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    ; Books Received :— I From Messrs. A. S....

    courses on river scenery with many references to riv the er poets superstitions , on rivers * in the their rivers relation of fable to history and alle , on - gory , the animal and vegetable life of rivers ,

    rivers _ : .-- _« as oa affected n . fFnpt 0 d b bv y human human industry industrv . , and and the the names of rivers . An appendix contains 900 ¦ British bf—¦ m . *— ¦ M ^ ¦ ¦ fB ^ ft and V m ^& % w "" Irish ^^ ¦¦ " ™* ^^ ^^^^ ¦ river — ^^ ^^ ^ names ^"" ¦ ¦ pp ^^ ™~ ^~ —^ , « p with - - ^ — ™ - ™— ^ notes —™ " -p- ~ — — on — ~——havo much leasure in

    their etymology . We p read recommending milking er ; t do eachers ubl this interes will modest find ting work in their it to the tho lessons means general on of

    p hysical geograp y hy . From mw II III I Messrs b ^^^^ p * ^^ f *¦*•**•* ¦¦ "" ¦» ^ . Griffith ^""^ " ^ *^ ^ , v Parran ^^ "p * — ' — — ' —~—~ , Okeden ¦ - » - — ' - — — , —p and The Look iGlass for the Mind

    Welsh .. — ' ng- : a reprint of the edition of 1792 , with the original ¦ ¦ ¦ illustrations ^ lijp ^ mrJm * iw ¦ v ^^ p » *** b wmr « y j K Bewick ' ^^ ' ^ ^^ ¦ ¦ » . » -B B-V With - > « — — - — - an —— — — Introduction — ' — - —~ — — — — _ . — — - by — ^ _ ___ _¦ _¦ —¦ _ . * _ ^

    Charles Welsh . ' Mr . Welsh adds * to the obligations under which bibliophiles already rest to his industry as an editor and his liberality as a publisher yx l biving us ¦——^ in dainty — guise — — this — — in — — -

    terestiDg mj ^ ^ A *» . »*_ w * , set " - ^ y w of g j *^ * stories w — " *~ p 5 from — —— —— -. M — — . "'^ Berquin f ^ -- - » - , which may , in the words of the original preface , be commended to the attention * of every youth

    "^\/ | JA & J A * - T *¦• - ^ p /^ - —¦ ^ " * ™ - " W— 4 » -W P .-W — W — . - __——¦_ - <_ - — _— I ^ J — , -J whether miss _ * or master . ' Mr ^*^& _^ . Wel ^ a ^ pbv bp bpv *¦ sh _ tells ^ B _ the Bpi reader in his introduction something of the author HB £ whose quaint stories are here reproduced h ¦

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    ho chose wisdom the s of weet his ness methods and simpl , tbe icity inter est h is the style subject , were s recognise , d by his contemporaries , and appreciated by

    b those those egan for for to publish whom whom . he he The wrote wrote object , , almost almost of his from from stories the the was moment moment always he he to of teach virtue children and a thei horror r dut of vice and to bub inspire he did them not with lose a sight love

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    you such thful as we understandings now have , he — Reems longe to r tales have filling avoided one . volume To the , st little iffformal readers of and to old -day -fashioned his stories bub will in , no the doubt days Vi , appea when r

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    bac trratitude k to the than mind glory of . those The whom mention he of deligh his name ted and brings inand structed his , teaching and who received the \ days K » he when fl l fi rst- bin fruita little JL « S WAV of books R his ^ W ^«» affection formed

    while nHM part of 4 taib they * the VV «« amused V playthings » AtAJ ^ , f them VMJLS V of *«« . theif childhood * ***** , and instructed Kf m \ X ^ « . tl « V \ 4 The — editio w — -w » » w ^^ princeps »*^ - » w ^ ^ ^^ - *^ - «^ ^^ of ^^ ^^ the ^ rf ^ b ^ ^* present «^ ^ ^^ INtf ^^ ^^ ^^ volume W ^^ ¦» ^^ ^ « « ^^ was TV ^ ^ — ^

    published by Mr . Newbery in 1792 , and it is here reproduced in facsimile by Messrs . Ballantyne , Hanson , & Co ., as far as existing types will

    allow allow . . The The illus illuat . trations rat . inns are n . i « ft- , Mr Mr . . Welsh Welsh tells tails us us ., far more effective in the volume before us than in the original ; and this will easily be

    understood stood bv by all all our our readers readers who who are are con conversant versant with with the improvements effected of late years in what is technically known as the * bringing up ' of the

