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

    • - *^ S = ^—¦ ' February edi Governmen ted by M t A Examina . rch Pa , a rk nd , tion A F . pril R . Q GKS ues , 1880 . tions , The w for ith ques Answers January tions , ,

    JDclu winded ded in in the tne volume volume are are the tne papers DftDers on on arith aritn--pup their metic il monthly t a each lgebra ers b examinations euclid y the , Education and gra in mmar the Department , first set to four the at

    months of the present year . The publisher , we learn H ^^ J ^^^^^ L ^^^^ ^ from ^ Pfl ^ P ^^^ ^^^^^^^ the ^^ preface ^ B" ^^ , ^ W intends ^ ^^^ ^^ " ^ to ^^ ¦ continue *^^ T ^^» ^^^^^ ^^ ^ " ^^^^» ^ V ^ V ^^ " ^ the ^ F " ^ " ^^ ^^ which is eminentl

    service series , , not only to those y who calculated are preparing to be for of teacherbut to students in

    the ' s profession , secondary schools , and especially to those who are working privately .

    From Mr . John Hogg . — Edgar Allan Poe : his Tjfe . Letters , and Opinions , ' in 2 vols . by John

    H . Ingram . A simultaneous and seemingly successful attempt has recently been made in ^ America ^^^ b B ^ MH ^^ P ^ W ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ and — in — Eng ^ L ^ B land ^^ to ^^ ^^ rescue ^^ ^^ the ^~^ ~~~ name ~~ " ~ — — of

    Edgar Allan Poe from the odium in which it has been involved , in part at least , by reason of his unfortunate choice of Dr . Bufus W . G-riswold as

    his literary executor . This new work is the exhaustive life of the American Poet upon which Mr . Ingram was known to have been so long

    engaged , and in preparing which he has obtained much assistance from many of Poe ' s surviving friends and correspondents . It contains a very

    large amount of biographical material not hitherto made public , including , besides other MW matters « v ^ r ^ v «^ of *^ r ^^ interest ^ m ¦ m ^ r ^ mr ^^ ^ v v ^ f ^ r , more ^*^^^ " ^^ ^™ ^ v than ^ m ^ m ^ m ^ mmmt ^ m forty ^» ^ r m * ^ v ^ new *^ ^^ v v ^ letters ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^™ — , y

    much fresh information about Poe ' s parentageearly life in England and America—his school days—his University and West Point

    careeradventures in Europe—literary transactionsaffaires de coeur—an explanation of the cause which w -- drove mr w him vmm to m stimulants r V & e . In an ^^^^^ ^ p ¦¦ ^^^—^^ ^^ v ^^ pv ^^^^^^^^^^ r ^^ ^^ ^ m ^ P ^ B ^ P ^ p ^*^ v ^ . ff ^ av ^ B ^^ V ^ F , ^ t ^^ v ^^ v ^ ^^~ ^^^^ ^ ™

    jects p app hies endix , are his , g Bibliograp an iven account . Besides hy of and Poe a oth ' cop s pre er ious vious relevant index biogra sub the - -

    , work rife is A also - _ embellished - _ i _~ _ _ ^ h with ^ ^ ^^ portraits of Poe ^ M ^^ h . w and ell and mother we lay . down Mr . the Ingram path has etic done story his with work its

    tragic , ending , impressed that Edgar A . , Poe will hereafter be ranked among those more sinned against than sinning .

    m From Messrs . W . A A . K . Johnston . — ' National Atlas of General Geography . ' We have here

    in thirty suitable -two maps tint , and coloured an index in ontline of 6 , with 000 names the sea mountain sice that is is , post to chains every quarto , p are lac and indicated e piven the binding in by the black is maps ornam lines . e , n the tal

    cloth . The price is , half-a-crown ! from fillftn Mr . William Kidd , Dundee . — The

    Gilthan nuan the JUirthday BirthdAv late George Book Book . . ' Gilfillan Few Few men men , and wrote wrote from more more the popular stand-point l » few AVff men wrote wr ¦» % r better ¥ There

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    susceptible of quotation , and we are therefore not t surprised birthda — - «» wi «< w to book WWM find which ¥ F it laid will »» under »•» doubtless ^¦^^ contributi ** iw « ' ^^*« Mr have *«•» on w « ¦ ^ to a « w wide form f » ¦»^» y *******

    popularity , especially on the other side of the Jkw & Mr . Mullan . —' Burton ' s Meccah and Medineh . ' The third edition , in a popular form , of

    Captain Burton ' s account of one of the most tttoaordinary feats ever performed . The author » Ji : ~ ftk fr my return to Europe , many inquired if I was not 1 1 SJ JgJWrtow ? 01 ? Uvfag of & ihe tuopean Modern who faith hM . found I may * his answer way to in the the fl —mattfg , bo ftur at least , that when entering the

    penetralia duiw tioned ribe of , and Moslem in wwufwuwi loco my position life $ fate my was Eastern never Half origin what was eagotiwaalA never steamers ques de - -

    scas as «» apo . . .. .. . nM » m a century "TTtiTfiiry ago » jpr nMTaiHTTB railroad were first from started that to port Jeddah to Meocah : now , the we hear shareholders of a projected being wu all to wvusuw Moslems that . . AUU And the VUC before example VSAJtUUpW of UX Jerusalem ifttTWHUBUl encourages UUVUttrBKeS

    to us Meocah hope will not long be more the difficult end than of the a century trip to Hebron , a visit . A Meccah map , p an lans appendix of Medin ~———~ - and ¦ e h , and notes of add the ¦« o mosque the value at

    of the work 0 , . ^ r" ™ ™ ^ m ^ - ^ r ^ wm , ^^ - ^^^^ ^^ «*« v » wa ^^ From ^^^^¦¦ Messrs hiw William aaa < bIW ^^ A Mullan &

