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    w - — ' - ———_ - _— - _— - — time when steamers are represented by the ¦ City of Paris' of ¦ 18 ¦¦* 000 &_ horse k «« s / - ¦ ~ h and

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    yjL divided ^ J \ JL __ * - * » into 52 -- sections - . We m / find , of course , the usual informationaccompanied _ __ - _ _ b -- y

    diam | j ^ V- — ' " - — ¦ % — — ' — - ~ , g _ ^ * 1 "I _ ^ j A grams But the about diagrams __ ropes are , knots Tj unusual , sails ly p , le and ntiful masts and .

    , Thus Thus show , various in in an an interesting interesting aspects i of cnapter chapter the same on on thing _ ' the tne .

    action , of the wheel on the rudder , ' this is jj shown j ¦ X V / * " both — — of in _ * p ^ - lan — the ' and there ' section _ _ . _ ' illustra And _ in _

    the case heaving log , are - tions of four different methods . The numerous points sail are which ¦ mos have t full to y be entered observed into in . shortening Getting

    of Ui under « A- a chapter _ - _ we —— igh . and Tacking anchoring _/ and are wearing the subj , scudding ects also C , rounding A v «_»_ ¦ - — _ — ^^ to and wearing cu in severe weather — are

    shown fully dealt what with to , do and if he the m young isses stay seaman s or is is taken .- > ab - ack - . In case of a ~ - man -- ' s going

    overb ^^^ o ard _ the „—^__ , the way — — — — reader _ in — _ which — is shown _ the — — — vessel what — to — is do ^ sailing ^ — according ~ ^ j , and this ¦ is ¦ illustrated - by p ^ lates ______ . The subjects of

    ri a •_ gg _ considerable ~ ing — - — , sailmaking — __ . _— __ portion _ _ , ^ and _ of stowing the book _ cargo _ _ , and ^ occupy the way in which heavy weights are got out of

    a vessel is illustrated . The construction , machinery of course , , a and leading handling portion of a of steam Messrs er occupy . Todd ,

    and Whall's treatise . The sections on emergencies such as a ' ship on fir . " , ' * taking a bar harbour . ___ _ in heavy weath -. e r' and . , ' rigg __^ ^__^ ing i a sea

    — — — — ^ j — — , _ anchor' will doubtless be among the most valuable to the young officer . That on raising a sunken vessel is made interesting to the

    ordinary reader , as are many other parts of the book , by instances or anecdotes . One of the ¦ auth —_—> - ^ —— ^_ o —^ r I ^ B s . ¦ — , as ^_ ^ m ^_— we » _| ^ ¦ learn *_ ^^ T ^ " ^ _™ ^_ W — from — ^— ^_ ^_—™ - ^^ the - ^ —* i - — ' ~^ h ~ title —— — ^_ —— ^^ v -page W ^^ ^^ ^ T ^ f ^^ , JThas

    been commander in the Donald Currie line , and the other is , we believe , a nautical assessor . The —I— ¦ <—¦ —^ ~* ~ younger ^^^ V * at «_ ^ hk % _* rf _ - Jk members —k & ^_ r 4 > <* - _ k P \_ r ~_^ _ b ¦ _ r of ~_^ _ k the ^ —>_ ¦ ^^ service Vk . ^ ~_ - _ b * ^ h ~|^ ~ a ^ ^ are ¦ —_^ - ^ — fortu — - ^ . ^ ^— *— — —¦

    -nate in being able to acquire those gentlemen ' s experience , as embodied in the handsome volume before us .

    From the same—* Specially Surveyed Roads in Scotland , being a Guide for Cyclists ,

    Pedestrians , and Sportsmen , ' by G . Rowland T * ray 8 hay , C . C ., C . T . C . This guide is arranged ¦ up — on —¦ an _ - — ' _»^^ e - *^ " n —»—— t —^ _¦ ire ^ ma 1 ^ . ^ 1 ^ ly W new _ . ^ ¦ ^ " ¦ " ~ ¦ ¦ system * ^ » ¦ ""' ¦ ^^ wher w " ^ — r eby ^ _ , _ in

    addition to the usual int ' ormation , the actual character of the roads is shown at a glance , a convenience which tourists are sure

    to appreciate . The traveller before starting can road , b lies y co ahead nsulting wheth the er book level r ¦ , see or what mountainous ¦ kind -- of

    dreary — ~ J _» —» " *^ or ^^ r _^ w f —« diversilied _ ^^^ _^^ f 'fc ^ ^ , H w » ^ n *^ ~^ ¦_ , ^ ^ ^* g o od _ ^^^*^ or ^_ "_ ° ^^ bad ^^»^^ - ^ - ^^ , _ and . — _ — — ° — ma _ ' — y , j disap thus be pointments spared some . The strong book langua is ingenious ge and many and

    pedestrians original , and and sure cyclists to be . u It seful bhould especiall be added y to that ¦ « - it contains t an index k #% - map ih of routes ~~~ as ~ well

    - — - ^ - ^*_ m * ^^ ^^ a a »*»^«* jft _ m * ur _ v ajk ^_« v ^^ *^ ^— " ^ ^_—> ^ -w r *^ ^_* ~* ^ ^^ * ~^ ^^ » " , » " ^~ " ~ ~* a sectional touring map . From the same . —* Rustic Walking Routes in the London 'W' ~ ft tad . . _ a > ' ^ * 1 A -V « w —* . ¦ m fc ^ d ¦*•

