On this page

• Text (1)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    518 The Publishers' Circular May 15,1888...

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    From -«Fc » » Messrs Pp-Pp P- . Pf W. Ec...

    large number of these useful instruments now OV at % S work w » v > r ^> r ~ - makes m m m % _ nr m ^~ i S J V one ^ *~ m . ^^ unders ^ , ffc Eft * r ± -i , . * —i « k ^ tand wvw * - » - ^ j « . the v . * . » v necessity aaw ^ mw » . ** T

    for an instructor of this description . Mr . Harrison has done his work in a competent

    fashion fj ^ shinn , and Ji . nrl many Tnan v should sbonlH avai avail l themselves thftmsftlvfts of nf the easily worded and useful instruction which he offers .

    From the same . —The new edition of the universally known * Manual of Phonography' has Vifipn been entirel finfcirfilv recast recast . . The Thft care carfi takp taken . n in in its its

    revision may y be imagined from the statement that over a thousand copies were sent out to expert phonographic teachers and reporters .

    From Messrs . Eoper & Drowley . — Geology for All , ' by J . Logan Lobley , F . G . S . This is a successful attempt % »¦» --- Vrf to present what in Jfc the % S

    text-Pk ^ f M \/ V * ' ^ -r •« - ' ¦* - * " * « JV *¦* V U *• V ^ f ~ S ^ - *— ' * w > ^^ A A «^ V ¦ * IT ¦ If « ' ^ AA ^ a ^ *• Hi 1 V books is a somewhat uninviting and formidable study , in such form as shall be intelligible and interesting to the general W * JJU reader \\ The author

    ^ JLJL Uvl . V _ y |> J vXUCk w v ^ V ^ -A . V ^ ^»> V > 4-JLV ^ A- J- vVVA ^ A- . J ^ a A V- ^ % -W i 4 VA ^ VX styles his work , * A general conspectus of the v - we subject vc-p * are n . rft adapted nnt not , quite nrnto for all snrfi sure intelli th that at gent . tthis . Vn readers s cnvfis ives , ' but an 5 * / n

    ' ^ ) adequate idea of the book , besides g sounding ' somewhat patronising . But as a means of conthe facts of shorn of

    veying principal geology , ) ¦' - the of fossils chemical , & c learning , that so , tables frighten , sections the ordinary , names

    1 reader rp worth » n . rl < = > r y in in of other o very tViP . r hi works works gh praise . , Mr Mr . . . Lobley Tjohlftv ' s volume vnlnmft is is < From MessrsSwan Sonnenschein & Co—The

    . . Irisli problem proves too difficult for all legislators and at all times . Mr . J . Bowles Daly , LL LL .. D D . "m in his his book book . '' Ireland Ireland in in ' 98 98 . ' carries carries his his

    : readers , back to the , most exciting , epoch in the modern history of that unfortunate and turbulent island . He supplies sketches of the principal actors in the political ¦ drama of the «/^ L ^ L time

    his ^¦^ A r r ^_ rw accessible u *_*/ ^* ^ y ^_^ . au % * .- ft - " information » J A A ^—* w * -r ^— ' ^ J * . w a ^_^** w being * - >—¦¦ ^ ^ fc *^» * J « supplemented ^ v \* . - ¦ v / *» - » " ^ t \^ , « by details from hitherto unpublished MSS . which belonged to the late Dr . Richard Robert

    Madden . Dr . Daly's book is violently partial , but it possesses features of interest which make it historically valuable and curious .

    From the same . — ' The Science of Religions , ' by Emile THmilp Burnouf Tturnnnf . . The TTVift main main nnrnnsft of nf this f . Viis

    work is to prove that Christianity purpose is not Semitic in its origin , as usually held , but an Aryan \ reliionAccording to its author the ancient

    ; Aryan g reli . gion of India and Persia , which was i practically a reliion that oriinated in a deep

    • insight into the princi g ples of g nature , was not ' ' onl onlv y the the fountain fountain--head head of of the the Veda Veda and and _ A A vesta vfist / L .

    , fc ? ' be but thought also of of Christianity such an argument itself . Whatever , this must may at \ any rate be admitted , that the author has dis-) layed earnest thought and wide extent of

    i p study in his reasoning , and theie is much in his work that is worthy of calm and attentive

    reflection . Commencing with two interesting chapters on Method and Principles , the author next proceeds to a series of four well-reasoned

    sections on * The Succession of Religions , ' they in turn being followed by chapters on ' The

    Historic Unity qfJReligions , ' ' The Principles of Unity in Reliion' ' Unity of Rites 4 ' < The Law it

    " *—* Jt-m . * . * S J » JkA AVV ** WAV g ^ * ^ , ^— ' - »> .- » J » . »^ J ^ V-r ^~ A V . VV ^ M , ) Jk A _* ^> C ^ V If of Subdivision / - * + -m i • • , ' • The mi Action a a of Races -w-v , ' . * Birth - » - * . . •¦ or of Orthodoxies Orthodoxies ' and and ' The The Greatness Greatness and and the the

    , Fall of Orthodoxies . ' The last two chapters of the the book book deal deal with with ' * Religion Relie-ion and and Science Scienne ' the the

    , first treating of ' The Method , ' and the second of * The Results' As a whole fc MBurnouf ' s

    ^ " •¦*• * 4 ^ <• - * ^— ' * m ***^ s * - * '»*• j » i ***** « . fl ^ aib Pur msm v v «>• ^¦^¦^^* - rfbv ««> . i n ~ «^^ A . & A \/ « J ^ A . + J work furnishes jnost interesting reading . The work has been translated by Julie Liebe ,, and

    the preface is from the pen of Mr . E . J . Rapson , M . A .

