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      From Messrs. Blackie & Son.—* The Modern

      From Messrs . Blackie & Son . —* The Modern

      Cyclopedia / Vol . II . The second volume of this handy , reliable , and cheap work of reference confirms the favourable impressions which its

      predecessor made , and Dr . Annandale is to be congratulated on the tact , skill , and commonr sense -p- — w - - hich ¦ ¦ , ^ m as —¦ -p- i h editor -p ^ v - ^ p- ^— ^^ p ^ -ppp ^^ , pp ^ h p—^^ e -p ^^ ^ has ppi ^ v PppPPBr * PppT r b ¦^ P' ^ r ^» o ^^™ u ^^^ g ^ ' ^^ ht ^^^^^ ^^ to ^^ beaT p ^ PP' ^ pP" ^^ ^""

      upon its pag"es . The -work is to be completed in eight volumes , and in the present we are carried from . * Bla ' to 'Con' Tne articles are

      . pithy , lucid , and accurate , and the maps and illustrations are quite numerous enough arid

      excellent in design . Particular attention has apparently been paid to science , law , and biography—if , indeed , it is not invidious to

      single , out any departments of so admirable a work for special pu aise .. From Mr . Calmann-IjevyParis . — ' Ohe" I les

      , Psychologues ! ' par Vyp . In a series of dramatic dialogues where interrogation ,

      astonls ishment hment , , and and even even silence s , ilftno , R are rta indicated indinaf . erl by hv letterpress , the brilliant lady who writes under the pseudonym of Gyp makes merciless fun

      of psychology , or rather what is fashionable under that name at the moment . One of the conversations is at a dinner-table where a

      young lady owns that she has read the ' Fragments ' of Schopenhauer . A rainy day at a co — - — untry — ' —— ^ g ho - ¦ ¦ ' - ^ u ¦ se - ^* - , V ¦ ¦! a ¦ h ^* " ^» u H n ^ v «^ pk ti ^ p » ^ " ng ^ vai v ^ K ¦¦ pa » iMr ¦ r ^ K ty ^ pr ^ J , y a • court ^ 'pr ^ p » t - ^»»»^ P" ' ^ P' of ^^ m ^

      justice , also , give occasion for a number of most amusing hits at Stendhal and his followers . One of the pieces is entitled the ' Journal PH > of a

      - — ^— ' ^ pr- ^— ^ ^ ~ ^ p ^ H ^ ^— - ^ P ^ - ^ pw ^ p » »* fT- ^~ ¦ hp' ^ par * ^ fc- ^ p > PJP' ^ . V ^ pfe ^ HpT ^¦ i *» ^ ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ ^ p » pjpv ^ p > PBP ^ p > Pfr PJ ^^ . Bp ^ PA ^ V Young Analyst , ' and is , in effect , a parody of Stendhal ^^ ^^ ™ ^^^ " ^ r ^ ^ r ^ ^^ v ^ v ^ b ^^ '^^^ r s ^ r manner ip ^ p ^^^ v ^^ ^^ r ^ pr ^^ ^^ b ^^ v ^^ ^ ppp' . pr . ^ ' Ohe ^ p ^ ppp ^ pp- ^ pb ^ p ^ p ^ ^ ! j ^ les p ^ ^^ p ^ pi ^^ p Psy ^ p ^ p ^ pjp ^ # - v chologues ^ p ^ pp ^ p ^^ ppj ^^ pr PPA ^^ pr ^ p ^^ H ^ P' ^ P ^^ pP ^ P ^^ F ^ 1 P '

      will agreeably while away an hour in a railway carriage . From Messrs . Bigby p ^ ppp' ppp « b ^ ppb & Long . — ' The Mteries

      ^ ' of ~^ . p ^ ^ ~ Deepde tVJpP ~ " ^ ppppppppppp > ^ P' ^ - ^ p- « ^ vpp A > n e Man ^ pb ^ p- pjp or ^ v ^ g , ' ^ BffP a romance ^ ¦ ^ ¦ ^ ¦ ^ - ^^ ^ m ^^ b ^^ " ^ # of ^^ ^ . ^ B *^ B the ^ ^ " ^ « ¦ ppp—^ pp . ys da * . M ^ } 7 s ¦ * . * *¦> of ^ ta ^ Php ^ r the Pretender , 1745 , by Frank Maudit . Although this book presents 1 nothing remarkable in

