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    imon plicitl the y relied foodair on . wat It contain erand s climate analytical b notes Mr . — Phili — — p ^_ Holland , , , public ^_ __ _ , analyst ^ _ for __ — South . __ , y port j _ ,

    and a vocabulary that will prove serviceable to those who are ignorant of German . It also contains graphic chapters on * Over the Alps in

    Winter , ' and Alpine Climbing in the Winter , ' from the pen of the editor . From Messrs . Seeley & Co . — 'An Exploration

    of Exmoor and the Hill Country of West Somerset , ' by Jobn Lloyd Warden Page . Mr . Blackmore is the laureate of Exmoor .

    Henceforth people will think of the Doone Glen and them the Bad , and gworth the y glow Water of imag as he ination has described will

    illureality mine what . Mr doubtless . Page says is often that a the very author rugged of * Lorna Doone' has taken ¦ considerable ¦ ¦ ~» —W ^ poetic

    license — — in his — - descri — - -m- -mw -m— — - ™~ ptions -mr — —r —™ -m ^ m r ~ of *^ " Exmoor — ^^ mW ^™~^ " —~ mfr ^ " ^ mmr . PMpP *^ p » But ^ Pkpp m ^ p B ^ P ^ QrW a eye ^ - wis - brings e man ^ - ¦ has the — — said power ™~ - -mar -m that — — of - ^ the _ ¦ seeing mr -w eye - ° ^ p ° ^— ^ pppbi sees . w ^ Mr p" what - ~^™ m ^ mt . » Page ^^™ « the p ° ^ «¦& ^ p ^

    does not look through the eyes of Mr . Blackfar more at . leas He t prides as himself h is concerned on being a and realist a , so ^ p" scenery very ¦

    agreeable realist — — ~* - — he - - ~— proves ^^ g ^^^ -- —^ r —~ m to ^ p ^ - ^ p" ^ ™ be ¦ ° " ^ p . - ^^ -m— , «¦ Devon ™ -mw ^^ pp ^™ ~ mmwm ^ ^ pr ^ pr and ^^ pp ¦¦ hi — hl hilly romantic — — country - — — - ¦— in ° v themselves of West - — ^— — pj —p- Somerset and - ¦ - the , scenes > being -w ^ mf " ^ p" gy ^^ m ^ ^—^ p « ^ ^ p * ^~^ p' » -mrnr ^ vp ^ pP ~ ~ ~ ~

    indeed of many to romantic afford scope and heroic for greater deeds , mi warmth ght seem of style * w — ^ J ¦*» ~^ r — and ¦ m ¦ —^ » -- *» more » - ** » ^ pp- p mmS ictori » ^^ 4 ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ al V ^ effects ^^ 4 k <*^ ^^^^ ^ h ^ F than ^ ^ »^^ m ^^ b are fei' ^ 4 L ^^ Kh seen ' ^^ \^ ^ A J . in - * * *

    national Mr . Page or ' s book universal . However history , , in accuracy local as is of in the first importanceand h h Mr 1 . Page ' s occasional

    baldness — of -- ™— sty — — - — le — — may — — - , -v well ¦— - ™ — ^— - be ^^ ^ ^^^ forg ' ^ — ^ p ^ K ^^ ¦ iven ¦ ^ h' ^^ ^ in ¦ ^^ ^^^ . ^^ ^ K view ^^ F ^*^ m 1 ^» of his stern allegiance to truth . He has manifestly m taken - great f—k — — — ~ — pains h — — — ° — —~ to " - ' ^ be - - ~ — correct - ^^ ' ^^ ^ ^ b -m ^ - ^^ ^ r , B ^ and i ^^ ^ m * m ^^^^

    there is every evidence that he is master of his tance subject with . To such a district as have of still great to make attraction acquain- , naturalhistoric and poeticMr . Page ' s volume

    will pro , ve a valuable handbook , . From the Society for Promoting : Christian

    Allen Knowledge . Match . — - * Box Match Phil -Box a child Phil of / the by London Phoebe slums , hears a great deal , about the joys and

    charms of the country and resolves to visit it . At the instigation of an ingenious and unscrupulous h companion he smuggles MM himself in

