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    Books Received : —

    volume , including Mrs . Tait and Sister Dora , are well doneand the miscellaneous ¦ ¦ ¦¦— articles ¦ range

    over w ^^ r ^ H ^ B a ~^ p" ^ ^^ r ^ wid »^» ^^^ , h e ^ v ^ r ^^^ series v ^^^ ^^^^^™ ^^ of ^^^^^ w ^ v subjects ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^ h — - - ^— - — , all treated — — — — — — in — ^^^^ a popular fashion . The list of artists engaged for the illustrations shows that no expense has been

    spared varieties by and the answers conductors to correspondents of the paper — , and always the an important part jw of such a journal—are cap <• itally

    •* ^ edited . From Messrs . Seeley , Jackson , & Co . — ' Via

    Latin a , ' by Edwin A . Abbott A first Latin book , including accidence , rules of syntax , exercises , vocabularies , and rules for construing .

    Mr . Abbott shall describe the leading idea of his new way to an old tongue : — The xucwMurn dictum ui of Lord juurvi Bacon ihhaiu has uho been uccu borne uviuo in ui mind uuuu that uunv

    practise in aft kinds at one of training time in heavy we should boots imitate , at another dancers in , hi who gh I author ttutuw shoes . to w A the due considerable conclusion uuuuiusiuu experience that buaii ta first uxau of Latin uubiu teaching book uuujl has requires requires led the a a

    rules great , others diversity of a of more exercises general , some nature to ; some illustrate on points special of accidence others on , difficulties the irregular of syntax nouns ; and and verbs again , , some and the difficult like , help and ucii accompanied to be with written nuukcu helps with , others preparation easy to be and done without to

    be answered ; , wiug some w « t « 4 voce . muu picpuaniuu , ouu some ouxuc iaj The author has thus sketched out an interesting

    experiment in a field or a mine which might well be considered worked out . The very freshness of the thought is a presage of success . The

    volumo is printed in a manner which is agreeable to the eye , prominent type calls attention to important placesand copious vocabularies complete

    , the apparatus . Prom Messrs . "Ward , Lock & Co . — 'How to Pass

    Examinations for Professions and Civil Service ; or , the Candidate ' s Guide . A Handbook for StudentsParentsand Guardians . ' The authot

    of this hand , y little , volume gives the fullest details as to the curriculum and cost of maintenance at the various universities and colleges of the United

    Kingdom ; details of the local examinations and of their subjects ; information as to the opporhi tunities gher education offered b of y certain women ; institutions the regulations for the in

    force lorce in in the the Arm Armv y and and . Naw Navy and and Civil Civil Serving Service ;• and full particulars as to admisvsion to the Bar and othe — — r learned - — — — — professions _ ~_ - - ^^ -r —~ m ^^ ~ m ^ ^ m ^^ ^^ v V . The ^^^^ ¦ h' ^ *^ mai ^ K ^ V ^ ^^^ A n **^» value 1 4 ^ P ^ fc ^^ ^^ f

    of such a work lies , of course , in its beingcorrected up to date , and in this respect the author his seems guide to trustworth have spared and no i pains practicall in order useful to render So

    great , however — - ~ - — ^— — ' ' ' — — - , is the ^ w m- y m -m educational ^ mm m * m m <* JW i * . ^ ^^ ** jm " I — 1 " I activity " fT y W ^> m m ^ f X f ^ ~ ^ of ^ . a the | ^/^ present day that since his pages were sent to press the Victoria University , which he includes

    as ' in course of organisation , ' has been formally inaugurated such erery a position guide . as in In this public times cannot life like is fail open these to to be , when competition very widel nearl y y ,

    ment neeaed needed will , and and make its its conciseness coneisenasa it most valuable and and excellent fii to ( rellflnt candidates . arrange arran . - From Messrs . "Whittaker & Co . —A Dictionary

    ' difficulties Of ot uaily Daily JBIunders Blunder of the . / English JbForeiomfirs oreigners languag comp CAmnhiin * , but lain a of n £ little the * Ha book like this serves as a mirror ot our own deficienciin

    es the use of our mother tongue . ders Few which people they , perhaps make , in are every conscious -day conversation of the blun- , and still more in letter ¦^ t -writingand \ a little /\\ f

    pocket-book of this sort , is ~ therefore * ™ O * , ** mmjr well ^ m * w calcu m ^ m ^^^ Jm' - lated to he useful as a corrective . If the author into at times which imagines a & his reader of \ IX to be guilty education of errors id

    itnlifcel ——— « -r y ••«< to fall mm , person ^ rv he at any average O rate >»| UID erw QUUCIII on the / IUII right IB ' *»————————— - ¦ mi I III

    side siae , , for ror ¦ there uuvre are ore scarcely ^ carotsiy any any mistakes mistakes , . Whether whAfwB

    3 the in the laws way of of gram vulgarisms mar , wh or ich absolute are not sins here against laid III H bare . H

    We Trades have Journal also received ( Field and — Paper Tuer ) last and quarte Printina ¦> -iv lt 111 III

    No -fcT _ . — Celtic ¦/"» - ? . «* Magazine Hr — International 71 . x j « » Reiriti ~~ ^^ J III III ( New Berli York Wool , A . Pattern S . Barnes & Co . ) October— III

