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    April 15,1890 The Publishers' Circular ^...

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    methods which he took to consolidate the dominion thus won . It was Lord Dalhousie who * welded province to province by the

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    tion of a common system of education . The book is written with great ability , and it throws much fresh light on the English in

    India and their ever-widening influence in the East . Sir William Hunter says in conclusion , ' __ — - e -T l that the man was so g —— re ~— a - tthat - his

    p olicy ^ — was so prescient , and t hat his , J work - __ has been so enduring that one word of exaggeration or mis-statement would be alike a

    disobedience to his dying wish and a disloyalty to his memory . ' There is a good portrait in the volume , a capital map , and a facsimile of

    one of Lord Dalhousie ' s letters ; and the book is printed and bound with the conspicuous good --- t - ast - e which the Clarendon Press long ago

    - - 4 ^ o taug ^ ht us all to respect . From Messrs . Gall & Inglis . —* Sonnets and

    Poems , ' by William Garden . Unlike many writers of poetry , Mr . Garden contents his muse with the common subjects of everyday

    life . These subjects he clothes 1 in pleasing / •/ verse , and shows , without an undue exercise of poetic — — - — — license — , the many -sidedness of common ____ _ — -

    place things . A true poetic insight pervades the book , whilst a chaste and unpretentious s ^ ylecombined with breadth of thought and

    vivid , imagination , are apparent throughout . Deep religious feeling and ardent aspirations after truth yet unrevealed form the leading

    characteristics of the majority of the poems . Many of the Scotch pieces are particularly pretty 4 OhBlissi and n ' t s ouching on the , su Bairnies ch as * a Mill ' ' and o ' W * To ood a , '

    Robin , / The versification is seldom , at fault , and dull pages are absent . The author of * Meg ' s Wedding ' bids fair to hold a high rank

    amongst the younger poets of the day . From Mr . L . Upcott Gill . — ' War Medals and

    Decorations issued to the British Military and Naval Forces from 1588 to 1889 , ' by D . Hastings Irwin . The author gives descriptions

    of all the medals which are known to exist in his publi par c ticulars and priva according te collections to the , a chronolog nd arranges ical

    order of the various campaigns . Forty-eight facsimile illustrations accompany the text . Several chapters are added containing an

    account of Military , Yeomanry , and Volunteer Medals ; Foreign Orders worn by British soldiers , Life-saving Medals , and other

    interesting information . Collectors will find the book a reliable guide , whilst ordinary readers may of pass memorable a pleasant engagements hour by perusing and the deeds chronicle of

    personal bravery connected with the issue of the medals . From Messrs . GriffithFarran & Co . * The

    , Poole Life and , M . Times A ., sometime of St . Cyp } rector rian , ' b of y George Win wick A , . Northamptonshire . This volume adds another

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    -ter of Church history . Mr . Poole was an excellent tions for such man , having a work all as the a biograp varied qualifica hy of St - .

    uyprian . The book was first published in

    1840 , whilst the author was incumbent of St . James ' s , Leeds . As to the value of the biography

    little need be said . The vigour of the style have and the long fulness been acknowled of the information ged . We hav conveyed e only

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    From Mr . William Heinemann . — * A Very Strange Family , ' by F . W . Robinson . Mr . Robinson ' s new story chiefly concerns the

    fortunes of a somewhat eccentric family , the head of which played a leading part at the Victoria Theatre . Improvident habits and

    convivial tastes rendered Mr . Durrell quite unable to meet the obligations which usually accumulate by quarter-day . A windfall , however ,

    suddenly places the actor in independent circumstances and makes him the owner of a country estate . At the desire of his son , Arthur , he

    befriends an orphan lad , Teddie Wilton , who was about to be sent to the workhouse , and provides him with boardlodgingand education . At

    this point sundry , complications , begin , arising chiefly from the retired actor ' s indiscreet marria " ^ ^ v ^ ¦ ^ v ^ - ^^^ P ^ ge ^^^> ^ taV with v -r ~ - ^ ^ v -m- ^^ a H barmaid ~ ^*—^ ^ B ^**^ V ^^ ^^ V ^ p ¦ Hk ^^^ B , M who v B » «^ - ^ r tur ^ V ^ ' ^ B * Bi ns ^^ ^* ^^ - " out ^ B ^ B B ^ v after B )^^ V ABi ^ Br ^^^ BB 1 -

    wards to be already married , and from Arthur ' s flight from home to wed the Jodgekeeper's daughter . On account of Arthur's cruel

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    That man proves to be Arthur ' s own brother ; but the relations between the couple were of a perfectly innocent though an absurd

    character . The ending is the weakest part of the book . The characters are cleverly and , in the main , consistently portrayed .

    From Mr . John Hey wood . — ' Delecourt ' s French Instructor . ' Tne author furnishes * a practical method of acquiring a useful knowledge of the

    French tongue , ' which has a decided advantage over many systems in vogue . Beginners are not overburdened with ruleswhilst advanced

    pupils will find the hints on , translation and composition exceedingly helpful in arriving at proficiency in the language . A complete

    system of French commercial correspondence increases the usefulness of the work . From Messrs . HoughtonMifflin & Co . Boston

    U . S . A . —' Life of William , Cullen Bryant , , ' by , the Honourable John Bigelow . Among the most interesting and attractive volumes of the

    series of American Literary Biographies already issued by this firm , this concise Life of Bryant will hold a worthy place and be welcomed

    by readers and students of all that is best in American literature . Mr . Bigelow , the author of ^^ Jf 0 ^^ t B >* J he | b B ^ ^^ bT volume ~ ^^^ 41 ¦ * —*^—B *^ B »^ B 1 ^^^ , _ was v « W )^^ v ^ v ~ f ^ . ^ or ^^ V ^ B m PBi , BB 4 K a BJ ^ WF n B *< .. y V ye m " ^^^ ars B > " ^ B Bq P ^ ^ t ^ V h » H V ^ e ^ W editorial ^ BV ^^~ W v * . * " w ¦ — - — —

    associate with Mr . Bryant of the New York Evening capablecritical Post , and and proves enthusiastic himself biograp to be her a

    bringing , prominently , before us , in successive ,

    April 15,1890 The Publishers' Circular ^...

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1890, page 449, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041890/page/17/