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July 2% 1888 The Publishers' Circular 75...
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reviewed . Where all is so good in Mr . Lea ' s work it \ is difficult to \ select portion for special
tion mention x *>> - « j ^_^ xo * * dealing ^ - ^ vixiixouiu c f ^* o ^ w-a , ^ but - m pm ^ 1 with we T * jkj ^ * " ^ may - » cicicuu the ^ s a-Jt ^/ m rise ^ k arkedl A any aiij »_« *—^ ^ and i ^ r ^ pui L ^ y ^_>^ all uiuia gradual ^& Jk ude *> W v ^^ «_ j ^«>« to wjl # . fc the growt b ojjcv & jl V ^ sec V ^ » icij - * h - .
of the inquisitorial process . To this the author has manifestly devoted great care , and the result is a most interesting history . Summing up this chapter , Mr . Lea points out that the inquisitorial process as perfected by its rules
and nnH method method of of app n / rvnl lication i cation was wa . s sure sure of of its its victim . * No one whom a judge wished to condemn could escape . The form in which it became ¦ naturalised in secular jurisprudence <¦¦« ai rJL
pt _^ V ^ \ f 9 _ V ' *¦ * JLJL «> W \ s * - A . % ** % *¦* - ^ + ~^ t fc ^ ^<« . A & . JL t * r ^ s ^ - ^ » - . * ¦^ v * . ¦ » »_^ v ^ vti v / aa v > ^ - ^ was less arbitrary and effective , yet Sir John Fortescue , the chancellor of Henry VI ., who
in his exile had ample opportunity to observe its working , declares that it placed every man's life lift * or rnr limb lirnh at at , the the mercy mftmv of of any a . nv enemy p . nemv who who
could suborn two unknown witnesses to swear against him / Another highly attractive , wellreasoned portion JL is that treating of V ^^/ JL and
JL witchcraft vCiOV / UvVA •^ . . Ui In \_/ XX this JL L _ J VJLA the LAIU \ J * a / ' » ithor - */»_ JL JL- *&_ , commences \/ JL sorcery P « J > ^^ JL , W «^ V b -JL ^> fc speaking of the various , forms of ancient super y - stitionthe irit world and Egyptian J ^^ Greek
OUlt'i . v / - l-i y , UjLJlV- * sp U VJ JL JL A \ J WW \_ SJLJL , V ^« . * - *!*_* ^> - ^ -JL ^ JJ & ^^ J I , / ^ AIMJ . , \> 1 A ^ Vyi ^ J , Roman , and Norse magic , and so comes to a direct rHT * or » f pnneirl consideration prntinn of of sorcery snrr » firv . and n . nrl afterwards n . ftfvrwnrrls
of witchcraft . Regarding the , latter , and as showing ^ 71 1 1 % J yf Y _ £ i _| gr the yjLJ , ^_ yi materi ^ , M H ^ l ^ J V . V JL . JLCVJL al . that W JL-ft «^ V V existed V < 4 ^ A K ^ W V _^ V . every ^^ » ^ - ^ JL . T where » » » * X _^ -JL 'V _>'
for development into organised persecution , he tells the following : — ' In the parish of Torcy ( Normand ) there had jl al ^\ been for forty jl # ¦ a
1 J _^ vjxUXCvuVA . y Y / vj * . jl v : jl . % ^ a . p ^ ^_< - *~ - ^ * - * . - - v- ^ . *^ „« . «/ years « 7 ^^* - * --- * - belief that a family of labourers—Huguenin de la XC-V Meu 1 W l _ % ^ j \_\_ , » and CJULIVjI , his * * lr .. ? dead ^_^ V- / 1 ^ V ^—* . father JL-1 »* J i »» •*¦ - ¦ . >— ' ¦* . before W-T ^ - ^ jl . \_ ^ - « . ^ - ^ him AJk j-a- *—* , and ^^ jljlv ^ .
