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    From The Authors' Co-Operative Publishin...

    sacrificing his material . To the general reader the account of the functions of the various members of the newspaper staff in the present

    day must prove exceedingly interesting . Mr . Baker is to be congratulated on having written a capital little book .

    From Mr . J . A . Preuss , Zurich . — ' Loetscher's Handbook to the Health Resorts of Switzerland . '

    On the title-page we find that the work contains . ' seeker full information , and the traveller for the p as hysician to all * the the health baths ,

    -climatic stations , springs and watering places . . . with the location and mode of access to the resorts . ' In its English dress Dr . Loetschor ' s

    handbook is a translation of the third edition printed in the German language . What we have before us is a new edition of the translation .

    It is copiously illustrated with maps , views , & c . From Mr . Bernard Quaritch . — 'A Catalogue of

    Mediaeval Literature , especially of the Romances of Chivalry and Books relating to the Customs , Costume , Art , and Pageantry of the Middle

    bound Ages . ' volume This handsomel is much y more printed than , an handsomel ordinary y priced catalogueand is certain to be prized as

    well by every student , of the middle ages , as by Besides professed covering lovers of almost the old romances the entire of chi field valry of .

    mediaeval romantic literature , it contains a scholarl which is y at introduction once a history of and about a a critical dozen biblio pages - ,

    graphy of the subject , and this is supplemented by Quaritch a large has number many of interesting very valuable facts notes to . tell Mr .

    of concerning not a few some of of his them lots ; is indeed in itself , the hist hi o ry gy romantic . Appended to the catalogue are

    about a score of facsimiles of illuminations , > unpublished Quaritch is — at — drawings present — , & publishing c , from a which series Mr arc .

    bnlliant - »* examples j | ~ of earl y art . . «> , From Messrs . Simpkin , Marshall , Hamilton ,

    Kent & Co ., Limited . —* The Art and Practice of Milner Landscape F . L . S . Gardening JVith Plan , ' s by and Henry Illustrations Ernest .

    r lhis is , the best and fullest book on the subject of read . ndscape Mr . Milner garde has ning had tha exceptional t we have oppor ever

    tu he nitie has s * endeavoured studying to his realise art , and the in princi this w p or les k base the artisti

    on which I have been led to c co practice nceptio b n y which for m it y may work be an carried d the out po . ints ' L et

    of all landscape who appreciate gardening the essentially procure Mr Eng . Milner lish ar 's book and study it .

    iArom ward Messrs ens' b . Skefflngton A Vicar . These & Co . sketches — - ' My Church by * A -

    , y Vicar' are written with some humour , and are

    lull of satiric touches that givo them piquancy .

    We are afraid that churchwardens will not greatly relish them , but to those who are not churchwardens they will be good reading .

    From Mr . Edward Stanford . —* Camping Voyages on German Rivers , ' by Arthur A . MacdonelJ .

    With Frontispiece and Twenty Maps . Mr . Macdonell ' s intention in writing his book was to show people how they might spend a cheap

    and pleasant holiday boating on German streams . The fact that he has navigated a distance of nearly 2000 miles in Germany

    attests his qualification , to be counsellor and guide ; moreover , he has some skill with the pen , and knows how to make his narrative

    A attractive . ' . Mr . Macdonell is of opinion that a of boating pending excursion holiday is the It most combines delightful the . most , way

    sa . j h f reedoia ealthy form from of the physical dust , exercise the stifling with heat absolute , and '

    the worry of railway travelling in summer . ' And it has the further advantage of being cheap . The expense of a month ' s holiday spent

    in boating need not be more than £ 20 ' for each member of the party , and this modest sum would include * railway faresfreight of boat

    and luggage , cost of boat , tent , , and the remaining requisites for camping . ' Mr . Macdonell thinks it is better to buy one ' s equipment than

    to hire it , for it can be kept and used a second and a third time , and thus the average cost would be much reduced . His own experiences

    are related in a straightforward , business M . -like manner . He has a good eye for scenery , and . describes with gusto the cooling effects of

    German beer on a hot day . We commend the volume to intending tourists . From Messrs . "WardLock & Co . —* An Essay on

    the Principle of Populatio , n ; or , A View of its Past and Present Elfects on Human Happiness , ' by the Rev . T . R . Malthus . Few books have

    ever % j been the cause of so much ridicule as the * Essay on Population , ' by Malthus . Yet it has held its own in the literature of social and

    political economy ^ and recent developments have tended rather to strengthen than to weaken the positiun of the author . Messrs .

    Ward , Lock & Co . have therefore done well in reprinting it . The present edition contains a critical and biographical introduction by Mr .

    G . T . Bettany , which will materially aid the student . From Mesera . E . S . Wigg & SonAdelaide . —

    ' Common Native Insects of South , Australia / by J . G . O . Tepper , F . L . 8 . This is described on the title-page as a popular guide to South

    Australian entomology , and a very good guide it is . Mr . Tepper writes with knowledge and enthusiasmand his little book is picturesque

    and , so far , as we can judge , accurate . It

    makes a capital text-book .

    \* Boohs intended for Review in these Colwpms should be fonvarded , as early as jtossihle ,

    addressed 'The Editor , Publishers' CIRCULAR Office , St . Dunstan ' s House , Fetter Lane , Meet Street , London , E . C :

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1890, page 1073, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091890/page/19/