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    1468 The Publishers' Circular r I ^ 0

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    Tudj '» Annaal ( 99 Shoe Lane ) has so long been an institution in our midst that to M * Christmas v **** wuiii »» o without niuuvuv seeing ovviUlg the UJJLV ? familiar irtin i » q ^»» cover vu » x * x would nuiuu seem k > wv / . u- » . quite ^ uauv a deprivation ' -i . OLfXXV ifc ulOU . jn In an f +- ? 1 » j H

    present have been issue especiall we notice y taken some with exceeding the lines ly clever on ' Benj illustrations amin , Belinda by Mr . , W and . G ' Her . Baxter Parasol and ' bl J contributors Charles J . Dunp we notice hie . The the names effective of woodcuts H . Chance to Newton the latter , H are . Wagstaiffe by Leslie Bracebiidge ^ Willson . Among Hemvna thai 1

    are F . Grove about Palmer up to the , A . average Chasemore , but , B a yron larger Webber infusion -, and of good the editor taste , mi Mr g . ht C . be , H . an Boss advantage . The contend .

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    this imagine however . From we the have title been we disappointed had expected . something But it may of at an any ultra rate -horrible be readil descri admitted ption . that I <> a

    the _ I _ "I _ _/ , awful _ . <•_ ¥ stories !•» , ' are hi ¦•• g hly sensational t 1 , and -1 as the i 1 class 1 of reader 1 who 1 favours » y the .- eventful in fiction does not object to the improbable , complete satisfaction all round should ensue .

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    Au second thors edition ' the . Messrs As a . Warn picture e have of stage issued ~ 4 if e Helen it is © cap ( Madame ital . In Villeferan their * library Jeune of ) b Continental Leon d

    of oi Ti m * nseau styl styie e , ana and translated I construction construction " 1 I 1 b 'X y J . , E 1 " and ana ^ . Simpson / "N possessing Dossessinsr . It TT 1 * the tne is an merit merit excell of or en ainering differing t story ¦ , to to dis 1 a a tingu I considerable considera ished ^ ^ ble b y , much extent extent y • charm . from from

    any work that has preceded , it in this interesting library . There are nine full-page illustrations in the Christmas number of The English Illustrated

    Mag-azine ( Macmillan & Co . ) . The artists who have contributed these are L . Alma-Tadema - R * -v . . A . < -jl ., ., Clara v ^ uj . u Montalba -LTjLvs . Lii > . ctixiLrc *> yDxxx ( three « 3 C 7 illustrations j-uuauxauiuiua ) i , W tt . . Biacombe M-MLa \ j \ jm * . u ^ Gardner vji ciij . « ji . u . ox , , George vji v > w * . £ ^* 7 Du jls \ Jk . xixaui Maurier J ici , , Hugh i-LU " il ,

    Thomson , and J . Buxton Knight ( two drawings ) . Mr . Swinburne ' s In a Garden opens the banquet Venice from grandl the y . The of H poet . F ' . s Brown spirited after lines which are followed ' J . S . Winter by an Addisonian 9 lies a descri story ption entitled of

    4 A Siege Baby , ' recalling pen some exciting , incidents of the ' 57 Mutiny supp in India . We must l » e p H ardoned for ¦ say - ¦ - - ¦ ing that the writer is not so 1 much at home in these ¦ matters . ^^ r ^ . ^ as ¦¦ when —¦ dealing ¦ i

    with barrac — — k li fe . ^^^^ George ^^ ^^ ^^—^^^^^^ r ^^ ^ r ^^» Meredi ^^^ ^ B ^ v ^ ^ ^^ m ^^^ ^^ r ^ ta th ^ ^^ " ^^»^ contributes ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ v ^^ " ^^ F ^ B ^^^ h ^^ B ^*™ a ^^^^ ^ B »^ powerful B » ^>^^ v ^^ ^^^^^ m I I— ^^»^^»^^ - ballad ^^ ^^—^^^ - ^^ ^ i ^ ^^ - ^^ , ^^ r- v ^ f r ^^^ The ^^ - Young ^^ ^^ ' ^^ ^^ v — - ^^ . ^ — ' Princess — - ^— ^ " - ^ / and — ^^^^^^ Tflfc with the same accord we must refer to the beginning of the story ' Jacquetta , ' by the authur

    claim of 'John more Herring immediate . ' The attention article than , however any other , from contribution a popular in poi this nt of entertaining view , that is number likely to is

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    than the IZnglish Illustrated Magazine . edited All b the y Mis stories s Braddon in Xli , t e hey HXlsleto must fulfil e Bough the most ( J . & sanguine R . Maxwell expectations 4 ) are anonymous of the many ; but admirers being dear

    to of nf t the t . he VlP ! sympathetic gifted Oriffvftfl originator oricrinafrM hearts * o r * f f of ' Lad T modern . nAxr y Aud Anrll misses l ^ ey , ' 'Aurora and Aurora Byronica Floy TTlrk ^ rrl d l , young 4 Ishmael TaTimapl men / ' . and an Jud ri other r . fll ging P » r ideals ideals from what ( leaf we know of wi jli Miss xioo Braddon jji auuuit ' dramatic ui aiiiaai inclined to doubt whether uowii / i the +

    illustra" ^» " -uu n s o no acumen ^ KX ± ixx ^ iX , y we rv \? are aic lut / iiiicu i / V 7 uvul / u rr um . ^ *~ - tions it 1 U may M . LM . IMJ appearing , , the uu ^ stories OU \ JH \^ S in in ± 11 t he the UMl . Ks present season OCd / OUil 's CJ annual * spri OUllga gs hav of KJM . e mis JLUlOiCtVC ever leto been e JL remai K 5 under LLLChl LJ n . to UKJ the be « - » O editor s D poken U ^ iVCU ' s notice of K 7 ± as « O . powerful fjv Be " ' - ' that ¦ as to

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    given . its young p devotees a a treat repro as rich as of one yore for Christmas . am s usement . . They level The a stories nature excellent tJ jj , in that iiL the w Perhap Christmas hat we if may numbe anyt say hing r about of the have one Monthl we leaning can y P say acket towards with ( Walter equal i His i j Smith ustice iilioxx lish ) about Wife are of ail bj s 0 .

    p ^ Esm a iece u cj V / ^ are Stuart entitled v >**«« c jv JJ . < j ^ a c ' cleverl Mrs XIJ . . O . x Batseyes ^ FCkUOV cuiapb y told ; J s , , story 11 '; j any but KJ , tinny life hl with YVXLlA -lik , , we w . e this \ J and \ iicivu MJi £ , j * in it a tense , ie must JUU « uiiiig OU . Miss be « - ^ V luwiu ? confessed l / Vlll Yong ( ua > ODtyU e herself , » we T Eng j ^ ^ are contributes ¦ ¦« - » onl ~ ** editors —> y •/ , h * 1 * a

    inf satisfied luence , , and however would , should gladly not have be had forgotten more , from and grat her ify pen ing . evidence The effect of this of her is shown OI 1 ^ n a one lmost hand every , to vice page , nor of the indul number ging , . on Pure the other , wholesome , in morbid fiction senti —neither men tali sm pandering —is stories still , l ^ OT W * llc 1 ? i

    o obtainable sh btaina e has ble now ; : and and laced the thp before > truth truth us of of . this tViia Miss Miss Yonge Yoncm has hiLH s sh hown own in in the f . h « fine fin « collection roll « r * . f . irm of of stories » " I p

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1468, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/64/