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    352 The Publishers' Circular May 2 lgg J

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    Books Received :—

    translator , and a graphic account of his home life at Craigenputtoeh , and correspondence with

    Goethe . Mr . Wylie lovingly lingers over this portion of his hero ' s career , and then in the remaining chapters deals very % / fully with Carlyle ' s

    life at Chelsea o x , giving ^ much detai L regarding . v the course and character of his literary work . One point of interest in the volume is that Mr . Wylie

    introduces * an unknown poem , ' entitled * Dru rnwhinn Bridge over the River Orr , built 1832 , ' which originallappeared anonymousl' in Leih

    Hunt ' s London o y Journal rr , and which »/ he y considers g there is good reason to regard as from Carlyle ' s pen . The book is embellished with three

    illusfrom trations Mr , . the Boeh frontispiece m ' s well-known being statue a p of hotograp Carlyle h , a portrait of Mrs . Carlyleand a woodcu ____ t of _ the

    house £ at Ecclefechan , in , which Carlyle was born . Mr . Wylie ' s volume , on the whole , can be heartily •/ commended as an able , painstaking A . O ,

    and convenient summary , and an intelligent and helpful introduction to the perusal of Carlyle ' s writings u . The book is — well - - - , printed t — , and is

    altogether produced in a style which reflects great credit on the enterprise of the publishers . From the same—* The Human Voice and Connected

    Parts . ' By Dr . J . Farrar , L . R . C . P . Ed . & c . This treatise , which is described on the title page as ' apractical book for oratorsclergymen

    vocalists , and . others / supplies a descri , ption in , the popular human language body of concerned the organs in the and producti parts on of

    of the faculty of speech ; and its author has thoroughly succeeded in keeping its pages clear of all needless technicalities- Coming as it

    does titioner from its the adv pen ice of as a to qualified the treatment medical of prac the - organs described , may safely be acted uponand

    therefore it has the additional advantage of , being virtually an authority in cases of illness or vocal incapacity . Dr . Farrar first describes

    exhaustively the form and structure of the various organs of people —a point are , singularl by the way y , deficient on which the in maj accurate ority

    knowledge—and then in the second division of the voca book l he organs deals and with of the the princi connected pal diseases parts . Under of the

    this latter division of the book we have an diseases adequate , and account some of practical the chief observations features of on lung the

    cause be of great and treatment value in many of consumption quarters . As , which , however will , the object of the book is preventive rather than

    reformative p protection JB lete as possible m ~ of — , ¦— the ' the -- »~— ' —™ ' ^ rules vocal , » and —— ¦ ^¦ - * ¦ i for the organs ^* ^^ ^^ the diagrams ^^^» « m ^^ p ^ are K < management ^ »«¦ i *^^ made ^^ interspersed ^ ¦ frJ * ^ ^ * ^ as ^ p ^^ B ^ ^ com A and Pw ^^ ^ rfW

    throughout author interest to , while make the work they his meaning also add very naturall clear material y enable Dr ly Farrar to the its

    . . writes" with an evident desire to make himself understood , and his work will doubtless find

    those appreciation who depend in many upon circles their , voices but especi as one ally means with of gaining a livelihood .

    From Messrs . Crosby Lockwood & Co . — 'Studies in Sketches English and Literature Notes , intended , with as Short a Text Biograp -book hical for

    the The Hi popularity gher Classes of Mr in . Payne Schools ' s , ' ' Studios by Josep in h Eng Payne lish . Poetry / which fills the first half of this thick

    hensiveness v ei olume ghth edition , as evidenced and , is easil excellence y by exp the lained of publication the by selections the compre of an he

    provides notes to , each and - — — —~ by the — ' - —— ho m care ^ ^^ ^ has ^ - ^ - ^ - with ^^ - ^* fed ^^ lained which ^ . ^ ^^ ^ ^^ | T ^^ , all ~ in — ^ k ^ " ^ ^ the J words ^^ ^ ^^^ J ^ jl foot > c ff J ^ of ^ ^ - page , exp

    doubtful import or special meaning . . His < Studies and axiu the in Eng book is is equall ot lish , has Prose alread commendable izvui , ' iuvixuauie which y reached fills for ior the a breadth ureaatn second second edition half of

    . ^ y y andonm ' comprehensiveness sketch Dli . Cl . OU of Ul the tilt ? hi iilSLUi . story It -J' is of VX . prefaced the Lilt ) Eng XUUgllSU lish by an language Xdkli ^ interesting MQ Cr Q gjlA RnH

    and by some then follow * essential in s order of JAng of lo date -Saxon excerpts ¦ ' grammar froii '

    - — ^ v ^ . j ^^ fcj 1 XUIU ¦ period peauu all ^^ I the ^ L ^ ^^ down uuwn greatest . ^ . th ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ L to lu ^>^ f ^ ^^ L Dicken ± yic authors ^ . ^ « L . ea I- ^^^^ ss ^^^ , , , Carl ^ from ^ K _ anyie y ^^^ _ ^ le ^ , , the £ juuus Julius I _ Anglo A Hare ilare ^ b -Saxon ^^ . and and