    wo fift odcuts y-thre . e Messrs out of . the Griffith seventy , Farran -four , & actual Co . possess woodrest blocks ¦» «»¦• engraved viagiuiuu b *"' J y r JU Bewick UIf IV / Ik Jl for \ JS . the I'llV wo »» \ . / rk I < V , and UllVt the t ** V (

    have been copied by a facsimile process . b Whether ook , or as regarded a curios on ity for meri the ts collector as a children , the re ' s - print is BU likelto meet with ready welcome

    and 4 ---. „ Mr .. Welsh * invy y \ J i s J iUDQll to be congratulated JLU 1 A t a * A UC 1 . V 4 J' on IfGltUMIU achiev- ; , ing U another — -. ^ - wa ^^ v . m , success ^ **^* WV * JfcJ in JIAA a * . ^ field VAU which ff AA tVAA he Jhl ^ - / has AAlftM made AlAiAUV p «

    peculiarl y his own . Prom Mr . John Heywood .- 'The Local Examina- ' the tjon Hiotpry from before the Eoman Invasion to

    Present Time / by Robert Stonson Pringle , * » UD d , . and Fifth conveys edition . in This a compact book is fro and m a condenseJ practised Jwm the chief facts of English history . Those

    ; | vffi ^ " ° Pringle . £ re preparing ' a pages an examinations invaluable promptuary will find in ,

    for his manual will enable them to store their minds with nearly all the leading events of each

    period , with the names and characteristic achieve- ! ments of eminent person * , with the chief features of -v— - O the ¦»¦—— - ^ literature _> W _• v — - ^ v « w w ^* m \ ¦** of ^^ - _ i m the «^_ k __ _ i ^^ age ^ ATtaK ^^ , and _ * . ¦ m-m ^ + with V _¦ * ¦_ i « - » LJ- > __ . the V—¦ - * >^ . mai Jl _ —• AU > A n M 1 r ~_ ^_

    points . in tho legislation and national achieve- ' ments of the various reigns . From Messrs . Johns tone , Hunter , & Co . — ' The ; __ ^^ _ * « _ r _ r _ _ _ __

    Christian Treasury , containing contributions from ministers , and members of various evangelical denominations , 1884 . ' This magazine might almost be termed an Evangelical Symposium , so full is it of the thoughts of writers of tho various

    bodies * _ ^ whose « " bond __ L V of ~_ union _ i consists _ in _ a common : adherence to the main Gospel doctrines . Among the most valuable items in the well-filled , pages

    are are articles articles by bv continental continental divines divines , , and and trans trans--lations from French and German authors specially done for this magazine . The clergy and

    Sundayschool teachers will find in the * Christian Treaand sury — — — sermons ' — - ^— - a ^— - - ^— perfect — — — . While v w s torehouse ^^ ^ v ^^ ^^^ fiction ^^ v ^ W ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ b ^ ^ l ^^^ p of ^ forms ^ B ^ I— ^^ matter ^ B ^ B ^ p ^ ta ^ V the ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ for strongest ^ 0 ^ B ^^^ l ^^ essons ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ f ^^^ 1

    feature in the magazine , there is much interesting and useful matter of a more serious cast ; and essaysdescriptive articlesand extracts

    give variety , and spice to , poems the contents , . The , papers on * Home Cookery / by Miss A . Griggs , will be welcomed by the matrons ; and then wo

    have articles on gardens , hospitals , newspapers , steamboats , law courts , find lawyers , and many ¦ other subjects — - — — — - , — teeming — — — — — _^^ h with - - — " — —» useful - —— ~ — ¦ ¦ —— ' — ' - ~ - ¦ facts — ¦™ — - ^ —¦ - . ^ There ^ p ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ~ m ^'

    is not a heavy chapter in the seven hundred and thirty large pages . From Mr . Henry Kimpton . — 'Nursery Hygiene :

    a Manual for the Instruction of those in Charge ,, of Infants and Young Children in the Ways of Health m «^^ 'bBoyd Burnett ¦ ¦ . Toll t M . B . Lond . A

    ^¦ l ^ Pi ^^ BH ^ p ^^ - ^ w ^ m ^ m , ^ m ' m- ~ y ^^ m ^^^^^~ " ¦ ^ ^^ " ^^ . ^^ " ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ™ ^^ r ^^ ^^ ^ ^» ^^ p ^ p » ^^ , B } ^^^^^^^^ V ^^^^^^ ^ V fl ^^>^^^ ^ fepr ^^ ^| ^ f ^ B B ^ ^ B > BM medical handbook , free from technicalities , and intentionally framed in such simple terms as to make its instructions intelligible to the nurse or

