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    Dec. 6, 1889 The Publishers' Circular 16...

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    illustra--! tioiis by , Frank Meyrick . Tlie Makers of llXiilling-and other TalesbCHColerideThese stories are

    of a thoroughly cheerful and healthy character and are . written . in an . easy-flowing style without any attempt to introduce sensational matters . Every-day events in the old-fashioned

    village of Mulling-on-tlie-Maze , deeds of benevolence evoked at Christmas tlme 7 unpretentious works of self-sacrifice and enerositytogether with tender love-render the story

    one of uncommon attraction g and charm , . The book will meet with passages acceptance , at the hands of adult readers , and forms an appropriate gift for the season .

    A beautifully got-up and well-illustrated book , and interesting to read , is Paul's Friend , | b ^ y W St > « ^^^^ ^^ v ella ^^^ ^^* ^ ' ^^ ^ " ^^> ^ Austin ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ m ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ " ^^^ ^ . m It ^^^^ ^^^ « m contains ^ a ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ si ^^^ ^^ f ^^^ ^ p ^ h ^^ b v ^ b ^ —i ~ ¦ sixteen ^^^ ^^*^^^ ^^ v ^^^ ^^^ ¦ ™ m w ^ illustrations ^^ —^^ ^—^^ ^^^^ — " ^ m" ^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^ p ^^^ ^ i ^^ ^^ . ^^ w ^^ , ^ B ¦ b V ^^^ p y W S ^^^^ . ^ ^ B ^^^^^^^ . B 1 Gat ^^^^^ V ^^^^ V ^^ f e ^ M ^ F * s ^^^ . B * It ^ VB ^» ^^^ ^ is ^ k W ^^ F ' ^ a ^^^ f story J ^^ J ^^ ^^^^ ^ B » V tfB for ^ ^^^^^ dV ^ B __*• ^ ^ -a ^ m ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ * ^ ^ ^ ^ A

    children and the ^ childlike ^ ^ ^ . ' Pa ^ ul and Paulina ^ ^* are twin children . Their father loses his fortune , and the family retires to France . Paul ' s friend is a pet dog called Socrates , who finds a mortal enemy in a Chinese cat called Chum . The pursuit feff of this cat lands

    ¦ i f w a ^ s ^» ^— ¦» ^ n * ^^ - ^ ' ¦! —¦ ¦ —^ ^~ ^» - ^^ — ^^ ' ^» —^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ - ^^ y ^^ ^^ ^ h ^^ ^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^—^^ - ^^ » ^ - ^ ^— ' " — — — ' — — — ^— ' ^— ^^^ - ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^» ^ i ^^ ^ m ^ - *• 9 " ^^^ *^ ^^ ^^ B > p ^ h i ^^ p »^ y ^ hi ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ r b > r _ r ^^ ^ v ^ w ^ b * ^ vr ^ Bi ^ h t h ^ pk ^ the children and the dog in the house of its wealthy master , who had become rich by grinding down the poor . Upon this enforced interview the story turns . Paul comes to have i softening influence the i 7 hard monsieur uiuuoit / that he is led to \ makpublic restitution to

    i a a auitcniiig iniiuciiv / C upon utyjKJxx uj .. ciiaiu uj ^ , so ov uiiau lie j . o xc ; i 4 . jkj Luaixc e jjia . u ±± \ j xcsuilutlUll tu I those he had wronged . This story of ' Paul's Friend , for children and the childlike , ' will be heartily enjoyed by all who read it . It is suitable for a gift-book to both boys and girls .

    Half-Hour Plays , Rumpelstilskin and other Plays from Old Fairy Tales , by Amabel Jenner . These plays are put forth as ' adapted for the village school or the drawing-room , ' and * r » ~ ™ ~— — they —^ ^"'^ ~^» m are - ^* " — ' ^^^ ~^^ welcome » w ~^^ ^ " ^ - ^ - ^^ i ^—^^ ^ m ~^^ r ^ not ^ ^^ ^ h ^ ^^ onl - ^^ ^^ ^^ ^— y ^ as b- ^ v ^ i ^ meeting ^— ^— ^ ^^ . ^ - ^^ i ^ - ^ " - —^ ^^— ¦¦— ^ h ^ m a ^ " ^^— gro ^^ b ^ h — ^^ wing — » —»» ^^ ^ wk demand ^ i *^^ ~^^ - ^^^^^^ ^* r ^ r ^»^^ ~^*^ m , h but F" *^ ^ ' ^ ^^ also ^ fc ^^^ ^ i ^ v ^^ ^^^ ^ for ^^ ~ ~ ^ H . their ^^ ^ B * ^ B > ^^^ « B * ^ Ba ^ intrinsic B * i ^ B ^ Bj B ^^ Ba ^ B" ^ B > 4 ^ p ^ ^ B » ^^^

    merit . They are six in number , and they mayi be had separately . 'The Snow Queen ' io 'Tommy a realistic Trout presentation and the Owl in , an is abrid dramatised ged form from of Hans 'The Andersen Brownies ' , s 'b fairy y the ta late le , and Mrs . another Ewing , . Tlie plays are of course intended to be acted principally by children , and , doubtless to facilitate the labour of memorising / are b all in rhand b » on the whole good rh

