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    come series of handbooks published under the general name ' Every Man his own Yet / The

    jjjanthor is Mr . George S . Heatley , M . RC . V . S , who is already known as a successful writer upon various veterinary subjects . The information

    is practical and well impressed upon the reader ., A considerable portion of the volume on the dog is taken up by a concise statement of facts relating

    t hydrophobia or rabies . From Messrs . Kegan — * # ¦ ¦ Paul , Trench — -.- _ . _ , & — Co — — . —

    The twelfth volume of the Avon Editiou of Shakspeare contains * Pericles' and the poems . We have not the slightest doubt that the ' Avon '

    will take its place as one of the handiest of all the easily carried and readily accessible editions of Shakspeare A . . This op •*¦ inion we have expressed t :

    on more than one occasion as the issue of the volumes was proceeding . From Messrs . Perrin & Co . Paris . — Pitt et

    , Frederic-Guillaume II . ; l'Angleterre etla Prusse devant la Question d'Orient en 1790 et 179 , 1 . * Mr — ______ . J . H . Creux _ , the author of this bookis an

    advocate at the Court of Appeal , in Paris . , ^ The work commences with a consideration of the Austro-Russian and the " Anglo-Prussian alliance

    of just a hundred years ago . 'In August 1787 Turkey declared war against Russia , and in the spring of 1788 Joseph II . joined his troops _ i to

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    which both Prussia and England were alarmed . Prussia did not so much fear the dismemberment of Turkey as -- the _ probable _ __ aggrandisement c > u of

    Austria through its alliance with Russia . ' Austria , by its alliance with Louis XV ., had alienated Englandwhich now leaned towards Prussiain

    spite of the , little sympathy that existed between , George II . and Frederick the Great . Formerly Maria Theresa . __ - had __ . had _ no firmer friend among ___ ,

    foreign nations than Great Britain ; but after the Treaty of 1756 , England had become estranged . ' The complications of recent years on the borders

    of Afghanistan , and the possible differences between Russia and Prussia ia European politics , make Mr . Creux ' s historical retrospect a timely

    -ft . V publication . I From Messrs . Plon , Nourrit , & Co ., Paris . — ^¦¦ i __ » k __ _ ¦ i-i m m ^_^ ¦ *^ v ^ _ 4 ^__ __ _^_^*

    •] Magherini-Grazia , ni , Le Diable ^ , Mceurs Toscanes / M . Henry Cochin has written a preface to — this — collection -- __ _ . . of Tuscan _ legends ^ .. He mentions

    a saying __ of Alexandre Dumas __ to the effect that I I Ital it is y a — is country without — a / where belief in fogs j \ the are supernat almost ural unknown because ,

    (^ and he adds that if Virgil ( an illustrious exception — ) has taken . pleasure in the presentation of ghosts — __ - _ . — and — — - — p __ hantoms __ . _____ _ that . _ may be _ attributed to

    ^ an ^^ infancy spent amid , the marshes ^ of Mantua , where , in the midst of the malaria , shadowy forms — — may / have seemed visible . M . Jean

    • Magherini-Graziani ' s collection of Italian legends , at once genuine and fantastic , show that the Italian peasant is a believer in the supernatural

    just of the the North same . as The his volume fellows contains in the cloud seven y reg stories ions which introduce us to the minds of a little-known ,

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    From Messrs . Relfe Brothers . —* Public Examina-No tion — one Scri — preparing j ^ pture j _ Man r ^ tcandidate uals ' byArthur s for the Riches various , F . exami R . A . S - .

    nations should be without these eminently useful books . Their employment will save a great deal of trouble , for Mr . Riches seems to have spared

    no pains in striving to accomplish a very difficult

    task , namely , the preparation of practical manuals that —» are manifestly i tbb of —» service wm 0 ~» . His ¦ success ——is

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    works being ' The Public Examination Grammar ' and No . 1 of ' The Public Examination Scripture

    Manuals' on the Church Catechism . From Messrs . Smith ., Slider , & Co . — Anyone

    wanting to look out on sanitary principles for a holiday retreat should not fail to inquire for ' Reports on some Home and Foreign Health Resorts , '

    which is the holiday number of the London Medical Record . * Where to take a holiday' is the doubt of the dayand the large amount of sensible

    information , , all to the point , which appears in this novel ' holiday number , ' should be of the greatest service in fixing a decision . The reports

    are , together , published at a very cheap price . From the same . — ' Suggestive Lessons in Practical

    Life / A mere glance at the first book of this series will show that it is a sensible reading-book , as well as one for which there was an opening .

    From all points of view the book will be found to fulfil the promise of the editor when he says / . ledge The for Lessons its are naike meant to to inspire enco ur fcJU age intelligent a love of zeal know in

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    From Tlie Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . —To show the enterprise of the Society in the direction of disseminating really

    good fiction at the lowest price , we need only mention that the new addition to * The Penny Library of Fiction 'is * Golden Feather / by the

    author of * Mehalah , ' * John Herring , * & c . \ From The Sunday Scriool Association . —We j

    have to acknowledge the receipt of * A Book of \ Services and Prayers , ' compiled by Dendy Agate . The selection is well suited for Sunday schools .

    From Messrs . Swan Sonnenscliein & Go . — Friedrich An excellent ¦¦ Froebel translation ¦ ' has ¦ of been the ' effected Autobiograp ¦ » b h Miss y of 1 I

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    -volume , we can at least say that they are expressed very clearly and forcibly , and , for the most part , with great moderation . We are not quite sure ,

    however , that Stepniak is the best advocate the cause of Nihilism could have had . There is a wantwe noticeof thorough grasp of the subject

    , , — at that their ability correct which value shall all the tak various e in and branches estimate of a question ; what is denied on on © page or line is

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    prevail uaa ey ^ v V ^^ r A , y and v v ^^ B b th ^ b ^ v ey ^^ ^^ are willing w * J ** m ^ ^^^ v to ^ ^ * ** ^ attempt ^ «^ ^ v « ^^ ^^ « ^** ^^ this reformation by the pacific power of persuasion ;

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1886, page 732, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071886/page/14/