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From Messrs . Jarrold & Sons . —A work which should prove -p-- especially useful at the present ¦¦•
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it is worthy of high commendation . It has been specially arranged for the County of
Norfolk . From Messrs ¦¦¦¦¦ jb . Crosby Lockwood & Co . —
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in England , should be thankful to Mr . Sidney Francis ¦ for ¦ his ' Tables , Memoranda , and Cal-— «¦ ^ J'fc . * . M Mf ^ mfmm ^ ¦& A . * ¦» « bi ah a , pbvi
culated . Results . * The . little book may be carried in the waistcoat K pocket K . A new system of farm Ob *• ^ M pk .. Vl . bbA ^ ah _ . BBBL ^ P > am
bookkeeping . is included in the scope of the work , which throughout is admirably arranged . F ¦¦ rom the same . — < The-Art of Practical Brick r -
jt ^ " — — — — ^^ ¦ ^^^^ ^— — ^^^ ' ^ " ^ ~^^ ^^^ - ^^ ~^~ " . ^^^ ^^~ " ^^ ' ^^ ^^ p ^^ ^^ — i ~ ^^•^ mm ^ m ^^^^ r ^ bw ^^ ^^^ ^^ f ^^ ^ cutting ^^ and Setting , ' by Adam . Hammond , author of * Practical Bricklaying , ' takes its place the hjjv latest acaui additions ivuui 9 to ivy the uuc famous
among aiu ^ Jig ^ ou auv «< xauiuuo Weale ' s Rudimentary Series . The book treats of those problems which are generally
considered most difficult by the bricklayer , such as arched work , groins , coves , domes , columns ,
pre mouldings vious work , and guarantees so forth . the Mr efficiency . Hammond of the 's
new manual . From Messrs . Sampson low A ; Co . — ' The
History of Portugal / by Edward McMurdo , Vol . II . This continues the narrative from the accession of D . Diniz to the rei ? of D . Alfonso V . In
the introduction the author briefly refers to the general character of the previous monarch ,
Alfonso III ., and in this way , by refreshing the reader ' s memory , ensures that the continuity of the history shall be maintained . The reigns of
the various sovereigns enumerated—D . Biniz , D . Alfonso IV ., D . Pedro I ., D . Ferdinand I ., D . Joao I . D . Duarteand I ) Alfonso V— are
replete wi , th interestin g event swhich not . un-J frequently throw a light on , contemporary and in his relation of this
European history , , which he has mainly compiled from Portuguese histories , Mr . McMurdo is never dull and often
exceeding-ly interesting . Volume II . of his history worthily sustains the good impression created by the previous instalment of his work .
From Messrs . Maomiflan & Co . —* Reuben Sachs , ' a sketch by Amy Levy , must not be thrown aside on account of its exasperating beginning , for its closing scenes are characterised by an
intensity of thought and power of delineation rarely met with in these days of ceaseless and ( lJireless writingAt the outset we are
intro-( l > jced to a clique . of characters that is somewhat w l »< tt new new to to us us m in novpl novels « 3 i - namel namfilv . some somft of of the the
, y , 'Judaic community in London society . As a 'natter of fact , judging from this writer ' s view , tln ¦ 'se peopldiffer in but tJJ sliht LtJL from
tlmir ~~ ( ts rs "Vj . Gentile |_ and and »\^ VJ ^» XV Kohnthal TCnTiniVials e ^ > VJ brotherhood . JI 1 . 1- ^ 1 ilM . s of nf a . "the tln SllgUU The r * . g inner innftr Sachs measure XJLICCbO circles o , Leunin ro . lps XJL V ^ of n ? -
, ii J < 'uch wish the society same in as the the Smiths modern , Browns Babylon , and are Joneses of middle JLUiciuic class life jul they
•""^ ncia ua upper uypci ; unzaa iug . . True uc ? , , vjuvy ; more prone to materialism in so far as that 'nueh ¦¦ -abused / word \ lrefers to Ut the / selfish
•> - UK . S UCH ^ IjI , *^ f SA V * wrong » ¥ lUU f iA y y ^ VJLl / lO > I IJVDVillOU " - 'icss of individual aspirations towards worldly ( v "ccess . Reuben Sachs , the principal male
'l ( )»< ro M racter - is thoroug in this hly story saturated —he cannot with be selfish called ai & a - ' » iUon . To his vain love of political
advance-( ment ) £ human he sacrifices ity . The all the climax cherished of his sentiments cleverly
*—; heartless career is reached when he checks his passionate love interview with Judith on
hearing the cry of news-boys in' the street which tells of his chance of entering Parliament .
