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    538 The Publishers' Circular May , 15,18...

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    that where a city , a country , or a sea has W several ^^^ ^^^ m ^ B ^ ^^ b BBP ^ BF ^^» ^ names ^^^^^™ ^ r ^ r ^^^ 'w ^ B ^» ^^^ " ^ according ^^ p ^^ F ^ B ^ ^^^ W ^ B ^ ^^^ ^ k ^^» B ^ P ^ KP ^ p VbbbW - to ^ kP ^¦^ r the ^^ ^¦¦^¦¦ p ^ k «^ national Bbp ^^ b B . ' ^ " ^^ " ^^ H ^ . ^ V ^^ pp ^^ ^ yw ^^ ity bp > B ^^ w of ° " ^^ ^^^ p

    the person who uses the name , we find the different names on the map . Thus the Black p Sea ~* pr ¦ ^ ' — ^ is h ¦ v ^ inscribed ^— - ¦ —^ - ^ p' ¦ — ^— ' —^^ ^ bp" - ^ p ^^ as ^ bp- ^ the bp- ^^^^~ ^ B ^ ^ H ^ p ~^^^ 9 er ~ v ^ N pp oire fr b * vbf bpp and - ^ p ^ b > pbi ^ b ^ pv the bp P < " ^^ ^ ^ ' ^*^^ ^^

    Schwarzes Meer , besides the ' Black Sea / The area of the map includes the Mediterranean , ^ Northern ^~ ^^ ' ¦ ' P ^ ^^^ p ~ ~^^ ^^^ ^^ k ^ ppr ^ Africa ^ ^^ p ^~ ^^~ ^» "Bi ^ B *^^ P ° BJ , Egypt ^^ p . ^^ p BIbbK ¦ B Bpr , V Syria r ^ ^ w ^^ b ^ m B . rV , BB p Asia Bh- ^ BB * Bapr ^ MBkP ^ p ^ BB Minor biV ^ B * ^ H « B » - ^» ^^ B » , BB

    Caucasia , & c . Telegraph lines are indicated , as also the comparative time in different longitudes f . There are ¦ V k plans of 1 ViennaConstant ! -

    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ P ^^ ^ ^^^^ B ^^ b >^^ k ^ Bjp ^ B ^ P ^^^ ^^^^ BBB ^^ B ^^^ ^>^ ^^ P ^ B ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ P ^ P ^ H * ^^ H ~^^ p ( Vk _ 4 BP ^^^ " ^ B » Bm *^ "BMI , ^ BbB ^ ^ BP ^ ^^•^¦ B * PkA * B ^ ^ B ^^ B » ^ P ^ ^ BP »^ " ^» nople , and the Bosphorus , and there is a minor map of the Swiss railway system on one of the sheets .

    From Messrs . Griffin Sd Co ., Portsmouth . ( B ^ Simp ~^ p ^ ^^ Bpi ^ KBP * ¦! . 1 ^ kin Br ^ BBj ^ Bb BK BP 1 , BM p Marshal ^ hB ^^ kp ^ B ^ ' ^ V ^ BB BBBpr ^ Bk- ^ H BJB ^ BB 1 B ^ l ^ B & «^~ BB > Co "Bib * ^ b . ^ . B » )— V ' Torpedoes pBBPBI ~| |~ fl ^ Bl V ^ BT ^ p * ^ Br fB ^ ^ kpV Vj ^ I I I ^ and BP ^ VP ^ P ^ P" ^¦ f' ^ B *

    Torpedo Warfare , ' by C . Sleeman , late Lieut . R . N ., and late Commander Imperial Ottoman Navy . In this new edition of his well-known

    book , Mr . Sleeman brings the history of submarine warfare up to date . The work is based not only on personal knowledgebut on

    valuable ofScial publicatio \ ns which , are sealed books to many who are more or less interested in the subject . The general

    principles of submarine defence are explained , and minute descriptions are given of selfacting mines and controlled mines placed in

    position for the defence of imperilled harbours . The second half of the work is devoted to an account ^»^ " ^ ~^ P" ^ BP- H — ' of -fc ^ " ^^ v the ^ v ^^^— ^ BP ~ various » ^^ w ^^» ^^ ™ * ^^^^ P ^^ kinds ^^* - ^^ *** ^ Pfc ^^ ^ k « - ^ B » ^ B | pr of ^ BP' ^ " ^^ torpedoes ^ P" ^^^ ^ P" * ¦ P 1 ^ ^ M ^ 'HI " >^ " ~ ~ r f and ^^^ ^^^ P" " ^ P ^^

