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    = — . help is really ful to prodi tourists gious , , and travellers cannot , and fail invalid to prove s in

    , search of health . Dr . Cullimore literally goes round waters the and globe baths considering and their climates effects on , mineral health

    and disease . Not , only does he fully consider the British Isles and the continent of Europe , but tropical Asia , Persia , Africa ,

    North and South America and Oceania , including His Malaysia book is one , Polynesia to be , read and Australasia by all who as value well .

    their health at home or who wish to go abroad with safety . From fc Messrs ¦ ¦ . Bemrose ¦ ¦ - ™ ¦ - ¦ & Sons . — ' Guide to

    ^ ^» Paris ^ m ^^^ b ^ V ^^^ T * and ^^^ ^^ T ^^ V ^^^ ^^ its " " w Environs ^— -w , ' by ^ ^ Sieverts — — — — Drewett — . A third and revised edition of this well-known guide- We have already had occasion to speak

    added in its p that raise the , and revision it now has onl broug y remains ht all useful to be information concerning Paris and its environs

    i up to date . From Mr . Spencer Blackett .- ' The Mystery L _ a ^ ^ P _ ^ ^ ^ ^ K K ^ * ^^ ^ B

    of Mrs . Blencarrow , ' by Mrs . Oliphant . Mrs . and Blencarrow in hi , h a repute widow 1 among of —~~ w ^ six her years nei ' standing ghbours ,

    ^^ W &^ ^^^ . ^» ™ ^ ¦ * ^ ^ g VK ^^— ~ " ™ ^^ W" ^ ~ " — — ^^ ^ " ^» — - - —— -- — -- - « - , thoug secretly h she marries declines her steward to make at him Gretna known Green as , her husband . The act is apparently without

    a mot % and >* ^ ^ g ^^ igantic » i the ^ ve » ^^^^ ^ , and unhappy **» ^ b ^ M ^ scandal ^ ^ i constitutes ^^» ^ p ^ W ^ ¦ ¥ husba ^^ ^~ ¦ when ^ ^^ ^ nd the 1 ~ the pocket — mystery ^ thing s som . leak There e s rents out is ,

    which do not belong to him and escapes to Australia . Mrs . Blencarrow is well drawn , and the meagre incidents are managed with

    skill ; but Mrs . Oliphant has written much better books . ^ r om Messrs . B urns i & Oates f ¦ Li " ¦ ¦— mited . —' The ¦

    —™ ^ " ^_* ^ N ^^»^^ ^^^ r ^^^^ m ^^ v ^ 4 ^ nf ^^ *^^ V t ^^ a ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ' ^^ - ¦"'^ ^ ~ — , ^ ^— - ^ - ~ — Life of Saint Patrick , Apostle of Ireland , ' by William Bullen Morris . A fourth edition of this popular work , which gives a full and

    ' apostle gi'aphic . Father account Morris of t writes he life with of reverence Ireland's and enthusiasm .

    From the same . — ' Thomas Kileton : His Family ¦ his and tory Frie of Thomas , ' by Mrs Kileton Parsons his . trials Relates —which the

    , are sore and many—and his ultimate conversion to the Roman Catholic religion . The story is simply f and gracefull hw ¦ --- y writtenand has

    so me -- —r- ^ w telling m - ^ . ^ *<* ' ¦ Jm ¦* ** ¦ ¦ * W * mT touches ** *^^ - ^^ «^ - « ^ of sentiment — — — ^ y - . , From The Clarendon % Jfc ** PressOxford - vrf— ¦ . —* Akbar — ^ — — — vw— '

    Series b y JLA . JL Col JL . ) . . G V / . The X B ^* . Malleson * ^ greatest J JLJ ^^ V * -. ** , C of M . ^ . S the . I , . ( ^ 4 Dependencies Rulers » . -- * . ^ of India .- of , '

    England is becoming more and more an object of home inte . lli India gent is int no eres longe t to r educated looked upon readers exclu

    si anxious vely as to make prey a fortu the ne adven rapidl turous y enough spoiler to obviate the danger of contracting a liver

    comthe plaint native . At races length deserve it is being attention - recognised not onl that from the cintistbut from the historian Afc and wmvi y