This is the most dramatic scene in th ^ story . The character of Judith is a vivid , lifelike , and poetic creation - — - »— —— ¦ . Womanly •¦ m-r di ¦ gnity ¦ is shown
v — ~ — — - ^ r- — — ^^ ^ r w » " ^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^^ W ^^^^^^^^^*^» " ^^^^^^ ' ^^ . ^^ r ^^ ^^^^ ^^» ^ ^ ^^ r ^^» t amidst all the mental agony arising from the heartless conduct of the man she loves . The authorin ¦ painting these two characters i 4 has
g iven ~ — ~ — - ^ — her , — — readers " m * - ^ ¦¦ ~™ ' ^ ^^^^^ some ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ pregnant ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^*^ *»» psycho ^» v w ^ **^ ¦ ^*^ ^ r ^ ' ^^ log ¦ ^ w , h i cal «*^ i mm studies . In their actidns is centred tjie main
interest of the story , which , brief though it be , must rank among the cleverest books of the day .
From the same . —The cheap edition of the ' English Men of Letters Series' has been
augmented by ibe appearance of Professor Masson ' s * De Quincey' and Mr , Ainger ' s * Charles Lamb . '
From Messrs . Moffatfc & Paige . —Several remarkably effective educational aids have recently been published by this enterprising firm .
Among specimen them case , showing should , t h ive e var precedence ious proce sses employed in manufacturing wpol , or rather
preparing wool for manufacture . If we mistake not , we have seen something of this kind ^ on cannot carjcls be , but they d wer of the e somew box h now at co offered stly ! Th for is
sale , which is compact , complete , and singularly cheap . The parent and the teacher will find it one of the best and most economical of
eduOa-1 tional a pStiarices r ... . . \ Fro x- jlvjjjj m the uuc sauxc same . . —We »» c have nave x rece cucivcij ived . Mofiatt j . u . u . u . ciiiju 'o s ^
' Euclid , ' Moffatt ' s * Outlines Of English History - ^ ~^—~ ^— ^^ , ^ H ' ^ Mo ^~^ ¦ ~~ ¦ ¦ ~^ m" ffatt ^^»^^» - ^* - ^^ r ' s — ' ^¦^ «¦ -m H ^^ m ^ m ^^ " istory r ^ ~~^^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^ r ^ " ^ ^ Readers bbh ^ p ^ w ^¦^¦^ b . sn > ^ pr pb « bb p ^ p * , py * Moffatt i w ^ " ^ p ^ ^^^ ™ ¦ i i ^ ~ - ^— ' — s ^ - ^
Geography Headers , ' 'The Art Student's Second Grade Practical Geometry . ' All these works are adapted to meet -modern irements
requ . From Messrs . J . Nisbet & Co . — « The Bible in the ^ pP * *•¦ ^>> r- Pacific . >¦« "all V ^ vF * - vB «»! .. ¦¦ * , «¦ ' b p ~« ¦ " y » ¦ t W he I ^|^ a Eev « a ^ W ^^ ' V . W ¦ ^ A b ^^ . ^ W V P . V Murray a . * ¦ sP * I .. BBk « Pl ^ b ^ ¦ * W . V ¦ At P" . W * « ¦ P . b ^ the - ^ p ^^ r
first glance thiabook seems to promise Tather heavy' reading . But on dipping into it one becomes more and BBbBBbbI more PBPBBBBP impressed Bto with its
BT ^ BB * ^ V ~ ^ BHBT ^^ P ^ P" ^ ¦ ^ ^ B » V ^ ^^¦^^^¦ P ^ p ^ P' ^^ P' PB | ^ PB ^ ^ B > " ^ BT > ^ BP ^ ^^^ ^ BbB * * BbBJ ^ bBb * ^¦ P 1 P >* P >^ PBBB ^ B ^^ P p * JB | ^ bt ' ^ P * ' V ^^ ' **¦ ' ^^ ^» w * ~ ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ - ^ - - ^ fstore of curious information concerning a subject regarding which little has been written . The modes in which the Bible has been
