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Jul y i, tss6 The Publishers' Circular ^...
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trian army , who is an Hungarian PriQce . Besides this , the heroine receive handsome offers from the
director desired the Austrian of to a open circus capital negotiations in . Paris The , Hungarian to induce in proper her prince to form quit is
The throug reader h his gets father the with sight the of father a charming of La . Lambton letter in . which the daughter lays "before her father the
various aspects of her future . The father is a title shocking of count blackleg and , a who false % goes nam about eand with is in a mortal iin false
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insritution , where every racing man can be accommodated . The establishment includes even horses . They earn their money in their own "way , but they
never win a race . Prom ithis very slight sketch of the opening of the story , the reader -will see that plenty of interest awaits him .
From Mr . John Heywood . —Models for teaching purposes are usually so expensive that they are quite beyond , the reach of schoolmasters and
parents , not to speak of pupils . Mr ; Heywood , however , has just issued in a neat box the ' Excelsior Geometrical Drawing Models . ' The
set is remarkably cheap and should have a very large sale , on account of its usefulness . MessrsHoddex & StouglitpnT— ' Com
From flUUi JILOOD 1 D . . AA . VPVA . VXVA W - -WUV ¦ ^ Ufcl UyXfc . . H VJU 1 U - ~ staunch ra des , ' b friends y Sarah * , Bob Tytler Haliday , is w ' ¦ * and the ¦ -James story * Doug of <^ two las .
woman Unfortunatel Kate y Carmich both fall ael . in Her Jove choice with falls tile same Haliday — ^ , , to- whom she is married . ; and both - — — upon of
them little suspect the hopeless affection and heroie self-denial of Douglas , who practically is the means of bringing about their union . Kate
. 3 tnd her husband eventually go out to Afghanistan , in which region the latter has been appointed a missionary . Here his health breaks down , and
he dies . The story closes with the knowledge brought home to the widow through her daughter that Douglasnow an old manhas always cared
for her , and has , remained true , throughout life to his first and only -love . The story , though simply toldis one of much pathetic interestand
should attract , many readers . , From Mesors _ _ . _^ Johns _ - „ tone , HunterI , & Co . —Possibly
the occurrence of the International Exhibition at Edinburgh has induced Mr . John Mackay to publish a second edition of his * History of the
Burgh of Canongate / At the same time the volume , having been out of print for a year or twoand somewhat in request by collectors of such
, books , is welcome on its reappearance . Its store of information concerning the Canongate of the old city and the Palace of Holyroodshould be
much esteemed , by Edinburgh people specially , . From Messrs ^^^^ H ^^^ r ^^ W * BF ^* m nr . . Crosby ^^^^ ^^^ - ^^ — — V ^^ - —¦ Iiookwood ^^^^^^^ - ^^ - - ^^ v ^^>^^» v ^ —¦— hi - ^»—¦ & ^^—• - Oo ^^ - ^ ¦ . ^ ^— ¦ - 'A ' r—
Treatise on Marine Engines and Steam Vessels , ' by Robert Murray , C . E . An eighth edition of this useful volume of Weale ' s Rudimentary Series
has appeared , thoroughly revised and having considerable additions by the author and by George CarlisleC . E . A now edition of the book
, was called for in consequence of the changes which during recent years have taken place in marine engineering , more particularly by the
Soneral adoption of high-pressure stoam for marine purposes . From Messrs kJJb JLJL Ijow & Co ~ 'A Fortnight IJl fc ^
" w « n ^^ fr ^ t > J . # Sampson ^^ # * t * * If * Jr ^ fc *^^ iW J \^ » w ^ A / ^ ta ^^^ . p A J ^ J *~ ^ jrjk . A-A & A w ful in Heaven little book , ' by Harold exhibiting Bry after dges . its This fashion is a «
fanciquaint and humorQ , iis features . Captain ( frizzle many ,
wnose experience it relates , has the power of
