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found conditions suitable for their purpose . * I . This is at once a guarantee of the genuineness
of the communications and an intimation that inconveniences exist in spirit land as well as on terra firma . The communications are
various and give the sentiments of men and women renowned in literature , law , science , statesmanshi — — — — p . war .. ~ . theology & c . Princa Albert
tells -, what - - - he thinks , f , of Eng - - ^ j y land , - and the - Queen , and Lord Beaconsfield deals with the political situation of our country . John Stuart Mill
treats of immortality ; it is pleasing to find that at length he believes in it . Charles Kingsley t > _ ¦ is as active as ever' , and is working t >
for reforms in the spirit laud . Herodotus dis-• courses on prehistoric man ; and the Pope , naturally - — ^ _ enoug - — — ___ h , bids — - us - — , v - - bless — — — and - — not — - curse - _ - — — . -
Thomas Carlyle ' s theme is the folly of hero worship . He does nofc speak very characteristically . His style has lost much of its vigour ,
and his thoughts might be considered trivial : but so far as he goes he is still an iconoclast . He is vexed and mortified at the olaver about
himself since the publication of his autobiography . He still loves Scotland , and is glad it has cherished the gift of ' second sight . ' Mrs 1 . Carlyl e pays ~ h i er husband r an exceedingl
warm ^^ . ^^ b ^™ ^^ p _| ^ m ^ tribute v ^ v ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ . ^*^ ¦ ^^^ v ' I i assert ^—*^ ^^ ^» a ^ - , ^^ ' ^^ she ^ ta * T ^^ % . i mj sa ^ ta ^^ ^ pw ys , l __ that ^|— ^ t ^ B " ^^ p » ^^ f Thomas ^^ , r ^^^ ^ L _ p , ^ h ^ 0 ^ k ^» y f Carlyle was ever thoughtful of my comfort and happiness . * That has always been our own
notion , and we are glad to have it confirmed . Following her ancient habit , Mrs . Carlyle gives an interesting glimpse of the mode of life
amongst spirits . ' Emerson , the American' ( he is still an American , it seems ) , ' and Hawthorne < and Parker and Longfellow , DarwinStanley
and Coleridge visit us from time to time , . Then , we have an intellectual feast . ' We should think so , though we are not aware that Hawthorne
was anything of a conversationalist while on earth . Probably he has developed . Mary Queen of Scots discourses pathetically on
destiny , and Benjamin Franklin gives us some aphorisms somewhat after the style of the ' Say / ings ¦ B of Poor Richard ¦¦ . ' Fenimore # 4 i Cooper
( who by the b y now — — — spells —_ " — -- — —~ — w his ^—^— name - _ v — - — —— p »™ — !~ with - ^ p ~ - ^^ r ^ to *^ ^ " two ^ ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^™ n ' s ) relat art e notes s an Indian But for tale , full and . list Titian of the give nota 3 us
some . a - bilities who ' communicate' and of their subjects wwe must refer our readers to th / _ book
rhetori itself . c , The a circumstance spirits are a which good deal rather addicted surprises to us . They W oug S ^ Jht to be above the human
weakness of aiming at effect . Fro Great m Messrs Sacrifice . Burns of the & New Oates Law , expounded Limited . — b ' The the
man Figures . This of the book Old was , ' by firs James t privatel Dymock y p , a rinted Clergy - 1676 , and p ^ p £ roved so popular ^ m ^ . - that - - in . _ r the w- n - r _^ course ~^^ ~_~ __ _! . m I ¦_ ^^* of -tm ^ ' - —
ei eleven ghth years being eig printed ht editions for M were atthew called Turner lor , , at the " Lamb"in High Holborn'in 1 (> 87 . From a
¦ have 1 lit ! i erary _„ been point ___ taken _______ of __ with jt _ view * the , text considerable - bu ~ % t the \ 1 substance lib ¦ _ " 1 erties . ¦ remains the same . To many , readers the book
will have devotional value . _ From **¦—¦ jytr . H * Qarr fMl Southamp Ji ton StreetSt KJ rand Jk VA
— ¦ "" * A Brief — ^ ¦ m----. * _ - ____ History . ^| « * , * of ^ _/ vy V * the % J A -LA . « . JLA Ancient |_/ MV _» JLA KJti . Church V > V ^ U > , \* Cj _ and # __ JL . Parish of All Hallows , Barking , in the City of
work thin London publiohed pamp , ' by hlet the by is Rev Mr an . . Maskell abrid Josep gm h in ent Maskell 1864 of and a . larger This now ,
I . less lows out than of , Barking print 400 . , it has Thoug still now has h a the an resident parish interesting population of All history Hal of
-I ! and Mr . Maskell , has done well to preserve it . ,
Fro C ~ -i |— m aptain mr ^ r ¦> t ^ r ^^ r Messrs ^^ ^ ' ^^ , V ' ¦¦ by ^ . T a * Bean ^^ . ^ 8 *^^ p . ^ Hornibrook ^^^^ p & ^ ^^ ^ ^ ph ^^ Son ^ v *^^ p > p ^ v ^^ v . — ^ mm ^ w . « The This ^^^ Mwp ^ L | Uv Missing ¦¦ short ^^ I ] ¦ I ¦ t in the form of
story , casa diary , is of much greater shocker merit The than if the not not ordinary trenchant trencnant « shilling .
