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    Messrs. Cassell & Co. (Limited).

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    ; ¦ Queen ^^ ± . _ _ - _ and _ _¦» Klngr ^ M ^ M , an 1 historical . _ romaribe romance by oy Henry xienry jFrith ? ritn , which whirli

    treats of the times of plo , ts and ' prentices . The engravings in

    these XI W . H . volumes Overend 1 are Gordon desi 1 gned by , Browne

    and Frank Dadd , respectively . There are also three further works

    - — — — - — — > > v ^ - * , m . % frj which come little , if anything , short in attractive interest of the fore-• ^ ^ "m ^ m

    going volumes , thoug . h , being more soberly bound , they are probably less likely to catch the eye of — — the

    4 / ^ j v **^ r imaginative . Adam Hepburn ' s Vow is a story by Anne S . Swan in which the authoress makes very ,

    effective use of the disquieting conflicts of kirk and covenant ; in Wo . XIZX . Emma Marshall invests

    with rnuch interest her story of the lost Vestal , missing from among the statues in the Roman Forum ; and the concluding volume , by Thomas

    Archer , relates with great iorce By Fire and- Sword , a tale or the Huguenots . . Like the above , these stories , as Christmas presents , should be in great demand . SLlngr Solomon ' s Minesby H . Rider Haggarddepicts the search of one Sir Henry Curtis

    — ' , «/ OO , •/ for his missir . ^ brother , who is supposed to have gone t <& King Solomon ' s Mines , in Kukuanathe land author . His with quest a is power attended of expression by the most that sensational testifies very and hi exciting ghly to of his adventures literary skill , narrated . ' Kin by g

    Solomon ' s Mines' is indeed a most absorbing volume , infinitely superior in construction to the majority of stories we have recently read , and it should be eagerly perused by old and

    young alike . The Xiittle , I > oingfc ^ -s of Some — Xrtttl — — e ~ Folks — — , by i / Chatty ^/ Cheerful , is a very f i livel — y •/ and lovely

    little volume for very young people . The blitheness of its stories , and the abundance of its fascinating pictures , will make the work a favourite w'herever it goes . The new volume of lalttle Folks needs onla word by way of reminding our readers of

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 7, 1885, page 1266, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_07121885/page/6/