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    -tice of Teaching' have been published in Japan in the Japanese language .

    James Jackson Jarves . —This well-known art writer died about a month ago . He was

    born horn at at Boston "Boston . U TT . S SJ . A . .. in in 1818 "Iftift . Whi While 1 p » Consul at Honolul , uMr . , Jarves founded the Polynesian ¦ the first , ever printed in

    the ¦^ Bp . " * - * V VT Sandwich * V ** T - ^ - — "W , M ^^ Islands ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ newspaper ^ . ^^ ¦ lie ^^ F ™^ V *> - ^ also « B ^ ^ L . ' ^^ wro T ^ B ^ ^ fe l ~ te ^ ** ^^ ^ several * ^^ ^^^ « Jfc ^ , ^ J ^ works on the history and scenery of the islands .

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    and 1 Art Scenery Hints ' ( in 1855 the — Sandwich enlarged and Islands republished ' ( 1844 ) , as ' Art Studies r-Nj- b ' ) ; The Art Jk Idea' * Scul ¦ pture ¦

    Painting «^ v « - » - - ^^ - •» _ , and -x ^ , ^ b * ^^ Architecture rw ^ r m , a ^ _ a _ A A ^^ ^ JK . V in ^ y - * - ^> America fc ^^ |^ V * , * N _^ V ^ ' -- « . ( 1865 fc _^ 1 ^ _» A " fc ) ^/ , , ' Art Thoughts ' ( 1869 ) , and < Italian Rambles ' sal ^ x r » ^ " ^ V

    ( 1883 * ) . Mrs . Jean Aitken died recently at

    Dumfries frifiS , . jN ^ sT . . ii 5 . . Mrs TVT vs . Aitk Aitkp en > n w -wrn ^ as . « a a sister ai « f . f » r of nf Thomas Carlyle , and was born in 1810 . Many of Carlle ' s most characteristic letters were

    addressed y to this lady .

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    ^ ' r - ' : vr "' " ' ' * i 9 i 2 The Publishers' Circular August 15 , 1888 I - r ¦ I ^ r

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    and Messrs publishers . W . , & of J . Mackay High Street & Co , ., Chatham printers , have *~^ " - ™ " *^ been ¦* - ' ^ - ^ ^ - *^^ appointed v >** »^_» |*_» ^^ - Jk . »^ . V ( ^^ y V ^«> agents V ^ VCak ^^* JL Ji W » J and I ^ IAXVL printers L ^ Jw X JL Jl L / V ^ X fcJ to I- / V- '

    the Royal Engineers' Institute . Trade and RE other . app occasional lications for R . E . and professional all other papers R . E . , Institute Institute publications Dubli cation papers a . , must must in in future fnf . urp * be Via ad « rl --

    dressed to the above-named , firm . Row — — Mr , . will »»» J . Sal on ^ _ -- i . sbury . * . August . * . _»_ » * ti ^ , - bookseller ¦ » »^ ¦ 27 *¦*¦ p remove jl ¦ % _* & x , V ^ 4 Paternoster to VV ^ larger JL LVJ CZ . V- * Jk

    premises , at No . 11 G Gray ' s Inn Road , W . C . of Day Mr . & W . Son Day , , Lithograp who , as head hers of to the the old Queen firm , issued of Bi the b most costland it / magnificent Jl

    works in many ^™^^^ ^~ B »^^* lithograp w ^^^ ™*^ ^ K ^ ^^^ h y ^ ^^^^ and ^^ J W *^ ^^^ ^ ^^ r ^^ chromo J ^^ ^ b , y Br ^ ^^ ^ L *^^^ t - lithograp ^ ^ m ^ -J » Bjalk ^ " . ^» » ^ b . ^^^ t ^ h ^ y K J ever produced and published in landand

    his nis who ^*^ ^¦ ' ^ friends tri , during T ends ^ " ^ ^ ^^ Emrik Jimrik ^*^ the ^ "> - ^ ^ last ^ " - ^ - Ac & »^ ten ** - ^ " JrJinger Bino ^^ ^ ^ years ^ A JL - ^^ ^ ^> r of of JL , has JL Haarlem Tlaa Eng J i n A represented A £ * % / rl ^ 4 l JL m -A , a \ JV has "hoa ^ ^ t ^ ^

