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    position cannot fail to appreciate the rollicking fun in this lively and unconventional book . Jimmy Brown states

    at the commencement of it that he is quite aware it is

    a long time since he wrote anything , but he does not see

    that people have any . righ , t on that account to go and say

    unkind things about him . ' The other day Mr . Martin

    , father ' s old friend , came to the ^^ ^^ m ^^ ^^^ ^ house PV ^^ ~ mr ^ ^^^ W ^ V - ^^^ and - ^^ r ^ m ^™ ^^ ^^ r ^ m ^ said ^^ ^^^^ ^ V ~^ V ^ B , ^ H " ¦ The ^^ . ^ S ^^ ^^ ^^^ y

    tell me you don't write any more stories " ^^~ b Jimmy . I -

    ' ^»^ ww ^ B ^ ^^ p ^ k ^ TM . . ^ p *^ ^^^^ ** v , w ^^^ ^^ ^™^»^»^»^^»^» w v ^ H ^ sup v ^ v ^*^ F pose you have reformed . " J Now ^ % kj w I wouldn y * vuiuii 't u say pc fcjr that uuau

    ' about my worst enemy , even if I knew it was true . I know ¦

    ^* VH ^^»^^ h ^ M ^ M ^ V V ™™ ^^ * v ^^^^ ^^^^ ^™ ^^™ - ^^^ - ^^ ^ a . MM ^^ . ^^ b a ^^^^ ^^ ~ * very well what '' reformed " means . It means that a

    man gets drunk every two months . What have I done

    that people should say I have reformed ? ' Jimmy

    quickly proves in these sideas splitting incorri pages gible that as ^ he ver is , j and ust

    in a cartand returns with the purchases in one ' s pocket—thanks to the heavy coinage and nor the hi even gh , prices descri of ptive every nead thing -Tines . ' This , and volume Mrs . C arbutt neither has chapters doubtless in alread dex , y table disco of vered content with s , f that ba sliof an evidentlhasty pen our Lord ' s birthplace is said to be

    annoyance Nazareth ; but the y distry form p has at least the y advantage of keeping the reader in touch with the mood of the writer . Before the first impressions could fade , they were focussed and

    made p hotograp | a ^& ¦ ^ a ^ UU spirited rTr Mi W M hed tt ^ b ^ ^^^^^ Ww on book W ^ F ^ the . ^ J ^ ij * ^ L ^ k , pages written W F ^* ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ of ^^^»^ fc the w w » ith ^» ^^^ " ^ dail » all ^^^^^^^ y th ^^^^ - j ^™ ournal e ^ i ^ ea - ^^ ^ i ^^ s ^^ e ¦ ^ , an ** » ¦ ^ wj ^— i d ' viv w ^^ the w acity ¦« v ^^ ^^ ^^ result w ¦ of ^» - ^^ a m ^ familiar that ^ ^ ^^^^^^^ - ^ ¦ ^ a sp — letter ^ ^^ irited - ^ — - ^ — - ^— happil * ^^ - ^ jo ^ - ^ - ^ hv u rney ^^^~ y m ¥ there ^^^»^ fc h ^^ ^ as ^ ^^ - ¦¦ . •• /» * ¦ i ^ ¦ II ¦ _

    is no attempt at worjl-painting—and forming quite a treasure of pleasant entertainment and handy information . , 1 -

    The ^^ Quiet Xiife : Certain Verses by "Various ' Hands . ; the Motive set forth in a Prologue ^ and ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ E ¦ VvwV p B ^^* ilogue ^^ b ^ lv ^^^ f ^^^^ h ^ v ^* ^^^^ b w ^^ r y ^ f ^ Austin ^ k ^^^ M ^^ f ^ ^ v ^^ b' ^ b ^^ . Dobson ^^^^*^^ ^*^ artistic ^^^^ •^ i' ^^^ ^^^^ ^ . ^ It ^^^ ^^ j I would r ' ^^ - ^ v ^^^ - ^**^» ¦ be ^ ^»^ of d - ^ " ^ - ^^ - ^^ ifficult ^^^— the ^^ - ^^ ^^ v ^^ v ^^— ' ^ f' to - ^— ' ~^ r- le nam ^^— — - ^ ¦ i ™—¦ ^ leasures m e - ^^ a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ more ¦ i - ^— and beautiful ^ - ^^ ' ^ - ^ sober ^™ — — ' ——^— ^^^» - ^— charms book — - ^ ^^ p - ^^* - ^^^^^ . than ^^^ BH ^^^^ y ^^ j ^

    thi lives s d that elightful are literary spent in and glad contentment presentation and light-hearted simpp ease far from the madding of

    crowd nrnwri . . Mr Mr . . Austin Austin "l > Dobaon obson graceiuil oracefullv y introduces introduces in in a a poetic T > oetic prologue Droloffue marvell Marvell . , Uowley Cowlev , Pop said Ra . \ c \ e then tJiflir , Praed * euro , -, and in in the t . other hft courtl ^ onrtl masters y v fashion fashion of the of of choicest a a vanisned vanished kind age acre of Eng he he lish reappears reannears verse , and and and when bows bows they them them have off nft *

    the scene . say Mr , . Abbey and Mr . Alfred Parsons illustrate the , poems with ., consummate art and lively fancyWe gain limpses of tranquil English landscapeand find ourselves in the midst

    of f ; he quaint . rural societ g y of England in the Georgian era . , Rustic maids and village magnates nfl . t « s rtnaa before "hfifnrA us iisr and arid in in these ihftsft grapnic crranhic pictures Tiicturea the the light lights s and and shadows aharlnws of of the th « "life lifa of of jhe +. Via

    period pass are vividly reflected , . The book is exquisitely printed on thick vellum paper , and daintiland yet substantiallbound in crimson morocco leatherand even the most fastidious

    taste cannot y fail to be gratified y by the literary contents , artistic , merits , and technical finish of this superb volume .

    Xryingr to find Europe , by Jimmy Brown . Edited by W . Ii . Alden . Everybody with a I . z spark of humour in his

    com-- > we commend the vivacious narrative of his latest exploits to all who believe that laughter is a good tonic . Xlie Prince of WTursery Playmates . This handsome volume contains between seventy and eisrhtv of oi two hundred

    p ana ictures eignty in nursery nurserv oil-colours tales tales , , of rhymes rhvmes the sort . , and and which songs sonors young , . and and it it chil is is dren illustrated illustrated most witn with apprecia up upwards warns te . Cinderella wo nunoreu , Puss in Bo ¦—¦ otsthe Sleeping & Beautyand Dick Whittiton mabe taken as i representative ^———— of

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    livel A y ndromeda adventures , or of the a young Maid midshi of the pman * Golden in the Age Royal , ' by H Navy . E . Maclean . Mr . . Maclean This book evidentl describes y unde the rstands life afloat , and he writes about it with unflagging vivacity . Lads are sure to appreciate his nis account account

    of or the tne burninsr burning ship shin , , the the * Uolden Golden Age Aete / J and and the the rescue rescue of or her ner passengers passengers by uy the The officers middie and crew ' subsequent of the ironclad history in and which that the of youthful certain hero maid served * is leasa capitall tl told described y .

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    «& ' . . . . . - & ¦ >; . . ^ ys I 5 g The Publishers' Circular Dec . 6 , i & 89

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1582, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/48/