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papers variations ^ M ^ ^ fcp *^ B » V * V W V ^^^ , " make ¦» ^ Mb "* bbjbbjj . , bjj bj . up ^^ ^ bj , bB this « Va ^ p ^ p *^» V attractive *^^ "Bjp » BffB « ^^^ J » jp ^ ^ j > ^ b ^ V bj volume BBpr - ^ - , as pw -bp — they ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ appeared we need therefore in the pages do little of the more Comhill than Magazine -welcome , and the
work in its present shape and call special attention to an admirably engraved portrait of the author »^» v * v ^ v ^»»^ - ^^^^ , ^ m which w » ^ Bf ^ v ^^ ^^ ^ k ^^ forms ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ mw ^ r ¦ the ¦ ^^ » ^^ ¦¦ ¦ frontisp ^ ¦ » ^^^ ^ " ^ " ^ ^ iece ' ^ ^ ' ^ ^— . » The —^¦¦ ^— —"
' Recollections' are good reading , and to > those who are conversant with the literature of the Victorian - ib ageespeciall ¦ y on its ¦ popu - ¦— lar sidethe
v ^» ^^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ ™ ' ^ ^ " ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ fc ^^^ , 7 H ^^^ ^ p ^ - ^^ ^^ ^ ' ^^ ^^^ m ^ ^ m ^^ ^^^ '' ^^ —^ ^ w ~ " — ~ r ^~^ —^ ^ w— ^ — - ~ , ^^ ^^ — glimpses here given from "within the circle of the leading authors will be right welcome . Even during the short time which has passed since the
book was issued a second edition has been called for . From the same . —* Hayti ; orthe Black Republic /
bSir SSt . JohnK , . C . M . G . Those who hav y e read penser the reports , published in the form of parliamentary blue-books by the Consuls and
other representatives of the British Crown resident abroad can understand the exceptional opportuniti air hv es which b our ¦ countrymen h h t ¦ possess of
^^ ^ r ^™ ^^ ^*^»^*^» ^ " ^^ ^ fc ^ t ^ *^^ » » ^^ n ^»»» ~^ r ^^» ^ " ^ ^»^ -- ^^ ^^ ' ^» ^ g ^^ — - ™ »— ^ ' ^ ^ - ^ - ^ ^^ »^» - " ^ ^^ —^^ observing the manners and customs of the people and the condition of the countries in which they « fare stationed . In this volume Sir
Spenser St . John gives us the fruits of knowledge acquired nation to during whom he a stay was of sen many t as 4 years Her Majesty among ' a s
Minister Resident and Consul-General / and there is no part of the subject with which , he has not dealt ably and exhaustively . Historically the
book gives a succinct account of Hayti both before and after its independence , its natural features are grap ¦ ¦ hicalldescribedand the account ¦ of the
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not encouraging , and when the author in his preface tells us that his impression , after personallknowing PPfc the country for ¦ above ¦ twenty f
is ^ PIPP ^ P ^ V » V 4 that y ^ g ^^™ ^ P ^^— it ~*^ ^ ^ " is ^ V " ^ SP in 1 R 1 K ^ ™ a ^^^ - ^ v state ' ^ p ^ . ^ HP P of ^— ^^^ H rap id ^^^^ ^ " ^ decadence " ^ - ¦ ^^ ^^ P' " W ^¦ P' w ^ BB ^^ ^ B , we years g ^ f VB are «^ P 1 " •^ PP * , " ¦ compelled to admit that the facts which he has collected PPP HRp more kMPiPB ~^^ T B *** than justify this melanchol 4