    Son—^^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^^^^^ w ^ w ^» . « V ^ M ^^ v va ^^ B ^» wVM ^ a > ^ vQr i | ^ uih . The Kathleen author — : a o — f — Tale t — his — of litt - the ^ ^ - l ^ e ^^ - Fi hi ^ bw— — fth sto ^^ m ri m Century cal - ^^^ m ^^ m * tale wmrm / refers w by E . i » ts i . ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ . ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^***

    readers to the works of Gibbon , Dean Milman , and Ame < l ^ e Thierry , for the records of the age in which ¦ b a v its . v ¦¦¦ scen wr ^ m- m e « is »< W laid »« iVMk . 9 The fc AA c V harac MM WV ters PA are ^—^ " — — ^ ^ ^*^^ ^* *^^^^^ ^ ^^

    well drawn , and , although founded on fact , it is full of exciting episodes , and gives a graphic description of the religious as well as the secular

    life life of of those those eearl arly v days dAvs .. From The National Temperance Publication

    Depdt . — ' When the Ship came Home / and other Stories budget / of by tales J . W . suited Dung for ey . the A Sunday capital -school little

    library or for a , prize for the little ones . Each story has a distinctly religious tone , but its lessons

    a are re not not obtrusively obtrusivelv put trafc forward forward , aand nd are aro ra TAthor ther self-evident than forced upon the young reader ' s

    nnotice otice .. __" From — — — Messrs — - ^ - * — —~ — . O . Kegan —i —¦ —— ^^^ h ™ ™ Paul ¦ ^ ^ ^^^^^^^ A ^^^^^ Oo ^^^ r ^^^^ . ^ —' The ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^

    Brain as an Organ of Mind / by H . Charlton Bastian , M . A . M . D . F . R . S A remarkably able and exhausti i ¦ ve treatise ¦ on a subj V ect F which HV has an

    ^^*^ ^~^— - ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ v- ^^ ^^^^* - ^ - ^— —^— ^^ — r ~— — " ^^ - ~— — — - ^^ " " ^^ " ^^^^ ^^ - ^» - ^^^ ^ p ^^^^ H ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ T ^^ . ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ B ^^ V ^^ V ^ W ^^ r ^ . ^^ " ^^^^ interest not only for the scientist but for the general reader , and especially for that not inconsiderable number of brain-workers who are to be

    found on all sides and among all classes at the present day . The author , after a complete description of the nervous system of the various

    classes 6 f living beings , of the brains of fishes , reptiles , and birds , of the consciousness and instinct of animals , and of the mental capacities

    and powers of higher brutes , reaches at last the brain of man , and traces its development literally ab ovo until it attains its highest capacities .

    Having thus dealt fully and completely with the various brain forms , he goes on to discuss phrenowriting logy , old as mental and new and ; as speaking physiolo , gical reading proce , s and ses

    and the cerebral relations of speech and thought ; , and under the latter head he describes with much ^ care ^ 1 VJk ^^ ana | 0 M ^ ft detail ^* V ^* ^* v >^ iva the ^ rflB ^ ^ i ^ ^ features ^^ * "t ^ ^ ivii * ^ r ^ m of ^ r m * those ^^^ ^ r ^ mr ^^ painful bt ^^ v . v ^^^^ ^^ v ^

    diseases which involve the failure of the brain or of the powers connected with it . A valuable addition to the book is supplied in the

    illustrattons , nearly 200 in number , for the use of many of which the author Messrs expresses . Macmillan his thanks 6 c Co to .. Messrs . Longmans

    and Messrs . Smith , , Elder , & Co . From the same . — ' Four Centuries of English Letters . ' _ K » m »< W ^ ft > ^ Sft

    Nearl edited and six hundr arranged ed clo sel ^ - . rinted Baptists Scoon of t es he . finest y most beautiful , and y tenderest p things pages in the ¦ l anguage authors vmb ¦ , , wi are th a 160 chronological writers ¦ from index the time or of table the .

    * BPB ^ m ^ m ^ m ~ > ^* l ^^^^^ ^^ ' ^ — —^ — ' - — - ^ - — — - — - — — c P a aston ses pr letters _ efaced until by now short exp The MBS lan letters a * a tory . are notices in ¦> many , of which we g *^ ive two specimens mm : —

    Edinburgh ( I ) Mr . Maorej Review Napier , had , unintentionally in his capacity of wounded editor of Leigh the manlike Hunt ' s feelinga article ruuHi ' by & requesting ( the letter him given to contribute ifrom Kacaulay ¦¦ ¦¦ ' * gentle to

    fnwnilKff ¦ iww o . . \ wuo tmvom u »»« " * *<» uwn . «• ^ ww Kapler ( II ) , Mr and . Charles fhofw * Maoanlay Kingalej to ver great y much adTantage oMepMt ) . to be ' oaUed a ' Mnfoular ¦ Christian . ' In taking nottot of areriew . . . . "' """ T"Ti" ' i ^ m '" " i'M

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1880, page 449, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061880/page/9/