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    '." .^j 716 The Publishers* Circular Se ...

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    I Books Received:—

    Grant Silence MilUU Propitious lK ; me , , ye yV this deep UOT fates [ prayer f CM and , oh gurgling gUl , be 0 Heaven ye lUIg kind OWCMUD streams above ! , !

    Or That fallin all g from monotonously the rocky flow heights , Now Plunge I have headlong reached to the the topmost depths cliff below , . I i «^ xi Here ere m will will x I take w * a . c my tuy Lord «» harp -uoa 4 above jj nuu and sing oxug ; ,

    Be And thou . to propitious my prayer . , an answer , bring ! I'll And sing try some to waken air the a King reply doth ; know . But yet I fear the alone

    jdui ytsii x ivui i / uo caves utvca nwuo Will echo to my minstrelsy . The poet ' s work is , it is to be feared , unlikely to

    secure the honour of performance on the boards of a London theatre , but readers who are interested in the romantic period of English

    History with which , the names of the Royal Crusader aDd his ' minstrel are inseparably associated — _ _ , will find _ much to attrac _ _ t _ them in the

    pages of the drama . From « l ^™ ¦ ^ ^ Messrs ^* - ^^ - ^ - ^ ^ m — . ¦ t S v ampson w ^^ H ^^ H ^^ r ^^ ^^ ^ m ^ ^ Low ^^™ ^^ w » , v ¦ Marston ^¦ hw v ^ pi ^ B w * m mr ^ r ^» M & ^ mr ^^ Co ^^ ^^ . w —

    ' Forty Years' Recollections , ' by Thomas Frost . It is not at all unlikely that the writer of this work will be mistaken for another' Frost' whose

    name was prominently before the public a good many years ago . The following few words from pages 108-9 will make mutters clear : ' arandom

    ! convicted surmise that of treason I "was in a 1840 relati , ' ve & c . of The John following Frost , extract will be fonnd interesting by many of our

    readers : — rather James dandified Hain Friswell , young I remember man , with as a a profusion pleasant , of though very ligh ¦ t and * - ¦ curlhairHe \ did not impress me at the

    t ime . •^• - ¦ w , e ither very * » - «* . j by + » his M . y * j M conversation - * % m * . ± 9 . ^ . * s vtiu , AlVV or his 1 UJU contributions 1 \ OO M- * . M , \ J mJm w fc **» xy , His with most tbe idea remarkable that he would publication ever attain of that a high period reputation was a . bri J & ef note which ¦ rf I A received m from V / 1 U him Ill in Jll the tllU spring Ol / L of

    r- > w * . <« w ^ u •••»*«~» , . XSVS ^ S * W % S ^» A . A , A A A . A * - * Q V * . 1855 , when he was conducting a periodical . From Messrs . Macmillan — — - — & v ~ ¦ Co - ^^ p ~ . — ' Cowper - ^^^ ^^ r ¦ - ¦— ^» - — , ' b ^ y »

    Goldwin Smith . A volume of Mr . John Morley ' s admirable series of * English Men of Letters , ' one of the most useful publications for the student of

    English literature which has ever been issued . The 1 present work is a happy combination of biography ¦ and ¦ criticismand ¦»— to those «\ who are acquainted

    - - -w— — — — w- — ' - " -y , —— " »« y , wv « r « . ^ M ^^ « t uv VwJL V C * V > V | V « UJ A . AJ 1 bVVt with the poet ' s writings in . prose or verse , it will furnish a most pleasant means of bringing the

    author of his life before . Both their as mind poet under and in the his various second phases but I scarcely less importan t t character ~~ - ^ r as letter-writer

