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268 The Publishers' Circular March. ! ,,...
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I at neat the 12 end mo . are volume in effect of nearl ma y i 200 nl pages an indication . The notes of , , y
the meaning of such words as might not be clear to youth of the present day . The chief political allusions are explained . Prefixed to this reader
is a short , account ; of the great Dean , and an enumeration of his principal Jiterary works . As adjuncts to Messrs . Longmans' ' Modern Series '
and to the * Illustrated Headers / we may name — Macaulay ' s ' Warren Hastings , ' by Mr . S . Hales"with notes which include a vocabularyan
introductory , geographical reading book ; a cours , e of simple object lessons for infants , first series , by Mr . W . Hewitt ; and a cheap pocket edition of
Contanseau ' s famous French dictionary . From the same . —' English History Beading Books . ' These readers consist of an English History in
three — - _ - secti - ons , the — — m- ^ r author — - _ _ - of - which W ^^^ M is Mr . S . R . Gurdiner , the Professor of Modern History at I King - _ - b ' s - ^_ - ¦ College —m * . Each ¦ of these little volumes j
_ duodecimos — — g - — of ^ r 200 ^ ~ or 250 — — — ecich — ~ is — illustrated w mm- — —~ ~~ . , Part I . takes English pages history from , b . c . 55 to 1485 of the Christian era ; Part II . comprises
1485 to 1688 ; and Part III . brings the narrative from 1688 to 1880 . From the same . —' Black ' s Riviera . ' Mr . C . B .
Black here presents us with a handbook of the coast from Marseilles to Leghorn , including Carrara , Lucca , Pisa , Pistoja , and Florence .
The inside of the cor or and its adjacent leaf show an index and railway map of France ; there are tinted folding maps of the Rhone and Savoy , with
the passes between France and Italy ; of Marseilles the to Cannes Durance ; environs VarCol of di Toulon Tenda and San Hyeres Remo ; of , , , ;
Nice to Mentone , the Corniehe Jtoad ; the Italian Hiviera ; Cannes and environs . And there are plans - _ - of Florence - ^_ - GenoaLeg _¦ horn mm' Marseilles ¦ mt mt ~^ v mmi h 4 mmmmr
Nice ^_ , and Pisa ^_ - . The — , - whole - _ -w _ - , _ forms ~ — — ^ mmm * — ^ an ^— —mmw- , -m exceeding mwmm mm , ^ mgp ^^ ^^^ ly , ^ . compact 300 ^ m m ~ - " ¦ — volume within - ¦ - of whose » —— — — 6 f - ™ - b covers y 4 ^ inches there ~ mr — — — — imi , is ma an m ~ mmr room d nearl m- for y — — pages v ^^ ~ m ^ r m ^ P ^^^^^ m ^ m ^^^ . ^ .
I j and a concise Florence account , besides of the general notabilia hints of for Genoa travellers , Pisa , , ¦ * and a useful comparative — — w ™^ — — ~~ —mr ~ ~~ r w —m- diagram — ~~ ^~ — r ^^^ v — ^^ ' of ™~ ^ = the ~» " - ^^ ~~ ^^ ^ Fahrenheit " ^^» *^» mm- mm ^ tmm ^ ^ mf ^^ v ^ pw ^ m ^ mm m ^^ ^^ n m ^ r ^
and Reaumur thermometers . From the same . — ' Geographical Reading Books / Standard II . ; ' Physical Geograph / b — y W . J .
i Stewart -f ** A - a . These / 111 * lessons ^ * J are C- intended ? JL y % f ' 4 to % J mak _ e are elementary written facts in the clear simp to l young est manner children mw and . where They i pi
words longer than ~^ ^^ ¦ usual - ~~ »— - ~~ are - ^ - ~ — emp — ~» *» m , —»^ " — — loyed — *^^ mm . , ^ . ^ , >^^ P « th ^ l ^^ B . ey ^ ^ 0 ^ ^ . are ^^ p ^ p ^ ^ ^^^ given at the heads of the lessons divided as in a spelling spelling--book book . . . Leadinc Leading phenomena phenomena oi of nature
naturea glac h as ier waterfalls , a volcano , , waves a river breakin 's bed g , snow on the cry shore stals , , ,
by the the a enect effect ttracti ot of ve wi wi woo nd nd d , . cut & & c c s , , aro of w nlnpful hich laced there bpfni before * are A t tho enoug he e nxrn y h to make the little vrork < ilmost a picture book .
