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I —¦— ' . . , . . —I , I . . , „¦_— ' among Institute th , ' e edite other d works _hy J . S that _* Jean are s ; announced ' Metal Plat We e ,-Work notice , : ' its The Pattern Journal s and of -their _tJie Iron Geometry , and St , ' eel by ] _^ C ornestic . T . Millis receipts ; and and an guide _invaluable , for household book , entitled management . 'Spon . ' s Household Manual , ' a treasury of Messrs . Spottiswoode & Co . —Many of the books advertised in our present number have j c om e ok from and th news e press work of is thi s emin of e the nt firm industrial , whose si immense ghts of the establish metropolis ment for . Messrs the productio . Spottis n - I j woode have always inarched with the times . The variety of types and designs displayed in j our present number _gifce evidence as to the unfailing _resources of the firm . The rapidity with \ which the best class or typographical work is turned out is remarkable . Mr . Edward Stanford announces a new picture-book of admirable design , edited by Miss ' Arabel number la of B . coloured Buckley illustrations , and entitled bBteinrich ' Animals Leutemann from the Life which . ' The are m volume arvello contains uslnatural a large and 1 life-like . Mr . Stanford issues several y other works on Natural , History by the same y authoress . Mr . Elliot Stock ' s list contains various volumes of exceptional interest . Among them we . _ may note a cheap edition of ' The Biblical Museum , ' by the Rev . James Coinper Gray ; a second series of ' _G , biter Dicta , ' by Augustine Birrell ; and a tenth edition of the ' First Series' of the same work . Messrs . Ward , Lock <& Co . —The works issued by this firm are of especial value for gift and presentation purposes . Many of them are of a distinctly instructive character , as dis-¦ tinguished education issued from volumes by these d publishers esi ned _f ° are r mere worth amusement y of close . attention The volumes . dealing with technical Mr . _ p . Woolmer ' _s books are marked by a wholesome and religious tendency . The .: writers for the most part are clergymen whose names are familiar in this form of work . A considerable amount of fiction also appears in this publisher ' s list . Calve ' sche Buehhandlungr , Pragr , has published a book of small size but full of interest to Englishmen . We refer to Dr . Ottokar Feistmantel ' s ' Tea Culture in the British East Indies . ' When we state that the yield of British India tea plantations this year was 90 , 000 , 000 pounds , we have said enough to show how important is the subject of this little work . Firmin-Bldot a cie _., Paris . — This house maintains its long and well-deserved renown for editions de grand-luxe . Among its recent productions we are struck with the splendour of the illustrations to 'NapoleonI . et son temps . ' This is not a political work , but rather a splendidly-illustrated chronicle of contemporary literature , science , and art . 'Madame Pompadour' is another magnificent volume . 'Woodstock' is illustrated with the same accuracy and beauty which distinguish the novels of Scott already published by this house . Bibliotheque Historique , ' and ' Bibliotheque des Meres de Famille ' cannot be too highly commended as presents for the young . G . Grote ' scher Verlagr , Berlin . —The Grote _' scher Verlag is famed for the taste which characterises all its publications . Three recently issued form no exceptions otherwise than in being far better than many similar books we have seen elsewhere . What could be more tempting than Botticelli ' s drawings to Dante , excepting Diirer _' s woodcuts , or the etchings of Rembrandt , Diirer , and Schongauer _? G . Hedeler _, Xtelpzlgr . —The Export Journal has reached its fifth number , which contains many articles of interest to the trade . Amongst others we note one on the International Book Exchange ( Smithsonian Institution , Boston ) . The third chapter of the ' Sketches of Eminent Houses' is devoted to Sampson Low , Marston , Searle <& Rivington . Ferdinand Hirt & Son , _Leipzig . —This firm publish some very handsome and attractive books for young and old . Herr Adolphus Brennecke ' s ' Old England' should recommend itself to English as well as German readers , and if we purchase this book we shall enjoy the rare ' giftie' which the Ayrshire poet longed for , of ' seeing oursels as _ithers see us . ' Amongst the the juvenile introduction books we of note Christianity Professors into Baur Germany and Gehrts . We ' . must 'Victory not of overlook the Cross ' Ever , ' scenes with from the Lord , ' a selection of German sacred poetry with many illustrations . Admiral A . Hofman von Henk n 4 , . a Co handsom ., Berlin e volume . —This descri firm ptive have of published the dockyards 'Zur , shi See ps , ' , and edited harbours by Yice of - deal Germany with , the and interesting of sailors' s life ubjects afloat entru and sted ashore to them . The and writers the four are hundred thoroughl illustrations y competent add to greatly to the value of the book , which reflects credit , on its publishers . Andr . P . Host * Sohn , Copenhagen . — ' Histoire de Danemark , ' par C .-T . Allen , is a French seventh translation Danish edition of Herr , and Allen published ' s Danish by the History well- , known made b house y Monsieur of Andr E . . Fred Beauvois . Host , from & Son the , which occupies so high a position in the Scandinavian book trade . house Prledrlch publishes XLillan several ' s k . work ungr . s TJnivers of interest ! tats to Buchhandlungr the student of . —This primeval enterp anti rising quity Hungarian . ' Der sam Goldfund e author , ' by publishes Joseph Hampel through , Mr is a . Kilian contribution a work to on the the art ' Anti history quities of the of mi the gratory Bronze period Age . . Mr The . J this Mauritius house Wosinsk will be found y _' s 'Prehistoric enumerated Fortifications at e 1670 , ' and of this other number interesting . mineralogical worlfjs of _&' ¦ pag . W Jx =

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