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    Messrs. Baker &. Sonsof Cliftonwho Are M...

    ¦ animals . In the series of little booksentitled ' Talks fc r ^ mr with the fc 4 People by Men of Mark' Mr V ^ B ^ V .

    ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ J Bullock ^¦ L | ^^ ^^ f ^ - V gives "" ~— — extra — cts from — ^^ ^ " the ™^ ^ ^~ ^ writings ~ — -- —* , _ - ^^ - ^^^ -v ^^ ^ r « and v - ^^ V speeches «^^ ' ** « ^^»^ H w V ** ^^ ^ BOV of ^^ ^ eminent B ^^ ^ H ^ fe ^^ ^^ B ^ ^« ^^ men ri ir » ^^»* ^ P ^» clas ^^^ ^» ^ K ' ^^ s ifie W ^ r ^ d ^^ v ^ p ^ vm under ^»^ w , ^ p ^^ v * a , variety ft of subjects . In ___ the volume before us Lord ¦ Shaftesbury ' s Sayinand -via ¦ Wr h itings «¦» are

    ¦ w f ^ H ^ ^^ j ^ w ^^ ^^ - ^^ —— ' " — ^ m — — _ _ v — — __ — -- — ^^ - - — ^— ^^ ™ - —* r ^^^^™ - ^^ - ^ •^ r ^ m r ^¦ a ^ ^^ ' i ^ ^» ^^ ^^ ^^^ »*» ^* ¦ w ^^ r v ^ m ^* w fl * a * Hki gs « r »* w ^^ » ^^ ^^^ m ^ m ^^^^ r m " ^ ^^ ma maVes carefull kes a a y a pretty pretty rranged book dook . The : tor for annual a a Sunday Sund volume ay School fccnool of ' The prize nrize Day . tor for of win whi Days en ch - / m moreover in ore over bl , ue the the and character character gold binding 01 of its its ,

    co ntents renders it eminently suitable . 'Our Folks , : John Churchill ' s , Letters Home , ' is a Christmas budget of Stories and Pictures by Agnes Giberne . ' The Fireside' volume for 1881

    is a volume of higher workmanship from a literary standpoint , and includes contributions by many eminent ominftTit well men men -known of ol the the clergymen clay dav and and and other other laymen illustrations illustrations . Its pictures combine combine , including to to make make portraits it it a a book book of well well some htted fitted of the tor for

    , , presentation . [ Vide pages 1153 , 1154 , and Illustration 73 . Messrs . Houlston 6 . Sons ive us a genuine Christinas story in * Madelon ' s R / by

    Lina Dou . The scene is laid g in France ; the heroine is introduced as a little girl evenge of gentle birth , who had been picked up on the roadside by a company of strolling gymnasts , and after suffering constant ill-treatment and being beaten almost to deathmade her escape .

    Wandering into a church on Christmas Eve , she is taken home by a compassionate , lady , who adopts herand ultimatelafter passing through the tragic period of the Revolution and the

    Commune , , during which she , discovers Cosmo , the former master of the troupe , dying of his woundsshe isby the information which he givesrestored to her mother . Second only in

    interest , to the , character of the heroine is that of , Roger , the ill-used son of Cosmo , whose sympathy Rvm-nathv tor for JMLadelon Madelon had had led led . him him to to incur incur his his father father ' s s anger ancrer . but bux whose whoso iorgivmg foroiviner spirit snirit had had

    , at last touched his hardened heart . Bruno , Roger ' s faithful dog , also plays his part with almost human sagacitand the result is a very effective tale- There are six tinted

    illustrations . y , [ Vide page 1155 . Messrs W ^ m l . William Kant & Co . as ublishers of the works of Bishop b R b lehav t e a circle

    W ^ ^ V ^ B ^ ^ . ^ ^ V ^^ w «^^ ^^ ^^ ^ V ^^ ^ V ^ V ^^*^^^^ ^^ BW ^ ^ V ^ B ^^ I ^ B ^ m ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ i ^ ^ , H ' ^ . " ^ p ^ y p m *^ ^^ ^^ ^^ fV ^^ ^^ 4 ^ V ^^ ^^ ^» ^^ «^^ ^ i ^ ¥ * ^^ «^ k ^^*^^^^ ^^ ^ b ^^^^^ ^^^^ K ^ ^^ A _^ o ^* ^ r y W ^ b ^ k ^ , V ^ ^^^^ - ^ r w-w ^ v ^^^^ - ^ ^» - ^^ of readers ready to hand who will welcome not only his lordship ' s larger works , but the Christmas and New Year ' s addresses which he annually writes . The ' Home Visitor Annual '

    for 1881 , edited by the Rev . P . B . Power , is marked by the same standard of feeling on religious questions which is inseparably associated with Dr . Ryle . [ Vide page 1104 .

