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    Index to the Books published between February 1 and 14. The Words in Italics are those under which the THtles are given Alphabetically in full, with the Publisher's Name. i

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    Agnus Dei, Newbolt (W. C. E.) Is.

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    I — |— _ J a somewhat sentimental young- man , who l ? as an adoration for the opposite sex , and sighs

    for romantic adventure , is alone in a cab . He has just parted from a friend , and the cabman I is < b » va ^ abo « mi w ^ -v ^ u « - ^ t W to V ^^ >> start _ ' V «« W »• on X ^ ¦» ¦* * his - » > a ¦»* way « * * " *_/ ag 3 " ^ ain , when — — ^ " ——

    suddenly the door is pulled open , and a woman precipitates herself into the vehicle . She imp bV Bt 4 lor -ft es vr »^ Maxime i bV bV to Vth ^^ k otect IV her bt to save m , i her

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    away awav . . Here TTfir ** , then thfin , is is ad adv vfintnrfi enture enoug enough h for for the the most sentimental-minded of young men ; but matters soon become even still more exciting ,

    for presently we find Maxime the secret witness of a fearful murder that the woman unwillingly commi hr » A 4 » b » a » •** ts « -Vhw . V Round LW aw ^ b ¦ m this b rr . ^ b 9 crime b-. » . h kK ¦ k and V r ' » - its » — i - ultimate ¦ h * *» " - » ^¦ •¦ » r ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ . ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^ *^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^* ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^"

    elucidation the chief interest of the storyadmirably sustained throughout—centres . In The Cat ' s Eye Ring- ' M . du Boisgobey has

    written a most thrilling romance , which fully sustains master of his senssitional previous fiction high . reputation ~ Ht . as ~ a

    From Messrs . Smith ., Elder & Co . — « Poems , ' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning . The small and

    neat edition now before us is printed with the approval of Robert Browning , who supplies a d ^» S ^ e ^ h ^ ep ^ t a ^ W *^ l ^^ y * interesting ^^ ~ ~ ^ J ^ m ^ ^ L ^_^ ¦ **¦ ' ^^ i ^ ^ k ^ ^ bk introductory M » ^ ^ L ^^ i ^ k ^^ ^ toi ^ T T . ^^ ^^ ^ , ^ J ^ Y ^ nore ^ -J * ^^^ ^ ^** ' , corrupting ^ h ^ ^^^ ^ - ^ ^^ f ^^^ ^^ ^» ^ - ^^ V ^ h

    some of the statements written by Mr . John H . Ingram . The corrections , to ordinary readers , ¦ ^ a k ^ V re ^ ~| |~ not ^—i ^ n - ^^ - ^ m v * e —| — r « y ^ im i ^ . ^^^ ta ^» p ¦ fe ^ V ort ~ n ~ ^ K ^ h' ^ a ^^ W ¦ ^ nt ^ 4 ^ ^ k ^ ¦ , « but I ^ bi ^ ^^ i it ^^ ^ k ^ was V V ^ L ^^ V ^^^ essential ^^ ~ i f rg C ^ bb ^ ^^^^^ ^ h * ^^ ^^^^ ^^

    that they should have been made by the highest responsible authority . From Messrs"Walter Smith . & Innea . —We have

    . had several important works lately on the subject of the choice of books . Less ambitious than others Vk is that entitled b ' Parish Lending

    ^ h- * ^& ^ ^ L ^^ ^ k ^^ ^^^ T ^ ^ h ^ ^ b ^^ ^ ^ , ' ^ h ^^^^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ - ^ f ¦^ v' ^ k ^^ ^ b ^ b ^ BT ^ ^^ ^ b " ^^ ^~ ^ k ^ B ^ k . ^ L ^^ BTi ^^ ^^ M _^ ^^>^^ bb ^^ 1 ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^*^^> ^^ i ^ ^* ^^^ Libraries : How to manage and keep them up , ' by Caroline M . Hallett . A simple and sensible ¦ book ^ k-r ^~^ ^_^ ^ of ^*^ «^ this «^ ^ ^ . ^ * k _^ ^ nature ^ ^ . w ^^ i ^^ . ^ ^_^ oug v ^ ^^ - ^ « avk ht ^ ^ ^ to ^ ^^ be ** -r ^^^ of ^^ . ^ h _ * service kB ^ ^ . ^^ v ^ l ^^ ^^^ . « The » b ^ - ~ ^^ r

    advice the author gives is to the point , and shows experience in the work referred to . An improvement miht be made in the list of books

