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    134 The Pablishers 1 Circular Feb. 15, i...

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    Books Keceived: — Fro J^ ^ \J M A14 The ...

    classified according to their relation to ' Men of

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    in the art of compilation , and he has here made a very amusing collection which will have a special use for writers and speakersand lor literary

    garnishers in general . , From Messrs . Gall A Inglis . —* The Literary

    Header / edited by Thomas Morrison , M . A . A volume verse ^ ^^^ — ^^^ from ^ of *^ ^ ¦ well the ~»~ ^ *^™~ -selected bes " —™ r ~^^ ~*^ g t ~^^ English ^™^™^^^^ ^^^^^^ T ^^ fc passages ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ authors ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ in ^^^ ^^^ ^^ . ^^ prose ^ A ^^^ ^^^^ brief ^^^^ and ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^

    biog death rap and hical a note few , words giving on the the date chief of birth works and of each writer , is prefixed to the poems or sketches

    and explain notes any , are point added of difficulty where they in the are text needed . The , to , boob would be usefttl both for reading-lessons

    and a manual for repetition for elocution , and it classes might in also their b & taken earlier as meetings .

    Prom Messrs . Griffith . & Farran . —* The Classics for — — — the ~ -r — ¦ Million — - — — h — ^ m / being — - ^ r — —¦ -m- ~ h > h an h ¦ ep — ^ v ^ r- itome V ^ v - ^^ —^ " ^^^^ - ^ ^^^ " in ^^ B ^^^»^» Eng ^^^ vi ^^ v ^ ~^^^ " - ~ ^ p ^^ K lish —^^ ^^» »^^ ^^ " ^^ of ~^ " ~ »^»

    the authors works . By of Henry the princi Grey pal , late Latin Secretary and to Greek the Stock well Proprietary Grammar School . To read

    be the said classics to be of at Greece best and but Ital an y imperfect in English mode may of gaining an acquaintance with them , but , on the

    other hand , to deny the ordinary reader such a Lati means —— -w — n — - and - ^— of . ~ w ^ access Gre — - — ~_* ek —^ —¦— to ¦—» - are them - ^^ ~^ k' being ^^^ - ^ , ^ v ¦¦ especiall » i eliminated ^^ r - ^^ ^^ — - ^ w ^ ^ m y ^^^^ ^^ in ^ p ^ p ^^ r ^ a ^^^ day ^ from ^ v ^^^ ^^^ ^ v ^ v ^ when H the ^^ r ^^ i ^^ ^^ r

    a syllabus fatal mistake of the education for it of would many involve boys , would a total be ignorance of their , lives and writings . While ,

    then only , be Euri fully pides appreciated , Horace , in Homer the ori , and ginal Virg , just il can as ! stood the New when Testament it is read can in ¦¦— onl its y be ancient thoroug tongue r hly under it is

    -¦ — much — — - — — to be desired - - ^ - *— — — - that ™ those ^— ¦ ^^ r ^^ - ^^ ™— who ^^ ^^^^ m ^ r ^^ have ^*^^^^^^^ P ^ B ^^^^ ^^^ never , V ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ mastered tunity of the reaching dead the letters still should living have the hts oppor of the

    old masters . To make this possible thoug , Mr . Grey ¦ has — " — ¦ — - — g iven — - » - ^ ^ —« , in *^ — — ¦ the ^ ^ - ^^ ^^ volume * ^ w ^ m ^ r ^ ^ i i ^ ^^ before »^ r ^ i ^ ^ ^^ ** ^^ us ^^^^»*« , a ^»^> very v ^^ ^ w useful w « v ^ # « k ^^* sm

    a introduction uthors , illustrating to the his princi summaries pal Greek of and their Latin chief works by extracts ___ _ from _ - some ¦ of the —• - ™» r choicest -mr ir

    tran — - — - slations for m . while — The — - ^ it r ^ - book —„ — will be - - ^^ — commanded - serve ^ ^^ ^^ ^ b a double m r ^ ^^ to ^ pur ^ u ^~ the ^ " ^ w * - ^* j pose general , reader , who may desires to be on speaking

    terms with the classics , it will also be a most useful books companion in the original to the schoolboy while too ' s stud brief y of to the be

    used as a ' crib / it supp , lies , in a condensed form a mass of useful information . A work like this must have involved very considerable labour , and

