On this page

• Text (1)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    n6o The Publishers' Circular Oct. i, 188...

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    L Oi ¦ - From *- — -V —- —•¦— . Messrs »...

    then we come to what constitutes the greater portion of the volume—the consideration of

    ' The Future Destiny of Man . ' This is dealt with in seventeen chapters , all of great interest and exhibiting much thought . Finally we have a

    supplementary note and a copious index of subjects and Scripture references . It would be impossible within the confines of a short notice

    to speak in detail of Dr . Anderson's book , but we may say that for readers who are interested in the discussion of this subject it should

    possess powerful claims to attention . From the Heligious Tract Society . —We can

    imagine few more acceptable presents for a boy than the * Boy's Own Annual , ' which , as most ¦ youngsters ^^ ^^^ b Jfc ^ fc ^ BJP ^ k W ^^ ^ f ^^^ ^^ r ^ i " ^ are *^* r ^^ —l — W aware * V ^^^ # ^^» ^^ , y ^ is ^ T **^ the ^ V ^^^^ - ^ mr yearl f ^^^ ^^^* ¦ ^ k ^^ y collection I ~ ^^^ ^ p _ ^^ ~ - ^ k ^ ^ T np ^ * ^ ^ b ^ B of ^^^ ^^^

    numbers of the Boy ' s Own Paper . Perhaps the most noticeable feature regarding the literary contents is that they are manifestly

    designed for boys , and that older constituents have not been sought after . This is a proceeding that might advantageously be imitated by

    other periodicals we could mention . The same remark holds true with reference to the illustrationswhich are all calculated to appeal to a

    , boy's imagination without being , by overdelicacy of treatment , too high-toned for his appreciation . The coloured lates are

    particularly well executed . Among p the contributors are E-. M . Ballantyne , Paul Blake , Lady Broome , ^ A pb ^ p ^ b scott . ^^^ ^^ p * ^^^* ^^^ ^^ r R ^ V . ^ ^» . W Hope ^ v ^ . ^^^^* ^^^^ 1 ^*^ ^^^ , Dr ^^^^^^^ ^^^ . Gordon ^^"^ ^^ ^^^ ^""^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ S ^^^ tables ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ¦ i , ^ H T ^ p ™^ . . V B ^^^™ - * " ^ . v Reed V ^^ v ^ v ^*^ ^^^ ^•^^ m , ^ p

    Charles Deslys , Rev . E . J . Hardy , M . A ., Theodore Wood , F . G . S ., G . A . Hutchinson , and Professor Hodgetts . Boys will know what this means

    very well . From the same . —* The Girl ' s Own Annual / a

    companion volume to the ' Boy ' s Own Annual , ' is characterised this year by all the charming attractions that have hitherto rendered it such

    a pleasing companion in the family circle . The chief serial stories are by Anne Beale , Ruth Lamb , and Mrs . G . Linnseus Banks ; but shorter

    fiction is supplied amongst others by Darley Dale , Lady Margaret Majendie , Sarson C . J . InghamNanette MasonSusan Lara Hands

    Mrs . Saxby , , and Mary Cowden , -Clarke . Amongst , '; ' general Macaula } 7 contributors Frederick T may ^ ocker be Grace mentioned Stebbing Dr .

    J Isabella Fyvie , Mayo , Mrs . Molesworth , Emma , j Brewer Thiselton , Mrs D . Austin . The D illustrations obson , and the are Rev remark , . T . F - . yer

    ably good , and the entire volume most creditable . From Messrs . GL Houtledge & Sons . —• Behind

    Closed Doors , ' by Anna Katherine Green . This is a detective novel , after very much the same

    style as the author ' s previous stories , ' The Leaven worth Case , ' ' 7 to 12 , ' & c . Just now ,

    for reasons which will be obvious , the volume should possess unusual attractions . ¦ From ¦ the same ¦ . ¦ —A i popular edition i has been

    — - — " ^ - ' ' ^ — ' | . —_— — v — — — - , - ^_ r ^^ m ^ ^— W *^ ' ^ - ' ^ " ^ ^ -m- w * - - ^^ - * - ^ . ^^ ^ ' ^ b ^^ rf ... ^ ^^ 1 * ^^ WV ^^ ^^^ ^ ,- * ^ ¦* p , published of * Hugh Stowell Brown : a Memorial ^ ^ i Volume , ' edited by W . S . Caine , M . P ., of which we had occasion to speak very favourably on

    its its first first appearance n . TYnfittrrvnr . p ! . From xi the iav same i —Volume uiuiuv IIhas been published

    - «¦ " ¦ v » u , ^ kj « . * jui _ v- >» . » -i-K . . . J 1 UO UVyL . ll |_» I * KJM . lOlit / U of * My Novel , ' in the publishers' pocket-volume edition of Lord Lytton ' s novels . Paper and

    printing alike remain admirable . From the same . —The new addition to * Routledge Ppcket Library ' is the ' Early Poems of Percy

    ¦ i

    Bysshe Shelley . ' As specimens of neatness and typograp «/ 1 o I hical excellence these volumes stand

    unrivalled . From the same . —Two ¦ handy volumes that should

    ^^^ ^^ ^ tr ^^^^ h ^ fc ^ h # ^ b ^ b ^^*» *** S ^ b ^»* ^ p . ^» - ^» ^^^ ^ ^^^^ * ^^ ^—¦— ^* - ^ ' ^^ ¦ — ' ^^ —^ ^ " ^ — — ' — " ~ - ¦ ^^ ^^*^« prove of much interest and assistance at the p U 1 re C 5 sent CUO t ULU ime C / ar £ LX e \ D < T J . he HC Allotments ZXlAUltU . VilJ . uo ii Acts . vuoj , 188 1 < JU 7 ' ,, '

    and * The Local Government Act , 1888 . ' Both handbooks are b"W . A .

