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    II58 The Publishers' Circular Oct. i, 18...

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    previously evinced his capability of compressing information into small space . Altogether some twenty plays , by Marlowe , Congreve , Massinger ,

    Brinsley Sheridan , and others are thus epitomised , and in addition an index of the principal characters in each masterpiece is given .

    From The Herder ' sclie Verlagsriandlung , Freiburg im Breisgau . — * Wolken und

    Sonnenschein : Novellen und Erzaehlung-en , ' von I J Jose ^ p » ~ pB ^ ' ppp ^* VT p W *** h ^ " * P ^ "P S " ~ p PJ ^ pP- illman P ^ P . ^^ " —~ P ^^ iHH ^^ "" ^ . ^""^ P ? . n — ¦ ™ , V P S ^^ P * Pp . « J qp > . ^ The ^^ - ^^ p ^ " ° " . ^ r author ^ P * ^ ^— ^ " " — — ~~ ^~^— of ~— ——~ r thi — s AB > A rf ^ pibk * k A ¦ " ^ K « pl tfpl " ¦ j > ^ "B

    beautifully-printed volume of novelettes and tales , whose varied interest justifies its title , ' Clouds and Sunshine ¦ ¦ fPiPi ' is ¦ one of ¦ the ¦ Jesuit F

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    Society of J esus found a hospitable welcome in the Low Countries , where they were warmly welcomed and had comfortable quarters

    assigned to them in the old Castle of Blyenbeck , belonging to the late Marquis of Hoensbraech , ¦ whose W > P ^^^^— ™ P" ^^ ^^ P- » son ^^ " —»^^ P » ¦ and — - ^ - ^^^^ — ¦ — w successor - ^— — -m- ^^^ ^^¦ pr ^^ p-- w- ^ r h - ^ m ~ h pi , pm the ^^ ^^ h ^^ ^ pBT ^ present ^^ I ^ PB ^ P ^ PW ^ ¦ " ^¦ P- ^ ^^ marq p h —^^— ^ ^» -pp - "P * m ui — " ^— ^^ — s ^— , - ^ m

    continues hospitably to shelter the banished Jesuits . The long residence of sixteen years at Blyenbeck has naturally endeared the old place

    to tne author of the volume before us , who , loving his home , hag made it his study to find out all about its former possessors , whose

    portraits adorn the old walls of the castle . Hence the first of these novelettes , which is called the Paradise Room , and is supposed to be related

    by the old master , Jan Thyssen , painter and wood carver , who painted and decorated the room bearing this name . The period of the

    story is between the years 1690 and 1702 , that stormy period when the armies of Liouis XIV . and the Allies made the Low Countries their

    battle-ground . Father Spillmann has made excellent use of the materials he has found read ¦ h h to bv hand h ¦ in ¦ ¦ ¦ i the i h archives ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ h and kt Pl # tradition 1 t s of

    ^ ^ - ^ « pr- - ^ ^ y old m - ^— ^ n castle ^^ ^ pr ^^ v ^ p ^ ^ v -w , and — ^^— p ^ " ^ the p - — p ' p annals — ^ PV IP ^ pv ¦ - pp p ¦ ^> of ^» ^ p ^» ^^^* PpP ^«^ the ^^ * P ^ ^*^ ^^ p * P" ^ " Low P ^ P" ^»^ ^^^ P ^ ^^ " " Countries . The second tale ' Hurricane Davs , ' is

    an episode of the Kappelan War in the sixteenth century between Catholics and Protestants in the —^ h p h —m- r Swiss ~^* - — — ~^ - ^ W- ^~ Canton —^^~ Pi ^ ¦ i ¦ ^^^ - — ¦ — — Z ^—^— ug - _ appi ^ pi , ^ p of ^ pv ¦ ¦ which ¦ — ^^» ¦ h ^ ^ p ] pH ¦ ¦ ^ we PI » ^ i ^ p have ^^ > pv p ^ , ^ ^ pr p | pp ^^ pp heard ^ ^ i ^ ^^^ p * PpprVpT ^^ ^^^ P ^

    no much lately in connection with that remarkable engineering work—the railway to the summit of the Pilatus Berg " . ' Long Philip ' is a PP story ¦ PP of one of the tal f l grenadiers of King

    - ^ PF-- — - » -. ^ P ^— J 1 PT ^^ P . " » i ^ PP _^ P « - ^^ - ^^ ^^^ — ^ ^ ~| - » V— P . ^«_> *^ P 1 Vp . ^ k ^^ " •^ p' ^ P" ^ ¦*•*¦!* ^™^ P ^ ^ ~ ^ f | ~ ^^^^ . ^ p ^ fptp ^ ., ,, pPfc | J 1 "fc Wp " ph Frederick William I . of Prussia . Of the other live tales which make up this volume , two are taken from the annals of our own country .

