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    also a list of hotels and inns in each town , suitable for cyclists . Mr . Howard has in effect given

    us us a a work work the model brought brought of the down down well to to -known the the latest latest road date date -books , , based based of days upon ^ M «* T gone vm ^ b ^ *»«• ^ m by ** r m , m and ¦»¦ ¦»— " ~ -w althoug ¦ " ¦ - —¦ ¦ — w — - g- j h railways — — - — ^ — seem . _ _ — _ to _ - have

    coaching given a death and -blov the invention to roadways of , the cycling revival full of y j the ustif roads y his are enterprise divided . into In the direct plan and of cross the . work All ,

    the former start from London , arranged in sections according ing * » - ^^ with - - — London to their Bri several — - dge ^^ ) j , starti following — ng- points —j the - - cours - ( beginn e of

    the sun from east to west , and continued round simp the compass ly connect — - . ¦— The the ¦— ¦ cross large H roads towns are that those are not which on

    the JO 0 ^ v ^^ h same ^^ ^ v - ^^ ^ direc _ ™ - ^ ^ v - t routea — — - — ; . they - — beg in in - — the — — county - — — of Kent and go round "the map . The mileage is based upon that given in ' Paterson ' s Roads '

    ( 18 th ed ., 182 G ) , with some few corrections from the Ordnance Survey and milestones . As for the road descriptions , a fair proportion is the result

    of personal observation ; a few routes have been g 1 leaned 878 . Under from the the ' Bicycle respect ' annuals ive places for noted 1877 and as

    rest ences g to -pl the aces chief for the buildings travellers and , other are brief objects refer of - interestand the whole work gives evidence of

    , much painstaking effort . Some idea of the extent of the publication may be formed from the ¦ f ^__ ^ act f ^^ - ^^ - ^ 0 , that -V ^_ ~ V n ^_ r the - ~— _~ - first ~ - . ~ - edition - ~ - — - of the - b — ook - has alread — — y _

    been edition full is y to subscribed "be raised . to The five price shillings of the , and second this will be a very modest sum for a work of more

    than four hundred closely printed pages teeming with information . A good Map of England and Wales is prefixed to the book .

    From Messrs . Crosby Locls-wood & Co . —* Elementary Decoration , a guide to the simpler forms of every-day art , as supplied to the interior and

    exterior decoration of dwelling houses , & c . ' By James William Pacey , jun . This volume , we learn from the prefaceis the amplification and

    extension of a series A % of , articles ori JC ginally published in a technical journal . Its aim is to ' show the decorative craftsman , however humble his

    own sphere , i the nd manner originality in which of conception he may evolve , and in may his carry out in a skilful and tradesman like style the

    decorative effects which are so much sought after us in t that he h he omes has of made the p no resent effort to ' Mr . l Facey tells les supp XT t y •/ examp-t

    for imitation ; rather he wishes to set his readers to work on their own account , and to lead them to design their own patterns . Interior decorationby

    various processes from the simplest to the most , elaborate , is first described , and then exterior ¦ ¦ ¦ decoration ^ v ¦ ™ - ~* r ^^ ^^ ^™ ^ B ^ ^^« is ^^ ^ bb * carried ^ v -Bji i ^^ ^— ^ ^^ - ^^^™ throug ^ a ^ ^^™ wfe ~ i r ^ " ^ r ^ » K h bb *« b ^ all fc By jbb bbb b its B * B ^ bib * varieties B ? J" ¦¦• *™ " * bj ^ wi ^^ Bfc w ^ B p ^ B *

    of style , a chapter on conservatory decoration bring for — - » — ¦ the — ing - — choice - ^ — - — the -w — - ^ v work of colours - * r- to a close which w «« a » . contrast Mr T . Facey » well ' s rules with W *» n ~ m m ^^ ^^ *^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ y ^ ^ w ^^ ' ^

    he eac lays h oth down er , and " as the the basis elementary of all successful principles decora which - tive workare set forth with clearness and are

    supported , by sound argument ; in fact , his manual , with its numerous illustrations , can scarcely fail

    w to to hether be be of oi he infinite mtinite be a pro service service fessional to to the the or an house housn amateur decorator decorator . -, From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marstou , & Co . —

