Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1456

William I . and the German Empir « by G . Barnett Smith . This biographical and historical sketch is , perhaps , somewhat out of place among Christmas books , but there can be little doubt as to its place among the season ' s books . The author is modest in terming the work a sketch . Brief though it be , it is an accomplished and sagacious study of the life of a great Emperor and of the aspirations of a great Empire . The peculiar and almost dramatic career of William I . is well worthy the attention of the historian . Contemporary judgments may not always be accurate , but in a book of this kind we see , and can in a manner verify , a pregnant chapter in the history of Europe . Mr . Barnett Smith traces the life-story of the namel Emperor y , those from with his birth Denmark until , the Austria present , and time France . Three . The wars great occupy achievement a goodly share of the of epoch the book was , as a matter of course , the consolidation of the German Empire , which gives a speaking lesson , to those who in this country preach the | doctrine of disintegration . After describing with some minuteness and force the course of the _~ ranco - German War , the author treats the subject of consolidation at some length . His chapters on the Emperor ' s later years and on his personal characteristics are clear , and tend to give a better idea of the subject than any work we know of . A chapter on the Statistics of the German Empire , and a good index , make the work useful for immediate reference . ¦ I - _? Pioneers of commerce in comparatively unknown lands have frequently produced most entertaining accounts of their experiences . The writer of Pen and Pencil in Asia Minor has built Ins book with materials gathered whilst he was investigating the subject of whether \ ( silk and tea could be _^ _^^¦^^^ M _^^^ m _^^ J _- _'^^^^^^^^^^^^^ s _. : _^ . _' . produced -in . some _^ pfl _^ SKmyS _^ KB / BS _^ $ _^ ' _i interesting ject-matter The of journ his eys volume are and , practical give a detailed inquiries account into the of the sin subj gularl ect y _XJfiB _PSwHSH & M mmm _^ _^^ B / 9 ' $ _& J J ' & - - passed of the . industries notes of the of country immense throug service h which to the student traveller of _jm _^^ _Sk _^ BS _^ S _^ commercial _^^ _t _^ geography , as will be seen from the chapters relating _) 8 S _^^ S 1 _^ B _^^ _S _^^~ _-- " _t ° the care of the silk-worm , the manufacture of Turkey _^ B - _^ _ _ _^ _8 _^ BS _lP _8 _BBB - _^ _W _^ ni _m _I ' 3 ? t _ _ _ « _iKp BP H _^^ _£ Ksr - _^ B l / < _^ _^ y insurers carpets A devoted , Greek b in tic y Smyrna churches Mr . and Cochrane , Turkish & c and . One to we progress the rather cannot subject , long agriculture hel of chapter the , sites is fraudulent worthil the of fol the y - _BHBMW ; pocalyp , p quoting jg _Sr | g | Sg S _^ _* _^ _JffiaKR S / _tf _^ ' - _ fro lowing DU _* _^ from wor 197 _^ the repetition account . of ' Pergamos During the . rei The gn of story Eumenes is familiar II ., _^ j _^ _hSj _P _ _^ _^^ B _JH _^ _ipK _^ ____ _ j _^ _^ _^ I _^ and m greatness B . C . , to which 159 , Pergamos must have was been in considerabl the height e of to have its glory led - _^ ft _S & _^ _^ | _^_^^^^^_^ B _^ _tfil _. | _. f volumes to the accumulation — -second onl , in y in such extent early to times that , of of a Alexandria library of 200 , which , 000 afterwards for a time replaced . Out of the requirements of this important literary collection arose the valuable dis-Kit name covery of of whi prepared ch , charta sheep pergamenta -skin for , writing was afterwards upon , the modified ancient into " parchment . " ' The cause of this is fully explained by Mr . Cochrane , whose book from beginning to end is most charming . An elaborate index is wisely supplied . Our illustration represents ' Rumli Hissar , ' a Genoese castle on the lovel Mr y . as J anything . Stanley of ' s illustrations the kind that to we Long hav fellow e seen ' s . poem The Maidenhood delicate imagery are as of dramati the c and is thoughtfully considered , and much feeling and happy fancy is shown in the pictorial poems accompaniment to the verses . It is difficult to say which character of illustrations will be held in highest esteem ; but our opinion is that the monotint pages should be preferred . At the I even same in time face the of coloured the fact that pages rap are id progress as beautiful is being as anything made in that this b has ranch been of produced book production this year . , _fe > ¦ ¦ — _, M

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