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      Books Received :— ¦ From Dk • ^^*»<» Mr ...

      11 here modestly terms a * compilation' lets forth very the laws conve of n the ient most ly and ancient clearly the law chief -givers points t . Each in

      ¦ ¦ | ^ 3 pLUB ™* ^* ^ " ^ ^^ ^ p _ ppp *^ p- ppp—^— - _ - ^— - — — - — ¦ - ^^ - — — — — - ^ — ^— — - * - » » ^^»^ » ¦ pp-ppp * p « pw pmppfw ^ r ppppp > II chap will b ter e useful is followed to students by a series . The of ques author tions acknow which

      -¦¦¦ ¦ o ledg n t UmAW h e s Law ¦_ his m . " indeb of ^»»« —_ J Moses ™ pp _ »_ _ L p ^ t - edness _ -p . _ "ppwpj 3 , in __ «¦¦ . ¦¦ — — Smi ^ t ¦» o __ — th vaaww Canon J ^ l ' s ¦»• ' . Dictiona apppr- ph Barry T ^ fc _ ^ . p _ ¦ fp _ p ^ ' r _ 1 s y article i of va A * t w . _ h e - . and . a to a -. " ¦ " * _ Abbott A . I . I . ill . t Bible ¥ >?! 1 _ T t

      Bible / Dr . ' s ' Lessons . ' —i j- ^ JMJA the same ¦¦ — ' — — ^ . — — ' London — — Guide ~ — — - —— — / sixth — - — — edition — ' - —— - ^ — — ^^ prom Tpypp *™ 1880 ft _ ¦ _ A _ % ^ . F Stanford £% A __ * 39 ^ * __ _ to A the i _ l _ _ .. ___ _ _ * ,

      season . Mr . ' s guide great city has won snch a deservedly high reputation

      for far conciseness conciseness , , cor correctness rectness , , and ana convenience convenience , , that tnat ire need do little more than say that it has again ^ mad ^^^^ Kflh ^ H ^ Qf ^ p e ~ m ^ j i pp t ^ prpp s ^ app ^^ " ^ ^ p _ ^ p ™^ e — aran ^^ — _^ — ce , ^ p cor — — rected — — ^^ ^^^ np — — pj to - " ~ ~~ - date ^~^— — — — " ~ ~~ . - —^ It ~— ~— is —_ - —

      cast , as our readers may remember , in a tabular form , the details of the building or exhibition described ^ H ^ jm * pjr * p » ¦ _ - ^ — —— being ~ ^^ m supp ^ r ^^ lied in — columns ^ — — —¦ . ™ Here — — ' —

      and there objection might be taken to some of the definitions . It is , for instance , difficult to see howstanding under St . Paul ' s Cathedralthe

      editor can , describe the little Church of , St . Stephen , Walbrook , beautiful as its interior is , as Wren ' s masterpiece ; but for the most part the

      descriptions , making due allowance for the scanty space available , are as correct as they are terse ¦¦¦ . The mapwhich is enclosed in a pocket in the

      , cover , is a excellent ^ ^ in A desi ^ Pb A gn and colouring ^ a , and the ^ numerical references to the objects enable the visitor at once to find his destination on paper

      before he starts to reach it . From the same . — Tourist ' s Guide to Devonshire / by wmr m ^ R »_ ^ . v N _ w » . ™ Wor » - ^ p- ^^ th ^^^^^^ , M F ^^^ . G ^^ . S ^^^ . This ^^^ ^ pppp ^ pippp' ' Guide ^ p ^ r ^ p ^^ ¦ ^¦¦^ ^»» ' divides w «> w ^^ ^ p ^ ^ w *^ r

      North and South Devon , and gives for both parts of the most lovely and diversified of English counties ^ V ^ ^^ ¦ ' ^^ " ¦ ~— ™ a ¦ " comp ^^^ ^^ P ^^ - ^^ p ^ v ^ h ^^ t le ^^ r ^ pr te ^ pr ^^ handbook ^ - ^^^^ ^ v ^ v ^—^^^ ^ r ^ Br p ^ pr ^ p ^ pr ^ P ^ P ^ P . f ^ P The ^^^^^ ^^^ PBF ^ P ^ excursions ^ ppppi ^ pf ^ P ^ VVPPP pp ^ P ^^ ^ p 1 ^ pi ^ pp pppP

