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I^Ctu Ewg , &Q. From Mr. George _ ^^ _ A...
m ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ — i ———^ [ _ . .. . .. 1 the Boots have certainly some remarkable things v * - »»—— — - » — revealed to - them , j things ^ m 7 which ' , now
that they are decked in all the dignity of ¦ print 1 succle B ^^ ^^^ —— — , will . — ' The doubtless juvenile - — - ' — ~ serve authors _ _ W- to V ——i 1 — amuse are — - _ nothing a wider ^^^— if
not witty and gay , probably because they never never eat jam-tarts and only gorge lightly on meringues and cream and oyster pattiesand
mulligatawny soup and scalloped prawns , and chocolate cream and such light and digestible 1 stuffs __ , - . _ To Etonians _ past - and present m the book -
will ^ v prove agreeable reading ^ — — . — — — — — - From ' Fun' Office . »— h * Loafing and Loving , and _ ¦ A ^ » - « am ^_ m ^ ^ m _ « w
other Stories ^^ * / by ^ the Author of * My Neighbour Nellie . ' In some of these stories the interest drags _¦ # but others are - genuinel - y amusingand
—^ j , ^ j w *^ 7 * , carry the reader forward with * heart-easing mirth . ' It would be interesting to know in what part of Scotland the people talk such
dialect as is given in ' The Wrong Man . ' From Mr . Alexander Q-ardner . —* The Art of
Preparing Puddings , Tarts , Jellies , and other Sweets ; together with Hints on " Preserving " and ¦ Pastry Baking' by Jenny Wren .
House-^ v ^ p ^»^ " ^ - ^ ^™ — — ~— ~~ — ^^ a ^ t ^^ l , ^^ m ^ ^^ ^^ — ^^ ^^^^^ mJ ^^^ ^^ — — — — wives and cooks will find Jenny Wren ' s little book very handy , though * we fear , its recipes are ^ fe . littl 1 1 too ^ U sweet ^* a m m y ^ V * " -v to v * ¦ rf ¦ "" % be L ^ ¦¦ wholesome V- ^ I ^ 4 * +. But __ P v ^ of ^* 4 * the ^ r 1 ^ s ^
a * ^^* e ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^* **^ ^^ ^^ ^*^*^ ^^ . ^^ * delectability of the dishes described there can be no question .
From Messrs . Gilbert & Bivington , Limited . — ' The Lord ' s _ Prayer - ^ in _ _ the _ . Languages _ __ , j- ^ _ of Africa ,, _> ^^ F ^ k . _ > _ a A A . 4 ^ H M ^
and the ^ Districts where ^ spoken , ' with Map . The Lord ' s Prayer is here given in some fifty of the languages ^ - ^ ~^ -j _ of _ Africa _— _ __ , thus — affording _ _ _ - _ the
philologist and student a ready method of comparing the different forms of speech . Besidesthe book is highly interesting as a
specimen , of typography . From the Great Eastern Railway Office . —
' Walks in the Ardennes , ' by Percy Lindley , illustrated by Julian Weedon . The new edition of this agreeable handbook has a chapter on
Luxembourg and the district about it , which is almost terra incognita" for Englishmen—with boating , fishing , cycling , and shooting notes .
humorous It is liber illustra ally provided tions . with graphic and From Messrs . Hurst & BlackettLimited . —
, 'Two English Girls , ' by Mabel Hart . 2 vols . ' Two English Girls ' is a bright and rather complicated ^ t —^ * " ~ ^ w - ^ m ^ ^^^^ * love ^ ~| | ~ V — ^^ p s «_ r tory ^ h' ^^^ Hh W . V The ^* v ^ h J * ^^^ V scene ^^ ^^^ ^^ ** *^ ^^» is ^^ ¦ I _| laid «^ B * ^ # 4 « * ^ ^ ^ in ^ ^^ «^ ^ Florence ^>^ " ^* ^^^ ^ i ^ ~| |~ ^^*^ v ^^^ - — , — , ^ p
and the characters are all directly or indirectly connected with art . Here and there the scenes are marked by considerable dramatic power ,
particular be under the ly when influe nce he I of tali jealousy an love . rs ha Miss ppen Hart to j tell writes a story with as ease well and as how pirit to , and draw knows a character how to .
We do not remember to have met her before ; if this be a first effort , it is a very promising one .