Jeanne his wife—were all sorcerers who killed or sickened many men or beasts . An appeal to the Inquisition would , doubtless , have extracted from them confessions jl of ¦ - the » .. » - ^* - Sabbat and *¦ - ¦« w devil ¦ v ^
| l | | ^ j 1 4 J . A . 1 V > i ! , 1 . .. \_/\ yxi A . ^¦ 'L—jl-j - *¦ v ^ j k _* x ^ * ** w + *** jv ^** % - »» . » i *^ ^^* i »¦ -w -v *^ » •&¦& . worshi widespread p , with ep lists idemic of , accomp but the lices simp leading le peasants to a
found a speedier remedy in beating Huguenin . ^ and ^ J ^ J ^ L ^ t ^^ J ^ L his 1 J ^ ^ ^^ J wife ^ F ^ f ^ p ^^^ ^{ J , A when W 9 ^» ^ B * ¦* J ^^ L the ^^ ^ k ^ L ^^^/ person P ¦¦ " ^ ta ^^^ ta ^^ ^ m ^^ ^ L ^ L or ^^^ F ^ k ^ animal ^ ^/^ fc ^^ ^ k ^ b ^^»^ ft ^^^ # ^ whom * W ^ fc ^ fc ^^ ^^ ^ ™
ill Andre they ^ - \ Hr had ^ suspected OUOk bewitched / V _/ vtv / vl them uj-JIVvjoj would . v of - ^ a- recover causing ¦ v ^« - ^ i * « . - *»^* a w . the » A *_*^_ y certain death ^^ . ^^«^ w *_¦ .
of some of his cattle , and Jeanne said to his wife ing , Alayre that , I " killed IVlllVVi Your his husban cattle d has i and i done he wrong will ^ % aj find in k
it say && , V so A Aifci before * - Xx < At U -I long . . " * - * That . J-k-J vu » same vv * y j , * day . av * aa Alayre ^ - » vv ^ ... fell . * . > - * . sickand was not expected to survive the niht .
To , cure her , th Andre went next morning did g to Jeanne . T ^ cinn ^ and threatened , rp > atf » n ( Hl that that it if she did not not
restore would never , Alayre be well he would again , beat and Alayre her , so recovered that she the next day' But these extractsinteresting
though they . be , give but a faint , idea of the great stand merit 1 his the of reader this book must . consult In order the to work under for
himself . From Messrs . Moffatt Sd Paige . —The appearof fourth edition of * Short Essays
ance a , the Orig 1 , 1 . x x 3 little XXL inal / l / i \_> and work V » V / X Selected * V has llUftJ proved | J A , ' » g V ives - » v- * useful v good . m . ^ jv- * ju v * a evidence » . The ^ k « . » ¦^ . ^ » selec ^ ^^ that * ^ » y -k ^ -
tion has been judiciously made , though the subjects are sometimes too sombre : a little lightness would have been welcome .
From Messrs . Eegan Paul , Trench . & Co . — Mr . Oswald Crawfurd ' s story , * Sylvia Arden , ' shows refinement \> \ 11 % J in 1 JIA the U * * . V / i art *• of writing ¥ stirring ¦¦
OiXV ^ W O X 1111 \_« M ~ E * M . J . , - ** . ^ - ^ * - w a . * . v * ^ ^ - * •« ' . * . »¦• - narrativefree from the common police { -court ^^ - report sty , le x ^/ of some luv > of our Ajujfc most ^ - ^ fc- » popular recent
x c LJv ^ X u { juy vy * - t > v / v v ^ v * . a . ^ Xr Jl ¦ - •¦*¦ - *•* * ^ - " — ' * - ^ - « - » ^ novelettes \» citement * ( jf ^ XXXV ^ XX % J of ' , * * and ¦ the Ullv yet mysterious JIJLA brimming t *> J U \> A Jk \^ \ m . * J order ~ with y ^ jl v >»^— ' jl . genuine of v / a . fiction a * v- ' «^ ¦• ex ¦ x ^ ajk - .
call Oddly for incongruous the most genuine as the sentiments incidents of are human , they
sympathy . Sylvia and . her nero , Uaptain .
