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    Oct. 2,1882 The Publishers' Circular 9t$

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

    Egyptian stories have been much read and admired here as well as in Germany , and this , his

    latest story , of the patriotic Peter van der Werff " and been his worthil faithfu y interwoven l wife , is full with of the interest historical , and fact has .

    Few readers of the book will be inclined to lay it down until they have reached the end of this vivid episode in the annals of the dwellers in

    the * land of dykes and -windmills / From C- Ii . Marsh . & Co . —* Marsh ' s American

    Guide to London and Suburbs / Eleventh annual edition . This handy little volume which was , we learn from the imprint , sent to press at Dartford ,

    in Kent , by Mr . Perry of the Chronicle Printing Works , is specially compiled for American readers , and in its preliminary chapters gives them full

    details as to the various lines of steamers by tions which with they which can rea they ch London have ~ _ to _ , comp _ and _ _ . __ of ly on the landing — . regula __ - .

    The author then descri , — bes London ^ j , past and — present Officials ^ p ™^ ^ " ^ ' ^ pp *~ ^ r - ^^^^ - ^ ^^ r v ^ , , mr ' and among ^ pi- ^ v ppptppppa ^ pp . - ^^ p ^ . ^ p g ^^ pp ^ ives m whom ^ p ° * ^ pppi ^^ . - "pp . a PpB ^ p )^ p ^ list we mj ^ ^ p ^ P" find ^ p of »^ "P ^ pp »^ p ^ p » ^ V ^^ B * Dr m United ^^^^^ r ^ mw . Ww "V Wed V ^ pp' ^^ - ^^ St Bp gwood ^^ k V ates * ^ pp ^ ^ pp" ^ p *^ p '

    described as the ' U . S . Dental Surgeon / The public buildings and other lions' are described under classified headings . Some of the notes

    convey in quaint phrase , but what we may suppose to be language * easy to be understood' by our American cousins — , certain facts in regard ^ p — to

    amp the le churches , when the and services other at buildiDgs St . Paul ; ' s as are , for said ex to - include ' Full chanting . Sermons on Sundays / Mr .

    Newman Hall ' s edifice , in which Americans are naturally interested , as they contributed its ' Lincoln r » Tower > ' is described > as * one P of » the - >~ finest » ~"*^ p ^^— ™ ^ p ^ p ^ pp' ^^ , ^ B ^ B * ^^ pp ^ ^ " ^^ p ^ " ^ »^ p ^ ^ pB ^ ^^ " . ^ pp" ^^ p ^ ^ mr ^ ppj ^ p * ^ *^ W ^ U ^ ^^^^^™ ^ " ^ ^ pB ^ pp . ^^ ¦ ^— ^ ppPp ^ p ^ " ^™ ™ —^ ^^ pp ° ^ pp *

    specimens of Gothic architecture in London / The book is marked throughout by a well-directed effort to avoid giving useless information and to

    omit nothing which C 3 O is of real value , and either American or English visitors to the metropolis will find it a useful companion .

    From Tlio National Temperance Publication Depot . — 'A Handbook of Temperance History / The Annuals issued by the National Temperance

    League for 1880 and */ 1881 contained a variety of papers suggested by the arrival of the fiftieth year of the Temperance Movement , and the

    Committee have done wisely in collecting the essays and statistical tables in a more permanent form . The volumewhich has an admirable vignette

    of Mr . Bowly as a , frontispiece , is a perfect library of hands tem of perance all who history are interested , and oug in ht the to crusade be in . the

    From Learning Mr . G the . Hoylance Pianoforte . — / * Numerical This is an S instruction ystem for book of h ¦ the ¦ usual music size ¦ exten pjp ding to 43

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    an mainl d as y composed secular of ones nineteen . There sacre are d melodies also in- , structions many for fixing the diagramexplanations of

    an various d natura signs ls , , to of gether fingering with , introductory and , of sharps remark , Hats s , and some useful advice .

