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      manners and customs which ' prevail in France , ¦ Germany " ^ " ~ — * —^—^— — — ' ^ W , w and ' ^» r ^» ^^» " " ^ " ^ " VPP Ru * ^ P * ¦ P > s P" ^ ^ sia ^» r ^» VP ^^ V ¦ a P- ^ P' ^^ re " ^ PW grap ^ PpJPK ^»~ ^^^ P «^ hically ^^^^—^^ *^ pjp ^^ p ^— ^^^^^ m ^ m de ~ ™ ¦ scribe - ^^ — ' d ,

      a text nd hei the gh t ume en t r he ous cba pictures rm and which suggesti veness rn £ he of the ¦ narrative ¦ ¦¦ . Boys and irls who r have s ¦ uch

      reading books - ^ p- — — ^ — ^^~ p ^ p laced ^ p ~ ^ pj ^ y ^ . ^ p- v ^^^ in iH ^ M ^ M thei g ^ M ^ pk ^ ^^» ^ r ^^^^ h a ^^ nd ^^» " ^» s ^^^~^^ P will ^^ " ^^ gain ™ * - ™ - — in an easy and pleasant fashion a great deal of historical as well ks geographical knowledge .

      From Messrs . William Clowes & Sons , Limited , Charing CrossLondon . —We are gljad rm to find

      —~ — ™— ™— —^ t ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^""^ ^^^ , . pfc . ^ pp' ^^ v * m *^^ ^ - # » ^*^ ^»^* v * w ^ mr ^ ip ^ v ^* ^ ' p ¦»» ~ m ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ fc * ^^ - ^ that Messrs . Clowes' ' Guide to the Paris pppp Exh *^^ ^^^ ^^~ i ¦» bi ~ ¦¦ * P ^ » t w ion ^^ ^ N ^ b ' ^ is P >^ a P ^ PV lread ^ . ^ ^^ VUV ^^ pb y V in ^ pfcdP * fVV a BU second ^^ ^^ ^^ ~ n **•* _ editio ^^ ^^^ 4 ^ ^* ¦»> ^^ n — ~ .

      The book shows a complete mastery of ^ the subjec pj - ~— t , ~ Y and ^~^^ 1 ^»^ P » ^ is ^ ^^ P ^ au " ¦ ^^ - ^» tho ^» ^ v ^ P ^ ^^ p- ^ r ^ ^ i w s *^ ed ^^ ^ . ^^ p . b p ¦ ^^ y t vp he " ~ ™ ^^ « Exec p ^ b ^^ ^ " ^~ ^^ ¦ - ^ ¦ ^ uti ^^ . pi v — e ^ p ^

      Council of the British Section . The maps and illustrations leave little to be desired . From the same .- ' - ' Catalogue of the British ^ Fine

      — — — - ~ — — —— — ' — ' — — - ^» w - ^^ mt vp * Pp » v ^ P > - ^^ B ^ K *¦ P" ^ PP" ^ m ^ - ¦ . » ^^ ^ m ^^ *^~ - ^^ 9 m »* ^ ^ ¦* ^ ^ , ^^» ^ ^ ^ ^ h ^ Art Section of the Paris Exhibition . ' This is neither more nor less than a list of the oil paintingswater-coloursdrawingsand

      hotographs w , hich represent , the art of England p at the present time in the capital of France . A

      list of owners of pictures who have kindly placed their collections at the disposal of the Fine Art Committee of the British Section is

      also appended . . From Messrs . Gall & Inglis , Edinburgh and

      London . — * Cruchley ' s Handy Map of London , ' with an index to the streets and a guide to the chief objects of interest . This coloured map

      is mounted on stout cloth , and folds into small pa compass rks & . c The are plai lway nly stations indicated , omnib . us Anoth routes er

      colour , ed ma , p which we can heartily commend is Messrs . Gall & Tnglis' * Environs of London . '

      It has been specially prepared for cyclists and tourists , and shows the country for a distance of twenty-five miles on each side of St . Paul ' s .