    torpedo boats , or , in other words , to the theory and practice of aggressive submarine warfare . ¦ The ¦ ¦ book ends with a minute and careful ^^^ * ^^ - ^^ ^^ V ^™^^ ^^ ^^^^^> ^^ H V v ^^^ ^^ ^ BBi ^ BP ^¦ i ^ ' ^ P' ^ 1 ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ b ^^ b ^^^^ ^(^ ^^^ ^ p ^^ V ^^ ^^ P ^^ P ^^ ^^^ ^ BH ^ H ^ p ^ m ^^^ ^^^ ^ v W v ^ v

    synopsis of the principal events connected with the history of the torpedo , from which it is possible to gain a bird ' s-eye view of the terrible

    Br—¦— — " - ^ —— —»— ° ¦ ^ ^ BPBBBl ¦ " ^^ ^^ " ^^ -m * - ^ r ~ mr- ^— ^ p ^ ^^^ ' ^^ w ^^ r- ^ BP' P ^ P *^ ¦ ¦ ^^» ^*^ ^ ^ kj ^^ ^^~ ^^ ^^^^^ ^ iP' ^ P" ^ kj ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ BP ^ achievements of this deadly instrument of modern scientific warfare . The book contains ^ a - ~ ~ larg ^~ Bt ^^ J ^^ e ^^ ^ number ^^^ ^ ™ BB ^ P ^ - ¦ ^ ^^ ^^ of ^^ P ^* ^ full PBb ^^^ ^^ P ^ -page T ^^ BMI It ^ BfBk ^ kP * ^ illustrations p ^* ^»* * V P * BP P ^ T ^ V p ^ B ^ Pf « kp- pph ^ t ^ « B > «^ Pk , ^ and ^ ¦! ^ P »* P ^^ i ^

    diagrams , which greatly help to render the technical information clear to the mind of the reader .

    From Messrs . Hamilton , Adams & Co . —Mr . ¦ Eyre - ^— ^ J ^~ ^ P- ~ Pascoe ¦¦ ^^^ ' ' ^^ ^*^ ' ^ P' , V who » » ^ P- « ^ fc ** " is P » P ^ P » ¦ well » ^ kp ' ^» I B * known tfBV ^ Bk Pk ^ Bt ¦ ^^ T" « Hi ^ ¦ by « p « ' W a Bp ^^ Pk similar —P' Hk . JBk- ^ k . ^ ^ B . * PB ^ i ^^ T ^ P-

    work on London , has written a couple of lively and entertaining guide-books of an unconventional typeone of which is entitled ¦ * Brihton

    ^^ P" ^ —^ ^ ^^ ^ " ¦ W * " ^ ^^ , ^ " ^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ l ^«^ " ¦^^ T ^« lPP * ^^ - ^ ^ kp ^ P » # Bp ^^ •* ^* ^ k ^^ ifc * Bfc p . Bk ^ ^ k . g ^ bBBBb ^^^ ^ P ^»^ i ^ pk of To am -day * V , ' and the . ^ ft other _ * A * Folkestone ^^— . ¦ «* ^ . of ^^ To ^ ^ m- ^ - day . ' Both of them abound in useful information ¦ and » leasant - » gossiand pi as . fc **^ rf they kv are also rfwk

    cleverl — — — - ' * — y «* illustrated p m * -r — ^_ * vvrw ^»» v ^ * p » ^^ and ^ - ^ **^ ^^^ — " p published P" ^ , y ^ - ' ^ * - » ' ^ p *^ r ^ . at ^ -m *^* r a shilling m , * v ^ ^ m ^ m ** v " , »^^ - , ptheir success , we imagine , can scarcely be doubtful .

    From Mr . John Hey wood . — * The Teacher ' s Handbook to the Code Examinations , Standard ¦•¦ - » - IV ¦ ¦ . ' is k intended ¦• to be used bthe teacher Xi

    during ~— — «• . ™ . — " the , _ . »^» last ^ . « . ^ , ^ j _/ m . jt few - * - ^ ^_» * - >» . weeks "fc / \^ r . ^ ^ - * " v « before » v ^ v ** v ^ fc r \* » y y \ the s M . jk x ^ « J annual % » y V * V ^* -A ^ A . examination by the inspector . The questions have " »¦¦ been •¦ of — ^ - ' ™— - — the - ~ selected r— lar ip ^ i -x . ^ ^ . ^ ¦» >»»• ^^> k . . ¦ from _ v . v-p * 4-. JB ... M .. examinations ^ v riLak . B 4 . iu » . *—¦ , J »_ fc . M . ^ Jtt ¦ V >^ AAV in JL ¦ - * all mJV J » J * .

