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    at Eton , prior to 1850 no public school had any established athletic contest . In this respect there character is a has great its difference athletic club nowadays We , would when nearl attribute y every much organi of this sation to of the a manl social or irit educative of the volunteer movement , although ; the editor of the new Badminton book speaks of y it sp otherwise . The book on 'Athletics and Football , ' which is now under notice , is written by Mr . Montague Shearman , and has two divisions , referring respectively to Athletics and Football . An historical introduction is supplied for each , and these are written in a style that at once commands attention . The practical details given in the volume call for no notice beyond saying that those who desire information or are in any way interested in the subject will find that Mr . Shearman has brought , _^^ . _^^^ _., search for a white race in the dark _^^^^^ mw _&®*^ continent vellous adventures . The relation of the of _company the mar- ' 1 am ( Alla no n longer Quatermain a queen . ) . " and the herculean Umslopogaas shows the puissance of Mr . Haggard's genius , while the softer The whol scenes e story of is affection full of manifest fascinating a depth mystery of , tenderness not perhaps that pleasing is unusual to the _irT dry _^ niodern philosop fiction her , . but delightful to those who love the revels of quick imagination . Perhaps Mr . Haggard confined may say . farewell to African scenes : his imaginative power is far too impassioned to be _i _ r ? FaaQa _ C & QQK __* _aattHy .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1887, page 1459, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121887/page/37/