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    From Geograp Mes h srs y / . edited Moffatt by & Thomas Paige . — Page * Mpffatt and revised 's New by Rev . B iii . Hammonds h »¦ V K V ¦ H » rf ¦ M . A . An ¦ excellent

    ¦ manual ^ J — ¦ » that " — will ^—^« ^ . ^__ prove ¦ . ^—~ W of ^ ' •** ' , V great _*^_ - •» ^—h V service _ ¦^ " *•¦ ™* ^ " ^ ^ to ^^ stuall dents y full . The and introductory the definitions matter of which j is exception 1 there are

    a large — ^^ M ^^^ ™ - ^^— number , — . ^^^ " ^^^^» ~~^ M ^ B ^ v ^ v , ~^^ are ~» ^ K ^^^ ^ B ^ k models ^—>^^ ^_» ^^ ^™ ~ i ^ ^— ' ^— ' . ^~ , y of ^^^ _»^ clearness w ^^ - — ~— —^ — . The ~^ — book , too , is well up to date , even the recent discoveries in Africa being dealt with .

    From Messrs . Morgan & Scott . — ' The Christian Bible Readings . ' These Readings have already appeared — in the Christian — — and the favourable

    j . * . ' , reception t accorded them there has led to their publication in book form . Sunday school teachers and Bible students generally will find

    O t / them useful . From Messrs . James TTisbet & Co . — ' Isaac and

    Jacob : their Lives and Times , ' by George Rawlinson , M . A ., F . R . G . S ., Rector of All Hallows . One of Messrs . Nisbet ' s ' Men of the Bible '

    series , and in every way worthy of its prececessors . The domestic life and public acts of the two patriarchs __ _ ______ are described with sympath /» y

    insig ht , and literary skill . The author has con » - , sulted a great many authorities , and the result is given in the briefest space . The book is a

    very interesting and important piece of Biblical biography . From the same . — ' Ondar the Just' by S . S .

    Woodall ^^¦ W _ fe fV ^ ^ . This M ^ A _ l is _ l a volume ^ of ^_ £ oems , for __ the . 4 existence of which it is hard to find a reason . The aim is always worthybut there all praise

    must cease . Labour may possibl , y do something for Mr . Woodall , but Nature can scarcely be said to have endowed him with her choicer gifts .

    Fro Deerhurst m Mr . " : Willia a Parish m of North the Vale , Tewkesbury of Gloucester . — ' I 1 , .

    by George Butterworth , M . A . The second and revised edition of an interesting local history . From Mr . Charles W . OlleyBelfast . — « At the

    Mercy of Tiberius / by Augus , ta Evans Wilson . The author of ' Infelice' has a considerable number of readers on both sides ot the Atlantic

    who will welcome this story . It is characteristic in style and treatment , and , if no advance on pJL revious works , it shows no serious falling * J-off .

    The interest is well sustained , and the characters have as much vitality as is usual with the creations of this author . The scene is laid in

    the far West , and we have some rather nauseating examples of transatlantic pharisaism . From the same . —* A Short History of the Church

    of Ireland , ' by Rev . L . A . Pooler , M . A . Mr . Pooler does not pretend to give a complete histor 4 an int y r odu the ctio Irish n to Church the stud , but onl of y la to supp r and ly — y rge

    more important _ _ _ _ _ works . ' The volume , in fact , is only a sort of handbook , showing neither original research _ . _ nor depth of thought .

    However - - « _ , it may be considered v fairly suc _ > cessful in its object , and may be consulted with advantage by those setting out on their course of Irish

    ecclesiastical history . From Messrs . Kegan Paul , Trench , Triibner

    & Co ., Limited . —The Colours of Animals , their Meaning and Use especially considered in the Case of Insects' by Edward Bagnall

    Poulton , M . A ., F . K . S . & , c . Vol . LXV 1 II . of * The International Scientific Series ' published by this firm . The object aimed at in this book

    utility is , as the of colour author and explains marking , to demonstrate in animalsand the in this he has , we think , succeeded . He , cites

    his a result formidable views of close , and array ori gives ginal of authorities in researches a compac . in t At support form the end the of

    the of _ - » . 4 » the ^ V various - _ _^ book V-i . . *• » aIw uses there 4- V _ . _¦ _ . »•_ - _ of is .- colour a - » detailed _ -J a ^ _ , 1 and ' —~ . 3 - classification _ —• new V ^ »* _ and «« ¦ _ m _ ivi more 1 M \\ JX of . convenient term this __

    found especially s useful are suggested . : will be From Messrs — — . Perrin — — — & Co — — . Paris ——¦ . —* Memoires

    to eluding du _ 1 . _ . 1832 Comte V ~ 1 t _ j j volume _ - de Jl - Villele TT of , _» embraces 11 the M . , ' chief tome ___ the - , _ r V ¦ _ — period . ics »» _¦ — This r _ - deal ^/ - - ¦» , from _ w - * t the - * , ^ LUvJi 1824 jl cod O ^ V __ * > M ' 3 .

