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

    Chandler Moulton , R . W . Gilder and Ella Wheeler Wilcox . It seems to have been Mr . Gleeson

    White ' s aim to give nothing with which the English public might be supposed to be already acquaintedand therefore the many entert . iining

    pieces here gathered together will come upon British readers with all the charm of freshness . Many of the verses are delihtful and without

    g exception they have merit . From Messrs . James Nisbet & do . —* Hugh

    Latimer , ' by Rev . James J . Ellis (* Men with a Mission' Series ) . A capital biographical sketch of the great English reformer . Mr . Ellis writes

    with vigour anddirectness , and , beingsomething of a hero-worshipper , of course with sympathy and insight . The book is one to be heartil

    recommended to all who take an interest in the religious history of our country , or know how to appreciate a bit of brisk biography .

    From the same . — ' Courtship and Marriage , with a few plain words about some other great matters' by the Rev . Harry JonesM . A .

    , , These lectures were delivered by Mr . Jones in his own church on Sunday afternoons , and several of them have already appeared in

    various periodicals . The author says that as at the time of delivery they were unaccompanied by any ' service ' they show greater freedom of

    speech than some sermons ; very likely that is no demerit . They are certainly very direct and candid , with no over ^ rennement or beating about

    the bush , but that , after all , is the sort of writing common people like best , and the lectures are intended for the multitude . They Jtreat of

    many interesting topics , that on ' Courtship and Marriage' being appropriately set first . The other matters discussed are education

    , Christian worship , the impotence of oaths , religious toleration , gambling , drunkenness , human progressand sensationalism . On this

    , latter Mr . Jones has some very pertinent remarks indeed . Of course he touches upon notion . The very word sensationalism suggests

    novels , and Mr . Jones discusses it at some length . He is of opinion that novels should be entertaining , but they must be clean and

    healthy . In that we are thoroughly with him . But again he says 'It is not necessary that they should be recommended by their style as

    well as matter . ' Here is rank literary heresy . On the whole , however , Mr . Jones ' s book is distinctly good .

    From Messrs . Plon , Nourrit & Co ., Paris . — * Criminelle , ' par Pontsevrez . This is a novel of contemporary life in Paris . The principal

    V v Ik . personages are a rich sugar manufacturer , who has become a member of the French Parliament—depute dc VEure—and his beautiful

    daughter and her husband , M . d'Erqueville . The deputy , with his millions , his hundreds of employesthe newspapers in Paris and the

    , provinces which he controls , is a man to be feared in the official world , and so it comes about that every successive government shows

    consideration . The story , besides the romantic part , is for a considerable part occupied with operalions k . — on the — ¦ - Bours — — e , Sec . The author — —is

    already known as having published several novels . We find also , from an announcement which is placed opposite the title-pagethat

    , M . Pontsevrez is the writer of three books of poetry which have been couronnfesj / arVAcademic Franqahv .

    From Messrs . O . F . Putnam ' s Sons . ' The Trees of North-Kastern America / illustrations

    from original sketches by Charles 8 . Kewall . With an introductory note by Nath . 8 . Britton .

    In this handsome book are described all the native trees of Canada and the Northern United States east of the Mississippi River

    and mention is made of the more important naturalised species . The work is clearly and popularly written , and lavishly illustrated .

    From the same . —* Tabular Views of Universal History / compiled by G . P . Putman , and continued

    to date by Lynds E . Jones . This volume consists of a series of chronological tables presenting , in parallel columns , a record of the more

    noteworthy events in the history of the world from the earliest times down to the present yearbeginning with the erection of the

    , Great Pyramid atGizeh about the year 3700 B . C ., and ending with the general epidemic of influen — za in - Europe ¦ —¦ ¦ h h — at — — —~ the - — 1 ^^» close - ^»^ ^^ - ¦ ^ f ^ w ^^ - ^^ m of ~** " ^ 1889 ^^™ ^^^ ^ -. ^ - ^^ ^ A ^—^^ . D ^ . ¦ As —^— ^^^ a - ^^—^

    reference-book it deserves a place on the shelves of every teacher and student . I From Messrs . "WardLock & Co . —* The Life

    , of Robert Burns / by John Gibson Lockhart . Revised edition with new notes , appendices , and literary illustrations ¦ by John H . Ingrain ¦ ¦— ( fc Mi —¦ ¦ ¦ -

    — m — — ~ — ° — — — — - — — - r ^^ m ^^ ^^ r *^ ^ ^—^^ ^^ w ^^ v ^ ^^^ ^^~ - ^^^ K ¦ " " ^ ^ ^ " ^ nerva Library ) . On the whole , Lockhart ' s * Life of Burns' is the best biography of the poet which we possess . Lockhart was at once a

    man of letters and a man of the world and was therefore better able than most to appreciate Burns , both as a man and as a poet .

    Moreover , the * Life ' is brilliantly written , and while it is not free from errors , it is , as a whole , I eminently impartial . There are many «/ good ? I

    •/ L CI books indeed in the Minerva Library / but few that surpass either in interest or value this latest addition . It is made all the more

    valuable , too , by Mr . Ingram ' s excellent introduction , and the essays of Carlyle and Wilson , which are included in the appendices —i *— . Carly •> le ' s

    criticism is the best thing that has ever been written on Burns , and in itself is worth far more than the price of the volume .

    From the same . — ' Reviews , Essays , and Poems / by Lord Macaulay , with a biographical introduction by G . T . Bettany . This first volume of the

    * Macaulay Library ' includes the essays contributed by Macaulay to the Edinburgh Rcviemy his miscellaneous writings in prose and verse , 1

    and the ' Lays of Ancient Rome . ' Macaulay is | sometimes severely handled by modern critics , but we only wish that all members of the

    critical craft possessed his high and various gifts , Ms learning , and his sincerity . The present collection of his shorter works ought to be

    popular . From the same . ' Ascutney Street : a

    Neighbourhood Story , ' by Mrs . A . D . T . Whitney . In its simplicity of plot , and charm of style , Mrs . Whitney ' s latest storv reminds us of . Miss

    Austen ' s works . Tljere is the same quiet power of characterisation , the same sly humour , and the same enviable knack of making the

    cominonplace supremely interesting . * Ascutney Street' is not a book that will make the reader shudder at the lonesome midnight hour «< r thrill

    , him , or rather her ( for we take it to be m ant for girls ) , or agitate her in any way , but it is a book whose characters will live in the memory

    and become companions . Jant ; Gregory and Mrs . Kunderland are capitally drawn , and there are two children who are verj" precocious and

    very amusing . Not for a long time have we

    read a sweeter stor 3 ' .

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    4 V Dec . i , 1890 The Publishers' Circular , I 56 3 :

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 1, 1890, page 1563, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01121890/page/15/