forecast ¦^ p T ^ t ^ «^ pBP . ^^^ BBpT ' ^ P Sir ^ P . ^ Rp . > S penser W ^ PP" " . *¦ ¦ . ^^^ PPP" ¦ holds M III . ¦ B ^ that > *~~ ¦¦ V ^^ ^*— ¦ ^ -v — in . ^ P ^ sp RpBBH ^ .. V ite BBP > - « Ppr BBV ^~ . ^ RV of ^ R . V .. > ^ PJPT *¦*• all y V 4 HP > ^ Ibd' the ^ fe | ^ Is ^ civilising elements around them there is a distinct tendency ^¦ # - ^ pp » . " *«»^ p »"" - ^ p » i ^ p * v ^ b ^ ^ w on ^ ipp * . ^ p . ^ the pflrpvp ^ ppp ^ p * part m ~ * pw . »» ^^ of - ^ p' — ^ p . the ^— ' ~ - ^ p- Haytian ¦^ p—p ^ ¦ ^ m '^ ^ pp * ¦ - ^ ^» p s ^ pv to ^ p » ^^^ sink t ^ p- jur , p ^ pb mm ^ m i *¦• fp nto ^^ v ^^ ^ hp ^
the state of an African tribe , and in the apparently harsh verdict which he passes upon them he disclaims ^* pp ) pppp » " ^ p" v ~~ mp » t rpb PBpKipr « ar anything ^ biVppVPOl W VVPhpv ^ PWBpB like p ^ **¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ p ^ anti ^ pp 1 ^ '" ~~^ ^ path w " ¦ ¦ " w P" * i ¦ y w on ^ v p ^*^ " * VpW accoun ^ p" ^ p ^ ^ b ^ v ^ toP ^* "hppB t ^^
of race or colour ; in fact , during his residence he says that he lived in familiar * -and kindly intercourse ~ pi with pppphb Haytians pjpipBPt ¦ ¦ ppppv ¦ of " ^ vp ppp . ¦ all Tanks i and pfiprpH shades » > p > pi aRr of
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the actual data to which it refers matters have - gone tiiat * the from hi bad h to officers worse instead now attend of mending the fetish , and ' g -a > ¦ . ¦¦¦¦ , ¦ ¦¦¦ ,. . — . ¦ .
—— —^^ - ^ - ¦ - in . , ^ ^ . . ^ ^ worship and applaud the excesses connected with it . There is much interesting matter in the
c » — — —•• ^ n ulio chapter — Ik ^ iB > BB > ^^ Bk ^ Ph BB ^ Bm on I b «> the B ^ Lt Mb ^ language I ^^^ — bj . b , ^ B ^ a . » ¦ and ^^ ¦ ^ literature _ - ^ bL _ . M of . BB . the country ^ — — — — m j . — The ^^^ ^ ' ^ — ' two * - ^ " - ^ b * - languages —^ - - I HM — - * - M ^ K " - ^ — - » current - ^^ - — -b- ^ bp b . ¦ b ^ bj ^ V " are ^^^^ *^/ French J ^ - B ^ ppJ I | | 1 and Creoletheformer in the
literature , and , the - latter as the home public tongue life of and the people BBf * In BBBBJ the Creole B / T verse there is BJ ^^ considerable
Bd - ^ — VBB . « ^ - ^ BF BB ^ V ~^^ ^ B « « " * ~*** W **^ ** " ^ " ¦ b * ' ' ' -BpB B ^^ ^ p Bg ^ ^ " ^^ » MM # ¦ T ^^^ J ™| . « . t * B ^^ L I ¦ 1 merit by P ^ g ¦ Sir ^^—^ ^ , and — Spenser P | ^ . ^^^^ -w the _^^^ - ^ ^ p ^ French are - ^ ^^^ ^ B . worth ^ B ^ B ^ ^ B ^ renderi ^ B- ^ ^^^^^^ y g of ^^ p ^ B . T note ^^^ ngs ^ B ^ ^¦ BT BBI ^ B ^ . BP wh The ¦ i ch fl ^ BBH ¦ 4 Yp ' b * ¦ are ^ coloured T ^^ ^ V ™ b ^^ ^ given ^ . V 9 I B authors T have 1 also 1 1 ~ d l 1 « .. _
producesome historical -works book down of merit which to . the The oug year ht record to 1879 give in , and satisfaction the it volume is throughout to is English brough a - t
men as a proof of the high ability and trained in powers the colonies of observation and BB in BP < BJ forei B which BB - « HBk B-Bi parts our B | BB BP W representatives ¦ # WbS to 1 their
— work ^ —~ . —~ — —^ ™ ^~ » B— BPB — " ^ — -. -p B ^ B * gn | V ™ carry ^ 4 ^ | ^^ ^^ P | ^ £ ^ JJ Prom — Messrs -.- —— -- — -- » - — .--- -- — B . , Suttaby BJ . -J-l -bT - _ - > V — - — -- ^ — & — _«—V Co BJ _ J , r- —^ . V — ¦ ' Flower _ - _ H -- > — - " — - _^ - « fc and Ml A-l Vb Leaf _ L _ H J ^^ : _
their Teachings from the Poets . ' Selected and arranged by Estelle Davenport Adams . The poet