    I j I s Marvin * ketch The Russian - . A of handsome Advance the Russo to octavo wa -Persian rds India volume Frontier , ' b , y Charles with eas a t map

    I o the f the subject Casp - ian matter , and of a binding the book which . The symbolises contents are in n great measure occupied by conversations

    with highly-placed Russian officials , the interest of which ' ¦ may be inferred from the following — fr ~ .

    * i ^^^^^^ ¦ hints of the topics discussed—General Skobeleft ' s speeches ; excitement at BerlinRussian official

    of account Genera - the l Valentine of Central the - last — Baker — sian Afghan ; England ^ 3 war ^ ; ^ ^—— ; than Skobeleff thinks vbb * . B ^ m ^ f . / * more A * X ** on X Xj I

    ( does ?); Afghan A hatred question of Russia ; effect Russia of Burnab -r » i » .. Ride i ~ k « j . to A _ Khiva -rry Russian ¦¦ - » indi «• i -

    at the y ' publication s of Schuy ; ler ' s Turkistan gnation ; i General 8 kobeleff on native native the Chai forces iorces ^ nel Tunnel in in , on & the

    Russian English ^ ngnsn army arm inion Vt , our our of Austria and the India India Austrian . , & p c . ;• op army . The appendices in Central contai Asia n papers has on Russia ' s

    Herat new province ? and on the Russian Fleet ; in Eng Central land Asia lost . From by C the . Auton earne . — ( Aug * Recollections . Hoppin ) . of Thi Auton s is a House m , ' erry

    iillustrated llustrated book book for lor young vouner people T > eot ) le ; : the the size size sm rt « al a 1 l 1 quarto . It is written by one who must have a keen feeling £ J of ¦ the joy A ^^ s and sorrows ^ ^^ " ^ ^^ ™ »™ of ~~ ^^ " childhood ~^ B ^^»^ " ^ P > ^^ " ^ P »^ ^ ^« , ^^ ^^ > ^^^ .

    of On bis the p cover ipe , going the author back is in seen memory , amid to the his cloud own s childish scenes which stretch away in . the vista

    of memory : Auton There chil are dren many wandering & Auton % \ Houses over / it in but the the land original , and A lots nton of

    of »»¦ Hou v * its v ^_ s e revelry is "v ^»« gone *** . ^ 'A in . fo a . v r our * v * eve jv ear ^ r , and , ji and ^ # v we VA d etect ca V * , n only a smac % *\ S catch ^ Jm k ACmXA of -AUiJ the its . XLli good . echo vV / LI cheer lingering on our tongue . —Preface .

    * C . Auton , ' the pseudonym on the title-page of the * Auton famous House , ' is 6 i , no o-eavrw doubt . , a Authors playful conceit must on of yvw

    course — ^ " - — , have - ^ ¦— — " ~ known « — - ¦ - before - » - ~ — — ™ ^ they v ^ v ^^^ can " ^¦^» - ^ m H ^ m recollect ^^ ^ B p ^^ ^ K ^ b ^ B ^ v ^ B Barf ; . P" , B ^ b * ^ B > From - Messrs — . Macmillan ^ ^ - ¦^ — —r v - » . & - ^ Co ^^ bv ^ ^ B » . — ¦ ¦ ¦ ' Gray ^ fc ^ / ^ B ^^ . ^ y J