    — — — —* - ~ M — — ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ % ^^^ % ^^ ^ r » w ^ ^— ^—^^^^ ^^ r -m ^ ^^ _^ ^^ a . jq amongst a crowd of ragged Sunday School children who are being taken by train for a — rural " " — — — holiday __ . ^^ , _^ ^ , mm -m — . mp ¦ m Phil *«•¦ r ~ ^^ shares P ¦ - ¦ "m ¦ ^ ^ V mw ^^ W ¦ I the ¦»• ^^ ^^ »* sports P ^ PP 11 ^ ^ i ^ . H ^ ^»* V ^^^ during ^ S * m \ ^ ll ^ ah *^ | H ^ !• mM Wf 0 ^

    the day , but towards the evening hides himself so as not to be compelled to return to London with the little excursionists . Ignorant of the

    ways of the country , lie finds himself in sore straits , and enters upon a series of interesting adventures ^^ " . The mm ^^ ~^ ^^ style *^ m ~ ~—~ ^^ m r *** ^ mmmw f is ' ^ ' - simp *~ mmm "" ~^ f ** ^^ H ^ v l rmm e ^ p ^ * a ^ r -m ** n * « v d ^^*^ * na »^ mmi mmV ^ m t ^*» ural - ^ i wi p . ^ ^ f ^ iww JH , Vfl

    and the book may be commended to young persons of both sexes . From the same . — ' Starting in Life ; orVillage

    , Girls in London Homes , ' by M . A . Dibbin . the Shows metropolis how country . A simp girls le story fare in suited situations to simp in le

    tastes . From MrDavid Stott— ' The Angel and the

    . . Idiot ; a Story of the Next Century . ' A story —— ¦ ¦ mr -

    nature from dealing many of with things disadvantages the next pretend century . to It obviously touch cannot reality in suftVra SI

    be canno wildl t even y or be mildl trul y y imaginative speculative . , it The can storv oilv before betore us us is is not not realistic realistic or nr imaginative imQr « n « + ^ . y

    racters does it . give It us is simp anything ly a whimsical in the shape and of clever cha nor - tour de ^ force — . The —— author —« w . «^ r « . is ' ¦• j sometimes tud / iixxcss

    ~ - _ "v ^ hu nn - morous care never , sometimes to be much gently in —— satirical earnest uvui , and Godfrey takes

    ~>« . ; . ' - "' JviLvftv try Egerton ing to , the save heir a friend to a baronetcy f and finds , himself is drowned in the in

    house liuu 4 Neutral v & e \* between uciweeu Land , ' this tma which world wunu , is a and ana ~~ sort — — . the tiie AAAijjtj of a next next half ^^^ AAA . -way LliT * TTp He

    a gets time into manages conversation to make with arrangements an angel , and for after relonger visiting 7 available the earth j he . enters His own into that ^ bod ^^ M y of being an idiot no

    On <_ getting - - — bac , , he finds that — v .., he v V-a- has l * u XVjIHJ been | j » . absent austuit jjust ust a a , century ueiiLury . . Many jyiany changes cnanges nave have of of

    course Thames ximiiies , taken runs runs as as place clear ciear during as as a a his Highlan mgnian absence a d stream stream . The ,

    educational ladies wear trousers establishments and preside , the over peop the le hi ghest e all vegetariaus — the land belongs to the w » . ^ . ^^ nation &««« and

    person is held is for mad , the e common happy — — for — good ~~ ^ life — ^ — ¦»• ; ^^ with TT at — ^ sixty a -km pension uvia vavu every vJlv CwXXijL

    gaols X isisnown nown and ; : but but cap idlers idlers ital punishment , drun drunkards kards , are w thip thieves . a no . vps longer and anA u ;

    and murderers — war is — ~— abolished are - — - put — — - ~— on , for — — — islands E — ¦—¦ ^— ^ ^ p- ^ p- ^ p by ' , has ^^&^ v « themselves ^ p > been ^^ ^ . p- a a made m a AmVAVf ; , urope ^^

    one , by a great scheme of unification . The but thing but iit t , is is as cleverly cleverly we have written written alread , y and and said is is , is evidentl evidentlv whimsical the the ,