      From the same . —A ' Handy Map of the Environs of the Isle of Wight ; ' the ^ Tourist ' s Map of

      Edinburgh and district ; ' Gall & Inglis' « Sixtyfive Sheet Map of England and Wales , ' sheet fHty-two , * The Lake District ; ' Cruchley ' s * Koad and Railway Map of Yorkshire ; ' the

      * Visitors' Map of the Environs of Bournemouth ; ' * New Travelling Map of England , with i the Kail ways ; ' and h vih 'A Topographical

      — — ^^— — - — - — - ^— ^^^^— - ^ - ^^ — -- ¦ ^^ m — ¦ ~^ g w»— - ^ m - ^ ^^— —~ - ^^^ — - - —^^ m ^^^^ ^ p ^ B ^^^ ^^^^ ^^*^^ L ^^^ ^^¦ ' ^ P' H h ^^^^^ pp ^ ^^^ ^^ P" ^» ^^^ Road Book and Guide to the English Lake District , with a specially prepared Map of the District , ' by G . R . Brayshaw , Chief Consul of

      the Cyclists' Touring Club for Westmoreland and Cumberland . All of these maps are excellentclear and reliable . The ' Sixty-five

      , Sheet ^^^ k _ V . Map ** pk .. p ' is admirabl 9 m m ^ ^ pr y adapted ^ B ^ ft to . meet the ^ wants of pedestrians and cyclists in every part of England ; the principal roads are coloured ,

      and the scale is half-an-inch to the mile . The * Handy Map of the Environs of the Isle of Wight' takes in a wide sweep of the south

      coast , and cannot fail to be , useful to yachtsmen , as well as visitors to the * Garden of England . ' Mr . Brayshaw ¦ ¦ trf # ¦ ' s ' Road ¦ Book and

      p . — " ¦— ¦— — ' ^^^^ — ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ L ^^ * ' ~ ^ ^ " ^ " ^ p' ^ m * m ^ . ^^ p" » w p * . * ^ . ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^~ ^»^ *_^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ . ' . ipb ^ pph ^ p ^^ p ^ Guide to the English Lake District' is full of practical hints to cyclists , based on the author ' s ¦ own ¦ experiences r amongst the bills and dales of

      » " ~ ^^ f ^ ^^ ^*~ **•*— - *** ~* m * ** - *• ^ " -mr W * -m \¦¦ - ^ 'V ^ m HBjPfe P *^ ^** ^ S ** * P * ^ - ^ **^^ . «» < V ^^ "i ^ »* -w ¦¦ *^ *^» * *• P « Pi > PI 4 . * ^^^ P ^ P ^ ^ . ^ ^^ Westmoreland and Cumberland . By the employment of a number of ingenious signs , the utility of this clever pamphlet is greatly

      increased . No route has been described by the author uniess he was personally acquainted with " ~ » " ™ " ~~ m * *™* it ^ " ~ , y and ~~ ^ " ^ - ^^ " ¦ ~~ — he " »^ has ^^ pi ^ p ^^ w fi ^^ so V ^^ ~ r ~ prepared VH * ' ^^ ^~ " ^ 9 " ~ ~^^ ^^™ ^^^^ ^ i *^^ the " »^ . p ^ w ^ v ^ pp' map ^^^«*^ PPi ¦ ^ pr ^^ 1 ^ that " ^* «^ . ^ ^ t ^^ f ^*"

      roads , villages , ascent ? , descents * and places of interest may be seen at a glance . r

      From Messrs . Griffith ., Farran , & Co ., London P and ^ p # V * P ^^» ^^ PF ^» S ^^^ p ^ y m dney ' ^^¦^ B ^ P >^ P" ¦ ~ . —* ^ A PBto ^ PBB . Girl ^ p | p ^« ^ PP ^^ " ^ P ^ ' s ^*^ r Bid ^ B ^ PB ^ ^^ ^ P ^^» e " ^~ in " ¦ ™ " ™ Iceland ™ ^» r " ™~ ' ^^^^ ^^ ' ^¦^ ^""^ " , V ' b PIT y W

      Ethel B . Tweedie . A bright , gossiping account of a trip to Iceland , made last summer by a party consisting of two ladies and three gentlemen .

      --They started from Euston on the 29 th of July , and two days later embarked on board the steamer Camoensat Grantonandafter a

      somewhat W ** ^ ^ PBPF ^ Pr ^ ^ PP ^^^^ P . ^ hpP ^ PP » ~^ ro ^^ f ^ P- ^ ugh ™ — ^ ^^ ^ p »^ » ™ passage ^^ , ^^ -- ^ V ^ V ^ P ^ " , ^^^ landed ^^ ^ ' ^^^^~ ' ^ " ^^ ^ , p a t — Reikja , —~ ^^^ r v ^^ ik ^ P ^^ , the capital of Iceland . If the w ^ eather is favourablethe voyage does not occupy more

      than three and a half days . The ride of a hundred and sixty miles to visit the Geysers was a somewhat amusing experience , but all

      the travellers were charmed with the intelligence and kindliness of the people they met " on the waj * . The book gives a number of

      ^^^ ^ p > ^^» ^^^ ^^ .- ^ PP * ^^^^ W ^ ^ P ^^ .. ^ ^^ * PP ^^» ^ PP ^^^^ ^^ " P' ^ PPr ^ Bp ^ ^^^ ^^^^^» ^ P ^ PPPfc ^^^ ^^^^ ¦ ^^ v ^ — ^ ~ . —^^ " ¦ ¦ ^^ - ^^ ¦ ^ ^^^ practical hints and directions , and contains ' . a map and numerous illustrations . The five

      tourists travelled together for twenty-five days , and the cost , exclusive of wines aneU other personal luxurieswas exactly . £ 20 . 1 * 8 d . each .

