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    From Messrs. Blackie & Son.—* The Modern

    sneaking French humbug . " ' The more thoughtful portions 6 £ Mr . BrownelFs book will give an

    Englishman much matter for reflection . We should add that the work is tastefully printed . From MessrsOliphantAnderson viiVfcii & %

    Fexrierxxuiu jajuuwB > 3 jk . Of , y . ri i ^* i »* t * * " , j 1 ^ 1 i * wv > . <«» « % * j . »* w *« . * 13 ible Animals , and the Lessons % aught \> y them , 'by the late Rev . Bichard Newton , D . D .

    In a series of / sixteen sermons to children , founded on as many animals mentioned in the Biblethe writer presents ¦ ¦ - ¦ a variety ~ of moral

    multitude and m ^*^ r ^» h ^^ ^ religious r , ^ m v ^^^^» ^ oE V V * . truths telling ^» ^^ «^ HV «^ ^^ skilfull ^ - anecdo ^^ ^^ y tes " blended " — . ^ A m ^ sensible with — — — — a and attractive volume to place in the hands of

    the young- for Sunday reading . From Messrs . Passmore and Alabaster . — ' The

    Salt-Cellars / being a collection of proverbs ¦ with ¦ . * «* ^ n ^ m homel ^*^ m ^^ ov . ^* . ^^^ ^ ¦ * y L notes ^^^» ^^ w ^^ v *^ thereon ** r . w »^^™ ^^ ^^ ¦ — , v by »^ - _» C — ^ . H —— -- . — Spurgeon m- ^ - — — — j ^ ^— — .

    Vol . I . A to L . For many years the distinguished preacher hung published up in at a workshops the sheet Metropolita almanack and kitchens n , intended Tabernacle , and to these has be quaint and broadsides 1 . ^ 1 ™ have ¦ contained a

    *~ m *> w ^^ AA-A w ¦^^ w'JWb ^^^ racy . ^ m iv ¦ ^* ^ F ^ " ^^ «^» j 1 - ^ - ^ - ^ w ^ m — —— - - ^ - ^ -w — — proverb S for wtr each * 1 feel dLay ¦ ¦ that for ¦ twenty I-cannot ¦ years afford ¦ . Mr to .

    lose r ^ purgeon m * ^>^^ b the taK ^^ ^* ^ b ^» large says ^^^ w ¦ * ' , collection *^» ^^«» - - ^^ ^ ^ ' — of - sentences ^— — — — — which " — — — I have thus brought together , yet lost the , y would

    be if left to die with the ephemeral sheet . Hence these two volumes . I hope-that these "

    Saltand Cellars speakers " of mine ¦ and may that 0 tm be resorted they ¦*» 1 ¦ ¦» ¦ to by find ¦— teachers ¦—¦— them

    ^ JV « - ^^ - > % 1 ^ ¦ jy ^ y ^ Wi' » - *^ , 9 ^^ wfc ^ ^^^ ^^ - ** m ^» - ^ ^^ may ^— — | and hel ^ I ( 1 VI pful more A _ A ^ LV _ . Jk ^^ are CjV Some ^ ^^ put B ^ *• of W into ^ my Tl TT ** " ^^ a « sentences ^» fresh *^^ - ^ i ^ - - " » ^^ form ^— ¦—¦ ^— < are 1 . — (— Pe quite — rchance — - ^ new — , ,

    while amused with the wit and wisdom of men , light some reader and may this perceive is the ^^^ - ««¦ the innermost glow —— — of — " design a diviner —— of —

    . M . M W ~ ¦ W # . . • . ^ W *<* ^^^ ^ fc ^^ Pfc ^ ^ p * rf . ~ ^^ ™ — — -. g- ~ j they my work were . Sermons more alive would with seldo ap m horisms be trie dull onatt Shaft and if

    but epigrams eni crams they . . may These These be are are the not not feathers the tne point DOint of of or the the Arrow . ,, ' It is said that when Professor Ruskin was

    M once etropo asked litan - *¦ rfi VXJ ^ , 'Wh Tabernacle 4 y do you ¦ ? go his w * mmm—r so reply often was —""— to ' Be the

