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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1889, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1548

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      IPrince FrUrio , by Andrew Lang . This dainty little book is full of delicate , satire , dry I

      humour skill . It , is and a fairy imaginative story , in || which wnicn sly slv iuts hits are are deal dealt h out nuf ;<

      atN a kind of folly which is . ! always young . The

      character gested of Prince by his name Prigio and is sug his m , -

      ^ ^^ ventures — ^ - as he goes — — — , - throug — . — — _ ^ h m ^_ , the world are described in a

      droll and racy manner . The King g ^ ^ and — Queen - ^^ ____ — of _ Pantouflia __ __ __ .

      are puzzled by the wisdom of their much too knowing child

      and his exploits at the Court , and beyond it drive the royal

      couple almost to the end of their wits . Prince Prigio

      was a favourite of the fairies , who alf made him too clever by

      h hall , , and and his hia worthy worthv lather father-, the King , who was not too liberally endowed . — with — ___ brains _

      felt that life _ was -not worth , living with Prince Prigio at

      his heels . Those who want to find out how the immaculate young wiseacre

      eventuaUy fared v ^ must 7 —consult Mr . Andrew Lang . The

      illustrations are by Gordon Browne , and they catch very cleverly

      the spirit of the story . The groundwork of The

      Doubts of Dives ( Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual ) , by Walter Besantbears a

      slight resemblance , to that on which ' T > t . Jekyll and

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      months by each drinking a few drops of a wonderful liquid change . identities The transformation for three ! having necessity necessitv been ot of even even effected doing doiner , the a a stroke stroke young or of man work work whose now now applies armiian wealth himselr himself had hitherto laboriously laboriouslv saved to to him literature literature from the in in

      sundry order to benevolent earn a living and p ; hilanthrop whilst his ic fri schemes end , suddenl which y for surrounded a long time by had untold only riches simm , e carries red in out his brain . In the end the temporary exchange is considered so satisfactory , especially to the man

      p or lace lett in ers the , that course it is of decided the story to , continue arising chiefl it ad y xnfimtum from the . love Many affairs amusing of the complications two friends . take

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      witn with emerald new new octavo an and d . revised revised ^—contains helps helns the to to Jtsible Tlihi Authorised a stud nt . udv . Version a fresh franh and and of the elaborate « la . Old V » oirn and . t ^ concordance connordan New Testaments ftpi and anrl an an , together atlas » f , las ct <» i

      coloured maps with index reference . The y , * Bible Helps ' deal with such subjects , as revelatio n and and inspiration inspiration , ancient ancient and and modem modem versions varnionA . the thft canon nannn . and and detailed rlefaLilArl articles Arf . inlptn on on the thft di different fferent

      books Pharisees the With Hol this of y the and Lan lendid Bible d , the , the . Sadducees book symbolical Amongst in , the other lan E guage p subj icurean ects of , -m Scri s discussed and pture Sto , , the ics are , Tabe and the 1 geograp rnacle a variet and h y y and of tiho related topograp Temp Jfc le top , hy ics ~ the <> f sp m- - - ¦ - i his hand the Sunday * -school teacher and Bible student ^^ is fully ¦ ¦

      equipped for the — intelli —— gent — — — ^— - — exposition »» -w «•• w m -ana of « r <« B « B Scri - *^ r + ^ pture J » J » ^^^ 'X » . M ^ ^^ J * i « k ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^»*^^^^« ^^<^ W W W Hi— a « V ^ «• P *^ T **^^ V ^ ^^ ^^ 1 ^»^ MT ^* J » Hgy ^ " ^ I

      j The same publishers also send us two small volumes entitled D ^ lly JLl ^ lit op . tlie Dally I

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1548, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/14/