    Ruskin . Not only to the student in school ' and hensive college , but acquaintance to all who — desire with — to the — gain best ¦— ¦ w ^/ a compre English # Ufcf 1 lr

    j _ - - - » - . j ^ M writers , such a book as this is invaluable and it will also be a capg . ital repertor ± . ium for * — use ** , at CH and elocution classes

    penny readings . From The Religious Tract Society . — 'Wivesand their Husbandsb

    , ' y Mrs . George Gladstone . A illustrate series of the stori varied es written forms of in trouble a homel which y style beset , io

    married life - — , and » — ~* ' the — ° ¦ virtues —— ¦—^ - —— — which ~ -r - ^ ~^—W ' ^ ^ are — - ^ ^ A calculated 4 At ^^ ^^& |^« % J ^ ^ * II to man ~ mak to e stay home ^ m there happy — ~ — in — his and hours ~ to .. — - - induce — of _ — rest _ - ^ - — — ¦ the . _ It - — ~ - labouring would v >^ ^» ^ ^^ % be |^ y

    aloud a capital at mothers book for ' meetings a village . library , or for reading Prom the same . —' Monica ' s Choice / This ' stI

    of youthful fidelity , ' as it is termed on the title ory - page , describes the life of a little girl , whose Protestant father on his death-bed had secured

    from his wife , who was a . Roman Catholic , a promise that Monica , when twelve years of age , should go to stay for a time with his sister , and

    the thus form have an of opportunity religion which of choosing she would for profess herself . | Although brought up strictly in the Eoman

    child obedience ' s visit by to her her mother aunt and and cousins the priests led her , the to desire to join the English Church , and , despite

    convent severe disci school pline at and the an priest enforced ' s insti resi gation dence , in she a remained stedfastIn the issue the tiiv simp tJ **¦¦ f * licity -- ¦— -

    ¦ - »• viliu uvvi U W' ^ ALUkJ f . J- ^ J Lli W X » J * O \ .+ * KJ * and love of the , child touch the mother ' s heart , and she too leaves the Roman Church , so that

    they are once more united . From MrWilliam Ridgway—' British Policy

    . .-towards the Boers / An Historical Sketch , comp £ JllK iled . \ A . bKJJ y / \ a ^ . . B JLJ . . Clark V ^ XaXXV . , , M XTX . . . D JL / . . , , F X ¦ . . R JLt . / . C Vy . . KJ S . . X E ^ . . , , Honorary jj-v w

    Secretary mittee M . AAJL \ J * J \ J V * . Fourth -JL . of VLki , the UU Edition * M ~ d Transvaal \ A . Jk |/ l >\/ ll . t The J . A Independence X V war VV CWJL in * -- » the ^ -----Trans Com - -

    ment vaal has usual not in been such waged cases withou of an t organisation the accompafli and - warfare on this side of the oceanand me

    work paper the ui advo auvui of Dr cates . Clark ujl of is the tiio a statement Tran xiituovtiu vaal i put Independonee forward , by j

    xo ^ jica s -xn ^^^^ f policy The iic author , which writes has of in late trenchant had so terms icim much as success to tbe ,

    erroneous a . Autnyi . information wxitco in brcxicim which __ -iiu has _ " ho i — - assorts _« A « f a , } been uecn put put bloeuore & fore the me English ji . ngi ] Ba public puuuu , in ^ referen *«•— - ce ,

    inaccurate ^ history to ¦^» ** „„ the ,, ^ subject . i . as „ ' being He TT , and , sketches „ , * he i- to ~ "U indicts ~~ use the 4 . 1-. ^ a history Uiut Sir mild / - Bartle » r « ir term of flf Briti lir r , rcre itl )' " ) s

    dealings earliest period in . this when part we of took South 1 the Africa Dutch from V ° tw l '

    sions , r . c ~~ ,. on the 4 . 1 , ^ Continent /^ i ^ a : * . and -v - ^ j he -. « . quotes / -. TiAt-f » n , natur natura ^' vj with Glad very stone strong approval , his , Midlothian the W ^ ^ ™™ ' d

    Mr in . 1879 \ rhen during he said'Wo have what y * tell called / ii " there , annexed are Li " and caiava that can \ ii , territory be wv / no »«»^ free . \ mstitu mca . 8

    t in LHJI uv hat such L you rvu ( could JUU , a ijiiv U country be UU j . vj U dono ( UIlt u ) as was Wtt that » ^« to l / U . name 11 The < ljua » - » utmost three i » " — , or 1 s « iou P nOSC W ^

    how half a are dozen they persons chosen to ? assist I apprehend the Governor n | J . ° ^

    the 6 , 500 , l > ut they are chosonoiu ^ w— ^^ __

    352 The Publishers' Circular May 2 Lgg J

    352 The Publishers' Circular May 2 lgg J

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 2, 1881, page 352, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02051881/page/12/