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    From Messrs. George Bell & Sons.—'The

    ^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ remote ana and his ins time book book when is is one one ' Judges of of singular sine ruled -alar in interest interest Israel / ; :

    . indeed The ancient , we , may Hebrew say , of characters singular fascination stand put .

    clearly and distinctly : we know them as they were - - ^ - - — ; j We — - - ^ see - ^ - — - — - them ^ ¦¦ ¦ ^ - ^ ¦ at - »» ^ ^ home m *~ ^ m- -bp ^ pih ^ p- and wh » - < »¦ vjp abroad « pr " ^ p * * h ^ r ^ p »^^ pfc , » in pp » ¦* m the ^ ^ - >^ ^^

    tion passion sketches , in of triumph are despair of quite and and uncommon defeat the ecstasy . Many power of exulta of and the - merit . ¦ The chapters describing # the «»> p » Pro a-w hetess

    we of of — - ^ - - — Gilead the — have — - — northern ' ¦ read — , —^ are - ^ ^ p » - ^^™ for as ™ i . w * tribes ^ fine ^ a ^^«™ " ^^ long in ^» wb , and ^** their p * ^ p * - time » ^ Jephthah w ** ^^^*** J way ^ % ** The ^^ as , ^» anything the chapters ^^[ p Bp ^ -fc ^^ hero ^ ¦** ^ pw'Pfc ^ i ^ p *'

    . dealing with Gideon , too , are very good , and presen y - ^ — ¦ " ¦ — t ~ a — -- vivid » — - ¦ «• " p ¦* - » icture ^» ¦»¦ »*•> . ¦* ^» - of ^^ « w the w •*>••» - ** pr troublous w <* t > ^^ w * * ¦ ^^ w * . *^ times v * r - ~ ^^¦ w '

    that now seem to . have belonged to another world . Dr . Lang- "brings out the human attributes - » of his ¦ ¦ ¦ characters mF ~ •¦» pair so that the Appi modern

    " — ' — — ^ — ' r - ^ ^— — - ^^ *^¦ tap *** - ^^ ^ r ^^ p ^ pr ^> p » ^» - «>^» wVp * *^ ^^* r pi m ^^»* 'V'Vpi ^^ ^ h ^^^ reader feels a kinship to them . They were peculiarly circumstanced , peculiarly privileged , yet ^ m - — — they — —— ~ v- m were - * - ^ ^— ^ p- men pm ^* . ^ ^^ - , p — « and ^ v tv «» ^* v * women v v - ^^ m- ^^^ ^^ ^ b ^ b with v v 4 b v - m such ^ p ^ * * ^ ~

    shortcomings and frailties as are still rife in the modern world . Unlike many Biblical writers - - — — - — — — - ^ , ^ ——— Dr __ . v Lang ^^^— Vw ^^ vhk does w ^ ^ r ^* r iv ph not ^ w ^^ - — forget ps ^ «^ 4 k vpph ^ p » "ap * this ^^ b ^ ^ m ^ , m ' and ^ 1 ^ J ifc ^^^ the ^^ ^^ ^^

    fact gives an enhanced interest and value to his . book . We should add that the style is rapid and strongand admirablsuited to the

    subject . , y From Mr . David Wutt . — ' French Phrase Book , '

    by A . J . Calais , B . L . This volume is intended to supply the student with exercises in those parts of speech where the French construction

    ¦ — —^— — — - -w- ¦ ™ v - ^— - ^ ^ v ¦ » — ^^ »^ ^^ ^^ ^ b ^ v ^^ ^ p ^ ^^ ^^ ^&^ b ^^* ^»^ v ^^ r ^^ ^ fc ^ fc *** v ^ ^^ ^ . ^ ^^^ ^* ^ fc ^>^ ^^* of the sentence differs from the English , and it contains a selection of expressions and idioms with their English equivalents . It is

    well arranged , and will prove useful . From Messrs . Perrin & Co ., Paris . —' Petits