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    extent — - ^^ y ^ J , the ^ -m important " - ' -r - w * - *( ^ - ^ V * . ^ works VXV 1 ^ l > he ^ _^ CJU undertakes AV * V- / JV JL til L V > CU for UVJ . so many of the leading publishers of the day .

    is is bookseller known Known Mr . James , to to whose thousands thousands Thin shop , the opposite well ot of atumi alumni -known the n , has haa Edinburg Universit retired rfttirfirl y h

    from business , after a long and , successful career , in favour of his sons , Mr . George T-

    considerable Thin JLmn and and IVlr Mr period . . James James taken Thin Thin , , an who wli active o have hn . VA , during rhirinry t in the a management . Mr ¦_ , Thin jl ' s connection par with the

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    Current Educational Literature.

    CURRENT EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE .

    "Very few changes have been made in educational e > A 11 national books hooka durin durinor g the the past nast six six months months .

    , and departures there . have In been numbers few of additions the Publishers or new Circular such as the present we generallgive

    brief notices of the books which are y most popular in the schools of the United Kingdom . Since ¦ the passing ¦* AAA & K of * fc the 1 ^ b num dB » - ^ J » J ¦ erous »—« - —¦

    ElefV , r » ^ 1 b ^ % V ^ * ^^ •^ "Jt ^ PlJ ^ - ^ *** fc ^ » — ^ 1 ^ ^™ ^ - ^ - ^ - ^^^ . ^ - ^^ mentary Education Acts thousands of books have appeared and disappeared . The careers of of Tnn . nv have "ha . vps indeed l-n ^ fiftrl Tifipm been brief briftf . and and publishers nnblishera

    have many had their work ' cut out , ' in keeping in harmony with the demands of officialdom . The chief books now in use in all branches

    of schools are comprehensively advertised in the following pages , and we have pleasure in directing attention to the chief points .

    Messrs . Asher & Co . ' s ' Model Books of Forei ^^^ ^ , J ^^ ^^^ «¦« . gn ^^ fc ^ k ^ tm and % JV « Bb ^ Bi ^* W Commercial ^ 1 1 " l ~^ . ^ ^ k *^^ B » AA » ^^^ ^ B > ^ B ^ ^ Ba «* BT ^ Correspondence —> | — — | — ^ B > ^^ ^ B' Fl | f B ^^ ¦ ^>^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ~^^ ^^ ' are ^^ " ^ " ^ ^^

    suitable for self-instruction as well as for the i class-room ; the numerous notes should be appreciatedThe series of ' International ¦¦ b

    % _ M L ^ l ^ A . X _/ « a /^ \* ty UV V ^^ . ~ ^^^^ ft >^ V ^^ J- ^«*» s _» ^ - ^ ^ ^ ml _^ b , ^ b ^ ^^ r a . a « «^ b » ** — — - >^ -wv ^ Reading ^^^^_^ ^ n _ Books ^^^^^ . ^ ^ B ' stil _ a ^ m l maintain ^ ^ A the « BB position # . ^ which they took up on their first publication . The T 7 i < = > separate spnn . ra . ffi vnlnmps volumes contain nnnt ^ in ( German rfirman . I Frfinch rench .

    , , Italian dents ¦ ' Hebrew , and Spanish Grammar Bf stories 3 and . T Gesenius the Students ' s ' Stu - '

    V ^*^ ^^ y A A ** Ph ^ M ^ ^^ B ^^ ^ b > ^^ V T ^^ ¦ ^* ^ B Bt > ^ b < . ^ J m . m W * M 'Wj * By ¦ , M B ^ IB ^ iM fc ^ fc * - » 4 ^ ^ ^ k ^^ V ^^ ^^ m * " — ^«^ ^ ^— V . » Hebrew ^_^^_^^^^ __ Lexicon ^^^^ ^ / both ^^ m standard ~ ^ B ^ work ^ s , appear in Messrs . Asher's list . [ See page 962 .

