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    I 602 The Publishers' Circular June 15, ...

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    1 >_* »-' " - - THE CRUISE OF THE BACCHA...

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    Within The Past Two Months Three Of The>...

    * Horse Apocalypticae , ' Dean Boyd ' s 'Episcopacy and Presbytery / and other works ; several

    well-known volumes by Dean Champneys , and many of the publications ___ . of the Church

    Missionary Society . He was also one of th § publishers of the Rev . Thomas Scott ' s *

    Commentary on the Holy Scriptures . ' In the production of his books , he invariably mrtook a

    great pride in seeing that they came before the public in the best possible styleand of

    many of them it may be said that in taste , and elegance they surpassed anything of the kind

    then issued . To the public Mr . Seeley was well known

    as an author , while his friends were aware how largely he contributed to many of the

    chief newspapers and periodicals of the day . His book * Essays on the Church' by a Layman

    went through many editions , its object being to , show that ' Church Establishments were in

    accordance with Scripture , and that the English Church was chargeable with no such faults as

    would make her an exception to the general rule , or justify v p ^ secession from her _ .. commit ___ ___ — -

    nion . ' Other works by Mr . Seeley were c Essays ^^ m on Romanism - '; ^ m 'Essays — — - — - — —¦ — g ~^— on — hh _^^ h * the ^_ r _^^ h i ^ —^^^

    Bible' ; < The Greatest of the Plantagenets ' ; * Remedies — — ¦** - —•» -. -w V- _ . _ - _» , ^_ r iw „ for - _ . \^ +, the - _/_*____ . S ^ ______ Perils "X ^ JL . ¦ .--. * S __ r of X _ * JU the W ^^ V / Nation «_ U ^ % AJ UXV / 1 A ' ( a < £ V

    sequel to Charlotte Elizabeth ' s Perils of the Nation - _ - ¦ . _ »< -.- _•_•_ . _ iii ' ); j . a _ v life v of _/* . his uio friend 1 . X 1 VIJ . U Michael XXA - LKjILOiKjA . Thomas JL XX — 'IlJLCIiiS

    Sadler ; 'The Greatest of the Prophets , ' a sketch of the life of Moses ; and * England ' s

    Training / a sketch of the religious history of England . The last-mentioned work was

    written in the author ' s 87 th year , and was published in 1884 .

    With regard to works of a more ephemeral character , Mr . Seeley was a very voluminous

    writer , his productions being usually anonymo . us , but sometimes known b - y the

    familiar . _ initials R . B . S . He wrote ^ j many contributions for the Times , m The — — —~ - Morning — - ' - ^ " ~ ¦* v ^ gn - _» b > _ ° ^_ y

    Herald , the Record , and the Morning Advertiser . The ¦¦ pages B of Jfraser in its prosperous ¦ V ¦ ¦ ~¦ ¦

    days were frequentl ^^^ y enriched by some Bj - BJ — of " __ his _ * articles .

    The record of this busy life is not confined to business and authorshipfor no _ .. _ . _ one _____ — __ took _^^ ¦ i a

    ^ bj , m _ . ___ , __^^ n v— ' ~_^ deeper interest or exerted themselves with more devotion to various philanthropic ¦ r

    enterconte prises mporary than , J _^ Mr ^^ . say Seeley ^ J s : 4 Mr . . In B ^ Seeley - — this ^ — — ' ^ ¦ connection ^ was — w _ * BFr ^^ - * w - — —™ one — ^ - ^ ^^ ** —^ ^ ^^ ^ m ^ w ^ ~___ p of ^ _ ^_| r a B _

    the founders of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society and of the Society ^^ for I — mproving _— - — -- _ - __ - ^ w w _^ ^^ j *^ t »* ^ h ^ e ^^

    served Dwellings on of the the Subdivision Labouring of — Classes - Parishes ^_ - « -w _ - - __ - _ , -- and r *»^ Com - « he - ____*^ _^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ - ^

    mission . The deep interest he took in relia t ious tend and ance benevolent at comm societies ittees , , broug and his ht frequent him in

    contact with many well-known Evangelical

    men , among whom may be mentioned the late Rev . Edward Auriol , Dean Boyd , and Dean

    Champneys . With the late Earl of Shaftesbury he had frequent intercourse , and exerted

    himself largely in support of his Factory Bills . He was greatly interested in ¦ politics ,

    and worked hard mmg on the « p Conservative side in many contested — ______ elections . As a liveryman -- _ of

    the City of London he was active also in municipal politicsand bore a prominent part

    , in the struggle by which Alderman Harmer was excluded from the office of Lord Mayor ,

    and in other civic controversies . He was a member of the Court of Lieutenancy of the

    City of London , and for a short time of the Metropolitan Board of Works /

    Four sons and six daughters survive him and ! mourn Ms loss . Professor Seeley , of

    Cambridge , is his third son .

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    I 602 The Publishers' Circular June 15, ...

