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known as Shakespeare ' s , ' and he explains that it is only a collection of rough notes and
jottings , hurriedly printed because of circumstances connected with a portion of his manuscript . Bough and unmethodical as the book
is , however , it shows prodigious research and study , and a really extraordinary ingenuity . Indeedwe are of opinion that it is much too
ingeniou , s , that its success in giving importance to trifles , and a specious aspect of reality to mere fanciesis much too great . It does not
prove that Bacon , wrote the plays which rightly or wrongly are commonly attributed to Shakespeare — but it builds up an exceeding ___ ly p j £ lausibl — __ e
theory j- - , , which - students - A may - - study for ^ ^ edification ~ or amusement , according to their convictions and frame of mind .
From Messrs . Routledge & Son , Limited . — ' Stories from Scotland Yard , ' as told by In-BA d ^ M ^ B ^ H ^ H ^ H h- ^ H m 0
spector Moser , and recorded by Charles ^^* ^ F ^^^^ . Eideal . The stories comprised in this volume * are all founded on experiences and facts' and
are not therefore to be classed as fiction . , They are quite as entertaining , however . Many of the facts and experiences JL are startling % J ly
strange , and they are related in a style that is straightforward and interesting . Those who like to pry into the dark places of human
A A " nature will find them curious studies . From . Mr — . T . Fisher — TJnwin _ _ .. . - — ' Switzerland _ - — , ' b y
Mrs . Lina Hug and Richard Stead . ( 'The Story of the Nations ' Series . ) This is one of the best volumes in a series that has been
uniformly good . The authors have , of course , little room for expansion ; there are many points A on which they V migh «_> t be fuller with
advantage to themselves and the public , but so far as their limits permit they have done their work in a highly praiseworthy and
workman-O •/ A »> like fashion . The story of Switzerland is intensely interesting in itself . It would hardly be possible for the dullest historian altogether
to miss the romance and fascination which attach to the straggles and achievements of the r Swiss ^^ r * v A * a ^««^ people rs ^~ r ^^ ua ^ - * . Mrs ¦» . » , ¦ a v >^ . Hug ^ fc < Jk » - »*¦» and m ^ w « - . v ^ Mr ^ rj ^ A . Stead rs _ r % , v- /*^ ^ - ** have A A ¦ ^ T * ^^
therefore had the advantage * of a first-rate subject . But a good subject has its responsibilities and its perils . It makes is failure
ignominious ^ and intolerable x . There no suspicion o of failure however in the work before us . It reads like a romance and yet it adheres strictly
to facts , so far as they are ascertainable , and it is admirably proportioned . It is the custom to begin Swiss history with the year 1291 when
the first Swiss League mi was founded f . But , this plan has the obvious defect of insufficiency . Swiss history •/ does not properl A A y •» beg Oin when
Switzerland took rank as a nation . The student naturally desires information respecting fjthe men and the movements that made
the League possible . Mrs . Hug and Mr . Stead have recognised this , and so go back to the remote period of the Lake Dwellersin fact
- to JL the time that is dim with the , mists of antiquity . From the Lake Dwellers and the Helvetians the history * f is swiftly •/ and clearlymf
traced forward to our own day . Where all is of really surpassing interest , it is difficult to select any special part or parts for
commendation . We may say , however , that the sections treating of the League of the Eight States and . of the League of the Thirteen Cantonsof the
I Reformations ^ j in German and West Switzer , p - \ 11 landfc , of Geneva and CalvinA , and A M of the Ca M tholic , ' _ _ . u
11 reaction * seem to us particularly good , ^ very ^ .
good , too , is the description of Zurich in the Middle Ages and of the Burgundian Wars"We
obse _ 1 _ rve tha J _ 1 __ J t on the J _ l __ subject V »_ J _ of _ i » William ^ T"T »^ "t . Tell . the viie authors cbuiiiurs leave leave the i » ne reader reader xx to > nis his own own con
con-need clusions ha rdl Concerning y be said in his these story days they that sa whil y , 'It st
no one thinks of taking these beautiful oldworld stories literally , yet few of us would care to la toss them j a • k
^ contemptuousl * ^ y , and entirely on one side . Truly they have a meaning , if not that which /
exactly was once accepted So it still remains an unanswered question whether I or not the hero of our school days is a myth .
From the same . — ' Memoirs of the Extraordinary His Military Majesty Career ' s of 87 th John Reg iment pp , late ' with a Lieut an , in in
troduction by H . Manners Chichester , . John Shipp ' s military career was indeed extraordinaryand his narrative is as full of excite ¦ ¦—¦ ¦**
-— ^ j , — " A V ^^ ment and adventure as the heart of boy or man could desire . The volume is nicely got up and deserves to be popular . I
From Messrs . "Ward , Lock & Co . — ' Illustrated Guide — , -- — to — — the — Rhine and - the --- — — Rhineland ~— — — — . — w ' Thi rifeA s * B- Alt ^
handy and well-illustrated guide-book gives information concerning the various routes to the __ Rhine -- - , j descri - - - ~ pt ^ — io ~ ns ~~ of " it" s ci — tie - ^^ s < V , W ruined ^^ »™ ^* ^^«^ ^ | " ^^^
castles , cathedrals , churches , and other places likely to interest the tourist ; and particulars author respecting ' is thoroug hotel acco hly m acquainted modation , with prices the , & Rhine c . The
land , and his descriptions are terse and graphic . The book contains maps of the course of the Rhine and the adjacent localities . We can
recommend it to tourists . From Messrs . Frederick Warne & Co . — ' Mary
Barton , ' by Mrs . Gaskell . ( Warne ' s ' Crown ' Library . ) Mrs . Gaskell was a writer of much I power , and ' Mary Barton' is one of her best
stories . It is pure and fresh , and its charm has not diminished since we first read it . Readers will be glad to have it in the ' Crown r
Library . From Messrs . P . V . White & Co . —* The —~ Love t ^^^ ^ bh * ^ f ^^ h ^ B ^ . ^» ^^ n ^^ ia ^^ p v ^^ v ^^ ^ i ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ b ^^ b ^ p ^ ^ f ^ r ^ V ^^ mm ^ m ^^ m ^^ - ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ - ^^^ ^ f ^^^^ ^ —
of a Lady , ' by Annie Thomas ( Mrs . Pender Cudlip ) . 3 vols . < The Love of a Lady' is neither . *« a very good book nor i a very i bad one , f
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t * o 8 : The Publishers' Circular Se |> t . 15 , 1890
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1890, page 1128, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091890/page/20/
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