    B » 4 ^ - ^ K . *^ | l I ^^ ^ B' * ' ^ h-B ^^ BW ^ b ^«^ ^^—B ^ ^ T iB ^^^ b . ^^ iB ^ g ^^^^ ^ b i 4 ^ b' V ^ . ^ ^ k ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^^ ~ ^ h ^ ^* ^ V B ^ k . ^^ ^^ kB' i ^ h ^ V- ^ ' ^^ ^__^ ^^ *^^^ — ~ ^^^ ^ k ^ * k _ ¥ , K volumes of a more robust character being in some cases preferable to the weak fiction which ¦ gets ^ Bj ^_ ~| » ^ L ^ ^^_ V ^ a k ^ - ^ Br ¦ ¦ p r lace «» ¦! ^ ^ ^ ~| ~ . V This ^ ' ^^ fh . 4 * ^ ^ , a however . ^ ^ ^ k ^ ^ V ^ h ^ v ¦ ~ ^ , M may ^* ^ k _^^ ^ k ^^ V f be ^ B ^^ ^ k . ^ ^ a k ^ V matter * . ^ ^ i ^> W ^ kS ^^ ^ ^ ^

    of opinion , we only hope that the volume before us will encourage good management in the selection and distribution of parish library

    books .

    From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co .- ~ The i herents Science in of this Mind country has of ; the late . r-kJ German -f gained s have many long rad *^ - J ¦ been 1 _ imbued T _ J 3 with * ^ l ^ , its £ ± . * m abstract - * V ^^ . ^ . **«« . 'm ~* -m ^ X •* - * . ^* i Wvl les S * C % I Little . ^ 41 **> .

    princip . . need be said of ' A Student ' s Manual of Psyehology , ' by E . D . Drought , which is a transition , i or rather an adaptationof FKirchner ' s '

    Kate-, . chismus der Psychblogie . ' The manual , as the __ author somewhat needlessl and y remarks , is to intended

    for fr > r e d rluc no . a a . ted tftrl persons -nftrsohs . , and the ettort effort to make make it it popu or less lar successful without being Whether superfici the a stud l has y of been psycho more

    logy will , or can , ever become what is called * popular ' is more than doubtful , but those who

    master mastfir selves richer this this volume vol in knowled wi will ll certainly certainlv ge and stronger find find them tnem in - - | I mental vigour .

    From Messrs . Vizetelly & Co . —Readers who are -- / partial nartial to to sensational sensational fiction faction of or the the murder murder and ana

    astute detective type . are sure to be much , nleaspi leased d with with a a si s 1 ory orv bv by W W . . Busnach Busnacn and ana H H ..

    p Chabrillat , entitled ' Lecoq the Detective ' s Daughter . ' It deals with the Characters and i inoirlpnts incidents common nnmTnon to to such such stories stories ; : but but these these I '

    w have ^ ay as been to make arranged the narrative and described highly absorbing in such a ; i and and effective effective . . As As usu usual al the the tale tale is is one one of ot crime crime ;;

    in this case the celebrated detectiver M . Lecoq , having been found murdered in his" room , the daughter vows to discover the perpetrator of

    the deed , and the succeeding chapters are | worked out on the basis thus indicated . As a guard against possible nihtmare we would

    CD X . g ^ suggest ^ that future stories of this kind be | labelled ' Not to be taken at bedtime . '

    ¦ \ From the same . —The latest volumes of the very excellent Mermaid Seriescomprising the best j

    t ; A ^ t » llV / llU JJ- * . V * A I * I C * X . V-4 . - t ^/ V ^ -I . » V * -J , } Vy \_/ JLJ _ l % - ** - AUlilg MJM . A V ^ *~ r *** >~ r w | plays of the old masters , are devoted respec- I I I tively ^^_ ^^ V ^ M ^^ W to ^ k ^ ^ | ^ the ^ k ^ ^^ ^ B ^* , ^ works V W » ¦* ^^ b ^^^^ Bi ¦^ k ^ ' of ^ k . ^^ ^ B ^ Thomas . ( ki ^ b- ^^ V ^ b ^ ' ^^ k ^^^ r ^^ b ^ Q * - ^ m - ^^^ ^ Dekker B ^ P ^^^ | ~| ~ ^^^^ ^^^^ h ^ B ^^ ^^^ ^ and ^^^ V ^ . ^^ ^ ki ^*^^ James ^ kj ^^ — — —~^^^^ " ^^ m ^^ - ^ — ^ I ^

    Shirle } ' . Introductions have been supplied by Mr . Ernest Rhys and Mr . Edmund Gosse , the latter writing upon Shirley .

