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Dec. 6,1889 The Publishers' Circular 162...
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Jborietp For Jdromoting €F)Ri£Tian Hinot...
I Over There , a Story of Canal Life , by F . C . F ., is a remarkably interesting little book , with t f J . \ J . Jk . Jh an ^ . "W m m ¦ object -v " - ¦ - ^ r -war « r . v It ~ «> r is -a & ««•• the ^ f A A ^^ story Ri ^ aV V Vrf' . & W of ^ S T a t > V girl Gk A A . > aL V and * W AA * - * her -A « ^ - * *• twin ** ' * - * * . brother n _ r ^ L > * - *•» » A . ^^ ^ , « painfully ¦— ' *¦•« J . & A & * -m Jfc - ^ W illustrating ^ .- ^^ v « iv v - ^ vw ¦* - ^ — c ^ J the — ^^
depravity and hardship of life on canal boats . Few better and more touching pleas could be put forth to secure attention , to this wretched and neglected class of people . r l he forlorn state f of parents fcf and their . l ^_ children jb & Ak who \ constitute \ JLXM » rf this floating & *>* i population % \ is dep ¦ ict ¦ " ¦» ed r with — ¦¦
k-j Li v */ vn ^ - ^ •— A - ^— - ^^ . »• ^ pv vw * A ^ . ^ A « saa . ^^ <^ n an ^ . . X . A . v- » . . ^ j * . m , m » . * . * . y y v ^ ^_ V - L » V VA ^ ^^ * j ** ^ t ^ v ¦ .. * . v ^ v a . a . * e ^ J- ' v ^ »»^ _ ^** j ± * -t *« a . y a a , * " - ^ ^** ^ - * j— / ' *^»* ^ - " " * "™ > - — ——great vividness in this plainly told stoiy , which is based upon facts taken from Mr ^^^ . Georg ^ ' ' e Smith ' s books f jcv * Our Canal CfcX Population ' and ' Canal Adventures XiU bMoonlight' The JLiiw book
kjl . llll / ll S 3 »_ w ^ o , , V >^ UlA V ^ Cbljl X . VJlJ \ jlXCXljX * . J IX CLXXKJL \ JCkXXCki X VfillUlDO lU y ^ y XUUUUJX ^ uu . . »^^ v ^ . i » . can hardly fail to draw attention to the neglected class concerning whom ' F . C F . * writes , as as it if " , certainly rertainlv will will not Tint , fail fp . il to tn interest infprpsf , anv one r > r > p » who who ma . v rpji read rl it if .
any may . An . Acrobat ' s Ctoildbooa , by Hesba Stretton . T 3 iis little story tells how a father was inducedba man and woman who catered for acrobatic exhibitionsto allow his daughter
a briht motherless irlto be trained for such entertainments . , Under the strain and , g , the health of g the , child ives and death speedilensuesThe story is
pressure gway , y . told in Miss Stretton ' s best style , and shows at what cost of pain , and even life , such spectacles are providedLittle do those who witness the wonderful feats of children at the
. are are circus ntted fitted or theatre to to appear a . rfnf * a consider . r before Y \ e > . ? c > rp > i the the tTiA suffering T ^ ublic uVilir ^ . and Miss IVTiss humiliation Stretton St . rfit . ton has has they done H < vrm have well wel to l to to go dra flra th w w roug at attention tention h , before to to they this this
subject , and we cannot but think p that her pages will tend to moderate the zest with which the performances of young children are received , and do much to discourage them when so much suffering is involved in training for thtm .
The Child ' s Pictorial Annual . Volume for 1889 . We are quite sure that this dainty little volume will meet with a warm reception . The pictures are charming , and the short
tales very bright and amusing . Mrs . Molesworth's ' House to Let ' keeps up the interest from beginning to end and will be sure to have a great fascination for our young folks . More deservedly popular s than f Mrs . Moles worth we do not know any writer for
children olulrlrftn . She S > V > p » invest invpsfa s the tli ^ simp « in- » rilp lest > ; . i inrri ncidents / lAn + M witli wit . h an an abs ^ . V > :- orbing nrbinc interest intftrftat , , and and in the the tale tal e before us has managed to make from materials like an empty house , a caretakers child , a family of children in an opposite house , and a family of mice in the empty house , quite a
fascinating little narrative . The shorter tales , ' Electra , '' A Dreadfully Bad Memory , ' Hilda ' s about Si Carriage ! unit , animal animnls , ' and s others b Vvv the tVip , . late l are n .+. pi Hev T also ^ p » v full J G Ti of Wood Wr interest » orl illustrated illnat for . r « . juvenil t , ftH b e Harrison TTa readers . rrison , Weir Wftir and the . cleverl f . lfsvei cap it y al combine combine papers
instruction with y amusement . We . . can . heartil , commend this y little volume . , y Sliort Tales lor Little FolkbFrances E ? CSLowndesand others . Fourteen
illustrations tarns tains three f . Virpp , tales f seven . nl ^ a and wx of \ (\ them three Wwot * in short ftTi col r \ rf , ours y sk al- . pipliPfl etche It s the + very Vi « pp whol -wVi prettil , . e book V . ^ rvf bound ^ lr onl otiIv y , consisting r . onsi illustrated atiTi y 01 of , lt lt and > > pages T > con aj ? es - ..
