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    Dec. 5, jS88 The Publishers * Circular S...

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    From Messrs. Burns & Oates.—' Aroer: T &...

    From ^| ^ B ^^^ F ^¦ k- ^^^ ' ^* Mes V ^ W ^^^ BV ^ B ^ P ^ ^^^ P" ^ srs *^^^ ¦ i" " 1 ^^" r . ^ P Griffith ^^ P ^ 'PJ ^^^ pr - ^ w ^ p ^ B ^^^ P ^ pB ^ B- " ^^^ . »^^ P , ^ B ^ Farran ^^ H ^ V ^ V ^ pP ^ B ^ P ^^^ P ^^ " ^ B ^ ^^^^»^» , ^ f Okeden W ^^^^ F ^^^^^*^ ^^^~ ^^^^^^ ^ B *^ ^^^ B ^ l ^ B & ^ P ^ " ^ B

    Welsh .. —An important addition to the volumes of the * Ancient and Modern Library of Theological Literature' has to be acknowledged in

    ^^^ m— _ A ^ ^^^ B « toBI A , ^ P * - ^ m A ^»^_~ - ' a Ai - _~» BPh I * A Practical View of the Religious Systems of Professed Christians , ' by William Wilberforce . The customary introduction—which in this case

    takes the form of a prefatory memoir—is , if anything , more interesting than usual . From Messrs bbi BpBB . -W Hamilton bbbbbbbb bt bbbb Adams bbbbbbb & bpbbpb > Co bbb . —

    J ^ ^ p , - *—— pB . BPB . 4 Bf ' P ^ P ^ PnP ^ M ^^ " ^ ^ PBB' ~ . m ^^— ^ - » ^^^^—^»^ —^^ m—^— ^ - ^^ bp > , bj P | PpBPMP ¦ *> ^^^ " » ^^ - — " ^^ ^ PB' ~^ * Twelve White Flowers , ' by Frances Livings and A . Livings . The chief charm of this work ¦ wil p B ^ b ^^ P l h be w- ^™— ^ p ^ p r found ^^ H —^^ —^^^^ ^—^^ . w ^^ - ^ k in 1 h . hi the h ^— - — - ^^ r- series ¦ b h ^^ r- ~^^ r b ^ V of i ^ p ^* ¦ exquisite ~^ p *~ ^» ^^ h ^ p- ^ H —¦ - ^ h . ~ - ^^~ - ^ k - ^— h . ¦ illus I ^—^~ — - ^ ™— I -

    trations , of which it mainly consists . The white camellia , poet ' s narcissus , eucharis grandiflora , lapageria bbbi p ¦¦ 1 pappv ^^ " ~ ^ B ^ pjp ^ fc *^ pjp pbp > p ^ p ^ r ^ r ^ alba ¦^ r ^ ' ^^ " ^ ^ . b ~ ^^^^^ , ^ . Japanese ^^ p" ^^^ pj ^^ b ~ ^™^ ™^ ^ . b ^^™ ~^»~ w ^ p" ^^ b ~ anemone ^^ p ^ p » ^^ p ^ . ^ ^ pp ° ^^ b ^ ib ^^^ ~^^^ b ^ . ^^» ^^^ , ^ . c ^^^ l ^^™ emat ^^ " - ^ - ^™^^™» - ¦— - ^ ^»* i ^ v wi s ^^ h *

    ( Anderson . Henryi ) , white sweet pea , single white azalea , rose and other flowers , are depicted with wonderful realism and lithographic

    excellence . The descriptions of the plates , from the pen of A . Livings , are just sufficient for the purpose . The volume is elegantly bound , and

    inclosed in a paper box , and for gift purposes should enjoy , hearty recognition . Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to accept

    a copy of tlie work . From ^ P ^ h ^^ b i i ~ ^ pta ^^^^^ Messrs pp ^ piw ^^^^^ p ^ PpV pp ^ pp pqp ^^^ v ^ p ^ p . B ^ ^ Houlston ^ P ^^ BJPBP . ^ PB ^ ^^^^^—^^^» *»~^™ —» - ^^^ ^—^^^^ & ~^ pp ^ pr ^ Sons T ^^^ p ^ ^^^^ ^ V ^ . ^^^^ ^^^^ . ^ P" — ' The ^ . v ^ ^^^ - ^^^ Vicar ~ ¦ —— ^^ ^ ¦ of ^ ¦ bbb . b * . Bpk a Baa ^ BX 4 ^ B BBMBBh . P * B A P & BH ¦ ^ tt * A

