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    From Middlesex ^ V ~^^ H ^~ ™ the ™ ~ " ^ — " same ™ " , ' by . — ^ R « Kit . — D . — Blackmore and Kitty —— ' - ™ " ™^ ~*»~ : . a Three ^^^ Story ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ volumes » of ^^ a ^* ^ H West ^ P ^ i ^^ BHI ^^^ fc * , M

    a 3 been rd third ¦ edition published edition . Mr . a Blackmore in few the weeks expensive h 's , new ¦—¦ and novel three is already has volume onl in y

    form ™ ¦ — . Probabl — y the favour — — - » - — - with —— ^^ ^ m > m ^^^^^ which r ^^^ ^ a ^ w ^^ ^»^» the ^ a- ^^ t ^ m ^ a ^ book has been received is due to the charms of I Miss Kitty Fairtherne , one of the most

    delightful heroines to which the author of * Lorna Doone' has yet introduced us . The love passages between Kitty and Kita young

    market gardener , are related with that , light and picturesque grace which distinguish Mr . «—¦— Blackmore ~ h - ¦ - — — — — ' s — descri — - ™ - *— — ptions ¦— — — - ¦ - w . — There ^^^ ^—^* - ¦ —— — ^ is m * ^ mr an imrmw ^»^» ^ id ™ - »_ - ^ y m ^ lli » ^ m ^ c ^^

    sweetness and tranquillity about the earlier chapters of the book , and the freshness of the I morning seems to rest upon them . The simple

    pieasures of a country life have seldom been more artlessly portrayed , and some of the pictures of rural life are full of poetrywhilst

    the A characters introduced in the J . book . / , • are strong , unconventional , and full of living j interest .

    1 From 4 Hymns Mess of rs . Faith James and Maclehose Hope , ' collected & Sons and . — edited by the Eev . John Hunter . The compiler

    of avoid this h choice written collection to has * carefully scholastic tried and to sectarian ymns interpretations express of the Christian facts

    and truths . ' He has also turned his back on and hymns are which full of pour long contempt ings for on death the present and future life

    felicity , and he has done so on the ground that such utterances , however beautiful in themselves' savour more of mediaeval asceticism

    and pessimism , than of the mind and spirit of Christ . ' Within such limits , the selection is catholicand therefore thoroughly

    representative . , From Messrs . Macmillan & Co _ . —* Yeast _ , ' by _ ^

    Charles Kingslej r . This is the third volume of one of the cheapest series of standard novels ¦ which r — - ^** ^—~^ publishing — —~ —«¦ ' — ' — — — — ^^^\ enterprise ^^ ^^ — % — — ^™ ^ has ^~ ^ ^» — - ' ever h — - ^^ ^^ ventured v — r ^^ " ^^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ " ^ ^ ^ t

    upon , and will , we trust , meet with an equally enormous sale as that which welcomed the appearance of ' Westward Ho ! ' and * Hypatia . '

    From Messrs . Moffatt & Paige . — ' Moffatt ' s Outlines of Geography . ' This is a revised 1 edition of a well-known school-book . The

    contents are admirably arranged , whilst the forty-two maps and diagrams scattered through the book will serve 1 o lighten the labours of

    both teacher and pupil . — From 4 - ¦ ¦ ¦— the — - ~~ - » - — National - — — - Society — —— — ^^ ' s — Depository ^ -r— ^ — . V —

    New Testament Portraits : being a Course of Watson Sunday ^ v ^ . v- ^ r — w ^^ ^ t ^ ¦* ^ ib , ^¦ m ^ M School » - — . — A — — * — . — This --- Lessons --- -w admirable — . , ' _ - ^ - -w by - _ - . _ ih volume - the — - — — — - ¦ - ^— Rev — -1 - ^^ contains ~ l ^ . ^ ^~ — John ^~ ^^ ^^ ^^ ' ~ * ^

    a Sunday-school lesson for each Sunday of the year . It opens with one on St . John the Baptistand ends with another on * The

    , lu lesson Beloved cidly , which arranged Discip is le . is very ' followed In vigorousl each by case y a brief written the sketch main and

    on the same subject , for junior classes . Busy ground Sunday- their school children teachers in , New or parents Testament who history wish to ,

    will find this book , which is both cheap and si brief mle , very and attractive suggestive lessons in the . preparation of p

    From the National Temperance Publication Depftt pomr ^ B ^^ M ^ ^^ W . 9 —* » So ^^ ^^ , Very » ^ 1 ^^ ^ w Unexpected ' - — — - Theao — — — m— ----- - , y ' and — -r . - ^ - ^ other - ^ r m * rm *~ m - ^ —¦

    prising Temperance fact , Readings fun , and . fiction readings , and forming , com-II * Evans' Temperance Annual for 1890 , ' are well

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    adapted for distribution and for the entertainment of temperance audiences .

