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    From Mr. John Murray.—The Laws Of Copyri...

    Wiesbaden , ' 'Extract from a , Letter of M . Delisle on ^ P * ^ P *^ P * th S ^ P ^ " ^ e ^ fe ^ acquisition ^ h ^ f ^^^ ^_ PB **^ p 4 P ^^ ' ^ ^^^ ^ P ^ fe ^ ^ K ^^ B of ^^^ ^ P" a ^^ V MP Pari ^^ " ^¦•^^™ ^^» ^ " ' sian * ^™ ™ w ~ ^ ¦ musical — ^ " —~ ~ - — ~— ™ MS ¦ . ~~ by » the

    Bibliotheque Nationdle * news from various libraries , new bibliographic publications , & c , & c . A publication fc such -w as tha Centralblatt r w w » - »¦» - fur — — # * Bibliotheks >¦ — _ — _ - _ - - - — - ^^^ m ^ p ^ " ^ p » ^^^^ p ^ ^ k ^ B r ^ ^ p ^^^ k ^^ ws * r ¦ » ir ^ pp *^ ^ . ^ » h * pv ^ **** ^ ^—^ ^

    wesen cannot fail to attract a warm interest in a country like Germany , where bibliographers are not » such PV pj ab « PB rarcB w aves - as i wi v th us —» and ~ wh ~ - ere booksellers p ¦ ^^^» ^ p ™ ^ pp * ^*¦ ~ ^ ' ^ r ^^^^ ^ p «^ ^ v ^ ^ pr ¦ ^ " * ^^ ^ p *^™ ^^^ r , ^ pj " ^ — —

    are not unfrequently learned men . We wish Mr . Harrassowitz ' s periodical every success . From Mr . Hetherington . — ' Hetherington ' s

    Handbook for Intending Emigrants . ' A practical volume full of interesting and useful details as to the rospects of emigrants to Australia and New

    Zeala p , supplying them with a brief history of each colony , an exhaustive description of the country and its natural featureshints as to the

    voyage and the best means of proce , eding on arrival . at the ports , and some account of the local institutions and government . A book like this ought

    to find a place in every parish library and workingmen ' s club for purposes of reference . Prom Mr . J " oh . n He ? wood . — 'The Child ' s Bible

    . Expositor IPBpV ^ P . ^ / ¦ by S . ^ b . ^ . El k * -- ~^_ . Scholes _ A *^_ . A sixth a d editi ^ d A ^ on of a very useful littl © book , in which the whole of the chief facts of the Bible history of the Old

    and New Testaments are put into catechetical form , the answers as well as the questions being given . Any intelligent child who masters a few

    pages of this little manual day by day will be able to stand a very fair examination in practical divinity .

    From Messrs . Letts , Son , & Co . — Xetts ' s Map of the Soudan . ' An invaluable companion for

    the newspaper reader at the present moment . The map shows on a large scale the whole of the — Soud - anwith - - - ^ th - e — Nile - — - ¦ - R m- ed -- m Sea v « west - ~ VP coast -- % « # V , , —^^ —™— * ^^ — , ^^ _ ' — — *^ ^ ^ f

    of Arabia , and Abyssinia , and , when folded up , is inclosed in a neat cloth case which will fit into the pocket . The same publishers send

    u of Eng the fi la rs nd t s ect giv io ing n of fou their r m a P p opular s for a Count shilli ng Atl , the as size of each being 17 inches by 14 inches . Four

    of the home counties are included in Part I . The railway stations are all marked up to date ; the roads are distinguished —¦ ¦— by i colourthose which .

    are best fitted ^ for y — — " travelling ^ - ~ - ' " ^^ ^ - * ** - * > - ^ being * , m ^ p ^ ^ ^ ^^ i ^^ special ^ t ^ v » ^ b ^ m ^^^ l y »^ marked ; and the mountains and hills aro similarly indicated , with distinguishing shades for

    dangerous hills . Among the other features of this very cheap and handy work , we may note that the distances of all towns from London are

    shown , parishes with churches aro printed in a particular type , lifeboat stations and coastguard stations are notedand manother int iPkH eresting and

    useful points — - —— aro — , -m included — — ™ — — — v * ~ m -m- . y j ^^ The - » , p * »> - —^ pk «¦ atlas ^ "W ^ p # ^^ t ^^^ pbpT is m' ^ ^ L Ji l ^ ph to d ^ pK bo ^ ^^^ completed in twelve monthly parts , and it should find a place in every household .

    From Messrs . Crosby Lock wood & Co . — ' Farm Buildings , with Plans and Estimates , ' by John Scott . In — this — — — - f— new ' » volume v - » - ^^ — - ^ - ^ — - ^ ^^ of ^ p- «¦ Wealo v - ^^ ¦ * 'w «^ *^ ' s ^ Kudimont T ^>^ X JJL M j - ^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^| . ^ _^

    ary Series , Professor Scott gives us a practical treatise on the buildings necessary for farms of various extents and on the plans for their construction / iuvuJVll thus adding < l fourth LH volume to LU the

    m 4 . , , lAJCLO « A * aV 4 . 11 Jf ^ a JLUUI VV 1 UIUO LUC to to Farm which wnion Eng wo wo ineering have liave al already readvc Text give - - ivo Books n n favourable favourable ' from his notice noHm pen . ,

    The aim of the author is to meet the wants of agriculturists and agricultural students mther

    than of profeHBional architects nnd buil < lersa 2 id to to this tnis end end ho no writes writes with with the the utmost utmost nhiinnf lainness , > ss .