      seem to be admirably planned , and the descriptions happ - - ^— ^— il— of y __ g done ~— - the ^ ¦ " - ^ , m various being »•¦ ^ p ^ ^^^^^ -P'S comprehensive ^*^ ^ " spots ^ ^ - ^ m ^— pjpr- " ^ ' ^ pp ^ worth p ^ pb ^ p ^ pppj ^ pb w ^ a without » visit " ^ p «> ^ p "" p » p « b ^^ ^ . ^ are ^ pr being a ^ r very ^ p ^ pappv ¦ ^ k

      unduly lengthy . It is easy to see in page after page how thoroughly familiar the author is with every is perhaps inch of next the to ground capacity ¦ ' Pppp he for traverses » dealing , with and t the his

      subject r — ' — - ^ , — PPP the - — , pj pp ^ hi ^ pp ^ ps ghest ^ r ^ ^^ ^^» essential ¦¦ 1 ^ ^ W « PJ ^ pT pp in HP * VfWplilPVM one who ¦ * ^ under WpppI VTpl ^ Vfl - takes to provide such a book . From of the Messrs Passion ¦¦ » . Strahan > ! Flay i / A The Co idea . — ' Seg of «^ p » uin the vi ' a book Country is a

      — ' ™™ ¦ pww ¦ — mmm pav ^ pB ^ 'v ^* ar ^* w y Mpr «* r ^^ M ^ mmm m * w happy one . The scenery immediately about the village the tne of Oberammergau , and on a good part of

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      prettiness and Wight some , near of and the Eyde ilgrims the . The pettiness take railway the of steamer skirts the this instead Isle lake of ,

      — ' •"» va v « kp »^ ar p u ««| k * A * AaM » WJ * V VMV M WM AAA V A M- > WW « iV \ . A 4 Among volume are the a contents Sennhut , of Bavarian Miss Seguin dancing ' s , p Parten leasant

      -& varian nrchen kixchen c ., Salzburg , . the the Walchemee Wahihetutpji and its , nei KocheUee K " . oeihplstpjK ghbourhood , the tliA . Koni , " cmifiMPA the gssee Ba- , s cities —¦ - ~ -wisr , j Niirnberg ** i v » A jukP ^^ A'A & , l & VVVI c . There A UVA V are «*& V # numerous JJI W * A « V * V UM

      interesting illustrations of what the authoress justly calls some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe Christ ™ . in We the may Passion remark Play that the is name Mair / of ( not the

      wvourite that ' Maier the / mountain "" although VUUWMU that almost U 1 U 1 \ SO 1 looks > in * U Salz KJOUIUUl more burg German g which T » » A » V ) , iq is and a

      ' Monschberg promenade /) . is the Mbnchsberg '( not * tMi Messrs . Ward , Lock , & Co . — Artistic

      Homes ; or , How to Furnish with Taste . ' The jpostles " ••» ejected of the from holiness our laces of of ugliness worshi ft ' have and long the

      ^ owic the traditional and ww scu - - * »* WAA lptured ¦ ¦ pi ^ homes # ^< m . p &/ cross lt « of VVp > puri are ^ # A tan now \ p ^ pfc MUA simp to p r'A , be lici UU % found t y as

      * w » as i « the Gothic •—^ " ^ p- church pv ^ pppv ^ pr ppjr ^ p ^ ppi or h ^ - vaulted «¦ ^^ ppt—p ^ v ^ pjiPP ^ pppv cathedral ht ""*"" i ^ p »^ ^_ J ^^ pp « ; p * now . following in the same march of aesthetic —vmiihii airo

      ^^ v ' , uuuow uouijc utxuruwju uuu ^ '^ g " " ¦ , .

      garnished on artistic principles . One charm of this — — Bnew — development — - — - P — ^ - ^ p i h - ^ A ^^^ kk ^ ¦ is p" that i ppj i p ^ Pk it ppv ps - « f combines ^^ ^^ ^ ppv pp ^ pppspI ^ rw economy ^ pf ^^ ^ pVM ^^ VpvpV P V pft _ ^) . _ ^^ ^^ dpi ^^ ^ ^ ^^ . ^'

      with taste ; for , while the old furniture was handsomely heavy , it was also heavily expensive , whereas the new order of things r can either WPvPfT be p «^ p

