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• . j well very known scarce . that The cop issue ies of of the this ori reprint ginal edition is limited are
I to 404 copies . 1 : From Mr . George Bedway . —Mr . Charles Plumptre
Johnson has performed another valuable service to bibliography by the publication of his * Hints
of to Charles Collectors Dickens of Ori . ' ginal The Edition public s and of the the "Works press had occasion to speak with high favour of Mr .
Johnson works re , and have ' s intelligence similar been produced -work of the on with tru Thackeray e the lover taste . of , books skill Both , .
They are sure to have a special value among collectors . From the Religious Tract Society . —Although
dealing there is with no lack the character of remarkabl and y exp good loits of books the hero of China and the Sudanno one will deny
, that editor * Gordon of the Leisure Anecdotes Hour , ' by ives Dr . in Macaulay its con , - densed form an outline of Gordon , g ' s life at once
faithful and singularly complete . No leading event seems to have been omitted , and we have little hesitation in saying that many persons will
get a better idea of the hero ' s life from the little work than they could from larger biographical narratives .
From The the Gas Scientific and Wa Publishing ter Companies : Co . * ( Limited Directory ) . — ( 1885 - ) edited by Charles "W . Hastingsforms the
ninth — — ^ — 0 issue , of a publicati — ^^ on that ^ ^^ must t ^ J ^^ , ^ comman ^ ^^ — ^^ d nici a ^^ w ^^ l arge pal r * ' *™ ^ m corporations ^^ shar ^^ mm w * r ^^ e ' » ii" of ^^ m , ^^ ^* support ^ ^ " ^ , « and ^* m m m v ^ v shareholders f ^ from ^^ mr ^ ^^ A a ^^ members ^^« ^^^ fc l ^^ B , as % WP >^ of wel « V ^ mS J mu ^ l ^ ^ as i »* -
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are edited by Mr . Charles W . Hastings . From Messrs . Smith ., Elder , & Co . —The very
tastefully - produced cheap edition of Mrs . sure Oliphant to ' be s ' Carita welcomed , ' which b has the just admirers appeared of the , is y
popular novelist . From — — --- - the — — » sam - ™» - ~ ' —~ - - e — . w —One - —* - of - ^_~ «—b the ^— ' ^ fw ^^ —^ best - ~ - ~ m ~ —_ - - »¦ - ¦ novels ^^^^ - ^^ w ^ v ^ - " ^^ p ^ ( in 0 . ¦ ^ ¦ *^ a vjf cheap vr w m ^ h ^ F ^^^^ w ^^
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are are pleasant the tne memories memories it is to have of or Frank < them rank revived Buckland Aucklan in d . , and and how how so bright with - |— -f ----- as — - these — — - — -- I — _ Eve v — ryone —r ^ j v —w- , - ^ must ^ " <— - ~^ - ^ ^ r be ^^ ^ rir pages charmed - ^^^ m ± ^^ ^ ^ AA ^^ ^^
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. cheeriness diary . He and stands gentleness before of us his clearly noble with personality all the . Whether as a school-boy , a student , a hospital
surgeon surgeon inspector there is . , , always a a of medical medical fisheries the officer omcer same , or of 01 a attractive the the royal Life Life commissione interest Guards Guard *? , . an » in . r n ,
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hand extensi ; ve and appreciation the result is which alread has y seen greeted , in the his bookand which have doubt will
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From Mr . Elliot Stock . —An odd-looking , but interesting ^^ ^^^^ -m ^ m ^ ^^ ^ ^^ " hk , y reproduct ^— ^^ - ¦— — — Christ — — — _ — — i - on — - is — in the Thomas facsimile ____ — — ^ -v of - ^^ ^^ ' The ^ . & A ^ y
Imitation handwriting of . It has ' been prepared a Kemp from the is ' s aut ffg h dh or ' s ori -wr ginal - MS . - written --- -- in 1441 - and _ — - ^ re V -
^ served ^ m * ^^^ ^^ ^ m ^ mw in ^— the v ^ — Royal Library at Bruss , els . p The p ^ ^* comprehensive Charles Ruelens introduction is sure to arouse sup interest plied . by M .
I ^ roni Childhood the Sunday of Jesus School , ' by W . Association C . Gannett . . — This ' The is the English edition of a very successful little
volume book wr describes itten by an the American HolLand clergyman its . le The and their religionand effectivel y y portrays , peop the early
life of our Saviour , . From Jmm ^^ ^^ J m > Hmm Messrs ^^¦ vH ^ Bw ^^^ wtm ^ mmwmim mmw . ^ Triibner ^*^ m ^¦ ^ ¦ ™ ^— - ^^ " ^ & - ^ - ^ Co - ^^» ' ^^ . —' The ^ m ^ ^»^ v - ^^ Song *^^ t ^ m m m ^
Sanscri Celestial t text , or , Bhagavad by Edwin -Gita Arnold , ' translated , M . A ., C . from S . I ., & the c . Truly admirable are the lines which form the
dedication—* To India '—of Mr . Arnold's translation : — By So I K have rishna raad and this Prince wonderful Arjun held and spirit disco -thrillinjar ursing each speech with .
each ; , So For hav En e gland I writ ; its O oar wisdom India here ! as , — dear its to hidden me as mystery She ! ,
bh ' The drata Son , and g Celestial in India ' is is esteemed taken from as one the of Mahd the - the discourse ' Five Supreme Jewels between ' Being of Devanag Arjuna in the , iri Prince literature form of of . India Krishna It , and is a .
readers XUIVVtVAU Other Eng who IT JU lish V / » are ** versions V wholly fTUVAJ . have y unacquainted UUUVU been UptVI published -UV ^ M with - ¦—— ; but the
cannot original fail , either to appreciate historically the or admirable philolog service ically , translation which As Mr . Arn in le the old of hands has the rendered grandest of the Eng in description p lish lacing peop this le of .
Eastern an examp poetry , [ the work is a revelation of sublime beauty .
From and Mr Present . T . Wisher / by Professor Unwin . — James * The Darroesteter Mahdi , Past . The author of this book is professor 4 of vr * Persian
XUOUUU 1 UJL Kfl Villa UUUA 10 . UAOC » OVA * - langu and ia age known and literature in , of the the ^ College leading cfi of Oriental France ,
am * xtx ivuuwu as no uxxty one ui t > uo j .. v »*»«^ # of scholars ^_ . lecture 5 it of the . the time _ Mah . The hu di 1 movement book oiuou ¦ is m an delivered ex *^ tension A — - ¦ ^^ m toy ^^ 4 %
vi ua » A «;< u . i : o on uu me jlvxu . muv" v »«»» --r translated M rranHmtuu . Darmesteter into into English j & n at . iuu the by uy S Miss xuioo orbonne Ada ^*^* , S * and - >• . -Ballin ~— now tne ~ .
It throws new and powerful lights upon peculiarities Most people fear of the that great have Mahomhiedan not yet got rising out ot .
, we 1 authoritative the : Bfohdi difficulty view of ; the so qu that estion a book cannot giving ftii ; an w .. ; .
command attention' * ... __
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1885, page 548, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061885/page/12/
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