    From Mr . Edward . Stanford . — ' Mathematical Exam ^ ^^ ¦ i ^ ^ nation ^^^ ~»* ™ ^^ v ^^ ^^ r ^ ^¦^ Papers W ^ h ^ . ^^^ h ^ ^ b ^^ b v- ^ p p set ™ ^^ v ^^ at ^^^^ . ' ^^ p * Entrance p ^ p ^^ pb ^ p ^ ipj p ^ p . pr p ^ p ^ ^ ^ pr pb p ^ ^^ p ^ ^^ p ^ to p ^^^ ^ pp ^ r the ^^ pI ^ p'V ^ . ^* Royal pv ^¦ pi ^ pf ^ P > r ~ " — —

    Military cond Edition College . Rovised , Sandhurst and , with Enlarged Answers . B . y Se W - . F . Austin ¦— . Althoughin these days of extended pippi

    ed ucat — — ' ¦ - — r ^ i on p » ^ ^ , pr ^ v ^ p ^ imary ¦» ^ »^ ^ p ^ ^ ' ^ Hp ^ and , M ~ mi ^ seconda ^ m ^*^ ^ pp' ^* pF ^ p ^ ¦ ^ b *^ ry ^ fc ^^^ , ¦> pp' few ^ p ^ J ^ ^ " ^ ^ m ~ persons m ^ - ^^ p — — anxious to learn have to depend on their own

    untt ^ aided efforts , there are still many who devote time

    to private study ; and to all such this book , with the answers ¦ to the Examination Papersmay be

    — — — —— — — — " — ~— — ~ j ^ — , —— » — — as speciall usefu y l commended to all who . are It " reading will , of course with tutors , be just for the Sandhurst or other public examinations .

    From Mr . "William Tegg . —* A Sketch of Wanstead Park there — —— — — — / , and By —¦¦ w of " William r the ^^ — m — w House . Tegg , <» ^ r bK taK , m which author w v ^ ^ r ¦» ¦» ^^ ^ formerl of ^ pr ¦» . ' Meetings ^ M ^ Mto y stood w ^ »^ r *^ ^^

    and lisher Greetings has commemorated / Mr . Tegg the , as munificence author and of pub the - Corporation , of London fPPPi in PPB securing ¦ ¦ Wanstead

    — ¦ — ~— ^ — ~ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ " ^ PP ^^ ^ P ^^^ P » ^ PPpT ™ ^^^ ^^ P ~ ^ - ^^ P ^^^^ PT PP ^ ^ H ^^ B ^ » ^ P ^^ P ^ ^^^^ PPi ^ " ^ PP ^ ^ p | pr ^^^ ^ P ^ " ^ PF ^^ - ^ P » little Park sketc for the h of public its histo use ry , b . y Among writing the this most readable interesting associations of the Park from our special

    point of view is the fact that from 1832 tol 835 the late Thomas Hood resided at its Lake House . The house had a beautiful bit of the work of Grinling

    Gibbons , and from its "windows there "were charming views of the scenery of Epping Forest , while in the midst of the garden was the little

    lake from which the house took its name . Mr . Tegg adds : * It was in this house I proposed to Hood to write the novel of " Tylney Hall" for my

    father ** . pp . , much of the « scenery and descri . K A ption A being — A ^^ taken from Wanstead and its neighbourhood . Here also waft written by Hood a little volume

    containing a poem called the * ' Epping Hunt /' with illustrations by George Cruikehank . The frontispiece "was an . admirable likeness of Mr .

    Rounding , landlord of the inn at Woodford at the time , and the manager of those Cockney Olympian revels , the " Epping Hunt , " abolished about 1845 .

    With And Monday slapped ' s his sun leath John er Huggins thigh , rose . And ' This sang day the a b stag urden must of the die song . " ,

    May was an eventful month to Thomas Hood . May He — was 5 _ , 1824 _ born 7 on on May M — ay 23 1 _ , , 1845 _ 1709 — May mar -- ^ -day ried —he on ,

    ¦ was last , conscious ; on the , 3 rd he died ; and ^ on I the 10 th he was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery . ' I Mr . Tegg adds to his interesting little book an

    Ri abrid ht ged Hon account . Sir Hen of the Hobhotise proceedings on the before occasion the of - ^ p ^ pr p ^ H g his " ™ ^ ppj v ^ p ^ r si ^^ ^ p * gning ^^ pBPk ^^~ ^ ~^ ~ ^ p ™^^ p > his ~^ ~ ry final — ~ award — ~ " » ^~ — " * ~ ~~ on ~^ ~ tlie — ¦ Epp ^ B ^ ing — m ~^^ m

    Forest Controversy , and also gives a table of the railway fares to Wanstead Park from the principal London stations .

