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    I] 914 The Publishers 1 Circular Oct. 2,...

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    Books Received:— From Messrs. 1 W. H. Al...

    the good of the poorer classes of society , but it has considerable literary ¦ - merit -i . The ¦ tale ¦¦• ¦» ¦ - — ¦— of --w the -w

    Insti-¦ - ¦ - >¦ ¦ - ¦ - ' -- « -- ¦— - ' ^ fc-j ^ m -ar- ^ -w- *** ^ -w m . * -k . ' -Mf w w -m- » m ¦ h b ¦ — ¦ ——> --- " - — — — — ----. - — -w - * -- — tute ' s work during ^ the year under notice sho ^ rs that it has enlisted the services of some able "writers for its magazines and other publicationsand the

    , issue of the ' Church Worker , ' the latest addition to its list of magazines , is pronounced to have been a success . Some idea of the business done

    form by the ed S from ociety the ' s publishing following figures department given may in the be Report : —* The sales of the publications of the

    Institute have , during the year , included tho following : Sessions Papers , & c , 133 , 376 ; Hymn I Books and . Liturgies , 169 , 441 ; Addresses and

    Almanacks , 211 , 030 ; Certificates , & c ., 48 , 504 ; Service of Song and musical publications , 133 , 800 ; Magazines & c 512550 ;\ Lesson Volumes 42068 ;

    Elementary * , Class , Books , , 13 , 324 ; Roll Books , , and Registers , 93 7936 ; Prize Books and Packets , 8 , 503 ; Manuals , 4 , 391 ; together with sundry

    publications , making the total upwards of a million and a half . ' From Mr . James Gtemmellof Edinburgh . — ' Uncle

    , TonTs Cabin , ' by Harriet Beecher Stowe , and * Lucy Clare' aod * The Babes in the Basket '—

    of two th ^ volumes se works of is * a The clearl Anchor y printed Series edition . * The of Mrs first . Stowe ' s famous storyand the second contains two

    well-told tales of home , lifeboth bookswith their pretty covers in which the , gold anchor , on a pale green ground is a prominent featurebeing

    well fitted for school prizes or gifts . , From tne same—' The Life and Times of Girolamo

    , written Savonarola sketc . ' h By of Annie the great C . Macleod Italian . friar A pl , easant by M l y-

    Maeleod , who is , we understand , a daughter of the late Dr . Norman Macleod , so well known as the Editor of Good Words . The story of the erentful

    life briefl of the but courageous attractive and l eloquent and those preacher who do is told not y y , possess -- the - — larger biograp —— ¦ hies — . — ' will b welcome » J ^ -MKrfl -Ai ^ the « b # b » i

    li ttle — — book . j — ^ - * -- ^— - % — — - ^ —¦ - ^ — » » *>• v w —a ^ - ¦ ^ ^ "pr From Messrs . Hodder A Stoughton . — 'A

    Commentary on St , Paul ' s Epistles to the Corinthians . ' By Joseph Agar Beet . The welcome accorded to the — - « ^ f auth ¦*¦ —— — or ' s * Commentary ¦>^— -n it v &** i a . on \_/ the E J istle to *\ the K-J

    ^ -w » - »•* . - _ * „ ' . r - n ~ , ^ v ^ y m- ~» \ A-A V ^ _ - * p » » j *^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ L ^/ Romans praise fro ' m at scholars once secure of d the for calibre him the of hi Bishop ghest

    Ellicott aod Dr . Sanday , and from critics of Bibli here followed cal literature his of former the firs labours t rank b , and a commen he has - np y

    lette tary , rs similarl to the y Corinthian planned and Church worked . As out no , part on the of the — Pa - uline — writings " - — - ¦ — - — ~ f— . *¦» " g •••» i" res ¦ ~ fc ^ sfc . * ' m such ¦¦ ~* mjm » n tm a * ¦ cl *_ j * . ear » ¦« .. ' . A revelation ^/ w ^^ A % m ^ M % ^ A M

    of of t t he he inner Apost mind le of , t the he aims Gentiles , and , the there asp is irat much ions weight in Mr . Beet ' s claim that the volume before

    11 biograp us may hy be of re St garded . Paul , an as d a to contri the earl bution y history to the of U the Christian vui wi iau Church and another poiut which

    H - ^>^> has , he tells VJiUItli * , stead ; , dUU ily nUVl kept / IUT in view l ^ UJIJL , is UIJIl the 'lJ II ralue of the Apostle ' s writings in their bearing

    I I on exhaustive the evidences comments of Christ on ianity verse . In addition of Che E to ii-tles the I we have an introduction every and a series of * Dissert p ations

    ' forming a valuable contribution to the literahis ture writi which hi . » s Mr gro . wn Beet up divides around his the introduction Apostle and ngs

    our under cop the ies beads and versions Are the correct Epistles ? ' and genuine 4 PauI ? and Are the Church of Corinth *—an interesting sketch of