From The Fairy The Leadenhall Genius of Atlantis Press , ' . — by ' Palaver B . A clever j or , and am ^ using MMAA 4 bL / litical s KfMM kit Jk that UAtM \ J be read vi b
all wi wwm thout . « . offence po V / AA I / AVIAA and with * Jm , < much may AJLA «*» _ J fv entertain - 'A- ' , * , ^ V ) * - ' y _/ - political ment oxjivsm . The oration following will interest criterion of iring a successfu orators \ tAiVKSAO l
A . * . vrjl C * l / . tV 7 JU * V 1 AA AAAUV > AVydU asp U , OfJXJL . M . XAQC JA . . * to The be — degree attai «/« ned of success by a mode , ' said rn the political fairy , oration * likely
v " •*••* sv « « AX > V MJ ILV AUVMLVA JU p \/ AA (• AVM'A VAMIVAVJUI may be estimated with tolerable certainty by the CTO 88 ca . lnnlftt . inn nf its p . nhio . ftontftnts and
the mean measure of its coherency . ' TT
From the same . — ' The Author ' s Hairless Paper-Pad . ' Precisely the thing for which we have
been long looking . It has been well said that * with bad paper one ' s best is impossible . ' The hairless paper provided by the proprietors of
the Leadenhall Press allows the pen to move freely ; and the pad-holder , besides holding the sheets in their place , enables one to write with
comfort even when no desk is available . The invention is a boon to authors and journalists . From M . Calmann L 6 vyParis -r ^— - _ - ——¦ . —Pontmartin
— ^^^^ - ^^^^^ ¦ T ¦ ^^^ ^ V ^ V ^^ V ^ M ^^ B ^ V ^^^^^^ M ^^» ^ HO ^^ B ~^^ F " ^ ^^ H , ^ m ¦_ — ^^^ - ^ r ^—^^ ^_ ^^^^_^^ ^^^^^^ - _ - ^^ ^^^^ , — * Episodes litteraires . ' The contents of this Pontmartin volume are ' : s — literary A ' notice career ' of Comte , by Leopold Armand de de [
Gaillard ; a literary retrospect by the author himself ; recollections of 1848 ; the morrow of the Coup _ _^_ d ____ ' etat _ in a Paris salmi _ ; _ the death
of ^ "V V * a ^^ journal mm «^> «_ ~ m . M and ^ m * -m -1 ^ J the £ » Ek ^ b . birth L ^ ^ m ^^ 1 *« of > V ^* ¦ a *^ review ^ kA ^^ B ^ ^^ ^ M m — the L L k ^^ M Op . inio de n Pontmartin publiquea , ' n s < i association the Revue contemporaine with the ___ - ,
semblee nationaU . In his opening words the author speaks of this as the fifty-sixth volume which he has put forth . His anecdotes of
Mademoiselle Mars , Gustave Blanche , Bar bey d'Aurevilly , & c , are interesting reading . From Messrs . Crosby Iiockwood & Son . —* The
Electrical Engineer's Pocket-Book of Modern Eules , Formulae , Tables and Data , ' by H . R . Kemp . This is a capital manual for those who
are engaged in practical electrical engineering . Much of the information is original and it is carefully and clearly condensed : moreover ,
nothing that is not of * constant value' has been included . The book is really what its title would indicate — _ 7 and those for whom it is
intended will find , it useful . From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — ' Sporting
Sketches , ' by Diane Chasseresse . These children shetches - ~*¦>_ _ kb h , primaril are unpretentious y intended for in the sty f le writer but ' s
thoroug _ _ —— ^_ hl , y —r ^— enj _ —^ oyable — ' ~ — m ^ — - ' —^ — - b —— y all — who love ^ — , the mountains and the more active kind of outdoor exercise . The writer has shot and angled
by far an oor d w ide , fell and , b the y crag narrative and stream of adven , is always tures animated and sometimes exciting and amusing .
From the same . —* The Squatter ' s Dream : a Story of ~—* o—¦ _ Aus ^ _^ ^^ r % ^ tr _ # jmt ^ alian ^ v ^— •_ m , ^ t _«_ k L *—fc—^ ife ^^ __ -mr ¦ , m ' b f-w y ^ Rolf - — - *¦ * _ - ¦— ' ' Boldrewood — - ¦ _ . _ _ _ . _ In
* The Squatter ther of ' s Dream those dashing ' Rolf Boldrewood , stirring , gi and ves p m \^ ict _ ft — ,- ^ u ^^ r ^ esque ^^ p ^ jr ^ mtm ^^ ^— ' stories *_* *** ^^ —^ ** i ~_ r ¦* Hi ^ o ^^ f *—» ^ Aust ^^ . __» - — - - — r ^ - alian — - — ¦ — . - — li - — fe - — ' tha — . __ t _ have
and latel i y t is ma de mean his n raise ame to familiar tha in t t Eng he la lat n d ; p Robbery roduct ion Under is as Arms fresh - ¦» p _¦ ' or and « The say vi ¦ -- gorous Miner _ .- as ' - s Ri eit g h ht . r '
R *_ olf , ^» ^^ f \^ B ~ *^ ^^ oldrew ^ _™_ ^ _ - ^ ^ oo _^ ~»* ^ d is ^— not ^^ •» — a - **^ ^— tourist ——— — who wri . t es . M a book on the meagre knowledge gained from a railway train or in the smoking rooms of clubs
and and thoroug ho hotels t els knowled , , b but ut a a ge man man of every with with an an phase intimate intimate of the and and life ; he Jl 4 V deli ~_ F J _ A J neates *_ b ^ -0 m !¦» ** ~_ rf ^* . W ^ He —» - ¦* . ^ - ^ knows *¦—* «_* -v ^ * » —¦* the — ' - ^ — - * - - Australian .- ^ , ^ . — . _____ . _ .. _ . bush . _ ^^
and Harte the knows Australian California gold , -fields or George as well W as . Cable Bret ¦ Louisianaand ¦ his Firf rf i «• ctures ¦—»¦ like - — theirsare no !
l ess ^ M - . ^ »»^ APk faithful ^ *^ w «« «^ W ; m m ^ -m K—l than _•» *»— ^ p » they - - *^ »» _ - — — - — are - , — — interesting — — — , and I characterisation exciting Tf m m nr « w # . mw In k l # is * The bold rv - »¦ - <—¦ Squatter ~ and - ~ ¦_ --. . forceful — ' s i— - — - Dream — -. ___ and _ -. ' -- the the ¦ ¦ ^ ^^^ *^* jhfs ^ ' ^ - " * v *^ *¦** ^" " ^—— — ,
creation Jack situations Redgrave he always be is and a st very rong not successful and a reality often creation ) , dramatic and the ( if . r
reader is likely to follow his struggles and adventures without missing a page . I From the same . —' English Lyrics' by Alfred
, Austin ; edited by William Watson . Admirers I \ ¦ ¦ *»
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August 15 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular 97 T —— . i .. i- _ - _ - —_ —1 _ . _____ ______ _ , . ___ . . , _ . _ .. . _ . . _ . .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1890, page 977, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081890/page/21/
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