    Edmund W . Gosse . Another Tolume of the admirable series of ' English Men of Letters / edited by Mr . John Morley . A bibliography of the poet Gray only serves to show how scanty are the

    biographical details available for such a "work as that which Mr . Gosse has here undertaken , and he has , therefore , had to construct a life of the poet

    instead of simply compressing or rewriting the memoirs already published . In the same way the author found himself face to face with a still

    greater difficulty in the absence of any complete thus edition i h i his i of book Gray h h i has ' s poems in h it b or ail of the his elements letters , of and an ~ mr ^— - ^— ^ ¦ ^^— *—^^ ^— - *— ' ^^ - ^ —^ —~^ r ^^^^ m ^^^ ^ ^ B ^ ^**^^ ^ B" ^ " ^ ^ B * B ^^^^ ^ . B * ^ B ^^ B ^ ^ B ^ B >^ B >^ B ^ ^^^ B >^ ^^ W ^ B * ^^^ ^ P ^

    original stead of contri beinof bution like to the of subject the volumes in hand of , the in-¦ series ¦ a re-editing , i of many materials already available

    — — ^^ a —^ - - ^^ more - ^— , w — ^^ " - —^ extended ^ ~— — — - — ~— ^ BI ^ Bk ^^^ form " ^» ^^ ^^ ' ^ B ^ ^ B" ^ B . ^^» ^ B ^ ^^^ A ^ " ^ ^^ careful ^^~ ^^ . ^ ^ B *^^ ^^ " ^^» ^ B ^ ^^^ W ^^^ examination ^* ¦ BJ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^^ unqualified of ¦^^¦ the book ¦ Bl praise will be upon found B ¦•*» it to as justif a p k y iece a verdict of pains of

    taking " ^»^— ^ B . - ~^ ^ — ^^ —™ and — — ^^ ^_ d Bp iscriminating Bl ^ »^ - —— — A " ^ Bk ™ W ^^ B * ^ - biograp * ^ > BJ B"WT B ^ IBT h «^ y . ^^ ^^ It ^^^ *^^ ^ follows ^ W ~~ ^ ^^ ¦ the of ^ -r . his <¦ poet b «>* bv life sw > m with -vtor , a p Bar icture ^ ^ b < careful w ^ " » fc « . » — p s > b * to «•>/ ^ b ^ step us 1 _» »^ r the Vk 4 VA through ^ b * society Pt / v /^^ * «^ F ever in which y period —"" he

    liyed wor temporaries ks , and A the , leasant and opinions chronicles limpse held of of the the him growth man by his and of con his his

    habits . is given p in connect g ion with his long stay at Pembroke College , Cambridge : — jio He wa was 3 the uie first iinsi / uuu and . for ior a a long umi ^ while vv *» hc the i / iio only uuijr person i ^ i ^ " -

    took in the care university that his who windows made his should rooms be look alwaya pretty full . He oi white was mignonette Willie famo vuiiiu china us or for His xii so a me pair servant £ vrvaiiLi other of huge sweetl Stephen Japanese y scented Hem xieu vases pstead plaint iti in blue , and had i and he to

    li box keep ttle , and the harpsichord room not . an as where s bright atom of the and dust , , ovepiicn spick was t used as allowed to an sit old » p to in » : lady the rest » u , , twilight ' s on * band » " the --

    -among and ftfteen play hia quiet toccataa books years , his , of the china Scarlatti autumn , poe and and his of Pergolesi pictures his life , , . and G He ray here re lived , tor at Ipl last r * . we wfl shal ahull l paa eeo him \\\ m die rilfl with xxrUh the flm good trnofl m master aster of of Vcm

    Pem-services broke , le of petit friendship Ion homme . , , holding : his hand in the last t It hat is , no as Mr monumen . Gosse t points of out kin . a d singular perpetuates omission the any town town whore ho »«

    nipmor rnpmory resided v of of ( Gra lon Jn g \ v y , in in and the the unirersity unirersity which lie jb one wuc of * ^ the ^ 1 ' '"" ' ' ' ' ' ——mmb * * ' A

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1882, page 622, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071882/page/10/