      — ' " ^ — HP | — ' ¦ ^— —W -- ^^ ^ P 1 ^ PF- P »^— HV ^^ ^ PP" ""^ ^ BP " P- »^ Pfc W PPpP pP » pP ^ p ^ ^ pr » P * b ^ p » -P * PPk ^ VHK ^ P > ^ PF (« - " - ^» - ^ ^^^ ^ " ^ Pr ^ P > ^ pr ^ -WpF- ^"» ^ pp * ^ Pl PPiPPfe the way of originality or style , considerable praise is due to the author for a creditable attempt to ^ ~ " ¦ ~ ¦ achieve ~^ v ^^^ - ^ - w ^^ f- * ^^^ « a rv difficult ^ Hr ^ *^~ ^ b ^*^ . ^ ^^ p > - ^ r ^ ^^ ^ pr task ^ p ^ k ^^ p * P " mF ^» pp . pj Comparativel ^ k ^^ ^ p ^ ^ P ^ dBp ^ M pV ^ F * ^ pP ^ P * 4 * ^ P *^ PF V ¦ * ¦ ¦ ^ tpr ^ P > y V few PPP * ^ fF' T P

      writers succeed in producing a thoroughly entertaining and rousing novel with a background of historical fact . No improbabilities are here

      — — - ' ¦ ' " ¦ ¦ ' ~~ ^» ' »^ ~^ * P * " ^ ~ ^~ ™ PP ^^ i" ^ « P "" F » ^¦ F * ' fP * ^ F ^ P >^ PPp ^ PF- . ^ ^^ f" Q I ¦**¦*» P ^^ J 4 P » ^ »* *• ^« F » ' P ^ P ^ bF ^ T * P | ^ Bf * ^ ^ F » ^ P * - ^ P ^ introduced to mar the natural flow of the story . The villain is rather over-coloured ; but this is a fault ^ "v *~ " ^ ^~~ ~ K' with ~ * ^~ i which v v ^^^ p ^ ^ pf * *>¦ ^ v novelists PPb « w % ^ V ^ pP PPh pPB P ^^ P ^^ P of kF > fP ^ the P & f PPi K fv ff first > ^^ ^ P |> P ^ ^ fe # ^ rank Pk > PAf *^ P ^^ PP * « ff ^^ Pi ^ ^ ^ " ^*

      may be frequently charged . It is satisfactory to note that the villain meets with his deserts and — -. . the __ — , . ^ p _ story * » — ' - ^ m ends - ^ pr - ^»^^ P" i I H happil p ^ - ^ ¦ pp p . prv ¦ * tf ppn ff" y m amid pjfc # -pjp ^ m ^^^ m fPJ ^ ^^ p » the ^ Ip p ^ fc ^ p music ^ ppwh ^ B ^* pp * p ^ p' ip > ^ pjf of ^ i f P ^

      marriage bells . From Mr . Max HarrwitzBerlin . — ' Bibliotheca

      Erotica ¦ PPFPI _ PI et Curiosa . ^ F ^^ p \ Monacensis ^ p ^ ^ p _ , ^ . ' This ^^^^^ _ ^ is ^ a cat-alogue of French , Italian , Spanish , English , Dutch and modern Latin erotica & cof which

      no German translation is known . , The , compiler is Mr . Hugo Hayn of Warsaw , who has added bibliographical notes and prices . All the

      books named , with very few exceptions , are tp be found in the Hof- vnd Stadtsbiblwthah at Munich i b »¦ V which appea ¦ —» ¦ M I I rs to be r one of the richest 1

      of the rm _ w - ^ - , world " — — — - ° — * - ~ in — this 'F" - ' ^^ ~ ^^ I H kind - ^» ^^ HF ' ^ FF of ^ i ^ F ^ ^— ™^ F treasure - ^^^^ BB # — B ^ ^^ ^ p ^ . pi ^ F ^ ~| . ~ ^ P > The ^« ^^** . . . ^ Bb ^ catalogue has an index of names in which pseudonyms ¦ T ** - ¦ —¦ ^ pp >~ I H ^^^ BF' i ¦ W ^ - ^^^ F ^ FB F- ' — and —^ — —~ ^ H ^^ ^ artists ^ v ^^ " ^ ^^ —^ ¦ BP ^^ BB ' painting |**^ ^^^^ **• ^^^ " ^ ^ pF" B ^ «^ ^ r ^ Ti ^ names ^ ^^ BpF ^ PT Pk . pP ^^ P . ^ kp ^ P ^ pB' are P | P . _ BPPj ^^^

      distingaished by signs . From Mr . K . F . KGhler , Leipzig . — The

      Bookselling KstabJUshment ot K . J .. JHohler in Leip-r aBD - ¦ i 'i ¦ ¦ ' ' ,,.,..,

      zi Existence g : a E . ' etrospect In a tasteful of its quarto Hundred volume Years Mr . '

      Hudolf Winkler , who has long worked in the house , recites its history . It appears that , long

      before before the the foundation foundation of of tthe rie book book business business ., the name of Kohler was honourably known in trade . One of the illustrations to the vohame

      is a pedigree ; another is a view of the "bookshop as it is at present ; while two more plates show the localities where business used to be

      carried on . Among the illustrations are numerous facsimiles of documents , circulars , and so forth forth , with wilh imitation imitation of of the th « colour nolotii : * of of the t . Vip

