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    492 The Publishers' Circular May - ^

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    Book F And L^Umou^ Of

    We learn from Berlin that Herr von Engelbrechten has published a work

    recomi mending the adoption of a new overland route I to India vid Salonica . He strongly urges Oermaiiy to take the lead in creating the new

    route in the interests of her commerce . m # # * *

    Bar Mr , and . George Orpingto Allen n , w , ill of publish Bell Yar a d volume , Temp b le y

    Mr Mr . . JJoa oseph « nh Forster Forater at at the the close close or of this this month month ,. entitled ' Four Great Teachers . ' We understan wmw vswbmm- d v that mr »»»» r the r —»~» - book - — - -- consists of lectures on ^*^¦* ^^^^—^— —— — — —

    Carlyie , Emerson , Browning , and Ruskin . ! ?

    to be The *_— - engaged Ri - » - ^ ^^^^ ght « . Hon ~ W" on W . a A volume . J . Balfour " ¦—k "i f for » ' * Th reported e Phil o-

    m ^ Y ^^^^ m ^^ y ^ q ^ p ^^^ p ^^ ^^ _ ^^^^^^ B ^ K ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ™ — — ^^ ^^ ^^ — — sophical Classics , ' issued through Messrs . Blackwood & Sons . The subject Mr . Balfour

    has undertaken is a critical monograph on John Stuart Mill .

    # * We hear from a Paris correspondent that

    M . Zola is just now a frequent visitor to the Bourse . His new novel is to deal with

    financial speculations , and the author is making ^^ V ^ H ^^ B m ^ mr ^^^^ mt ^^ v ^^ ^ v ^^^^ h " almost ^^^^» - ^^ ^—^^ m ^^ m - ^ m ~ ^^ " ~ ^^ dail ¦ ^ — — ~^ — y studies of scenes and

    incidents on the Paris Exchange . #

    Messrs . Blackie & Son are issuing a new selection from the published and unpublished

    engravings and etchings of Turner ' s 'Liber Studiorum f . ' Mr . Frederick ¦ ¦ - Wedmore has

    - ^^ my ^^^ m ^ m } ^ ^^ A ^* v ^^»^» V ^^* ^^~ ^™ ^ — " ^ " ^™— ^™ — ^^ ^ ' — — written an historical introduction , and Mr . Short supp Mm . *¦ lies descriptive *• notes of the p lates .

    ' " * - # # ¦ ¦¦ Dr fc . John Pulsford hi the ¦ popular ¦— Edinburg /¦ h

    preacher ^ * v ^^ - , ^^ has ^ ^ n ^ written * ^» -- — ' ^ ^— ' — , - a new — book — with the title - of flk * These b Say mt ings of Mine ¦ ; orLoyalty to

    ^^ ^ mmv ^ m ^ ^^ w % ^ - *^ r ^^ m w ^~ — ^ ^ p » r ^ — - — - —— — ' , y ^ | » A Christ . ' His main purpose is to set forth the m actual < w ^ m * ^ ^ rf ^ m ^^ ^ teaching ^ ^^ ^ y ^ ^* ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ hm of - *^ ^ the — — - ^ - - ^ - Saviour — — — - — - --- as it - - is pre _ - — -

    sented in the Gospels . * A new series of books is being commenced

    b y The Mr . Forei David gn Favourite Stott . They Series are , ' the to cost be called being

    half-a-crown . It is arranged to have translations of RichterGoethe , Rousseauand

    , , others . * ## •

    We are informed that a curious work in relation fo Yorkshire is being prepared by the

    vicar of Newton-on-Ouse ^ . It deals with anecdotes illustrating th , e characteristics of

    the county , the features of the Yorkshire people , and their methods of speech .

    * # * Carlle ¦ ' s * Histoi —^» - — ¦ y of Frederick ¦¦— ' — . _ .. _ . the _ Great _ .... '

    is to - ^ H ^ vrw ¦ ^^ be ^^ y ^^ supp ^— ' " lemented —^ - —¦ — -- ° — m - — —» - by a German work . ^ Professor emm n mm ~*^ mrm vr ¦ ^ f ^ F ^^ ^^ 0 ^^ . Grunhagen — — " ^ ' — ' ^~ ¦ " r ^ 9 t ™^ * " ^ , of — — ' ¦ Breslau , is , W we

    learn , engaged on an elaborate contribution to the history of Frederick , the first volume of

    which is nearly ready .

    * " » mW essrs . Macmillan * ¦ m % m * ^ & £% Co Af ~ * i ' . have H j ust added 1 ^ 1 :,, to their popular edition of Charles Kingaley ' s

    ^' n ,. " ¦ ' ¦ ' '

    works ' Glaucus ; or , The Wonders of the Shore . ' The book contains a number of coloured V * s * v 1 rf'k «* « a J- * ^ -J illustrations -m 1 . 1 W r + i ^ m «^ * « ^ - ^ <^>^ « u The ?¦»¦ . » ^» u —_ _ _ I m '

    d edition elightful is , stud we believe y of marine , . the twelfth zoology present . issue of cheap this

    # # Messrs . Cassell & Co . publish this week in two ^^ B my ^ m *^ m ¦ extremel ~ « K ~ mmtmxt ^ mmimmmmi M ^ m . W * . 44 . m ^ m- mm handsome lia ^ m * b # M — - rf ^ ^ h ^ b ^^ K vol ^ mt ^^ - m ¦ ^ . ^ ¦ ^_^ _ . I

    * ^ y **^^^ *^* ^^ ^* u mes ^^ , the much talked of ' Journal of Marie Jiashkirtseff . ' of ui Ameriea this ifUis remarkable rviu no & riunxms less than book ovuic ^ i mlwv h ^ & tr thoufland beeHold copies ^

