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    delightful a record of'travel-in localities which include the whole navigable portion of the j ; Saone . Those who are acquainted with Mr . Hamerton ' s previous books will understand that \ the illustrations are in every way exquisite . Messrs . Seeley have produced the volume in the rich raiment which we expect in every book they publish . From a collection of gift-books published by this firm we take up Caedwalla , by Fra ; nk Cowper , M . A . This is a story of the Saxons in the Isle of Wight , the period being _^ he seventh century . Not a little difficulty exists in vitalising the dry bones of that period and creating a coherent narrative in fiction which can be read with anything like pleasure . Mr . Cowper has done his-work in a masterly way , his romantic story being executed without anachronisms which jar on the senses , and yet _wifch . picturesque effect very pleasant to the reader who has even dipped into the records of the remote past . Roth Sides of the River , Mrs . Selby Lowndes' new story , is a pastoral story written in quiet and musical prose . It

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    fortunat tells of the e attachment complications . The arising end * from however concealment , is bright , and the we past close in love with affairs regret , and a remarkabl of an un y - pleasing volume . An illustration which we here introduce shows the poet _CoVper ' s house at the Olney ouse . It . appear Life in s in Olney a story a hundred written years by Mrs ago . Emma is the Marshall gist of the and story entitled , and On the the rural Banks beauty of of the surrounding country gives the author an opportunity to write some very enchanting descriptions . Scenes of country life are usually depicted in a humdrum fashion , but the grace of Mrs . Marshall ' s writing gives the reader an interest in this story which he would not have had , had it come from the pen of a less able author . Of course the associations add much to the charm of the story . The illustrations are each and all most beautiful , certainly better than anything we have seen in the stories of the day . Professor Church claims attention for a remarkable tale , The Count of the Saxon Shore , which relates something of the story of the departure of the Romans from Britain . The title * Count of the Saxon Shore ' in little was Britain bestowed is known and on Gaul of an its offi from incidents cer , the whose Saxon Professor duty depredators it was Church to . protect and Speaking his the collaborator coasts of a very of the exciting Miss Roman Ruth epoch possessions Putnam , though have produced a story of stirring , and lasting interest . Cries of battle ring , through its pages . , Soft scenes of affection melt the reader to pity and sympathy . He who peruses the book he will should assuredl be y a be wiser richl man y rewarded when the , last and if he is has finished read . little regarding the times spoken of , page ¦ — ¦ i 11

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1887, page 1475, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121887/page/53/