      , paper . One facsimile gives the aspect of a ^ Lei —^—^^* ^^** ^^ v pzig F | h ¦ h h ^ FB ^^ p , newspaper ~— — mmm — _ - ' h V ^ T " ¦ ^ B ^ ^ ^^^ in B ^ B > ^ BFr 1789 ^^^ " Bf ^ PF- ^ - , H with ^ w FBB " ^ pi ^» " an " ^— — - ^—^^ - ^^ ad ^ p ^ r-a ^ v " ^— ^^ vertise — - ^^ r «^^ ^ p ^ v ^^ F ^ FPjf ~ ^ p - T

      ment of Kohler s . Opposite to this is a transcript of the title-page of his first venture in publishingdated 1790 a work on French

      manners and , customs . Among , the plates are portraits of the Messrs , Kohler . who have successively been heads of the house .- Among

      the minor engravings . are portraits of old , assistants , and at the end of the book is a list of the personnel of tlie establishment .

      Altoget her the volume bears witness to a pride in , and devotion to , the business of a bookseller , which is rarer with us than with our friends in

      Germany . From Messrs . Sampson l » ow & Co . — ' Low ' s .

      Handbook to the Charities of London / This J is the fifty-third edition of one of the most j useful books of reference to all who are

      interested ia the charitable institutions of the Metropolis . Every aspect of philanthropic life is represented in this succinct and admirable

      handbook . i From the same . — ' The Standard Opera Glass , '

      edition "b y Cha . rle Detailed s Annesl e lots y . of Third ninety and of the revised best- ! known operas are here stated briefly and

      concisely , and in a manner that will prove of great assistance in arriving swiftly at the scope and character of the works of the most

      illustrious composers . Judicious critical remarks enhance the value of this handy pocket volume .

      From Mr . David Wutt . — ' French Traits / by W . C . Brownell i ^ H ^ M . This * Essin * PV Comparative T

      P W » ^ Pj ^ B . ^^^^^ B ^^ ^ T * V ^^ ^ m ^|^ F BP > ^^^ to ^ p > PB t ^ ^ N ^ ^ . VpjpIV PpBhP ^ Bpr ay ^ pv ^ pF BF ^ Pk ^^ pp 1 p ^ b * . P Pi ^¦ ^^ V «_ J Bp ^ PpTp ^^ Bflp * BV V ^ b * p ^ h P 7 *^^ Criticism ' is composed of ten chapters , whose titles are : —I . The Social Instinct ; II .

      Morality ; JII . Intelligence ; IV . Sense and Sensibility ; V . Manners ; VI . Women ; VII . The Art Instinct VIII . The Provincial Sirit ; IX .

      Democracy ; ; X . New York after Paris p . The word * comparative' exactly describes the book , for it is a most interesting series of disquisitions

      on the English , ' French , and American character in relation to the topics just named . We may quote a sentence or two as an example of the

      author ' s lighter vein : — ' Arriving from London , the absence of all the varied irthospitality , the stony , inaccessible self-absorption , which

      depress nrfisa the t / hfi stran sfran ger fr & r in in London Tjonrlnn whenever whfirifivfir he lift is is out of hail of an acquaintance'the conspicuous amenity pWBp ^ ppB ^ Pb > ¦ BP- ^ Bpb P . BJp > everywhere ~ 1 |~ ^ p *^ > BPk W B W ^^ dpl ^ b ^ b ^ ^^^ suffuse P * Pi ^ ^»~ p * bbbmVpj ^ kpT ¦ * p— " ^ kpB ~ wi PJ V B 1 ( * p th . ^ ^^ pb ^ p . a vnrppp profoundly M" ^ ^* ^""^^ f' ^ BP p . b ' p « f « P . ^^^ PpI ^~ ~— B

      grateful warmth , the very cockles of an American ' s heart . . . . You understand Thackeray ' s feeling < 4 Bp *«^ IW * m m «»«^ BBBk toward B ^ ^^ V «¦ BV"B »« fl |*; ^^ Hfl Pppp s - the Pfr ^ . 1 J * ^ L ^ " distinguished ^ - ' ¦ k ^ ^ T V 4 * ^ V ^ ^ lBh » - *^ **» * V ^ B < B ^ -B ^ - ^» "pPf foreigner « pBfe ^ pF- ^ Ph ^^ i # " ^ ^^ ^^" ¦ k _ _ ^^ ^ B ^ ^ ¦ F * 4 ft «

      he met crossing the Channel . , ahd who ** readily admitted the superiority of the Briton on the seas or elsewhere , " only to cjiscover himself ,

      thpi the voyage irovaffA over nvfir . , in in his his real rpal character o . hs * ra , c * Aar of « of a hotel hotel runner—or , as Thackeray puts it , " an inppudent ,

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1889, page 728, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061889/page/18/