    I ^ arts country , and represent very fairly the kind of knowledge likely to be required . From — — — — — - ~ Messrs •¦ ¦¦ ¦—¦ ¦*•>¦ ¦ **• ¦** " . Hurst « ifcJi ¦>> - ¦ . p * . r >^ »*» ^ & -v Blackett — — jl . % jmt ¦»•»» Jk ^ . \ J % / m . — 'De JLS V- veril » V-4 -I- ' s »» J *** ^^ * ' *

    Diamond , ' by Adeline Sergeant , # vols . Endowed with the g-iffc of arresting- and holdingthe attention , the authoress leads us through the —¦ mazes t of a »/ complex rf lotenlivened at

    frequent - — — - » -BP- —— ~— intervals — p- ^ r r * - * ¦*^ r- - — . » -v by _ x v ^ « . Im . ^ surprises r- ' •*¦ ^ -- **» - » - p »» - ^ J » . >^ * -r , m which ^ w * » A A p » . » ^^ / A startle . M , ^* f \ -M . & . V ** and Jt . A . ^ - * bewilder . As a graphic picture of the errors

    and and and miaj miaiudtrments of rascality udgments in common common various to to grades men men and and of women wnmfiii society , ,. this novel will hold a leading place amongst

    the readable books of the season .

    From Not Messrs only Shakspeare . Elerr & , but Richardson Cowper * and Giasgow Tenny . ^—

    -son son hav nave e their their concordance cOT \ corda . nr > e , . and anrL ; Mr Mr . . J . T . B Tl . ^ Leid , M . A ., is too patriotic to allow the national poet of Scotland to lag behindfie has

    ac-¦ ^ - ^ " ^ *^ ^^ ¦ * P » ^ 'W - ^ ^^ Bbf ^^ k . ^^ ^ NPB ^ ^ k ^ ^^ P 7 BP ^ V ^^ P ^ y ^ *^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^** , VJ ^ P ^ k >^^ b ^ M ^ B ^ pp > Vp *> B ^ pT ^ >>^ \ ^ ^^ , cordingly ¦ Ti ^ compiled * a ^ aA a complete . ^ word . bb bp - and ^_ -phrase ^ ' Concordance to the Pojems and Songs of pb ^ p ^ b . ^ > pjp ^ ^ a ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ __ .

    Robert Burns , ' and has incorporated with the work a Valuable glossary of Scotch words . The book has been red with most

    painstaking research and prepa loving care , and the text adopted is that of the first editions which were - - — — ' - ** edited ~ v' ^— ' *» ' ^^ * - ¦* b *~ w y « Burns BB « h . pr ^ PB ^ ^^^ B-PBBpi himself B » M | Jh ^ — ^ p ^ ^^ pp ^^ . « Mr pp . > PP . B ^^ . V Reid bW * V ^ P ¦ * . ^ *^ lr «» just ^ P < | ^ ^ V ^ ly ^ Bf

    says that it has been too much the practice of editors to improve upon Burns ; and he things that the real kBi pBto explanation of the free hand

    ~ ^^ ^ ™ "" ^ " ^^ ' BP . ^ Mp * p ^ h ^ p ¦ ^ SP' ^ B ^ f ^ pplT ^ L ^^ B ^ pPV ^ pT ^ B » ^^ J ^ - ^ B . ^ k ^ ^ Bpp ^* ^^ ^^ i ^^» p ^ ^ P * ' « p * ^ B ^ f ^ yfy pT J % PV ^ which they have laid on the poet ' s work is that - ~ tney - ~ - >^ n ^^^ ^ J were w w ^^ ^ PB ^ b ^ unable ~ ^ ApkB ^ BJ * r % ^ ^ b ^ p ^ to ^ h ^ ^ a *~ " * rid dP ^ ^ P *^ BT themselve ^^ ^^^ P > ^^ ^ pPBBp ^ Bft BBp . * ^ hBT . ^ * ^ pk s , ^

    ^ of the idea that although Burns was a genius he wag also a ploughman , and therefore deficient in critical BhTP perception . ' There 4 BBBBB . are no

