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    Mr. T. Fisher Unwin.

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    a feollectih * n ^ g ^ g ii ^ b Uiriuch eing often -thkh a labour is worth « f y love of . ' life ' * 35 % i £ t ) age ul & of be chival lost ry to is modern gonej but ! readers its spirit ; * the still labour aniniat ^ ° * S ! it has d ^ for centuries ) the impulse otf ^ lish poetryFrom tpis alone'i t is

    in ( volume trril aa te iityhp resting on td e renew old acquaintances . ... " by .. , •> Eng scanning .. ¦ ¦ : the pages . .. of ' Mr . Asliton ' s well especiallvB -storedl m

    . * \ Not a few of-the time-worn romances have been edited and reprinted under the care Jm

    ¦ ^ fc * " fome _ . lfearhed I L ¦ _ l _ societies _ _ \ _^_ . M __ ¦ . . V The . H ^ __ ^ archaism _ . j ^ _ ^ A ¦ . — . _ . of ^ _ ^ * their m uz— ¦ - ^ ^ ^_^_ language ^^_ ^^ . ^ m- ^**^ ^ - ^ m . a- ^^_ a ^^ h . has —i ^ r *^ ^^^ , perhaps ^ . ^^ ^^ k ^ b ^ l ^ h ^^^ ' ^^^^ ^^>^ / prevented ^ m ^¦¦ * . ^^ t ^ ^^ h ^ . _^ ? . X _ i ^ r a wider V ^ diffu- ^^ 1 ^^ 8 io

    tim e Laving very tew the in gifts o ! Ur | or * M enthusiasni

    . ' to ttot a .. d woald pse stud urge y of them ! ! old

    forms of the Engl ! ish Anti tongue . In Bohn ' sl

    there quarian is an excellent Library ! 1

    boot "i ^ , w hich ^ has not ! ^ H attained its deserved !

    be pop in ularit g the y , the bidding check !

    : word 4 antiquarian . ' ** ± Is s there tnereany anvrsasfm rsason /'

    remarks the editor , < why [ the romances ]

    should V 1 _ not be made as attractive an other

    stories ? People will read thelsTorthern

    Sagas ,, or North Ameri" can Indian legends

    and tales of wonder , ; fairy and folk - lore

    t rus ales ed ; r whilst e eagerl the y ( pe ) ri-

    ental romances of the Thousand and < ) ne

    not Nig onl hts are bthe devoured 3 mini ' , , y children y of ,

    •• larger but but Tby ) v grow children th . These or aa " Romances of

    Chivalry ter " rn deal arvels in than m grea are con / ll tained in the |

    111 V U /^ i / CiXAJivv * . *»* - foregoing and they do examp give les us , I

    in a to wonderful A */ the r » tirlo manners . rf ill msiijiit il ) SlL ami f llt

    customs . of our owu countrvccnturie . s / i ^ " - . i 1

    a little Mr . Ashton interest has to t thoug } ie volume ht it advisable . Very few to reproduce of these the quaint illustrations old cuts in have facsimile been . reproduced This adds , i Some of those now given are CAiA supposed to be far older than the date of the volumes which lfthey

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    work will meet with the success it deserves . % / , k . j T »/ T __ T Ashb A _ . 1- 1 _ . _ O < i __ dis 1 ? .., !_ . all Tl the xl _ . eal ' lit th . of his Tl ? ,. 1 . _ . . . i - ' t" . . _ ' and ' 1 graceful ^« n ^/> f 111 i I

    unaff Mr ected , J .. style in y- The Sterry Lazy plays iVIif cdtrel , a , collection w iri very happy neat forn poetic \ of fancy stray verse Novel . Sonic !

    rather bu o ' jE t tl > as e lines thei to be volume we congratulated notice of which have appeared they v form than before ^ ed re a gretted — porti as for oYi - is instance not It lig out h the tens of familiar arwi print "brig , this ' A htens Nutshell is a one circumstaiico ' s heart 1 |

    froni read JVf anything r , Sterry lik ^ s e charming care or worldl songs upon y and taint carols , seem - \ to their . be . ii good ^ fectiousi hutuour > . JEie and iitxust delicious indeed sty be a , s nii «» _ ^ fr ^ " tJi aW ; ic _ __ who 1 would ' it not ield * it j to the i" » ii . of ~ n / r ni , » i lf «• i .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/52/