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    Booksellers' Catalogues. * God Be Thanke...

    — excellent class-book . One of the special features of the work is the endeavour manifested 1 , 11 _ t and facilitate i ? _•!•____ reference i >

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    by directions for finding them on the map . From the same . —* Tables for Chemical Analysis , * ty \ t \ 1 t - ¦ - * a mi ¦

    by A . ement T . Richa in this rdson manua , B . A l . and The the group lucid ing arr des a cr iption I ** s of the various proce , sses and resul ~ - ts

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    £ 3 \ J LJ _ ± \_/ * T M .-M % . V \ J A U ^ VUIVA A U , % JV * -J M-M . V - — -r _ x ^ ~* V V- * -M . y J — _» ^_* * . — — y T « complete so far as the United Kingdom is concerned ^ M -v— # * mm * —— h —¦ — . — ' We — gather ^— -w from the book that

    there are eighty-seven daily newspapers published in the country , and no less than one hundred and fifteen evening journals , whilst

    the weekly papers reach the total of two thousand three hundred and twelve . Nobody would be surprised to learn that there are eight

    hundred and seventy-eight magazines , periodicals , & c , published in London , as against three hundred and four in the provinces . The

    arrangement of the contents under counties is admirable , and it is possible at a glance to find explicit information about newspaper activity

    JL ¦*¦ *¦ •¦ in any part of the United Kingdom . From Messrs . Simpkin , Marshall , Hamilton ,

    Kent & Co ., Limited . — ' Churchwardens ' Manual : their Duties , Powers , Rights and Privileges' by George Henry , D . D ., Bishop of

    Guildf ord . , The substance of this handy volume was comprised in the writer ' s charge to the clergy and churchwardens of the Archdeaconry

    of Winchester in the spring of 1889 . A brief sk > eh is first given of the origin of the office of rlinrohwarden , with its history i / down to the

    present time . The duties of those elected , and various other matters of interest , form the remainder of the contents .

    From the same . —' The Art and Practice of Interior Photography , ' by F . W . Mills . Amateurs

    who seek assistance in their application of the photographic art to indoor subjects cannot do better than provide themselves with this

    carefully prepared manual . The author devotes half the book to the apparatus necessary for successful operations JL , and the other half to the

    various printing processes . He ; writes in a thoroughly practical manner , and , whilst aiming M' > conciseness , appears to include every

    essential detail . The book is illustrated with several photographs of church interiors and lurnished rooms .

    From the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ¦ — - » h ^^ h ~ mar ° m ^ ^ L ^ l ^^^^ . —* ¦ Lu " * - ^ mW ^¦ '^^ cy ^ mf ¦ W ¦ Winter r ^~ ^^ ~^ ^^ ^ " ^ , ' by ^ M F . E . Readc .

    A pleasing story of family life , suitable for young people on the verge of manhood and womanhood r f 1 . Wholesome mmmi lessons are inter-¦ — — * —^^ — 1 — ^^^ r ^ 1 ^^^ V T *~ ^^ ~^ ^* " T ** r ~*^ r ~^ ' ^^ ^ " ^ ' ^^ ^^ — ~~

    —woven with the narrative , designed to promote a fair and successful start in life . From the same . — Amina : a Tale of the

    Nestorians / by Edward L . Cutts . The author contrives to make a capital story out of a personal ^^ r ^ : : :

    adventure , and throws considerable light on some of the ~ mmr customs —^ " ^ ^ 1 ^ mmr mmwmm ^ ma and H V ^^^ W "V ^^ B habits mmm *™ * m ^^ r ~* tm ^ ^ m ^ mV r-ar of ^«^ mW 9 » the * V ** mW mWm Persian ^ **^ ^ m \ t W * m 0 dfe VP ¦ s C H ^^ ^ ^^^ . . ^ ,

    particularly with regard to two or three remote places with which English people have little acquaintance . The book will afford