    I 602 The Publishers' Circular June 15 , 1886

    1 >_* »-' " - - The Cruise Of The Baccha...

    1 >_* » - ' " - - THE CRUISE OF THE BACCHANTE . *

    The cruise of the Prince of Wales' two sona on board H . M . 8 . Bacchante » --- - lasted h - for three ¦

    that ^ years ^ ^ ^ b ^ v i w ^^ ^ - _ , p ^ »^^— that eriod _ _ _ ibv ^^_ p 4 __ i ^ is fe & ^^^ 9 to the - ^ w *^ M » say » r ^^ r vessel ^ , ^^^^ from ^ ^ ^ ^» ^ *^ _ . ^— visited 1879 _ _ tt _ ^ ^ _ h > ¦ _ & __ ^ r ^ to —— m ^ " ^ ' 1882 _¦ the — ^ Hh - a —— a — 4 k _ . Mediter - ^— — During _ V ^ k —~ ¦ * ^_^ - _—

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    voyage homeward . manent The descri work b , ni which tion oi has this been issued is somewhat as a per-¦ pvoyage h

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    suggest that the editorial supervision might , condensation with acceptance 1 iV . A , have short t been and spirited directed narrativ toward r e s

    nautic would < ^_^^ > fl » ^^^^ »/ 1 ^_ V - m al certainly _ —i k ^^^^ f life ^_^ *^_^ r _^^ of V bb- two b have t b ^^^ bt ^ 4 _ *^^ ^ B midshi _ k _ k ^_^ shown ^ _ ¦ k v _) I '^ I' ^ r ^^ b a u ^^ VJ _ - more _ k % 0 W v *^ « b _ M b . ^ < . r B ^ B ^^ natural ~^^ At "_^ i bb _ V b _ p- " the ^^ _ ra - __ »^ F —» l - y sam ^^ ¦ _ - v _ the ^^ _ —— — e — »_ ¦ . ***( ^* _ ^> * " *^ ' ^_ " ^ ^ * " ¦ ^ _ ^ . ^^ ^ " _ " ^ ^«(^* , pmen _^ . _—

    ——time the present work is of especial value in so far as it shows the course of education

    throug thorough h which is their our training young , and princes how pass extensive , how the +. Tift ra ran nge orft of nf intellectual inf , p . l 1 p . r » fTm _ l culture r . iilt . iTm which "which is is

    bestowed this very capabl upon y them in the . volumes Canon Dalton wliich he shows has having edited , and accompanied which he was their well Royal qualified f Highnesses to edit ,

    ™ during ¦ ^— _ v — ' V Of n - ^— ^ * —^ ¦ ^ - ™ m CJ HHBn cours ^|^ their ^ ^ ^ ^^^ " ^ ^ V - — - ^— B * ' B ^ 4 ^ ^ e ~ ^^ ^_(> - ^ whole ^ _¦** I ; a B BJ _ ^ ^ ^ - BJ ^ ^ ^^^ V ^* good ^ ^ i ^^ . _" ^ _ " ^ ^^_ ^ ^ * ^ cruise kr ^ ^ _ ^ 1 * t deal W ^^ - * ^^>^ ^ ^^ ^ *^^ Bj ^ . ^ f H ^ __— v ^^^ of ^^ i . . ^ V ^ BA >¦« ^^ ^^ interest U / ¦ ¦_ - » ^ V BV _ t ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ v 'Bl ^ ^^» «^ - ^^ "B ^ I * _^ ^ _^ r . ^^ ^~^— V Cj ^ B ^ -B ^ K ^ will —• V —^ - ^ ^~ - _^ — be

    p taken jl »¦ laces -B , « _^ B # - __ - » -Bk _ r r ^ r in which wr _» the a _ b , - ^ a . , ¦ > , Princes ¦ they _ " _ * Jt- ^^ r ^ visited * « * descri >« . V \ y ^ A in . _ fc p _ fc . __ tion Greater 'V _ r » ¦ __ - ^ of ^ ^ r « # ^ ¦¦ ^ the - * ^ - Britain various i » - - »¦ - ¦¦ " •¦ - ¦¦—•— . y

    Here is a part of their description of Melbourne :

    * The city is just as old as the Queen ' s reign . It It was was founded founder ! in in 1837 lfi . 37 and and called M . llftd after afhar . Lord _ . m"d Mel

    TVTel-bourne , the Premier at , the Queen ' s accession in the t > hfi same rAttip . vftft . r it it . was w « r then fhon a few flow wooden "wrnnHpin huts lintfl . and n . Tld

    a wooden year chuxch ; with a bell suspended from a , tree . Compiled * The Cruise from the of Her private Majesty journals 's Ship , letters ' JBaccfucnte , And , * note 1879 -books -1882 . Aioert ictor wi

    or additions jfrmce by Jolin v D . Dalton ana . JP London rince ueorge : Macmillan of wales & Co , . _ u

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1886, page 602, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061886/page/8/