    Messrs . George Bacon & Co . have now , in their series of ' Excelsior School Maps , ' no fewer than thirty separate maps , that is to say ,

    fifteen fifteen lettered lettered maps mans and and the the same same num number ber or of test maps . The latter are exceptionally useful aids to tuition . The atlases issued by this

    firm are good and cheap . [ See page 960 . ¦ Messrs b ¦ ¦ . S . Bagster ¦ & Sons ¦ . —The ' Com- i

    ^»^ ^*^ ^^ k / ^ fe r ^* m rxj ' * t ~ * - ~ - * - ^ % h ^ r ^ b _ ^ ^ «^ ^^ jb ^^ r \*^ x ^^ ^^ » n t ~ ^ a ^ l ^ ^^^ ^^^ jb ^^ b » prehensive «* m Teachers JBB 4 ¦¦ ' Bible -Bl «^ A * * issued A ^ b y Messrs *^ m ^ B ~ . | Bagster can be had in various forms . The

    style and quality of the books need not be referred to , the namo of the firm being a sufficient guarantee . [ See page 981 .

    Messrs . George Bell & Sons . —In again ¦ drawing ii ¦ V V attention 1 ~ i to the Bi celebrated ~| ~ Bb ¦ " ¦ works 4 k

    ^* « v ^~ ^^ ^~ HB . ^ k ^^ P ^^ ^ ' ^ —|^ B ^^ ^* ^ L ^ ' ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ < B ^ . ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ r ^ t ^ ^» ^ k ^ " ~| ^^^ BkT W W ^^ r ^^ Mm P ^^ F emanating from this house we would especially ask educationists tfri « h 4 b fe to examine k the new and Btf I

    ^** V " * T A ^»* ' ^ ' ^^^ ^^ m - ^^ ^ . ^ B / ^^ ^ B . ^^^ ^ »^ ^ »<^ ^^ ^ - ^ ^^ ^ ^ B ^ ^ By J ^^^ ^ ^ ^ h ^ . ^ ^ A 4 b ^^ ^ ft Jk ^^ V V ^^ ^^ T B ^ cheap volumes of ' Bohn ' s Select Library , ' a series series that that is is unexcelled unexcelled bv by any anv or of ] its ts many manv

    rivals in many countries . Hardly a dozen of these very neat little volumes have been published rfbi hut + they 1 embrace ¦ B some of the XJ-A best

    books — *~ " ^ . —» - ^ - ^ rf— , ¦ known w * 1 * 1 ^ V V ¦< . in ^ j » scholarshi w' &«« , *** M . « L > W ^* ^ . ^ p 9 *~» V ' . Jfc « V ^ ^^ Printing - ^ - ^ * . . « . -V ^ r and \ - » » m » fc ^ V paper r > ar > er are aro alike n . like commendable f » . nnriTnpnfla . Wfi . Varinns Various Cam f ! n . m --

    bridge class-books appear in the catalogue ( which will be sent post-free ) issued by Messrs . Bell . Among the more important V ^ # should B ^ H be

    ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^* ^¦ i i * " ^ " * Ub ^^ T ^ b * L ^ ^ rf % Bfe A ^ ,. * ^ B ^ ' W ^^ ¦ ^^ JL Jb ^ B M ^ . M ^ Bi B ^/ V ^ Vtf ^ B ^ K pt ^ ^^ ^ L ^ ^ ^ H *^> BJL » ^ « ^^^ JNo Notes noted tes' 7 new ; : new new volumes volumes volumes of ot of ' the f Cambri . he 'Drt Cambrid Tn dge brides Texts Mathe TVTn , with f . hfi - -

    ge matical Series' ; and new editions of Cambridge mathematical volumes . We must also

    mention new volumes of the ' Public School Series ' ( 'Livy' and * The Rudens of Plautus' ) , of

    the the techool School JLxamination Examination Series Rp . ripis . & & , c c . For "For elementary schools * Bell ' s Reading , Books ' continue their popularitSeveral established

    favourites among books y for . the young , such as

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1888, page 912, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081888/page/10/