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present Shakespearian the philological study is and pursued antiquarian so exclus side ivel of y
1 the in most plays school as masterp s that ieces boys of too literature early . consider Prof .
} and Ransome shows how lead they s for may more be followed rational . Teachers thods , book hi
r valuable and students , and alike those will who find are the jealous of g the hjy chief chief glories orloriea of of our our li literature terature will will delight delifirht to to
find that instructors of youth are beginning to look on the lays of Shakespeare as something
else than collections p of hard words and unusual idioms . —* Primer of Book-keeping / by
\ I j of se J . tt k Thornton ing a fort accounts h . clear An ly and excellent simpx . ly littl the e princi * . manual pales ,
eeping . Messrs . Methuen & Co . —The success of
Messrs the University . Methuen Extension to begin th Movement e publication has led
series of books for the special use of extension students . The series will include volumes on economicliteraryand historical subjectsand
, , , Industrial each will be History comp lete of in Eng itself ^ 3 land . , ' The by VH first . de , * An B .
b G ooks ibbins ou , ht is to a be good and specimen will be found of wha to t such ve g ,
< the purpose for which it was written . The Midland Educational Co . Limited
B _ irmingham , send us the June , j and July , numbers of ' Le Petit Stranger , ' a
French-English magazine intended for schools and : families game for . beg Each inners number verbs contains arranged a story systema and a -
tically , a piece of , English for translation , a rSsumS of French literatureand a commercial
, tive column features , besides . It o seems ther interesting to us admirably and instruc suited -.
s tud the y of requirements French , and of we pupils haye * beg p inning leasure the in
calling attention to it . Messrs . Moffatt & Paige . —' Moffatt's
revised New Geograp by the hy Rev / edi . ted E . Hammonds by Thomas M Page . A . and A
serviceable text-book and work of , reference : with the information well brought up to date . ,
I In the portions full use has dealing been made with of Africa recent , dis for - examp
coveries Atrican African , exploration fvxTvlora in that continent on ha has . s a a , section secti and the devoted devoted subject to to of
itself . Among the special features of the book may be mentioned the fulness of the
introand ductory the ma cap tter J . ital , the chapter large X . number on commercial of definitions geo O ,
graphy . The plan of giving the whole British I Empire continuously seems to us a very
converiient one . ' The Solution of DiiQiculties in \ j \ th th Ari ereiore ere th fore metic , alrparlv alread ' is in y round found its second iavour favour edition with with , and teachers teach has ers ,
and pupils , . Among the other useful works published by Messrs . Moffatt & Paige are
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* The Merchant of Venice ' and * Macbeth . ' Mr . John Murray . — Mr . Murray is
devoting special attention to University
Extension iney they are are Manuals intended mxenaea . Edited to xo by aid aia Professor the ine University universit Knight
Extension Movement by supplying students y with text-books suitable to the official course Mm m MM ¦« m . m M _
not ordin of lectures desi ary - gned text . They - for books use will , in inasmuch differ schools materiall or as for they y exami from are
reader nation purposes with j j - a love . They of literature — - aim at imbuing for — - — — its ™^«»» the ^ a ^^ — own
laws sake . and They the will development illustrate the of working princip ¦ " of — les genera —in a l
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include works by many of the most famous scho science lars , p hilosop crit h y , history of the , and in art literature . ,
National Temperance League . — Temperance Lesson Books . In order to meet the
manua demand ls for for the new use simp of sc le hol ars and progressive teachers
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which series CT has of lesson been entrusted books «/ X , th to Mr prepara . Frank tion R .
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and scientific b , ooks stands j . high . Mr . Cheshire has undertaken the work largely in deference
to the repeated desire of some of the teachers in whose schools he has delivered about 1 , 600
more lectures than , and one from hundred which thousan he has d temperance examined
lis essays tened prepared to him . by the scholars who have
Messrs . Thos . Nelson & Sons . —We have to welcome some new volumes in the Royal
popular School S and eries so , useful which . has Messrs alread . Nelson y proved & Sons so
ceeding aim - ™ - —— — — - — ^^ firs - — ' ^^ y" ^ fc t to ^^ ^^ a instruct t ^ ^^^™ w in - *^ ^ r * mm t eres ^^ - ^ mr ^ i ^ ^ him t ing * ^ v ^ mi ^ m ^ mt ; wt the and m ' 1 ^ ^ mt ^^^ m pup the ^ m * ^ B m ^ il ~*^ before latest ^™^* -w ^ r - ^— - —r - ~ - addi — — pro - -
as tions favourabl are on y the received old lines as , their and will predecessors doubtless . be
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languages . It includes the Wellington College Seriesthe Otto Conversation Series and
Tiarks , ' Progressive German Series . Of , these simple mention is sufficient .
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are p deserve hysical illustrated training to be b studied y is speciall now receiving b y drawn all freq . figures uenters The , and of
the draw gymnasium the attention . We of need teachers y not to do the more atlases than
published by Messrs . Philip & Sons . Kent Messrs . Simpkin limited , Marshall fc The , Hamilton tical ,
Series Hent < A of & Greek ( Co Jo ... , limited and Latin . . _ ' Classics The Analy Anaiy . u The ^* 4 Hecuba' and the Alcestis' in this series
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1890, page 972, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081890/page/16/
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