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    hears ugly rumours , and , perjuring himself , believes them , and marries before long another woman 1 . Vanity w i ¦ « - w ' s mr heart ¦_> -r is broken ¦ f by this b per fe

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    to do with Vanity ' s honour , which is unsullied , but springs from her devotion to her father , who V r ^ —— ^ - * r turn V */ **• - jt _¦ - « k s , / out ^^ ^« ^^ « an ^ w *— ^ - accomp ^™* v' ~_^ ^ ¦ ^ _!¦_ ¦ F *"^ lished ^**^ ^^ ^**~ . ¦ burg ^ i' * - '« fc — V ** t ^ lar fc ^ v - ^ w and ^ , * . *_¦ V . « ,

    villain . Years pass on , aod at length Vanity , noble to the last , finds rest , contentment , and peace in a happy marriage . One of the few blemishes ri mm f » » in the *_ , r ¦ book r r r is «_ h ~ ir the b __ i author _ i ' s ~~ failure k fc & to » j

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    ventional rules of society than of the code of honour . From Messrs . William Blackwood & Sons . —

    * Travel , Adventure , and Sport' ( No . III . ) , ' Tales from BlacltwoocU $ Magazine ? Five stories of solid interest are comprised in this volume , and

    fully sustain the reputation which this cheap and handy re-issue has secured . From ¦ Messrs fcfcrf . Cassell i ¦<¦« -war ¦ & h Co -mr - ^ r- . Limited rfk « # + . —* The / ¦

    . M ^ < A . Year V ^ Ti ~ ^» Book ^ - ^ - p « v >> j a n of . ' V " Commerce ^^ K . V " * ^ ^» > : an j Ann , * mm * B ^ ual ^ . » ^ . - Statistical ^^ - ^^ v ~ mm . ^ - -m . v Volume of Reference ' ( First Year ) . Compiled under the authority of the London Chamber of

    Commerce , and edited by Kenric P . Murray . The object of this volume is * to supply a convenient handbook of statistics for commercial

    purposes , such as to obviate the purchase by - merchants of a large number of official publications % s JLJk and « 4 / - references -m- ka r to which v - « r involve AA v A V s loss Jb ws «« of ^^ S ^ V ^* ^^ *~ , t ^ " *¦ ^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^*^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ * ^ ,. ^ ^^^^^ ^ x ^^ ^^^ l *_^^ . ^ ^^

    time and considerable trouble / The book is an extension of the statistical section of the ^ annual jkj ^ j - ^ ^ L * -4 ^^^/^ b report ^ k ^^^ \ -f ^ - ^ ^^ of ^"'^ r the ^* ** ^ ^ - ' ^ London m m ^¦ i _' « fc ^^ k I ii ^ w' ^ . ¦ . ¦ Chamber ^^^^ ^ ^ mj ^^ . ^ w % ^ r ^^ f' iflk . of ^ . ^ -A * Com ^^^ ¦ ^ tunT fl , ^ -

    merce . Besides exhaustive tables respecting the trade of the British Empire , many pages are % «/ ^ ^^ devoted X ^^ Xv * " ^ ' ** ^** » ^ - ^ to ^— 4- ^ the ^ ^ ^ ^^^ developments > p ^» ^* S * ^^ - ^ ^^ V ^ . ^ ^ ^^ - ^ ^^ ^ ^* m ^ ¦* i- ' ^ and ^ V J ^ ^* ^ *^ ^ results ^^^ X ^ ^<^ ^ W ^ * of V ^ ^ -

    international commerce . The first and one of the most interesting of the numerous tables is that k dealing ktfb ik with k internat » > > & ¦! » ional f trade fc aj relating m-

    to ^^ ^^^^ tf ^^ the ^' ' ^ ^^^ ^ 'V exports ^^ ^ ^ JV ^ " * - ^^^ ^ of ^^ ^^ ^ W various ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ countries ^ « . ' ^^ ^^ ^»^ ^^ II ^ v ^ b ^^ , S ^ k ^ to ^ ^ ^^^^ . the ^^ ^ ^ ^ p ^^ United Kingdom , Germany , France , and the United Statesshowing the proportion of trade