disembodying himself , so to speak , and roaming a about bout - the the world world in in anoth another er or or spiri smmtual fciial form fbrm
while the parent self stays at home and marks his adventures . In this state he visits the planet
Jupiter , and in the celestial' regions has many strange and marvellous experiences , which , of
course , satirically reflect on the habits ajnd customs of our own sublunar sphere . * A Fortnight in Heaven' is an amusing little brochureand
should agreeably fill up . a vacant half-hour . , From the' same . —After appearing in one of the
. magazin more Woolson es , ' Eas , ias t Angels now be / e b n published Constance in Feni neat volume — — — — fo — rm — — . — The ^— - —— story — - ^— ^^ — h m durin ~~ - ^ m ~^ r- ^^^^^^ ~^ r ^^^^^^^ g ^^^ K ^ its ^^^ ^ " " ^^ periodical ^ P ^^ ^^ " ^^^ *^^ ^^^ ^^^^ P ^^~ ^ . ^^ ^ V ^^ F ^^^ B
career was often favourably noticed by us , and w « have now only to add that in its present dress it should have a large and widely extending
circulation . From the same . —Much useful information is afforded in Carlsbad and its Environs , ' by John Merryleesas to the situation and climatethe
Jife and society , , amusements , town regulations , , & c , of this fashionable resort , and that one very important consideration not be lost
sight of , a medical treatise by Dr may . Loudon , a physician resident at Carlsbad , has been appended ,
relating to the various diseases for which the waters are medicinally useful , and the form of treatment that should be pursued . To invalids
and others contemplating a visit to this popular watering-place the booJ ? should be of much service .
From the same . —A singularly handsome and amusing — g— j holiday — — — — ^^ m book ~—w ¦ »^ , p gus ^ — -m — — t —~ issu —— »—— » — ^— e - ^^ d *— , v ^ is ~ ¦ ' ^ entitled - ^ t ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ h ^^ ^^ ~^^ -v ^^ p
'JDelightfal Thames , ' , by E . F . Manning , the numerous illustrations being engraved by Mr .
J . 1 ) . Cooper . The humours of river life in the bright summer tim $ are very charmingly portrayed in lively rhymesmerry sayingsand
% / jf ^ f , if ' ^/ ^ J— , " ~~ dainty pictures . If all "who enjoy Thames life in the season purchase a copy the book should have a marvellous sale .
From The London Literary Society . —There are I some curious people in ' Rookery Mill , ' by Mar
A . Jagger , and they pass through some curious , not to say unnatural , experiences ; but , for all that , m the story - m is not without interest — ¦ - ^— . Perhaps — —* — — h h ^^^ - ^ v ^^ p
the most serious drawback to its success is the capacity the characters evince for soliloquising . The plot ^ chiefly ^/ turns on the efforts of the master —— — ———
of the mill to introduce machinery into his premises , and the opposition of his employes to the innovation . This is an old theme , but in the
present instance it has been treated with considerable novelty . From Messrs . J . Masters & Co . —The reputation
which Messrs . Masters have for the production of pretty books will not lose anything by the appearance of ' Ifcufus , ' a story by the author of * The
Chorister Brothers '; ' From Over the Water , ' & c . It is a very neat book . As a story * JRufus ' bears every evidence of being *_ j the work of an experi ^ - j
enced writer of fiction , being clever in plot , construction , and narration . From Messrs . James ] JJ"isbet & Co . — 'Avena :
Musings in Rhyme / by Plavel S . Cook , M . A ., D . D . This volume contains a collection of hymns , songs , and sonnets , which show that the poet
possesses a singular purity of sentiment , and . often a sweetness of expression . From Mr . "William PatersonEdinburgh . —* The
, Horse : his Diseases and how to Cure Them '; and : 'The Dog : his Diseases and how to Cure Them . '
These volumes belong to quite a new and a wel- II
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1886, page 731, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071886/page/13/
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