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MESSRS. SAMPSON LOW, MARSTOK, SEARLE & R...
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I 438 The Publishers' Circular De
Messrs. Sampson Low, Marstok, Searle & R...
MESSRS . SAMPSON LOW , MARSTOK , SEARLE & RIYINGT ON . I
Books of travel have for some years been an especial feature in the publications of tkl firm , and it has been its fortune to bring before the world many notable accounts ! ¦ of
adturous journeys or long residence in unfamiliar lands . Stanley , Burnaby , Schweinfurth nl others come to mind in this connection . TKe present season has been fruitful in this " bra ^ idiinM < I ttbut there is besides remarkable in the class of books
of lieraure , a variety which Mess J Low and Co . have published for winter entertainment . Curiously enough , nearly all of thel illustrated books in the main suitable for the
are season . J ago B much ooks upon interest Alaska "was occasioned certainly b y t the very sale numerous of that immense our litera territory ture , although by Russia some to ye tM J
United States . This was thought to be a proceeding half hostile to Britain , in the same w-M ^ as kM ^ V p ^^^ was ( . ^ T ^ F ' ^^^ ¦ the ^^^ ^^^ ^^™ ^^"^ request ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^¦ ^ ¦ ^^^ ^^ of ~— the " — ^^— ^^ Czar ~^ " - — —~ ~— ~~ ¦ — Nicholas ^^^ " ~ - ^^» *^^ ^^» ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ B ^^^ »^^^ , ^ H ^ in ^^™ ^ M ^^ V ^ more ^^ ^^ ^^™ *^» r ^ " ^ ^^^ heated ^^™ ^^^ ~^» r ^ " ~ ^^ " *^» ° " ^™~ ^^ ^^ times ""^^ r " ™ ^ " ——^^»~™~ ~^ v w- ^— , that — — - — di — p m— lomatic - — h ^^ h ^^ ~^^~ - ^^ ^^ ^^ m ^^^ comuiunicatioTl ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^ L ^^ L ^ l l ^^^ L J I Ml ¦ ' M I f 1 ^^^^^^^ H States should be written in the American lish
from this is the irrelevant in speaking of Mr . Henry W . Elliot ' s languag admirable e , Eng book An being Arctic ignored Provin . bJ J 1 •» describes 1 I 'I Alaska All and the seai 1 A 11 understood 1 1 1 i 1 1 » .. ^^ B
natural which wealth of the region is seen in provinces its enormousl . As generall prolific y fisheriesits , abundance the half-neg of lect fj J
bearing animals , and its immense forests . Mr . Elliot , in writing his , book , has fulfilled * hi brush declared T ^ ^^ 0 T ^^ ^ m ^^^ r ^^ ^ h ^ and ^^^ intentiQn ^ m ^ mm ^ m ^ m ^^ ^^^ — - ^_ ^^ ^ ^ h ^ the ¦ of — writing li * > fe ^— ^» ^ r ^ iw and ^ v ^^ p ^^ ^ free ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ from ^ ^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^ ^ of ^ ^ all . i ^ f ^^ Alaska ^^ . ^ individualit ^ ^ fe ^^ ^^*^ to ^^ ¦ v ' ^ m as ^ ^ ir ^ ^ - ^ it p ^^ «« k ^ is w , v and m" ^ ^^ Thu ^^ ^*^ ¦ portray r ~^ ^^ ^^ we ^ ¦ *^^ hav ing ^« vb ^ in ^^ h before ^ b word v v ^^ . ^ ^ % us ^ s j | | and L what III I M ^^^^ H
perhaps Mr . Elliot the deserves pencil most ^ grap grateful hic descri thanks p country tion for of its this , preparation interesting . country There . are s which numerous has e yet fine appeared illustratioj , aJ I
in the volume , many being from the author ' s drawings . Four maps are likewise supplied , 1 > ¦ ¦ I Mr . Wells' bookSzplorlngr and Travelling : Three Thousand Mll « 8 through Brazil
has taken a place , b general consent , as a standard authority on matters connected withthj interest
very ing country . TlB author ' s long reJ
dence there , and ™ travels as an eil
gineer on railwafl surveysgave hifl
, exceptionally goal opportunities fol
observation . The * were fully ta ™
advantage of , aol the result embodieB
in this book , whicB abounds with liappB
and highly liuiiiJ ous descriptions m ¦ nArk-nlp" and lilacs
Many books hM
been endorse written Mr . Wells concerning ' expressed Brazil op , inion and , that we are it is almost a land inclined coneerninB ] M ™ which comparison less is ends generall there . y Not known only than as a of work Africa of reference . Of course , but , als
as a lively narrative or travel , Mr . Wells book is likely throw to endure new . light The upon maps the , which aspects are of special certain ly portions prepared of ,
— — —¦ —~ » » — - - — — - ¦ - ¦— — - ^ m — ^^ ^^ u ^^ *^ *^ m * ^ b ^^ ^*^ ^ » ^ B ^ 1 ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ™ *• ^*^ ^^ ^ - * ^ ^ jk ^* ^* v ^ fc ^» ^^ w— ' ^^ ' *^ *^ ^ * - ^ " ^ ^^ *** " ^ 1 * - ' **¦ the country , and also on the lines of interior routes . Geograp - — — — - F ^\ ^^ — « hers ^^ ^^ ^ should ^ ^^ ^^» ^^ * ^ avail m ^^ r T ^*^ v ^ ^ fc themselves *^ ^ ^* ^¦^ ^ ^ ^ i- ^ - ^^ ^ ^ . ^ r- _^ of - ^^^ ^ l this ^/ A « b - ^ ^ -F addition ^ L- ^ m ^ - *^ ^^^ ^ fc- ^ ^^ ^^ ' ^ ** to ^^ ^ r
their study . An unusual number of illustrations adorn the book ; they are faithful reproductions of the author's
a sketches good idea , and of go the far appearance in the direction of ^ Brazil of g and iving Brazilians the stranger .
Two volumes by that master of fictional writing , Jules vo Verne lume , lie The before lottery us . - Ticket Strangel the y enoug imag h inative in the first
, which , this popular novelist is , known to possess power above all others is little exercised , and the story , so far as
compared the the incidents reader with are previous concerned that the works , is thoroug by is the hl same y realistic author ¦ when . But from this we would not ^ J
i | that none of jud Jules ge Verne's story former works uninteresting have possessed . Far from . It it . shows It evinces that the a quiet novelist f nj j
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/30/
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