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    , eoergy , successively punctuation , treated precis . , essay The , little controversy work bears , & c m , arks are for in alone

    references of considerable are research made to , Macaulay one Lord page

    Melbourne Gibbon , Motley , and Oliver , Wendell Holmes , and study is made interesting by extracts

    from well ; -known writers . This is an immense adranc « upon the old plan of manufacturing

    examples of error . From Messrs . Houlston & Sons . — ' Tenant Right of istles

    from in Tippe Tague rary OTlanni : being a gan Seri , es Balliuamuc Humorous k , to Ep Mike CollinsKenfrewshire . ' New and enlarged edition .

    The object , of this curious but effective volume is to paint the Home Rulers in their true colours , and to exhibitwith all the grotesqueness of

    absolute fidelity , to the life , the manners and customs of the Romish peasantry and their priest * . The letters , which were originally pub *

    lished in the Renfrewshire Gazette , are well worthy of the reprint which is here given to them . From Messrs . I * ee & Shepard , Boston . —

    'Handbook of Synonyms and Prepositions / by L . J . Campbell . In size , this is a handy little 32 mo . which will scarcely cumber a waistcoat-pocket .

    It it chiefly a dictionary of synonyms , followed by i list of prepositions , compared and discriminated . At the end is a vocabulary of Latin , French , & c .

    phrases with their meanings . The number of worJf dealt with appears to be 40 , 000 . Ram Mr . P . LeypoldtNew York— ' Books for

    , . I « U Time / Reading Diary . ' Two capital little I I of handbooks the highest . * Books literature for of all the Time world ' gives in 70 a survey or 80

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    ¦ I Bimed . The immense area from which these H « fragments " -smoouj are are taken laten makes malLdfl them them a a treasure treasure , and and

    «? en to an inveterate reader they will be suggestive , « or U > further O 4 ioet is exploration list of the . At the end of the major

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    I - whSI « ri ^ * a double . llnk ? tiD sd £ claim ^ rtw ^ that ars the reader of of Dutch ' s attention history and .

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    I p : 5 % town fcJ ^ £ J L ^ ^ L « ^ of " n } wuon * comes chronicles from French and chiefly city and v archives Eng derived derived lish ;

    sources . The author ' s residence in Holland has given him especial opportunities of noting

    national will ive peculiari an idea ties of . the The readable following nature extract of the book g : — I

    are In enclosed England in , ta envelopes x-papers relating before being to one delivered ' s private ; but affairs in and Holland comment all are upon left open . Instead for servants of the collector and others calling to read at

    or the the send hou hou it « c to to to recei recei the collector ve ve the the money monev ' s office , . the the , where tax tax--payer oaver a messenger has ha * to to take take is often comes vvii 49 kept to be wai attended WWUU ting * ^^ for A to one or two hoars , until his turn

    Ww ^ m * r ^ s % m v ^ F . # somewhat The Dutch novel mode , though of , collecting there may taxes be persons in arrear who is think also I I it mv offers vudio a tm useful u If iu soggestion ouggcowvii to ku oar vui Chancellor vuauvuuvi of v /» . the wuv

    E is xchequer not sen . , the , after authorities the notice place has been one given or two , the hungry money def militiamen U 1111 ault I / 1 IUUCU * in U the VUC UVUOV house , to XAJ b UO e l IVfU odged ^^ TA at At the WLJC expense OA | ICUBV V of * the llUV

    heard of er an , until instance the amount in which of two the of tax these is members paid . I of have the city nt guard of were placed from in th his e house lacking of a the person true who irit from of

    refused h wa ospitality to means remain , gave , , them or and left so little the place to eat to and escape drink observation that sp they . I I From the same . — ¦ Thh Siberia / bH . Lansdell . rougy

    Two handsome octavo volumes , in a symbolic cover , with numerous bright illustrations derived from the author ' s photographs . The contents are

    as follows : Across Europe ; The Urals to Tinmen ; The Exiles ; Siberian prisons ; The Obi ; Tobolsk ; Tomsk ; Siberian posting 4 k ^»; Barnaul ;