    , with each of the purchasing countries . A similar comparative analysis is carried out in the second table with regard to international

    import trade . Various calculations of cmsumption por head of the total population ( pp . 86-91 ) in the United Kingdom of food and liquors , and out of the United Kingdom of British A \ J kj » - » goods V _* » - « i in Jt " ¦ - » fore -m ~ v _^ icountries and the

    Colonies m . ^ .. A * , will > * * i be found a . ^_ - > a particularl gn ^ k * J * X _/ V-r V- » « i v / i A y V «• h ^ useful i >» X A X - ^ and V & A ^—' suggestive . The tables , facing each other , respecting ^ h ^^ » - * T*— ^ " * ^^ ^^ the ^^ progress I " ^ " ^ 7 ^» ^"^ ^^ ^^ of ^^ education ^^*^ ^ ^^ ^*» ^ i ^ ^^* j ^ « h ¦\ _^ ¦»« and ^ - ^ . ^ » ^_^^ the % ^ m . m ^* -r

    decrease of crime in the United Kingdom , as well as those relating to emigration and pauperism , are phases of the book which will prove helful to philanthropists and social reformers .

    A new p feature in statistical information is the tables displaying the occupations of the people in ui France 1 tiinItalBeliumSwitzer wiiici

    aju Germany vji ixAihiiy , , xx > c , , ibaaj y , , O- > cig ^ iuni , , u - " land , and Hunga y , and the relative industrial and % JV JkJL ^^ L agricultural 4- ^« «^ k » m W m J ^ % * \ - ^ M ^ m ^ f A characteristics ^^/ ¦¦ Jl % ^ 0 Mt MfV / % J ^^ A JL *^* VJ A ^^ S * mJ . 9 The J ^ JkJi ^^ Book ^ L ^ ^^ ^^^ JL ^ -

    j selling Trade in England and Germany receives i attention in two comprehensive tables—for the

    data of which the Editor appears to be indebted to the I * - */ bit ulcers' Circular—showing the

    number and character of literary works issued from 1884 ^ v ^^ - - ^_^ ^^ to v ^ ^^ 1888 ^» ^ i » ^ i ^ ^^ ; in ^ < ™ England t ^^^ m ^^ ^ bk ^ ¦ « ^^^ " ¦*• , H and ^^ — J » ^**^ fro ^ hi ^ b ^^ m J » i ^ h ^^ 1883 «^ u ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ to ^^^^ F

    1888 in Germany . Copious details are given respecting the gas and water supplies of the ¦ " metropolis ^ m ^^ ^ ^^ ^ m * m <* ^ ta ^ *^ « fc **^ , V the v ^ « ¦¦ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ad ^^^ ^ ^ u m ^ lteration h w ^^ ^^ <^ v ^ r ^ w ^ i ^ ^ hi ^ of - ^^ ^ k . food ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ , H new r ^ ^^ T V houses ^^ b > ^^^ ^ - ^ 1 ^^ ^^ c f ^ y

    built , trade unions , building societies , English naval construction , and the military and naval facts '* concerning Germany , Belgium , Switzerlandand Austria-Hungary . A sheet is

    pended , to the volume , containing summary ap data with regard to the area , population ,

    financestradeshippingrailwaysandtelegraphs , of the , British , Empire , during , the year 1887 . The wide range of topics and \ details covered will render the volume an

    extremely useful and instructive compendium for a much larger circle than that which comprises business men .

