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    Im , ^ j ! _ Wl 832 The Publishers' Circ...

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    MAGAZINES, $ c.

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    From Messrs . Frederick Warne & Co , —A series — - —r —— _ - — ™ of ^ p" _™ ' . Letters . ^^ v ^— ' _ r ^ - ^_ ^— ^^ r to ^^ ^^ ^ Ladies _ m ^ h _^ w ¦ ™ ^ p » ^ pr »_ ' w / which ¦ v » . _ ~ ^_» __— ori ^^ ^— ¦ ^ gi H ^ k ^ nall ^ " ^^ _ _ ¦ ¦ ^~ y »

    appeared in the columns of 7 % e Lady ' s Pictorial-, has been published in volume form under the title ' HealthBeautyand the Toilet' by Anna

    , , , Kingsford , MJ ) . ( Paris ) . These letters from a distinguished lady doctor are in their collected form very valuable as a manual of advice — — — for

    the preservation of health , as well as of feminine grace and beauty . Nothing seems to be omitted in its detailsand we may add that the advice

    , is conveyed in a very pleasant style , readable in every page . We have no doubt that Dr . Anna Kingsford _ . i will find a larg _ 7 e circle of readers to

    whom her experienced counsel will be most acceptable . From Mr . Effingtiam "Wilson . — Remarkable

    success has attended the publication of a slight brochure , entitled * Income Tax and How to Get it Refunded / written by Mr . Alfred Chapman .

    , ^ or A third edition is now ready , and the author-has eold , we believe , over 5 , 000 copies . Mr . Chapman ' s "book gives instructions for obtaining from the

    Inland Revenue repayment of income tax , deducted from Government pay and pension , annuitiescoupons ¦ dividends --- rentinterest - _ _¦

    & c , by Government , , paymasters ____ , , Bank _ . _ , _ of Eng _ ^^ - - , _ land , bankers , secretaries of companies , tenants , mortgagees ^^_— ^ ^ j , j & — c . Also repayment ^^ ^ g _¦ — - — of —~ — income — — — - — - _ - tax — ——

    on premiums of life insurance policies and on contracts for deferred annuities . From Messrs . Wyinan & Sons . — 'Partiality in

    Unity ; or , a View of the Universe / by * One of its Parts / is a long "blank-verse poem in the form of a dialogue between a 'Mortal' and a ' Stranger /

    The effect is interesting . The author addresses his words to those of his fellow-creatures who in their journey through this world wonder ¦

    If j —r j — — — * ^ " — — ^™ w * ^^ ^^^ ™ - *~^^ why and what they ^ are [ sic ] and in thinking are

    weary .

    Im , ^ J ! _ Wl 832 The Publishers' Circ...

    Im , ^ j ! _ 832 The Publishers' Circular August 2 , 1886

    Magazines, $ C.

    MAGAZINES , $ c .

    Messhs . C ^ ssbll & Co / s Periodicals . —The principal publication we have to notice- is the

    Magazine of Art , which this month has some striking items . The frontispiece is a representation I of Thorneycroft ' s statue of 'The Sower / 'Art in

    Australia , ' * Some New York Theatres / The Rapid Spey / and' Female Head-Gear / are titles which will show the variety of the literary ¦ contents . The poem

    — — — - m — — — - _ r _ ~ »~ — M ^^^ ^^^ ^—^»™—and picture is ' A Broken Sword / by Austin Dobson and Fred Barnard . Part 31 of the Encyclopaedic Dictionary ^ v brings ... _ — that — - usefu - _ - - - _ l work v v _^_ - _— — . __ ¦¦ up ¦ to ^ v ' ^" ' Eye ^ v ^ p ^_ m ^* r / _

    Little Folks has a very taking frontispiece , entitled * In the Meadows / From the Quiver we quote the following thoughts on Reading and Readers : ' The

    readers •_ Colerid J ~** •¦ ¦ _ ge has m divi ^ • ded 1 ^ into . four __ classes — . He says , '' The first class of readers may be compared to an hour-glass ; their reading being as

    the sand : it runs in and runs out , and leaves not a vestige behind . A second class resembles a sponge , which imbibes everythingand returns it in nearly

    , the same state . A third class is like a jelly-bag , which allows all that is pure to pass away , and I h retains only the refuse and dregs . The ¦¦ fourth ¦ ii ii class

    m — ' - - * —• — — ~— ~ - ~~—— —^^ ~— ^^^ - ^— . ^^ ^ m ^ 4 ^ ^^^^ . ^ ^^ w * m may be compared ^ to the slave of Golconda , who , casting aside all that is worthless , preserves only the pure gems . " It is to be feared that in the

    present day the greatest number of readers belong

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    to the first of these classes . The amount read is something almost fabulousbut L 4 tjie l ^ V results -Wk ^ are

