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    Dec. 7, *& s s ^e Publishers' Circular I...

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    The J^eason'j^ Booijs.

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    Dec. 7, *& S S ^E Publishers' Circular I...

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    The J^Eason'j^ Booijs.

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    MESSRS . BLACKIE & SONS . HE parcel of Christmas books received from this firm is characterised b

    much variety and excellence , and parents and others on the look-out y for something to delight and interest their young people should

    experience no difficulty in suiting themselves . Dean Fore Swift mo & t ' s among masterp these iece work has s stand so frequen s an edition tly bee of n Gulliver issued b ' s ef Travels ore that .

    publishers mug find it rathe difficult to get u

    an edition in new and attractive attire . In

    has the present been to instance produce the the object nar- ^[ v rative in a form which should . Y-. w

    be suitable for the young and /' A for ivk family reading . In this th ¦ ey //* Xj

    have and jfcwy the been *— ^~ interest ^ ^/ ~^ — admirabl —~ of the y work successful " ^ is still — " — qJ , j k } . ^ ^

    tiful further illus incr t ase tions d by some by Mr -beauti . ' - rfJSlSk six Gordon Browne . ' Gulliver ' s ({ Mm

    lar Travels' will children always and be popu ki its - rfcj * *& <> ** .

    present among form it should , be a , . ' ; very - , / safe present JT to make .

    Mr . G . Manville Fenn is so well that that known any it as may story a writer well from be of taken his exciting for intended granted books ,

    for young people will be pen of more than averainterest . In Patience Wins

    ge , me the a narra Black tsiack tive Uountry Countrv descriptive . this this of is is factory undoubtedly undoubted life ! in v

    the caseand we , could recommend tention ten few tion work , s more highly -to the

    atot of young vouner readers readers . . Mr Mr . . Gordon Oordorh Browne way admirable 's illustrations . are in every

    w a Oliver pleas HXlll antly - written M . rS . Iv tal e of Ivead the .. t took out niy perspective jrlass and viewed the enemy ' s fleet . ' * of Don child Valley -life , . in It which is further the authoress characterised VAXM / A /«/ exhibits ba much «^« health acquaintance a tone with the habits and desires

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    and esting have explorers . A volume of bygone treating days of . a similar The work , , subject , oven i » fr Stirring # m its subj Events ect alone of Htstory , should . prove The events interbeen — " ¦ grouped together in a form that should \/ increase 09 tKJ \ their % / Jk / natural «& 1 ^ V V ^ WJk attractiveness «/ / -v ^ - »^

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    "lustrations The Congo , again Rovers a marked is the , feature title of , are an b exciting y H . a M . sea Paget story . by Harry Collingwood , depicting nudshi

    a evidentl y pmau been ' s influenced life on the in the West choice Coast of his of locality Africa . b Tlxe y the author romantic , like work several of Mr others . Stanley , has . * * ne characters CJlf ) , mr > f / 3 > 7 > c » n »»« drawn A ¦ r . n ¦ . ¦**¦* - * with -. r . ' i-i-. ¦ considerable / . AnnU / Mm ^ ln skill rtl ^ 11 and n-n A knowled \ m . \ i * r' \ i ^ Ar * £± of *\ £ the flua requirements 1 < an ) l ) PAmAllfa of /*) f youth 17 /~ kllf . } l <

    tta their actions are , though sometimes a trifle improbable , are sure ge to be followed with interest . ; ah of ? tu ? . mnsilllt ^ ear scenes t ° » ° ' in » e Boy eagerl the , story b y y devoured G Mr . ManviJle . Gordon by Fenn fiction Browne , - is loving has a cap supp youth ital lied boy . some ' In s book illustration spirited , sure engravings at of this the season many .

    hi ^ » f ncal Aand " i ; romance and A < ^ he enty depicts whi writes ch treats with in , his much of usual the faithfulness strugg vigorous le between fashion and fidelity in Sa ^ the on the Dra and desperat gon Bane and e straits the supremacy Raven to which , an in II

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 7, 1885, page 1263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_07121885/page/3/