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"' "" ' illiM i || i » ii - M mi > i . 1 .. I M I .. . mmmmmm ^ XZ ^ f ^ 556 The Publishers' Circular june s > l 88 a 1 ,
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SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , & CO . ' 8 NEW NOVELS . GEORGE MAC DONALD ' S NEW STORY . CASTLE "WARLOCK : a Homely Romance . 3 vols . 31 s . 6 d . "Th # descriptive portions of the story are worthy of comparison with the Author ' s "best work in this way/—Athenjeum . ' It contains some admirable description , and not a little dialogue of a high order of excellence Dr . Mac Donald ; and ' one s I know at least /— of Academy the characters . —the old servant—is equal to any creation of ' This " homely romance /* as it is denominated by the author , is decidedly one of the best works of fiction which has ever emanated from his pen Through the whole runs a thread of shrewd Scotch philosophy , which renders the story of the doings at Warlock Castle one of the most charming narratives we have met with for a long time The poetic charm which pervades the whole of George Mac Donald's writings shines forth in the description of the landscape and atmospheric influence peculiar to the Highlande . Mr . Mac Donald is a poet of the first water , and some of the pages of " Warloek Castle " need but the rhyme to turn them into the most exquisite poetry/—Court Journal . THE NEW IRISH NOVEL—A STORY OF TO-DAY . In 3 vols . crown 8 vo . cloth extra , 31 s . 6 d . THE HEART OF ERIN . By MISS OWENS BLACKBURNE , Author of ' Illustrious Irishwomen / « The Glen of Silver Birches / & c . * It is delightful to find genuine enthusiasm welling" up in an ever-springing fountain novel Blaclcburne amid " the coming The page obviousl Heart more s of a of obviousl three Eri draws n volume " y is fro from a m very n life ovel the pleasing as heart in Entertaining her , novel or more It certain and is clever long to of /— go since Laurence Daily to the we heart Telegraph hav Flower e . read Miss the . a Irish-American/—Academy y . , striking portrait , Now ready , 3 vols . crown 8 vo . 31 s . Gal . By thfe Author of 'THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME . ' BEVIS : the Story of a Boy . O 3 STE OF ' US ' : a Novel . By EDMUND RANDOLPH , late 69 th Eegiment . 3 vols . crown 8 vo . cloth , 3 k 6 d . [ Beady . IN THE DISTANCE : an American Story . sce . n B * y It G th is . P a . ov LATHROP notable el is lai book d in . . t 2 In vols M descri onadnoc . 21 s . ptions ion of nature of Massachusetts , also , Mr . Lathrop and tho exc influonce els . The oi mountain scenery upon receptive spirits is touched reg with a ciirious incisiveness , . It is c ^ that this book will make its mark /—The American . RIVERSIDE PAPERS . By J . DEVENISH HOPPUS . 2 vols . 12 , s . ' The book is as much to be recommended to all lovers of our beautiful rural scenery as to * These ateu dozen rs of quaint stories studios by a hand of character that will /— , unhapp Saturday ily , w Kbview rite no . more , are quito . mode , ^ of th ' Intrinsicall sort , and y cannot interes ting il to . '— plea Truth se all . classes of readers . '—Globe . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEALBE , & RIVIKGTON , -. Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street . Jd & o ^_ J
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1882, page 550, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061882/page/26/
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