      For those who enjoy the sea , and need bracing up , no better autumn holiday trip could be easily s h uggested than a voyage r to Icelandand a

      ¦ ¦ . - — - ^ p ^ h ' ^ ^ - ^ p *^ p » ^ pp ^^^» ^ br ^ ^^ ^^» ^ p ^^ P" " ^^^ B ^ PF ^ pr HPJpm ~^ Pp * ^ PP ^ P" ^ ^^^ " ^ P ^ ^ P" ~*^ ~^ — " ~™ , . — ~~~ ^ - ^" spamper on horseback ; to the Geysers and back . i From MrCharles Hallettthe Bladd Librar

      iulu jui . vuaiios xici > iJ . d / v , , UXJ . C jjj . du . u io . vo . uxuiuiji y , ) Bath . — '« Objects of Interest in Bath and its Nei ^^^ - - ^ p- ^— g M P | hbo ^ pp ^ pp BJ ¦ - ^ pr ur pp p ^ hood ^ Pfc ^ p * - * p ^ ^ hT - - ^ p . ' This . pp . * ^ P *^» ^ p » P ^ T is ^ pr w *^ the ^ mt ^ pjppppi ^ . ^ tenth ^ ^ pp- ~~^~ mw ¦ edition ^^ ¦ " T ^^ " ^ P ^ ^^ " ^^ of ^^ ^^ ^ k _ _ ^ . A _ ^*~ ^^ ^ h ¦ ^ ^ Pi PB ^

      a good sixpenny guide to the historic city , which has long been known by the pTOud title of the * Queen - ^^¦ a - " ^ ^ pp ^ ^~^™ of ^ p ^ ipppb the ^ pr pp ^^^ ^^ f West » " - ^^ p ^ i ^ ^ m . p # ' The ^ p ^ p . . p >^ p > ^ ppr . little pp . ^ ' ^ ^^» ^^ ' ^ pp book »^ p ^ ^^ ^ —¦—^™ ^ has ^ " ^ " ^ — ™ - been w ^^» ' ^ ¦ - ¦ ¦

      revised and enlarged , and the alphabetical arrangement of its contents places the concise information which : it contains at once at the

      service of strangers . ' From — ^ p ^ p ™ ™ ¦ ¦ Messrs ^ pppp . ^^^ - ^ p ^ " » pppit . ¦•» *^ . w ^ Abel p » . » p ^ * m ^ - ^ mr 0 mw ¦ Heywood p ^ pip ^ pv — w _ w ^ p * ^ mw ^ mw ^** w & ~^^^ r Son wm ^ — ^ pp ^ p » , v Manche ^ . ^ p » ^ » ^ - ^ ^^^ ¦ ^^ — s ' -

      ter . —We have received from Messrs . Abel Heywood & Son a selection of their well-known penny guides to places of interest in the United

      Kingdom . Eighty of these useful little manuals have been published , and long ago the series , especi ^ pv ' ^^ " ^ V ^^ ^^^ ^ PP' ¦ ¦ ^ a ^ F ^ v ll ^^ " i y ^ p i ^^ v n ^^ b ^^ h t ^ r he ^^^^ P . ^ VP ^ North PPPPP V ^ pJ ^ F ^ 1 . ^ p ^ pPfc ^ PM of ^ p ^ pf ^ P ^ B E pBPVi ^ PBI n HP ^^^^^ g ^ PflP ^ k la ^^^ ^ . ^^^ PP n ^ B ^^ d ^^^^^ B , ^ p won ^ V ^^ p- ^^ i ^^ PB ¦ wide V ¦ ^ - ^ ^ ¦

      popularity . A twopenny edition of many , with admirable maps on a scale of four miles to an i — nch ^» , p , is ¦ - - ~^*~ ~~~ also = ^ ^^^ ^ ™ published p »^^ ^^ ^™ ^ . ^ ^^^ ^^ p ^ ^™^ . v ^¦ P' ^^^ ; ^^ ^ B ^ and ^ p ^^» ^^ p ^^^ ^^^^ even ^^^ ^^ " ¦ the ^^ - ^ . w ^ ^ ppp ^ penny pr ^^ p ^ ^^^^ — ^ j

      editions are illustrated . Amongst the places described are Aberystwith , Birmingham , Blackpool , Bobrnemouth , Brighton , Dover , Folkestone ¦ ¦ HarrogateIlkleIsle of WightKenil . ¦¦

