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    July is, 1882 The Publishers' Circular 6...

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    July Is, 1882 The Publishers' Circular 6...

    July is , 1882 The Publishers' Circular 621

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    p of er the son cont can e a nt cquire s of th a prac mus tic eum al knowl , but of edge the , not science only which it illustrates . It is of course impossible to

    treat of such subjects as are here dealt with in language entirely free from technicalities , but a moderate knowledge of chemistry and physiology

    will enable the reader to appreciate the very clear ¦ a obj nd ects lucid in the desc museum riptions . given of the numerous

    From Messrs . Chatto & Windus . — ' Charles ; Beade ' s Novels / new edit . The admirers of Mr . i Ch « arles -- Reade ' s vivid _ .. and — ___ soul _ — -stirring _ fictions

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    we see again Christie Johnstone , the ' bonnie fishwife / and Lord Ipsden , charming also , in his way . "We find the Wandering Heir / once issued

    complete for a shilling as an extra number to the Graphic , and ' Never too Late to Mend / with its ¦¦¦ scenes ¦ B pBk of ^ pbb ^^ pbb , rural ^ pB life , and A pictur kkes of ^_ the horrors _ of ^*^

    a jail . We meet with a ' T errible ^ Temptation / to which is now appended a caustic note by the author ; with 'Foul Play / dealing with scuttling

    shi ^ al ps f or gai n , and marv ellousl ^ b ^ y d elinea ^ ^ ting bK life _ ^ - _ in ^ the tropics ; 'Hard Cash / in which private lunatic asylums are shown up and an almost unequalled

    sea iight described ; * Griffith Gaunt / a romance of masculine vigour and curious legal interest ; the ' Woman Hater / with 1 a pen ¦^• r -and-ink icture BbT of BBak the Bf

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    geasy be thought a mere reprint , under another name , of a ' Good Fight / from Once a

    Week Week , , but but which -which is is declared declared by bv the the author author to to be a new book , four-fifths of it—these volumes form an array of exciting reading , withal full of

    noble purpose , such as cannot easily be paralleled . From Messrs . Diprose & Bateman . — ' Wonderful Dreams of Remarkable Men and Women / By

    J . Redding Ware . Arranged in chronological order , according to the dates when the dreamers livedwe have an account of the dreams ot

    , numerous persons of note from the mother of Phalaris the Tyrant down to De Quincey . Mr . "Ware has also collected * some of the opinions of

    e . ninent writers on dreams , and he credits Bishop Ken with a belief in the suggestion of good dreams as one of the beneficent works of

    ministering angels . From Messrs . Duffy & Sons . — ' A Bird ' s-eye View of Irish History' ( enlarged and carefully revised ) , by

    Sir Sir Charles Charles Gavan Gavan Duff Duffv y , . K K .. CJ C .. M M .. O G-. . This This work work ., which has been detached from the author ' s work , ' Young Ireland / and rewritten , carries tho tale of the history of the sister country down to 1810 .

    The author , we need scarcely remind our readers , writes from the Koman Catholic standpoint , and as an inference from his view of the subjecthe

    , says : 'Is it surprising that the result of tho experiment led ( the Union between to the Great Britain and

    Jrcland Ireland ^ ) led many manv men men to the conclusion conclusion that that th © connexion between Ireland and the dominant country - ^ - « w « w must AMM \ . 1 , KJ \ J be KS \ J put yj \ M \ J V on / il C another *** V ^ IS & I V ^ * . footing * V *» Vf fc- A AA- [*^) ,

    or must be brought to an end ? On less provocation the sober colonists of North America broke oroke away awav from frr » m the t . ho fimni ire rp . and and tho tho grave frrave

    Belgian bourgeoisie broke emp away , from their legislative union . On less provocation , indeed , the phlegm 1 atic Hollanders vtoi opened their \ dkes and let kj \ j

    in { Uni — the "" o n ""' , Sir i < / iv- O Charl xJL 'Connell \^ A 4 . aia es describes ' s demand ulsougva as for jIacmm a jus the . ujr t y repeal and evoo nuu noces of the m . -

    to Bary its measure success ; the but Irish he holds le that must as a be preliminary united : # , peop i . . i ' ¦ -