    Lundis Lundis , . notes notes de de critique critiaufi ., ' par nar A A . . Bunand T 5 nna , nd .. We find here a collection of thirty papers reprinted from the Siecle . Among " the subjects **

    are : —Baudelaire , * Fleurs du mal , ' illustrated edit . ; M . Lemaitre ; Moliere ; Emile Hennequin ; Stendhalism - - ^ - - ^ ^^ ¦ ¦ 1 ¦ ¦ ^»»~~ - " ^ ^^^* w ; v Morality ^^ iv ^^ ' ^ ¦ ^< ¦ M - ^ w ^ and f ^ f ^» - ^ «^ VB ^ Art ^^^^ m * r ; ^ French w ^ Ba ^^^ n ^ ^^ r ^ b ^ k Songs PX ^ ^^^ i ^ Jtyfc nfe ^ ; «

    Poe ' s Poems ; Barbey d'Aurevilly as a Critic ; The Salon ; Modern English Poets ; Flaubert's Correspondence ; Bourgefc ' s ' Le Discile ' The

    Goncourts ~^» - — " ~ ¦¦¦ ¦ — " ~ m ~ - ~ — — ; T— ^™ - and ~^ r —* « Guy ¦ " ™ ^^ ™ ™^^ de ^ p ^ K ^^ i ^ ' Maupassant ¦ u ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ - ^^ ^ as ^ p pt ^ ^^ ^ a ; w Poet ^^^ ^^^^ ^ . In this last essay M . Bunand regrets M . de Maupassant ' s too great devotion to stor ^ telling

    by which the admirers of his poetical gifts have , been losers . In the critique of Fort comme la Mort' M . Bunand discriminatinglshows the

    weakness , of the novel from the psycholog y ical point agreeable of view volume . * Petits of essays Lundis . ' is a bright and

    From the same . —* Romanciers allemands contemporains , ' par E . de Morsier . The German novelists are : Sielhagenwhose * Problematical

    p , Natures , ' and the * philosophical and historical novel are discussed ; Paul Heyse , whose method gives occasion for an essay on the nouvelle

    Gustav Freytag , whose Soil und Haben ' is ex- ; amined as well as » his stories of by-gone German life * ' " »~ p" ^ -v ** ¦* . These — ' ~^ v 1 Ni ^ i ^^ ¦ essays " ^^ - ^^ —¦ ^ « *^ V ^ are v ^^^ ^^ B illustrated ^ K * K P ^ ^ f ^^ S ^ ^ tf p ^ ^ ' ^ iVl # ^^ p * ^^/ V * ¦ by F ^^ ^ abundant . r ^ V F ^^ ^ pJVfc BPk ¦ ¦ . < ¦* ^ ^ "i ^ ^ i *

    translated examples . The introduction is an elaborate essay on the spirit of German literature'in general and P ¦ ¦ of German romance kHrPkp in

    - ¦— r »^^^ - ^» - p-np ^ ^^^^ ^^ P" ^ P- ^ - ^ " - P ^^ ' ^ ^ —^ ^— - •¦ p ^^^ ^^ " p ^^ pl 1 | —T ^^ ^^ ¦ JV- ^ B ^ V ^^^^ ¦*—^» pfl ^ ^^^ " p ^^^ ppB ^ 4 / . ^ p- ~ I — ^~ —~»»^ particular . From »^^^ ^^™ a ™ ¦ ¦—^ Messrs ^ p ™^ p- ^^^™ ^ pp ^^ pr i » p ¦ ^ ¦¦! . ^ ppp Pewtress ^ v ^ " ^ w ^ ^^ -. ^^ ^ pw v ^ & ^^ f- ^ p' Co ^^ pj ^ pT ^ p ^ r . vh , pp 28 ^^ ^ pr ^ Little pp ^^ p * pm ^» ^ i ^ m ~ ri ~ Queen ^^ KJ ^ " ¦ | ^ ' ^ ^^ " ^ p —¦ ^

    Street , Holborn . ' The Natural Food of Man / by Emmet Densmore , M . D . According to Dr . " ( Densmore » r pVvw * % « PHPwp * ^ pr p » v > ^ . v PJ the ^ v *^« v « pr natural w pBB w VV W ¦¦ * food r ^ p ^ of « M man mPhV lbdPa is 4 P not VI—i ^ Tp * ^ pp ^* , " ^*** ^ pM ^^^^ ^^ p * p ^ Pj ^**^ pp *^ p * p

    meaty nor cereals , nor pulses . Bread , he affirms , rather startlingly , instead of being the sfe staff > ¦ of life , is the staff of death . People ¦ — '