    H Cowper m here stands ^ ~ forth — ; and - ^ r — ^^ m h w ' the ^ BV ^ i ^ ^^ ^^ sketch ^ . ^ ^^ w # ^ ^ H ^^ ^^^ is ^^ , A marked by a fine appreciation of his changing moods f and especially of the ¦¦ later ¦¦ ¦ and imm more k

    melanchol , y period « - — of — his qJ career — — . — On " > - — — ^ the reli ^^ sm g »*^ ious » ^^ ^ x ^ side of the poet ' s character and influence our author — ~ has the — — — — ¦ following *¦ —— ¦— - - — — C ^ just 4 M ^ and ^ ^^ discriminating ^ i ^ j * " ^ ^ * ± a « aa m m ^** ib •* m . * 'Hk

    sentences , which may be taken as a fair sample of the way in which the subject is treated throughout his deeplinteresting t »« hh ¦ volume % fmm ^ j ^ : — 'Anyone if akrfv

    whose lot it ^ is y mj to write ^^ ^ ^ r ^ ^ ~ upon ^ ^ ~ ^ the ^^ ^^ ^ life ^^ m and >« j ^ works ^^ ^^ of Cowper must feel that there is an immense difference Wween the interest which attaches to

    him and that which attaches to any one among the far greater poets of the succeeding age . Still there is something about him so attractivehis

    voice has such a silver tonehe retainseven , in his his biograp ashes , such her and a faculty critic of may winning , be easil friends , beguiled , that

    into giving him too high a place . He y belongs to a particular religious movement , with the vitality of ¦— which —¦ the — - interest r ~ -m WT of i a t part of his

    works - — ^ w ' — — has departed — - — ^ ^ v ^ m , or is *^ ^ departing m *^ grea V ^ % ^^ ^^ ^^ . ^ Still ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ more ^^ emphatically , and in a still more important sense , does he belong to Christianity ¦ . In no natural

    C 7 « f struggle for existence would he have been the II survivor , by no natural process of selection would Bf— ¦ "

    ^ = s honour he ever . If have the shield been p which icked for out eighteen as a vessel centum * of

    over Chris th t , e by weak His teaching things of and this His worl dea d th should , has spread fail * - nd miht should becomthe

    agagain e title to ' istence cast aside and the a measure specimen of worth despicable , Cowper infirmi will ex be

    and all who have said anything in his praise wili ty be do trea ireated teu with wnn the tne same same scorn scorn . / TaJcen Taken « . « a as a

    whole , Mr . Goldwin Smith may be congra tulated on alculated having tJ to produced JL beuseful a work educational which w— , j whil M A 4 HV e w » fCH ell

    c » as an manual is lifet sufficientl as a book y attractive for the general to find reader a place . in Mudie ' s

    From Messrs . "Ward , Lock , & Co , —' Ward & Lock i ' s mm Guide to the ¦¦ Stock ¦ ¦ Exchange . ' Those lftTri who ll

    ^^ ^ ^^ ^^« ^ ^^ - «^ a ^« v ^^ * r - *^ ^* ^^ - ^* ' ^^ w ^^ ^* m ^ ^ ^^ ^^ A ^ « ^ k ^ Hk ^ rf » , ^| i 1 have 1 passed throug * 1 h the 1 ordeal 1 1 of initiation ¦ . . into the mysteries of the Stock Exchange will be

    surproc prised ess at which the is matter here -of- supp fact lie descri d , and ption which of th e course makes no mention of those ¦¦ ¦ social ¦ . h mm h amenities

    — — — - — — — - — — - — ' — - — - ^— — - ^^ p ^^ ^^^ t ^ r ^^ ^ Q ^ £ H ^ B ^^ P ^ J which are at times indulged in at the expense of the incoming brokers . The manual is drawn up wi V 4 » t « r h ^ ^ ^ r ^ e «¦ ^ markable ^ ft ^ b ^ ^^^^ Jb ^ ** ¦ v *^ ^ h v ^ cl ^ i ^^ b e ^^ arne ^ H ^ J ^ ^ ^ ^^ ss ^ r 1 ^^ , the ^ r ^ k ^ ^^ ¦ various * f ^ 4 «^ ^ 4 ^^ depart ^ d % % ^ ^ J ^ ^^ ^ -