who who is is untouched untouched , hv by the the influences influences of of nature nn . tnrA can nan are are scarcel not not y like like be worth Wordsworth Wordsworth y of his nam enthusiastic enthusiastic e , for if lovers lov all -ars poets of nf
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sources of inspiration . In the volume before us j Mrs . Davenport Adams has culled many flowers i of ^ B *~ BF verse B - ^ P- BBP —BT Bf which Bl BJ BPBJt b > BB . . ^ BBJ | tell VJfP - ^^ ¦ B B of VHP BB the - ^ BT BBBJ V ^ B- beauties Pfpl ^^^ ^ B"P BfB . BJJT BJJJ » BJjjP . ^ fB- of BB . . the ^^ 9 f ^ F flowers B > 4 BV V VbU J *^^* ^^* *
of the field , and she has classified her extracts in two clearly-marked divisions : poems which refer to flowers in general and poems BiBB devoted Bf to some
^— ^ BP— pi ^ B ^ v w ^^ v BBBJ BB ^ ^^^ ^ BPr ^ BP ¦¦ BJBI ^ BJ ^^ B ^^^^ ^ BI ^ ^^^ ¦ BP ^ BT ^^^ ^ V ^ BJ * ^^^ Bjr BV ^ B' ^ BF ^^^ ^ B ^^ BBJ ^^ B ~ ^ B' ^ B' ^^^ ^ BJJ ~ ^^ P ^ p ^ BBJJjl ¦ ¦ ^ BV BW VB * . BVP V particular flower . Her choice is emphatically free and catholic , and old and new are alike welcome B B B «* BbWBb' BB BB ^ B » Bb ^ V , the W BB . BJJ ^^ P latest B ^ Bj BBBJB Bf «^ BB ^ b ^ writers Bf B ^ V « B ~ ^^ ' . BBJ . ^ v * as B BBf JBBJJJJJ . well V V VBJF ^»^ BJJJf as BJJJpBJJJ pBJJJJJJ the BJJjP B » b » VB * p | V ^ ioneers B ^ BBJJ BP BJJP —B BIT m
of poesy meeting with favour at her hands . It is but natural to find Spenser , Waller , Dryden , Swift , Thomsonand Grayand then turning to later
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Eliza "Rli ^ a Cook Dnnlr . , Dean T > Aan Alford Alfnrrl and an John . Tnhn Keble TCfihl . , Dante Dante Rossetti authorsincluding and ¦ rt C i . G . Long Hossetti fellow , several and i Whittier transatlantic k h /—• and
Newman last \ jim v _ 4 . WbM but , | , ~¦ Mr not i . ~ H least . Wilton , Jean , Miss Ingelow —¦ «*— . — . Ellice i ** - * _ w— , —•• Hop - Cardinal ~ - — , — k ins —— , ,
The Dr JLUV . W book h / V . \/ Al C . it J- Bennett V is -- * fair - > UfcJ . JL , to * J and \* say ftjft * the * is A * - late no JUkX « - mere . Ib William . Vb > \/ reproduction Jfc - wf ^< -- » - »— Sawyer ' — - •¦—¦ ' — . I
of ori and verses ginal similarl book which y - app making have lied , before , but giving < 3 > it been is evidence a broug genuine ht of together p a iece wii of « of vm reading jl ccmjixj ^ and auu . of c » j . just juo . perception of the —
range ira beautiful u ^ o . and the true . a As a ^/ ux gift ^ cj -book ^ w » - »•»* v in »» - its will will pretty be bft cover entitled antitl of e-d blue to to a a and lace gold ^ e amnDi , * Flower ? the the nrst first and Leaf ir fruits ~ iu » ji pamong
of the Christmas feast . . I From MessrsTrubner cfc Co—The 'American VJk
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from xruiu of the all question parts jjo . ri . B uj of in a the tuo collection Un uuwu ion , , of there uucio publishers is *» a paging r" ' "
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index United of States the lines . The of ' business contents the ' is followed various hoiwes by a »
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1884, page 1110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111884/page/18/
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