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    I l6i8 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6, ...

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    afl^gfjEftjsf. Walttt J>mitJ> & S[ttnei&

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    I L6i8 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6, ...

    I l 6 i 8 The Publishers' Circular Dec . 6 , 188

    Afl^Gfjeftjsf. Walttt J>Mitj> & S[Ttnei&

    afl ^ gfjEftjsf . Walttt J > mitJ > & S [ ttnei &

    Jujube , a Story of Humanity in 1887 , by Isabel Hornibrook , is a really good book and interestingbut the peculiarity of the KllV writer ' s style 1 / detracts vtvuiuiuuu somewhat uuutv » w from the ~~* . ^ ivuu leasure uiV / of i

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    chief ^ ^/ ^/ ^^( characters 4 | A ^/ ^_^ A . « -V l ^ of ^^ V " «~» the W , m ^ - ^ ^— story ' ^ •» A ** were — — . - ^ r broug .. ht ^ t og - » - ethe —— ¦ — ¦ - — - r , , -y and - —— — - the issues of this meeting run — — V A in A ^/ various directions through the rest of the book . Evan Litton is a fine fellow , who marries

    Angel Waugh - , his brother Kit , under the bad influence of Kyde , leads a wild life , but is rescued through the efforts of Uncle Marrow and restored to the family a wiser and better man . The tone of the book is goodand the evident purpose of the writer is likely to be

    , attained by those who read it .

    SoaD-Bubbles , a Collection of Fragrile Fancies , by Isabella Weddle . This is a groui )

    of graceful fairy tales of which children will relish and older — people j- ¦

    J- - — v i . . v ^ appreciate . We are inclined to think that Miss

    clearl Weddle y j in k vie eeps w the onl — — y pos a-r to * -- -- * o - | i j

    sibility of her little book j finding a grown-up i

    audience audience , , and and this this ten t , p . n - . f dency makes certain j passages in it appear j

    somewhat out of place ! in a volume intended

    for children . The moral of the ¦ »*¦ book -r *_*¦ is thus X / J . » - » KJ I — ^— — — ^ ^^^ ^ ^ . ^ m ^ ^ | _ _ i

    amusingly gathered u }> by its authoress : ' Don ' t \ -it - - - i i i

    blow soap-bubbles when ' Mrs . Grundy is about , , or she will be sure to i

    say you are neglecting ! your duty , and not help- ;

    ing to l % eep the world | cleanor that are l |

    wasting , soap you or let- i ting <_? your ^ little _ , brothers _ ,

    fight , or anything else ; she would rather attend to than do herself ; for

    there are certain things ! Mrs . Grundy is quite too respectable ever t <>

    them neg ^^ ^ ^ - ^^ « le ** c are ^ s ^ m t , ^ i ^ m : and other ^^ ^^ ^ k ^ l ^^ ^ w amongst peop m ~^ ^^ ^ - ^ 9 * ^ le — " ' s j | i

    duties . ' I , Prince Vanceby

    , Eleanor Putnam and Arlo Arlo Bates r $ ates . . Tni This s is is a a ^ ;

    very amusing story «> f ; a young prince wh <> had a powerful fairy for

    his godmother . This fairy , Copetta by name had old-fashioned n < - !

    tions about children , and was not at all inclined to pander to the weaknesses even of a boy | i who pay attention was sole to heir his to lessons a king , that dom he . should She insisted respect , his for tutors examp , and le , , that above her all , godson that he should should j to learn ¦ be a to ¦» headstrong « . « obey v «« v % m . This disagreeabl wholesome V e lad JV advice ^ # ^ so was that not the 1 at fairy JL 4 all at relished length fS b lost y Prince all *« # * .. * patience Vance , with who him ** Jfc gre ««« - *• w and u \>

    **¦ -w rw ^^ .-w * . ^^ - **^^ , ^ - " - * « V * ^^ « - « . , WV VAALV W VAVJ CIJLJL T ** ** AyJLA ^ *^ •¦¦¦*• JLV ^ fcJ V | - ^»^ # VA ^ - /* Jfc ^^*^ T » * VAA , w--told him that , as he had quarrelled with his tutor because he wanted to teach him tlr * bo by undaries travelling of about what the would land some on foot day . be Soon his own after king thi dom s Prince , he should Vance made learn the the acquaintance despised lesso of n

    the Princ JbSlue e had W to izard do , to and th at those worth around y gave him him look a box ridiculous of wonderful was to bon coax -bons them . to All th at tn e i

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1618, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/84/