    Sharpe . Vicinity Describes , ' the by W South . R - . Eas Evans t environs and of S . Londonand shows where leasant walks

    can be had , . many p From the — - - ~ — ' —i ^ Keligious V ^ VW ~*^ _ " * ¦ ¦ ^—^ HB ^_~ ¦ ^»^™ _ Tract V _ 4 ""¦ V « —¦— ^— Society W ^^ ¦—» ' —I— — " —_ - — ' ^^ . ™ —* The ' ' "

    Musgrove Ranch : a Tale of Southern California life in , ' C b alifornia y T . M . Browne leasing l . in trm A t sty ale of domestic i giv <—¦ ing

    some ~~ ~* ~**^ reall ~_^ _ < wm y 1 ~_ P M charmin n M ^ B ^** , V p V «_ r M ¦ ~_ r 1 g f I I ^_ glim —t __ p —« se s 4 /^ V of * - ^^ " ^ sc _•_« enery —^—^« v ^ m o _ - _> ^ n Ih ^_ t . " ¦!¦— i » 'i - ¦¦! 111-i . . _ —— ..-i . 1 in .. n -. . ¦¦ — -i i i—i .-. II .. I- — . - — -.. —__ i— . i -

    1 t m the ore Pacific vitality coast than . is The usual characters in books of , too its , k have ind .

    The irl . book would make a capital present to a g From Messrs . George - ^— Boutledge ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ & Sons

    — — mited . — — * Funny _^_ —_ - ^ stories _ - ^ — —— / r — to -. — _• - ld ^^^ M ^^ by Phineas ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ , V fellow T . Barnum of infinite . Mr . jest Barnum . He , knows like Yorick how , to is tell a

    a story and crack a joke . Moreover , he has a profound knowledge ^— ^_ ^ v ^ n —^ ^ *¦ —— ~~ ~—"_ bbh - ^ r- knowled ^ indeed — ^^^ h - **>—i ^ w ^ _> ^^^* ge ^ as mr ^ ~_~ could ^ of v ^^ ^^^ ¦ ^~ human —; onl ~ ij ~ ^ i ^_ ^^ y v be r ^ nature ^ w ^ gained vp ^ h ^^^ v 4— fltoflh , |~ su ^ k ^^ B ¦ c in ^ m h

    the * show biznis , ' as Artemus Ward would and say . in Then his , like most Joey rollicking B ., he is moods exceedingl as in y sly his ,

    most innocent moments , never forgets , that the great temporal object of life is to bribg grist to the mill . He is as shrewd as he is funny .

    This gives his stories point , and the volume b not efor prove e us , whimsical an unworth as y it pendant pretends to to the be soberer , might

    ' Self-Help' of Mr . Smiles . The stories are not only thoroughly enjoyable in themselves ^—sometimes they are excruciatingly comic—but

    it convey good good policy morals to be . As honest the Scotsman , so Mr . Barnum thought thinks it wise to be merry . He is at his

    merriest in the book before us , which is likely to have a tonic effect on many a jaded ' reader . From the same . —' Masques and Entertainment '

    by Ben Jonson . Edited by Henry Morley , , LL . D . The massive genius of Jonson unbends itself here to lig htness and p _ lay •/ fulness — .

    Heavy and stiff as he sometimes is , in his tragedies and longer poems , he is here all grace ——¦ and ¦ spri ¦ g j htliness . The —¦ volume is as —¦

    ^ carefull — y edited and — — as cl earl y printed - ^^ ' " ™ — —¦ — —— as were i v —_— ' — the volumes of the ' Carisbrooke Library ' that have preceded it . Literary students will

    welcome their shelves it , and . give it a conspicuous place , , ! on From the same . — 'Anne Boyman ' s New Cookery

    Book . ' A useful manual to all who wish to taste gastronomic delights to the full , though a lengthened course of its toothsome dishes

    would , we fear , arouse Nemesis in the shatje' of dyspepsia . From M . Albert SavineParis . —Rabbe'

    Maitresses authentiques , de Lord Byron , / M . Rabbe ' s theme is the ' Ladies who are associated with the life - of Byron' as - we prefer - to ¦ translate —r

    the title , for th e lon — „ _ g lis , _ t begins _ „ . _ with . _—__ the _ names — , ^ , . — ^— - of Mary Duff , Margaret Parker , and Miss Chaworth . The author considers that Moore ' s

    • Life of Byron ' is too reticent with regard to Byron's English love affairs , through Moore ' s fear of offending his aristocratic friends . This

    omission M . Felix Rabbe has set himself to make good , and generally to show how the female personages of Byron ' s poetry are the

    reflection of actual figures . He gives us letters from Lady Caroline Lamb , and extracts ( translated into French ) from 'Glenarvon" which may

    be regarded as autobiographical ; also passages from Shelley the ' s le diary tters to of her Allegra . Even ' s mo mag th a e _ iine and articles from

    are M . Rabbe laid under ' s little contribution volume is , « so n in that teresting , altogether sup-¦ p ¦ i lemen »¦ t to Eng h lish i h lives ¦ of Byr jrm on _¦ « v . M . r l ¦— ^ abbe

    has ^ m ^ w * ^ rar ^~ — w ^ e —p qualifications ^ —^ ^__™ - ^ ^ — . ^^ m . ^« ' ^ ^ ^^ ^ v w for —^ ——* —^ writing ^ ^—_ — —^ a of an ^ - —^ _— _ Eng ^ TL ~^ lish — — poet . He has translated the works of Shelley , has written his lifeand a translation of Marr 1

    lowe from his hand , has been couro ? mS by the

    French Academy . J

    Tuiy I, L8 9° ¦ ¦¦ ^¦ ^ E Publishers I I...

    Tuiy i , l 8 9 ° ¦ ¦¦ ^¦ ^ Publishers i i ¦ ¦ ' Circular 81 ^ ;

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1890, page 819, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071890/page/25/