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    Oct.-,1884 The Publishers' Circular 937

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    Books Received :—

    Gerrnan by JT PX C . Hossfeld and ——German - and L -Eng . Dap lish iel Dictionary . ' New - if Ecg ' b li y sh C - .

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    and arrangement , ordinary ooor desk use they — ^ are — equally handy . Clearl

    printed H ( 70 JW % » W and w«— strong _ ly bound A mf they are f admirabl *—— —y y fitted for frequent use .

    From the same . —* Hossf eld ' s English-French Com-¦ ¦ mercial H m ~> M ^ ^ ' ¦^ B A Correspondent ~ Q ^ ~^^ ^^ 0 »^ ~^^ ¦ ¦ HV ~^^ ^ ^^ ™ . ^ ^ ' This ^~ ¦ ™ littl ^—» —¦ ^^ ™ ™~ e —i manual ^ v ^^ B ~_ ^^ ^^^^ _ —1 ^ ¦¦ —^ V ^_ T will W ^ V ^—*^^ be B ^^ ~^^ _ . _ actuall x 11 1 * in commercial m %

    useful to persons y engaged correspondence candidates P for emp , and loyment to the in still the City larger and class under of

    V *» M *" ernment — to mm whom * f some familiari «/ ty with French and its idioms is an absolute necessity . The little book -- g j ives instructions for ___ the _ dating __

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    of French and English a host of the sentences which would be most probably needed in the composition of letters .

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    Fnller . With some account of the author and his -writings . This abbreviated edition of Fuller ' s quaint and valuable work will be the means of

    bringing the old divine before a large circle of new readers ; and the fame which he won when lecturer in the Savoy Chapel—where it is said

    he had two audiences , ' one without the pale and one ndthin , the windows of that little church and the sextonry being so crowded as if bees had

    swaxmed to his mellifluous discourse '—will be easily understood by those who dip into his pages . Fuller , like G-eorge Herbert , wrote in the

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    us , wfe n *> an and interesting Writings . introductory chapter on Fuller ' s

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    of medley nonsense . It has that this advantage le over who many to a it book for diversion may , get young a taste peop of famous go English

    authors authors , , ior for sometimes sometimes the tha droll droll effect Affent is ia pro nro--duced by bringing together unconnected passages of well-known books , because of a word ; and I

    something of languages may be gained , for the puns are occasionally international . Indeed , the first four words of the title look as if they were

    intended to convey one . From Messrs . Tinsley Brothers . — ' Ulrica : a

    Romance , ' by Cecil Clarke . The inner thought of this book is well expressed in the quotation forming the motto on its title-page :

    ' Love Seek ' s not sacred , in stubborn bonds , forged , selfish greed our nature , to rend 's laws . ' Taking as a basis the French legal system , by which ' marriages are made' not ' in Heaven /

    but in the consulting a ^ m -room — of the bride and bridegroom ' s parents , the author constructs hi » story with considerable skill . Ulrica Giraud ,

    the heroine , while privately in love with her ¦ WB and father . W ^^^ dissi ^ wm ' s ^ tv m * clerk pated m & ^* mr ^^ ^^ ^ w , old A * mr ^ m lbert ^ mm merchant m ^ m ^ m ^^ mm ^ Meric ^ m ± m % * jm mm m ^ , m , to mj is - ^^ - w wooed whom w ^^^ ^ m * m * m *^ mmm her b y father a "mmr ^ rich ^ mmmm ^ mr mv

    and mother wish to betroth her . The father ' s debts are , in the event of the union , to be paid by I ¦ the mt bridegroom mt . But Ulrica - % JB with ml the ummmf ^^ - sympathetic mtr tmmmmr mtm mi —™ ¦ mr I

    ^ v WmT mm *^^^ f ^ k ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ m ^ m » V mW ** *^ V ^ mr m ^* m m * ^^ , m w W V « B m ^ m- ^ mm -mr a help of an English friend of her true lover ' s and of an ' Aunt Prudence / who is the most beautiful

    and perhaps also the most natural , character in the tale , defies the parental authoxity bo cruelly abused 0 and BiVSW after many flViBP ups BflB and BiBi ¦ downs of hope ¦

