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Atoms and Molecules , Ice and the Ice Ages , Two Life Histories , Coal , Sermons in Stone , How the hed and Measured
Earth is Weig , Depths of Ocean , Lobsters , and the Common Prog ; and on reading Va / "" ~~ them it is - easy — to unders — tand — the — — enthu — — — — -
vv •«• 1 * S audiences ^ giasm wh . en Ther the author e is ^^ no was ' tail able talk to kindle , ' no needless in his use 4 % ^ f of abstruse terminology ; in factthe aim of
the ^*^ lecturer -w — — - seems to have ^ r ^ been ^ to smooth , — over — — difficulties , and his explanation of the law of gravitation in the address on ' How the Earth is
Weighed and Measured ' may be cited as a case he in point tells . his When audience he that wants it to is exp the lain equivalent ' inversely of *
in '" a perversel word , tha y" t as it si app gnifies lied to in husband an opposite and direction wife , ' or , , and the same homeliness of illustration never
forsakes him . Well would it be if there were more teachers of science amongst us gifted with the same power .
From the the Children same . — of * God Bogatzky , consisting ' s Golden of Devotional Treasury and for Practical Observations for every h b day in the year . '
This ——^^ — — — — — prettil — — y-printed — — — — — - ^* — - ^ m- ^^ and — — ^—^— —^^ dainti w ~^^ p ~ ~™ - ^^ l y - bound ^ v ^ v ^ p ^^^ v ^ ~^^ r little w ^^^ ^*^^ ^^ ^ v volume reminds us that the idea of what are called Bi rthday Books is by no means a now one
for , if it were interleaved , it would at once form ; a birthday book of the more serious sort . The contents - ~* — — — of - — - the - — — — — volume — - ^ — -w ^—^> - ^ are w- too well w r v i ^ known Bd ^ m « w a to P need » ^— ^^ — ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^* ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^*^
descri it holds is a ption its very ground , tastefu and it as l suffices one reprint of , the therefore of most a work popular , to whi say ch devo that still
tiocal bot ^ ks in a very large circle . From the same . —* Queen Mab Gems from
Shak-; go speare in / a — waistcoat A . pretty little pocket volume , filled , small with enoug sentences h to
variety from the of headings ' immortal , such bard as , ' Faith classified , Hope , u Charity nder a , Love , Joy , Peace , Goodness , Gentleness , Humility .
9 the The ine selections source source ol of have the the text text been is is carefull given g-iren in in made every everv case naso a task . , and anrl of 1 no slight difficulty , as Shakspeare y does not , always j compress his wisdom into sentences of two or
three narrow lines . From to the Mr . Jolin Hey wood . — « Wee Dan ; or , Keep
This vords litt of Ri le one g book ht . sy ' l , lable A which tale of is y ded the . By icated slums A . Byeroft to . the Written ragged Taylor in - .
I J echool of the tetichers sufferings of of Manchester a crippled boy and , the Salford child , tells of a | I drun mother kard resulted , whose in cruel her ill death -treatment at his of birth the boy The * s
. on man his drinks child through ' s death a -bed long , at life the , and bidding it is onl of y a visitor "visitor w whho o has has kindlv kindly tended tendftd the the little little sufferer sufferer .
that he signs the pledge and changes his habits . , From MessrsKnight &
LeonardChicago—Th is ' Picturesqu a pamphlet e . B . & of 0 / 152 By J pages . G . Pangborn ¦ imperial , . —This 8 . vo .
Singu e cover larly , tastefu instead l of pie being ce of c mere olour white work , paper includ , is ing
II are landscape nearly , 100 flowers engravings , plnnts , of an extraordinar d insects . y Within finish , | j the a-ccom whole pany is ing to introduce the letterpress the reader . The to function the most of
J interesting points which await a traveller on the Jj H Ba cousins ltimore prefe , and r to Ohio call Railway it . Seldom —or , Railroad we should , as think our ,
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« - " « e literally , this would seem to be a | t e e ° j ^ ° ^ ^ he laws and customs which govern lii & L :,, '
the German bookselling trade , and the businesses which are allied with it . Actually , the little
book , for it is no more than a small octavo of 84 which pages , are is al a p dictionary habetically or arranged series of in paragrap which are hs
explained the most prominent terms , which occur in much the - more pursuit of -- of a —— the science m - ^ - * ^ bookselling ^ r ^_ or h well-defined trade . This art in is — — — — ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ . ^ v ^^ ^ a ^^ ^^^ r ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ Bp ^^^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^
Germany interest of than the * Usancon it is in -Codex England ' is ch , i whence efly for our the continental neighbours . We will give an extract
which shows the scope of copyright elsewhere : , joys Verlagsrecht rotection / . from ¦* * In ¦ the piracy Germ % 1 W \ during an Kingdom Ida A lifetime an author After
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From Messrs . Crosby Lookwood & Co .- —* A Practical Treatise on Hand-railing , showing new and simple methods for finding the pitch
of the plank , drawing the moulds , bevelling * , jointing up , and squaring the wreath . ' By George Collings . The 230 th volume of Weale ' s
Rudimentary Series . —The author tells us that he has been employed for several years as a practical hand of -railer , and he here sets forth for of the
benefit his fellow-workmen the results his ^ experience . He claims the merit of novelty for his simple method of finding the direction of the
major axis for drawing the curves of the moulds . In this , as in all the volumes of the series , there is a large number of diagrams and illustrations .
From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —* Life of Daniel MaemilUn , ' by Thomas Hughes . —For the
moment , we do but register the appearance of this charming book . In our next number we shall give an extended notice of it .
From Messrs . Parker & Co . —' Meditations in Sonnet Verse on the Scripture Biographies of ^ Abrah B % ^|^ W ^ ^^ ^^ b ^^^ ^^^ V ^ am " ^^ ^^ " ^^ " ^^ , ^ h ^ Isaac ^ b ^ . v ^^ ^^ r ^ m ^ b ^^ v ^^ , ^ h ¦ and — ^™ ^""^^ ^™ ^^ Jacob ™ ^ ^~ — - ^ ~~ . ^ p ' By - ^ ^^ m a — Bible — — ~^ Student ~^ ~ . ^
—The author takes up the chief incidents in the patriarchal lives and moralises over them . He is not always happy in his choice of words ,
espeins ciall tance y if , he in is the hard lines put on to Abraham it for a ' s rhyme temptation , as , for , where he writes : —
* Can Fon heal Blauphter . * * Hush ! Surel 1 3 icld y this up n all o , cica however trice nice , And Me , as ordered , faithfully ^ adore . '
And again , the Lord in speaking to Jacob in a dream says — * Thy father ' s God am I A The . « . *» V self *¦ - »¦ same land msmmmt
f 11 ¦ y 1 U VI V ^ Jl O VJI Vf ^ -i C *»»* . . * «» ' ** m ¦ - »* V * ^ m . Thou As dust liest of on earth , thy in seed numerosity ' s and thine shall be ; I West , East , Nortb , Southward shall it wide expand . * I
mer Some it , of and the they sonnets are , all however characterised , are of cons by id fidelity erable to the Bible story .
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ment throug of hou its t great characterised subject . b Persons y a reverent who are seok - - iDir a m . mmr M for \ JM * a « jW book |/ Vf \ # l » for » V * devotional ^ - »^^ - * J ^ " » ¦*^ - »« m »» reading - » — -. . ^ J * , or for ujbo their
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1882, page 705, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081882/page/13/
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