    -^ . T-J . ^^ V * A X-f > J - * f 1 . ^ fc « V ^^ ^^^ ^^«^ W ^^^ ¦** ' —' ^ ^ J ^ ^^ " ' , y — cause there is always in Spurgeon's sermon at least lfiaaf . one nnft passage Tkn . ssa . o-6 whicn which no no othe other r man man in in London JLonaon

    certain could have there given are «^ W »> . ' man In this f ^^^ volume -1 r ^ wwj ^ ¦— which it is not so — — less far

    X _/ VJU VLVJLU * JMm *^ J * . ^^ X ^ <—¦¦ ^ V **~ y 1 passages f ^ . — - » , - other as ' shortness man in , Eng sense land , and coul salt d h ' ave are concerned written . The , no

    book is marked by genial humour , strong mind common and sense heart , and which those long great won qualities universal of

    recognition in the character ago and ministry of Mr . SpuTgeon .

    From Summer rv / wt aVULXJ Messrs . v * in * aa . mjm a ICegan / Dutch iiM . r ^< ifc »» ^ r ^* . Paul Country ^* ^* - »—— , ^ - Trenc —» ¦ ^ House — — h & — , j ' Oo by »/ . Mrs .- 'A .

    Arthur Traherne . In a slight but graceful story , the English experiences lady during in- a Holland long summer of a rich visit young to her

    Dutch relatives are vividly depicted . The frugal cheery life , simple customs , and deeply

    minutely religious sp described irit of a Dutch A slight family vein of rank of love are

    -. to making show runs the throug fci gh princi h the p story le which , but it prevails is enoug in h

    that section of Dutch society , iit all events , ¦ picture with whic of h rur this ^ 1 l life story in deals Holland . As we a can pen heartil and ink y

    — ^** - ™» ^ t ^^ m m ^ ^^ ~ w ^^^ ^^^ w-- ^ _—p ^—— —« ^^ - —~ - — — ^ j recommend the book . From MrPfeilstiickerBerlin ; — * Illustrated

    . , Famil Script y ure Bible s into . ' Ge Luther rman ' is s here translation produced of in the a

    handsome volume of just 1 , 700 pages quarto . It is printed in an extremely legible type , on good

    paper , and with references . The chief feature

    of the book is its illustrations . Many of these are views of memorable sites engraved

    number after photographs over one . thousand The , illustrations representing , p in lants . all , ,

    trees trees They , , have costume costume been , , arts arts selected and and trades trades with , great customs tMistnwis raire , , & far so c . that the information is in accordance with

    the latest authorities , and the maps are also brought addedchiefly down to it date would . Notes seem are in very . cases sparingjy where

    views views pictorial , or of illustration places olaces , are are , so so does 1 bright hriorht not , . suffice the th « dp delinea . » linp The » a . --

    tions of animals so spirited , and , many of the objects depicted so interestingthat we ^ can

    imagine many persons turning , over 3 fr . Pfeilstiicker ' s JJible for the mere sake of the pictures .

    Everything that could conduce to a devout and intelligent , study of the Scriptures seems to

    have been done . From by the Mr . author George of Bedway ' Rabbi .- Jeshua « Paul . ' of This Tarsus is a , '

    rather bold attempt to discredit Saul of Tarsus . The — writer — shows familiarity ^ i ^ ^ v ^^ v ^ v - ^ b ^^^ b ^^^^ ^ with b bb ancient 4 k ^»

    his-~— ^ " ^ " ™ ^~ ^^^ w »^ *^ r ^ ^^ n ^ p » V V ^^» ^^^ rf ^ # ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ fcp ^^ tory tures and of the customs condition , and of the draws people som in e' Levan vivid tine

    piccountries in the early years of the Christian era — — . With - - — ¦— — much — . ¦ — ¦— - — - ^^^ v condensation - ^ ¦** — -ww ^^ - -B «» n ^«^^ * r <• - ^^ n 1— TV and . J . T < - freshness JL ^ \ y ^^ f 1 M r V /^ S ^ ¦ _ § < W ' 4 J » n . a * . a . I