    ¦ ppi - ....... ^ ^^ , wjien are thoug they ht have to have reached lived the their Psalmist allotted ' s limit span of

    | w ^ i ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ p * v ^ v ^^ ^ i ^ r ^^ p ^ p ^ r T ^ v ^ r ^ m w ^^ ^^^ ^ b ^ p ^^ p ^ r ^ ppv ^^>^^ ^^ p ^ ^ v ^ w ^^ b ^ p ^ ^ pr p ^ . ^^ v ^^ ^ P *^ V ^^^ n ^^^ ^^ p v ^ p ^ ^^ v . p ^ pT IHb ^ BppVw ^^^^^^^^ h ^^ V % ATI ¦ threescore M and ten & , but « ft Dr ^ V ^^ k > . Densmore ^ l ^^ v ¦ thinks ^ b a ^ there is no reason why they / should not live

    ^^ ^— ^ p- ^^ ^ r ww —^ p ^ . H ^ p ^ «^ ^ v ™ w " ^^ . ^ p- vpvm v pj ¦ vpyp ^» ppi ^^ ^ pr p / ¦ - ¦ ^ ¦ ^ p * ' ^ ^» ^^^ . tfpb ^ B ^ pp * p ^ »* 4 W li JNew New to double York xorK that recently recently age . asserted asserted A certain ^ tnat that physician there them of is is

    really no valid reason why people should die at all i since ¦ a correct system ^ p ^ p ^ pp ^ of livin h g would p /

    ensure ^ " ~ " ™ - ™ ¦ —— — , p ^ — perpetual ^^^^ ~^^ ^ pp- ^ p ^^ ^ p ^ ^^ ^ p . ^^ life ^^» . ^ kp * ^ v . 9 ^ r ^ w Unfortunatel ^^* ^ " » ^^ . ^^ p . ^ p ^^ . » p ^^ ^ y «^ p , ^ ppp . this y ^^^ p . P p ^^^ is P ^ M onl ¦ m y a theory . Neither human wisdom nor

    ^^^ m " ^^ ~^ ^^ " ^^ pp ^^ ^^^ ^^^ p ^ m ^ r p ^ pppi « ^ Ppp ^ PV ^^ F VPJHP ^ P ^^^ P | p ^ ^ . ^ pp ^ pp ^ pp ^^ ^ pp ^ p ^ ppp ^ - ^^ - ^ ^^ pr ^^ v ^ v ^^ vp ^ ^^>^^ h ^ pp ^ 4 P ^^ . pfPj ^ P ^^ L m ^^ P fl human ^ ^^ ingenuity P > A » has * k yet succeeded 4 Ph ^ in * devising « A . _ a method that will enable a man to keep death

    — . . — ^ p- — —~ — . ^ . ^ . — ^ p ^^ ^ p- » ^ p ^ p-p ^^ p ^^ - ^^ ^—^^ ^^ p ^ . h ^ p ^ . p ^ ¦ ^^ p ^ pp ^^ pj ^ . ^ ^^^^ v ¦— ' ^ r ^ ¦ ^ bp - ^^ p > p . ^ ^ p ^^ >^^ pj Pp ^^^ A admits a for dmits ever that that at . we we bay are are . Dr all all . bcrn bcrn Densmore to to die die . practicall but but he hft is is y

    very emphatically of opinion that most , of us die ™ ™ ^ v — . long ^^ ^ v ^^^ b H ^ pk before r ^^ - ^ pp ^^ ^ pr ^ pb ^ pp . our - ^^ ^ p ^ p ^^ time pjpr php ^^ ip ^ b ^^ ^ pr . ^ r If p ^^ B ^ ppj we ^ T ^ v ^ v follow pp ^ - ^^ ^ mr ^ p » ^^ pf Tf his p ^ pf ^ kii

    advice we are promised long life and the happiness which comes of perfect mental and -. —» ^^ " —p" " ~ p P h h p ^ ysical g ¦ ^ ^^ . p ^ ^ p" ^ ^^ health ^^ p ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ v ^^ ^^ ^ P # ^^ . Spi pp And ^ . *^^^ p ^^^^ ^^ - ^ P what ^ » p ^^ ppb ^^ v ^ p ^ . is p ^ p i PP his " ^^ p ^ pp * advice ^^ r ^ ^ pp ^ p / ^^ ^ pr ^^ p * ? _ V

