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    __ W-V-W From The Bibliothdque Charpenti...

    brings matters to a conclusion . An authoress and a sister gifted with second sight play a

    conspicuous part , and one of them is supremely miserable over her father ' s delinquencies , which are known to her .

    From Mr . Calmann I _ 6 vy , Paris . — ' Essiis sur THistoire de la Literature Francaise / by J . J . Weiss . Second edition . M . Weiss divides his

    • collection of general of ' considerations essays into two , the sections other , the a series one of literary VI portraits . In the first section _____ there

    are chapters on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , on the French comedy of 1660-1789 , on the literature of the Restoration and under

    Louis Philippe , and on French literature as we see it now . The portraits comprise Abbe " FlechierSaint - Simon and his * Memoires '

    Piron and , Gresset as seen in * Metromanie' and , « Le Mgchant / Madame du Deffand , and Madame de Ohoiseul ; also the Duchesse d'Orle " ans . The

    first edition of these papers was published as long ago as 1865 . The difference between it and —¦— - _____ ———_~ the — —— second - ¦—i —^ - — - —— edition - —— — — — ——¦ —— ——— is ^— —— - that ¦ _ - —— —» ^ p ^ ^— ^ a ^ paper h ^^ - v ^ r ^^^ —_— ——i on —m ^_™ —— ' ^ M — - " ^^™ . »

    Alexander Dumas ' , fils , earlier works is omitted , its place being taken by the essays on Piron and K Gresset f and on French comed _ i y . Eng - —¦———— lish

    readers - - —— — , , — will , we think — — , be especiall ——^ —* ^___>__ ——r —— _ ^ y ^ amused - —^^_ by the . pitiless analysis of Flaubert's manner in * Madame Bovary . '

    From Messrs . Sempson Low , Mars ton , Searle ! 1 & Bivington . — ' Memorable London Houses / by

    Wilmot Wilmot H Harrison arrison . . With With one one hundred hundred original original illustrations by G . N . Martin . The interest that is taken — —— — — — — - in —— — p h — lace — — —— — s -- mad — — — - — — — e memorable —— — - — — —¦—^ r—^ ——¦ ^^— hy v association ^—^ ™ »^* "—* ^_ " ^ *^_» —^ ^ w » . — — —

    1 with this excellent great men and is evidenced handy guide by the is now fact in that a third edition . It has been revised and greatl «/ y

    enlarged and may now be considered a comp __ »• lete guide to all the more notable houses in London . In addition to descriptions of streets and

    particular residences , it gives many entertain- iDg anecdotes of the celebrities of i he past ; there is , for instance , a highly characteristic one of

    Coleridge and Lamb as reported by Mr . Patmore . ' Lamb and Coleridge' were talking together on the incidents of Coleridge ' s early

    life , and Coleridge was describing some of the facts in his usual tone , when ho paused and said , " Pray , Mr . Lamb , did you ever hear me

    preach ? " " Damme , " said Lamb , " I never heard you do anj'thing- else . '" In this connection readers might look up Carlyle ' s

    description of Coleridge in ' The Life of John Sterling . ' The illustrations are an attractive feature .

    From Messrs . Macmillan Ad Co . -- ' Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold . ' Neglected as a . poet * in his lifetime , Matthew .. __ Arnold .- _ has . since - _ —

    ; his death attained a quite surprising popularity , surprising not because the popularity is undeserved , for it is notbut because there was

    f no sign of the coming , vogue while the poet was still with us . But better late than never . If Matthew Arnold cannot now be gratified or

    benefited by our applause and appreciation , we are at least doing ourselves jusiice in making use of his noble bequest to English literature .

    We are not prepared to say that Arnold was a great poet . The critical spirit was always strong *_ * upon jl him' , and too seldom — he — managed \^ y

    to throw off its shackles and take undaunted creative flights in the face of the sun , but for this very reason perhaps he is a more helpful

    poet than some of choicer gifts . He was an uncommonly keen observer . He had the w

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    courage of his convictions , he thought much of questions that vitally affect the interest of the

    human race , and he had a rare power of apt and humorous expression . He can always ¦ say W ^ f ^_*^» precisel ¦ V ^^~ —^ ^_^ ^_ F ——i I _ l - ^^^ ^ H y ¦ what w » _^— ^^ - ^ *_~ *¦¦ be ' ^_» — means ^^—^ - —i ^—^ *_ ° — ' ~~ . _ f ^ He —^~ — — is —~ clea ^ ^—^ ~^ r as ^ ^ ^—^ 1

    crystal , there is never any need to grope after his meaning , so that , with all his little exclusive conceitshe is pre-eminently the poet of common