    Bedcross , ' by Sarah Doudney , illustrated by T > . H . Friston . A simple pastoral story , but very » ^^^ V ^^ B W attractive ^^ P ^^ F ^ F ^ ^^^ ^^ F * ^^^^ ^^^ F ^ P' ^^ F ^ ^ F ^ ' . ^ ^ Alan ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ Veriton » ^^^^ ^^^ ^ P ^ ^^ P ^ i ^ T ^^™^ W is ^^^ ^^^ in ^^ " ^ ^^ ^^ love " ^^^ » ^^^^ with — — ¦ ^^ i i ^^

    one woman , yet , being impecunious , he marries , at the command of a rich and imperious uncle , another woman , an heiress , wlio , by the way ,

    loves him . She dies in giving birth to a son , who also dies . Alan , a weak man , then finding himself rich and singleproposes h ¦ . « ¦ ¦ to ¦¦ his old ¦ love

    ^™^ " ^ b ^^ t ^^^^^ p ^^ " ^^ dPpf ^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^ F * ^ FtpT ^ k ^ ih * ^ b ^^ pr ^ m ^ m - » - ^ ^ ji ^^^ - "vhh ^^* ^ p- , ¦ ^^ v ^ *¦ ^^^ W . V — " ^— — h ' ^^ - — ' ¦^ P' - ^ - to marry him , but she refuses . She marries an old man , Canon Haviland , who dies ; and eventually - ™ - ^ to ^ FV ^^ - ^ ^ P »> F ^ P > W one ^ fc ^ ^ Fa « F > ^ pF 1 whom ^ W ^ " ^^^ ^^ P ^^»^^»^^ V she ^^ ^^^ ' ^^ can ^^ F ^ ^»^^ ^^^^ P « love ^^^ ^ pjp > ' ' ^^ as ^^^ v ^^ well » » ^ P —™ - ^^ as ' ^ ' ^ ^^^^ respect ^^ ¦ ^ — ^ ' ^ P ^ ^ - — , -J

    Horace Sherstone , Vicar o f Redcross , with whom she is happy . The story is charming and well told . From Messrs FP 4 FT . Ijeeene 1 & OudinParis »* - . —Jules

    — ^» —^ - FHPW PJPWVIPB ^ PV ^| F ^ FP * p » Wm ^ F . P ^ V ^ F ^ F ^ FB ^ F ^ ^ F ^ ^ F ^¦ ' ^ FP ^ p * ' ^ pT ^^ W ^ PMV ^^—^^^^ , — ^— ^ - — ' — ^^ ^ ^ ^— ^ 1 ^~ - ^^ Lemaitre , ' Impressions de thMtre , ' troisieme serie . We have here essays on some twenty great ^^ F ^ h ^^ m ~^^ F- ^^^^^ ^^^ dramatic ^^^^ PB ^^^ V ^^^ V ^ k ^ q ^^ i ^^^^ f V ^ ^^^ ^ VB' writers ^ v ^ B ^ ^^ ^ p' ^ iP * ^^ *^ i ^ W . ^ Amon ^¦^ V ^ . ' * ^ b ^ P ^ pi ^^^ p ^ P A . V g ^ p ^ p ^ . them ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ m- —< ^^^ - ^^^ we w v - ^ m- may ^^ h ^ h ^ ^ i ^ ^ . ^ ^ p ¦

    name Sophocles , Shakspeare , Scarron , Moliere , BeaumaTchais , Delavigne , the two Alexandre Dumas " ^™ " ^» riPb ^ FPB . ^^ . ^^^^» # Pta ^ , FB Meillac ^^ . — * JPB ^^« r ^^ B ^ i ^ ta ^^ ^ " ^ f ^ a ^ P , ^ p Halevy ^^^^^>^^^ P ^ ^ f— ~— ^ f ^ P ^«^ w ¦ , ^ P & - ^ " c ^ . p' FT . There ¦ ^»— ^^ ^ a ^ v — »^ are ^ " »^ P ^ - ^^ also ^^ - ^^ J ^^ ^^»^ ~ ~

    some short notices of celebrated performances , such as that of the dramatisation of Ohnet ' s * Grande i marniere i ' of ¦ * La i guerre * by