    HoldsworthBarristerat-Lawwho has y in each case supplie , d an introduction , and many valuable notes .

    From the same . —* Our Home , Our Pets , and Our Friends' is a combinationin a neat and

    ele-, gantly bound volume , of three publications under ^^^^ b ^ K ^^ b ^ fc ^^ fc ^^^* W ^& the ^*^ ^^ " ^ " ^ ^^^^ separat < " ^ l ^ ' ^^^^ B ^^ ' ^^^^^ ^^^ ^» " ^» ^^ e ^^^^ titles ^^^ - »^ ¦ ^^ ^^— ^^^ " ¦ indicated — - ^^^~ - ^ r —— ~ m- —^ m- —m- —— . — The ¦ con - ^^^ — ^^^ ^^^

    -tents consist of appropriate verses by Mrs . Sale Barker and illustrations by A . W . Cooper , Paul Hardand F . A . Fraser . But the chief merit

    of the y , work lies in the charming manner in which it ha 3 been produced from the printing house of Ernst Kaufmann , of LahrBaden .

    , As a gift book it is worthy of wide approbation . From Messrs . Seeley & Son . —In ' John

    Standish , or the Harrowing of London , ' by the Rev . E . GilliatM . A . we are agreeably taken back

    to the good , old , days of Dan Chaucer , Will Langland ( the author of The Vision of Piers

    Ploughman' ) , John of Canterbury , and others . The essential love element is supplied by the doings of John Standish , Allured of Dene ,

    Carlotta Langland , and the Lady Sybil de Feschamp . At first the youths seem to have fixed their affections on the wrong damselsbut

    in the end all is cleared up and cheerf , ul happiness reigns supreme . The story may be recommended as a briht interesting oneand

    the ¦ *^ ^ 0 T ~ J ~ ~ ^ quaint ^ k ^^ fc ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^™ ^^ - » ness ^ ^^^ ' ^^^ ^ i ^^ of i h ^^ - ^» the i - ^ - ^ ^^ ^^^ g . ^ K style ^ ^^ —¦ , ^ " ^ — which ^— ^^— ¦ - ^— ^^—^^^ P ^ k admirablv ^^^ ^^^^» ^ ' ¦^ , V ^^^^^ ^ k ^ Bfe ^>«^^ W reproduces the spirit of the period , forms an

    additional attraction . From the same . —* In His Name : a story of the

    Waldenses 700 years ago , ' by E . E . Hale . An attractive subject and charming style here

    combine to produce a most fascinating volume . The account of how little ITelicie Waldo was taken ill one Christmastide - —¦— - ~ through a mixture

    »^ ^*^ r ik ^^ ^^ ^^ # « ^ . ^» ^ b ^^ " ^* " ^^ ^ " ^^ ~ ~ ^^^ ^— - *^^ — - — - ^ ¦ ^ " ^ — —~ ¦ ^^^ , y —^ — - - — » - ^^ — ^^^ k —»^^ - ^» - ^ . i ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ fe ^ b ^^^ of lavender and rosemary administered by her mother , how Giulio the Florentine was sent for

    to prescribe medical relief , how his efforts proved fruitless , and a messenger was despatched for John of Lugio , and the perils that

    were encountered and surmounted * in the Name of Christ' on the way , all this forms a narrative that for earnest interest and reliious

    feeling it would be difficult to surpass . Atten g - tion should also be directed to the exquisite illustrations by G . P . Jacomb-Hood .

    From Messrs . Simpkin . Marshall & Co . — The English in Canary Isles : being a Journal in

    Tenerife and Gran Canaria / by S . Frances Latimer . This little book , which is unambitiousldescribed in the preface as merelan

    attempt y to describe the life of the Eng y lish in the Canary Isles , fully carries out the modest aim of the author , and is something more than

    an attempt beside . Much of the information given in these pages should prove of the greatest assistance tarf to 'travellers ' ¦ - who think of visiting

    . . i . ' " ^^ " W * w * ph T ^* ^*^ ^**^^ ^^ - ^ i » ~^** - ^^ " - ^»^ ^^ ™ w" ^ t ^ i ^ ^ - ^ —— ^— ^^^ f ^ - » — ¦ » - —^»™ * ^» ^^ ^ . h i ^ # *^ n ^ ™^ - ^^ ^ a ^ m W ^^ p > J ^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^ ^ ta ^ fc this portion of the globe , and for those at home the description will be found of great

    interest . Included in the volume is a map of the islands and eight illustrations . From Messrs . Swan Sonnensoliem & Co . —The

    stories by J . J . Wright , gathered together under

    N6o The Publishers' Circular Oct. I, 188...

    n 6 o The Publishers' Circular Oct . i , 1888

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1888, page 1160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101888/page/54/