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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th January 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 13

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      on all mankind , talking naore eloquently , and more loquaciousl ^^^ ^^^ f ^^ Bj ^ B * B )^ b * B 7 ^ B ^ ^ H * ^ B ^ ^^^* . ^ B * ^^ y U withal ™ *^~ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ' - ^ A ^ ^^^ BB , ^ V in ^^^ » ^^^^^^ praise Bh B ^^^ Bk ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ of ^^^ ^^^ Bft ^ silence ^^^ ^^ ^ B ^^ ) ^^ JBk ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ A ^^^ than ^^ ^^^^^ ¦ ~ - any ^~ ^^ 4 tt ^— A- . ^ . <¦ '

      man who ever scolded all through life ^ in honour ^ of the strong arm and the silent tongue . ' The Work of Cqlpobtexjbs . —The Sunday

      Maga-22 ^ contains an instructive article from the pen of the Rev . Professor W . Gk Blaikie , D . D ., s > n the Scottish Colporteur Society uuk & itis officiall vfJLiia

      OCUi called / Liou , the vv Reli i ^ urtcui gious Trac ^ xuj t and * or JJ -r , as Book * ° ¦ *¦ ** . ± Society o ^ . v >> xj of . y jr Scotland . The society was founded in 1793 by an

      bell eccentri . The c tradesman idea of called employ fam ing iliarl Christian y Johnny men Camp to - sell books , says- Professor Blaikie , was an advance

      on Campbell ' s simple method . The writer conthe tinues colporteurs : * In the b conference far the most which interesting took place among points

      were the A names , of y ^^ the . ^ K books ^ M ^ M that ^ M . had ^ b A * been ^ A of ^^ most service in a Christian point of view , and the manner in which opposition or indifference on the

      part of the people had been overcome . - As regards mere sale , by far the largest sales have been of copies of the ' Scriptures ; of that prodigy of

      cheapness , the penny Testament of the Bible Society , books 93 , 682 , the copies " Life were of sold General last Gordon year . " Of [ a modern cheap

      compilation ] takes the lead with 10 , 500 copies ; Prayer ^ " ^^^ ^ Christie ^^ ^^^^^^^ K ^^^ ^^^ " ^ follow ^^^ ' ^^^ s ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ Old * with V > V ^^ Organ P * . ^ . V ^ B about ^^ V ^ V W ^^ P ^^^~ ^^ " ^ V ^^ V 6 ^ V ^ v and , ^ B 000 ^^^^ ^ . ^^ ^^^ cop ^^^ " ^ B ^ ^ Jessica V ^ ies ^^ ^*^ r *^^^ ; ^ B " ' s Goug ^^^ * ^^^ First ^^^^ S ^^^ H h ^>^—^ r . ^ ' s ¦ i

      Autobiograp religious , . Bonar hy" ' reaches s " "Way 5 , 000 of . Peace Of work " is s s 1 trictl , 750 y ; Brooke ' s " Way of Salvation " and Murray ' s " Abide

      in Christ" each 1 , 000 copies , , and Dr . L « andels ' " Young Man in the Battle of Life , " 1 , 040 . Of the older religious ¦ V works" The Pilgrim mmw ^ ' s Progres ¦¦ ¦ ¦ s "

      reaches ¦ IB ~^^ ^^« « . ^ ^ . r •^ 3 ¦^^ HB , 266 ^ v ^^¦^ P ^ B . B" James ^ ^^ V *^ ^ HVR . , H ' s " ^ BJ ^ B Anxious >^ BI ^ . B * ^^^^ B ^ B ^^ ^ P ^ V *^ ^^ ^^ Inquirer ^*^ ^ mm ^ . W ~^^ BBt " ^^^ ^^ r and stant the " Life demand of . McCheyne Even older " are « ¦ ¦ and also m in ore large solid rm * - and H book con s -

      - ~ — — ^^— ^^ m *^ ^ BF- « V « B ^^ ^ 0 ^ ^^^ «¦ W ^ mm ^ m W ^»* ¦ *» ^ i ^ ^ W » ^ 1 ^ ^ JB > ^^ ^ H ^ ^ >¦ B ^ ^^ ^ B , ^^ ^^ ^ ^ . . ^*— ' ^* - ^^ ^^ " ^ , like Boston ' s ' Fourfold State " are still appreciated

      oven in quarters hardly to be thought of . ¦

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      Iqi Current Educational Literature.

      iqi CURRENT EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE .

      Chaiiges in the books required for the national system of elementary education have fortunately

      not been so numerous lately as they were some years ago . Then no . one knew what a day might

      bringp forth , and it is not a figure of speech to eay that fortunes were made and fortunes lost in the

      business of publishing . The ill winds blew well for some persons . Perhaps a book which had been

      shelved 1 adapted - ^ uj ^ t . uu for . ' . c to vu some the uuu time everrshifting w V WX 7 was RJUUM , WUg suddenl ' standards 0 l . CwUUO y found J . tAI 9 . . . . . to The JLMJL be

      portant happy possessor of all , ' , ^ had pjp . advertiised it " touched . up Being , and , first most Wa imfruitful field , a rich harvest ' '* ' was * then gathered . } ft- ;¦ . ! . ' iii . tA ' . w . t * ... ¦ i . . ,,,,.,., ; ,, „ ,,,, .. ,

      Iqi Current Educational Literature.

      l ^ fpw , however ; the trade in a measure hai ^ - \] settled down into a tolerably even routine . ' Com \ - ^

      petition is as brisk as ever , ] but the rivalry is-.- ^ limited to . one or two of the leading houses . . First

      in the field is still the secret of successshould a . ^ change be made in the code , but for regulkr busi ^

      ness the talismanic word is ' push . ' \ This . may truly be said of every other department of business .