    ments of the money-maker ' s trade being fully described , and the terms used in financial circles explained . In this respect . — the _ Guide will — be

    va luable to investors , as well as to those who are meditating the adoption of the broker ' s business , and ^^ V VBM ^*^ 4 t V ^ ^ he K * B ^^^ defini ^ V ^ B ^^ F ^^^^ V ^ B ^ B ^ B t ^^ ^ i ^ o ^ i ^ ^ ns B ^^ P ^^ P ^ and ^^^ V ^^ . ^^ ^ ' ^ H ex ^^^ ^ V ^^ b p H ^ r ^ lanations " ^ V ^ P ^^ B ^ H ^ W ^ r ^ r ^ K ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ of ^^~ ^* W terms ^ V ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ v ^ ^^ are ^ ^ ^*

    thoroughly clear . As a contribution to the reader ' s knowledge of a somewhat mysterious subjectwe will quote the author ' s definition of

    , a Bull and a Bear : 'A Bull is a speculator operating on the prospect or hope of a rise in price '; and ' a Bear is a speculator operating on

    the hope of a fall in price . ' Various tables are added , which increase the practical value of the book .

    From Messrs . "Wells , Gardner , Darton , & Co . — « Good Stories . ' These capital stories , which now form a long series , are in their present form ,

    brigh briffhtlv speciall tly y bound bound adapted in in cloth cloth for , , wi with Sunday th coloured coloured Schoo illustrations illustrations l prizes and ,, for the family or school library .

    Fro land m Messrs 'Zoolog . Wilkie ical Exercises & Co ., Dun for edi Students n , New Zea in

    -New of vi more mur . Zealand e tha umu n , ' five live by nuiiui hundred F . W . Hutton pages pa-goo . , , gw good A crown " large *« "b ~ octavo type vr ,

    divided into the IntroductionI . Microscope ; II . Morphology ; III . Synopsis , of the Animal

    Kingdom ; IV . Systematic Zoology . Wilson—* Tate j i ' s * Modern —

    j From : Will Cambist Mr JXLl . . : Efflngham JCi a XlHJLKlAU Manual . 111 of Forei UDUU . . Exchanges . c *^ - » and n B Bull ullion ion , with with moneys monevs and and other other gn mediums mediums w of « ex * - i I

    change , of all trading nations , also tables ot forei l ents ?„ gn in : ~ i wei ^^^ g lish i : hts « u and ~~ and * a French tr measures _^^^ . u ' Seventeenth cr ^ wi . n ^ th tifo their « nth i Edit ^ equiva ition ion -

    By Herman Eng n Schmidt . Althou . gh the attempt to uniform induce the system statesmen of have imve currency been of Europe made has failed of to recent adop , man t ) year son ' i ^

    in portant poruinL the monetary changes cuaiigea systems u « en of various o w * countries * - * - ^—; <> , an me the relative reiauve value vuiue wi of gol y ; onx d to tu bhy silver ci ¦ has *»«^ edition undergon — , " , - i

    such fluctuations as to render a new , mos this t standard indeed amounting work to the entire for iwi all re * w who ¦ ^ tin n . ' j

    to tnis deal Btunuuru with monetary wont a a necessity necfwoity matters . The «•*» editor •; ten ii n us us that urns in in me the part P ftrL of O 1 the Ult 3 work wullk dealing adw w » I

    forei the co gn -operation exchanges of he the has Consuls had the of the « ditt [ B « » r «" has been docu t "

    secure countries Aountxiea perfect : , and and accuracy th thus us every everv _ Not effort efibrt only n , » how s — ever « ^ « iij ^ » = = 5 n I

    '." .^J 716 The Publishers* Circular Se ...

    ' . " . ^ j 716 The Publishers * Circular Se Pt . i , l 88 o

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1880, page 716, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091880/page/8/