    Prom lands ^ p ^ p ^^ p ^ ^ tppB ^ i " Ward P ^ pC ^ : Ward ^ ™ ^^^^ , ^^ Lock V PPl < " ^ fc fo ' ^ IW ¦ Lock , & PI ^«—™ C ' - s o Popular _ . — - ™ - VIP ' The " - —* ^^— ¦ History Eastern — - ^^— ' —^ . ¦ of ^»— Hi , and ^ g h-

    Illustrated Guide to , Perth , Dundee , & c . The district of North Britain which includes among its ^ q p ^^ ^ j beauties P ^ p * ^ pp ^ ^ p > V > *^^ p" ^ p / ^ ^ — — f the ^ p « ^^ ^ p » - * p ^ ^ famous ^ i pi —¦ — ^ p ^ ^ " ~ pi ¦ Pass ' " ¦ ¦ T of - ^ Killi ¦ ¦ ecrankie — ___ . . ,

    Dunkeld life the , cities Braeniar of , Perth and among and its Dundee centres , is of act nover ive likely to hick pj visitors ; and to all who turn their

    steps jp commend ^ ^ ^^^ p ^ p ^^^ ^ — nort p ^^ ^ j ed ^ hward ^ p ^ . ^^ p ^ am p ^ While v ^ s ^* p ^ ~ ^»* this ^^ ^^ r ^ it littl — i ves e ™^ guide — ade - uate book " — ^ " ^ atten may — ti be on gq to the natural attractions ___ of the countryit _ do _ es

    not p ^ pT ^^ , ^_ om M m ^ ^^ it w « mm to — — — — — provide — — — for the more commonplac _ . ___ ^^ , e want nee h mj ^ Lj ^ f ^ pV d ^ mw s to ^ mw o ^ pp" f know . ^ B . wt . * t h e of ^^ tour ^^ ^^^ ^ hotels ^ ^ m ^ i st ^^* ^ , ^ m **^* and ^ B ¦ ^ ra mwt ^*^ p * il pppi p ^ tells ¦* w ^ ^^ *^ p ^ *¦ him & ^ m ^^^ mr c ^ p" . ^ v all There ^^ p *^ - ^ ^^ he ^^ ™ ™ ^ - can are ^^ ^ ^^ ^ , ways ,

    many woodcuts , two culoured illustrations , and a Ii good map . I ^ Prom Jmym ^^ mi ^ ppp ^ pV ^ " ^ V > Mr p ^ pa fWBBVB ^ * "W . V Effingham m ^^^^^^ ^ PPPPPBBHBpr ^ PPP ^ PPPB ^ PPP ^ pj PPP ^^ PPPB ^ V ^ V ^ pVpppB »« PBJ ^ ^ pT ^ ^ Tilson ¦¦¦¦ " «¦• ^^ pW ^ ^¦¦¦^ B ^¦¦¦¦ . —' The ' * " ~ Law T ~ ' of

    Joint L . L . D -Sto . In ^ k Companies a day when , ' by the James formation Walter of Smith new , respects companies am is alarming chronicled rap with idity , what it is well is in that some the public 4 / mind 111 KJMJk should %% be /* U informed mam \ k * av -w- » of + *¦ the wm »* exact " ¦«¦ —¦— — — state — — ——

    »_»» V . + * r * * VAAJL V « . V ^ . ** . X >» K-m ^^ * m "w - - - o this f the ond laws Dr . Smith governing ' s manual such associat will be ions found ; and moat to usefulAs pBh mmW it has alreadreached a fifteenth ¦

    thousa ^^^ J ^ pV A % ^^ p » . 4 nd , it is M ^ p # like mW * % ^* Wm the ^ ^ # h ^ proverbial ^ pp ^ % * m ^ pp ^ I y W *^ m ^^ m ^ m ^ ^ p ^^ ¦« good ^ p- " ^^^ - — —* wine -w , and - — I

    we need cay nothing of its merits . I

    Oct. 2,1882 The Publishers' Circular 9t$

    Oct . 2 , 1882 The Publishers' Circular 9 t $

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 2, 1882, page 915, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02101882/page/43/