    UVMAVUUXUC 'V 1 U 1 VOV A-l « VUlV U ( 7 y , H ^ . V A W U » «« A ^ 7 com VwlXi - * r paratively pamph Damr > hlets lets trifling and and papers r > . at > Volume ers are are after mentally mentally volume consumed consumed is perused . Ym but t ; -

    the stores of knowledge are not perceptibly increased , . This charge lies not only against those who read

    secular works ; it applies to too great an extent to those who read the Scriptures , and other treatises upon things divine . Lord Bacon once said that

    ^ reading makes a full man . " He could not have meant the kind of reading that is now too prevalent . The omnivorous readersthe readers who skim

    , through page after page ; the butterfly readers , who taste some flowers of literature here and there , but never settle down to a resolute extraction of the

    sweets , are found at the year ' s end , after all their reading , not more "full" intellectually , but often more foolish than before . Why is this ? Because

    in these express days the reading * has been done as quickly as possible , and because what is read one hour is buried beneath a heap of multifarious matter

    the next hour . But if a man read upon a prudent plan , if he digest what he mentally receives , his reading will become a delightful source of very

    extensive information an d sound wisdom / In Cassell's Family Magazine is begun what

    V S ^ C 7 promises to be an entertaining series of papers , namely , ' Stirring Scenes in Stirring Lives / by Professor Blaikie , the first being ' Columbus /

    The Reugious Trjlct Society ' s Periodicals . —These include the universal favourites , 'The

    Sunday at Home' and ' Leisure Hour / accompanying which are ' The Boy ' s Own Paper' and ' The GirTsJOwn __ Paper A ; ' also' , ' The Child ' s Companion A ., *'

    'Tract Magazine / ' Friendly Greetings / New Biographical Series / and ' The Cottager and Artisan . ' Messrs . "WardLock & Co / s Publications . —

    The admirable serials , issued , by this firm show every sign of active vitality , as well as suitableness for the education and amusement of the peopta .

    We have to acknowledge the receipt of the tenth part of ' Popular Histories for the English People / the tenth part of Whiston ' s . ' Josep __ hus / the

    twenty-A . _ f first part of the ' Universal Instructor ^ / the ninth ^ part of Plutarch ' s Lives / and the fourth part of ' Quentin Durward / in the selected edition ft of the va

    ^ - ^^ * - ^ ^^ * - ~ W * ^ J * »* i ^ V ^^ * W * ¦ ^ W « h ^_ M _» . It a m *^ ** J ^^ . " ^^ *^ ^^ X ^ > - ^ \ Z \ 1 , ¦_ ^ ^_^ M . ^ V ^ ^ . ^ — Waverley Novels . ' Amateur Work ' and ' Sylvia ' s Home JournalJ / and the - 'Family m Journal ~ — / jhave likewise 1 •* to . hand

    come . Outing ( Sampson Low & Co . ) should have

    great interest for yachtsmen , if only on account of Captain Coffin ' s ' History of American Yachting . ' ' Ranch Life and Game Shooting _____ — Cj in the — West' / byv

    Theodore Roosevelt , is one of the best attractions of this smartly conducted periodical . Th i ¦ e Art - - - Journal i ¦¦ ¦— ( l J . S . Virtue & Co . ) gives BiMh ¦ ¦ its

    —^————— — ——— —— —^^—— ' ^ —— - — ^^»^ ^^ ^ ^ i ^ F ^^ ^ ^ .. B ^ V ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ r ^ ^ P ^^^ ™ ^^^ sub scribers A _¦ a beautiful _¦_ __ ___ __ . line __ i __ - engraving _ . , ' ^ " ^_ Faithful L ____ _ h . __ A f unto Among *„ -. * - •_» ' % _ ' _ . Death -, j ^ many ^ - «__*^_ - / »_» j by interesting A M-k F ^« _ . _ - ^^ Joubert *^ »/* - 1 ^ contributions ^_ "X , " *» after W » - ¦* ** T ** _' E . A-kJ J . we » W Poynter V sing + ¦* *~^ Ole .

    Edinburg most out Mr attractive ¦ . h Josep International h paper -- - Hatto - . n A ' s Exhibition good 'An -- r Actor - descri appears - ' s ption Holiday of in / the the a

    — " — — — . ^^ ^_ ^ . ^ ^^ ^» ^ i ^^ " ^^ part . Harper ¦— — -- ' ^ m p ~ 's Magacine ¦ ^ — ' ^ - ^ ^ ^ — — - —¦ — — - -w ( ^ fc Sampson ' - ^^ ¦ -pi * _^™» __ H ^ r —w «_ ' 1 . ^^ . 4 p Low * . wv ^^ w TF & ^^ pf ^ p ^ Co ^ " ^ . ) M ism ^ H

    excellentl tions and y literary well-stored matter this . month The , author both in of illustra ' John - I I Halifax , Gentleman / contributes a poem entitled II ' Veronica . ' An original and deeply interesting I

    paper is that on ' Transatlantic Captains / by C A * JM

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 2, 1886, page 832, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02081886/page/14/