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    author of the now celebrated poems , ' Thana-* topsis An Evening , ' « A Forest Reverie Hymn ' and , ' ' To ' The a Waterfowl Death of , '

    the Flowers , ' rendered , great service to American letters . His life was indeed a diversified one and full of suggestion to

    literary aspirants . Though overshadowed by the fame of his contemporaries , Emerson and Longfellow _ f his poetical j— gifts _ — were _ _ —of a

    high order ^^ of merit , . His _ writings - ^^ , also _ , for their dignity , simplicity , directness , and purity of style , are such that their place in the literature

    of his country and the world have long since been determined , Bryant ' s translations of Homer ' s Iliad' and * Odyssey' ( which -. _ ___ were .- ___ a financial

    l / ^ f „ . success ) add aaM ^ M considerab A ** M ^ m ^ l y t o h is ^ fame ja * as an American scholar , and are acknowledged to be among the ablest of English renderings . The

    publishers have spared no pains to make the book equal to its predecessors in typography and bindingand we heartily commend it to

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    ably unfolded and enforced in a manner which no one can fail to understand . Archdeacon Farrar acknowledges his obligations to Dr .

    of Westcott the most , the lea new rned Bishop and su of Durham tive of , and modern one expositors ' ¦— ' - *— w . The - ' ~~~ volume - *~ ^— — ™ mmam ^^ amm -afT ^ is g p »« ur g dedicated ^* rm ^^ ^/ m aM . ^ rf mSV m * S ^ mf * V *^ i ¦ to ^/ ^^ Dr f . M . . #

    P Farrar hilad ' s hia frien , wh d , o Mr is . jus George tly des W cribed . Childs as , one of who is * known and beloved alike in America

    and England for his munificent generosity . ' From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston &

    Co is a . — * A t snes orical Surriage romanc , ' by which E . L . vividl Bynner . This icts various phases of colonial , life in Massa y chusett p s

    some thirty or forty years before the War of Independence . The heroine is the daughter of a fisherman , and — th -, e -Vpr interes — _ >—* - ^ ' ^^ ^ ^^^ »^ , t ^* of - ^^ ^^ the ^ M . JL ^_^ s Pfc ^ t ^/ ory ^ M ^ L ¦

    ga un thers conventional around her but . lovable Agnes Surria irl g e is her an character and surroundings are g , powerfull

    drawn . The scene shifts to Europe , and there y are descriptions of London society and of Lisbon at the time of the terrible earthquake

    . Mr . Bynner has evidently taken great pains to I ar make ound sure them of a graceful his facts and , an attractive d he has story woven of

    Transatlantic life . From Maomillaii & Oo . — Macmillan 8 Latin

    Course / by A . M . Cook , M . A ., assistant-master of in S a very Paul useful ' s Scho book ol . . This It deals is the with second irregular part

    verbs , the formation of verbs , & c ., and has excellent recapitulatory exercises . The arrangement throughout is adm— irableand is

    well calculated to *_ convey the desirable , knowalso ledge admirable in a clear . and ready way . The type is

    From Messrs . James isTiabet & Oo . — ' None of preface these Things by the Move Rev . Me F 1 . Whitfield / by 1 ¦ C . M im . M pP ^ G . A ., . ¦ with ¦ This t ¦ a

    is ^ m ^~ w a brief — - — — ' memorial ^^ m — — of — — Caroline wm w w — - ~» - ™ " ^ Cuerton ^ a ^ r ^* m ^^ , ^ m *»^ . ^^ V ^•^ " ^^ Toomer p ™ . —» , \ . recording what is well described as a quiet and unostentatious lifethe

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    with profit y engaged Sunday School Bible Class , or any other work connected with , the •^ m ¦ ^ m ^ - ^^ operations - ^^ ia ^^ ^^ ' ^ ' ^ ' - ^ — of —~ church - *— — life — . It — is — a ^"'^ volume » ^|^ ¦ ^^ ^ n | . -

    that le may for be whom cordiall it has y recommended been chieflwritten to young peop , y . Anderson Anderson

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    volume half-a-dozen sketches of Scottish life and character , written in a racy and interesting form . The peculiar characteristics of

    w some ith t p hases thfulness of life , the in the homel Nor y th dialect are described being wisely preserved . * Crawford ' s Sair Strait '

    which •/ has . i the first place in the volume , is an , excellent bit of portraiture , as is also * James Blackie ' s Revenge . ' We may add that the

    they Eng Scotch lish want dialogue readers to spend from in the a turning pleasant book to need and its not profitable pages deter , if

    hour . From Messrs . S . TV . Partridge & Co . —* The Story r ^^^ ^ r ^^ " ^~ w of " ^^ ^^ w a ^*^ r Mission ™ - —^™ ^™ " ¦ - —^ ¦ " - ^* ~~ - —~ . ~ ' This —— is ™ an — unpretending j ^^ h , y