Bearthe croft villain , are cap , Gregory itally delineated Morson , is characters no less ; oower while - fulldescribed ^ w »^ w— . Mr l Crawfurd JMl ff J 1 V ' s work is * dash
ing — **¦ ¦*•* y in sty » le W and ** v- *^ . . m dramaticall a . v-m .. . x . y ^ - p icturesque >» . IT V 1 IV 1 O . With ^ flOJJ - these •¦ ' --- w ^ v commendations w merits ** j « - «^ uvi . m ; i / avjj . u the I . JLJ . W public k / U . VJ . AV will TT XXX jud ILXVltai ge ^ its l ^ jj
lasting . From the same . —The pseudonym ' Lucas Malet ' is tolerablwell known
gratulate now the lad y y , who has added , and to we her must alread con y - well-established reputation VH bwriting a book
so thoroughl ' — — — — - ~— — y good ^ mr — — — »» J as *^ - »* * *¦! A V ^* ^ ^ Counsel ^ ^ k ^ b ¦ ^^ T y V V of ^ k ^ k ^^ Perfection ^^ J ^ £ t ^_ Vv'V " ^^ ^ W ^^ . ' The delight afforded by her literary style cannot be and
gainsaid ; in this story graceful blended blended style and . . Of Of agreeable plot nlot or or ori incident incident ginality there thers are is is pleasantl little little to + y . r »
be found . The heroine is the daughter of a Church savant , and sedulously works for her father until the time of youthful enjoyments is
past ever ever . she she During falls falls a m in holiday love Iovr . on and n . nrl the the th Continen p > sprHmpnt sentiment t , how . is i « -
reciprocal , , . The lover , after an interval asks her to become his wife , but by this time she has resolved to remain with / 11 her fatherSimple
^ - « . " - ^» fc _* - » - ^ - »» s ^ > - ^ ^ . * ¦*— ' ^ JW X / -S »^ ^ . \^ LXXVV 4 JLO . » » JtlXi N- / A . XCUU H i \^ , . 1 ^^ X 111 Ulv though these events are , we cordially recommend the reader to peruse the story , unsensational but eloquently poetic and picturesque .
From Messrs . Perrin & Co ., Paris . — ' Memoires et Correspondance Bfc du Comte de Villele' volII
The ^ ^ ^ w ^^ ^ ^ * t ^ V ^^^^ ^^^ contents ^» ^ " ^^^ ^^ ¦ » ^ ^^^ ™ ¦ -- ^ ^*^^ k ^ of ^^^ ^ L ^ % ^ L ^^ this a ^^^ ^ ^^ A ^ fc ^^^ L volume ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ B ^^ ^^_^ L- ^ L ^^ ^^^^ ^ . take ' ^ . L ^^^ ^ . ^ k ^ L us J ^ % y ^^ ^ from f jk , ~ T ^ . M ^^^ . 9 the ^ ^ ^ J ^ . 1816 to 1821 They comprise 1 nearl XJL -A . two
hundred year J *— ' «^*/ Jk- - ¦ - »— ' -M- *~ r pages ^ " ^—* -a- V- ^ ^ of . letters - ^ - ^ . ^ . ^ - » 7 v ^ from V- ' * . J —«¦ 1 ^/ - * . - the J ^ V / Count C-UJL y T II U to j Madame i . rx « vA ( . t . A ^ iv de v- * . v- * Villele _» .. * . a v ^ j- ^ - / , j the unvy petit puuiiivyix ion of ^ - ^ a _ Mademoiselle J . TACivl ^ ljLlV / lOVyXXV '
Robert , extracts from M . de Villele ' s carnet or diary of attendance at the Chamber in 1818 ,
1819 , and 1820 , and an account of the intrigues and disgrace ¦ rf of -v ^ Jfc Talleyrand -m- i of the crisis
regard-« - ^* »¦¦* . v- » »—^ - . — .- ^^^^ * . m *~ -v ^ > - . m-sv ~ . m . - ^^ r w j ^ «¦ ^« „« . v >^ & ^^ f - ^ •«/ J .-J . V ^ V- / ¦* . J . > ^ ' A . k _ 7 A . V _^ WC / V- * . ^_ -i I ing the maintenance and action , of the police ^ , also of the fall of the Due de Richelieu's second j
ministry , and of the accession to power of the Ministry of the Riht in 1821 other
interesting letter letter . * . » i . l . jaa Jkh _» * . trom from j- j v ^ ¦» - the the matter * - <» - * *»^ Comte Comte JL _« f jk g «_ A we ' i > de de . a . * v find J . Villele Vill _¦_ ^ yfcrf ^ a la . « facsimile to to Among ^ Jk . A his . his J ^ . l \^ 1 ^ son son 7 ^ ^ - ^ .. of *^ * * , J a .. '
From Messrs . D . Robertson & Co ., Glasgow . — ; ' The Show «»¦ at the Kelvin ' is a most comical \
- » . J-- » *~ s r > —^ . «_» » « - <«* fc' *>* . » . *_^ - -J ^^ fc . A _^ ^ T JL A JL - * . »¦_* »^ V JL JL J , V ^ *~ J \ J V ^ \ y JLJL JL X VI * Jk Exhibition skit in connection , evidentl with y known the as popular the * Groveries Glasgow ' ; on account of its situation in Kelvin Grove
. The pictures are good , and the jokes in' prose and worse ' are original and blithe .