    ^^^ V *^^ F ^ P ^^ V ^^ pF ^^ . r ^ V ^ V , ^ B ^^^^^ ^ B ^ Vr ^ M « Br B ^ ^^^ ^ B ^ r ^^^ . ^^^^^ B' ^ ' ^ B ^^^ ^^ g ^^ ' ^ B ^^ ¦^ P' ^^^^^^ W ' ^ ^ PBB ^ B' ^ ^ ^^ ' ^^^ ^^* ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ B ^ B ^ ^^ and fear , succeeds in becoming Albert ' s wife , the friendly Englishman managing in some mysterious ¦ ¦ way V ^ " »^ to 1 B ^ ^ BT cancel ^| T BB / ¦ V ^ B . ^( V BP ^^ Bp M - ^ Bf . Giraud B ^ ^ " BB WW WBI ^* BB 'B s * B * liabilities " ¦ « B > ^ p * V FIB' S » BB B ) - ^ ^— ^« BB . r V This ™ ' ' ^ ¦ ^ " ¦

    Englishman , Jasper Dalmaine , is himself to a certain extent an admirer of Ulrica , but is at lastnot unwillinglycaptured by a kindly but

    decidedl , y worldly-wise , fellow-countrywoman , who has pursued him for years with perseverance worthy of — a better _____ cause _ . Before _ _ his capture , _ ,

    however her husband , he renders ; for wh good en , through service to the Ulrica harshness ^ and of Madame Giraud , the good ' Auntie ' leaves her

    native shore for England , and the young couple Jasper follow - b ¦ meets to seek and her protects , with no her clue and to her aids ¦ address herin , h

    her —^^^*^ p- H ** turn ^ " ^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ to ^^ ^^ ^^^ searc ^^^^ ^— ^^^^ h ^ for ^ ^^ ™*^ ^^ ^^^ them ^^^ ^^ ^^^ . ^^ ~ ^^"" , » Albert ^^^^ " ""^~~ — " unable , to I get ^ lower m ^^ T V ^_ work ^ 4 fe ^ and ^^ v m-mt , ^ mm , in lower ml ^^ m London v ^ b ~ « k in 4 ¦ B _ p- « b poverty b ^ , ^^ emi ^ ^_ " ^_^ ^ g ir rates ^ and yi ^ r 4 » -v ^* bi , distress ^ bbb and v *^ r — vm . ~^ Ulrica ^ ^^ , —^ , till — ' — , si with nks

    her faithful maid Ernestine , she takes refuge in a ¦ ¦ garret MV and &* ^» she »^ m \~¦ m in ^^ r is m »« - _ St ' far ^ . Giles » advanced * JW ^ - " » « «><^ ' . _¦ ^_ i ^^ There ^^ in <¦ ¦» — consumption ^« # - «_ r her ^> ai «_ v ^ - » — health m — u « f — v b _ i breaks when - - —— at _ _ down . last , __ ,

    t throug he same h the house sagacity with of her a young aunt , actress sh « is lod found ging and in mm rescued ^ ' | k /^« % B ^^^ a . »« - It _¦ , «^ is A « # too "V ^^ ^^^ late « . bu » s *^ # - for -w «^ - _ B - her ¦— " — — —— life —— — to — - be saved — — , _ _ 4 _ M _>

    but not too late for its end to be made a peaceful mother au and n t , happy and dies other one at , a ¦ friends distance Albert b gather comes ( the father back round __ ,- _ ; having ; Jasper _ the _ . - cruel , died the

    midst some A-Uh *^ »» mm ™ * time J of * < io » thos "fc *» i . befo * *» w e re * who ¦ " " ) , ~ and . - love w — >— — Ulrica — her « . passes The chief away defects __ in the I of the book are those of style . The writer ia a I

    little too fond of inverted commas , and o » f round- II

    Oct.-,1884 The Publishers' Circular 937

    Oct .-, 1884 The Publishers' Circular 937

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1884, page 937, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101884/page/41/