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    Obituaey. Borro An W, Earnest The Author...

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    —**— " * B ^ ^ , y p , ^ ^ y wandering Society * m , and and being T adventure 1 sent I by . them In T 1833 - < rf "" into X <"" W ™\ he ^ Russia entered ¦ he edited the . 1 service at St of . Petersburg the . ^ British -- » . . a « the and New 4 Forei i— ¦» Testament _ gn Bible !¦ - m a

    in ' Targum the Mandchu 7 consisting or Chinese of metrical -Tartar translations language ; from whilst 30 there languages he also . Subsequently published a he book was called twice

    — — , *— s * j - ~ ~~ — — q / — — — to to sent circulate circulate as ^^ agent xne the of Scriptures jscripLures the Bible . Society . Whilst ^ vniist into in in Spain Spain fcpain , he ne where mixe mixe he d d much mucn was twice with witn ^^ imprisoned the tne Galore uaiore ^ for or or Zincali Ziincali endeavouring . called called .

    by the Spaniards gitanos or gipsies , whose language lie found to be much the same as , that of the — English 4 J ^ J VJ Romany ^ K ¦ s v . V At Madrid he h edited m a the New ^^^^ b Testament in Spanish I , J and — - _ translated _ - — _ _ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^

    St . Luke's Gospel into the language of the Zincali ^^ " ^^ ^ . Leaving ^ the ^^ service of the Bible Society , he returned to England in 1839 . In 1841 he published the ' Zincali , ' or an account of the gipsies in Spainwith a vocabulary of their languagewhich he proved to be closely connected

    with OX the Sanskrit •*• , . This work obtained */ a wide _^ celebrity *—9 , on the Continentand drew % / attention far 4 and wide to the subject of the gipsies and their history . In 1842 he , gave to the world

    The Bible in Spain / a work which received a warm eulogium from the late Sir It . Peel in the House of Coinmons . He spent the year 1844 in of wandering among C ? the gipsies IT of Hungary

    Wallachia — , and Turkey ^ gathering . X up «/ the words their respective ^ D di alects O of the Romany ^ P •/ 7 , and making a collection of their songs . In 1851 he published * Lavengro / in which he gives

    some account of his early life and adventures , and in 1857 'The Romany Rye / a sequel to the same . A later publication J- in a separat x e form was entitled ' Wild Walesy / but his most

    important work was ' Romano Lavo-Lil / a vocabulary of the English gipsy language . It represents the labour of many years and was published in 1874 . Mr . Borrow was also an industrious contributor to periodical literature both in prose and verse .

    We regret to announce that Dr . John Hill Burton ^ the Historiographer Royal for Scotland , died on the 10 th inst . at the age of seventy-two years . He was the author of the ' Life and

    , Correspondence of David Hume' ( 1846 ) , the ' History of the Reign of Queen Anne ' ( 1880 ) , and of several works in Scottish history , which attained to great and deserved popularity .

    The death is announced at Salem , Oregon , U . S ., of Bishop Erastus Otis Haven , the distinguished educator and scholar . For many years he filled the positions of Professor of Latin

    and of Rhetoric and English Literature , at the University of Michigan . During the same time he turned his attention "to religious journalismand held the editorial chair of the Zion Herald

    in Boston , from 185 G to 1863 , besides being a , contributor to other periodicals . In 1863 he , was elected President of the Michigan University . He was the author of several educational

    works of standard value _ , among them being Haven ' s ' Rhetoric ' and Moral Philosophy / He was personally a man of genial manners and of much social popularity , and as a preacher and

    lecturer was distinguished for his eloquence of delivery and power of argument . The JLne death death is is announced announced or of J John ohn JLmncan Duncan , the the Alford Anord botanist botanistfor tor whom whom puouc public subscrip

    subscrip-tions were raised some months agoamongst , the subscribers being , , Her Majesty . Duncan , who was a weaver by trade , gathered in , the course of his long life a comp Aberdeen Aberdeen lete collection of the in in

    grasses grasses December , . < & & c c last . , indigenous indigenous . He was to to self Scotland Scotland -taught . . and This This acquired collection collection his he he presented presented vast botanical to to knowledge University university without assistance .

