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    Messrs. Sampson Low, Marstok, Searle & R...

    I thin more than the mere attraction of marvellous , wonderfully-invented incident * to TAip on—that he can compete with success in other fields of fictional literature ; and

    lved EW » Hulda toryof , the whose del is believed to have

    over teen lost at sea , readers _ n likely likelv to to be do ueepiv deeply

    interested are . There are also one or two powerful

    character studies in the book . Matbias Sanof the

    + dorf W , volume the second sis more

    after o the accepted , style f the popular novelist

    o Ul tii' - ' I' X ^ , and abounds in startling iidents and absorbing

    nc ensation . Slow indeed s mu XlUot st bo « - » C / the cut * concepti uvuwv ^ tiv on / i *

    of the reader whose im 1 111 agination is not

    m * — stirred ^ into quick life by the exciting experiences

    through which the characters in this novel

    pass imag , ine and that he scarcel will lay y

    down the book until he has perused these

    adventures to the ending . Both works are

    pro-X fusely illustrated . The accompanying engraving

    is taken from 'Mathias Sandorf' and represents

    , the death of Zirone at the hands of a man

    I > L'culiarly named Cape Watifou .

    Th e subj ect of IVIy tliland forms a wide and

    st fascinating udWe are range therefore of

    Hot y Hurprised . to find that Mr . F . E . Hiilm ^ .

    F . L . N ., F . S . A ., the

    author ot the present work Pilose original intention , , we learn , was simply to glean sufficient material for two short papers his " t < is > ) hj hands iuiiHis read , at that thsi a t public he Vm determined rJ ^ t ^ school rmirmd natural to to embody ernbod history v the the class result result , found ot of . his his his researcnes researches subject so in in rap tne the idly handsome nanasome to increase little nttie on

    volume now , before us . His venture is a distinct gain to the public . A more interesting himself and *< mNiiii » ik the , without subject being is one laboriousl that seems y erudit to e , grow we do upon not acquaintance remember to . hav creations creations Mr e . read Hulme for of oi the h a as long confined time ;

    P ¦ " > n , as distinguished almost almost entirely entire ! from v to to the the the consideration consideration strange beliefs of ot and untrue untrue fancies and ana that fabulous taDuious have become attached mw mmgnici imagina to the --P Pea olunio ] creatures dealing ; with but he the promises second , part if his of presen his subj t work ect . be On successful this point , to we follow believe it up there with should another be

    P'uie matter for doubt .

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    WL-n from life . The authorwho is an officer in the Canadian active militia , disclaims ^ intention of inviting his readers , to peruse a scientific or erudite work on natural history , ^ "s iina object ls and being to to ive furnish jf his lij information trustworthy particulars in an entertaining about ¦ a fc some ¦ form - ¦ ¦ of . the Major more IS " o familiar - tt has evid _ of e wild ntly

    lh }' } < id power largel ' , of y ^ - ** - recording upon ** v _^ g j-.- i ^ the \^ y i his * A branch . JL researches A & A . V- ^ M- * A of A \ .-A ) ^/ * . natural ^— ' 1 A and A . A M . observations « . V A A history x ^ * . * v V ^ - ^ *_»»»» of * a * ^ with . which a ^— ^^ that — - — — — he rarel speaks -1 - m , et .. and _ -with ^ he skill possesses which

    y P 1118 the i reader to his words . The illustrations in the volume , a remarkably handsome one ,

    r- ^ u , beautiful and instructive feature . We have seldom seen better representations .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/31/