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    conveys is undeniable . Prom Messrs . Sampson Iiow , Mars ton , & Co . —

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    which comes to us clearly in the rare power of the pure Saxon tongue . It is beyond doubt that

    the latest instalment of Mr . Way ' s work will be received with lause VS quite vf as sincere ¦ as

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    seen so much valuable information , condensed , so y carefully , and yet giving a fair idea of life and labour in the great continent beyond the sea

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    , many people may read tbis suggestive little volume and fail altogether to appreciate its beauties ; to the few , however , whose minds are

    susceptible of impression its charms will be manifold . To describe the plot would be useless , since it is not in this that the chief strength of

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    From Messrs . Reeves & Turner . —No . 1 of the second series of the * Shelley Society ' s Publications ' is devoted to ' Adonais / MrThomas J

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    the lives of a few leading naturalists . Unfortution nately . , so Terseness good an , intention indeed , is has anything failed in but execu the - 1 .

    »- « March Jy^Zlhzll Jj 15 > , A 1886 *J...

    » - « March 151886 \ The Publishers ' —¦—« ' Circula ^ r 275

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1886, page 275, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031886/page/13/