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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1889, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1624

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      Jborietp For Jdromoting €F)Ri£Tian Hinot...

      Tile Prisoner of tlie Pampas , or The Mysterious Seal Island , by Charles H . Eden . The adventures of an English castaway amongst the Patagonian Indians form the groundwork

      of this romance . The author states that in his sketch of the manners and customs of the Patagonians , he has faithfully followed recorded facts . The author ' s style is too cumbersome for the fastidious tastes of boy-readers- ; but adults will find these chapters instructive .

      Crown and Sceptre , a West-Country Story , by George Manville Fenn , is a lively and exhilarating story of the days of King Charles' civil wars , in which two plucky , highspirited English boys are the chief characters . The author traces , with his usual ability , i the feats \ of V / A boy // ish iJ ± daring viCtX xj and by- * and jvi \^ -bhis heroes become ks champ * ions of -w the v . — Royalist —_ -w w— . —w and

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      admirably set forth . Chivalry and romance , as well as daring and endurance , are seen at their best . The story will be popular with all boys . i

      Few better stories are likely to appear this Christmas than Edgar ' s Wife , by Esme Stuart . Verena Chats worth

      the heroine , had been brought up by two wealthy | maiden aunts with an utter

      disregard for the claims or the sorrows of humanity ; I but , marrying a noble Christia ¦ i n man b and » - ¦ falliug v h i

      ^ m ^ ^^ ^^ ^^» ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ m ^ ^^ ^^ r ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ , m ^^^^^^^ ' ^^ ' ^ . ^^— ^^ ^«^ mr ^* ^ ^^^ J under the influence of a devoted vicar and his

      daughter , the course of her j life is changed . There is

      some really powerful writing in the narrative of the

      drunken nurse who lost \ Mrs . Chatsworth ' s babv ,

      and the manner in which , after two yearsit was

      , found . The author has ^ knowled ^^^ ^^ ^> ^ - ^ * ^^ ^ . ^^ ^^ V ge ^ Vi ^ k ^^^ ' of ^^^^ V the V •^ w ^^ ^^^ ^ inner K ^^^ K ^^ ^ b T ^& - | i

      working of the human mind and heartand portrays with

      great ability , the change j irom frnm a a . young vniino- wife \ i-iff »' s a frivolity frivnlitv [!

      and selfishness to a noble ' woman ' s sacrifice and sym- (

      V V ^ k ^ - ^ M ^ m ^ m-r ^ T ^ K ^^ V ^^ P ^^ ^>^^ ^ k ^ ^^ ^ h ^^^^ ^ fe ^ ^ fc ^ ^**^> ^ K ^ ^< f ^ W *^ W ^ *» *• 7 pathy . The book is \ alu- [ able as teaching on the one i

      hand how to dignify the ! lowliest dutand how to

      y , conquer one's greatest weakness nesa . while whilft on on the t , h « other either it it

      shows , the miserable emptiness of some people , who fancy , to quote Lady Bent- j

      ham ham , . that that * it if one one does does much good , it rather makes one drop out of society . '

      The literary character of the a ir book r ¦ »» - is k _^ not a / less - » nuf r ¦ » admir « f » ~ - v " . ^_^^ — ' ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^^ . _^ ^^ ^* p ^^^*^ — —

      able than its robust moral teaching is high .

      The Evolution of

      Religious Thought In Modern India , by Herbert

      the . denominations Baynes Rig . -Veda Ibis , , throug 7 traces little h the the volume developments progress , appropriatel of Hindu of Buddha y dedicated relig , ious of the thoug to Bhagavad ' ht Christian fro - m Gita ea and rl Missionaries y Nanak Brahmanism down of all to in the enlig The htened author movement under Rammohun Roy and its expansion under the late , Chunder

      Sen . , in a vein of winning earnestness , pleads for 'sympathetic emotional activity ' purest m missionaries times of , his that faith they , of may sympathising ' have that with rare his power spiritual of viewing aspirations a man , of from realising the bes in t vivid and imagination elements of truth the hidden in the workings successive of developments the human of soul Hinduism . ' But . while Mr . Bavnoa thus susceptive do ** nr .+ nmit of the to

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      1624 The Publishers' Circular Dec . 6 , 188 9 !

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1624, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/90/