    Mr . Grey may be congratulated on the result . From ( Mass Messrs . ) U . . S . Houghton — American , Mifflin Poems & . ' Co Selections ., Boston

    Holmes from tlie , works Lowell of , and Long Emerson fellow , Whittier . With , ' Bryant Biogra- , ¦ phical Sketches - _ . ____ and ¦ __ Notes fi d ^ i ^ h laining i the

    historical — — - — - — . and ^ - .- — personal — ^ — — - allusions ^^ ^^ v ^ ^ ¦ , w exp ^^ . ^^* v This ^ ^» j « t ^ m *^* wa ^ ^ is ^^ r ** a ^^^ new m ^^ J ^ w ^ and sumptuous bv holiday edition of a work ,

    published lished by "thi this s arm firm a a year vea . r ago aero . . In Tn form form it it . is in aa . largo in clear octavo type ¦ . # , with on — tinted — " red ^^ - lins paper B *^ ^ W ^ pages ^^ — , W and ^ ^ ¦ - ^ w , full m ^ is ¦¦ * I embellished g ^^ i « ilt h ^»«» r *^ , printed J ^ ** riB |^_ f jt r \ ^ f ^^^ h

    with illustrations by the best American artists . The families book h i and , intended schools ¦ contains primaril ¦ i several y for the of the use most of h

    characteristic - ^ ~ -- — — — - ¦ — — v- ^ v ^^ r ^ H ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ - ^ ^^ w ^^ ^ poems ^ ^ " ^ p ^^^ ^^ . ^ ^^^ t ^^ " , ^ p by ^^^ ^^^^ ^» the ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^—^ writers ^ »^^^ v ^^ r ^ . ^ v ^^^^ . ^ fc ^ . ^^ above ^^ ^^ J » . ^ ^^^^ ^ p ^ named 4 v ^^^^ ^ j ^ j ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ . Long Courtshi fello p- — - ¦ ¦ ¦ h w of is Miles bb represented ¦¦«¦ iv Standish r by / and Evangeline ' The Building / The

    of ^^^ - ^ ^ — the *^ —— - ^ p Shi ^ - ^^ - ^^ p ' ^^ ; Whitti ^^ f . >^ r ^^ v ^ . ^^ er ^ vp ^¦ rv , 4 ib ^ by pk'v ^ tfw ' Snow &^ m ^ + k ^ rf n ^ Bound ^^ % j ^^^^ AJKV / ; I - Mabel Martin / « Maud Muller / and other of his

    shorter poems ; Bryant , by ' Sella * and ' The

    mother Little Peop ' s Story le of ' the and Snow ' The '; Schoolboy Holmes , b ' y ; Lowell Grand- , by ' The Vision of Sir Launfal / ' Agassiz , ' and

    ' Under the Willows '; and Emerson by * The Adirondacks / * The Titmouse / and * Monadnoc ' Each group of poems ——~ is pxefaced by a brief

    biograp ¦ reader p ^ pww ^ rvi ^ hical H ^ b ^ who h ^ r ¦ » sketch ^ r ^ wishes ^» ^^ j ^ ' ^ of — to ^ the make - ^"' author r acquaintance ^^ . For the with English w ^ the ^ ^^ best T ^ p ^^ r " ^ r ^^ - p ^ B ^ r ieces ^ v ^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ r ¦ of '"^ the '"^ — best " ^^ " ~^ " * — American — —~ — poets ^« , / there — is ' — h ^ p

    no better book than ' Amer ^ jan Poemswhile for those who know them already , these same p and ieces perfect have never a form been . Cop presented ies of this in work so attractive can he

    had from Sampson Low & Co . From ^* f T JohJastone ^« r ^ H ^ vsh ^ va ^ « r « r «<^ w ¦ Hunter ^— ^ ¦ ^ ¦ ™> ^ - ^ ^ So ^ — Co —w — . — — ' Lizzie —— - —— ^» - * r m ¦ ^ ^^ ^^ , , y