    ' ^— ^* ^^ ~ ^^ ^ ^ ^ P ^ ^^— ' ^^^^ ^^^ ^ p ^ ^^ B BBP ^ P ^ ^^ pV ^^^ Br BJh ^ pT ^ Bi ^ ^ Bb ^ pbF ^^ T ff | k ^ p' B ^ ^^ ^ k ^ p * ^^_^ B > B ^ ^»^ B ^^ ^ H * ^ pipP 1 ' ^^ p' ^ P' ^^ ~^ P * ^ pli ^ K ^«^ F less ^ h than . ^ M fifty ~ vh ^ Bk k -two thousand _ fl ^ ^^ quotations _ ^ in ^ this ^ p _* scholarly and sympathetic concordance , and this wealth of reference -WtfP pT makes 1 Bb it easy to

    — ^^ " ^ ^ P ^ ^*^^ ^^ ^ P ^ ^^ r ^^ - ^^^ pr ^ Hai ^^ pi ^ p ~^ pB » - ^ kpr Bp ^ ^ BB " ^|« p ^ h ^ P ^^ b ^ b ^ P ^ k *^ V fl > Pt ^ hP 7 * ' ^ ^^^ ^* " ^^ P ^ BfePV »^ P W ^ P * ^^ P * determine from the context the delicate shades of meaning with which any word is employed . Robert Burn ¦ s ¦ possessed lpl ¦ BP P « P > 1 k ¦ an j || M incomparable Bkhi mas ¦ BfcPl

    -— ' — — " ^ - ^ BP " ^ ™ - ^ r - ^^ ^^ JBp . pBfcj * ^ BBP ^ " « P > P ^ ^^ lp ^ ^ fj ^ lp ^ ^^^^ | ^^ ^^ ™**^ ^^ " ^ ^*^ ' ^ P ^ P ' tery of the resources of a language which Mr . ¦ Ruskin "W ~ " ~ " ^ ' ¦ ¦ once ^ k ^ ¦ ^ ~^^ ^ pPr described « PP ^» ^ kp * Bkaf ^^^ ^^ ^ P- ^^ BP * ^ kpP T . I PP as ^ ' ^ f Pi the * P ^ fT ^ ^^ p" ' sweetest Pk ^^ V V ^^ P ^ ^ kpp * Bk ^ ^^^ — - B ^ ai , BB richest ^ pBb > ^ BP * ^ Bk ^ p > ^^? Wt ^ ' ¦ k' , H *¦ . ^ k ^ A __ m . A

    subtlest * ^ , most musical ^^ of all ^^ living ^ ^ dialect ^ ^ s in Europe , ' and this work renders both the unrivalled power of Burns h Pk 1 and the force and

    ^^ — — - ~~ ^ ¦¦ ¦* ^^^ — " ^ P ^ ^^ p ~* m * ^^ pi ^ pr ^ « m ^>^^ s » r Bb ^ bt * Bk . *^ ^ PB | ^ k ^ ^^^ - ^^ **^ P ^ ^^ to * P ^ ^¦* ^ IP ^ ^ MP Bk * B . jp ^^ p 'p ^ - ^ p beauty of the instrument he wielded more conspicuous than ever . A complete index , arranged in alhabetical # order . ¦ Bb of all the titles

    and ^~~ ^— ^^ - - ~ ^^ ^ ^—^ fi ^ P ^ p rst ^^ ^>^^^ ^^ P lines ^^ " - ^ r ^ r ^^ p BT ^^ P ^^^ r ^^ P g PW iven ¦ ^^ ^^^ ^ k ^ ^^ h ^ bv Bk in > ^^ F V . ^^^ P the i . ^ ki ^^» " * ^ Bp ^ ^ P , concordance ^ B ^ P ^^^ P p ^ F ^ r ^^ k . Bl ^ kP ^^^ ^ P ^ Bf ^ T ^^ ^^^ , VP <^^ P > ^ is h ^ ' ^^^ appended ~ H ' v m— " BJ b ^ ^— - ^ ^ k . ^ " ^~^« to 1 ~ ' ^^ a ^ iP ^ P work P * ^ hp' P ^ p ^* PP > which V V ^^^ B ^^ ^_^ ^ b ^ Ba , p Mr ^ l ^ ki Bap ^ . ^ Reid pka Bjf ~| » ^^ ^^^ b ^ modestl pi ^ B ^ P ^ B I ' ^ tf' ^ P ^^ Pk ^ *^ ^^ y V

    hopes may * add another stone to the cairn which many successive hands have raised in love ^— - » W - - ^ P ^ of — ~ ¦ Robert " » " ^ - ' ^^^ ' ^ ^^ » P ^ Burns ^^^ P . V ^^ < PB »^ B » ptiv ^ . ' . A ^^ i ^ thoroug ^ i * BBBI ^ Bk ^^ T ^ B ) ^ pp ^ PpppW fJB . ^ hl Jfc 1 ^ ^ fc y W careful ^ p ^ ^ kT . P'P ^ ^ 1 ^ « B > ¦ ¦ ,

    trustworthy , and admirable book .. From i M . Calm VPPBB ann LeVyParis . —* L' 66 e r '