    I One of these is the old but ever fresh , and ' I charming other fc Grandfather story of * and Lady Grandson Nethedale ' a / icture and the of

    , , p the persecution of the confessors ofc' the Old Reli ** ~ —— *~~ g ^^^ % ion — ""~ ¦ ' " ~™ in P ^ P ~ P > the ^» p ¦ ^— day - -v ¦ - — r s ^ V of —^ m w Queen « prj - * i ^ ^ 'P *^ P ~^ ^^ Elizabeth p ^ Jpl ^ Pfc p * , P ^^^ P ^ yPJJf f ^ m ^ f ~| | ~ P » A ¦* W . We V "f " pp ' ^

    must say thab thewe subjects lose nothing in interest at the hands of Father Spillmann , who

    is an excellent story-teller . The volume is full of interest for those who do not shut their eyes ! | to —¦ the ¦ T mistakes I I ¦ of -p— their co-reli PJpPJPb ionists pl fe and V ^^ TU

    who like to < p- hear P > P" — ¦ - ' - ^^ P * H and " - ^ P to - ~~ ¦ -n 'P . ^ ' profi ¦ ^ p" -w t < - ^ - ^ b -h ~* y g the ^ -P ^^ - p ^^ Pl ram op , p ^^ ¦¦** inions - ' , ^ pit ^ ^_^^ of those who differ from them in religion or politics . Father Spillmann is manifestly a

    student of the history of England and the Continent , and not a mere dilettante storyteller . The book is i ¦ beautifull ¥ •¦¦ printed k as J ^ pf is

    invariabl - *— ¦^ - ¦ ™ —^ ^ r p ^ pj « " y p ~ "pp the "P" * . ^ p »^ case - ^^^ p *^ ' p with "p ^" ' ' ¦*¦ 'p *^ *»* the pp' ^ " ~ " m ^ ppp ^ p" productions ^ " ^ " *¦ « Pt y H *~ ^^ ^™ Pfc'Pip * p ^^ Pp ^^ p * ^^ fc , ^ of fc » the _^ . p ^ , p * Herdersche Buchhandlung-. '

    From Messrs . Hildeslieimer & Faulkner . —* A

    Book of Old Ballads / illustrated by Alice ^ H mm ^^^ a m vers w v ^ pp- ^^ fp ^ r , * a is pflp > pp |^ one ~ . r ^ p ^ p ^^ ^ p ^ of ^ " ^ « pjp » the - » - *»— - ^ p- ^ most p ^^ - ' - — ch — arming — J J work ' —~ ^^ ^ ^ p s * p" f

    which has ever come from the hands of these publishers , and considering the exquisite taste Messrs . Hildesheimer pVP & Faulkner have always

    ^¦> p > . "p . ^ 1 . * . * VPJ . T p " p *> ¦ ppp' 9 pMpW ^ pVm * . M ^ ^ pprpk VApp * p" « p ** ^ K i ^ fe Pp ^ p * pV * ^ pW ^ B ^ v «« P |^ pW "p ^ ' ^ p ^ p ^ p ~ i ¦ — ' ^ " ^ ' — ^ " - ~ ¦ " WV ¦ Pv ^' 4 disp Old layed Ballads , this ' is a is splendid very hig subject h praise for illustra indeed - .

    tion , and the beautiful work of Miss Havers agrees well with the spirit of those timehonoured / Tb lyrics which " ^^ fc have so markedl ¦

    p stimulated ^ p ^ p— ** -- - " ¦ ^ Pp ^^ «*¦»* . ^ ^^ ^ p 4 the ^ f ^^ - ^ * p « pulse , ^ Pp ^ ¦ of ^ ^^ •*^^» our —¦ ¦ — ^ national - — — life . The -p * p— ^ y » collection same publishers of illustrated have issued booklet ~* - ^ s an all imposing remark- - j |

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    From Messrs . Hodder & Stoughton . — Sure to ! Succeed , ' by J . Thain Davidson . Mr . Davidson j has J f \ , ^ f f , _ F made ^ ± - ^ ± - ^ ± ^/\ i p ^ ^ ^^ for pflpW ^^ ^ b * himself B *» pp P | p ~ i F ~ Q ^ - ^ ^ . ¦• p * p" ^ a p » p ^ p » distinct " ^^ — ¦ ™ ^ "ill i ^ p' ^» individuality — —~ — ~ ~ ^ f , y ¦ j

    not only by the genial warmth evinced towards { young men , but his talents have raised him to i " book a lofty Am like position this now among before the us teachers comi of fr men om such . A \ [ ng

    a its fpfc >^ ^^ r man ^ p ^ way * ^ bpv , is ^ to ^^ ^ tolerabl p # a ^«» pV great - v < p > ^^ . ^^ » y ¥ many p * pp s ure ^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^ p ^ ^ parts ^ to "" p- ^ r ^* p' - succeed ¦ , ^ of ^^ ¦ the ^^ j in earth —^^— — finding — , and — ^ j doubtless in remote regions many a heart will |