    tuo — -. ~ w — . — - — . w v ' Here «* <* wr w ^^ a . , ' h -b *^ .- owever w n ~ r ^ -r «^» J . ^_^ , should aaa v 1 > AA ^ _> r ^ k not ^ atar ., , ^ . a . JaBk be , * ^ - ^» expected - ^^ ^ -v . ^ ^ — . ^^ ^ x to . ^^ yme w ^ rh » m - * *^ ym , m ^ - ** e - with v ^ m . - \_^ ^ ^ 'idea «^ ^ jk . >« r , 7 except & "v ^ Jk ^ - ^ very » V ^ ^ with k V C ^ ^_ r \ a _^ V > L cockney J . ^ A yme W A A A *—' pronunciation . A few simple ballads are introduced , a piano suffices for orchestra , and the scenery and dresses , suggestions for which are given with the plays , can all be contrived

    without without supreme suDreme dithculty difticultv at at home home . . In In many manv a a village villaere the the dulness dulness 01 of country oountrv hie life , , with with its ifa consequent moral evils , might be relieved by the school-children performing one or two of these plays during the winter .

    Xill . by the author of ' Tip-Cat . ' This is not a child ' s book ; but a charming story told with delicacy and freshness t / for children » of % older growth b & The icture of the doctor ' s

    - ' ** * * . ^ - * . ^_ s . A JL VVVV Y t < WJl JIVA ^ . . M . 'V > ' »—» AAA 4 ¦*»> ' P ^ fP . a . V ^ r ^ ^^ . ^^ . ^ . ^< Bk ^ ^—^* . » w - _^ - - ^ >_^ ^ s ^ m . ^ s -M- * - ^ - ^ » » »^ ¦» ^ . ^ B- . » A . ^/ p |^^ * . ^^ b ^ b _^ ^ ^_^ ¦^_> r i . |/ A 1 X _ S \ - <* \_^ \^ U ' _^ . A . f ., J home 1 , around w ^ hich AV all the . « BA interest . . centres . , is m ^ beautiful -A « W m with B . ^ exquisite »« - shadows v « and light _ - s . Lilthe onldaughter several brothersone of whomRalhwhen a small boy

    , y among , , p , , 'was lost for two whole days , having followed a piano-organ beyond his geographical kn knowled owlfiflo-fi and flnrl as fl . a usual nsim . l . fell fell on on his his feet feet at at an an out oiit- - of - - thfi the - - way v farm farm- - honsr house * . where Avlip ! r « he Vi «

    ge , , , , , made himself so agreeable to a queer old farmer that he quite resented the arrival of Ralph ' s anxious friends to take him home / is the character of the little drama . Lil has a spinal complaint ; and the best passage in the book is the description of the reception of the sad news In her father and brothersLil becomes the good angel and watches the romance of Ken

    r ^ » . \*^ ^ L A . % * % ! V ^ A ^ m ^ j M ^ JV A ^ ^^ v » W ** r ^ ^ - ^ VV ^ ^* ^^ <^ Pt ^ . # ^ b ^^^^ ^ k r ^ w ^ ^^ ^ b ^ ^^^ &^ ^ ^ k ^ v ^^ ^ ^ b ^ ^«^ ibbk ^ - ^ ^^^ ^^ m # m- ^ v < b * ^ h | Bk ^ v •¦ * " ^ r ^ ^ ^^^ T V b ^^^ w ^^ B ^ , i ^ ^^ »>^ Vi * & *^ y ^ k ^^^ * * A V ^^^ 4- ^ ^^ » ^_ . # ^ , ,. # ^^ ™ jb ^ b ^^ j ^ j ^ and Silvia from 'the dear old shady road of friendship along which in old times Abraham was privileged to walk with God himselfand the disciles with our Lord . ' But to realise the

    uintleness of the humour and the fineness , of the pathos p it is necessary to read the beautiful st . ay .

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    Dec. 6, 1889 The Publishers' Circular 16...

    Dec . 6 , 1889 The Publishers' Circular 1619

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    It is Th the ere story is no of lack a boy of who incident was wild in Stronger and rebellious than in Fate his , by youth Mary but Bradford whopossessing Whiting .

    ¦ i - , ood head and strong ambition , became first a doctor , then private , secretary , to a peer , tln then -n a successfu HiifY » tf »« tffiil l writer writer of of faction fiction , and and finally finallv settled settled down down as aa a a Tmriftfar benefactor -. tor to i . r % the fho t ^/ - ^

    among the slums of East London , . At the critical period in David Hatton ' s lifewh poor en , O f ptical two real JL ideas Christians / were Jft asserting —one a bV their power the other over «/ kJk him a clergyman , he happens The to be author thrown shows into the with societ aility y

    " * - » ¥ V ^ VCJVJL VJU . JLJO VJLLWAAM ^ r **^^ peer » - ^ ^ - ^ -v jl , * »~ a *^ s ^ - » - ^« v ** «^ w ¦* - * * vx f ^ W ***•»* * •*¦ . •* - •*¦ * % - * **» VC VAJLV / J . K 7 A JL V ^ TT O ¥ * JL U JLi . CL JLX J V V h " w a change was wrought in her hero ' s character from unbelief to faith , and how he evuntuallv ^ vuntuaJly voluntarily voluntarilv gives erives up un brilliant brilliant worldly worldlv chances chances for tor medical medical work work in in the the slums slum a A A

    coital gift for any youth . , - | .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/85/