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    Aug . 15 , 1881 The Publishers' Circular 623

    Books Received :— From The A.Uth.Or.—* H...

    Books Received : — From the A . uth . or . —* How not to Teach ; or 100

    things the Teacher should not do : with Reasons Why . ' By W . M . Giffin , Principal City TraininSchoolNewark V > l ^ V NJA series of A . practical V

    ~ g f ^ r ^~ ' ^ - * » * V-f \» r- ^ , . ^ fc . 1 1 W A . ** -J , - -. ^ t . t- * " . JL , » J \ S JL > A KS * J ^ S ^ . C JL , KM \^ V M . » *• maxims for teachers , based upon the author ' s experience of the mistakes made by young and . n-

    experienced assistants in school work . The basis the of t child he author should ' th be worked y is that upon the , h that igher thoug part ht of

    and shoul the d b thoroug e stimu hl late y sensible d and t character he mind of develo many ped of merel his directions with the shows caacit how ies full y he nature is acqua of inte chil d d ren Lut with y the too common p faults of method and

    manner in those who undertake to instruct them . From Messrs . A . S . Barnes & Co ., New York . —

    ' One Term Series . ' The new volume is entitled ments ' Brief nts History of Ancient Peoples , their

    monuocta me vo , , of lite literature rature more , , and and han manners manners 300 pag . . ' , It It substant is is a a crown crown ially bound — in emblematic cloth AV made

    interesting-looknig -- *~ by * a abundant V * H *_ f A . yjAAKlMf LAV woodcut V ^ * - * * , AAAiJL , *\ illustrations . \ J JLUI Vi . UUIltlC , AWIk and catching 1 Il 8 to the juvenile eye by numerous coloured

    ferred ^ p . to One . The more notes pleasan which t feature in ma most y be books rei ,

    are too apt to be skipped , in Messrs . Barnes use-

    Books Received :— From The A.Uth.Or.—* H...

    ful compendium abound with pleasant stories , tending i ^ -rto illustrate the text .

    From the * Bazaar' Office . —' The JSook of the ing Rabbit Points , Jud , : Selection g g iving , Treatment , Mating Histor , Management of y , the Variations Diseases , Exhibit , , U and ses - , muc AtJ h LA other Information JUft —— bearing — — - — — on the subject of

    , V *>^ ** S VAA ^^ -Ap _» - * 1 ^ A »* . » ' ~^»^ - ' ,, £ —j ^ j Fancy hibitors Kabbits and . edited ' By b various Leonard Breeders U . Gill and . The Exbook is , so complete in y all its practical

    information that it would be difficult to name any point in connection with the choice and rearing of these pretty animals which is not fully dealt with store store ;

    but Vrn house t- , in in of addition addition facts in connect to to this this , , ion wo wo with have have the quite quite natural a a his -- - tory of the various breeds brought before us in

    the fr . Vw * il illnfit lustrat r * tirm ions , w whirli hich are arfi beauUiully boautlfullv OXOCllted executed , sho in colours wing the . To most the perfect rabbit- kinds keeper of , the hutches diagra , will and ms

    the have hints spec as ial to vsilue mak ; ing but the even ' fancy those ' profitabl who do e , " not

    of possess nncQAcn notice a - rabbit ™ v A » v > it word -. will will of find fi praise nd the thft is book book due well well to the worthy worthy very appropriate ornamentation of the cover .

    From . Messrs . Blackie & Son . — 'A History of the Jfictonai T * v " 1 X 11 II i

    tra British tions , Emp Genealog ire / ical With T nu ables merous , Maps , and Plans jluus | - , |

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1881, page 623, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081881/page/7/