    *>*¦ VJJLJH UIJUJ t s 3 v / A e . \> AAUAOl' * MUU JLXV /** - * ^* J » v * « » 7 fc / v ^» **^ v ** ^ . been statesman — - » - « n native , and Indian W that Ki n , rulers ' ^ ¦ in particular whose ---- characters ^ there - have will ^ mv « % / A > » ^^ ^ " » . AA ^ J * ' ^ ^ '"^ ' ^ ^ ' ' " —^— — — — . **

    repay the closest study . In the volume before good us , Col account t ^ Malleson of the gives life a , succinct environm and ent , very and reign I-i ¦—— ¦ of ^^ " the mf tat «* ^^ greatest r ^\ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ of ^ " ^ ^^ ¦ modern * > ^^ ^ ^ " Asiatic ^ poten m ^ -

    . is Jates full . Akbar of admonition was a man and of genius suggestion , whose , even career to teenth Western century statesmen . Hefdid and politicians for his Indian of ' the king nine dom

    -. ; ; it what and Gromwell liberalised did it for and caused England the . blessings He purged of laager- . v ,, , _— —

    peace to follow swiftly in the footsteps of war first A gre conquered at soldier and and then a great civilised administrator the country , Jie

    he ruled , . He regained his father's throne , refrom conquered devastation captured . His provinces first consideration , but refrained after )

    establishing his sway , was the welfare , of his subjects . He studied the arts of peace . He was a patron of learning , fond of the

    companall in ionshi . his Colonel p habits of the Malleson , arid enlig ever htened gives strove , us simp a to cap le do and ital justice studious portrait to : >

    short of the , history great Asiatic of his , and reign a clear . The , if necessarily book is one a j ; which we cordially commend to all students of :

    Indian history . ] From 4 A History Mr . Horace and Descri Cox ( ption ' The Field of the ' Office Collie ) . — or

    Lee Sheep . Of Dog late in his British the Varieties collie has , ' by become Rawdon a r fashionable favourite years his popularity being I

    the second indications to that are of the that , fox his terrier value as alone a market , and - | able article is still increasing . Dog fanciers

    of will useful find in and the interesting volume of information Mr . Lee a great concern deal - j ing the most sagacious and the most beautiful |

    of British dogs . His progress is traced * from the and fold parlour Ul ^ vut and ' b mountain one well to qualified the drawing to - speak roam j j

    ivuvj from ^ long and ) , KJJ intimate y UUV Il stud l / ll y . UU 11 UV . U l / V dUVUU . ? From Mr . W . "W . Gibbings !—* Irish Diamonds . '

    Stories of Irish wit and humour that are sometimes amusing and sometimes the reverse . Many of the anecdotes are old , and some of

    the new are not particularly good . From 4 The Messrs Naval . J Annual , Griffln 1890 & Co ' e ., Portsmouth ed by T . . — A .

    Brassey . A mine , of , information , concerning ; the Navy , which is speciall } r valuable at a time when the subject of our naval defences is so

    widely and so warmly discussed . The volume should be in the hands of all who are interested in the question of England ' s maritime rale . j

    From Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden & Welsh . * A Popular Story of the Church of Frngland :

    Showing its Birth , its Progress , and its Work ; for the People , ' by G . H . F . Nye . This sketch is in three parts . The first deals with the

    history of the Church from the earliest days to the Reformation times ; the second relates the story of the Reformation ; and the third deals

    with the period between the Reformation times and our own day . - Adherents of the Church will find their case very well put by the

    secretary to the Church Defence Institution . : From the same . — ' The City of God , ' written by St . AugustineBishop of Hippo (* The Ancient ¦ -- and

    Modern KJ . Library » ' , ot Theological A . JLJL \ Literature ' ) . A well-rendered translation of fc > t . Augustine's famous work . St . Augustine was , no mere dry

    theologian ; he had , a great deal of humanity in him ; and if this volume does not show him quite at his best from a purelhuman point of view

    it still shows him ,- as a y great soul a . nd a great , intellect . The book will l ? e welcomed by many a pious reader . . . »

    From the same . — ' Through the Quicksands of i Doubt Rector to The the Rook ; ot of' Belief , ' by and an Bngjish earri ;

    soul ' s s . tr ' uggle story s with infidelity an ifiquiring , and of its ulti ejst - . i ndate * victory . written The * little book deserves is inod € ! stlyAndI

    reverentially , ana no oe reau

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1890, page 921, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081890/page/19/