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    Messrs. Cassell & Company (Limited). I

    WF ^~ ~~ ¦ I I 3 \ the volume charming that should character attract of its much contents notice , is , both Xlie by Tales reason of of the its extremel Sixty IWaa y neat darl binding tis , by It is introduced to the public with few wordbProfessor

    Hr V y l v Kaniaswami to whom the Raju author . submitted his manuscript for a approval before s y printing . Henry The B ° H » n was satisfactory , and it is one we think that the reading world will very readily the work le evidence of the authorfor his task is manifest

    K C lors write e a Throug good fairy hout story a quick amp imagination and a light ' touch s aptitude in execution are required— . mp ' thim' like heaviness or a disposition to point the moral would prove ruinous to the ine auinor in marii ? ui

    Bfi ct -and these necessary quaiixies pus » e » a «» a eu uegret . -LYiauy ma Kt ries are founded upon Indian or Chinese traditions , but Mr . Raju has not hesitated when

    Kccasion offered to improve upon the legend in the Htory Helling 0 ' Nor while do retainin we see g any the wron actual g in germ the of author the Bhus acting Ahrlni . We AH agree of Three with Maha the Arabic Mondon scholar ,

    BVazeer HhJ , ^ r Abdul All or Tnree JVlana JMLondon Pur rur ., Brhen lie said'So far as such popular tales go , it Betters not whether , they are anchored firmly like

    B Kreat ^ nie ( shi ^ or ps in ti the ng n hav ^ ens stray of wai the fs writings on the seas of the of Bhe traditions of the peopleprovided they fulfil

    Bhe triple conditions of being , wholesome , entertain-Riu and instructive ; ' and we certainly think Mr .

    Waju's tales very ably fulfil these conditions . ¦ The volume is profuselillustrated with quaint

    Riimorous engravings , desi y gned by Mr . Gordon , ¦ ftrou Browne ne . and and of ot thes tnese e we we give give a a specimen specimen . . jx It

    Represents , a gentleman who was passionately Kddicted to fishing , but who became s > o fat ana

    ¦ inwieldy that he was confined to his chamber . ¦ From the window he went through all the per-¦ fnrniance of anglinghaving his boy in the

    , wreet below to simulate the bites of the fish . He ¦ eventually caught a fish of tremendous size , but of

    what nature we must leave the reader to find out . I Three volumes of the ' Golden Mottoes ' series

    ¦ ¦ lie Endures on our , b table y the . author The first of l is Mr Be . Burk Conquers e ' s Nieces who '

    ¦ Miles A'c , with ; the well second -designed Hono illustrations ur is My by Guide H . J . b A .

    ¦ Jeaniu Hering ( Mrs , . Adams Acton ) , whose work , y ¦) ims been ¦ effectivelill 4 ustrated by W . V S . Stacey ** r

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    ¦ truth tuck of of the these , motto stories it is very intended forcibl to y emp depict hasises , and the all

    ¦ are a . ssurtMl of earnest perusal . written Work as of not a more in any solid way nature to prove , but heavy so agreeabl , is fur y - nisltcd Jll . SltC ' u hv by Mr IVTr James . Tonioa Burnley T ^ iiT » T- » lo * r in in The T » » % *» Romance T > aw « cb *« aa

    of Invention . , a subject which , as may easily be | aUr '"^ ; u mo ; tivu d , kind can . be The made strugg of a les most of many interesting inventors and , Itlu-ir hopes diaappointmentsand innumerable

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    I Bcious manner ly conveys which many cannot a wholesome fail to please lesson , and . An it able may coadj be added utor to that the the author narrative has been uncon found - Mr ( lordon

    . Browne , who has illustrated the text with several appropriate woodcuts . crap Amongst -Booit books a collection > l more especiall of historical JL M y fitted « J # for ictures young that peop should le may be mentioned kV KJ immense AA Tbe f charm \ History for

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    ¦) ec 6 , l ** QQr Z _ The Publishers * Circular 1425 ___

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1425, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/17/