    w wflim arm up nn as as it it , p catches . a . tr . hfis the the tones tones or of its its old old ! ( i preacher . It is impossible to review this book j adequatel ^ 'W ^* Tp * ^^ ^^ 1 ^^*^^ ¦ ^ ^* p * ^ k y ^ in -f ^^ ¦ the ^ pfc ^—¦ spac ***^ U *^ " * p" - * ** 1 p ^ e ^ pTiT at PfcP' -Pp' ^* our -P . PP- ^ -p »^— disposal - ^ - ^^^ - ^ ¦— - -p— ' p— — — ¦ , consist - — - ' — - j J

    ing , as it does , of twenty discourses , each on a j nature new subject of the . preacher They show ' s intellect the broad quite expansive as much ! i ¦

    as the spiritual force which prompted , the work , j From h Messrs . Hurst & Blackett . —Few novel- i

    p ^ . ^ p- ^ m * r i m p ^ hrtp ^ htf ^^»* i ^^ w ^ r *^ W m *^^^^ ^^^^ m r . ^ vapf ^¦ pt- * - ^ ^^^^ ^^ w ^ ^^ " ^^^^ ' -pT * t " ^ " ^ ^ " - ^ m m — ^ ' , readers sympath hav the e not deli read htful with pPM fiction avidity 6 Gr andmother life-like ' s j

    p ^ w ^ . p ^^ fc ^ pP . ^ T ^ pr P ^^ Ppp * ^^ ^ prpPJv y W * 1 ^ pPfa ^^ ^ fcpP' ^^ . fc ^ pjp * ' * P"P » ipP « g THpTpk ^^^^ " ** ^^™ ^ ^ p" ^ p ^^ ~ ~ p ^ ppp" ' ^ p ^ ^ p ^^^ «^ r . ¦ i . ¦ ¦ pup ¦ - ^ - ^ p ^^^^^^^ -p ^ ' ^ — Money t » m ~ . ' The -tt » " » work 1 of the * 1 author ii , Mr * T * flT . F . W TIT . Ro Lp w bi t" *^ nson KVr is r ever p »» ¦ * welcome ^ fcpr ^» -p * -p » r m m «« p— . In p ^ p » ii p— -p ^ the w p >» p —¦ -p novel p ^^* -p , ^ « -pt ^ ^^ now "p- -pjpp- - - ^ ^^ p ^ pfpjp ^ pp _^^ . ^ p . ^ , m ^***^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ __*

    before us , entitled ' The Youngest Miss Green / powers Mr . Robinson . On the shows contrary no signs his descri of decay tions ing of j j

    the quaintness of English , rural life is p , if any- [ thing , more vigorous in this book than in some ;

    former works from , the same pen . Herein lies j the peculiar charm of the story , for it must be admitted that little that is original marks the

    conception and development of the plot . The gipsy scenes are animated and romantic . Indeed . Mr . Ilobinson gives some very unique

    pictures of Romany life , and owing to this and fiction other recommendations , we think ' The , Youngest welcome Miss to lovers Green of

    will be something" more than a season ' s favourite . From the same . —Mr . Harry Landerthe author

    , of ' A Creature of Circumstances , ' need not himself have formed so poor an estimate of the quality of his story , which after all shows not

    a little meritorious skill in the art of writing fiction . There is also a certain satirical power in Pi i »™ ^ " the - ^ r » ""^» I I book » ~*^ " ~ ~ ^ p' ^» ^^ , PH and ^ l ^^» P p " ^^ *^ m thoug - ~ ' ^^ ^^ ^ ^ rr ^ r- ^ pa ^^ K ¦ h I p ¦ ¦ satire r ~ w ' ^ ^ P ^^ pl ^ ^ b ^ H ^^ P is pH P ^ B ^»^ a ^ p *^^ dangerous ^ H ^ P ^ ^ m ~ ^ - ^ i ¦ i " ^^ ^ PpP ^ pk ^ Pi ^ " ^* ^ ^^ ^™~^ ^ " ^ r ^

    weapon to wield , one must admit that Mr . Lander's criticisms of men , women , manners , and so forthare often justif here and there

    a trifle superficial , . The novel , is , on the whole , most interesting " , and will certainly brightly reward the reader ' s attention .

    From Messrs . W . Kent & Co . —The yearly volume of ^ - **~ ^»« Mr ppVpiT ^^* i J * m . m Francis J— p pKi ^ . —I ft , pffpp ^ p * ' -K . p ^ T Geo ^ p * 1 ^ l ^ ' ' ^ w 9 . * Heath 4 K . pP » .- ^ k ^ p «^^ W p ** ^^ , # Pta 's P ' x' widel p « ff ^^ « tapPp . « Pp / ¦ ( Pp y circulated « p , ^ pV « - fPk p ^ T ^ p' ** ^ p > ^ p ^^ f wp- ^ IpP- ^ ' —

    magazine , Illustrations , which is now to hand , embraces many articles of exceptional interest . Moreoverthe contents are so varied in

    charactcr , so , smartly written , and of such peculiar

    artistic merit , that the reader must be dull

    Ii58 The Publishers' Circular Oct. I, 18...

    II 58 The Publishers' Circular Oct . i , 1888

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1888, page 1158, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101888/page/52/