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    ¦ Rj "• ^ T Sesars ^Js Opium — . A Habit...

    inclined to think that most readers of newspapers may usefully peruse this portion of the work

    before us . And there is what may be called alitera Elisabeth r ry section ou Us , in exiles which de f Sibirie Madame w » and Cotti other n ' s ^^^ v w ^^ ^^ v ^ «^ w , w ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ^ ** ^^ *^ , V w * ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^» ^ ^^

    well-known works on Siberia , are examined . "We are shown how much reliance may be placed on their pictures . We will conclude with the

    following words from the preface : — Probably I was the first foreigner ever allowed to go th iiuji rough su | gix the biio Htuci Siberian into prisons ^ band iiouuo that and nuu mines iuuicb . , ., .. A s \ . master uioai / t'i

    wen key t was where put I would my and almost when opened I would every and door on . no I single lied occasion for ii / i at t was moment , admission ' otice refused Statistics , though ; also often

    freely app ui sfrxidi given me a » : juuwcub -but this s a n uuwuv was . * not ouai « so iiiCB writ tuou in were « the ei ; tt ask b ond & for ivi . ' An them iuciu afterthough in iu various Tttuvus t , places f in / iovca Sibe and ituu ria , e they mbo ldened usually me to

    furnished . then and there . All these , , are bucji displayed were were ; uruuiij before '; back the reader . . I have exaggerated nothing—kept nothing

    From Messrs . John Marshall & Co . — ' The Perthshire School Song Book : a Selection of Part Song * in the Tonic Sol-fa Notation . ' This little

    manual , which is compiled by a committee of the Perth branch of the Educational Institute of Scotlandsupplies in the syllabic notationwhich

    the series late of Mr , the . Cur most wen popular did so much English to popularise and , Scotch , a part songsand of some harmonised arrangements

    of national , airs and other melodies . There is scarcely a page in the book which will not attract young singers .

    J ? rom Messrs . O . H . May & Co . — C . H . May & I of Co / dail s Press Manual , provincial 1882 / gives classified lists sub

    • • ' urban vm . - ** im ** y newspapers . j newspapers "V »» B £ >*» YVIU , and , ( ^ IIVTIUVJOI magazines newspapers U ^ IIOUaUCX and reviews D , j OH » - » - , ; with all needful information as to days of

    publii ' supply cation , office many ; publisher further details , & c . The as to advertisements the various journals .

    From Copy Messrs -Book / . by A . & Gustav R . Milne Hein , Aberdeen . In this . - co ' py German -book each exercise consists of a German sentence

    proterbial saying , or precept in the German , the the character space SDace , allowed allowed which is below below to be . . imitated These Th « se . * * copies oon by the «« ' of of pup which whioh il on

    preceded there is one by delineations for each letter of the of separate the alp , habet Germ , are an p letters honeticall , with their iven value English in t Eng ranslations lish letters are ,

    appended to y the g proverbial . sentences . From Mr . Samuel —— ~— - ^™ Palmer ^^™ w- » - ^« ^ m ^ m ^ m . —' Index Bb mm fc to \ the */ a m Times a » » ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^*^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^

    December Newspaper 31 1881 . ' : This Autumn work Quarter will , not October only 1 he to Valuable valuable to to the the compa comrjnratirttl ratively v small * ni « ll number number of of

    far person useful larger s volume who — —— section — keep to w guide a of file the them via of public tlio will ft T imes rwho be , able ^ but 1 with to to save that this f

    when themselve th ~ ey s many _ roac h fruitless ^^ a " ^ - * ^ file - * m ^ in journ ama , any eys of > v > and our ^ m . ^ searches * fc public ^^ •» ' . *• * J institutions . Looked -v ^^ at % \ from another point it

    all supp that lies in has 6 iiminary been —— w ^^ written ,, form JBS M M of . an "V or ' UIIVtllV index discussed A rerum pvlll ¦ in ' the of I to

    what period is technicall which y it termed refers , ' indexing while , an , ' it is beyond iece of all praise . It — ^ interest % our % * HL readers KslK * to loarn fl

    that the ---- price -- « - of may «» a .. sot of tlio ^ ij * j * Index M . < to \ S K , & the t-V ^ Times J VJC * A I Newspaper newspaper / / completo completo in in 82 82 volumes volumes . 4 4 to to . . cloth cloth .