    Erckmann-— - ^^ ^ k *^ P ^ ^^ ^^ fc ^^ " ^™ ^^^ P ^ ^^**^^^ mm * r ^ pj *^ . * ^^^ ^^»« w ^^ " ^^^^ ^^^ ^»«^ , ^ p ^ f ^ — - ^^^^^ p ^~ - ™ hpk ^^^ " ^^^ ~~ m ^ ^ pp ^ ¦ ^^ " ^~ ~ ¦ i ™ ^^^ ^» ^^ i ^^ ^^ Chatrian ~^*» . a ^ _ , and ^^ of the . ^ pk ' Surprises *»»~ - ^ de ^ . A la ^ b divorce ^ iA ^ ' of Bisson et Mars . The pantomime * Colombine ¦ pardonn ^^ ¦ ^ v ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ p ^ P pvw ^ . ^ pk ^ Fj 6 ^^ r e vpi ^^ , ^ B ' the ^^^ 4 P >^ i * ^^^^ Conservatoire ^^^^ — i ~ . ^ k ^^^ *^ " ^^ pP ^*^ v ^^~^^ p ¦ Vjp' ^^«^ ff ^ ^>^ p ^^^ , ^ H the *^ ^^^^^ ^ fep' Cirque ^^^ r ^^ ^^^ bj ~ -r ^ - ^^ - d - * " ^ ' ete ^^ pr —^ ^ t ^ f , pa

    and the Alcazar d' 6 t 6 are the subjects of papers . At the end of the volume a convenient table of contents points to the performances which

    have been the occasion of the essays . From ^ " ^* Mr PBFtPaPBaplF . ) P . V . PB Alph pJpBFrtFJpBFTBBBB ^ BBBBB- PBMF . . F on > . ^ BfepT BBBBBBBJ . se BB _ BT ^ B . B > Ijemerre WPBBBBBB Btf . pBh > .. FkPBIPB ^ FBB' BB | PBB > BhBT , V Paris BBh ) —ef- B B ^ ^^ ' V _ . W —Bourget B— -. — - — •»^ HP . ** -. , BB

    ' Etudes et portraits / troisieme 6 dit ., 2 vols . This collection of essays by M \ Paul Bourget is divided " BBi 'I I Bl — — ^^ Bk | into BB % ^ B _ 4 fc B ^ ~ — four BW — | , f B > B « B « sections ri , T Bbb * V »~ " ** ^ " * ^^^ * " ~ I ¦ I BT : I P H * . B . Portraits . BBi ^ - * rf- ^^ ^ Bl - ^ — —^ -BB- hP of *^^ i "Bl

    authors ; II . Notes on art ; III . Studies on England ; IV . Fanciful papers . Among the authors ¦ r sketched BBi "Bfc are B )« Pascal BJfBB Bfc , pj » < p . Lafontaine « BB ^ BBB 'i ^ B ^ ~ B" Bfe

    Chateaubriand - " ^ B ^ B *^ -m ^ *^ t P ^^^ . >» Bp , De ^| — " ¦ " ^ ' ^ b' ^ Vigny * " — - BB , B , ^ , bPBb ¦¦ , Lamartine B ^^ ~ » , V ^ B' »* « , Hugo - . I I ^^ ¦ ¦¦ » ¦ ^— , , Flau B W B ^ — ~» -B ^ - bert , George Sand , and Baibey d'Aurevilly . The - ¦ notes on art include ¦ reflections » on the ¦ - art ¦

    — «¦ ¦* - <*»~* v- ^» r ^ v > " ^¦** * - ^ m . * w ^ . - »* aaj i v ^* . -fc-m . » ,- » . ^ . ^ J » . ^— ' mjk . ^ s' \^ * , j » . v ^^ ¦ . *> * -j ^~ r * -. j * - ^ ¦ . » — ' -t- ^ i . *» of writing- fiction , on writing history and criticism ~ " ~ . ^ —^ m , P | 'and ^< l PJ JPtJP ^ B ^^ on ^ b ^ " * " *< % the T JB » BP « ~| |~ theatre BbV ^^ BPR B ^^ p B &^ BJ # - B ^^ - ^ B . ^ — . ^ The BjFJPbI ^ Bb ^ P * T ^ Eng ^«^* P P > B 1 MB lish B ^ B Bi P * li ^ BB BB , F studies ^ - ^ Brf B ^ Bl tAk BB B ^ B- H . l -

    include Ireland and Scotland ; the English Lakes , and impressions of Oxford , also notiees ' of cabs , clubs , London Sundays , the underground railway , English pleasures , the British

    Museum , & c . In the last section we find a

    memorandum on the last days of Shelley , sketches of Newstead Abbey , of the Engadine , and of some Italian scenes . English people

    will be gratified to read M . Paul Bourget ' s opinion that * in comparison with l £ eats and Shellej , other poets read like prose . '

    From Messrs . Marshall Brotners . — A Line of Light in the Days of King Arthur , ' by Ellis H .

