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    tells how they may be warded off or cured if they have fastened upon the victim . Thus he

    deals with breathing and ventilation , blood poisons , how to nurse a sick person , what to do in — — — accidents ' , the care of the skin , clothing , /< fcc . ^^

    He avoids medical technicalities , so that his book may be understood by all who can read . It will - be found - a gu ^ y __ ide , counsellor ___ , and friend ¦ , y

    by all who have work to do and wish to keep in health . From Messrs . Hoper & Drowley . —* The

    Fantoccini Man ; or , Foundling Earl / by Warren Townshend . In spite of its clumsy and repellent titleMr . Townshend ' s story is one of very

    considerable , meri * ; . It is fu'l of mischief , mystery , and ingenuity . There is a phenomenally clever hunchback who manages to

    steal the heir to an earldom and hence gives rise to much agitation and many scenes that have the merit of being perfectly novel . Here

    and there the narrative is fantastic and unreal , but the interest is fairly well sustained . From 1 Paul Messrs and Virg . Routledge inia by Bernardin & Sons , de Limited St . Pierre . — .

    Messrs - ~ — - . Routledge ^ j , have w ^ j done well in adding St . Pierre ' s masterpiece to their dainty * Pocket Library . ' It is a tale that deserves to be widely

    circulated and read . From the same . — ' Great African Travellers , from

    Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley , ' by W . H . G . Kingston and Charles Rathbone Low . With one hundred illustrations . This

    handsome volume , which is dedicated by special permission to Mr . Stanley , gives a succinct and graphic history of African exploration from the

    early enterprises of Bruce down to the rescue of Emin Pasha . An abbreviated account is given of the adventures and discoveries of all the

    illustrious travellers who have tried to wrest its secrets from the Dark Continent during the last one hundred and twenty years . Mungo

    Park , Benham , Burton , Speke , Grant , Livingstone those , Baker whose -mm * , Cam heroic P eron , and labours Stanley are described amo ug . ¦»—

    The ™— —w m ^ -mr ~ wmmg ~^ f / y la <* t mT mmr ^ m two ^ -mw ~»^ r chapters —•— — ^^— ^ " ^^~ ™ — deal ~~ ~~ ~~ ~ — ~~ with — — — the —^ — ~ -r- — Emin Pasha Expedition , which shows how energeticall -w m > y w the -mw Mmmm ~ mmm book m- mw has mu mmr been ¦ w prepared ¦ »» - ~ ~~ *»~ . Young ~ ¦ hk people ¦

    — will ^— read * ^ r ^^ its *^ r ^^ m grap ^ ^^^^^™ ^^ hic ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^ p ^ ^ pages ™ ^^^ ^— ^^ ™ ^ with — — avidity ^— ^^ . ^^ — ^^ From the same , — * Ireland under Elizabeth

    and James the First . ' Ireland under Elizabeth and James is described in this volume in * the words of contemporaries and in a great measure

    accounted for by them . ' The contemporary writers are Edmund Spenser , Sir John Do-vies , who was i Attorney-General 1 tor Ireland under _ .. _ —

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    those Moryson days let thoug us see what Ireland the Eng A st ud shman y of the of book —r »—t ¦— ^^ will mr v ^ PB *• ^* hel * mm ¦» mmw- ^^ p M towards ^^ »*¦ ™ ™ "' ™ ~ " ~ m— - — a v — better - - - ™— — - ^ -- understanding - , - -- — — -- _ _ — - ... _ . — _ .

    of some present difficulties in the Irish question . Mr . Morley f urnishes a good introduction . From the same w ^^ pr # h . — ' A Matter ¦ 11 1 of ¦ Millions iy * by Anna 1- - — --

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    understandings this is one of the make most a successful successful we novel have , then read H for a long time . If , on the other hand ,

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    but the hundreds who look first to the charact eagerl ers f ^ y and y ^ J . then With ~~ ~^ ^^~ to the ^ ^^^~ the ^^ patronage ^ mm * story mmf ^ ^ r ^ B mmW ^ »^ W ^ will HM *^ T of ^^ P * not ^ mmw the * mT ^» i ^ read mm ^ ^ test V ^ pW ? ^^ P so ' ^^ ' , W

    however , the author will probably be contend . From County Messrs . ' We . are h Smith h h pleased , Elder mi to 1 1 see mmi & -mf ^ Co that . — ? * The The

