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    August 15,1884 The Publishers' Circular ...

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    reasons : that it is the duty of everyone who regards a doctrine as true and important to

    enunciate it ; that ideals are needful for right guidance , however far in advance of practicability they may be held to be ; that while the subjection

    of the individual to the State may be necessary at the present time , it is not needful to make the subjection greater ; and , chiefly , that ' it is

    import .-mt to impress on all the great truth , at present but little recognised , that a society ' s internal and external policies are so bound together _ — thafc — — _

    „ K there cannot be an essential improvement ^^ of the I one ^ oth ^ ^^ £ ^ e ^* ^ r m without . ' Many ——~^^~ - — - ^ " ^ w an readers - — - essential —— - ^ ^» , V whether " » ^ m ^ m ^ v <¦ improvement ^ K ^ h ^^ ^» they ^ p ^^ v ^^ w accept VJV ^^ ^^ ^^ of M ^ r ^ r ^ Mr feM the ^ B ^ K . V

    Spencer ' s doctrines or not , will be grateful to the publishers for giving them , in this convenient formthe essays which have naturally and

    de-I gervedl , y excited so much interest . I Magazines . —( N . B . —Magazines which reach us by

    I the 27 th , or , if there be 31 days in the month , I by the 28 th , can as a rule be noticed in the I Publishers' Circular of the 1 st proximo . )—

    I Merry England ( 43 Essex Street , Strand ) publishes I a four-page essay on Oossips by Cardinal Manning , I who divides the genus into five principal varieties :

    I the Harmless Gossip , the Unconscious Gossip , the I Professional Gossip , and the Mendacious Gossip . I In ' Our Husbands' Clubs' by Alice Oldcastlethe

    question is discussed whether , it is or is not , well I for the wives , the children , and the household I that the husband and father should continue the

    clubs of his bachelorhood , and it is distinctly answered in the affirmative . The lady writer ^ I ^^ k wis - el - y w adds — - - ^ , y 'A ^^^^ wife w « ^^ m —~ ^ should * r *** m - *^ ^^ » ^ ^ have i ^^ J ^ - - ^^ ipiv no ^^ greater p * ^ ^^ ^^ m * f - ^^ ^»

    vanity than that of being liked and admired by I her husband ' s ante-nuptial associates , but she ought to add to the attractions of her house the facilities of the club . ' - —Tir * ( Kell & Co . ) has

    I plenty of fiction and light o articles , y with , a bit of I Latin verse , a delicacy not often served up in the I pages of modern magazines . —Sunday Talk ( Warne

    & Co . ) needs no greater attraction than the little leininiscence of Dr . Norman Macleod and a visit from |> aid in the w >~ his > company « of the «/«/ to editor \ the bVA Plai P *¦ rinci n of pal + S * m Marathon + Tulloch ,

    I ^^ Oli but phant it has ^* . — pen w ^ The another r . ^ Bibliograp r A . AX attraetion KJJ ^ M her , ( — Elliot . a **^/ tale A Stock b ) -A y , which « - ^ Mrs AX ^ V * . , «* leaches us for the first time for months

    opens with an interesting sketch of Bishop many Moore , , namesake 'The Father , the of Rev Black . Cecil -letter Mooie Collectors , evidencing , ' by much his

    temporary painstaking of research Burnet . and The while Bishop at Norwich was a con his - , I M y . > ra H rj . To was wry his oa daily ' The stud Arrangement y . A second of paper Private by

    formation Librarios . ' g Anothe ives much r continued useful and articl practical e is a List in of - Old Ballads from the Begisters of the Stationers '

    has Company also been . — The a stranger Antiquary to ( Elliot our table Stock for ) , whi some ch t !

    011 me ' , The brings House us a of third Lords article , ' which by at Mr the . Wheatl present ey Sm PO 88 strong interest iixl 3 iodl Mr uuli

    I _ ° fneiius ^ ou writes aesse ^ aoco a n a p very vtsxj leasant ^ nvruug sketch of Greenwich . . . . . h f ^ its « air ¦ «« extinction , based mccion upon in in 1857 1857 records : and and of another another its attractions reminiscence reminiscence up to ;

    I T J ?? Cli * nterest iB contained in a translation by h I Woich TMicu h ?™ dor the Bent from an undated MS . in Italian ,

    - me translator translator , , from from iinternal nternal and and other other h I 11 ! i pL thus 4 ? w nce * y > Lne a 88 wmes ' news to * was have circulated been wri in tten those in 1669 days .