    Weaver ; w ^ ith original illustrations drawn and engraved especially for this work by H . and A . Dix . Any work dealing with the mystic time

    oE King Arthur is sure to be received with favour by the youth of England . The wondrous Merlin h h the - ^^ - gallant kni i ght Hb ¦ s h i of the famous

    Roun ^^^^ r- ^^^^ v ^^ r- —^^ m ^^ d ^^ v ^^ , ^ Ta ^^ - ^^— bl ^^ . r e ^^^ S the ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ " ^^^ terrible ~ m ~ m h . ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^ h ^^ b ^^ ^^ sword —^ r ^^^ ^ drawn i ^^ v ^^ p ^^ r b ^^^ ^^ " ^ . ^ ^^^ from ^^^~ ^ B ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ the stone , and , the gentle ladies , all have &

    . special power of attraction . And this attraction is all the more powerful when presented in such splendid guise as in the volume now

    before us . The story will not be any weaker because the main object is to trace the existence of Christianity in Britain at a very early period .

    From Gh P . Putnam ' s Sons . — ' Omitted Chapters of ^^ BT ^^ V History ^^^ P >^<^^ ^^^ I U ^^ v ^^¦ r ^ B ^ , V ' by * ^^^ W V Moncu ^ Bw ^ . ^^^ ^ t ^ Bl ^ ta ^^ P ^^ B ^ ^ PP ^ V re ^^ m ^ B ^*^ B Daniel ^ B ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ B b ^ ^^^ r ^^^ Conway ^^ B ^ ^^^ P ^ P ^^^ K B B ^^^^ ^ V . The ^^^^^ ¦ ^^ - ^

    ' omitted chapters ' relate to certain passages 5 n the life of 'Edmund Randolph , a lawyer and statesman who played an important part in

    American-affairs during the years 1775-1795-He ivas successively Governor of Virginia , ^ At ^^^^^^ " ^^» torney ^^ ^^ —^^^ B ^ P ^^^ " ^^^ M -General ™ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ " , ^ P and ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ " ™ ^» United ^^^ B ^ Bi ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ - ^ ^ ^^ States ' -r ^ ~— ^^^^— ^^ ^^^ —^ ' Secretary ^^— ^^ - ^ ™ i ~— ^^ ^^

    of State . Mr . Conway maintains that Randolph has been persistently misunderstood and traduced ^ . ^¦^ PB ^ PB ^ pi ^^ p * ^ B ^ ~^ T ^^ , ^ m and - ^^ ^ B «^^^^^ ~— ^» ende ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ~ W ^^^ ^ . P" a ^^ ^^ vours ^ ^ B »^ ^ ¦— ^^ " ^ ^ ¦ b ^^^ y P me ^ . ^^^ " ¦ ¦ ^^^ a ^^ ^^ ns ^ . ^ B ^^ B ^^ P o ~^^ - f ¦¦ paper Pk " ^^ ^ PJ ^ ^^^ s ,

    never before published , to scatter the cloud of obloquj' which has settled on his head . The ^ hitherto b BBfe * W BbF ^ BaBB * B ^ f F ^ b B | pT — |— unpublished BTWB . Bf W ^^ ^^^^ » BBB ¦ - BFW ^ p ^ ^ p » pPPB Bpr B ^ BJ matter BP . BFJB' ^ BJB ~ ^ B ^ BB ^ B ^ is BBB PBBT of BP ^^ hig B ^ B V Bpl ^ K . BBBW h interest B > BB -B ^ " - ^ — . ^^ ~ ~ B ^ . B *

    Indeed , the book will be found indispensable to the student of the history and Constitution of the United States .

