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    The * The new Editor department ' s Study / will It will probabl be y purel be y sty lite led

    but rary a in discussion its character of literary —not top a review ics suggested of books by , the salient features of current literature in

    America and Europe . * The Lives of Robert and Mary Moffat , '

    which reached appeare a second d on edition October , which 1 has has just alread been y published by Mr . Unwin .

    South Messrs Australia . E . , S . have Wigg been & Son appointed , of Adelaide book- ,

    sellers to the University of Adelaide . When issued in book form Dr . Oliver

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    MESSRS . GRIFFITH , FARRAJST , & CO . 'S NEW BOOKS .

    The works which this firm have just issued to meet demands during the coming season of gifts and rewards have many recommendations to notice .

    They are not only elegant in appearance , but have every sign of that care , judgment , and fitness of literary treatment "which are essential in the

    preparation w of such books in this keenly competitive X . and exacting age . We have the pleasure to select a few for notice .

    A Bunch of Berries and the Diversions Thereof , by Leader Scott , is a bright story for boys and girls . The Berriesof courseare a happy familyand the

    author tells , of their , sayings and doings , , their adventures at the seaside , and the formation of the Berxie Scribbleolog ical Club . It is a story _ rthat will

    give much innocent pleasure to children . Queer Pets and their Doings , by Olive Thorne Miller , is full of entertaining stories of animals .

    The stories are told instructively , while at the same time they cannot fail to rivet the attention of young people . Numerous clever illustrations are supplied

    by J Very . C . Beard gracefu . l and delicately coloured pictures are shown in Little Chicks and Baby Tricks , and

    the rhymes are lively , and easy for little folk to remember . The Jbook is a small 4 to ., attractively bound in pictured boards . We do not hesitate to

    say that it should bo one of the best picture books of the season . Both old and young people will be delighted

    with Child Pictures from Dickens , which comes forward with a novel and amusing design upon its cover , finely drawn and coloured by George

    Cruikshank . Who does not remember Dickens' children and the fascination of their presence ? We have most of them before us in this volumethe cheerful

    , as well as the sad—Little Nell , the Marchioness , Paul and Florence , the Fat Boy , Tiny Tim , Smike , and Oliver Twist . A remarkable company , truly !

    and the recollection of them will long be held in affection by the English people . Child Pictures from Dickens' should be in every home .

    The boys' books issued by Messrs . Griffith , Farran , & Co . seem to be of the best order of this class of literature .

    ; Master of His Fate is a Swedish story , by A . Blanche , translated by the Rev . M . R . Barnard , wjio has already proved a worthy exponent of

    j J , Scandinavian with incident , writing and is . characterised The present by story much abounds healthy ;« PiR'ifi '| ' « 'ii .- l , - ,.. .. ¦ - ¦ f ¦ . ¦

    excitement effective , are . from The illustrations the pencil , of 'which Mr . A are , Foorde very

    Hughes . The Rev . fl . C . Adams this year comes before his numerous admirers with Who was Philitr ?

    a tale interesting of Public and School elevating Life nature . TJie , and story is is sure of a to very be a welcome gift to any schoolboy .

    More stirring , perhaps , but not more true to life , is The Briny Deep , or , the I * og of the Flying Cloud / by Captain Tom . This is a story of olden

    times in the merchant service , reviving many of those incidents of nautical life which never seem to

    pall r > all upon upon the tne taste taste of oi the the juvenile iuvenile Bri xiriton ton . . Storms Storms . pirates , and sea dangers of other descriptions are , - graphically described in the log of the * Flying

    Cloud / Captain Tom ' s story is said to be taken from facts , fiction being introduced in the shape of anecdotes given at various times .

    Another nautical book is The Cruise of the Theseus , ' a yarn for boys , by Arthur Knight . Mr . Knight ' s book deals with exciting life on board

    a man-o ' -war . It is full of adventure , cleverly described . The principal incidents are connected with slaversfights of the Naval Brigade at Kand

    hunting scenes , , and sea engagements during the y , Russian War . Heroic actions on land get a full share of

    attention in A Soldier B $ rn , by J . Percy Grove , late of the 27 th Foot . The story refers to the adventures of a subaltern of the 95 th Regiment in j

    the Crimea and Indian Mutiny . While giving a very faithful description of military life , Mr . Grove has also succeeded in producing a singularly interesting

    story , having the special recommendation of encouraging attention towards the actual history of the periods which he has chosen for description .

    Hugh ' s Sacrifice , by Cecil Marryat Norris , is a capital story for boys . The illustrations are by Harry Furniss , and it is needless to say that that

    clever artist ' s facile and fanciful pencil has greatly enlivened the pages of the book . A pretty story of home life is Fearless Frank ,

    or the Captain ' s Children , by Mary E > . Gellie ( M . E . B . ) . is a Throug story »¦ ¦¦¦! h for a Refiner i - ' s F ire , le & b . y Eleanor The jfc writer rfv Holmes has ,

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    In A Generous Friendship , or the Happenings story of a New of g Eng irl land life . Summer The story , we is have thoug a htfull fascinating y and

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    little text-books which are so numerous now-a-days . Every page is adorned with rosebuds , surrounding text Gir promises lhood ' s carefull Daysor XJJk y g Auld leaned 4 from Scripture is b . the

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 2, 1885, page 1126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02111885/page/10/