    entertainment and instruction both to young people and adults . From l the and Cum , b . y Elliot b Richar erland Stock d and S . Ferguson . Westmore — ' The , History M land . A ., President A of nti Cumber quarian of

    and Archaeological Society . The author of this volume , recognising that the time has gone ¦ pa — — st fo — r writ ~ ing ¦ ^^ mm ^ — a ™ h —¦ ™ is ° — tory -w -mmar " ^ ¦ M of ~ mf ~ •**** Cum - ** m ^ ^ m *^ mr mM b ^ mmr erlan **** " m ^ mp MWm ^ m ^^ tf ^ ^ d' ^^^ , H or ^ m ^ ^^ of m mT ^^

    any county , on the old-fashioned lines and scale , has endeavoured to supply a book which will discharge the functions of the ' general

    introduction ' to an old-fashioned county O history in two or three quarto volumes . Certainly the work before — — u - — s _ - m - a ^_ - - _ y — be — ri ^^_ ^_ g a ^¦ ^ H htly — ^ mm described — ^ - ^^ . ~ Wmr mm * ^^ m < ^^^ ^ b ^ r ^^ ^ as ^^^ V m * m ^

    a popular county history . Mr . Ferguson has taken great pains to accumulate a vast number of historical facts ; he has arranged them

    admirably ; and they are presented in an interesting manner . The chapters on the Roman conquest , the Roman roads , forts , and towns

    will be specially attractive to a certain class of readers . There are also some excellent chapters bearing — ^^^ K on " the — ¦ ^ Norman ^— ~^ m > ¦¦— — ^ - " »^~ ^ w ¦ sett » - ^ P- — ~ mw l ^_ ement - ^^ ^_^_^^ - ^ mW ^ 4 . ^» , W the " ^ ^ ^^ S m-m ^^ cotti ~ ~ " ^^ ^ rf ym ^ f mmmt — s [ - h ^ ^ |

    wars , and the periods of the Reformation , Restoration , and the Revolution . The city of Carlisl — e — in -- its - orig ^^^ m in a — — nd — dev - ^^ - elopment - ^ v —— - »* r ~^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ is ^^ mmm '

    sketched very lucidly . We have , moreover , an admirable historical survey of religion in Cumberland , and of the relation of Carlisle to

    the ecclesiastical unfolding of the period . The volume closes with a record of the relationship of the county to the stirring events of 1815

    and 1845 ; and the growth of railway enterprise in the district is well sketched . Appended to the work is a valuable classification of the list

    of books Sec . relating to Cumberland , giving the names of local biographies which throw light upon the habits of the Cumbrians .

    From Messrs . Trischler & Co . — 'Agatha ' s Quest , ' by . ' R . H . Sherard . Forster , a London journalist « l ,

    is sent to Paris as an art critic for the New York Informer . He is arrested on suspicion of murder and condemned to death . He is placed JL

    on the guillotine , but the apparatus refuses to do its fatal work , owing—as is afterwards discovered—to the insertion of a long nail into

    the groove of the machine . The convict ' s sentence is commuted to penal servitude ; but Forster escapes from confinement and is at

    length relieved of the false charge on which he was condemned by the confession of the actual murdererwho commits suicide . A clever

    , woman , Agatha , plays an important part on Forster ' . s behalf , and afterwards marries the falsely suspected K hero . The novel is well

    worked out , and , it i . s needless to add , intensely exciting . From the same .-- * A Railway Foundling ; ' by

    , Nomad . Three volumes . The freshness , power , and truthful portraiture which won a favourable reception for ' The Milroys ' are the leading

    features of Nomad ' s latest novel . Combined with a vivid picture of railway life , wo have a pleasant love-story , quite free from

    the sickly form of sentimentalism which frequently impregnates ' society' novels - a story in which sturdyhonest Englishmen play

    , important parts , whilst women of commonsense , intelligence , and well-balanced

    disposi-— : # /

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1890, page 583, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051890/page/33/