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    Oct. i, 1885 The Publishers' Circular 95...

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    and Bettany zeal cam broke e forward up fresh , and ground with . untiring Memoirs energy and

    kind biograp ; but hical , as the sketches author there himself certainl very y trul were y points , of a

    out out . , ther there e was was no no w work ork in in medica mfidinal l literature liffiratur « that that-. I furnished the medical faculty or the general public with biographical accounts of the most

    knowled med notable icine ge medical and and surgery men efficiency who to the have they hig hel h now ped positions to raise of .

    When the book was first laced in our hands occupy the thought immediately rushed p to our mind , how diffi , -

    cult cult , , with with such such a a mass mass of of materi rnatftrial Al , . must must , have hav « lipftn been the work of selection . And this Mr . Bettany himself seems to have experienced . But he has steered

    clear of the shoals that beset his course , with remarkable success , and the result is a book of which we may justlfeel proud .

    Unfortunatel - - — y , we have M very ^^ ^^ not F M Baa the . * «^ a » y m b ^ space b . ^ Bar" b *^ at * MiaF aaVa to Bfcar ****!» ^ enter *^ w ^ a— am * k into ^ ^^ r afe detailed criticism of the book , and we can , thereforeonly draw attention to some of its more

    in-, teresting portions—to the account of Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood , the description of the foundation of the

    Edinburgh Medical School , the biographies of the Munros , William Cullen , the Gregory famil 1 y ,

    John John Bell Bell . , and and others others who who contributed ^ ont . ribntftoto to make this school famous ( the latter an excellent section ) , to the chapter on the Hunters ,

    William and John ; to the descriptions of Sir Charles Bell , who investigated the functions of the nervous systemand of Marshall Hallan

    explorer in the same , branch of medical science , ; to the account of Edward Jenner and the introduction of vaccination ; to the chapter on the

    celebrated surgeon , Sir Benjamin Brodie , and his equally noted contemporary , Sir William Lawrence ; and lastlto the biographies of Liston

    Syme , Sir James y Simpson and the use of anaes- , thetics , Sir Joseph Lister and antiseptic surgery , Sir James PagetSir William GrullHughes

    Bennettand , others . From this it will be seen of , what many an interesting nature the book is likely to be . For ourselves , we feel as if we were

    under a species of personal obligation to Mr . Bettany for the extreme pleasure he has afforded us in reading his work . We can only add that

    not only is it written in a pleasant agreeable etyle , happily uncontaminated by trace of affectation or straining after effectbut thatso far as

    we have been able to detect , , it possesses , a still higher merit than this—it is thoroughly reliable , and—an important matter—is free from all bias .

    From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , & Co . — The interest excited by the great international

    yacht race has hardly passed away . Everyone admits that the race was fairly won . It was remarked that better seamanship was shown on

    board the British ' Genesta' than on board the American * Puritan . ' But the latter craft had the advantage in sailing powerand so came in

    the winner . It is rather hard , that we should have been beaten upon our traditional sea ; even although the victors inherited their skill in

    shipbuilding from the "workmen who long ages ago plied th < 3 ir manly trade upon the busy shores and river-banks of old England . At the same time

    we must remember that * fast sailing' is far from being a new distinction for our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic . We well remember

    boyhood ' s reading , in old nautical novels of warlow like , privateering black-hulled , days rakish , how -looking the appearance schooner , flaun of the t-

    tive ing of the a stars long and and excitin stripes ^ , chase was . invariably But if in indica these

    days American builders are accustomed to peruse attentively such books as ' Small Yachts ; their

    design and construction exemplified by the ruling types of modern practice , ' by C . P . Kunhardt , ' we are not surprised that they should be able to

    produce world-beating work in yacht building . This finely executed folio volume , containing over four hundred pages with thirty-three full-page

    plates , gives within its covers all the information regarding construction that the most enthusiastic yachtsman could desire . It is the most

    exhaustive monograph upon a subject of this nature that we have seen . The various general headings of the contents embrace an introductory chapter ;

    elements of design ; illustrations of type ; singlehand yachting ; general information ; and an appendix . Drawing and modelling are treated

    of in the introductory part . Under Elements of Design' we find resistance , displacement , stability , rig and its principles , beam and its relations ,

    balance and its objects , handiness , centreboard and keel , design in its unity , the computations , and theory and practice compared . The section

    'Illustrations of Type ' embraces descriptions of all classes of yachts . ' Single-hand Yachting * is a ¦ 1 im titl ^** ¦» ^^^ e ^ 1 ^ which w w 4 h ^ pp ^ ^^ m p > full p ^ v >^ ppk >^ y v ¦ exp ^^ ¦ tm <^ m ^ lains *« v p » t * p ^ the m *^* m ^^ range p ^ « ¦ . * - * k ^ ^ pt of ^< p * ¦¦ * that m * ¦»¦ # ¦ p ^ p ^ ^» r

    especial chapter , and in ' General Information ' may be found a large number of practical hints relating to the sailingequipmentand care of

    yachts . A useful appendix , contains , the international rules of the road , cautionary signals of the U . S . signal service , and a judicious gleaning

    from the bibliography of yachting under the heading * The Yachtsman ' s Library . ' The plates are abundant , and clearly drawn . As the author

    is an American , his work , as might be expected , includes descriptions of various vessels which in build , rig , and name are unfamiliar in this

    country . Mr . Kunhardt ' s splendid volume should be exceptionally useful , in every respect , to designers and builders of small crafts .

    From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —A few years ago "when a start was made with several new

    cheap periodicals , and a few old established , magazines were lowered in price , one of the most fc ¦ H M icuous PPT works that b came -m -ppp- fresh n before -

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    of the best class of current English literature , adorned character b . y art The illustrations volume of of the an unusuall Magazine y hi for gh

    1884-5 has just been finished , and is now before us in an exceedingly hundsome form , the contents fully bearing out the earlier promise of

    the venture . Our surprise that such a volume could be produced at the money is greatly increased by an examination of the list of authors .

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    tion It artists should H and . M not . S engravers . be Bacchante forgotten are at , no too the , less that Anti distinguished the podes contribu / from .

    the the pens nena ' of of Prince Prince Edward Edward o ol f "W Wales ales a ana nd Prince Jtrince The George serial of mt stories ** Wal ir es , are appears - ¦¦ -- A ¦ f F - in amil i the y A present JQto' b volume y Hugh ¦ ¦ - —¦ .

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    Oct. I, 1885 The Publishers' Circular 95...

    Oct . i , 1885 The Publishers' Circular 959

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1885, page 959, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101885/page/43/