    From Mr . George Redway . — ' The Grammar of - Palmistry p ^ B . * fepB ^^ PB MBtBB >^ P * b * B ^ ^^ ¦¦ J Bf , ' by n « r Katharine BBBBBBBFB . ^ pj B- BBf B ^ •^^¦ - ^ B ^ BBB- ^ P > Bl St " B ¦ - ¦ 'B ^ . B" Hill — ^^— , V with ™ ^ " ^ " ~~ ¦ ' 18 " ~ B * - illus " . — * - -

    trations , or ^ rather figures . This so-called science has become a very fashionable amusement . Nearlbazaar and a great number

    of garden par y ties every strive to obtain the services of B * m bWBb r some ^*«^ ^ P > . ^ B ^^ P « ^^ one ^^^ * Ffc ^» . ^ bP' of ~ . ~ ^^^ the BbT * B ««¦ . B » — — many p ^^ kBB . ^^ B ~ B . F B ^ students " B ^ ^^ ™ ' ™ ^ » 'B ^— ^ " — ^"' — of ^*— ' * this — ' " ~ " art . B

    The present work deals with the technicalities , and B ^^ B ^ ^ p ^ JB ^ ^^ p ^ . will Bf B / J ^ bVV BP . doubtless «^ B , " ^^ P ^ -Pfe P ^ H' WbT ^ Bft ^ p T P ^^ B , _^ prove rir f rf ^ "B ^ . B ? 'B . B- very B ^^ ^^ T useful Bl ¦ k - ^— >^^ -B ¦ - to - *^ such - - ^ ~ ~ " — — - ~~ as ~ — fortune

    claim the fascinating power of -telling . The figures are clear , and the numbers are sufficiently definite to satisfy every ¦ ¦¦ one ¦ who

    Bp ^ Jf Vp ^ PJp ^ ^^ . J \ B ^^ " ^ BM ^ |— ^ K ^ Pk B ^ p . BX w ^^^ * B " ^ ^* B ^ B « B ^ ^^ T ^ ' ^» ^^ " " - ^ "B- ~^ " ~— ^^ ^ ' M ~^^ w ^^ ¦ ' ~^ T ~ ~ " wishes to practise palmistry . p From ^ U flL ^ B' H ~ ' Messrs pfpl « WW ^*^ . » " *» f ^ 1 » ^ . ^ PlP FJBB ^ . V Skefflngton W ^ PB - * _ BPPBJ " ^ B . » aa B pW MpPBpP ^^ . p ^ PBBPJ § BWB | Bp- - ^ BBF PB ^ B * H & BBB _«^^_ b , P Son ^ ' ~— -BBpBBJ . -B — 'J A j P ^ - - S - ' " — tor — - — - —— P e » BV « B > of — pt

    -Stories' for children , by Frances Clare . This is a collection of eighteen stories , beautifully ; bound J \ r ^^ ^ i ^ Wb n . m ** , * " &> together ^ ¦ ** b * ' SfIfV ^ BIP" PAp ^ pm ¦ P . ' ^^ Plfc . They B ^ B . » * B . ^ B , -BBP- — _ are B 7 W —Bi * V ^ ¦ u well B _ - - ** ^ B" ^ ^^ BB . told -B- » , « iB ^ b and —— — — " ~ - Bl mu ^ B bb — . pa — - st — " * | ,

    prove very attractive for children . It will be a present with which every child will be delighted .

    Fr 6 m Messrs . "Walter Smith . & Innes . — < The , Dawn ppV- *^ W * SV W " # ^» ^ of " * p * » Pk History ^ ILA JPB P ^ , * W 4 ^ ^ M * " pm . V to ¦ ** ^ a t *» BP Prehistoric » . bWB > -B . ^ PB . BB BB BB , B > B— - ^* - — — BB Stud r - ^^ — * B — y ^ B , ' edited -B- - — < —

    by C . F . Keary , M . A ., F . S . A . This is one of those works the value of which cannot be fully appreciated % i ^ P ^ < T K ^ bT ^ L " Ib * ^^ * - ^>» M "** X / " ^* except ^ B ^ - ** *^ ^*^ ¦ ¦ ^ b ^ . r " *^ by r % . ^ students P-. WbT b » -b * v * - — * - Tr of -b * ^ bb ; history - ^ b— . ¦ » - ^ b- — — . ^ j . V It ' — - •'

    is an , all-comprehensive work , from social history , the most interesting as well as instructive of ail sides of historyto the pageantry of his-

    tory—rineaning the array , of sword heroes , of ; di rHnlr lomatic » mfl . t , irvrlp deceivers . r » , fnvfirs- and and so so torth forth . It would would .

    be p impossible to deal , honestly with this ; work in the space allotted to us , i . e . as far as exhaustive criticism g-oes ; but we ^ may

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 1571, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/77/