¦™^ « ^ y » n ^ - ^ aloof « h va «« m .- » f fro »» -v . » , m ¦ » , their ^^ ^ Vb ^ Vti ¦ B \ i J L equal ^ , Va'V » Vrf s in position ¦— -w ¦ - and ajh education l / i solely because they
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servedly the author won of . Citoyenne Jacqueline ' has
de-From Messrs . Swan . Sonnenechein & Co . — * The - —w-i - ^^ Green ^^ ^ - ^^ - ^ ,, ^ ^ ^ above m . w *^^ ^ - ^ » ^ ^ the Bb ^ JBkJb ^^^ ^ Red b > . b ^ ^^ x * ¦* : More JLVJL , il ^ r J ^ ^ rf Blarney J * - ^ Jt ft > w A A 4 ^ v T
encomiums Ballads , ' by from Charles the L . Graves on the . The high of Mr . Graves * first press volume of appearance Unionist
. il attempt Ballads . is The ample stock justifi of cation humour for he this second possesses Vrifi aaSu ~» -
! - which ^ seems vhioh indeed furnish farhish ifcexbattstible - ' bun him wit with h ; ^ material m whilst aterial the are are topics as Qa
numerous and as varied as the bewildering hasesof the * Irish Question / Though
| p / 11 | 13 W , ^ - ' T « JJLJk \ ri * Jb . A , &*« 7 XA V ^ , \ AUO V AjV / M . || XUVPilK ^ a i i ' to staunch drive Unionist home his , the shafts author of contrives satire unvenomed generally
; with malignity . These ballads include several pages of slashing verse on the imprisonment ¦ i
1 — — — — ^—y — — — — r ^ ^^ ^^* . a u of Mr ^ . iO'Brien , and almost every line is brimful of harmless fun . Two of the best poems in the
volume are ' Law and Order ' and ' William ' s Mission . ' Mr . Linley Sambourne ' s graphic
pencil enhances the value of the book . Doubtless , before the close of the year Mr . Graves will be provided with a fresh fund of useful
material , which it is to be hoped he will turn to the same merry account . From ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^*^^ ^ Messrs v ^^ v ^^^ p " ^^^ ^^^ v ^ v ^^* ^^^ . * BF Truslove ^^^^ ^^* ^ p ^>^^ ^^^ ^^ iv ^ ^^^ & ^^ B' ^ B' Shirley ^^ v ^* ^^ hi ^^ ^^^ . ^ p ^ ^^ v " ^^ r ^ ^^ m B . > —During ^*^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ . ^^ ^ BIBBl the ^ w 4 *^^ » »
brief rece & s which followed , the rising of Parliament in December last , Mr . T . W . Russell , M . P ., availed himself of the opportunity to visit the
principal estates in Iceland affected Ijy the working of the Plan of Campaign . The descriptive letters which Mr . Russell wrote from
the spot to the Times have just been repablished ^ in — ^^ m a v - shilling ^^ «^ ^* m ^^ a » ¦ ^^ aBB | ^ illustrated » ¦¦ i »^^»*^ mr m ~ w v » ^ i ^^ ^ " ^ pamp J ^^^^ y ^*^ m- ^ m >^ hlet ^ Bi ^ ^» ^ i ^^ »^ entitl ^ i ^ m 1 ^ « B- ^^ " ed ^ i ^ ^ m *^ ' ' ^ Dis m *^ ^ ¦*—' - that
turbed Ireland / He confesses , he has made ho effort to conceal bis personal-antipathy to the Planand he evidently shares the view of
those who h , ave not hesitated to denounce it as both illegal and immoral . Mr . Russell's indictment is not made at hap-hazardbut is based in
every case either on documentary , evidence or on a careful comparison of the statements of both landlords and tenants . He believes that
evictions on a large scale cannot be much longer delatedand tho Hi ugh this means ' enormous W ^ PB Bf
suffering ^^^^ m ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ W ^^^ ^* ^^ , ^ B ^^ to ^^^^ ^^^^* ^^¦ ' ^ all r . ^^ involved ^ V ^^^ ^^~^^ ^¦^^ K ^^ ^^^ ^ / ^^^^ one ^^^^ W ^ V ^*^^ thi ^^^^^ V <^ . ^~^^^^ ng r is ^ H ^ r ^^ certain ^^^ r ^^^^^^^^^^ m ^ . ^ ^ P *^^ ^^^^ , that tjie farms thus vacated will be promptly
let : —* Lord Massereene has let every such farm on his estate to Ulster men ; Mr . Brooke is idly doing the same thing at
Coolgreaney JL-O rap A CAJ ^ XU . A . JT When VAVAXX q this Lli \ j is OUlUly made IXillJg -dear to X > V # the V- » I tenants , the Plan of Campaign must go back to
the limbo from which Messrs . Dillon and O'Brien exhumed it . ' This at least is Mr . Russell ' s opinionand even those who totally differ from
it will , iind not a little in these graphic and able letters which is well worth their serious consideration ft .
^^ ^—r A A *** S A * - ^ Bfc ^* ^ B » ^ By B ^ A X ^ ^ fc M W From Messrs . " Ward , Lock & Co . —The first volume of the Minerva Library' of Standard
Books which Mr . G . T . Bettany proposes to edit for Messrs . Ward , Lock & Co ., has just appeared in the shape of * Darwin ' s Journal of
a Voyage round the World in H . M . S . " Beagle . " ' The voyage began on December 27 , 1831 , and ended on October 2 , 1836 , and the young
naturalist who afterwards rose to be the * Newton of Biology' made singularly # ood use of his keen and trained capacity for observation .
Already the book is in its way an English classic , and to obtain such a work , handsomely bound and illustrated , for a couple of shillings
affords an opportunity to young students to enrich their shelves which they would do well not ^¦^ to desp r ise . * Naturally v ¦ every tr « Englishman
^*~ ^^ r ^^ r v * ^^^ r ^ ' * fe ^^^ v ^ *^ B ^^^ ** *^^ ^^^ ~ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^*~ v ^^ v ^ v op * ^ r » ^^^^^ r ^^ b w .. ^^ ri ^* ^ k ^ b ^ BBk ^^^ ^^ b . ^ b' ^^^ v ^^*^^ v ^ v ^^ ' ^ ' ^^ ^ ' ^ wants to possess the choice works of the greatest of his countrymen ; and to complete his ideas as a citizen of the world he needs a selection of the
greatest writings oFthe geniuses of other countries . Both these wants it is the object of the " Minerva rfl 4 B Library V am v "to ¦ ¦ « supply w ¦ kff H ¦ . V * The Ingoldsby BBBk 4 hhB
^^ ^ . V ^ . ^^ fe ^ 1 ^^ V ^ . ' ^ V ^ .. *^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ r ^^ ^^ - ^ " ^ * ^^ j **^ (^ ^ 4 ^^^ ^ V ^ A * ^^ V K ^^^ . ^^ ~ " ^^~ Legends , we notice , will form the oecond volume ^^ of the series , and it will be published with the
June magazines . .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 472, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/18/
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