From & Bivington Messrs . S . ampson — "The Low River , Mars Congo ton , , Searle m its , - Mouth te - ISolobo ; with a General Description of
J — ^^ — W ^ ^ ~ ^^ ^^ ^^* jm * the Natural History and Anthropology of its 1 F Western UGS Basin With . ' three 1 / ia I 3 y etchings % II . II . Johnston and over , seventy F . Z . S .,
«« . . > a > w . # ^ s * . " ^— ' . • » » ij «»« , » ^ - ^ x ^ -s * j ^ s * * - ¦ . k— *^ r » w * . a v ^^ v-r f ^» jl . o \ j V J JL 1 V > V 1 other illustrations , and three maps of the Cong-o by the author . Mr . Johnston defines his position
likening in the brief himsel preface f to to the his merchantman entertaining volume following by the p ioneer — - — of science - , just as a negro — C * potentate W ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ »•¦*¦» ^ *™ ^^* f ^^
on Saxon ce deecribed nice as being the eocroachrnents made first by tho of missionary the Anglothen by the merchant - ^ -- and lastly b r h y tho -mmr soldier mr ^ mr t . ,
- — ^ J — — — - — — - , ^ — - — - _^ - _ - - _ ^ g . —^ mm mm * - ^ r mm , ^ m ^ m ^ f ^ ^ ^ m ^ ^ p JS / Lr . Stanley is , in Mr . Johnston ' s view—and tlie position will bo almost universally conceded to
tho dihtinpuished traveller—the great , missionary
of mod knowled estly disclaims ge on the any Congo higher , title and than our th anM , the merchant who has >
world ' 's inspection some samples brought fro btck m th f * ' gr gr worked eat eat explorer explorer mines of coma could information discover discover , , ^ vhose but but whose who presence ^ Wuk _ . ?? , . *
? he onward nd destl had k ru s march h perfo ¦ ranks P . ° his e ? " But c work e a leave while as rdiMr an behind Mr attempt yj . Joh u i 111 nston ie ' with took on tl p
the , Congo ___ ^ the ' stay :. ° ° home ^ mm folks , | ^^ - ^ ¦ — ' « ^ - A whom # \ B ^ ro ^ tho he lias striven features to g of ive the ' a great fairly river just impression will of
mam ' The disposed ordinary considerable consiueru to think merchantman Die , place retinue retinue him with witn on carries a far , as higher a rule we lereJ
had dangers Johnston very very himself second ' s encountered journ onl ey y to involved those and though which an him nim he expos Mr , pleasantl tmf but . Stanley ure M \ r to
jotted chapters gl ^^^^ I osses ^ m * A— ~ mm + ^ m ^ ^ mmmt down them m % mt mmmm are . ^^ ^^ A mm in . over reproduced ^ m > penci ^ mT ^¦ m > * mm . mmmm * by B l ^ mt either ^ telling mmmW , mmm . W M exactl _* - when - ~ m . — how _ y stopping as ' £ many they to ic of vr rest the eiQ mj y
v in some shady m . spot , or while gliding — - —»^«* alon - »^ » iest the river — in a canoe / every reade — r will — see that uuut there
r t / -v w w wilUlc were dangers not a few , of which the author makes so light . Starting in October 1882 from Paulo de Loandain Dutch
our Sao author reached Ambriz , a , tho last trading possession shi of p , the Portuguese province j ^ - of Angola and m--j after
receiving on on — - to t o the tiie liberal j—^ point point — hosp where wnere - itality — the tne — — at cloudy eloud Kinsenibo ^ y — v , j ri rirer rer % r ^ , co ^ wKaffir asted mtLl ^ ater
daj meeting Congo s and , which the nights , sea was . betokened December to be his had companion the arrived presence for when of man the he y
bega and o n to ascend his first the d river escriptive , still sketches on a Dutch introduces vessel , us to the almost impassable barriers of forest H -m ^