    County — — — g , ' which — - ^* ^~~ we ^ ^ mr ~ believe mrmw ^^ - ^ mr ^ pjp ^ p ^ mm ^ ^ mr ~* mmr is the work ^ . ^ p ^ mwmmm' of mmrmr -m * a new ^^ mmr - ^~^~ -mm ^ T originally author , has pu got blished into in a cheap the Cornhill f- edition mV . where It was it

    attracted pj J ^ r considerable m— — — — — ^ " — — — attention ^— ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ p ^ -. — . *• mr r- mr r — ^ , J * ~^ - ~~— - - — From the same . — < The Nether World , ' by George

    Gissing . A new and cheap edition of Mr . the Gissi sea ng - ' side s powerful . story . A capital book for

    Fro Knowledge m the Society . —* Old for Testament Promoting History : Christian , ' by a Country Clergyman . This work aims at giving ' a connected view of God ' s dealings _ with — His

    o people before the coming of our Lord . ' In the first two parts , which make up the present volumewe have the period from the Creation

    to the deat , h of Jacob describedand that from the death of Joseph to the , time that the Children of Israel settled in the Promised

    Land . The work is intended for the use of trn young and the unlearned , and is written in the simplest language possible .

    From the same . —* Salvation : Plain Thoughts on a Great Subject , ' by the Rev . C . R . hall , M . A .

    Mr . Ball considers in turn the nature , source , manifestation , operation , sphere and instru-• ments mm m-m ^* T * A mmf ¦ m * mT , V a PB » m nd P »^ p > « -fV the W iM ^ p ^ conditions ^ h ^ ^ mW P » ^ 'W * ^ V ^ m ^^ B m 9 ^ y of *• r ^ m sa \ F ¦ ^ mm l K vation * ¦ mutj ^ g m ^ ^ ^/ ; a ^ and ^ p ^ ^ ^ ^ on ^ ^ ^ ^

    each he has wise words to say . H ; writes earnestly and feelingly , and will djubtle ^ s have the audience he deserves .

    From the same—' Help for the Tempted . ' A helpful little manual for those who are in

    spiritual trouble , or in danger of backsliding . FMessrs ill fcJ « Swan PSp # CjW & A Sonnensshein thJ ^ mJ A Co \ f —

    L JL rom 4 The AM . AJp Sloane ^ L ^ pVCS . Square V ¥ Scandal m m A-l ^ : U and B 9 s ^ ft * other DA IX W Stories ^^ . , ' by mf Annie Thomas ( X Mrs . Pender Cudlip )/ . The

    twelve short stories that make up this volume are of varying degrees of interest and merit . None of them is quite first ra * ebut then none

    of them is bad . Without exception , thoy are lively , and more than one has a strain of broad comedy that carries the reader on gleefully .

    The story that gives its title to the book does not seem to us to be the best . From Mr . David Stott . —* Ballads from Punch .

    and _* other * Poems ^ «^ , ' by ^ Warham ^ PB M m * 4 St * ^ . Leger ^ PPB . These ballads are well worth reprinting . Mr . Warham St . Leger has a true gilt of

    humour and a fine poetio sensibility . The * liallads * are witty and gay , as contributions to our leadling comic paper should be , but the

    * other Poems '—at least , some of them—show that their author sometimes looks on the world with serious eyesas , indeedhe could not well

    , , help doing , being a poet . Mp From > M * ^—^ » J « * Mr m * m- - * l tW , W . Jam ^^ «^ w ^ ppp ^ e - ^ w s a ^ T ^ PM hin m ^ m-m ~ -m , Edinburg - — — - ™ i —¦ « . « PP | - »» ¦—p . ~ m ^^ h —— . — — Scenes - ¦» - ^ " - - — ¦ — ¦ - — - ——

    and Stories of the North of Scotland , ' by John Sinclair . Mr . Sinclair's book challenges comparison with another entitled * Scenes and *

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1890, page 979, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081890/page/23/