    he ^ dashes off the most important points in the history ^^^ ^ W of ^^ ^^^ Christ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ and i ^^^^^^^ v ^ ir ^^ His vvi ^ pfe v ^ f servant ^ fc ^ ^^^ F ^ p > v V ^ V **^^* ^^ r q Paul ^^ H V ^^ v ^ v 4 L ^ Bh . B ^ But ^^^ ^^ V * ^^»

    while for the teaching and character of Christ he Paul raul has he he evident entertains entertains reverence an an opinion oninion and admi little lit ± l « ration short shnrf , -. for of nf

    supernatural contempt . It element would be \ in easy Christian for one holding faith and the I life 1 « f / X to -4- rf-V —A . «_^ t . «^^ from Jt ^ M *•* . m ^ u . his In . « M . ^~ — . *^ 2 A- £ — . — that J _ l ^ _ J the J 1 author J 1

    has prove letel , faild to position the , real meanin ¦ of Christianity compy . For e illustration grasp of this see his g view

    of the marvellous change which came over in Saul the on light the way of the to patient ^ Damascus suffering . That * iav and Jhv change self- ,

    ^^^ ^^ ^* —^^ . - ^^^ ^^^ ^—^™ ^ ^ " ^ ™^^^* ^^^* aw ^^^ A t ^ r ^^ AJb abnegation not be accounted ^^ j which for it by thence any forth simp ^ ly involved nationalistic ,

    cantheir process in the minds succession of reasoning to reject - of . those But all . in who the Christianity author , having is made only which one up

    this transcends subject human lacking reason the prime , come qualification to the study for of

    grasping even its rudiments . It is very much as though the apostle were arraigned and the

    writer held a brief to prosecute . . But perhaps , considering the wealth of interest which has surrounded Paul's letters through all the

    Christian centuries , even when regarded only as literature of the fascinating period in which ¦ they -w ~» were -m ^ writtenthe author reaches -m his I

    ^ w v v ^^ - ^^ w m ^» ^» ' ^ - ^^ ^™ — , v ^ - — — ^^ — — »— - — — —^ ^ " ^ v ^ ^ s ^ . * ^ ~ if— r ^_ r ** J ^ *» r *** utmost daring when he says * the world would be no poorer if his letters-were forgotten . ' To

    those who appreciate the smartj thrust of the free lance this book is interesting , but it does not even come near to the Paul of the New

    Testament . From ¦ Messrs ¦¦¦^^^ ttJlk Reeves Jfc & Turner—* The Life of

    J »> " » X- ' « -JwA ws r * K'A . ««**^ ^^ W V ^ K » **** t ^ m ** . ^ AA «^ . Jk A . lj | V JL ^ I & JL \«/ V A . Joseph Thomson (•< B . V . ;» ' by ** . S . Salt . Mr . Salt divides his work into twelve chapters :

    I . Youth ; II . Army schoolmaster ; III . Life in London ; IV . Visits to America and Spain ; V . The City of Dreadful fright '; VI . ' Seven

    songless years '; VII . Between Leicester and London ; VIII . The poems—early ideal poems , fantastic ¦¦ ¦ ¦ poems ¦ V artistic and narrative ¦ -

    ^ ^ ™ ~ W — . —*• ^~ ^^ " The ^» * - ^ - 1 ^^^ poetry ™^»^ ^^^ »^ " ^— , of ^ ^^^ pessimism — ¦ ' ^~ — ^ — ^— ^^ - ~ r- —~~ - ~^ —^ ^ ; ^ " ^ ^ X ^^^ 1 1 V . ^ ^^* Later ^^ ^^^ V ^ V ^^^^ poems ^ g ^ poems ^ F ^^^ f ^^^ F ^ B . ^^^*^ . . ^^ " , ; ^ H ij . political and satirical poemstranslations

    -- , ; XI m ¦ ~ m * . Prose *>^ r ^ k writings A > S , essays . , satires . * , criticism ftb * ; XII , General characteristics . Mr . Salt ia

    fortunate in having had the assistance of -I

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1889, page 729, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061889/page/19/