    In a word , to avoid starch-foods—cereals , pulses , and the like , and substitute fruit and but nuts . perceiving Dr . Densmore p ]^ K the folly was of his first way a meat he became -eater ,

    ^ v ^^ ~^ ^ B ^ H . ^ - ^ ^^ v - ^^ ^^^ v ¦¦ p ^^—^^ - ^ m ^^ h ^^ h ^^^ PP ^^ ^^^ P ^^^^ v p ^ P ^ r P ^^ pj P ^ P" ^^ "P ^^ P r ^^ ^ V ^¦ V ^ P P ^^*^^ K ^^ r * ^ P ^^ ^ v ^ PP ^^ P ^ P PPPP ^ q ^ PpT a vegetarian . But even vegetarianism presented unexpected and at first unaccountable failures - ~ ~» . Then » - he discovered pjpap ^ pt - » that starch is » - at - w " ™ " ^ ^™ ^ p" ^ ^ p ^^^ ^^^ p ^^ p ^ p ^^ pp ^ p ^ p ^^ ^<^ ^»^« ^¦ p ^ ^ p' ^ p ^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^ p ^ . ^^» ^^ pp ^ p ^^ . p ^ p ^ ^ p * ^ p ^ . — ^ p ^ ^^ - ^^ p ^ pippp ^

    the bottom of most of the ills that afflict mankind , so he did away , so far as he was concernedwith cerealspulsesand vegetables

    containing , starch , and took , to , a diet of fruit and nuts , and he found himself in every way better . Whether his experiments have much

    scientific value we do not know , but the history of them is at least interesting . From i the Religious . pjpp Tract ppp ^ Society . —' Biblical i

    ^^^^ ¦ ¦ ^^ p ~ ™ ^^ ^ - ^ r ^^ r- ~^^ ^^ pi ^ pp qp ^ ^ p ^ p . p ^^ p ^^ p ^ Hpp . ^^^ r ^^ pp ^^^ ' ^ p ^ p ^ pg ^^ ppp > - ^^^ p ^ pr ^ P ^ v ^ PpP ^ P ^ ^^ p * ^^^* ppF ^^ W ^* v v ^ pr ^^— ¦ ^ ^^^ ^ — — Atlas and Scriptural Gazetteer , ' the Maps by Henry a ' Bible Courtier Atlas , was F . R . issued G . S . As by earl the y Relig as 1840 ious

    Tract Society ; in 1852 an enlarged and improved still another ¦» edition edition was published in a larger , and form ¦» in with 1877

    Pht •*•• w p »^ ^* « * - ^ p' ¦— t % ^ p > - «• x ^ V ><« J >^ «•> . «> ^ . pr p » — p ^ . p >^ « W rtiifp , * K ^ i ^ Jki ^ b >> pr ^ ii ^ • — — been new w ^ p > ^ sm ~ m . maps at « p > w w work v v . a . Ajfc So in Aa ~ a active . Bible a / ^ s * ' * % . , however lands i . iifi < wa i ^^> ir , | and mxava , have Wtj so ^* r great w exp 4 »> ^>» w » lorers w has —— ¦— --

    —been the attention paid to Scriptural geography in in during the fchfi atlas atlas recent were wfi years rfi rendered rftndftrfifTJ , that further necessary npr . fifisfl improvements . rv . and and tne the

    society has issued the present work , , which is an advance have been on furnished any of its by predecessors MrCourtier . The and

    maps . , the written introductions so as to bring have them been fully practicall abreast VMiw y re of

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    the work useful . , From Messrs . Simpkin , Marshall & Co . — Acoustics Book D ; or Li , ^ Arithmetical ht and Heat Physics / by C . . J Part Wood I . B - ,

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    of examp carefully les full graduated y worked questions out . Then the by student means

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    from end of the the papers books of there various are examining questions , selected bodies . fol

    In the volume before iis the lessons are - will lowed find by useful reference The chapters aim , and which arrangement the student

    Will HUM . UOCJLUJ . .. -LllO OillU OilA \ A *»* -vm » "j- )~^ mend of the itj series to the seem attentio to ns n good of , and teachers we com and

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1890, page 1230, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101890/page/72/