    Report * n —Sylvia f 8 Home Journal Case' ( Dicks ( Ward | & Lock Co . ) III

    & & Co Co . ) . ) October October — — Golden The Welcome Childhood ( Partri , ( Ward dge III III

    man Ix ) ck & ( Stock Co . )— ) An — tiquary American ( Elliot Bookseller Stocjt )—C hurch ( New - HI I York ) September—Dickens' ' Dictionary of ConIII

    tinental a « 1 Railways T » _ ' ( ' All ill the ii _ Year 'Cr Sound T » 1 ' Office * v _ ) - I October—Milliner and Dressmaker ( Ward , Lock I & Science Monthl

    ( Walter Co . )— Smith )^— Gossip St . James ( Bogue ' s Magazine )— ( Grattan y Packet ) I I —Cape Monthly ( Juta ) — GirVs Own Paper III

    ( 'Leisure Hour' Office ) part Oct . 1 . —British I 2 Va < fe Journal— 'Church of Eng | land Sunday

    School Institute ' s Report , 1879-80—Heywood ' s I 'Primer '— FriendlGreetings' ( Religions I

    y Tract Society ) part— « N ational Atlas' ( J . Hey- I wood)—Ladies * Gazette of Fashion ( 11 Ave Maria I

    Lane)—Beeton ' s Illustrated Hkcyclopadia ( Ward , I Lock & Co . ) part 12—Mrs . Beeton ' s Household I Management ( WardLock & Co . ) new editpart I

    , , 12— 'Derivative Dictionary' ( Ward , Lock & Co . ) I part 7 . —Lever ' s ' Charles O'Malley / illustrated I ( WardLock & Co . ) part 12 . —Cruden ' s 'Con- I

    , cordance , ' complete , illustrated ( Ward , Lock & Co . ) I —Illustrated Household Journal ( Ward , Lock I & Co . ) new part—Rhodes' Journal of American I

    Banking ( New York ) new No . —James Simson on I * John Bunyan , English Universities , Gipsies , ' & c I ( New York)—Chicago Bookseller and Stationer I

    ( J . F . Waggoner )—Young England ( Houlston I & Co . ) October— 'The St . Louis Public School I ¦ Library v ^ hv ¦ ^ b ^ n ^^^ m ^— m Bulletin ^^^^ " b ^^ ^^ « p ^^ ¦ ^ b ^ . ^^ ¦ ^ / an ^ b ^^¦ ^^^^ admirabl - ^ ¦ ^»^^^^^^^ b ^^ b ¦ v «— e — bibliograp h ^™ —^ —¦ ¦—¦ - ^ W ^ ^ W ^ hical ^ I ^^

    miscellany , both amusing and interesting— I Pringle ' s ' Junior History of England' ( J . Hey- I — wood The )— Fireside Hand $ Home Heart Words ( 2 Paternoster Bay of Bays Buildings ( ditto ) ) I I

    —Churchman ' 8 , Shilling Magazine , ( Houlston ) I Minerva October — a monthl 'The Young review Artist edited ' by ( Murby Pericles ) - I I

    , y Tzikos ( 1 « Phil * - AA 4 A a CMAvl d e William lp l / JLA hi # a * jil ) * s b | L & ^ y V Norgjite R JLV « . Comfort ^/ V / JH ) — i * \^ JL ' — Nero Twenty JL . ** , a /« - * Tragedy * ' -7 - Boston eigC 3 hth ; ' I I I

    Annual Report of the Public Library , , I U . S . . I

    Messrs zine * . for 1 V Sampson 1 October Low are— , Marston Heath's Gil V < & f WKfyiv Co pin . ' ' s a maga Forest --

    -£ J > . JlA \> I ^ \/ VlA / li / Vl C * JL V JLX . * ^ f * t ^ XJl KM v — 7 Scenery — ' Decoration , part 2 . — in William painting Black scul ' s pture Sunrise IUV | , orch part j-

    tecture { . , ar 1 UIIUU t manufa ill ct UaillLlUg ure' & , c . No . 1 . — , — ths x Fern 'tr / /* jc Paradise wruuioc , , part part / xv 10 ..- — — - Men jjuviv uj of xu Mark wi * , , perma ^ - —~

    -Sir nent photograp Bessemer hs of Mr and . Mr Joseph G ¦ A * Chamberlai MacfarreD n , ,

    KJKiL Mus Museum Museum Henry JL . -LVJL Doc & , . examples exftmnles , wi ^ VO * t h / JUIJl biogr \ 7 * . , of of a decoration decoration p hies * JLXJL — . JL . » Sout ^» - « . and and h *• . Kensington **|** works wotks " ui ot

    art Rye — / and a ' , Moorland The Etcher Bit , / and containing ' Vernon a ' ( ' France Street w ) - (< / Stf . Nicholas—and the JV 2 > r ^ Amerwrn Revuw .

    Catalogues received from Messrs . Kirchhotf & Wigandin Leipzig Mathemat &>

    , ; Naturwissenschaften orientalUche Linguistic , Tfreolog ( JMtodern ie ; and neuere Oriental u »

    languages , & c . ) 4 parts . fiimmel Werte md Co ., Zeitschriften in Leipzig ; ( Answahl valuable werthvdUr book * » nfl

    penodicala ) . - ' * >

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1880, page 870, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101880/page/10/