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Revie » W? » - , &Q — . Ltdthe
— + ——*— - ¦ -1 I - ¦ been on the increase in French literature . These interesting essays arj dedicated to
Professor Rod , of Geneva . From Messrs . George Philip & Son . —' Mungo
Park and the Niger , ' by Joseph Thomson . ( The Worlds Great Explorers and Explorations . ' ) Whilst public attention is so largely
drawn to the discoveries on the Dark Continent , an opportune moment has been chosen for the publication of a book which
will do much to widen the popularity of Messrs . Philip ' excellent and valuable series of volumes . Mr . Thomson ' s personal experiences
in the land which was the scene of Mungo Park ' s adventures suppjy sympathy and zest for the fascinating work which he has just
probriefl duced y . trace In 3 the the earl numerous y chapt attempts ers Mr . at Thomson African dis — — — — covery — — — — g , y commencing - ^ p ~ - ^ - ^ ^ v — ~_ r ^ ^_ - ^^ r ^_ ^^ m ^^ hk many ^ b ^ b ^» i . w ^ ^ w centuries ^ a ^ ^ a ^ **^ m «* * r » a * ^ ^^ p ^^ before » - % * - ^* - ^^ *^ ^» r - ^^
-the Christian era , continued by the Arabs , and Eng , lish subsequentl , and the French y , by , the down Portuguese to the inaugura , the
tion of the African Association in the latter part of the eighteenth century . He then summarises the exploits of LodyardLucas
Horneman , and Houghton , carried ou , t under , t to the aus period pices of when the Association Mungo Park , and came brings to the us
left front Eng in land 1795 , to and achieve at the age the of bravely twenty-four won distinction of the first of famous African
travellers . The recital which follows of Park ' s adventures , discoveries , sufferings , hair-breadth escapes and tragic death in the waters of the
Niger is given with a careful avoidance of unnecessary and tedious details , and in a terse and graphic style , which render it difficult , if
not beginning impossible to end , . to find a dull page from From the Beligious Tract Society . —* Myrtle
and Rue , ' by Margaret Scott Hay craft . This is a story for the young , illustrating the familiar verses of the 23 rd Psalm . Each verse is made
writer more or has less to much the su excellent bject of puf a chapter pose worked , and out the the thought . The book is interesting
throughout , and will be greatly prized by young people , to whom it may be readily commended as at once — - entertaining — — — — ' ' - - r —» and — — — ^ useful — — — - — ^—• — - ¦ ^^ . It diih v * cannot - ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ r ^* fail ^™ ^ ¦ ^» ^ " to " »* ^^"
exercise a beneficent influence wherever it is read . From the same . — ' Honour not Honours' by Mrs .
Austin Dobson . This is another story , of wellsustained interest suitable for the young . It deals in an engag % ing k way with 1 schoo i l or earl
educa — tional — — - — life ^ r ^^ — - — F ^^ and — ^^^^ is ^^ enlivened I ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^** — ~ b ^ ^ ^^^ ^»^ . numerous ^^ ^»^ ak ^»^^ ^^^^ ^^ ¦ ^ y scenes and incidents , well fitted to charm the youthful imaginatiop . Its dialogue is brisk
and the writer has always a lofty aim in view . , the The volum . e will make a capital gift-book for young
From the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . —* Hands , Hearts , and Homes , ' by
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this most useful and welcome atlas is published at the popular price of sixpence . From Mr . Elliot Stock . —* Book Prices Current
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7 The Publishers' Circular june 2 , 1890
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 2, 1890, page 706, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02061890/page/18/
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