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    MR. HENRY FROWDE.

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    Lamb editions . The of Lamb editor ' s has comp omitted lete works about . half The a reason dozen prose given pieces for the which omission have appeared is that the in the works recent are P ^ fragments . ' which were left fragments , not by accident , but because Lamb tired of his + *«!

    or found he had misconceived his powers . ' Mr . Ainger , we think , may preparation fairly be of comp the limented volume , upon and the upon care the he adnjirable has shown character in the of of the f . lift introduction intrnrlnfitiori and and notes notes which which he he has has supplied suDT > lied . . ^ — \ ...

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    excellentl Gentleman y ' illustrated ; * A Day from with desi Sir gns Roger by Hugh de Thomso Coverley n , ; ' ~^^ " ^ ( * Through the Cotes du Nord' bH . R . Robertson ;

    , y b * y The Harry House Furniss of Lord ; s , ' ' by . Henry Barriere W , ' b Lucy y Mrs , with . Oli drawings phant ; f

    and ' Captain Lackland , ' a story by Clementina Black . ^ The part is further embellished with twelve full-page illustra- C

    tions by , amongst others , Sir Frederick Leighton , P . R . A :, E . Burne Jones , A . R . A ., F . Noel Paton , G . F . Watts , R . A .,

    G . L . Seymour , and Hamilton Macallum ; and it deserves , we think , a large sale .

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    Mr. Henry Frowde.

    MR . HENRY FROWDE .

    Bibles and Prayer Books are always appropriate as gifts , but especially so at this season of the The Oxford Press fails to bring before the public forms of binding

    year . never some new wh to possess . ch , throug a really h , their handsome chasteness , rich of , sty and le , yet rarel inexpensive y fail to attract , copy the of attention the Bible of or those Prayer who Book wish . I I

    Some of the volumes which have been issued this year are of the choicest description . It I daintil would be adorned difficult with to find cross a be or tter clasp -present in sterling than one silver of or these silver book ilt s . nicel Those y bound who in see russia the hooka , and

    will he y charmed with their appearancewhich in every respect g shows the exercise of much taste and care in production . ,

    bound Hap to pily S . ive JW even a ri AbA in ht * these good b days welcome II admirers to Steele of Richard Selections ^|^ Steele WA ^ r mtm from are bam not tli i e few la hi . tier wm They ^ j » ' are Spect m *^ in —^ ator »— duty - /

    is ia and m ^ V ^ r issura issu - * klVfc ' Onardlan ed ** X ^ trom from g ? ^ - ^ &^ the the W JW f' g edited ( Clarendon Jlarendon ** * -r ^ , -r ^ - * with v * W Press Jrress introduction * # > Aw , has has «^ a a ^^ ^^ ' special snecial ¦ v and ^^ y , "w ^ - ^^ notes — ^^ recommendation racomruendation , b y Austin - ^ ^» Dobson ^^ ^^ in in its its . conciseness conciseness The , work m ^ -m * w , , . which The a * 1 * 3 I

    editor avoids lengthy references to , the relations between Steele , Swift , and Addison . The i ciated notes written bthe b truer y Mr lovers . Dobson of . the are beauti numerous es of , and the of Eng a character lish language which will The not editor fail to be that appre ' it - I

    may Thackeray JL XX < M »\ justl JIVC / X y y 'O s be great f £ i contended . K > € * llt ' lecture XWfUUAC that upon «| JV / XX Steele Addison XXUU . 1 OU has 1 A ' s O been volatile V VXUIVUO unfairl co llV" y -worker Y » depressed VJ . ftOl . ' Thackeray JU , ' . but / O A . C 1 he rt / J' , , omits like XAXV , C 3 says Lei JU to 4 V 3 X g ^ mention 1 h A , H « .. » . unt v- his ^— i i

    mi essays ght , ' have but he said had , I prefer much open sense -hearted to indicate Steele so , sweep with ing all a his prefe faults rence , to . Addison Mr . Dobson , with ' s " all work , | in outward appearance , shows all the features that win the affection of the bibliophile : it w

    well edited , beautifully printed , and tastefully bound in vellum . Dictionary Although of it barel the y EngrliaU comes within abangniage the rang b e of the Christmas RevWalter books Steat , JEL Concise MA aBtjrmolog IXD mig - * ht *

    [ ' sensibly be selected as a suitable gift for young , y worketa . in the tield of ,. phil . o . lo gy . A ., second and ir revised edition his just been issued by the Olaretidon Press . r Vide . nacres 1412 . 1413 .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 7, 1885, page 1280, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_07121885/page/20/