    From Messrs . "Ward , Lock & Co . —Carlyle ' s 1 * French ^ b ^ . ^ ^^^ .. « ^ mt ^ b ^ a » ^ Revolution b ^ ^* vy » ^ mr ^ ^ . ^ ^^ a ^^ - m m , m ' comp - ^^ v ^ ^^ . m » ^ lete ^ ^ k ^ » ^— ' unabrid ^^ ^ - ~ ^^ b # ^^* - ^ ^ ^~^ ged r ^ ^^^ —* ^"

    edition . With great promptitude Messrs . Ward & Lock offer us the great modern epic in one compact volume of not too small BK print Mkth .

    « V S ^ Bh ~ ~ ^ K ^ ^ h- ' ^^^ ^ k ^ ^ ^ k - ¦» ¦ B / ^ rf « F — ^ B > — V ^^^ ^& ^»> V ^ ^ * ~* j i - * m . ^ ** ^ k > rf « — — ^~ ^^^ — | — ^_^ . k ^^ ^ h _^^^ Bl ^ , 9 ^» ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^_^ q ^ ^ ^ It is furnished with an index . i

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    j I ? 2 The Publishers' Circular Feb . x $ i * 8 ? 8 I ^¦¦¦¦ MMi ^^ WM ^ WMaMMWM ^ WBiM ^ i ^^ MMB ^^ MaMWiWMBMWWMWMMW ^^ M ^ M ^ MI ^ MM ^^^ i ^ i ^^""^^^^^^"'^^^""^***^*^* ' ** ' ^ 1 ^^***^ " ****^ " ''^^ ' *^ ' ^^ " ^ " * ' ^ ^ ^^ "' ^^^^* ' ^^^^**"""^^^ " ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' ¦"' . ¦ - *¦"'¦" ' -- - - ~ -. ^^^^

    Index To The Books Published Between February 1 And 14. The Words In Italics Are Those Under Which The Thtles Are Given Alphabetically In Full, With The Publisher's Name. I

    Index to the Books published between February 1 and 14 . The Words in Italics are those under which the THtles are given Alphabetically in full , with the Publisher ' s Name . i

    Agnus Dei, Newbolt (W. C. E.) Is.

    Agnus Dei , Newbolt ( W . C . E . ) Is .

    Algerian Slave , Seguin ( L . G . ) 6 s . Almanack Rovcing , for lbf 8 , Is . Amazon Provinces of Peru , Gu ill a time ( H ) 3 * . 6 d .

    Ambulance Pupil , 2 nd edit . 6 d Anabasis . Xenophon , Book I , ch . 1- ** . by Wells , la . 6 d . Analysis , Organic , Pnscotl ( A . B . j 25 s .

    Anatomy of the Domesticited- Animals , AfrFadyean , 8 s . Ancient World and Christianit 3 \ Pretseme ( K . ) 5 » s . Andamanese Languages , Port man (\ f . V . ) 10 * . 6 * 1 .

    Antrim , Book of , lias sett ( Gk H . ) 3 s . 6 d . < fc 2 * . 6 il . Arrian , Selections by Bond , Is . 6 d . At Evening Time it ahall be Light , LauriUon ( L . ) 3 s . 6 d .

    Australian Ballads and Rhymes , Is . Bacchanals , Euripides , translated . Is . 4 fe Ballads ¦ , l of Books , Lang ( Andrew ) 6 s . _ .

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    Baronetage , Knightage , dec , Drbre / t , 1888 , lfis .

    Beatitudes , Ridgetcay , Mountain of Blessedness , 2 s . Cd . i Because , Blackburn { Helen ) 6 d . Bee Farm , Si mm ins ( S . ) 7 s . Cd . & 3 s . « d .

    Beyond the Shadow , & c , Poom , Sterne ( S . ) 5 a . Birthday Book , Faber , ? s . 6 d . Birthday Text-Book , Shaksp ~« re , ( i d .

    Blind , Work for , dimming ( CoiiaUnce F . G . ) Is . 6 d . Book Buyer , vol . 4 , 10 s . 6 d . Book-keeping , Examination Papers , Key , Thornton , 28 .

    Boy makes the Man , Adams ( W . H . T > . ) new edit . Is . 6 d . Bradlaugh , Life byX 3 . JEL Mackay , His . 6 d . Bric-a-Brao , Goiter ( Lord Ronald ) 15 s .

    Bride of a Day , BoUgobey , 2 s . Builders & . Contractors' Price-Book , Lockwood , 1883 , 4 s & 3 s . 6 d .

    Burma , Coming of the Great Queen , Browne ( E . C . ) 12 s . 6 d .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1888, page 172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021888/page/18/