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    1552 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6, i&...

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    Essrs Ious . Warne B 'S The Christmas Se...

    I A third edition has been published of a volume for which we had very favourable comment to make in a past number—Sara Crewe . by Mrs . F . H . Burnett . The story runs on lines that are pretty familiar to readers of ' Little Lord Faunileroy , ' by the same authoress , but of this exauisite

    colouring of child ^ life mt ** 4 * ^^ tf it * ^^ may ^ m ^ ¦ b ^ ^ v ^ w ^ fairl ™ w ^»^™ ^™ y -m ¦ be tm ^ ir

    said we can hardly have too much .

    Our illustration , however howfiver . is ia taken taken

    from an accompany , - ing story to c Sara

    Crawe' ( in the same volume )

    called ' Editha ' , s Burg ™»^ - - ^ r ^ mw ^ m lar w # . ' It pvh

    sents ^^ yg ^_ ^ H the v ^^ v V discovery ^ ^^ repre ^^ ^^ r n ^ ^ . v ^|^ of ^^^^ ^^^ B the ^^^ ^^ V ^^ V ^^^^ unwelcome ^^ n ^ B ^^ V ^^™ T IP ^^^ V ^ V ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ V ^^^ V ^^^ r

    visitant by the dainty little

    heroine andr her -polite manner ( by which h

    ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ V ^ T ^^^ ^^ " ^ HB ^^ B - ^^ ^^ V H «^^ w a v ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^> 4 ^ she has always understood ^^^^™ *^ - ^^ - ^ - ^^ ^^ v ^ r ^^ ^^ ^» - ^» t » ¦ success ^ ^^^» ^^ ^^ ^^^ v % ^ v *^

    is to be won ) of receiving »^^» him HV . VB Vf .

    ^ " - ^^ Don - ^^ ^~ V ' t be WK fri ght « B » BB >^ - ened ened . ^ ' she « he said said m in a a

    , soft voice , I don't want to hurt

    I came to ask you ; a favour of you . " The

    burglar was so amazed that he

    actually forgot he was a burglar , and he staggered back

    ^ m ^^ ~^ r nv ^^^^^^^ fc 7 ™^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ F ^^ rfN- " * against the wall . I think he thought

    at first that Editha was a little ghost .

    '' You see I couldn't hurt you if I wanted

    to , " she went on , wishing to

    encourage him . "I ' m too little . I ' m only seven—and a little

    over—ana JL m not going That —— — - —v did ^ ^ to m ^ . «^* , scream encourage - *^~ m . . ^ r - ^ r w ^ J . , % ^ ffa because ^ y ^ the «/ J « . Jk'V / burg Ts- ^ that ^ - ^ JL ^^ lar AM would (*« , but RJT *>^ */ awak still * J « S •* - &•*• he Jk en * . Vy was IT mamma UJM so K-F V ^ astonishe IWkUVV , and / AA ^ MAJlWIi that d ' that » s ^*** just > V «/ he JLJLVy what did VtAVt- I not don know A ' t . JK . XX want _ r W » what If to AAUfV do to . "

    do vul . gar * * Well language , I ' m blowed ; but unfortunatel , " he said in y a he whisper was one , " if of this those ain ' t burglars a rummy who go , " , which as Miss was Lane extremel said y , "had not had ^^^^ k advantages ' **« # «> Wta ^ " which f | is . A . *^^« indeedthe case with the majoritof burglars of

    my — - ^^^ acquaintance - —^ ^™ . - *— - w -vw . any *< K ** . « w Then ^*> v m ^ >> he bega p < k # A , n ^ JftA to . ' ^^^^ laug , h , ^ JLI ^ in « 4 LV ^^^ a ^ -4 > whisper , A VAAV ^_ f <_/ Wl J also \/ IT J , , l / AA if one VA 1 ^«/ can 4 . JLA CV I be V- 'J . JL U said y V X ^ A to . P ^ - ' laugh « - « JK . rT "if T KM in a he ne whisper doubl doubled . He up ur > put and and his rocked rocked hand over himself hinrmfil his mouth to f . n and and and fro frrv made " no Th TIi e nois rtimmiest r ^ imTYiiftaf e ; but he laug " he fi hed p > said h so « . iH hard . in in that his liia

    uneducated way . " An' she ham't a-going to ' urt . me . Oh , my heye . " go ' , But we are , sorry to majorit find that of the stories housebreaker of Vi this kind , so far actual from ld having eparted his with conscience a large quantit touched of , silver as is usual and the in fact the

    that - —J" — he —~ y ^ was - « - ' " m afterward *» i- ' . a . » VXJ s VJLM apprehended . M ** UJt-ULVk , , UVUUW and 14 y J V *» suffered JIJC * A 1 / tlU . * r due IVll tJU punishment A € mM . t £ . KJ VJUOlUtXUV for y \ JX his Oll ¥ crimes V / J . ; ) € JtAM . yj seems . UltU latl to convey COnvev littl little e fionsnljLt consolation . inn for fnr his Vii « obdurate rtl ^ rlnrfl fpi hard Ti » Wl - heartedness Vioa-rf « rln « aa

    . l coloured book should

    Shute a A . , remarkably the eniarKaoiy illustrations pretty pretty being coloured by Jessi dook e Watkins should . be be The mentioned mentioned delicacy in of desi Over over tlio Mi in « the Hills niu latter « . W by will E W . . be L T , sufficiently shown by the ing woodcutbut without the gn colours much of its

    Borne bu attractiveness « w portion puinuu of ui is child ciiiiu lost . me life The ; : accompan verses and ana the me , sympatheticall y illustrations illustrations , y by oy , and their tneir playfull orignt bright y written beautv beauty , and gracefull viyid vivid y realism r embod < m 1 mm y

    mtoshi add an p increased , is A . WKervy charm Co to -round the text , the . Of rhymes a similar by A nature . J . Daryl , but , scarcel the illustrations y so exquisite , printed in work in -

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 1552, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/58/