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    I^Ctu Ewg , &Q. From Mr. George _ ^^ _ A...

    * ,, result Legends sult is is of not not the favourable ravouraoie North of to Scotland Mr mr . . Sinclair oinuiair / and . . the He jo . v

    though does not he wield is careful the pen to let of us a know Hugh he Miller has , studied under ProfBlackie . His material is

    . gqod and would be interesting if managed with literary tolerable artist skill , , and but has Mr not . Sinclai the knack r is of hardl making y a

    the he does mos not t of know his subject Gaelic . , yet He his informs English us is th , to at ever say the contains least of some it , very stories shaky . and His anecdotes book , how — -

    few , of them newit is to be remarked--which will amuse southern , readers . It is nicely got up and is illustrated .

    From Messrs . Triscnler & Co . —* Heart Wins , ' and ' The Australian Aunt , ' by Mrs . Alexander , various authors

    Alexander and other is stories al by a leasant writer . and Mrs the . two stories she ways contributes p to the , present

    collection are characteristic in style and treatbute ment . are Among Adeline the Sergeant other authors John Pendleton who contri and

    -R . M . Ballantyne . Mr . Ballantyne , takes , his readers to the Rocky Mountains . The tale he tells is one of love and hunting .

    From Messrs . Viaetelly & Co . — ' Songs Of the Arm ¦ y of ¦—¦ the —» Nigh —— t' by Francis Adams . In a

    — — —^^ — - , j V short prefatory note Mr . Adams speaks of England ^^^^^ " ^^^» ^ p ^ h ¦ ^ ™ H »^ V ^^^» ^ as ^ r ^ F' - ^^ p' ¦ * a h caste - ^^ ^ m ^ ¦ ^ ^^» and — ~ — cant ___ _ . -ruled __ is country likelto . v '

    Wiiether this courteous designation y gai Eng ^^^ - ^^^ ^— ^ - ^ ^ p n ^^ land ^ " ^ V his ^ T ^ B ^ V ^^^^ volume than ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^ it ^^ ^^ of would ^ ~ ¦ poems ^ otherwise ^— a better ... have reception _ is ques ^ in

    his tionable ferocious , and it attitude is questionable towards too the whether British lein many of the poems themselves—his

    peop determination , to take the caste by the throat , ^ isles so ^ ¦ fc * ^ ^^ to * r n r speak j more ^ ^^ rt ^ ^ i ¦ ^ ^ ^^ ¦ — appreciative will w *^ — ^ ' ¦^ tend ^* — ^^~^ ^ — to . " ¦¦ make Jn his readers slim in volume these

    —- good there neither deal is fire genuine and nor scolding imag poetry inat , is ion poetry not , but pleasa he that nt scolds . lacks His a

    zeal for the , welfare of the working classes is of be tm a doubtful utiful , bu taste t »» it l . eads When - »¦ — him " ^ — he — to — tells — act ^ — s us and — — for ' ¦ w — ords in-^^ ^^ ^^ Vh ^^^ ^ W ¦ ^^ ™^ ^ fc ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ " ^ ' ^^ ^

    stance that Mr . Ruskin ' s * noisy life proclaims presumption , want of human love , impatience , tilttiy breaththe snob in soul / we are not

    his to be sense candid of , , likel propriety y to be or st his ruck fairness either , with nor , , indeedto to believe himIf 11 iviiAdams / wertiu to

    lnaeeciDeueve mm . . Mr . . vuams were ; issue an * expurgated edition he would be worth reading .

    From by Havelock the same Ellis . —Thomas ( tlie Mermaid Middleton Series , ' edi of Old ted Dramatists ' ) . This volumewhich is the second

    , of Middleton ' s works , contains * The Hoaring M TM o nr Girl / -n » of rip , ' ' Queenboroug f The } 11 aon Witch !¦» < -v ««« - » i , ' « h » A ' Fair and on /~ 1 ' Quarrel T f PK he > £ » W ^ lA 7 / idow i ^ ' The *»\« r '

    all ayor unexpurgated . Middleton , is a writer worth , studying . He charmed Milton , and more lately

    he charmed Mr . Swinburne . He is virile and i poetic f his , c w hara ith c ters prof ound no knowled t alway s of pat men tern , s of

    morality it is not from any moral defect in the poet , but from the fact that he was a realist in an age that held free views on questions of

    ethics . From Messrs . Ward , Lock & Co . —* Travels and

    Discoveries in North and , Central Africa , ' by Henry Barth . Just now , when Africa may be said almos T t to engross the ¦ . public JL attention

    anything that ~ - - tends to - illumioate itp mysteries ,

    I cannot bat be welcome . We are therefore glad

    to see this reprint of Dr . Barth ' s book in Messrs . WardLock & Co . 's Miiierva — — Library — — — ' series

