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    Arch this handsome ipelago / by volume Henry Mr O . . F Forbes orbes , F . R . G . S . the In results rA « nlf-fl of r > f his his travels travels , explorations explorations , arranges and and studies studies

    during the years 1878- , 83 , in six sections , , namely , ¦ ¦ ( ( 1 3 ) ) In In the Suma MJ Cocos * % Jm tra - ( Keeling 4 Mm ) In im mm the Isl ands Moluccas - » , ( 2 ) In aud Java in ,

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    is appeared said of , his and descr , with iption a slight of the exception inhabitants , the of same the interior A ^ pF * of Timor ^^ fc Not ^ onl " » ¦ "on ™~ account of its

    hi ^ U ¦ gh W ^^ fc scientific ^^ A ^>« " *¦ »»» value « . ^^ » ^ as ^ » a """~ y contribution I — ~ to the ™" branches of natural history and geography , but also If hvjv as ^ wm sjv an & a agreea ^*^ C 9 ^ » - ^* - » - » bl ^^ y »/ -written record — — of keenl — y

    observant travel in little-known lands , the work of Mr . Forbes must command an exceptionally tion large of share the mos of public t valuable interest descri . ption Copious is — ¦ - ~ ¦ informa supp »~~ ¦— lied - -

    m ^^ 4 ^ ^^ mr < v ^ mf ^^ v ^ mw »^ w » ^^ r nv ^ m w ^^ m ^» ™ ™ " » ^ *^ ^^ ™ - ^ - ~ ~— — ' ~ mr ^ ^— ' — — - — — — — - ——regarding of ^^^^ ^^ the various the islands ethnology . The , ornithology manners , and and customs botany of ^^^ ^^ the ^^^ i ^ fc ^ # curious ^^ ^ rn ^^ m ^» ^^ WM ^^ peop W » ^ m * ^* r W ^ r les ^^ ^^ ™ ¦ who — ^ 'inhabit ——¦ — ^—^— — — ^ them — - — ~~ ~ are ¦^" r ^^

    described with a graphic pen ; attention being also paid to their languages , history , and emthe ployments value of . the Vocabularies book is greatl are y introduced enhanced b , y and an

    adapted ample supp for ly its of illustrations scientific erudition , which are as excellentl well as for y the descriptive matter mi of a more popular nature

    ¦ which ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ makes ^^^ M - H |^ 9 m ^* w ^ t ^ r it ^ B ^ m ^^^ take ^ r ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ a " ^^ —» p lace among w ~ - ¦— " — the T - ~ r ™ r most " ~ " ^ - ¦ ^ ' ^" r , fascinating volumes of travels which have appeared within recent years . Snveral well-ptinted maps

    also form a part of the work , one of which shows Krakatoa before and after the disastrous eruption of August 1883 .

    From Messrs- Macmillan & Co . —The compression of the legal statutes of England into a handy

    volume such as 'Justice and Police , ' by F . W . Maitland , is a task which the doughtiest epitomist would hesitate to undertake . It must be

    confessed , however , that Mr . Maitland has succeeded in extracting and arranging from his huge mass of ^^ «^ materials ^ IV 4 V ^**^» ^^ ^*^ ^ " ^ W ^^*^™* ^^ ^^^ the ^^ ^^^^ ^ essential ^ " i B ¦ ¦ ™ " — ' — —¦ - — — " ^ — elements — " ¦—¦ *^ ~*~ - ~ — " ^ of — ' ¦ a compen ^^ ¦ ^^ ™ ^ — " ~ -

    dium which will be widely appreciated for its unquestionable usefulness . The work is issued as one of the admirable ' English Citizen ' series ,

    and its best recommendation must be the fact that it contains all that a citizen should know regarding 1 K the institutions and processes of

    Eng-__ ^—^ ^^— — - J ^ lish justice . ^^ From PHI W ^ ^ p * ^* - *^ mm Messrs p ^ m . ^ ^ h ^ i" ^^ w ^ r ^*^ w ^^ . ^ J ^*^ . & ^^^^^^ I ^ 3 ^ ^^ t ^ . Maxwell ^ ^ —¦ " ~ ™ " ¦ — ¦ . ' ~ — Lately — ^ ^~ — ^ — ' j the — - ^ - «—

    Government has been so anxious to show the benefits of becoming a soldier that ' Life in the ¦¦ Ranks fpi ^ . V ^^^^ V 9 ft ^^*^^ . ^ W ^ W of ^ Q ^ F ^^ 9 the 1 ^^ ^ " ^ " ^ B ^^^ . ^ Britis ^^^^¦¦ " ^ . *^ W ^ " ^ ^^ " ^^^ h w—^ ^ Army ^ " - i h — w ^ v ^ h ^^ / b - - ^ y ^^ g J ~— . — Brim ¦ ¦¦ —r — I lees —^^ - " ^^ w - V

    Patterson , must be a useful little book to all those who have military aspirations . The book deals solely with experiences in India and on

    board a troopship . From the same . —A novel with a curious title but

    Maiden very cleverl / by y Paul executed Gushing is . * Misogyny We have no and doubt the it will be tvidely read and have a run at the

    libraries . pl From ^ mm ^ mr ¦•^^• w ¦ Messrs wppm ^ p ^ p ^ w ** ^^ mm m w . ^ » 3 T ^ . ^ W — . ^ . Partridge ——— — — - — - <^^ & - ^ - — - Oo - ^— - - ^ - . — — ' T ¦ he ^ - ^ - ^ -