    but to all Christian people a deeply interesting i ^ account ^^ n ^^^^ B ^ 1866 ^^ B ^^^ ^^^ *^^ , ^ p ^ and of ^^^ " ^^ . ^ . W ^ the ^ ^ " p still ^^ —~ ^^ noble ^^ " ^»» carried ^^ r ^ Ui ^^ W ^ m— w p ^ h ^^ hilanthropic ^^ - ^ ~— on h ¦ ¦ ih b - - ^— y ^^ Mrs ^^— - work — . — Meredith - begun — , » j I

    an This attemp lady started t to rescue the female Prison Gat criminal e Mission s from '— | P sli ^^ p ^ k ^ k pp V ^^ r V ^^ V ing ^ M ^ k ^ h ^ p ^ b back . ^^^ ^^ 'V ^«^ ^^^^ b . into ^ h ^^ i ^ flh ^^ ^^^ evil ^^^ * m ^ . ^ courses ^^ F ^^^ ^^^^ . h ^ ****• ~^ mr ' ^^ . ^ . Out ™ ^ ^^ ^~ of — this

    work , which we are glad to say has been for eminentl kt | HVk irls amml y an immr ^ W hV d successful i ^ amW ^ aw- ^ aw * ^^^ children ^ apr , am ^^ am- ^ aai other ^^— - ^^ r-aai ^^~ ~^ ar- ew ^^^ m' have ^^ hel ¦ h ^— - ^ — p ~^ ar ful ¦ h ¦ - ^— — — agencies ~ a and ^ a ^| ^^ ^ aaa g m ^^ ^ m ^ a' r r ^^^^^^^ young g ^^^^ sprung j ,

    are Mrs . carried Meredith on and in ever the ladies widening who have ect banded ions by themselves together under the name of * The [ Church of England Women ' s Missionary

    Association . ' ¦ Fro jf _ A . 4 m n ~ i ^ Messrs k * rihi ^^ fc * •»* A *¦* . Kegan a ^ b ^ fc ^^ ji ^ «^ v ^ k ^ a ^ Paul ^ «> v *•» < k , k Trench « v > ^ ^ v * — — ^ ^^ & ¦— - — - Co — — . —

    Mrs The . Alec Ober Tweedie -Ammerga . u The Passion Passion Play Pl , 189 at 0 . Ober ' By - ay Ammergau is rightly described in these pages

    as drama the las of t th re e M ainin iddle g li A n k w , it and h the on grea May t sa 26 cred — after the usual interval of Jk ten AJk ¥ ears \/ flfi —the ¦

    performances ^ JtJ JL . W ^/ A . *• M . M . ^ y V * K- » will * - * . % J * iJL , A be * - * * - ^_» A resumed . » mSUM . ^ S . */ , and . y ** will *~ r — be —— — con Ji - tinued week by week until September 28 . Mrs .

    pages Tweedie Twfifidifi , co , n in trives scarcel soa to . rr . fil g y v more morft a brief than than explan a a hundred hundred ation of the origin and object of Passion Plays , and iel a

    an history observance of the which Ober-Ammergau dates back Passionsp to 1633 . The — book also contains a variety l of useful *^» hints

    KJV / VAV MiA » J \/ WAAUlAllAitJ C * » U ) A-V ^ U T ^_/* . KAMV" - » — based on Mrs . Tweedie ' s experience in 1880 , for the g *~ / uidance of prospe JL JL ctive p ilgrims K-t .

    From 6 crivains Messrs Fra . nc Perrin ais , ' par & E Co mile ., P H aris enn . — equi ' Quel n . ques The writers TT * A VfV ^ JL K- * whom fl M . J . \^ Ul X M l ' . . Hennequin JLAV IIUV ^ J *** , ** has AAMk * chosen ^_/» - * V ^ " — -for

    illustration , are Flaubert , Zola , Hugo , Goncourt , no and vels one of or E . two de more Goncourt . In , M reviewing . Hennequin the seaks m »^» of him as a »^ ' confluent *« V ** of ¦ S two

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    nary . g In the study' of E . de Goncourt , just on mentioned literary , men attent which ion is are draw to n be found the a in rticles his

    is Pages devoted r 6 trouvSes to Theop t and hile especially Gautier , to as that one of which the most beautiful examples of the kind .

    • n— ji . ^ ^ From Limited Messrs . — ' . Jerusale George m Delivered Boutledge , ' by & Torquato Bonn ,

    F V ' ' ' " —~^= M^ ! 4s O The Publisher...

    f V ' ' ' " —~^ = m ^ ! 4 S o The Publishers' Circular April 15 , 18 90

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1890, page 450, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041890/page/18/