    gold lettered , is £ 61 . Thishowover , would bo , returned tak take e to to supply 8 Ur as > t > ' lv o . th th p © © . / volumes Volumes as Mr . Palmer from from , 1 1 can Jimuary Jnnnnvv onl , y under 1873 lft 7 ! V -

    the price for the 36 volumes being £ 18 . , From Primer Mr . and El . Exercises Pooknell . ' . bv — « Ed " Leg ward ible Po f > eknell Shorthand . Thft

    j ^ author says that ordinary writing and shorthand

    characters The this view characters . should They in be shoul the learnt primer d be almost studied are arranged corcnrrenU and ^ ri iSa ^ ? I I I

    again instantaneousl and again y , committe until they d to can paper be accurate the moment ly and I any anyone one of 01 them tuem is is named named . . Not JNot unti until l then th * n ok houl ^ -u d

    s the learner proceed to the ' Monosyllabic aid progressive the — work - — at exercises the head /— of th this e not secon ice ¦• " » d . portion Mr ftu Poet of

    , - a « . UCi * nel - «_ . II l ' s ^ u ¦ method ^ tfh A L ^ ^^ ^ J is ^ ^ m very ^ ba ^^ ^^^ r ^ happy l ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ k . m m in ^ - its _ A _ combination _ ^ # ^ of simplicity , rapidity , and legibility—even at i subsequent date

    . From Mr . "W . Poole . — 'The Churchman — — — ' s Anm 4 t | l

    and Popular Handbook for 1882 , edited " - * by mufli * the u Rev — -- . H . G . Dickson - . This volume — ___ _ combines - ^ v __^ ^ , B B j V 1 J ' the blip ordiinformation of Church

    nary a calendar and almanac with some of the features which might

    be be look JooKea ed for lor in in a a Church unurcn year vear--book book , . bnt but under nmta the latter head it contains little original matter . All ¦— — appointments J— j ~ to ^ - benefices — - ^ - ^ made — ¦ " ^"" —¦ — — , during ^*^ m ^ tm ^ B w wvflk tie VWaC

    year are classified under their respective dioceses , and there is an obituary of all the clergy nho died during the year , distinguished and undigtin *

    guished . "Whether this space might not haie been mere advantageously filled with statistics of work actualldone in the Church is a matter on

    which some y diiference of opinion may possiblj . exist , and the samo may be said of the space devoted to the text of bills introduced into

    Parliament which never passed , and in some cases even were dropped without discussion . From Putnam ' s SonsNew York . — ' Authors

    , and Authorship , ' by William Shepard . This little volume is the first of a series to be published under the general title of ' The Literary

    . Lif This e , ' is under an exceeding the editorshi ly entertaining p of William book Shepard , aDdif . ul the other numbers of the series are as good they HI

    will readily commend themselves to the cousi-ffl heads deration of of * The a large Literary circle of Life readers / ' The . Charms Under the offfl H

    Rewa Litera rd ture s of , ' * Literature Concerning ' Rejected First Appearance MSS . / ' The iol H

    a Print Crutch / " Literature / < 8 ome Su as ccessful a , ¦ Staff , Books ' and ' / Literature 4 The Sfeamy uB iler has

    Side cdllected menc ment of or of Literature odds oaa from s and ana a great / enas ends and vari ¦ aooui about bo ¦ ¦ ety forth of auuivco authors , sources the comp » and «« an oauthor assort » v-.- - _

    ship which will let in a ¦ good deal of daylight on the personal and professional conditions this iai ^ ¦ ^ " fjV StUM H ¦

    recent turo turo with . . a America The ' great JLne compiler compiler dea n l or of Eng assiduity has nas ¦ lish gieanea cleaned writers , and there of » not «< new - are e ihj " ie > - * B do not receiappreciative mention or funnw M

    apt illustrations ve to the particular themo nnderm discussion . m

    From LorJ ' Modern Messrs LL . Europe D . . New Simpkin / A edition sc , hool ¦ Marshall . history When . a A Bj rood ° Jo ? Z ™ m ¦ school , -book has reached an issue of ^ \ ^" Lj ^ I l

    ¦ onl thousand idn Lord y nonnr ' t s here ) foro its \ fn com i mprimatur state MMoimtnf h that ensive n * the is in and secure onmll new 'fl excellent . edition , ana All ( i wo W ox » * » * ^ « brings its very record down pre to the fall of Napoleon "' B

    ¦ his Ho writes personal fairl fee y an lings d imp to artiall warp y the , and fai never the rness «» o ¦ " ^ B H

    ¦ tas European ji record . uropciin k of even dealin policy policy when g wit 01 of ho h Lord i ^ is ev performing ent x Beaconsfield > s onuw as r ecen - — t ana &* ^_ M

    succession of Mr . Gladstone ¦ to power . From of the Aristocracy essrs . Ward / b , y X One . ook of , & Themselves Co * T ^ , ^ Tbil m

    contents are divided into twenty ^ X ^ ^ B which the headings are : ^ ntieB ^^ J ^^

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    ICO The Publishers Circular Feb „ ^ 1111 "' ' •' ' ' ¦¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ - ** r—— ¦

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1882, page 150, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021882/page/14/