      — - — — — — — — — - ^ ^¦ ^ — ' ^ ^^ ^ p ^ « " ^ ¦^^^^^^ ppp ^ p ^»»^ p ^ p ^^ ' ^ p' ^^ pt ^ pppf ^ ^ PB p ^^ I made n t he volume purchased * before pB with m us a we far .. k have more ^^ , in modest a small outlay com _ - . pass ^ P ~ ^^^^^^ Jf , a guide , T ^ ¦ ^ ¦ - — ^ t ^ o » r t w ^ h ppv e ^ p- decora ^ PP ^^ pT ^ pV ^ pTppV PApVV t ^ ion ^ V ^ pV PHPBV of V ^ P . ^ w W » alls W ^ BW " and ppVMpV ^ PV

      c ceilings oloured to las th s in coveri windows ng of floors , the choice use of of furniture in g all the varied sty , les , the importance of -v— wr som — >> ¦—— e ' b central <> H w ¦¦ —• ¦» — ¦ . —— PB * idea -i-w a ' ^ and . vtbbw of 1 w «>*> harmony ^ mrnm ^ mmm ^ rmm ^^ w PPk in *»• . » the lriiir treat —t lrwif i-K _ ^^ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

      ment of the various apartments being duly insist ed on . Not only what may be termed the domestic and the social rooms common to every house receive adequate considerationbut the library

      all the — — — — music — fi n d men - — room — fj ti o , n and i n ' - — ' —— the wh ^— — —— a art t ^— w » m — ^ of ^ a . ^ P- ^ , W window f a irl ppp ^ b- p ^ pvp be ^ - ^ gardening P- pvpp charac PPBV *^ PpTVPJ ^ ^ V - , V y y terised ^ ^^— PP- ^» " ^ ¦ - as » ' •» - a ^ P ^ very ¦¦ ^ P-PP » ^ » cheap ^^ V ^ WV ^^ and ^ PTPPW handy PVPVWPPWVV little PSPVPVPXPB V num PMPPHVMW VVW ^* * ! , pBp-psI « _ ppppi pi ^ pm pup . _ a ^^ p _> A

      From the same . —' Life in a Debtor s Prison ; or , Whitecross and the Bench / by the Author of ' ^ Five ^ ~ w - ~ - Years pppj - ^ i i ip" »^ ' P " enal ppppp ^ ppp-ppp ¦ S i er pjp * vitude » pp » *¦»¦ w « v ffF / « Few W » of P th VW e ^^ ^ ^ p ^ ^ p * ^ p ^ pTpy ^^^

      relics of old London , now almost forgotten , have more curious histories attached to them than the debtors ¦»• IV ^ ¦ »¦ ^ V ' ¦» p JW- ¦ risons PJ ^ pr Pap ^ PIV of ~ W- Pa > Whitecross V V P « ^ ^ VVaVTtTWPW pp in * P > PpW the * p >^ pppp >^ pV City ^ ipT ^ **]__¦ ¦ and ¦ PWi ^ VPB

      the King ' s Bench in Southwark ; and although imprisonment for debt has not , as many persons supposebeen abolished with the debtors ' prisons

      the strange , scenes enacted within their walls may , be said to have for ever passed away . The descri ^^^ ^ p * m ^ pp ^^ ^* ptions pp ^ p >^ v - ^ r ^^^ pr ^ g pjpk i ^ ven w ^ v ^^^^ ^ in ^ - ^^^^ this ^ pr ^^^^*^ volume v ^ pr ^^ ^^ pp ^ ppppppr ^ pr are ^ pppppsb ^^ p graphic ^ H ^ K ppv ^ pipp' hb ^ pppppippr «^ ppi in ¦ sppp '

      the extreme , both as regards the strange and uninviting ' limbs of the law / who carried the sheriffs' missives to the unfortunate debtorsand

      PPI A Pl PPI PPB Pi PPI _____ P > _ PP , as to the ^ strange life . ^ led by ^ them after *^ their ^ imprisonment . The various characters met within the wall of Whitecross—some utter roguesothers

      the victims of the roguery of crimps and , moneylenders—are well sketched , and the only moral deducible from the strange , if somewhat

      unsavoury tale , is that these things have not been swept away one whit too soon . Although it is a | portraiture PP _ r ^ T pPJPpSj PJPVPP ) ^» ^ PPV—P ) ^ PT of ^ P ^ _ PI prison PPpV PPB Ppf PPBT ^ PP W—PT ^ life BiPPV ^ P' ^ P > of " ^ p- » W the ^ P 1 PP—PT _> past PPpF "" I Pi _~ , W and ^ P ^ —^ Pi ^ not ^^^ ^^ ^ T , W like PVWPPB ^ P ^

      the author ' s previous work , a record of that which still exists , it is a book of very considerable power and V _ PpT T m W interest ¦ ¦*—¦ W ^ V t ^ P *^ P * "V , f | VV and . pp" ^^_ i is _ . ¦ pp' worth W V ^^ P « p wPJPJ y ^^ of ^ r ^ pt > pe r V ^* " rusal ^ W . 'V ^ VPW V .