    Sy J . denham M . Tandy and . A the story Wrong of village Turning life . , ' contrasting By Mrs . the experiences htr of two familiesin one of which ¦

    t ^^^^ he ^^ drunkenness ^ gr ^^ ^ ^ m ^ ^ ^ r ^ mmm ^ r ^ r r ^ of ^ r ^ the - ^ » w - ^^ mother —— — - ^ - — ' — — leads , — — her daughter — " ™ — ~ —^ parents to run away endeavour from to home set , a while godly in examp the le oth to er their the

    children . The story seems to be built upon fact and its incidents are vividly drawn . From MessrsMar snail Japp & Co . — * Labour

    . would ancl Victory Learn : . a Book By Alexander of Examples H . for Japp those , LL - . who D ., 4 F ^» . W K ^ fc ^ . S » N . ^ . ¦ R - ¦ • , W tmm F . m R ^ b . ^ Gr » ^^» . S »^ l ^ . W ^ A ^* m reprint ^ m ¦** k ^ - ^ ^ ^ — ^ of -mm ^~ biograp r ~ - — -w ^^^ — — — j— hical — — —

    appeared sketches , many in sundry of which monthl have y , the magazines author . tells The us , Thomas subjects are Edward Sir James ( the Scottish Outram , naturalist Bishop Selwy ) Sir n ,

    Titus Salt , Thomas Davidson ( a young Scottish , preacher ) , William Ellis the missionary , Sir James Simpson convert from , and Judaism Friedrich to Christianity Albreeht . Auguste The book , a

    tage ¦ will interest find a place youn in g readers the libraries , and mi of g working ht with advan men ' - s clubs ttluhs and and institute institutesswhere -where the the lives lives of or the the toilers toilers

    and moilers to whom , , the world owes so much g often iven in find the appreciative cases of Outram students and . Selwy Portraits n , and are tne it

    would book uronlri if have havft in each added adder case ! materiall Tnafcriallv the face y tto o tJi the of e the interest interest subject of or the of the biography had been pictured for the reader ' s

    benefit . From Malvern Malvern Mr . Chase Cha William . se : : an an . JSmsode Worth Episode , ot o of f the the Tewkesbury Wars Wars of ot . tne the

    —Koses Pendock biograp and hy . the A Edite volume Battle d by of of W Tewkesbury . S . S great ymonds . interest 1 , Eector n Auto not of

    onl with wnu y as events dvouu . a piece ] which wnii of historical must xxiu . 0 very 0 ever ovci portraiture have uavo a t * dealing special w ^ , of

    attraction MSS the literary . here for re workmanshi produced Englishmen being p , of but earlier onl as y modernised a day specimen s , the to the o in ld

    spelling flnfillincr m in order nrrtar to tn make irmicfi them t . hfiTn inteliigi intftUiffible ble to i ^ us general — some __ .- __ reader valuable - _ __ .. . - _ . . _ In anti . _ the — quarian j ^ — footnotes _ — notes the which author exp— g lain ives

    Fro any Bible m obsolete S . W or . the Partridge words Scri in the & s in text Co the . — . ' Li Hours ht of with Modern the j Discovery ; , and Knowled pture gefrom Creation g to tne

    Third Patr tv > a- i archs edition l . ' , By no The C /^ i unn populari i , ngham i ~ ~ - ty _ of Geikie i ^*^\» this of lri * i , Canter worfc D IJ . - ^ - , 1 which is dedicated to the Archbishop iSJLkUlOUUfJ

    bury W e ftxflmination xamination 111 CU , IB will U . CU . be of of lCJltOU its its easil LiU contents conten y LUtJ exp ts XXS lained , for for it it sets sets by a forth torui * " careful — m m .

    readable and , attractive form , a vast amount o in interesting teresting information lniormacion as as ix to > the uue early ea-nj m history »^ -j ^

    the books of reading Bible of , . the and The Bible gives lig b ht us the thrown modern result upon research of a the wide opening and rango itf

    I I tho investigations of y recent critics , ^^^ it A ^^

    134 The Pablishers 1 Circular Feb. 15, I...

    134 The Pablishers Circular Feb . 15 , i 88 i

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1881, page 134, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021881/page/10/