    The Siberian Church ; The Yenesei ; A gold mine ; Alexandreffsky ; Central prison ; City on fire ; Irkutsk ; The Lewa ; Lake Baikal ; Siberian

    frontier ; Mongolian frontier ; The Buriats ; ^ silver Siberian ^ ^ b w w vr ^ v (? m V ) J political mines ^ m ^ f ^ w ^ a ^ ^^ vmm ; m ^ Kara m ^ pri ^ m ^^^^ ^ soners t ^ penal ^ v ^^ ^ a ^^ m ; ^^ Silver colony ^ r - ^ ^ m - ^ — ¦ — ^ w and and - ^ ' ^ mines — quick ^^^ —• — — - ^ ^^ * ; v

    The Shilka ; The Amur , Lower , Middle , and Upper ; Manchurian frontier ; Sea-coast provinces ; Nicolaefsk ; Kamchatka ; Lake Khanka

    to the coast ; V 1 adivostock 7 ; Russian W s afloat . In order to show how attractively the book is written w » ¦ w » ^ r ^ ^^ ^^ m , we ww ¦ ^^ will w w ^ ^ m ^ m g ^ p % ive ? ^^ one ^^ ^^ ^* or ^^ " ^ two ^ »» ^ r ^ short ^ ¦ ^^^ - * r ¦¦ ^ - ^ extracts - ^ ¦ — ^ " —^ - ^ ^*^^ ^ . I

    The first deals with the chains which prisoners have to bear . It appears that in Finland , chains of extra weight are used , on account of fear of rescue .

    the conveyance being a farmer ' s cart : — In Bossia no such chains exist . The heaviest of tbe formerly Russian irons used are in England about the if weight , I judge imagine from m & vu , * of tbe mmv those pair ¦

    ll / liucii / «« ovtj iu jvu ( ju > uu , ( J & one vun may nmmj juu ^ v j called sity in ' Newgate Jack Sheppard . Moreover ' s irons , if / which report are be kept true , as there a curio is a - |( good VUU UOU deal \ of IK UUblU hocus pocus | WVUO UVUUCVWU connected with nibU KM Siberian * m * . * ' * MJ- fetters ivvwi . .

    visiting I o beard ne of that his prisons a certain , was governor moved of with a province compassion , on , and nuu ordered vtuvicu th i > uat » v the nno liUBiuo chains should auuuw lbe » o struck d ^ uwk off vu . the wuw led and kicked them off

    wit prison h such ers ; alacrity upon which as to they leave wrigg no doubt on his mind that Excellency they had been ' s visit donned . as uniform in which to receive his

    It would appear that even on the borders of China go < d to a is not always to be had : — trial To s < Over e the the tea fire served bang and have large to drink iron it , was pot no full ! small of a

    which bubbling ilUU . , our V / TOI liquid fai r hostess covered U 1 Q u « 41 filled *| $ with a and »** scum » B » refilled 3 open U . | n 3 U In and li this vu emptied J was « # « * . a *»» ladle back v »« . v , into liiiiu the tiiio pot ( juu . . Then xuou , , nui scraping « i ; iuk ured the hud it scum duuiii into away a » na »^ and , , o she » o ffava took vwm ^ a

    to ladleful drink . of We the deco were ction told , It po was tea flavoured cups with salt . us I o thought nly Lope matter it was for nothing urprise w if orse afte ; but tasting it will it hardl I bad y a be n

    accident VUUUKI 1 W , UWllOl upset the tvt beverage BUI s |; iura , and *¦ , , ItJl declined Udr * vawvuigg a » Mx > , , nd cup u «« u . Here are some dinner-table customs from the Steppoe : —

    .. The .. A sbee staple p goes dish to of pot the immediately Mongol Court on is being boiled killed mutton , and .. w W 1 hen JUU the VIMO m UMVt eat > l > is 19 cooked UWmwIb it is Ml lifte J 1 AI / CU d out UUl of t # « tbe l > uv hot uvw water nwv ^ a . all , and to th

    and Each ha man nded takes , a dripping large lump on his steaming lap , or , any convenient e guest * . support ¦ uf # | HMi « , nuu and then vu & u cuts vuw wajl off u lit «> : le ro pieces j / reserved ivwd , , which nuiv for he uv the tosses »»¦»"

    int of honou o nis r mouth , and , . as The a mar best k of piece special Is attention , is frequentlj guest put into his mouth by tbe greasy fingers of tbe host .

    At the end of Mr . Lan » deU * B book , reference is I made to statements about Russian matters which II are circulated by the press in England . We are II

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1882, page 149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021882/page/13/