, j We 4 Sam are and quite his sure Shilling that ' the will little wish read the ers book of had ' Hal been ' s Treasures larger . , ' ' The Queen of the Wave / and
Tlae Dawn of Day , a Monthly Illustrated Magazine for Sunday School and parish use . Volume for 1889 This is excellent publicationti kind of familand parish
-. an , y maga temperance zine 1 v , suitable am tale for , is readers the longest of all , ¦ are i - ages real . ly The wi well tales told aw- ~^ T , , of and whic the h other ' Gershom Na 1 papers , V 1 aT the on Miner fc Some A VT / of a , ^ j ^_ .. - ¦ j ¦ *^ - a A ' y ** * ^*
| Nature ' s Weapons ^ ^^ , 'Ichneumon _^^^ Flies * , ' ' Charles ^ Waterton , ' A Crimean Heroine , ' * Mrs . ' e Turner xcellent ' s Three also € Al 1 Thousand Pounds gardening tXtL llllli , ' ^ 'Hints notes J 1 VUUO to and Parents cookery WWJLVVJ , ' ' recei A Mother pts t / i / 's The j Influence illustrations j ^ , ' Ac » -n- , are are
numerous ""^ v ^ ajlV / llll , . and as CiliJ good OU are CILO . Altogether some OV 1 HV f ^ L \ JL \ there ^ is a health U 11 U . y , sensible Y A l / vui tone . . about - *»^^ this * . ^ w . annual ^ . w , w ^ - which _ ^ -- . — makes it distinctly welcome .
Modern The Society TQui for xote Promoting bE Christian MAlford Knowled The hero ge also Dudley uvi sends Trevaine jl us i i an iv admirabl is ¦» an »>» ¦ Oxford e story in don A .
- ho vuvi unexpectedl U WUU > on VUIAUIC y inherits , ) y considerable - * -J . > J-T JL . . XlllWli fortune -l . i -1- Ito . ± l % Finding - * . \ S , y j ^ ujj that the v " money > v f r - » » had - - ^ been — con , - M v ^ ' crated - ^^^ V >^ t to IjVJ the L 11 TJ cause U /< X UOv 1 of - / 1 Christianity Vlll XOKJLCtlJLXl'y * , JLXV he - * X resolves V / OV 1 VV > O J not . XV- / tJ to \ J \ J use WWV JLVt it . Under ¦*— ' aivavx the v »* . w influence — --. ^ - ¦ w of in a —
< distant i fishing cousin village , a . girl Finding named that Gladus part , of he the gives income up Oxford in his , and estate settles arises down from to rack philanthropy rents in the Kiist t / of Londonhe himself there % D and settles to good <_* work iwim the le . Eventuall
tho --. uu real yjf _ MJKJXXKJ heir KJXX to , . the JvJLC XXXXXIOKPXX property goes Z ' KJXZIO he LillCi holds X CLXXKA comes . aci / UUO on the ^ v / v ^ scone » r \ - » jl , and among m . * sa Dudley * £ i /** . v ^ peop ^»^ Trevaine v ^ £ ^»~ . , having y ^ inarried "larried Glad GWIiih us . settles nnttiAn down down to to the ih « life life ot of an an East East--Hind End clergyman clergyman . . Gladus Ulatlus is is a a beautiful oeaurnui
man ( haracter of hi — gh an honour unworldl , and y integrity Christian . The woman story . Dudley is well written , althoug and h weak interesting about to Geraldine the very , end is a .
!< - ' « s ivu story ss Neville . It informs ' s Discovery the reader , by how A . Eubule a maiden -Evans lad . y This of easy is a circumstances weak but perfectl and y selfish harm-« '' <> ^ crests ach-house is led This into boy a better is adopted way of life turn by out her to servants be the motherless finding a lad runaway of an school old and boy rej in ected the
^ lover I ( > mes . home The . father punctuall _ is y not / at dead the _ X moment . , as ' , the when s schoolmaster _ . he _! ia most , who . wanted starved . , will -, the . not 1 boy 1 take , believed - li the boy , away but „ fi'om his dear benefactress , but hangs up his own hat and is happy ever after .
Dec. 6,1889 The Publishers' Circular 162...
Dec . 6 , 1889 The Publishers' Circular 1621
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1621, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/87/
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