      But it is peculiarly the case with educational publishing , now that school-books generally are of fairly

      equal merit . Very different was the state of affairs some ten or a dozen years ago , when books good

      and bad , from all points of view , appeared almost alternately . On previous occasions we have spoken (

      of the great and good work which has been done by competition in the production of school-books .

      In accordance with ? the usual custom in our educational numbers , we now give a brief summary

      of the chief school-books at present in use throughout the country . Messrs . Asher & Co . —The principal items in

      Messrs . Asher ' s announcements are the ' Model Books of Foreign and Commercial Correspondence ' and the ' International Reading Books for Schools /

      Among the general books , we notice Mr . A . S . Murray ' s comprehensive ' Manual of Mythology . ' , [ Vide page 84 .

      Messrs . G . W . Bacon & Co . —' The Excelsior School Maps , ' we understand , have proved a great suc - cess MB . ~~ * -B They ) ^ B . Bl are B > well ^ B . constructed ^ Bj ^ Bh ^ Bi and ^ Bl ^ mclear , ^ ^

      besides which their colours do not offend the . eye . The firm ' s geographical works are worthy of appreciative notice . . 3 . [ Vide page 76 .

      Messrs . Samuel Bagster & Co . ( Limited ) advertise some works that are of acknowledged worth as aids — — to — — Scri — — — - pture ^ - - teaching — - t —j . It - is needless , to — refer

      to their world-famed editions of the Bible . I Vide page 37 . Messrs . George Bell & Sons . —Masters— of

      public interested and in middle some -class of the schools new cannot works fail issued to b be ^ Messrs ^^^ tW ^^^^ f ^^^ ^^^ p ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ . ^ p ^ Bell ^^^^^ v - ^^^ hi ~—^— & — ¦ Sons - - ^— — — — . ^ Mr * ^^^— . ^ v Charles —^ r- ~— — ^ - ^— — — - —¦ Pendlebury — — — — — — - ¦ — — — — — g y , j

      M school . A ., , senior supplies Mathematical an entirel Master y new at ' Arithmeti St . Paul c ' , s ' having ^^^ J ^^^ JBf ^ JB KB ) bu examination ^^ v W *™^* ^^ r ^ r ^^ " ^^* ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ " ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^ m m ^^ papers B ^^ ' ^ T ^ ~^^ ^^ and ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ nearl ^—— = — — ¦ — — - — y » 8 ^^^ , ^ m 000 — ^ rr ^ - ^

      examp master les . of Mr Harrison . Horace College Deigh , Barbadoes , M . A ., , head has - prepared a new ti * anslation from the Greek text of

      ' Euclid' ( Books I .-VI . and part of Books XI . and XII . ) , which has supplementary propositions , chapters exercises . on Mr . modern A . C . Price geometry M . A . , assistant and num master erous

      , , at Leeds Grammar School ?—has compiled a new manual on the ' Elements of Comparative Grammar and Philology . ' < Lastlin this especial group

      y , , Mr ^ Student BB . A . J ' . s Handbook Jukes " ^ BB B | -Brown ** B ^^ k of , Physical B ^^ B ^ Bfc . A ., has ^ B Geog writtejn rap A « ^ hy . a ' new All these are important additions to scholastic

      literature well b | b / m ^ j M ^ j - ^ known 0 m 9 * mum ^^ r V . b *^ An Greek ^ b ^ t ¦ *¦ ^^ enlarged r ^ i * # w Testament t ^^ ^ ¦ ^ r ** ^ m ^» bj edition Bk Bl - ^^ . —— Bk ^ is ^ - of - ^ « k also ^ - ¦¦ Dr BVK ¦— --- — - . Scr ^ published pr % — * i vener ^ - ^ - ^ - — --- — - — ' -- s ,

      while valuable new works on Botany , Chemistry , and fine JK Classical a ^ J & s collection VhflV VWf ^ B 1 ^ ff ^^ Literature Bt ^ B ^ ( MM of ^ B" V ^ V academical ^^^ W ^^» ^ P ^^ ^^ give ~™ ^^ P ¦ ¦ ¦ ^^ ' ^" ^ additional ^ " ^ ¦ ' ™ books » ' ^^ ' ""^ ' »^™ which — ' weigh it t has to the for ^^ ^^^ ^ K A ^ m jft AA BW ^^ B ^^ BBB BJ A ^ B

      years bring b before een the ^ the privilege -public . . of Messrs [ Vide . Bel pages . l & ^ 46 Son ^^ , 47 s . to ^ Messrs | B 7 V ^ BT 7 . Bemrose BWB * W BBVB ^ BI PF & Sons ¦ . —Notice should be

      ¦ BWBBB B « J | BV ™— — P- ^» ^ B- »^ ^ - - ^ ^ — — " - ^ - " " " - — — - " - ^ " ' — ' — " ^ given Bemrose ^^ to . ' . the ^ _ These Jubile ^^__> __ book ^ h e s series are ^ issued enti Bl rel y by ^ B new Messrs dPBK A , and . , I include * Jubilee Readers / ' Jubilee Arithmetics / : I ¦ a - ¦«»> ¦> Mm > SI - m oesiaes ^ 4 . ^ _ ' . 'ill

      and "Jubilee grammars , copy-oojoits , ^ y

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1887, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011887/page/15/