    From the same . — ' The Official Guide to the South Eastern Railway , the Royal Mail Route to Paris , India , and the Colonies . ' This capital

    * travelling directory ' contains interesting local information concerning the principal English towns ^ ¦ b ^ ~ ~ | f ^ k ^ k ** mj ^ and k >^ # ^ 4 * ^ v ^ ' ¦ * watering v ^^^ ' ^^ — ~ . ^ h ^^ ^^ i ^ ^^^^ p ^^^ laces ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ~^ i ir ^ and ^^ v ^ Vi ^ Vh ^ K ^^ h cities ^^^ ^^ ^^ « . h ^^ ~ ~ on ^ k ^ ^^^ H the ^ ' i ^^ - . ^ ~ fc j—

    Continent . It gives a list of fares from London , is embellished with about a hundred illustrationsand is furnished with no less than nine

    maps , , and eight plans of cities and towns . From -v- ^ Messrs aha ¦^^¦» r ~ r . Digby b & Xiong iibmb i . —* Ruy Bias' by

    , ^_ a Victor ^ -- •» « . * Hugo »* ^ nr w , translated ^^ - ^ g" ^ " ^^ _» ^ " ^ y *^ by - ^» - ^ M W ^ m ^ . D . S ^ . ^^ Alexander » y ^ " ^ , — » 7 . The translator remarks that he has ' adopted

    the twelve-syllable metre of rhyming verse because it is the nearest approach possible to the great oriinal . ' This form of versification \

    is beset with g serious difficultieswhichhowever in the present instance are to , a large , extent , overcome . Most of the pages run smoothly

    , but there is too free a use of idiomatic English not of a poetical order , which frequently mars the effect of a line or a speech .

    From Messrs . Eglington Sc Co . —* A Romance of Posilipo , ' by Mrs . T . W . White . The chief KJ scenes \ S V >* M ~ A . *^ *~ of ^ S ¦* . this V ^ AA K ^ book R- ' * ^ r \_^ AX . tak * . ***! ^» e >_• p |^ r lace » t ^\^ V ^ in A . 4 X Nap - * . ^ •_*/ ¦*_* les - * . ^— ' K ^ . The . ^ »¦— v j

    writer possesses dramatic power of no mean ! order , and constructs a clever plot which rouses t and maintains the reader ' s attention . She can i

    produce almost faultless pictures of beautiful women , and shows what dunces men usually are in reading women ' s hearts . We hope to

    see further specimens of Mrs . White ' s literary ability . From Messrs"Wells Q- iWJ ardner ¦¦ Dar 1 t on 1 &

    CoM , A . 4 ~/ The * -- * -J . JLJLJ * V Strong ** I- * UA fcJ . V and V ^ - * ¦ +.+. •** the ^*** . Stronger V * * . * S A ¦¦ , m nri 414 : " ^ a AA Series * . ^*^ ^ - ^ ^— ' . of Forty Short Readings upon the Temptation of Our Lord v >^ in the vuv Wilderness aa \> i \ xi / by the b Rev . a . w ^ ' - . -

    vy \ jl JL JL- *\^ A a a-a » v a ^ . ^> k ^» ' ^ r— ' y ^ . jl-. ^^ | here teaching Thomas deduced , H . conveyed Burnett from . the in A Temptation a great striking deal of manner The practical book ,- is !

    . is very suitable for home reading , and is written from the standpoint of Evangelical

    orthodoxy . From MessrsO-riffltb ¦ ¦ FarrarxOkeden J » & ¦*— \

    JL I ' " Welsri U 1 JJULC . — / £ 3 Ml ' Guild Ui . ^ - -f X Addresses \ F V * - » , y - * - t ** , ' A b UJJUlp y Rev , 'V ^ . W VV . % Frank ^^ - » , p Shaw f thnw . B RD . D . Mr Mr . . Shaw Sha . w . being beinp-an an extreme extreme Hig Hisrli ' » --

    Churchinan , bases these , addresses to the GuiM ( of Eastry St . Mary on the , in doctrine connection and with ritual his observed church bv at with

    his sebtion of the Establishment . Mingled observations earnest spiritual respecting -exhortations the ori are gin , numerous growth , nlnims and ricrht . s of the Churnh of England ,

    together imprisonment Enraght . with On of a the Messrs statement question . Tooth of of , Disest his Green views ablishment , Dal on e , and th «>

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 2, 1889, page 1038, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02091889/page/12/