    the mother . The management of the nursery and of crdches in repard to ventilation , warming , ^ li » ^ g BBBk hting ^ " ^» ^ " "" ^~ ^ VBB ^ , V and r * w ^— — ^ furnishing ^^ - ~ ^ —w ^»— ^ — — ' —i — ¦— pBB ^ , is — ^^^ ¦ carefull ^ b ^ n ^ h ' ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ¦ ^ y described — - ^ q ^ pr ^^ pr ^^^ ^ pa ^^ mp- ^ . ^ ^ B ^ B , VJ

    the diet of children is fully set forth and all the sanitary rules ais to washing and dress are exp ^ M ^ lained ^^^~ ™ " ^^^^^ , W tho ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ remai " ^ P ^^^ ¦ ~~* ¦ ¦ ^ ¦ — nder ~~ —^ ^— ^^ ^ ¦ of - —* p ¦ the ^— ' - ^^ ¦ i volumebeingoccup » ^^ r »^ ^ p ^»* ^——^ ™ - ^^ ¦ p ^^~ ^ " ^ " ^ " BB ^ Bk ^ . ^ ^^^ ^ B ^ ^ p *^ P > B * . ' ied ^ ^ v ^^ B ^ Pf

    with advice as to the treatment of tho diseases to which young people aro specially liable . From the National Temperance Publication

    Dep 6 t , — ' The National Temperance League ' s Annual for 1885 / edited by Robert Rae , secretary of ^ gp ~ p ^ H tho ^ p ^ ^^ p ^^ - ^^ League " - - ^ r ^^ r - ^ mr ^^ p ^» b . ^ B > ^^^ p ""^ . ^^ This ^^^^^ ^ rm ^^ ^^^ volume » ™ - —• ^» ^ " ^^ ~~ ^^ ^^ r gives BPV ^ p — ~^^ i ^ " in ^^ ¦ i a ^» ^ " » compact ^ p ^ ~^^ ^ p ^^ p ^^ V ^*^ ^^^ W ^ . V ¦^ P ' ,

    form a chronicle of tho utterances of distinguished temperance advocates ; a record of the proceedings of the •¦ ¦¦* chief ptj w ' ¦ p- 1 temperance - ¦ societies ¦» ; a ~> reg —» ister

    mm ^ ^ r ^^ l ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ " ~^ ^^ p ""^ —^ p" —~ - ~ r ^ — — — ~™~ — " ^ ^ " - ^ " — ^ " ^ " —* — —* y p ^ "p— ^^^ 1 ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ' , of all the national and district temperance organizations with their officers ; a budget of statistics of ^ h p- pBI the ^ b p ) B > ^ B ^ drink ^ BP ^ VM ^ BB | PPPP PI ^ Pa | traffic ^ BBF BPBB ^ B ^^^ BBF ^ P | ^ BBP , BP and ^ ^ 'PiKP ^ P ^ v v ^ many r" ^ - ^ ppj - ^ "B > Pp ^ H other ^^ F' ^ p " ^ " ^ " ^ 1 items ^ W ^ ^^ PP . BPJ Bpl PB ^ of W B ^

    interest to those who aro working on thrj temperance platform . A portrait of Bishop Temple , of Exeter | B i B s PBBBP | BBk iven BV PP ¦» b PPP P way of pp frontisp ¦——¦ pi ^ iece "P » ; pp and TP a PW

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    From the same . — * The Water-Drinkers of the Bible , ' by John W . Kirton , LL . D . The author of this interesting bbb pp * bpi pjap pp p » p little work i ¦ has pi . it is needless w v ^ p- to ¦ p

    Bpi p ^ Pf BB BJ Pp * ^ B par ^ pp * ^ p ^ ^ ppp ^ P ^^ S ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ~ ^ ^^ pr p ^ ^ ^^ p ^ pp ^^> p ~ —^ ' —^ " ¦ —** ^ ^— n— ^^^ ^ ppr say , prepared it in order to support the case of the temperance or teetotal advocates ; but even those who differ Jt iPB from P BPPBJ his P ^ P PPP inferences PBP PPJP as to the injurious ¦» tp ¦¦ pi

    BP BP pP . pVJ Wp * PprBPBp » PB ^ BP" pPB . P | ^ PP ^ ^^ pl ^^ ^ P" " " ^™^ PP ^ ^^ P ^ ^ " *^ ^~ ^^™^ - '' - ^ - — ^— -rv — - ^ — r- - ^ - ^ - - p — —^ ^ — ~^ r effects of alcohol will admit tho singular force and felicity of his descriptive writing , and the cleverness with which ho turns to account the

    Biblical incidents gathered up from all parts of j the sacred volume . Few people evon among ¦ - - ¦ ¦ - - ¦ ' pf __ .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1885, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011885/page/11/