    . ve . uofsa ^^ aoia \ nn m fa tn ' date , » nd we undergtefid that the ^ mand for the zae worK work in in new New York xotk continues consumes to to be be vpvx .

    great . # very # #

    •• . . ** We are glad to learn that the health of Mr . Herbert ¦ Spencer is much improved -hh . He is

    - - — — — - — — - ^ ^^ —— -- ^^ - m ^ ^_ ^^ v ^ r v ¦ ^ j ^ j j j « and ana now there tnere able to is is devote gooa sood nope hope more tnat that time , with with to literary a a continu nnntinn work ! - j

    ance of his present health , he , may be able to complete the work on which he has lon < r set

    his « 4 S ynthetic « heart , namel Philosop m y , the - mm hy . full A ' development ^ V of ** " * his

    * ? We are glad to learn that — ' the last wm volume \ r

    ^ -j - — ^^ — ^— - ^ ¦ ¦ h ^ ^ , H ^* ^ r w ^ my ^ j ^ \ J of the . m Badminton ~»—* . ^ • Library mar ¦« ' —the . m * volume _ on ^ ' Golf '—is already passing into a — -w second 4 l

    edition . The next volume ^ of ^—H the same series ^^ ^^ V «« is sure to be popularfor it deal 'mt ~ mm- -mrmrmmm s r with

    ^ J ^ , — - ™* w w * V «* ' Tennis , ' * Lawn - Tennis , ' ' Rackets / and * Fives . ' It will be published m ^ — — — ~ - — — ^ ^ in — — — - the ^ —v ^ B ^^ course ^^ ^^ ^ rf ^^ k W * 0 ^* of ^^ ^ n

    this month . I ¦ . # ¦ * *

    The appearance of a French edition of the novels of Mr . Marion Crawford - - translated - ¦ " -r ^^• m ^ my r into fc ""^ —^ ^*^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ fc ^^ " ^ *^

    French has suggested to some Italian publishers the idea of bringing out Hawthorne ' s stories in the language of Italy . His ' House

    — M w m ^^^ M — ^^ ^^ W a ^ . ^^ ^ mm * mm *^ m * ^ mm * ^ JB ^ mi ^ *^*^ . w ^^ ^^^ of the Seven Gables' is issued as the first instalment , w and is being ^^^ v — read ^^ ^^ with ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ much ^ ^*^^ ^^

    interest . 'Round the Calendar in Portugal 11 - ^» - ¦ mt ' is the a > . v

    — — v — - —— ^ —* ¦ " ^ v ^ C ^ H ^ k v mM m ^ W *^ ^ r ^ r title of a work by Mr . Oswald Crawfurd , which Messrs . CJi 1 apman & Hall are publishing is h .

    ¦ ^^^ ^^ ^ T ~^ m ^ m ^ m ^^ r ^ mw ^ m r ^^ r ^^ m ^ v ^™ ^^ ™™ ^ " ^^ ^^^ fc It will set forth in a striking manner the main characteristics of the Portuguese people . Mr .

    Crawf urd has for some years resided at Oporto , ¦ and , of course , m has a thoroug — ^ "" ^ r ^ m h ^^ ¦ knowled ^ . ^^» ^ . ^ T » mm , ^^ ^ y » ge fe ^ fc ^^ of — —

    his subject . # # # * *

    We learn that the recent attacks of the Oxford school of -- criticism - - - _ - T on the , ^^ - Old Bl Testament ¦

    ¦ — — — . _ . „ _ ^^ mu n v ,. ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ i »^ ^^ p ^ # ^^ ^> V ***** ^ " are theolog to be ical resisted skill ' in by argument ^ as ^ t — much — — — — v as » - — rv scholarshi can ¦»» m >^ M 4 » be » v ^ ^^ broug ^ . ^ M p ^^ «^ " and UK ht — —

    together . Steps are being taken jby Archdeacon Denison to ¦ form a band vwjv of weihty

    — — — ~ - — - ^ ^^ n ~ - mm * vm * ^^ ^ h y y ^^^ KMh g ^ " J writers . It is said that the vicar of St . Mary ' s , Oxford , will be a leading contributor .

    # * Mr . Evelyn Abbott is to edit a new series

    m g — —'"^ — ' " - ^ ** m ~ " ¦* mm ^ i * ^^^ ( M ¦ * ^ " * V m'mT ^ " ~~ "" of volumes which Messrs . Putnam's Sons are about - to ¦¦¦ issue under --mmi the ) titl f e of ' Heroes of the

    'M — ~^ - ™ ^ ^» " . ^ ^^ ¦ ^ - ^ * m r * mr ' ^* ^ ^*^ ^ ^ * p * ^^ - ^^ mM- rm mm - ^ mw m ) p 0 ^ m ) j ^ ^^ r ^^ J ^ J ^^ jH * Lmw A % t ^ m ^ ™ i C fLr ^ ^ j » . ** *• * " ^" tak Nations ^ in ^ h i ^^ v ao . e 4 . Lord jljv ' / xul Mr Hb ABtfh . Nelson xi W n viouu ^ ^^ p ^ H . . Clark ^ . d ^ . ^ d ' ^ Professor J . Russell XUloOBUr will Freeman J-iOoUlAii under _ - 4 ,

    Hannibal , ' Mr . York Powell ' Alfred the Great 4 Pericles , ' and . ' the editor himself will deal with

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    492 The Publishers' Circular May - ^

    492 The Publishers' Circular May - ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1890, page 492, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051890/page/6/