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I424 ¦ ~The Publishers' Circular Dec , ....
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MESSRS. CASSELL & COMPANY (LIMITED). I
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Macdonald on the Road ' s ' Ronal from d Long Bannenn Ago an to s Boy Now hood , ' by ; Jan ' Perseverance e Andrews ; Island a new , b edition y Douglas of Frazar Dr . GeT ° " ^ i
an Th acknowled e White Squall ged position / a story as a of writer the Sargasso of boys' books Sea , b y John C . Hutcheson , who has now tak . 3 B
uncommon Books who lik for for girl g irl irls s do books to not read come The boys so few ' prominentl books books , and however y lik to e the them suitable front , too ; for but , alth nowadays ough ladies we it have is by rarely n 0 m m I
boys Blackie have e published gs' are . extremel ¦ y good , . We take , up two very young pretty volumes which by Mos \ . , I
sexes Wal Walton ton . . Then The TVifi first fi we rst , have is ia Our Our The Frank Frank Kawth , , a a volume volume ornes , or of a s excellent excellent tory about stories stories children s suitable uita , ble which tor for the tli being p > youn irmm < evidcntl , r of .. t \ \){ Am I written written wit with h care care is is very verv pleasant pleasant to to reaa read . . iviiss Miss ¦ Walton waiton is is to to be De complimente complimented d , on on the thr > ,,, y l
Evel ance yn of Everett these volumes Green , . and More the experience author ' s reputation , perhaps , is is shown sufficient in Xli to e mak Eversley e readers Secrets expect appear , bvl M good book from so clever a pen . In this story of family life the author ' s delineations arel
as faithful as ever . As a tale of the time of Charles I ., Dorothy ' s Dilemma , by Caroline ! Austin , is decidedly meritorious . The story of the little Puritan maiden who shelters the kiii'rl unknown to her father is told in a very touching manner . Rosa Mulholland ' s storyThe latel
Miss Hollinerford __ __ . ^ _ , ori g inall •_ . _!!_ y appeared in * _ All ATI the J . 1 . Year T 7- _ _ . .. Mound X > 7 in Dickens T-k * 1 ' time i ¦ . , As . a truel sketch of the life of an orphan girl who leaves the garish inanity of London and returns to tliel
quiet and rest of a country home , the story in its tvay is written with so much power that we I are glad to see it in volume form . In this group of juvenile t > ooks we must note the excellence !
of Mr . John C . Hutcheson ' s Teddy . This story of a brave and fearless 'little pickle' is ! full of meaning , telling us not to be too hard upon impetuous wayward boyswho after nil have I
, unseen good i in their ¦ i * natures ¦ . I Taking into consideration the character of all these publications of Messrs . Blackiewe !
are not wrong in saying that the firm has produced books for the young which collectively , !
may be spoKen or as unsurpassed .
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I 424 ¦ ~ The Publishers' Circular Dec , . . . . _ . ' " ' " ~ " ¦— ^ Hz ^ : - _ ^^ 1
Messrs. Cassell & Company (Limited). I
MESSRS . CASSELL & COMPANY ( LIMITED ) . I
the many handsome and appropriate works issued hyl Messrs . Cassellreaders should find abundant enjoyment
during the merry , Christmas time : as gift-books and for purposes of presentation tney could scarcely be surjiassul .
Last year , it will be remembered , Messrs . Cassdl scored a distinct succe . s in the publication — of ' Kinijj
Solomon ' s Mines , ' and though it would be too much to expect that in their present series of books anything
that should greeted meet Mr with . H the . Hider almost Haggard phenomenal 's brilliant popularity fiction . there are some workswe feel surethat will fall little
sh ort of that * . exciting __ , romancewhite , ___ the general ' average of their bookstve think , is even superior to
* I that of last season . A , feature to , wh ' ch we would i >; irm ticularly draw attention is the remarkable brig htness
h . of their children ' s works , and to this department tinv publishers have evidently devoted no little caru ; i '"
forethought . and Three illustrated extremel , are y neat Ratr l s ittle and volumes Kainbows , prettil , a y bouml Story
of Tlianksg-iviiigr * by Margaret Haycraft ; Uncle "Willlazn ' s Charges , or tbe Broken Trust , by E . W . Whitaker ; and Pretty Pink ' s Purpose , or the Xittle Street Merchants , by M ^ Paull sells — penny ( — Mrs . articles John ^^^^ Ri on ^ p ley Lud ) . gate -i ^* - ' Barebones Hill — in m . » . the VJI , ' the ^ latter / sobri book quet is g iven an especially to L » V > a ( , ragged tij interesting little urchin character ^ 1 "
but each £ - ^ of j ^™»— the - — — _ three , , , _ — stories — ^>— £ ^ -v is well ^—*^ y , ^ worth A _ ^ y mV of ^ - / JL . perusal K ^ \^ T V ^ J » . , a . J _ J C-W " 1 they V / U are cap V J JIJI itall % SVU J . V y > U % S illustrated M . * . M Cfc ^ - * "" " * - !•} ' P . Macnab , C . T . Garland , and W . Rainey respectively .
their Stron hardshi g : to ps Suffer . It should , by E . certainl Wynne y , b is e rea a story d by all of who the Jews take , an wh interest ich in strong in a much colours -persi tlrjm ^ Ilt - ( ts ( i I ¦ nariM 1
tive but but noble noble of a very nation nation different . . XiO I . o » st kind t among amonir . It ; will White "White chiefl Africans Afrlnnn y interest <« , . as a boys . a the tha , who title t . it . la , siiflfinipinf sufficientl beyond the lv y ind inrlinjilfis exciting icates , incidents is is a a , nil ' of -I I the textwill be delighted with Mr . Walter Paget ' s irited illustrations . The author is Mr .
David of local Ker , colouring , who acknowled " , to the ges famous his indebtedness exnlorer . Mr for . the H . M facts . Sfnnl of his ^ v story A , an fhirrl d a certain vnlnmo . an wliii " > imt 1 '
aga two in works differs , is in Perils nature Afloat , but , in and so far Brigands as the plot Ashore is concerned , by Alfred , js in Elwes no way . inferior Juvenile to rea the < lt < ' tlier sli are the ma sure le persuas to be ion greatl love y charmed brigands with ( in print this ) as excellentl they love y-cons cakes tructed and Everton romance toffee . To , an * ' " ltll t } lt < v r h increase as supplied the some attractions telling of illustrations the text , . that accomplished draughtsman , Mr . Gordon 15 n ^ VIIt ' '
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1424, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/16/
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