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    0 _£ t _* 3 _fo _|> tt _^ O £ _0-% | Rnfil B | _j N MEMORIAL is now issued . interest Most readers attaches of to fiction A Woble will Name remember , a new 'Jennie and revised of the Prince edition ' s , of ' a which novel _^^^ that when first published some few years ago caused no little sensation . The authoress was Mrs . B . H . Buxton , and it is she who wrote , in conjunction with Mr . W . M . Fenn , the present novel . In the preface Mr . Fenn has given a brief account of how the collaboration came about . The story is a refined piece of work , well constructed and noticeable for concombined siderable character with the stud bolder y . , more It possesses vigorous much touch of of the Mr sympathetic . Fenn . Readers grace of , we the are late sure authoress , will be , glad to renew their acquaintance with a writer who at one time afforded them so . much pleasure . A second edition has been published of Soldiers' Stories and Sailors' Yarns , a book of mess-table drollery and reminiscence picked up ashore and afloat . The stories are exceedingly entertaining , and not unfrequently highly exciting . As a work to take up during idle half-hours when the mind stands in need of relaxation and amusement , we can award it high praise . The illustrations are by Harry Furniss , D . H . Friston _, and Percy Macquoid , The Wondrous Tale of Cocky , Clucky , and Cackle , translated from the German of Brentano by Charles William Heckethorn , is a fairy story of the old-fashioned kind , simply but none the less effectively told . A marvellous ring occupies a prominent position in the narrative in London . , Several by E , illustrations 0 . Richards b , y furnishes H . W . Petherick very pleasant accompany reading the text for . young Xittle _peo _Neighb ple , and ours is distinguished by considerable skill in construction . The account of the meeting of the dissimilar descrition children of the buns , Maria that and follows Millicent is well , with told which and fixes the thee story reader opens ' s , attention and the at pathetic once . The subsequent p pages fully realise the , high promise , thus excited , and when the book is finally has laid also down written it is with a volume a sense of ' of tales having for the been young quietl , y under interested the title and amused of A Strangre . The same Exhibition author . It will form a capital fireside companion these long winter nights , and is sure to become popular . A third story for young people is quaintly entitled If Wishes were Horses , of Beggars literary wo dishes uld to Ride suit . a The juvenile author palate , M . , Seymour and her , has present had wide preparation experience proves in the piquant concoction and appetising . _3 —

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1887, page 1451, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121887/page/29/