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    Et I c. 6, io QQA so The , Publishers' C...

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    K I- 19 ¦ M S Gr contents ^ Tifpnts H . Boug and hton general general and W get . H --up up . Gibson , , aii and u . 10 it . should hiiuluu The . entire carry uaxry happiness juappiiiutja number is this a happy genial genia . * one season sea , in un ilhis into llliaj

    -» Christmas circle . Rny a winter annual is Tlie Robin ( 42 Essex StreetStrand ) , edited by Athol Mayhew .

    I A new , | m 1 W B troduction la are arc plentiful " DienWl tells til UJ . a as its " > o berries Ut p urpose _ lx — . xt ¦ ? » 44 on uai . *•* . : a a > ' Like xjajxxjt holl I ^ 1 - ^ J y * "k - the * boug t ijyjiAgii V-k « - robin < M h . rf- . ) , l-v ^ winter rv ^* "fc iiitcji , we ^¦¦ ^ SV . come J aixu annuals -k . /" I . ^» ^ W » . uaio ^ - ^ . alone «¦ " « . 1 s ~ s > c are ^ VV & x J-V u ; rare x for ^ U a > •" x % < 3 althoug * -fc < as * a l- Yule k x J' ^ . uio V ^ M « "S * h - -tide tiu Christmas I . c l"fc " *» roses i «* woa * * t ^ V % < Tk 1 . '

    K hope the new venture may be successful ; it begins well . H I The lilt / C editor - Vl J . V ^ SJL- of v ¦*• the w—— ¦» - ¦ ' Sunday — — ^ Magazine ^^ ' ( X Isbister & Co . ) XV will have years of grateful »—J rememfriends for the treat he has iven them bJLittle Flakes

    Ris I is st f a rom collection ies , young and alread of Christmas y they know stories them for almost the g young , if not . We entirel y publishing have y , tried by heart some . littl Snow A e favourite ones with is . ui Dane ' s i Sovereign , and Cassie What he Did with Meade lYLeaue It ( b is i y the the wie Rev best uesi . F . Lang The bridge , M . A . ) ; but one

    file D airl a ; rsay aavs s tthat iiat ' uassie ' { ( by uy L xj . . T jl . ) ; » . . ' jLutJ Young xuung Stowaway oiuwaway ' ( by uy ie ' * H num Jmi . ° Fowler ber Vkor however Ti ) nwfivfir is also . admired must must be be , aeligntrui delightfu and so is l ' to to Donal cnuaren children d Ray ana and ' ( b to to y Marion tnose those wno who Ritchie reaa read ) to to . children cJiiiaren Everything .. in

    , , The nineteenth issue of HoocTs Comic Annual ( Fun Office ) seems to be as comical as

    I K rer putation it was as , and a repository Messrs » m tr . of Dalziel TT ^ V jokes 1 * ^ and Brothers T ^ i happy 1 have ^ nonsense evidentl "T of all y done kinds T . their i T * best T 1 to i keep 1 up its ™ i

    pi lil Hi I A in in ' ^ description flfisnrintion ood many peop as as in in le construction construction may be inclined when wnen to thev tn say ey begin that oegin the to to author reaa read ' v Good of * ooa 6 Marah Words vvoras ' is ^( Isbister xs not Dister so success & < x , kjo Co . . - ))

    Ihristmas Number for 1886 . At the outset melancholy marks Edelweiss for its own . But Heir lespite slimy such ooze sentences to the as surface ' «^ All b the the pain one g and leam anguish of hope of she the had past cherished were stirred was extinguished up , bringing

    ^^^¦ a « ^ II . j ^^ 4 A X « L T ^ - ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^^ ^ , * X' -- ^^^ fc ^ fc ^^^ rn r ^^^ ^ ^^ " ^ y ^^ ^ r ; ^« ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^~ ^^^ ^^ ^^ m ~~ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^— ™ ^ ~ ^^ «^^ ~^ — ^~ — ^^ — — — — - - — . _ ^ — . — - — — ^^^^^ % — ^^ te a torch thrust into the mud '—we say despite such dreary signs the reader will find it Efticult to set aside Edelweiss' without perusing it fully . Sad though the story be , it

    lone that appeals to stronger feelings than those of mere sickly sentiment , for many of its Irong ¦ escrip e tions xamp are le of vigorous the diversity portraitures of Mr of . Harry life in Furniss its severest ' peculiar modes genius . The . illustrations afford a