by which - ~ m- the - river ¦ — is bordered -..- - _ , - ^ m— and - ~ m * ~ r— - mm which -v ^_ m ^ ^ are m ^ penetrable only by little arms or natural canals of the river . JVIr . Johnston continues : —
* k . % you pad die gentry in a native canoe through the watery alleys of this vegetable Venice , the majestic trees shrouding firmly interlaced all in pale above green , gloom and over , the -arching glimpses the and canal vistas , through the forest JVJ that get \ S \ J reveal M . KS man it beautiful kS \
form L / 111 U ^^ s of ^ " ^ bird and L ^>— ' */ VJLiU insect ) IS you J '\ S H ) ife 1 \~ W Farther --. M .. « U y into rl « u v » the " * becomes f orest \_;\^ i / axx , \^ o the solid * dv / 41 canal u caj and . tut , a well vv ^ blind aj . raised iuiguu alley , j auu and of water c a xj native ciiux , stop path |^ wuu s , the is ** j dis v soil »* u -
formal cernible clumps , leading of through forest to the a distant now more village park , whence -like and the crowing habitants uauitoiuio of yidii can cock be n / t s heard ucaiu and - the . jjuu But occasional the uuc birds uiiuo shouts uis do ji not of the ilesse ^^ - tho in ^^ n -
bosky because trees we are little approacliing troops of black tJ } e abode and white of men hornbills . Out of start plaimtain pitlllALOilll am ] flap their -CUi -eaters UCI loose S gleam gll irregular 'UlIl out Ullb flight in 1 JH their LilUll to another beauty U * 2 U . ll \ jy refuge 111 from )'" . time " Violet " fruit » " to ™ i
time pigeons ; golden , grey parrots cuckoos , , parrots yellow-vested that are bulbuls grey and , green blue - and yellow bills shouldered , of love dive -birds , and and beautiful a multitude birds uiituu enlivens of little
this wax wnx- walk -uum , , through a u medley u .. vuu , ' y the 01 inverse forest rse along unu ueuutu a black peat path with - "" their loud cries , their lovely plumageand tlioir rapid movements . ' ,
a pencil With a not pen less able read to y wri in putting te thus on effectivel paper y clever , and
sketches fikGT . fhefi of of the tho birds In ' tvls , . flowers flnwftr . q , . trees trees , , and ana Janu lanu--• Johnston senpes JUiuiDLu , it has iiitrt is produced jnuuuc scarcel y need < a t book \ jk )* fu jo ~ l as to li say g ^ hu ht " an that u « d ful read * — Mr ot - .
able information but little as a piece When of of a g reg he oo ion d reaches fiction of which , tho and Baptist we yot bri still Station m know
at uui UnderliiJl iiLi-io . . vy m about -n no ruucut 110 o m iles xxip from ^^ tho ~~— eea , Mr J . 1 AI . . Johnsto ilUUllDlUll n , notes IHM . U 3 the LI 1 O wilder W llUtJl aspects Jiojp ^ v- * - ^ of ~~ from tho
the Mr scoaery . Chief Stanley , and of , tho hero who Vivi ho had rece Station just ives arri to an ved go invitation from over und Kng tra veller lana meet
-Th © civilising iufluenco which tho great deacr carries iption with of him the Station is shown by Mr lim . Johnston of h \» s
personal chai-ijctor is shown , by Mr g . pse Johnston 8
depcripnon of lii . s loavo-takinp :: — L
268 The Publishers' Circular March. ! ,,...
268 The Publishers' Circular March . ! ,, * ,
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1884, page 268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031884/page/12/
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