    Messrs . Burst & Blackett , in addition to their new edition of c Lodge ' s Peerage and their Baron etage Standard / and Library ii their Bk list 9 a fetf of wide popular selection novels of of books the ni b traditional for Christmas h th b ree presents -volume b hrf the order choicest , present pro in - ! i

    ductions ^ ^^^ ^^ ^*^^ < ^^^ ^ r of ^^^ «^^^ ^ some v ^^ K ^ H ^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ v of ¦ ^ ^^ ^ w our ^ i ^^¦ ^^ v most ^ ' ^ w ^ H . ^ n popular ^^ r ra ^ ^ m ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ r ^^ authors *^^ ^^ ^» ^^ r ^^^ ¦ am ^^ r ^^ being ^^^ m ^ mw dBb ^^ r ^^ illustrated ^^^ ^^^^ p ^ v . ^^ pv ^^ ^^»^ fc « ^^^ b y ^^^ «^ ^^ r Sir *^^ v ^^ m mr J r . , v ^ v Gilbert ^* ^~ ^^^ ^^ r — ^ v ^^ ^ , ^ ¦ ^^ - ^ Millais »— - ^ v — - ^ ^ v , p Holman Holman Hunt Hunt . Jf "Po oynter vnter . xJirket "Birket r Foster oster , and and other other eminent eminent artists artists . . A A translation translation ot of Mdme Mdme . . i !

    de Witt ' s * Life , of Madame , Jules Mallet , ' under the title * A Christian Woman will be read with interest in many quarters . [ Vide page 1123 , and Illustration 9 .

    the Messrs annual iss Xstolster ues of Good & Co Words . have an d the volumes Sunday , Magazine which are . never The firs likel t y contains to lack no a welcome fewer than , in

    three serial tales by Madame Galletti , R . D . Blackmore , and L . D . Walford ; and its biographical and historical papers 5 have a stiong feature in Mr . Froude ' s ' Reminiscences of the

    High Church Revival . In the Sunday Magazine the providers of the fiction are Hesba authoress on Stretton l The , Revision L of . T . John Mea of de our Halifax , Mrs Eng . / lish Stanley and New other Leathes Testament popular , Olive ; ' writers Birrell c Children ; , and the 's D Rev Stories . Alcock . J . ' G are . . Dr Wood supp . Angu lied Dr s . b writes y Glad the - [ j

    stone # - . i _ , and Mr m r . Hug w-r h Macmillan sr 11 contribute i 1 * Pap * W"V ers on Natu TtT" i re ; ' and some __ , interesting _ _ X X- biographical sketches , philanthropical and missionary papers , poems , and miscellaneous I

    for articles which make these up two the most comp pleasant lement . magazine The illustrations s have become are all justl of y the famed liigh . — order See Illustrations of artistic merit 6 , 7-

    The epics of the Middle Ages are drawn upon by Professor John Gibb in ' Gudrun and other Stories' which forms one of the seasonable books of MessrsMarshall Japp A . Co .

    English ^ The ngnsJi stories , and and , which , French French are poems noems adaptations . including including rather liudrun Gudrun than literal ; : the tne bong Son translations cr of ot Roland Poland , are . ; : dra the tne w old old n from Angio Anglo Ge --paxon Saxon rman ,

    story book oook could could of , Beowulf not not bn be ; found fminrL and the and and poem , the the of illustrations illustrations Walter and are are Hildegund well well designed desierned . Better . . subjects In In * FootDrints JP ootprints for a Christmas : : Nat in aiure ure

    department seen on its Human of the natu Side ral / , b king y Sa dom ra LMJl h Tytler bird KfXM Jt , and 4 a successful beast and HIItU attempt flower 1 »» \ are is made inseparab | ' to show l j % associated jm *** how i * «^ - »» , in every with

    ni & n , and AAiV ^ iAU how KTA . \ JLXKJ every UUI day / UlUll human XK 1 JLX ^ . \ JL \ J life , » is ^ . closel CIAJLVA UUUO y interwoven V J-V JM with . »*« . the *«» w »^ ordinary uu m *^ m y . operations , v * ww — -- w — - of -. nature . There are uiillustrations' Literary BHours / by HAPageis described on

    the title-page as * a any book of instructive . pastime / ye and although there . . is something , of the paradox F » raaox in in the tha ' dennition definition , it it very verv rairly fairlv represents renresents the the aim aim ot of tne the volume volume , . It it contains contains in m eneci effect

    Pages f t a seri O * es are " * of literary M filled 11 CU with VrXvJI essays l t an * l * , , adm € some JL \ A . X ± S i X rable 1 . C of ^ KfMVJ whicli and OtX A + JL exhaustive C have A . A 1 UIUOV appeare 1 . VU article [ U d in 1 U on XJJ well . M . ' - Vers k nown \ JM . » de > - » v ^ serials SocitfoS *_» vv . « w , and ^ and . — -w ^ Parod ^ hal . ™ f the y j .- '

    Mr . Page is a literary craftsman of no mean order , and handles his tools with much success . ^ luch Mes is s justl rs . Tarrold y described 4 . Son in the s off author er a h e s al brief thy bit prefac of fi e cti as on setting in Paul forth Porter life and as it his generally Brothers is . /

    X k ^ k into aa the its publications pages . of this firm , it is calculated to elevate socially and morally tnose who II

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    II Dec . 6 , issi The Publishers Circular 106 5

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1881, page 1065, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121881/page/9/