From Messrs . Seeley & Co . — ' The Last Journals of Bishop Hannington , ' edited by E . C . Dawson , MAIncumbent of StThomas ' s Church
U . * -M . . » JL JL . . m , y - " - *¦ - * ^ -S * - ^ * . JLJi v * . s ^—/ •—* W " ^ * . ft ^ fc / . . JL . JL-A \ . y ^ « JLJ VWk / *— ' >— ' * JL « - * JL X ^ f ¦* " * , y Edinburgh . Some time ago when the ' Life and Work of Bishop Hannington' was publishedit was remarked that the period between
June Jl JL *>~ -J JL Jk ^^ , % 1883 —^ V- ^ V K ^ and Jk ^^ * Jl JL ^^ V ^ L November ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ % / JL JL ^^ V V ^ ^^ JL JL ^ 1884 ^« F B ^^ V ^ JL JL V ^ was ^ - ^ n ^ ^^ «^ v very V ^^ ^>^ * JL lightly treated . The volume before us amplifies the t . Vif > former fnrmpr information inffirmatinn . Diaries T ) i » rif »« too tnn have Vm . vo
gradually come to hand from Central , Africa , , and Jv JL these % J m \~ r J are »/ embodied / l \ vv-M » in the / jl ^ new volume « ¦»¦ «^ V *—*¦ * *^^_^ *^ . * . ^_^ >_ jljjl y ^ ^ ^^ Vj . jl jl jl ^ ^^ jl jl ^_^ TV ^^ * -- . " " T V *'
which contains chapters of so much interest that no one who takes the slightest interest in missionary « . >»^ » - ^/ labour * J * i in the Dark . m ^ - Continent -A S / JL . *
JL JL JL JL JL ~ A . JL % ^ f *—» A . A » » Jk r ^ T V ^ » - « . A . . A & A &/ J »^ ^^ B ^ V ^ A >*^ ^— ' V ^ * -A A ^ V ^ «/ can afford to let the book pass without perusal . The Palestine Journals , ' written by the lamented JL Vv ^ m m ^^ A Ji ^^ ^ mf ^^ ± Bishop Ji . ^ JVI ^ rf JLJL ^^ V ^/ , tt 'are ^^ V Jk ^^ of ^^ r JL > varied V ^ ii ^ J JL ^^ ^^ L > interest JL JLJL ^ J ^^ JL ^ mJ r ^ J \ J ; * but ^^^ ^^ ^^
most readers will turn with melancholy attention to the latter chapters of the volume which tell V ^/ JLJL of ^^ JL > exciting ^^^»« k ^ J'A . fc * J * * - a ^ K life JLJL JL . ^^ in JL JL *¦ Masai Af ^ . « . ^/ f «^ ¦ «<^ - * land « rf ^« L- * ^>» , of ^_ T Jk strugg Pk ^ ^/ JL % « . Uk Wk les ¦ *¦ Nrf » s ^
against barbarism , of scenery , of fauna and flora , and of momentous troubles up to within a few hours of the final tragedy . Tne last
words in tne little pock : et-book were : — I m
July 2% 1888 The Publishers' Circular 75...
July 2 % 1888 The Publishers' Circular 759
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 2, 1888, page 759, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02071888/page/13/
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