    Wndi 1 Mr j . Office Ernest ) , entitled Warren Three , author Pretty of * Four Maids Flirt . This s , ' has is the written seventh the of ' Round the series Tabl . Fifty e Annual illus- '

    ¦ ations are supplied by Mr . Hal Ludlow . I 'Little Polks ' Annual lias this been written bMrs . Molesworthone of the truest

    year y , If little folks' friends . Tlie story is that of Great "Uncle * Hoot-Toot , ' a delightful bit of lory writing , illustrated by Gordon Browne , Miss Lizzie Lawson , and others . This number

    las a special prize competition for children of all ages . I We - ¦* - must congratulate the proprietors of the ' Christian World' on having ¦ secured in Mrs .

    ^^^ H ^ ^ & ^ ' ^ ^^ rf *^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ h ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ r ^^ ^ W ^ " ^^^^^^ rf ^^^ ^ % . I * ^^^^^ fc ri ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^™ ^^^^ ¦ ^* ^^ ^^^ ^ " ^^ *^ ^ ^^^ r ^^ " *^ ^^ " ^^^ " ^^ ¦— ^» r ¦ ^^ " ^ - ™ - ^ '' " ¦ " ^ ' — — ' ^ — - ~~ ^ ^» » ^— ^^^ % — ^^ — ^^ — ^^ ^^^ whic latural B S . i Haycraft ( James so Clarke compet <& ent Co . ) a , as writer her work for their is entitled Christmas , is a Annual most . deli A ghtful Quarrel little XMCost romance Tln- ,

    ] startles the reader into eager attention from tlie first appearance of the strangely old-| kshioned r the last child chapter heroine on But the the scene melodramatic , and holds scenes him enthralled which come until toward the fall s the of the end curtain of the ,

    . loi larra u tive care are and not a gentler good , they method are Mrs by . far Haycraft too heavy mig ( ht or have should made it be her vice story versd one ?) of ; with the best a littl of e iio

    uir season a few . afflictions The illustrations of this sort are , and certainl even y conceal indifferent a few , but shortcomings the narrative on its is strong own account enough . to

    ut Diproae a \ o never 's before Annual saw ( Di it p look rose , so Bateman smiling and & Co mirthsome . ) has now . had If it an be existence the cover— of which some we years are , oinuwha — •¦ "i ^ L t ' reluctant J *_/ X VJL \ j XJCkiLX . \ J to % J * J \ confess s \ Jll ~ l . COlJ for i . \ JJL we TT V * flatter LJ-CMf \ J \ JKSJL . KS ourselves \ A . J- O V / J . W VU that DAlUf V we »» V- / i know * . JJ . V ^ ff a little * -M . ULf ^ V > C about * R- / V- ^ * - * . V colour V ^ V ^ JLV- ^ UJ , , not 11 V V ,

    he o mention result national is a pleasurable design—then one . it The must contents be in the are brig after htness the of the usual pigments pattern used . Bracebrid . Anyhow ge Iiiuyng A Slave relates of the in vigorous Mrs , occasionall HLovett y somewhat Cameron / hi after ghly- different flown languag fashion e , the tells experiences a true story of

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    Jj fiuua | t . hc )) j stories Howar are d Paul mostl , y but blood we - have curdling not and space , deadl to y mention opponents , them to sleep in detail . Hi . g Suffice her praise it to than say l " at Christmas-time we can hardlive . But from the category we certainly ought not

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    ' J ^ nks for comes the merriment we very much she has doubt affo . rded The us clever . E yjen authoress the humour , however of Jack , deserves Smith all '* our "Venture sincere , iVl

    < Lll ii y ban ting )? in thoug unconscious h funny drollery enough . of its kind , fades by comparison , and is almost or I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1467, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/63/