circulated among the nations of the distant and interesting islands of the Pacific are , in these pagesdescribed with perspicacity ¦¦ and ' — ¦ — ' ~ "
enthu-¦ v ~ ~ ^ i ^^ — , — — ^^ — ^^ ¦¦ ^—^ ¦ *^ ^ p ^ — — ~ p ^ ^~^ ~~^^ pj u ^^ ^^^ ¦ ^^^ ^^* ^ p . '' p * ' ^^ ^^ ^ p" ¦ ^ " ""— ~ — — siasm . The book supplies a pregnant chapter in the story of the victory of Christianity over BBB heathenism ¦ » ™^ ^ BB- ^ ^ ' - ¦ W ^ ¦ V ' — — —• » ™ ' - i . " ^ It ^^^ " - ^ ¦ B should " ^ B ^ ¦ i " ^ B ^ ^ B ¦ ' ^ BPi PBPP * ^ BBr ^^ be ^ P > ^ BP- ^ ¦ widel ^ fliPB- "PPTB ^ BB ^ BPPI j- ¦ ™ re ^ BB ^ ad ^ ^» - . ^ More
particularly should those take it up who have any interest in furthering Christian missions . From bBbPa ! bbbbbpbb the b same bbb . — The Xife PBfeBTB \ ~ iand Lietters ¦ T pbp ¦ of ¦ Mrs .
^ m ^ m " > -pr ^> ^^^^ m -pjp p ^ pT "P" > p ^™^ " ^ b" b ^ bb ^ bbb ^ p « ^ "P *^ p ^ Bfe ^^ —|— ^ bp *^ - ^ p » bp ^ pbbpbB aB ^ BBB . T ^ p * - ¦« " ¦ "' •¦»» * ' ¦^ p »^ - bp ^ — ^ ^ - ^ ~ — ^ p » Sewell , ' by Mrs . Bayly . Uneventful though ; Mrs . Sewell's life undoubtedly was , the story of its quiet and BBBPJ pious course is PP | W ^ full of interest ¦¦ VPIBI ¦ .
PBP | ^ b ^ P ^ k ^ ^^ 'H ^^* PJP . PP * ^ PB ^^ ^ PJP * ^ Pi' ^ BBr ^^ Bi ^^ P ^ nB > flBBt ^ B ^ p * ^ B ^ ' ^ PJ I ^ P ^ ^^ pP * Wr ^ P * ^ Bi pBP * f % ^ ^^ V BP ^ P ^ t ^ Btf ^ BJ PBb BP ^ ^^ bt ^^^ PJ ~^^ ^^ - ^ ^^ BV " ^^ »^^^ ^^ * T There is something pathetic in the fact of a lady of eighty-two taking up her pen to write her autobiograp HPBVBk hy in PfPP the bP form of i a letter to Bi
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occasionally throw bright light upon the smoother channels of English social life followed in simplicity and BB- PBPj ¦ Pt rural pPh PJV BBB seclusion . The autobio ¦• - -
fP ^ B' B > -P * ^ Bh ^ bT * P ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ W ^ B' ^ B' «^ ' ^ V . ^ BjpT ^ BbT B »^ P ^ i ^ ^ b > ^ bV " > ^ T * ^^^^ P ^ " ^>*^ a ^ Bk ~^ ^^ " ^^^ ^^^ *^^ ipP ^ BB > ^^ ^ pr ^ P- " ^ VPT — ^ graph }* , the writing of which occupied five vears , at intervals , of Mrs . Sewell's life ,
occupies seventy-eight pages of the present book . " ' Many readers will turn with more avidity to the story BP of P the litera BBP > BBi 1 ry BP work accomp - ^ 0 T lished by ¦ Mrs .
¦ ^ - * BP ° P ^ W IP »^™ - ^ P"P >^ ' ^ BB- ^^ m ^ P "' BBBB BP * ¦ ^ W W ^ Bp- B ^ B | ppp > ^ BBI f ^ ~ ^ p * V B ^^^ " ^ Bi M l | | BB B ^ BPB «¦ ^ Pfc ^^ ^ pr ^ B ^ " W- T ^» « - - ° - — -P " Sewell , who did not think of writing until she wa 8 sixty years of age . Criticism of these I
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1889, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011889/page/17/
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