    v . ork of a practised writer , . y From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . —

    b * y Fro Louis m Handel Engel to . Halle A volume : Biographica of succinct l Sketches bio , - ' graphies which cannot fail to commend itself

    to all who are in the remotest way connected thoug with ¦ ¦ h or by interested no means in exhaustive -H music ~— ¦ . The are sketches done h mtr by ,

    one who ^ -m has insi g ht — - ^ p and - 1 — - enthusiasm ^ P — ~— ^ r ~~ ¦ - -mnr , -mm - ^ p » - ^ - ^^» ^ , and - ^ - ~~ ^» ^ m— from ^ - r -mr m a literary point of view are excellent reading . Perhaps , however , the two most interesting

    contributions chapters in the of book Professor are the Huxley autobiog and raphi Mr cal . Herkoraer .

    From Messrs . Trischler & Co . —* Midge , 'by May Cro ¦ ¦ ^» mmelin ¦ - ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦— — ¦ — ^ " . mr George ^ - ^ « *^» -m *^ —m BVV ^ P ^ Honey MIP ^ ^ P >* -Wf ^ m- ^ mmtmWm ^^^ v MW , an Ppp' ^ Pf ^ P ^^^^ VB artist ' ^ p * *** mmm- ^ pj p ^^ p PpjP , BB los ^^ ^ r ^ pr es -m ^ - - — his — -- - —

    sight , and is thereby reduced to poverty . His dau commonl ¦ g hter y , Marjorie called t — — ¦ strives I H or pvt PP ( Mid amid ge V ¦ ¦ ¦ (¦ , as g HP s reat fmrn he ^— is priva H more

    tions ^^— — ~— -- - ~~— ' ' ^ - to r - — - — ^ m ^ pp ^ ^^ mw l —p ^« r her - — father m * r <^^^ »*^ , PB with Pp " > ,. ^ q ^^ the > ^^ necessaries ^^^ ^^ ^ — and comforts , suppy of life , and also to keep him in i -P g ^ P- «| n P ^— ora ^ - ^ P— ¦*— n - " ce ^ P- ^ - * of X ^ * - * . their ^^ . * . »* ^ . p- »• »• i p « 4 n K ^^ di ^ -T ^ 4 ml gence V *^ ^^^ ' ^ " * ^*^ ^ " ^ . Frank " *• *^ ^ m * -lf Pk -K -V ""• Oxley ^^^ w ^ ^ - — - , ya

    ci youn proca g a t rtist es his , falls passion in love , bu with t just Mi in the ge , moment and she re of - confession ^ P * V » T B--4 P-kt «> # * ^ ' P *« V ^ M « * she V . ^ pIL A ^ . ^ is A » V ^ told ^ X- ^ *¦> V /^ by W ^ mmT W A her A \ p # pV lover -- > ^ - ^ « ^^ " ^ that ^^ **"" **^ , M while

    c auses ador M es idge her , he great cannot shock marry from which . T she his does not speedily recover . Some , time

    subsean quentl eminent y Mr . oculist Honey and goes recovers to Germany his si to ght consult . He is accompanied by Miss Tryphena Baldock , de an

    old old maid maid who who has has ta takfm ken pit nitv y on on him him in in his his de--shocked stitution ¦ . . But Jfc He marries opportunely her A , and Oliver ~\ S Midge Baldock is - »— again /¦

    * - *•»» - ¦ v X ^» - " -. V- ' * - •»• .-w V * * J very » v- » ft J \ S * J fc ^ VZ . V UAAU MmJ AAV ^>* A > - - " - — , a •¦ wealth to y Mid nephew and of marries Tryphena her , steps and there in , pro is

    prosperity poses Jh- ' " * -- •»* WW w ^ ^ MAAVlb and ^ ^ - ' happiness V , MAJ . VA A-UMt AAVU all round A . A ^«* - » , * . ^ P-A ^ - »» The * ' — — " story is exceedingly pleasant reading , and will add

    to the reputation of the author of ' Queenie . — ~~^ -R

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1890, page 820, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071890/page/26/