    ' _ L * ¦*¦ humanity . And for that reason among many others we welcome this handsome reprint of his poetical works . We understand the volume

    has had a considerable sale ; we hope that sale will continue , for , among the many books issuing from the Press at present , few , if any ,

    are better . From Messrs . Marpon A Plammarion , Paris . — * La Sirene k _»_» ' par m *^ JSacher-Masoch i i . This is a

    study M—_^_ r ^^^ ^ of ^_^ _^ t Russian ^^ ~^^ , ^^ T—p manners _ ^^^ r »^ w —^ l ^ " ^™ ^^ ^^ in ^—— - ^_— _ town ' ——— - —— - - and country — — -- — - , through the medium of a story from the hand of a fertile - Galician rv kvP flk novelist . V ¦ The ¦ __ p—^ * siren i _ i ¦ — ¦ ^ v ^^^^— ' is ^ a ^^ ^ ^ . ^ ^^^ ^ ^^ h ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ f ^ . ^^ ^^^ j ^^_^^^^ ^^^ ** ^ f ^^^ ^*^^* ^^ ^* ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^

    beautiful lady who generally resides in the capital of the province , where she is surrounded by admirers . Sheon her partis

    attracted by a young man of , her own set , who , , unfortunately , cares for a young girl who lives in — the country - _ — _ 7 and _ has been re ! used to him by

    the father _ . At ^ , the end of a series of passages „ between the siren and the young man , the siren undertakes to go into the country and set

    matters siren ri , g whose ht . At town first the manners girl's displease relations them receive , with the marked coldness . The best part of the story

    relates how , one by one , each recalcitrant is subjugated and made a slave of—even to the young girl and her father and mother . We

    must refer our readers to the book itself for the issue of the siren ' s self-appointed embassy . Fro b m _** f Mr ¦ . ¦ Elkin ¦ ¦ Mathews ¦ ¦ ii - ¦» . —* George i Meredith , '

    ^(^ _ by v ^ c ^» Richard _^ . ^ -. m ^^ - ^» ^ ^^ Le ^^ ^^ Gallienne _^»»^_^ — " — — - ~ - — — ' —^ and w John —~ - — — — m Lane . This most interesting volume is , in effect , two books ; the # - one' Some Characteristics ¦ ¦ ¦ i ' by Mr . Le

    Gallienne ^^^ ^ — —^ r —— —— ^ " , — J , ^ the ^ ^^ " ™ ^^ other ^ ' — —^ ^ ' a — - ^^ w — bibliograp —^— - ^ " " ^ ' —^ , " » h —^ y of Mr . Meredith ' s writings , by Mr . Lane . The * charact ^ eristics ^ _ ^ K . V W ^ S ^^ —^ ^^^ ^* - ' — are P' —» ^™ ——* divided ^ ™ ^~ *~ " ^^^ — ~ " ~™ ^ into ™ ' — —^ the —^ ¦—¦ —» —* r following ^ ^_— ¦ —— ¦— ^^ M 1 chap ^ B-

    ters Feverel : —8 , ' ty and le and the novels Aim ; generall the 'Egoist y ; the , ' ' Richard * Comic M t use kb ' the * Pilgrim h ¦ ' s Scrip h ' Woman in the

    N __ . _— ovels ¦ —^^ —< . ^ —_— , —— —— * Modern — — ^^— — Love , ' —^ and ° — , —r Nature - _ - Poetry ; the Critics . Mr . Lane ' s Bibliography contains not merely a faithful list of Mr . Meredith's

    books and their various editions , with the dates , publishers' names , & c ., but it informs us of the princi J 4 pal reviews of ¦ ¦ them ¦ h and the dates of the

    pa ¦^__^ _ p _ pers ^—i ^_ ^^^ f ^^ B ^^ ^ which ^^^_ —^ ^^ ^^^ F » ^^ contain ^—— ™ W *^^ ^^^ — ¦ ¦ - ^ r — t hem w - ^^ , . ^^ ^ - ^ ^^ — ~ In - ^ " ^ — the ^ ^^ *— . ' — case of the volumes of poetry , we find a list of the poems , and learn whether any of them have appeared

    also previousl published points y , in to and isolated magazines in what poems publ and ication which have . have not Mr . Lan been been e

    printed in a collection . , He also adds a list of articles in reviews , & c , on Mr . Meredith ' s novels , and another list of ' appreciations' of Mr .

    Meredith as a writer , also of a few ' depreciations . ' The volume closes with ' Some Notes in regard ta George Meredith in America , ' by

    W . Morton Fullerton . From Mr . Frank Murray , Derby . 4 Gardi ; Joyeuse . A " handful of pleasant delites " from

    * •/ A . over sea . ' Plucked by Gleeson White ( Moray Library ) . In this nicely printed , daintily gotup volume we have selections from the works

    ot some of the cleverer of the minor , poets of America . Amongst those laid under contribution are Edgar Faweett , H . C . JJunner , Oscar

    Fay Adams , Frank Dempster { Sherman , Louise I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 1, 1890, page 1562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01121890/page/14/