    ¦ ^ ^^ ^ W ^ ¦ ¦ " VPPM ^ p ^ B ^ ^^ BP ~ 1 ^^ P . ^ *^ ByBP PPP . B ^^ i ^ ffp « BBBB > ^*^ ^ ^ V H , | f BfcPBJ ^^ p ^ # kp ^ P ^ B >!* ^ ^ . pous n ^ ^ pP ^* P « B Pk ^ ^^ i ^« P , par Henry * V ^ T" Rabusson * v k p > . This . »_ .. ¦ m is m a story . of melancholy interest , told with great power . Mademoiselle r de Nivesa ladof inde t P -

    pendent p ^» - * — B » ^ -- * ** m « Hp ^^ 1 kB means ^ kp * ^^ p- * ^^^^ ^^^ h , ^ ipr is B * kp 1 ^^ W an ^ ta * Kp . , H m inmate ^ ^^ young « ^^ . b « . b > . m _ m IppBL of bbI . h iTT ^ kp « B the ) y W ^ p ' ^* m house ^^ *> kp > ^^ of ^•^ ~~™ the ^ ^— — — — Baroness ^~~ ™ ¦ ^» - »~ ^^ p ^ ^ - ^ p «^ p- ^^ de -ipi h ^ k-p Tal ^>^ k > . 1 ^ "mt ^ u ayrac m i * ' ^ ^^ p « - ^ r ^ kp ^ , a a w iif p rich ^ «¦¦ ^^ ^^^ widow w w " ^ ^** vp »*^ ¦ " , j

    whose son , the Baron de Talayrac , lives at home . M . de Pontvicq , a college friend of the ^* ^^~~ ^ P ^ young / * " ™ ¦ *™ ^ ^ PBJ baron - " ^ - PB y-BP ^ V , ^ tp * PBT ^ , M is 4 Bt ^ - a BKP ^ constant ^^ p P ^ p P- n ^ PL" B | BJ « B 1 ^^ B ^ T visitor pT pBJ I pp ^ ^ fe B ^/ ^^ Jfc f at ^ iif ^ P > the ^ " - ' ' —

    house . Both the young men are attracted by Mademoiselle de JNlves and seek her hand . She , a girl cf uncommon parts and great

    wilfulness , is swayed by contending emotions , alternately attracted by the intellectual qualities and tine nature of Pontvicq and dominated

    by the strong character of De Talayrac . The portrayal ¦* *"^ ^* *^ —~ ^ ± J of ^ " ^ ^^ the ^^^ young 7 ^^^ ¦¦ ¦>*"* ^ JpVf c pBfcBfcT lad ^ P ^^— y J 's P » v ^ varying W ^ 1 m W ^ m , Jfc ^ BbbK moods pVh »» p- ^ . P' , -

    and the narrative of the young men ' s competition for her , each after his fashion , is very subtly told .

    From Messrs . Crosby Lock wood «& Son . — ' Engine-driving Xiife / by Michael Reynolds . ( Second edition . ) This true narrative of

    stiring adventures will prove entertaining and instructive to readers whose knowledge of locomotives t and the vis m ~ m + science of ine-driving is of

    ¦*¦ . » - « . - ' - * -r ~ . -p , ^ - r- ^ r ¦ h' -BjiPBbpBi v « --r p—r -m ^ ja . ^^ / *> ., m t ^ t - * s - *^ s w « - eng ^— ' «—« > pp ^ * »« ^^ ^ - ¦• - » V A v •¦ ¦•¦—¦ s ^^ " ^ "" — a very limited character . The ' ups and downs ' of our enginemen and firemen , together with the K 'Wp" pf immense . * -JkA «» , * ' „ F « . p «^ »*^ responsibility « . ¦ V ^ 'f- ^ »»«» V ^ P .-A . »>*»• A . l » k ^ JpV » p » . " 4 . ^ » IpV and A ^ pV ^ p *> b ¦ * hazardous - * ••¦« fcp « Bfcrw ^ , V , -bpp-

    nature of their calling , are illustrated , by facts and incidents which have come under the notice of the author during an experience of twenty

    years .

    538 The Publishers' Circular May , 15,18...

    538 The Publishers' Circular May , 15 , 188 9 ¦ ¦ . '

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 538, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/28/