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    J^fiff't R- SMILE S is one of the practi...

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    Dec. 6,1887 The Publishers' Circular 146...

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    despised as critics ; for at least they know their likes and dislikes , even in literature . The services of Miss Alice Havers , whose experience and ability in illustrating works for young and old are so well known , have been enlisted in the preparation of the volume . Mrs . Molesworth ' s children ' s Christmas book , illustrated by Walter Crane , is entitled _Kittle Miss _Pegrsry . It is a nursery story written in the style in which Mrs . Molesworth alone can write . On the first page we get a description very _^ of infantile pranks which would C € dren be difficult are at to breakfast excel . . The ' chil The - ' I I M _hiy _N Were Soon all II tour f Mixy h i <\ _j > p y Ss _^ _S _teSt o _tS ? _°£ _ X _attK _, rr £ tfyp _ly . _pnWnts _* _} Bab deal y , who room required to himself a great at 0 f ft w _^ . . what .,. _PtSSy Vj I most i __ nt * table , baby though he ' was . joyiol _Tkl _mosF ; rhx boys , boy-He during had a so meal many , you things see whi to do ch _y - _j _^ ' th _oufkt k > ' * , _« + ' _* , fc > _uf of who _. grown-up children think quite _^^ _^ . c oujcl blow / fn £ _biAjksT bubbk _^' unnecessary with xtl a spoon . , He first _ i had - in ¦¦ to ' one drum - ¦' fat _» x _Wf _& K 4 _K *!_ _^ _& - _^ _^ ii _^ d _ Ir _? _^ which ¦ i . i ' < _ _SS _^ £ _^ \/ £ rv _> 7 boc \ - _^ ~ 1 _C * v _KnoWS L » , _* _^ - hand and then in the other ; . y _^ _-- _> _afcgy _. _/ _tak _- _-.. _^ _3 cr __ _ssfctom-dtS .. _riclv Vn nurse he had ' s to cup dip of his tea crust and first next in U s _^ _^ ___ \ 2 _ _^ _^ _ _^ _^ _P _^ _^ _^ _^ _ _/^^^ colour f __\ s _*^ 5 Ync ' \ U // £ r which tasted best , and there _^^ t _^^^ fr _^^^^^ OruS . in doing either if he hadn't _? _/^ _TTl _^ K __^ _S _^^^ he across felt ; reall and y o besides bliged now all thisv and - V L ii | j li M | fi _^ L _^ _mJUUJ _^ ____^^^^^@^___^ - _ time , of course , for even _^ > _^ u ([ _jw _^ W _^^^ m _^ s _^ have clever got as both he was together , could out of ° _t | I l _|& _Bfe _- * _tM J _! _^ _^ ' _^ _^ _^ _^ _^^ _^ _^ _^ _^ _^ l _^ _^ _& _^ s _^ _^ _^^^ topp the bars ling of ov his er . ' chair The without story - _*^ 2 _^ ___ P ife _^ _^^ _M bristles with lively incidents _* _fc _||^ are not the least amusing trait ; miff ( h I _pjsW _^ ik _, _^ M _^^ _Bm _^ m _ip _^ _^ _iBs _^^^ _^ _-..- _'" * _^& _Cs _Xftiss Mr . Crane Peggy ' s illustrations , is a good Littl addi e - _pLl j _^ 3 _^ _4 % _^ « _^ _" _^ _9 « _% : _JSeUS _MaBf " _«^ , _^^ _^ _^ _^ L _^ _^ __ _. \ _^ _^ _^ _^ _^ _^ _^ _^^ S _JVy _^^ _^ _^ k gsa _^^ _S _-y _^ _^ _^ l I I books which are very valuable . " a _»^ y _»»^ _--- »_ _.. _ - — ( — \ ; ¦ ' _- ' _viiviniirgiinifrv'fc ' _rti'ii-iii

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    J _^ _fiff't R- SMILE S is one of the practical disciples of Carlyle in preaching from the Virgilian l ng _fcg jajl __ g __| historical text , Labor , reflecting omnia vincit light _. upon His books the industrial are not onl progress y biograp of hical the . age They , so that are readers eminentl in y future times will know more of the national life of the Victorian epoch than present-day readers know of the national life of the remote past , the story of which tells of little else than war and fresh court examp intrigues les . of Mr what . Smiles may ' be new accomp book , lis Life hed b y honest Labour force , is of a will stimulating and stead work y perseverance , containing . The author ' s grasp of the subject is comprehensive ; he has gathered together such a mass of information that readers will be as astounded at the solidity of the book as they will be charmed with its pleasant and thoughtful style . Unlike some of Mr . Smiles' former works , which dealt with heroes of the mechanical world , this new book treats in a large measure of moral and hygienic conditions of life , and examples of successes and failures are made texts for Mr . Smiles' delightful discourses upon the questions he has before him . like Smiles engaged The coals , chap ' is in in a work ter sort a on grate of which the vital . literary Provided demands combustion ailment continued the . , It ' fuel Over gives of thought Brain food off - fire , . Work ' sleep and 'The , , ' should heat and action , rest and be of read are in the doing regularl by brain everyone so y burns , s says upp busily away lied Mr- , - " ' ft- = «

    Dec. 6,1887 The Publishers' Circular 146...

    Dec . 6 , 1887 The Publishers' Circular 1461

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1887, page 1461, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121887/page/39/