      -P ** ' ^^ % »^ . ^ , V . BBlPh ^ PM P ^ p- ^^ P- ^ P > ^^ J" ^ ^ . ^^^ ^^ ^ P ^ , V ^ Pk ^^ «> IB ^ 4 ^ ^ ppF y W , A ^ b . P ^ p" ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ P * f V * . » f ^ * , V VPk * A ^ ^^ P . ^ ^ worth , ' Liverpool , Oxford , Stratford-on-Avon , Weymouth v ^*^ ^ M ¦ ^ V ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ H , ^ PJ and ^ W ^ . « . ^ . V ^ PPi ^ qp ^^ pj York p ^ B ^ BI ^^ p ~ BV ^ B I ^ BFi ^ PBl pp . Careful ^^ p ~ ^^ p ^ p ^ tfBJBj ^^ pV pSPV ^> " ^ P * *^ P ^ and ¦¦ ^ P' ^ . W ^ P ^^ W PA attractive # ^ P > ^ PB' ^ . ^ ^ . ^ ^ W ^ P . ^ ppT ^^ " ^ ~^

      little guides . From ^~ " ~ ¦ Mr ^^^ r ^^ p . ^ - ^— . John ^^^ - ^ p ^ w ^^« vp *^» Heyw ¦ pppppb . ^^ ^ ipp' ^ j ^ v . ood ^ bv ^ pj ^ ^^ pbbb , | Man ^ HtaV ^ ip * . m . » p | tf — ipj chester ^ pbT ^* ^ ^ . pp *^ ^* p" ¦ p ^ ' *¦*¦ ' and y ^ ipjl . p *^ p » ^ p ^ pjh ppV Lon ^*^ ™ -

      don . —Mr . Heywood ' s Illustrated Penny Guides are marvels of cheapness ; thoy are , moreover , wi * itten in a clear and attractive styleand the - ¦

      V « ^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ h p . ^ ^ t ^ Y « 1 ^^ ^ ' ^ ^> " *¦ ** «^ «^ V « P *^ ^ k ^ V % ^ W V ^ VWA 1-rPpy T _ r ^ 4 p ^ V ^ ppr P ^ # V Y *^ ^*^ , V m \^^ fA ^ m T . \ ^ ¦¦ ^^ .. ^^ views they ' contain are for the most part uncommonly - ^— ~~ ^~ ¦ —r —— - — h - ^^ - ^—^^ ii w good W ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ . We ~ ^^^^ ^ have P ^^ P . ^ ' ^ . jV r ^ p ^ p ^ not P ^^^ PJ . ^^ . F ^ . | space f ^^^ PT ^^ p * V ^ pf ^ PJf ^^ p * ^^^ flp * to ^^ P ^ ^ b ^ p' g Hpt ¦ ive ^

      even the titles of them all , but those which have come more particularly pnder our notice describe ^ - " *¦» - ^ ^— — - — ' - — - — Windermere w w —* —^ kv v ^«* - m imipp ip » ^ . ^ »^ ^^ , M Scarboroug r- ^— ' ^ p ^^^ f rfpfc »^ pr ^^ p ^ p . -w ^ »*» f ^ h ¦•^ ' , B Llandudno - * pfc ^^ d & W * p *^ ^^*^ ^ -p * ^^^ ~< " ^ '' , »

      Matlock , Buxton , Bettwc-y-Coed , and the Isle of Man . They are well printed in hold type on tinted paper , and are published in attractive colours . The illustrations ar < i reproductions of :

      ^^ y ^ ^^ ^^ " ¦ " ^^ * ' ¦•* pf pp ^ h . p ^ ^^ ^^ p * ppk . ^ ^« ^^& p ^^ ^ tf ^ PH ^^^^ F ^ b # rfm ^ p ^ b ^ k | Jp ^^ p ^ pj ^^ ^ fc ^ pr A ^ . p * W ^ f Mk ^ p ^ ^ W V ^ , ^ ^ p ^^ F f ^^ J ^ m ^ p ^ JM v 1 ^^ ^^ Mr . Frith s beautiful photographs , and though the information is of necessity slight , it is , so tar far as as we we have have been been able ablfi to tri > verify vnrifv it it . never never

      superficial . , From Messrs . Houlaton & Sons . Paternoster BuildingsEjC . —A new deries of * District

      Handy Maps , from the Ordnance Survey' has

      been prepared by the above firmand those I ,

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1889, page 724, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061889/page/14/