    From the same . —Cricketers will gladly welcome a volume entitled Chronicles of Cricket , ' being facsimile reprints of three old , and at the time

    very popular , books on the game , viz ., Nyren ' s ' Cricketer ' s Guide , with Sketches of the Cricketers h ¦ ¦ ¦ i of my Time '; Lillywhite ' s HIus ¦ -

    ~^^ r ^^ m ^^~^^ r ^^ " ^^ ^^^^ - ^^ v ^^ ^^^¦ v ^^*~ ™ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ - ^^ r- ^ j ^ - ^^— - - g — — — - - - - ~— trated Handbook of Cricket '; ^^ and Denison ' s * Sketches of the Players . ' All these works ¦ have »^ P ^^ W ^^ V ^*^ been *^^^ ^^^ ^^^ H ^^ B ^ for ^^ ¦ ~^ t ^ ^^~ ¦ some «^ ^^ to ^^ V ^^ ^^» r time ^ " ^^~ ^^^^ - ^^ ^^^ out ^^ - -.- ^— —— ¦¦ of —m ~ w- print — — " " and —~ are — — ^ ' * r

    now very rare , and cricketers of to-day are sure to rind much to interest and instruct in their pages . The present volume is announced as the

    first of a series of cheap reprints of old books on cricket . From the same . —* Sermons in Symbols' by Rev .

    Hugh B . Chapman . These are characterised , by much refinement of expression and delicacy of thought . The ¦ writer is i evidently actuated

    ^^^^ ^ HHh ^^ r «^ . ^^ m ^^^ ^**^^ ^ V ^^ k ^^""^^ vr ^ ^^ " ^^ . ^^^^ ^^^ r w w ^^^ ^ " ~^^ m ~ ^ p ^ ^^^ ™ ^^^^ — ^ — ^¦ - ~—* ^ ^— ^ m — ^^^ ^^ — ^ by a high tone of moral feelings The prefatory letter to Frederick Shields , Esq ., with which there is mingled a h considerable amount of

    ego-^* W ^^^^ ^^ ^ P ^ ^^^ ^^^ . ^^ ^^^™^^^^^ ^^^ H — ¦ ' ^^ ' ^ — — — " - — - — — — — * -m tism , we are inclined to regard as a mistake . From the same . —* A More Excellent Way , ' by

    Constance Ho well . From the course of the story the more excellent way would apparently be the abjuratio v n of the worldly p leasures ' of ii

    life and the adoption of Socialism . In the first j part we are told some incidents connected with the hero's early / education ; in the second we

    — — — ^— v i hear of his arrival in London and how greatly he is impressed with the wrongs and sufferings of the labouring classes . Ultimately he is led

    to take up their cause , becomes a member of the National Socialist Federation , declaims from latformsis separated from the girl he loves

    p and finall , y comes to the conclusion that the , most glorious form of death is to sacrifice his life for the workers under the shadow of the i

    red flag . But inasmuch as the time has not come for this , he determines to give his life to the people ; and with this heroic resolution the j

    story concludes . Throughout its pages various utterances on the subject of Atheism and Freethought are intermingled .

    From the same . —To the ' Young Collector Series ' a volume on ' Silkworms , ' by Edward A . Butler , B . A . E . Schas now been added . This is

    distinguished , , by the concise and practical style notable in previous issues of the series . Mr . Butler ' s work _ furnishes just that ___ amount of

    information which is necessary ^ , without overburdening the mind of the beginner with needless detail .

    From the same . —In the third and fourth volumes of « A First History of the English People ' Amy Baker carries the record from James I .

    to the present time . To our previous commendation of the work we have nothing to add , except that the present volumes fully

    maintain the high class characteristics exhibited by their predecessors . From the same . —The latest addition to * The

    Imperial Parliament / edited by Sydney Buxton , M . P ., is a volume on ' Church Reform , ' whereof the writers are Albert GreyCanon Fremantle

    , , Rev . G . S . Reaney , George Harwood , Rev . 0 . W . Stubbs , Philip Lyttelton Ge } l , Esq ., and the Rev . J . LI . Davies h . With auch an array of

    — — —*• — " ^ " - - ^ ^^ ~ ^^^^»~» — - v ~—¦ — ^^ ^ — ^ " » - ^^ ^ v v ^^ v ^» ^ v *^ » r ™ ^ - ^^ w ^^^ ^^ r- ^ r ^^*^^ ^^ v ^ p ^^^ ^^ ^^ r ^ m m ~^ - --names as this , the reader can well understand that the subject is treated in . a powerful and

    nighly interesting manner , and for those who

    518 The Publishers' Circular May 15,1888...

    518 The Publishers' Circular May 15 , 1888 - ¦ - — hi 1 ¦ 11 1 11 - ^ if 1 ¦ — ^ — Lj r " - " r--- ^» i 1

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1888, page 518, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051888/page/20/