    II * » » wma aesenbed described : r HI II iherL ilS MO ? ? 0 ? ** ® *' * < » where other coffee beverages la sold euch publicly ae , chocolate and not

    ¦ Hi ^ L ¦ 11 ^ BMttv ° OOl n ^ * teA » * * - tjft ttl f theuo e » cock OimV houses - . nto ale , beer Wu there <> , are Ac * , . accordlngr n divers / wiA ^ Ini rooms * to + ^ , the t ) or ia ,

    is meeting . or is thought places of to newsmongers be , news , ' true , w or her f & Ise one as may ars all be . that In costs winter VTCAI . W & bat to W 2 sib OIV soldi round 1 VUUU if a » larpre IML drink ^ n fire UIC and aiL M . to + \ M OUIVAQ smoke toasides for 1 U 1 for two VITW hours U ) that UUIO

    ; you you pay aU you consume . —The Naturalist * 8 World ( W . Swan Sonnenscheirt

    & Co . ) . contains a variety of brief articles on natural history , editor ' s gossip , club new « , notes and queries and other matter of interest . —

    Mission 1 A School Life of Disci ( Wells pline , Gardner ' at Chelsea , & Co , where . ) describes ' bad children' are taken in . To judge from the

    description , they pass through a very improving process . A plea for what is strangely termed , an ' Incurable Home' orin other wordsa Home

    , , for GMs belonging to the Grirls' Friendly Society , suffering from , incurable diseases , is likly to give rise to the formation of a much needed and very

    ¦ useful institution . —Eastward Ho ! ( Wells Gardner & Co . ") gires us another budget of Mr . G . R . 4 Sims Peter W -v - ' s the ' Leaves Hermit m from ' shows —¦— an Old in __ . ' A Koto New -Book _ Crusade , ' and ' ,

    ^ v — ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^^^^^ - ^^ - ^^ - ^ — - ^ — ^^ - ^— — - — what an immense amount of mischief results from the gambling and drinking permitted in so-called

    working men ' s clubs , which are , as one of the speakers in a conversation reported in the article hou rightl ses y puts A number it , ' vir of tual the ly Pol co iclinic -operative a - m ¦ ¦ o public n ¦¦¦ thl - y

    journal ^^& ^^ ^ j ^ 1 ^ ¦ ^^^^ f of ^^ medicine i ^ aa ^^ k a a ^^ ^^ im and »^ ^ ^^ » surgery ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ m , has ^ - — ^ ^ , p r e ached - ^ ' ^ -- ^ — ^ us — ^ w from Philadelphia , U . S . A .

    Seriate . —We are reaching the close of Messrs . Ward , Iiock , & Co / s handsome edition < le luxe

    of The Complete Works of Thomas Hood , for the monthly part just received contains the commencement of the tenth volume , and includes the

    first part of his ' Memorials . ' The work as announced is to form eleven volumes . —The same publ ^^^ ^^ ^^ r K i m shers w ^ J A » ^^ ^ v T mr ^ send * r ^ h ^ ^^ ^ b ^ us ^» v ^^ ^ Part ^ tw ^^» ^» " "' 9 ^^ of ^ — ' The —— — Popular - — - ^ « — - ~ Law

    Dictionary —Part 23 , of bring Gibbon ing ' that s Decline usefu a l . n work & Fall to , — a Part close 7 . of Haydn ' s BihJe Dictionary—Tart 7 of Every

    . ilfrt ?? £ ft > ( 9 ww Mechanic . —Part 1 Oof Sylvia ' s Young Ladies' Treasure Bookand Part 4 of the Selected

    , Edition of the Waverlep Novels , containing another f section ^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ 4 ^^^ » ¦¦¦ of ^^ ^ ' ^ Kenilwor v ^^^ ^^ ^^»^» ^ ¦ ¦ ^ - ^ ^ th ^ w ¦— - ^ / j wi »»— th - ^ — , the — — engravings — — £ - ^ — - £ _ j of have made fre

    the French artists to whom we - quent reference . —Mr . L . Upcott Gill sends us Part 8 of his Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening .

    Wo have also received : —National Review ( W . H . Allen 1 The French & Co . ) in for Madagascar August , an ' ' interesting Hodson of Hodson number ' . s

    ; Horse , ' by Mr . T . B . Holmes ; ' Social Science at Birmingham , ' by Sir Richard Temple , & c , are

    chiefl Among nmnnc the t interest he articles articles those . . But But who the the are paper DaDer connected which wnica with will will ^ literature ^ ^ vt ^^^^ ^ i ^ F y ^^ mi » * - ^ rf— ^ is ^ i ^ m am w ' ¦ ^ ' estimate ^^ » rf ^ r ^^ ¦ »™ ™ ^ »^ ' ¦^^ of ^^ ^^ ™ liockhart ¦ ¦ ^^ ^^^ as biogra a ~ lm

    pher , critic and novelist , by Mr . George Saintsbary for August . —* Murray , a wai ' s Time stcoat - - Tables pocket ' manual ( Boot & for Co the . )

    metropoli tan traveller . — ' Dickens' Continental ABC Kailway Guide' ( IVTacmillan & Co . ) compresses within its 320 clearly printed pages an

    immense amount of information . Books received for notice : —

    Photograp For Percival hy for fSmith Amateurs , Elder , ( Cassell & Co . ) . & Co . ) . Clowes * Handbooks to International Health

    Exhibition , viz .: — Athletics , Part 2 — Schools of Art ~ Sa . lt

    —Cleansing Streets and Ways . C & nadian Pictures ( Religious Tract Society ) .

    Aunt Hepsy ' s Foundling ( Ward , Iioek , & Co . ) Salvage ( ditto ) . [ I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1884, page 757, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081884/page/13/