    Women of the Bible ' ( New Testament ) , by Etty Woosnam . This is a posthumous work of Mrs . TheobaldThe first series of the lessonswhich

    •¦ appeared Testament . about history three , and years met ago with , dealt a very with , favour Old

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    Fro Thomas m Messrs De Quincey . Kegan 's * Confessions Paul , Trench of in , ft EaeliX Co ' ful Opium parchment -Eater' form series s the . Thi new s volume edition of has ucio the h ^ & gf ^ i 1 $

    nett through besides , who adding the contributes careful increased hands , a charming usefulness of Dr . ^^ Richard ** introduction and interest rauoon ( m W * . 1 1

    reproduction to the notes aud of the other edition addenda of 1821 . The , wi text th notes is a I I I of oi ug De Qui wuiuvo ncey y ' s a conversations conversations , , by Dy Richard nicnard Wood Wnw * I I

    house , and other additions . * From Cottage Tlie and Religious the T ^ act / b Society Bvel . "The

    Green . This is a Grange pathetic and y well yn -illustrated Everett folk story of , which both sexes should , but be especiall popular y among among boys young .

    From the same . —' One Good Turn Deserves Another — — / J b ~ y the - Rev . Charles Courtenay — — — — W ^ A «* J 9 . The J ^ £ J M title of this book is taken from the

    firet of a in series a neat of short little and volume pleasant with stories a bound ious together lof illustrations . , copsuppy

    From Messrs . George Routledge ft Sons . —The latest ' The Li addition fe of Cardinal to Morl Wole ey's Universal / bGeorge Library Caven is - 1

    dish , his gentleman-usher . ey According y to the J Professor brief but Morley interesting Cavendish introduction ' s book wr was itten com by

    posed between 1554 , and 1558 , and was first published in 1641 . The ' Tragedy of Wolsey / ¦ by ^ m Thomas ^^^^ — - ^ - ^^^ —¦— " — Church ^ - — ' — - ¦ ^ - ^ ^™ - ^™ yard —p- ^ ^^ ^ , a - ^^^ m ^ ' Shrewsbury m — ^ " " — ' — — v —^^ ^^™ ^ " w poet H ^ ^^ ¦^^* v of ^>» ^ b

    the sixteenth century , forms an appropriate appendix to the contemporaneous work of Cavendish . From Messrs . SmithElder & Co—The firet

    , , . translation of * Don Quixote ' was that of Shelton , which was published in 1612 . About a halfdozen \ £ other translations have unt since oiuv been issued

    VjLj * vjlx vuugi i ^ iaiioiaujviio o . o uco u idouvu , , : but , with the exception of Mr . A . J . Duffi * ld ' g excellent work , not one of these could be said to

    have presented to English readers a just or adequate rendering of the intrinsic humour and grotesque Until Until recent rer » flnf fancy . times times of in in the fac factt great 1 , the the work work Spanish has Iihs . classic in in this this .

    country , occupied , a place , not far removed , from ordinary occurre us the d firs in jest t this volume -books respect . of Happ . a We translation ily have a change now which before has in

    © to very the reRpecL achievements promises of to Eng add lish no sli scholarship ght distinction and literary Quixote taste of La . ' Mancha The Ingeniou ' a translation s G-entleman with , Don

    ina troduction most mast and erlform notes a by distinct , John void Ormsby in , , the fills store , in of lish interpret y , ations of VA forei classics .

    VJL Eng JUllgA Jl UAA AM VVA K ^ A' VVI 4 TI / IVMO * ^ T A ^ r > gn ^ - " — " Difficulties examp a discriminating le , the of no language common translato and descri r of expressions ption Cervantes encompass of , tor the the

    sixteenth and seventeenth centuries require ^ of nost the ca subj reful ect attention , Mr . Ormsh ; and y , referring says , ' Two to this allusion or three part ii

    were hundred hundred curren years vaaps t in ago n . ffo ordinary . , words inrnrdR . , nhrases p conversations hrases . , and and allusion which would be inadmissible the kuw costume ¦¦ of II

    life our A nuiuu 1 JLO first and U . UU uo . parents m lUtMJ aas » anners o iuauuii . UU , and UA of » oiuio an his U 1 R 1 author time UI now uuw . 1 X 1 O as oa must muou who reflects necessarily M v w « w «« m » — - text A . th « . . I I

    reflect has been its generall language fol also lwed . ' b Hartzenbusch MrOrmsby ' fl who , I I

    how editor ever should , gives not several y be accorded o lucid y re implicit as . ons whjr reliance ¦—— , thai .

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    lation position of among ' Don Quixote the best ' cl will ass tafee of libr up ary a worggj Bury « ^ '¦¦' ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ - .. ¦ ¦' . ¦ ^ r ¦ " . \ ,: ; '• ¦ ¦ ^ . . . !; ' ¦ m Jfl : ^ : ; 1

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1885, page 446, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051885/page/10/