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    g of Errors / . ' Much . Ado about , Nothing / and y * Love ' s Labour ' s Lost . '

    From Messrs . W . Collins , Sons , & Co . ( Limited ) . — Scott ^ / ^ s > ^ ^ r « v '* s ^ i ' Lad ^ ¦ - — m — m - v » y » bbbb of ~* -r - ^ the bv _& b ^ Lake - ^ . * i » •¦¦ * ** * / which w bv » » »*¦ —» 0 has — — — — ¦» been — — — ¦ ¦ ¦ ^) ' ^^ .

    added to Collins ^ ' English ^ ^ Classics * , contains a map of the romance-country , a biographical sketch , and « v ~ ~ ^»^» 9 an **^ ^ . bV introduction A . ^ - b ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ b ^ ^^^ ^^ " ^ m *^^ n " ¦ . v The ^^^ ^ f ep ^ ^^^ latter . ^ ^ w ^^ «* ^^ ^^ speaks ^^ w ~ ^^ *^~™^» of ^^ *^ the ** " —

    period and place of the poem , and offers an outline of the story . A copious supply of notes is appended , but in some cases they are

    somewh what at crude r » rnHA . The Thfi book Vinolr , . hnwftvpr however . , should should give filive thorough satisfaction to teachers . FroMessrsThomas YCrowell & Co ( New

    X 1 UU m 1 XaODDlO . . J . J-L \ JJLLXO ) O J . . m VI U W Cll V */ VV . . ^ XlWTf York ) . —The range of didactic study shown by ¦ Dr »¦ 1 ^ ^ b . « Georg ^^ " ^^ ^ . ^ ^ h fc ^ h Brandes ^™ ^ « k «^ ^— ^^^ ^^ 1 ^^ in ^ ^ 4 b ' his ^ & >^ ' « Eminent ^^^^ ^ ^ M A » ^ ^^^ hi ^ «^ ^ Authors ^ ^^ WH ^^ ^»^ ^^ tf ^ ^^^ of - ^^ ^

    the Nineteenth Century' is considerable , but it is not likely to attract the sympathy of ordinary English readers . We do not doubthowever

    that the edition translated from the ori , ginal by , Mr . Rasmus B . Anderson , and published by Messrs . Crowellwill meet with much

    apprecia-^ tion ^^ v ^** W ^^ *^ V ^ w from M *^^ V ^ h ^ ' ^^ serious ^ a ^ W v ^ fc" <^» - ^ , M v students ^ 4 ^ <^»^^ B ^ B ^ K ^ ^^ . ^ k ^^ ^^ , for W V tfK ^^ ^ in K ^ V ^ K every ^ fc ^ K ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ respect ^^ f ^ | V B ^^ ^^ V ^^ T ^^^ ^ ^ to it ^ V is a good book ; a wise and thoughtful book in which freshness and truth predominate . Dr .

    Brandes himself declared that his essays were carefully treated literary portraits : men having sat for them , with whom the author had been

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    Stuart Mill , whose works Dr . Brandes in early days had endeavoured to make known in his fatherland . The description of the philosopher will - ~ be read i with Bk ¦¦ avidity 4 bi badmirers of his

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    the of y excellent views of portraits Hegel . , The and volume is otherwise contains creditabl a group y produced .

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    collection of songs suiting the requirements of children in elementary schools . The choice has been successful in supplying interest and tunefulness .

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    in Mental Arithmetic / to which he has also added numerous rules , hints , and helps . The book is published as one of the ' Head Teachers '

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1887, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021887/page/14/