    PauTis the anci time ent , ci an ty d and of of the Corinth connect as ion it of stood St . in Pau St . l

    ¦ I II T with the city . His dissertations are occupied

    vith a comparison of the Epistles to the Corinthians with the istle to tha the Book of the i

    Acts compared Ep with these Romans three ; Epistles ; the i chronology of the three Epistles ; Paul and the Church of Corinth as portrayed" in them ; axid a

    summing up of results . In an appendix he gives notes Doubtful on the Various 'Epistle Readings of Clement , ' and on of the Rome " Revised / on

    Version / on which , as it affects the two epistles , he gives an able and discriminating criticism . Of ¦ ' ^ B ' . ^ the ^^ " *>^ Bl ~^^ | commentary ~ ' | ^^ T »^ . ^ ¦ B » B » fc ^ T ^» BV & ^ Yl ^ " ^^ ^ W ^ itself ^* ^ K 0 ^ " ^ ^ " * ^ " - ^ 5 ^ t » may ^^ ™ ^^ b ^ 4 » be ^^ ^^ said ^^ that ^^ ^^

    while valuabl scholarly e to those in who the can best only sense read , tho it Eng will lish be translation as well as to those who are familiar

    with the original , and it is a work well calculated to sustain the fame of Biblical scholarship in England .

    From Animal Mr . Life John , and Hogg the :. — claims ' Facts of and Animals Phases to of

    Humane Treatment . ' Interspersed with amusing and original anecdotes . By Vernon S . Morwood , Lecturer to the Royal Society for the Prevention

    of Cruelty to Animals . A very entertaining readers volume , much well ill about ustrated the , calculated structure to , teach habits young , and

    instincts of animals , while the anecdotes which fill the larger part of the pages will at once attract the attention of children . That the book

    has a moral in the shape of a plea for kindness to animals « idds to its value , ss there can be no two opinions as to the necessity and importance

    of enforcing this duty upon the minds of the young . From . Messrs . Sampson . IjOwMarston & Co . —

    , , a California Book for Travellers for Health and , Pleasure Settlers , . and * New Residence edition , : thoroughly revisedgiving detailed accounts of

    the * culture of the , wine and raisin grape , the oran * fru ^ BBB ^ b » i V ts T g B * B > e , H , colony . V « lemon T . . ¦ ^^^ . ^^^ * ^ settlements , IV ^^^ *^ olive ¦* "V ^ ^ B ^ BBB ^ Bi . . « V , " 9 ^ and ^^^ , V BBBB methods ^ other ^ B ^ V .. f I ^ v ^— ^ BV BP - I of ^ semi irri ¦— -trop ~ gation r ^^ M ical ~ ,

    & merous c , by illustrati Charles ons Nordhoff 8 vo , . with cloth maps . This and new nuedition of Mr . Charles , NordhofFs well-known

    bid the book s growth fair has to been re of m that largel ain wonderfu the y rewritten standard l State to irork . keep It up is n , with and its upo

    subject . It is not , simply a description of what is p countr icturesque y full or of interesting things strange to the and si interesting ghtseer in to a

    the traveller from the East . It contains a satisfactory account , written from first-hand knowledge and by a person of no mean powers of observation ,

    of The the chapt climate ers on , soil agriculture , and productions are especiall of California y valua- . ble , and eeem to make it clear that the State is a

    re « il El Dorado for the farmer . Interesting are are the descri making ptions the of email the growing farmers industri of California es which so

    lemons prosperou , hops s — , the and raising grapes . of The oranges book , should almonds be , read bever 3 ' bodwho has determined to buy a

    farm y * out West y / but is as yet undetermined where to go .

    Fronx Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — ' The Burgomaster ' s Wife ; a Tale of the Siege of Xieyden , '

    by Dr . Georg Ebers , Author of The Egyptian t Princess he greatest , * & c . incidents Translated of European by Clara aV Bell history H . Among few

    stand -f « a » " a ^ ^^ ^ V out " « V « 4 * ^ W ^ ' ^ " more ^ al V "fc ^ JB ^ tf prominentl ^ "a ^ » a * W *^ a" " ^^ *» * m **«¦ ^ y Vadr than Kb * . V ^ V the >— « ** a > B ^ - Siege a ,. * a . j ^ , -y of their Leyden heroic , in which endurance the fo sturd iled y the Net attempts herlander of the by

    veteran soldiers of Philip of Spain , and thereby gained reputation enduri among ng renown his ow . n Dr count . Eber ry » enjoy , e and a great his ¦ " " ——¦ - " ¦ ¦¦ ———¦— " -ft ? . .

    I] 914 The Publishers 1 Circular Oct. 2,...

    I ] 914 The Publishers Circular Oct . 2 , 1882

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 2, 1882, page 914, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02101882/page/42/