    Dr T"fc . Barth Y"fc , was a man ' of talent _ j and observation ~ , ^ j uvii ^ o , and his account of his travels — is still — — ——~ of ^ - ^ *^ interest ^ a a W 4 and to those who wO lj

    knowled importance of Africa . wish to gain a ge From gious the Novel fame 7 / by — . — Josep « Jabez h Hocking Easterbrook Do ; a readers

    Relitake « LJ to theology «/ better ^ when presented O , *^ ^ in - ' ** VtV the ^ l O form Eviden of tly fiction they . do than . At when any — given rate — — — — undisguised the — religious ?

    novel is coming if ~ of in showers - ^ j at present —~ ^» , as ^ >^ a if c . * the vy UO who man novel is or ambitious woman with — — — — the - — who to — — prosel ^ - has — - — — a ytise sp . - ^ — iritual - — , -j forthwith — - — — ' trouble —_ * ^ «/ ^^& wrote ff , and \ j jj \^

    a and converts . Jabez dual object Easterbrook of gaining peace Methodist minister , may be taken as , represent a youno ^ - ing the vie - — ws -- — - of Mr . Hocking ¦ ¦¦ . He ¦¦ has i » manifold ¦ m ¦ f

    ^~ j — — — - ¦ — » ^ - ** ^» - - ^ — » ^—¦— ^^ vw ¦ ^ . c i ^ . if m A Af H \ A which troubles he of the devoutl conscience with ^^ , concerning his friends all and . \_ of argues y congregation . Of course he falls "in love , and

    w jus ho t m as naturall lias y conve he marries rted , so a sarcastic that he wins sceptic a and double the victory moral is . unimpeachable The story is fairl . y well told ,

    From Messrs . Frederick Warne & Co . —* A Plunge into Space / by Robert Cromie . Mr .

    At Cromie is rat evid e his entl latest y a student book of seems Poe and a sort Verne of . emulation any of some of the boldest flihts of g

    after those twenty audacious years' authors incessant . toil A scientist has discovered , who how to control the law of

    gravitationconstructs a steel lobein which he and some , of his friends take g a , trip to the planet Mars . They travel through space at the easy rate of

    tion 50 , 000 without miles a mishap minute , , thoug and re h ach the their journey destina lay - ' through countless swarms of meteors . ' The

    sma T balls he ck t of ra o v fire ellers dan adds ger land in piquancy o n ying the throug to e the at h Secohi enjoyment myriads con of - . gr

    soon tinent forsake , which the is des desert olate wastes and dead for , a land they of more than tropical loveliness—a landindeed

    as gorgeous as the blind poet saw when , he was , des cities cribing they •/ Paradise remained . for In — a one time of enjoying its •/ splendid othe

    novelt inhabitan y and ts o m f a M ar * g , i love t is interesting to the girls to . know The , dress with great tasteand * a look at a

    Martian ' s face would convince , the most obstinate sceptic that in them the animal had been suppressed A . -L and supp It lanted by «/ the intellect '—

    probably because the school boards are more zealous in the discharge of their duty than with us . They are democrats in Marsand do

    not believe in titles , but are the very , pink of hosp terrestrial itality , authors and are . wel It would l acquainted not be with fair to

    disclose the marvels that are seen and described , made further rarer than discoveries to say that no than aerial the voyagers occupants ever of

    the steel globe . As a literary and scienti / io extravaganza , * A Plunge into Space ' may be recommended .

    From Hubbard the same Howell . —' In A Safe retty Hands and , ' by touching Mary

    AJLUUUU 1 . U XJ . VJ » V * JIJL . . 4 TJk p lJi . dJ UJ / M . 1 JIVA i-v » v \_> in story vento of r and the strugg s little les dau a nd hte privations r . The book of an is g

    written with real charm . From Messrs . I . V . White & Co . — ' Caste oveia and

    Creed / by Mrs . Frank Penny . 2 vola . JS i

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1890, page 980, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081890/page/24/