    and introduces diagrams and plans which p will , enable his readers personally to act on many of m

    — -1 farm his directions er under . the The moder changed n methods requirements of aeTiVnU of tK

    are all carefully considered , and the use of JJ larger buildings variety is not forgotten of materials Professor available for fa

    no parb of his subject untouched . , for Scot while t \ i ^ th 8 described buildings and he sheds det for cattle arid grain are full

    mi farmers scellaneous ' o , wn bui dwe l vo llings dings es . and equal Plans to , attenti the estimates cottage on , to forma an th

    of or tender tender , , tables tables- - ot of measurement measurement , , and anrl conditions h ^ Jauof contract are provided , and there are illustrations . numerous

    From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —* Addison' bv W . J . Courthope . A new volume of MrJohn

    Morley ' s series , 'English Men of Letters . / and probabl X y •/ no author past X or present . t ~ — - —~ w ever w f i / A came V 41 letlundthe title UQ

    m no tiall o t re onl y comp a an man author e of y let and ters er ; a and journ althoug alist . Addison , but has essen Mr was - ,

    uourrnope Courthope says says , , th tnere ere is is scarcely scarcelv any anv contem eonW - porary record remaining of his real life and characterhis supremacy in this particul r" —— — — *»— ar 1- « A cannot VHM

    , J ^ ^ v * l'J | j be Johnson denied ' s . pan egyri . Courthop cthat ' whoever naturall wish y quot es e t s

    g _~ juf , — — w ™ »» ^ pprjka ^ kj vV o attain an Eng ^ lish style , familiar but not coarse and eleg f J ant but no _ _ t _ os _ ten __ . t _ ations — , mus ___ - _ ¦•• pw t ^ give fc ^ « v ^ his A 4 AW ,

    days and nights to the volumes of Addison ' , and then he adds Maeaulay ' s still higher eulogy , pronounced in speaking of Addison —~™ " ' s statue in

    J — H ^ - ^ P—P » ' ™ ^""^ ' ^^ ""^¦ ""^ ¦ »^ » P ^ P ¦ » « p » ^ pT Westminster ^ W ^ pT ^ p * . Pi . Abb A * < P » ey . Thus ^^ w ^» ^ fortified ^ A ^ ^ , our author ^^ proceeds to write an extremely entertaining sketch of society m in Addison ' s - time - - ~— and of h his

    — — — — , — — — -r ^ m ^^ ^^^ pp ^ ^ pr influence on out national literature , basing much of what he sets before us upon the evidence supplied by the pages of the Spectator ,

    Working in the midst of such surroundings , it was , Mr . Courthope urges , the task of the men of letters , as well as of the statesmenof the earipart of

    , y the 18 th century , ' to lay the foundations of sound opinion among the people at large ; to ¦ prove ^ ^^ " ^ ^^ th ^ ^» ^ at *¦ '' ^ p- r " ^ ec ^» ^*^ oncili *^ .. r ^ ^ i * ^ pp > . p- p a ^ pv ti vp jp > on \^ ipk ^ was m w ^• m * r ^ + possibl r ^ v ^ r ^* ¦ pp '^™ vmr ^» e ^ be ^ t — ween

    principles hitherto exhibited only in mutual antagonism ; to show that under the English constitution monarchy , aristocracy , and democracy cracv might mio-ht all all be be harmonised harmonisedan and d that that hu

    nu-manifcy was not absolutely incompatible , , with admitted religion , , or is m a ora lofty lity ideal with for art / the 2 ? man his , it of mu le ua tter st l be to s , but our author argues that Addison was eq

    p th t . li a e ge task f . nslr as ' th in in e chi f frt ac e t f h Ho ar c describes rl hite < a < cm c t iVma of public him dim on nn opinion another another in introductory the 18 th century chapte . ' rMr Following Courthope the ive interesting us all the

    facts he has been able to collec . t as to the g ' forebears of Joseph Addison , the son , it may be remem oi

    -Lichfi bered bered , , eld o of f , JLancelot Tianrelot who was ilddison Addison himself , a sometime sometime writer o xDean f ean mu ch w » abilityJoseph ' first public ODO CVJf was

    CLKJVilt ^ v . . UViDOjJil s » lliOb J ^ JUJJllO essay ' lished lisbecl * Account in in 1693 160 of S tb . . when wh e Greatest ^ n he ho was was Eng in in li Ins his sh twenty twentV Poets --Becoml , eecu ' W ^ ^

    , year , and , through Dxyden , he soon becam e acquainted with Jacob dtU Tonsonthe famous pur

    lisher > . ju < iijjh > who u « v J in his t ^ turn U XUUDU is credited 11 , , iijvj with *»« introducing •••—— » _ - jii him / ji to to , Congrere ^ . oxjgro , ve and a , nu , the rue leaders leauers of ui the i « " London ¦ " -

    literary 4 Addison / iLUuisun world on on his ins . A Travels JLriiveis lively / anu and chapter then ujc » follows ^ comes v . — tlie on , l

    ment iiiwui period ^ in in discussed a iuuu ffairs rtt of oi in Chapter State oui te . / IV Tho jliio . of power jju ' his vyvja einp of — tflfi o )" ht

    literary it at -political Christopher club Catt was ' then the at pastrycook its heig whose , am

    name was gave a title to the society s , , just as he P vided _•_•»•> tho p . mutton _ _ pies for its members W " * 1 eri _^ a « , 5 ™ IIO

    political Adclison joined arena , the Addison Kit-Kat con Club tinued . Jtini to *^ j + ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1884, page 166, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021884/page/14/