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      information , grouped under heads and subdivisions so as to bring together the names of

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      master who is considering what school-book lie shall . adopt in a classor to the student

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      supply their needs and often answer the inquiry' What books are there on such and

      such a , subject 1 ' Great pains have been taken not to disappoint by including in the '

      Educational Catalogue books which are out of print .

      The Cobden Club has issued a pamphlet on 'Technical 1 Education ¦ BB * consisting of a

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      technical instruction . Mr . F . C . Montague has summarised —^ __ the subject ¦ VF and P a preface is

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      Chairman of the Commission ; The Cobden Club — — — — publications BT ' " ~ " ^~~ ' ^ " ~ " . ' B ^ F ' ¦¦ appear — " ^ ¦ 1 ^ ^ BB * ^^^» ^^ B > ^ from ^ ^^ BP - ^^ " ^^ ^^^^ the ^ BF BBB BBB > BB ¦ 1 press ^ BBBBB ^ B ^ P * BbT B ^ BB * of ^^^ ^ BBB "VK BBT * ' «^ A . BBB « Bh ¦ . ^ bk-B . ' BBBBkBj _ ¦ : . A . dBB . " ^^

      Messrs . Cassell & ^^ Go ., Limited . I It is rumoured that Mr . Leslie Stephen

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      liave appeared in < Scri 6 ncr * s Magazine . The volume " » " w ^ -w ^^— ^ must ^ VBB ™ ^ I BB ^ P * be T- ^^ - ^ BBF an ^^^ BBBfc BBBh indispensable BBf ¦ " ^ BB ^^ BBP ^ Bi B M F ^ " ^ ^ B . # Bfc | Bl B > l BP r- ^ ^ BB » ^ BB- addition ^ BtfW ~^ p «« Bl M BB BB ^ BhpT ^ B > ^^ ^ B > ^^ to ^ B ^ V

      the collected works of Thackeray , for many of I the ¦ letters ^ ^^ BT ~^^ ^ Br ^ ^ BBP fl- ^ BP are bB ^¦ B' ¦ as ^ B *^ BP B ^ BT fresh BP ^ BBV " ^ Bp * B ^ BP" BP ^ . B . as ~ Bpf ~ flf observant ~^ v ~ ¦ v ^ i ^ B ^ B # > ' ^ BP' BBBb W V ^^ BT ^ B > rfBBI V and BB ^ B | BBi ^^ B ^ as # * ' ^ ' ^ ' ^^^ , , ^ ' ^ ' ^ ^ pW ^ jF ^^

      bright as anything he ever wrote . A contemporary says that Mr . H BPi ^ P ^ I ^^ . H .

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      Mr . Bancroft expects that California will occupy six , Central seven America volumes three of his , and book Oregon , Mexico two

      the Volu volu North m rrms es ; - two twn West volumes vol coast nrnfta and will will one also also volume hpt be devoted rlftvotfi to each ^ to to of the other Pacific coast , States .

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      in the So-called Shakespearean ; , Plays . ' p The book will be issued by Messrs kJA Sampson iwiwaa ll ¦ Low

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      We note an announcement that will surprise it jrrmcetown - our Princetown app readers ears , Ixevtew Re ' considerabl has . me'w . written . called called y . an fc ' A American American articl Mr . e Matthews Autaors Authors for the ,

      and British Pirates , ' in which is shown the Great nefarious Britain appropriation ! , of American books in

      The educational numbers of the Publishers

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      edited by P . S . M . Munro . Some of its pages ought to supply good examples for workers- in

      this country . . Ouida ¦¦ ' s nationality Bpfe remarks the Critic

      seems ' ^ Bpp— - ^ B ^ BBI to ^ BP ^ ^ BP ^ BP puzzle B ^ bF . ^ ^ Bh P ^^ BT ^» r ^^ V the ^^ ^ B ^ " ^^ ' ^ B »^^^^ bibliograp ^ ^ v - ^ P ^ ' ^ w . , v A BB ^^^^ ¦ ™ " ^^ hers . " b - —^— — . — ' \ The ^ P ^ B ^ TV * Pub ^ * fB ^^^ ~ . ¦ — - , ' ^ B lishers qr Weekl W B indexed - ¦ - her nameLouise de la

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      under L ( like La Rochefoucauld , ) ; if , as is generallsupposedshe is ¦ Eng ¦ lishit should

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      and enters her under D . V Ouida ' s home is in Italy .

      The August instalment of the Monthly Magazine B l BB ^ 'N ^ " V \^ W ^ P *» *^ * T V B ^ ^^ of ^* P ^ m Fiction BBB ^» ^^ ^ P" ^ p" ^ P ^^ pT BT ^ { % ^ B "" Fa ^ — — mil - ™ — ' ~ ^ y ~ W Hera . ld Office ^^ . ^^ . ) M

      consists of the story , ' Weighed in the Balance , ' b W ^^^ T y W the B ^ Br . BV ^^ Bl ^^ bP ^ author *•¦** . * B ^ B ^ Bbp * _ f ^ ^^ bp ^ p ^ P' MB ^ of ^^^^ ^ BM * Old ^ BbPP ^ BBB . ^ Bp'BBf ppB Boston ^ P ^ ^ pBF *^^ PT ^ V qp ^^^ ^^^ . ^ p ' The ^ ' - ^ ~ ^^— novelette ^^ - ~ - ^ V ¦ — _ ^^^ ™ ^ ^^^