    From Messrs . Thomas Nelson & Sons . —One of the Doroth best y -written Arden' by stories J . M ¦— ¦ . recentl ¦ Callwell ¦ y . published The scene is

    of — the — — tale ^ w - opens , w — at ^ m — St -w r . Gervai — - ^» - - ^ v w s ^^ , ^ mr m in ^ ^ one m ^— ^ V ^ B ^^ r of m ^ ^^» ^ the ^ ^^ m ^ -m ^ r is fertile the valleys close - of - of the Southern - ~ seventeenth - - France ¦ ¦ century , and the . date The

    told persecution with — much and dispersion pathos — — — and — — of power — the ' -m ^ r Huguenots ^» . ^^^» ^ w The ^ ^^ p ^ m v man - ^^™ ^^^^ is - ^" ner in which — — Dorothy — — — ^^ and - — — h Maurice ^^— —^ ^^ - ^ h ^ —^ ^^ v ^ r ^^^ , ^ M two ^^ W W ^^^ F grand ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^

    -found children disguis their e , of after the way Huguenot the to their fury friends pastor of persecution of in Eng St . Gervai land had in s ,

    reached its height , is effectively sketched . As a delineation tion the tale of the is calm history and of times impartial of persecu as a -

    summary of the doings of brave and , noble Christians it is inspiring , while all who read it—specially the young—will glean many a

    sheaf of wise and valuable lessons for reallife ^ From — — Messrs — — - ^— - — - ~^— ^ - — . - James h ^^ - ^ 1 ^ —^^ Nisbet ^™ ¦ »^ ^ v ¦ ¦ —^^ — ^^ ^^^ ^^ & ^^^ p ^^ r Co ^^^^ ^^^^ . » —This ^^^^ ^^ ^ v ^^ i ^ r . firm ^^^^ ^^ " ^^^^^^^^^ 1 have issued * t « mm in j- > . « ««

    ^ a charming biography * Self-Discipline : a Memoir of Percy Clabon Glover , ' by his father , the Rev . Richard Glover , M . A .,

    Vicar of St . Luke ' s , West Holloway . Mr . Glover was an excellent example of successful training in an enlightened and sympathetic

    showed Christian keen home sensitiveness . From his to all earl religions y boyhood truth he . Sometimes this seemed almost to tend to a

    morbid delicacy of soul . And yet there was in him sympath ^^ a brave y g with - , manly all — - that — — - ^— ^ heart — was — w — -w- v , ^^ strong — and -m * ~^ ^^™ - *^ ^^ - ^^ ^^ mm a and ^^ ^ r ^^ thoro r ^^ m ~ mr ^& ^ noble ~— ~^ r ugh ^^ ^* m ~ m ^ " . ^ p

    A vigorous athlete , he was also a most conscientious student , although his sensitiveness prevented his attainment of such high

    collegiate honours as he deserved . His life was wholly given to the service of truth ; and his example will prove a powerful stimulus to

    goodness to all young men who read of him . Just as he was beginning a most promising career as a clergyman in the English Church

    his life was cut short >»/ as the result of an acci- , dent in a La Crosse match . The memoir is full of ennobling lessons .

    From Robert the Smith same . — is ' the The title Kings of a of volume the World of , ' by . Little can be said , in praise of the volume poems . The

    au tends thor his has writings a vast variet to more y of than subject four s , hundred and ex-¦ pa ¦ g \ esbut ¦ - ¦ - ™ he has ¦—¦ ¦ wr failed ¦ to catch r -mr v the ir true spirit

    of poetry —^ " ~ , J ' ~ " . " ^ His ^^ - ^ ' — aim - ^ w is evidentl — ~^ " ' ^ - ^ ^^ ^ ^ m y " a ~^ r ^>* i ^* g h ^^^ t ^^ m one *^ ^ ^ tmt ^^ , for his lines are marked by a reverent and religious tone h but he would do well to

    renieraber tha m ^ — t the — — re , ~ ng world has ^~ ^ " ^ ~ su ~ ^ " ^ c " h ^^ ^^ selectio ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ~~ ¦ — ' ^ ^ n to-day that it has little time for any poetry which is not really good .

    From the same . — ' Simple Lessons from Nature , ' by M . Cordelia E . Leigh . These brightly

    written chapters are intended for young childre that the , volume and the has Hon been . Cor prepared delia Leig in h the explains hope

    that it may sometimes prove useful to teachers in Sunday schools or elsewhere , who * wish to fill up a few spare minutes after more

    important matters have been dealt with . ' Evidently no pains have been spared in the attempt to make these sketches accurateand to bring the

    scientific information they contain , up to date ; in this respect the authoress has had the assistance of Sir John Lubbockthe Rev . Prebendary

    Roe , and others . Botany , , zoology , physiography , and astronomy are all placed under

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    jan . 15 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular 19

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1890, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011890/page/21/