    . One top with in it is M . de Villele ' s plan for the conversion den rentes — suggested ____ to __ him b — y the - fact ii that the

    - , ^ jO ^ _ ___ _ , - < vw v vuu V \ JkXrJ than French * I 71 _ fifty . 1 _ Rentes 7 ~ i pages *___ five " are per devoted cent , were to the at par account . More of

    accompanied the deliberations by an on important this matter letter , from which Count is Mollien "«_ rit » in which T * 1 ** he draws "i attent .. . ¦ _ __ .

    land ' s favourable , jposition ^ - with — rega — — q ion rd —» to to ~ v Eng such v uvU - Another

    operations . correspondent dreads that announcing England may the send equi — down ¦ pment — the French of ¦— - — war ¦ — - —~ funds vessels » oi b y

    fU __ j ^ ¦¦ ' » ^^ u ^» > - V . There mmm tt are letters ^ » from the . « Prince ^ m de » Poli _^ _ . gnac , others Charles . X Towards ., Due d the 'Orlean end s , of Earl the Granville volume , and many

    letters from the Comte de Villele to the Comtesse and glimpses to his of a son charming will be home found . in These which give the

    g statesman — ™ found rest from £ h the — — — strife —— — - — of — politics ^^ —^ —»^^ ^^ ^^ b ^^^ . From — — the - same — — — . — - Nicolay - — — —* — M , 9 * Enfants — — ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ mal ^^^^^^^^ ^^ — ^ Sieves ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^^ . '

    This is an elaborate and curious treatise on the education of children . The author calls it psychologicanecdotic and practical .

    , It ¥ ^ _ is A divid ^ M _ i _ i ^ ed ^_ in _ L to ei gh teen ^ books _ b ^ , as follows __ _> _ i : I . Portraits of ill-brought-up children ; II . Little ' ways' of domestic education ; III .

    Authority and correction ; IV . Physiognomy and character ; V . Influence of gaiety on education ; VI . A child ' s ideas of enjoyment . . . ;

    VIII . Principal defects in children ; IX . Mischievous children . . . ; XIV . * Prodigies' and precocity . . . hypnotism and teachingwith

    curious examples . . . ; XVII . Education , of pa this ^^ ^^^ p ¦ * ^ rents I ) book i fc ^ — ^ — —^ ^*^ b y the ^ r ^» ¦!> their ^ i ^ author ^ mt * ^ ^ r « . children ^ ^^* ^^ * noted m ^~ ^ f ¦ ^ ~ h ^ ^ " , *—* & w in ^ — c ^—» . parallel Mfcj ^^^ Before «^ ^ i mm «« ~ h ^ ^~ columns ~^ writing ~^ " —

    the names of children he had known to be well brou revers ght e ; up and , and then studi those ed , w o ne had by been one , the

    syst accumulated em pursued a vas in t each mass case of . material In this . way This is set forth rf bm i _ h «» eans fcif of anecd vh-i otes ~ n of celebrated <¦

    persons ** s x ^ v *^ x ^ ^ , ^* a n ^^ y d ima ^^ ^ ' ^ g rv inary ^ - ^ . ^ ^^ 'v a dialogues «_> «^ ^^ ^^^ . -. ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^^ showin ^ . _ ^»^ **^ - ^ ^ - — g — — - - the - working of various S 3 stems . The result is a work which may be read with interest and

    amusement by those who are not immediately interested in the subject . Fro Si m ecle the . ' This same . forms — * Les the Emjjereurs sixth volume des of XIV M . .

    Zeller ' s ' Histoire d'Allerricigne . The emperors burg belong W ^ f - ft . h > . to The -P-. -. * the X _» princi J _ # * houses A »_» V ^ JI pal m-r - *¦ -. of » sovere k »/ V ^*^ Hapsburg - ^*' ' i « gns hk -AM of V ^ * - these » and # •_• *_/¦ - » ^^ Luxem — houses — — -

    were of Boh Ro emia dolp , h Henry and Alber VII . of t I . Luxemburg of Hapsburg , Charlen , John Ifand WenceslausThe volume consists of

    . . or three Ger \ main m se without ctions : I . The great interregnum IIThe first ,

    \ . » * . V ^ l J Ml . _ J » -i any MM » AT T » AV 11 V 14 _• emperors V * A 1 |_/ . AViM 4 ; JL - * . . . - ¦ - »• " ^^ - " empe 1 he imperial rors of the house house of Luxemburg of Hapsburg or ; Bohemia and III . .

    From Whall Messrs 's ' Practical . Philip Seamanshi & Son p for . — the Todd Merchant and Service' It JL fc that 11 this is ' th AAV e first aam > vw- book

    lished ex ^ J \> clusively * T AVV . ' . . It commences on appears « - *|^ merchant _ f V ^« - * A U LU with U seamanship V * _» AW an *^ outline - ever . history

    pubof British ships from A . D . 900 to the present

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1890, page 818, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071890/page/24/