      is exceedingly well constructed , and its ingenious B lot fl and 1 powerf BBBB ul dramatic descriptions _—

      should M ^ ^ * ^ h vB > B * B > - \ , ^ ^ p / B ^ ^^ gain p K , ^ ^ ^ p # " ^ bT favour mi ^^ . » Bh « BBfc ^ B'B bv BMiBr ^ fcBP" B with J V " ^ BP- ^ P * *«^ readers ^ — - ^ ^ w — - ^ — " — — who — like ~_ - — - sensa _ - ^ , - tional stories free from the grossness of modern

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      of a most pBBV ^ BBB * ggs B ^ iK r _ r entertaining B ^ p <^^ ^ pH ^ H ^ h JflB ^ h ^^ BP 1 ' *^ contribution ^"" B ^ " ^ BP ~ 'BP' ' ^ B' ^— ^— —^ ^ p « JK ^^ - ^— —— in Cassell ~ — ' — ' ¦ — ' s 'Familiar Wild Birds . ' The writer is Mr .

      R . Kearton . The BBBVBbP b * BJ pi * ^^ surprising P ^ pT B ^^ B > , 1 b . f *^ * ¦¦ *¦ " ^ ' ^** ™ ^ ^^ % ¦¦ advance " « ^ P"BBI V » P" ^ ^ ^^ ^^ — attained — — ^ - — — — - ' within - . - - - ' '

      modern times in the study of comparative philology , and the discoveries made by

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      mar cannot begin too soon . It is to be feared , is says no d the longer BPBB » Dail y a Bj | Bp Telegrap name BBPJ BPB VP V P ^» to h , that conj - ^ " ¦ . ure Lindley with ..--- Murray ; and ¦_

      —althoug ¦ P * Bj P ^* ¦ * . ^^ ' h pP * B > BBB it ^ A ^ BP- ^ is certain ^ — ^ P » - ^ that ^ ^ ^^ ¦ ^^ a child " ^ — of ^ _ eig ht , _ could ^ bbp * ^^ r ^ VVh p . * ^ aPVfl "learn ™ ^ . "F ^ n ^ f * bb s " Bb J ^ more tfh J ^ * % ^ i ^ p"iB ^ bp" grammar V "" ^ ^^ ^** » p .. P 1 * *^ "" ^ bb « p ^ Bpy bp »^ in bh ^ -q ^^ a iv ^ week w v - » - - ^ ' ¦ from ¦ ' — ^— - ~~ the — ^^ —^ - ^

      pages of Cobbett than he could acquire in a month from a brand ¦ -new P- scientific manual _ . __ .. - it ___

      is PB 1 , pBjBpT , ^^ far pBJk # BJp B ^ HBfc « B | from pBkl ^ Bt ^» F * *^ ** * B | improbable ^^ TB »^ P * P ^^ B * BP ^ « ^—¦ * ^^ ^^ » » that " » ^ P- ^ P- ^^ P ^ B- ' our — ' ' high educa ^ . , - tional PBJf authorities tfBBpBBh f » " « -- would regard fPBBh - ^ - ^ * with disdain

      Tf ^ fmt ^ ip ^ ^ Vp PV « B " BpF . BB » ^ P ^ F Btf B « ^* > " ^ pF" PV . - ^ ^ —^ - ^^ » W —» - ^ — —^ V - ^ ^ " — - ^ " ™ — — - ' ' ~ — - *— ~ ~— — ' — - — ¦ - ^ - —^ any proposal to adopt Cobbett ' s Grammar as a text-book for Board schools .

      The ' Outing' Publishing Company of New York BpVBBf ^^^ 0 p « BBi 0 Bf . « Bb . hav BBr 4 BB | Pt / BT Tp" e ^ BB » ¦ f arranged ' WP ¦ ^ ¦ — — ' ¦ ^ T M ^^ B — ^^ with ^ — ^ Messrs ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ . Carr ^ ^^ & ^^^ ^^^ Co — ., ^ W

      of 26 Paternoster Square , for the publication of - * Outing ^ BpV ^ p ^ pl ^ B ^ ^ BpV flBpp P | B | . plBJ B ^ BbbL B ^ / f the ^ BP' P"BJ Pi ^ Bj ^ BpB" ¦ well W ^ BP ~ ^ . ¦ V - * known ¦ ¦ "" ---- ~ « k . pi w ""»^ P ^ illustrated ^ ^^ ^ " ^ PBl P ^— ^™ A ^^» ^ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ik ' BBBBl ^ ^ - ^ — > ^^ Bkl ^^ ¦ American ¦ ^ ¦ V "T— Pal - - ^ - ^ i ^ » — »— MA - ^ * i jfla - ^— »» - ¦ - ¦ i ^

      magazine of sport and travel , in England . Mr . Alfred 0 . Harmsworth will edit the English

      August 15, 1887 The Publishers * Circula...

      August 15 , 1887 The Publishers * Circular 861

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1887, page 861, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081887/page/11/