    From , Messrs . W . & A . K . Johnston . —' Science in a Nutshell / By Alexander Wa * t . The author

    claims claims on on his his title title--page nace to to hav have e bl blwidfid ended in in this this volume rational amusement with instruction , and it may be conceded that he has supplied his readers

    with directions for the performance of an infinite number of experiments calculated to delight I young people , and illustrating many important I scientific laws and facts . He writes in a free and

    easy style , as , for < xample , when he says , 'We th know at we that eat cattle the cat and tle a sheep nd sheep eat the but grass we , and ht

    to know something more if we would wi oug sh to deserve such good things as the roast beef of old England and ir . utto i chops / but -while his

    teaching 5 s conveyed in familiar phrase it is based on a thorough knowledge of the subject ; and the diagramswith which the book abounds

    will make his meaning , perfectly clear . One main , recommendation of the book is the sensible wav in which Mr . Watt utilises the knowledge which

    he fairly assumes that his readers possess , and thus gains their attention before he proceeds to develop theories or lead them on to hiher points .

    Thus , in explaining the laws of ele g ctricity and the working of elec-rical machines , he beg i ns by referring to the phenomena which the electric

    fluid presents in the thunderstorm , to the use of lightning conductors , which are familiar objects on church towers and other buildingsand to the

    gymnotus or electric eel ; and then he , carries the student on to the methods of generating electricity and — the — -- — uses to - — which -- - — it — - app — _ _ li _ _ ed _ — . _ Boys — _ . __ with - - — — a —

    scientific taste will be delighted with the volume . From Mr . Moses King , Cambridge , Mass ., U . S . A .

    — 'Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Biography . Letters , Poems , Anecdotes / & c . Edited and arranged bW . Sloane Kenned }' . The death of

    Longfellow CD y « f has been followed b •/ y the publication of several hastily prepared biographies , which will satisfy the immediate popular demandbut

    , cannot pretend to take the place of the life to be written by authorisation of his family . The purpose of the compiler of this volume has been

    to present everything which the general reader desires to know respecting Longfellow , embracing biograp ¦^ aT » *^^^ Vk a »» "i t ^ Map' h A a » y » , a a anecdotes ^^ a ^ T bKbVj B |^ a ^ *>« b ^ b- bjb ar aa ^ -- and W bBbbb - * bb lottrrs aB ajp' 'b . f bbp -b b- ^ , general aa -bb » -a- -bb- — — — and a a- — —

    contemporary criticism , and a fair specimen of the poetical and other tributes paid by Americans printed and Englishmen from the , Un with ited twelve States earl Litera y ry poems Gazette re- , and hitherto % bb unpublished T _ in bb book bbb formand a

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    —biography . The volume is an octavo of 368 pages , is elpgantly printed and bound , and contains two ^ newl J " ^ V' jL y T engraved V > -L 1 K ^ X % A V \* * - * portraits > V / & >¦ -V <¦ A t Pur' and ~ t- ¦ >~~ " - ¦»¦ other > - » " vaa -4 ^ *¦ -. illustration » . » ,- » -.- » — - » - _ , __ - > - ¦ - ^ ^ s a ^ r ¦>_¦ * » . v .

    Besides thisas is estential to a book of pueh varied contents , , it is provided with a complete index .

    From Messrs . Letts , Son , & Co . — 'The Roads of England and Wales : an Itinerary for Bicyclists , Tourists Tourists , and and Travellers Travellers , / bv by Charles Charles Howard Howard ..

    This is an , admirable bookthe information which it supplies being more comp , letel y summed up in the frhfi wel well l filled filled title titla-TOifire -page . which which tolls tolls us us that that it it

    contains an original descri , ption of the contour and surface with mileage of the main ( direct and principal cross ) roads in England and Waif sand

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    references to the antiquities , natural curiosities , and places of interest along the various routes ;

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1882, page 621, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071882/page/9/