      From Mr . J . J . "Weber , in Leipzig . — 'Bilder fur Schule und Hans . ' This is a collection of prominent fPP PPPP pictures V ^ PP which have appeared B ¦ V ¦ in ¦ I the ~— I

      ^ Hf ^ pp PPJPPPPPJPPP PPPPJ ^ P ^» ^^ P ^ PPP ^ B ^^^ ^^ ~^*^ T ^^^ ^ P ^ ^ ^ ^ " ^™ - »» ^^^ ^^ - ^ B ^ W II ^—^— ^ ¦ I ^^ H ^^ ™ ™ ^ ^ "I ^—Ulustrirte * " * _ Zeitung ^^ . ^ of Lei _^^ a pzig ph . They ^^^^^^ are published ^ ^ A ppj ppk by the Expedition der Ultutrirten Zeitung , in parts , at WP PJT the P _ TP »_ B ^ PF ¦¦ low ^^ P ^ PT price ^ HT PP . P" ^ P" ^ P' of ^ ^ "i 50 - ^ P ^ ^ r ¦ Pfennige ^ * — -- — w - ^ - ^ -y — ( p fid . _ - . — ) — per ™ ^ - ' part P | - ' ^ " — , in

      a cover , each part being devoted to pictures of a certain class , such as animals , landscape , North Germany , & c . The parts we have seen give us

      grou arrnn ps nn from from the t . ViA pI class haa of of beasts beasts of of prey DT « V , . pictures T ) i _ ti _ r _ a of ISorderney henceforward associated with the name p > WPjppp | ^ p ^ of ^^ pp . Prince ppppt ppp mm ppppp ^ pjp v ( » * ^ Furst ^^ — » - ^ - ^ _¦ von — — ^ — j ) Bismarck _ . _ — _ .. _ . _ , of — , c — ele __ . _ -

      brated German ladies ; and so on . Some of the at pictures play are with trul his y genial cub , and the comic tiger ; on as the the ti war ger

      L tl —' path , & c . Magazine ^ P b ^ pp _ pppppj ^ p « « p _ Pp _ p * pp > 4 p » ^ pp ^ prpf . — ¦•¦ _ American ¦»» w— _ - _ - —_ -- Art Review .. __ , ___ ( Sampson . _ „ _ . ..... Low . ,

      Marston , & Co . ) , quite a repertory of engraving in various genres . We v w p _* pb have _* p _ p * t « ^ pr also p « pj ¦ ¦ ¦<« ^ m pp received " ^~ ^ - ~ - ^™ * - ~ - —— — 'Doom ^ " —~ —^ ¦ " ——_ -- of — —— ¦ ^ the — Great — ___ — _ City __ . ^ —'

      ( Newman , & Co . ) of which we can only say that the destruction of more than four millions of human beings with leasure is not V ^« 4 B a and subject that which if the book we can be a dwell joke ¦¦ ¦ w upon e do

      not W —I TW « % sympathise p ¦^ PPl ^ P » P * P _^ ^ lr , W ^ PP ^^ wi P _» ^ PPPI th —PPP it T ^ PPP — ^ P- PPP ^ PT ' Hundr - ^ pr ^ PP ^ ^ T P ^ P- ^ ^ P e PPP d prise P ^ P" ^— , ^ f | —^ questions —~ " , — » - — - - _ on Canadian history , and the answers of Hermes * ( Dawson , Montreal . )

      man * wor The d English JNlrit . l * ngu « cra h « A no aquiT ^ lent tor « h « . Ckr- \ I ; ** ' a ^ MMM ^^^ j ^ Xp ^ ppMSiSp ^^ p » pp » jppp » jppp »»_ p _» j « pp _« . p— " . _—"" pp »> . —p »»— ^ ipp— " ¦ » . ¦¦»¦ p » p _ p » ppp _ p »_ ppp »_ ppppp" » pp » p » p » ppppp ^ pp »> p —— — " ^^

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      ¦ $ * » a »» - ¦ - _ ||| at i ^ ¦ ¦ . ^^ ., ^ | ttai , 1 | ^^ ¦ ' ' . >>¦ ' ¦ -J 1 ^ 15 , 1880 The Publishers' Circular 45 ,

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1880, page 451, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061880/page/11/