lim snocK pid -er and .. ' . . me agreeable style styie , , , n and the very very characters are , , is is •' ^ presented lebut with the a good % ^ j interest deal is of well skill . Tbe — — plot » - *^^
very the is si author m novel p , and has singular succeeded incidents too in a giving convincing sustained some
air of reality . The heroine is , perhaps , a little too beautiful to be altogether true to nature her features _____ _ . _ are __ . __ of _ too ___ angelic ^ J — a — — mould ~ ^^ p * m *^* * m * 9 * , « but ^^ ^^ ^ f
bewitching there can . be Cap no tain question Mackinnon that is she well is drawn very and the villany of Caffelle is clearly brought ,
out in a short space . From Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden & _ . u . K ^^ p-p JJm
"Welsh .. — ' Sonnets , ' b y R . E ^ a ^ ' ^ m . Lofft ^^ r- ^ . . We ^^ are inclined to think that Mr . Loff t would do better in « p _ ^» ^^ prose w ^^ r ^*> ^^ T ^ 'i ^ ^ i ^ than ^^ ^ b ^^ ^^^^ ^^ " ^^ ^ he ^^^^ ^ . ^ T does ~ mr ^ m ^ r- ^^ p p ^_ r in «^ __ i ^^ h verse - ¦ ^^^ - ^^ h i me ^^ v . ¦ . His _^ . vw r ^ m - ^ ^ ideas ^^ ^ pp ^ . ^^ |^^ r ^ a _^^ ^ are _ V ^ Pvk ^^^ p
not essential ^ poetic—indeed , it might be said that they are essentially prosaic , and he seems to have no small difficulty in packing them into
rhyme . Put into tolerable prose , some of his thoughts would pa _ s muster , but in verse the best of them seem out of place . The Sonnets
read to us like so many college exercises . From Messrs . Joseph Hughes & Co . — 'A New Elementary French Course , ' by F . E . Darque .
This b > o . _ is- specially designed for young shi students p candidates , pup il . teachers The author , and Qu has een had ' a scholar thirty - -
and five y pr JUT ears iva ' t experience e schools » and as French is therefore master in quali - _ . public fied v . ¦ i instructor • . Those mi » • __ the a 1 _ _
as a practical . beginning study of French will find his work useful . From Messrs . Hurst & BlackettLimited . —
4 All For Naught , ' by Wilfred Woollam , ( 3 vols . ) . Mr . Woollam ' s novel can hardly be called pleasant reading , though it reveals considerable
indeed ability . and Some the of b the ook characters is full of are disagreeable very bad complicatio , ns such fc as might be expected to
oc - ^^ - *^ ^ cur ^^^ a ^ H Mrf * ^^ in ^ - ^^ ^ k *^ a B »* " ^ PV second ^^ T —* im , **^ ^ m ^ " ^^ - " ^^ p rate " ^^» ^ f ^ m detective - % ^ ——»—™ - P" — ^ P- V ^ fc ^ - ^ ^~ — ^ story ^^ ^~ " . Maurice withou M v v iles v «»« r , t the returned least -ii n r v admixture co / ib # nvi >< k ct and of - ~ a v ood scoundrel in his ^— ^ pb —] ^ v ^^ ^ pta ^^ —i — p _ ^^ _^ p ^^ p ^ . p ^^>^^ _^^^^ ^ v ^ ^^ *^^ g *¦
—c omposi Bell tio Oldtield n , succeeds a in charmin winning the irl affections both in ¦ person _ - " V- _¦ - __/ V _ * « .- _ tVllM and dis ^ Ip-L kJ position Y * V _ , ' *_ JP * . _ - > Jk \_ # AJ _ . Mr - » . f J-. JL . « g M fc > --fc iles - * g * - ¦ -w loves her
a making fter his a own bett fashion er mat , c h t arises when the he c does hance not of hesitate to leave her . He marries Di Kennedy , little
and is concerned in the destruction of a g Immediatel irl whose death after his JLAAtJ will marria add % to police Di ' s fortune officers .
a away JL ttempt A _ JL _ L ____ LA VUlUltV . to Being / JH arrest y IAX UVJL pursued him for AJ » , forgery ^ v however * . * . * » . »> ge fo ^ , but , he breaks shoots himself himself When Whnn dy Hvincr ing he hft sends SPsnrls for for Bell Bell , . wno wllO
visits him . and his wife then attempts to drown herself tl but , George is saved Oldfield by her marries fci old ¦ w —¦ nurse Di 7 and . Sub Itell
sequen does K _ H- *| VKA V > not JL _ Il L < I y object Vl V _ VlCi \ J to \_/ A the \ A HA V ^ visits J . __» * _ _* of * . * - JSed Wyndham , So who had sort of been poetic her justice playma is te thus - in rendered childhood in .
me the end , but the impression left on the readers p mind fi H ~ &* -krfft x _ nh is A 9-mJ A n A ot ^ -p * ^ # satisfactory ^^ i ^ w % / jk p ^^ __^ ^ n i \ ^ ^>_ ^ . p * ** w . v |
From Messrs . Jarrold & Sons . —* Sickness or Health JULOC _ J . l / JL _ ? 1 ' bkJJf y a Ui F X < amil **** _ AJT y Ji Doctor _ rwyuv » . . T — his is a
of thoroug how to hly keep sensible in health book , on the great h not not t to question believe umiw be in
opinion nniniorv in eeverv very promiscuous household household that that , drugs ririio . - drug -s The The shoul should -taking author author d not not ; in does does be be fact hnanaieu andled , he is « at ot - - *
all by the uninitiated except in cases of dire
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1890, page 1126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091890/page/18/
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