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    is introduced . The book is methodically arranged and easily referred to . F-irom Messrs . Swan Son-uenschein & Co . —

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    very readable indeed , while its moral tone is excedingly healthy . From Mr . David Stott ( 370 Oxford Street ) . —

    • From West to East , ' by Henry Rose . The chief and most ambitious poem in this wellprinted volume is that entitled ' Aziz . ' In some

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    repose after the worries and trials of the workaday world are over , there Is comfort in its pages , and high-souled intensity in its thoughts .

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    for young folk , published by this Association , contains a series of pictures and useful lessons , chiefly on natural history and home life .

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    them as a volume of the * Chandos . Classics . ' Mr . Ewald ' s introductory essay has been very carefull Bi ^ PbW BFF ^ BFBJ ¦ F y written Bf W FiFBFV fBBFF and ¦¦ ¦ i ¦ ¦ ¦¦ his v-h h f-b critical 1 | VBpr B > BPI BBflpr BbFB acumen bPFBbBPJ BFfBBfpk is

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    of the whole volume .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1887, page 1100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101887/page/54/