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recreation , , empy a . and and duty . ought ou ^ His ht to to essays be be neiptui helpful are written to to tne the in cause cause a popular ne he desires desires style ,
to serve . pr * om Thanatopsis Messrs . S and ampson the Flood Low , of M & Years rston / , by & Go W C
. . Bryant . 'The First and the Last . ' There is a _ ^^ solemnity P ^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ^ g ^ *¦ ¦ !¦ I — ^ W about - - ^ - _ - - even _ . _ the ___ wordi _ ng _ ^__^ of the __ _
title-page , with which the name of the first of the two poems , which divide the volume between 1 ^ ^^ v v v ¦«¦ ^ —— them — — , f is in keepr ingyi . Thanatopsis ^ r , a
view of death , a looking the King of Terrors in the face , after , it may be , the Flood of Years has ¦¦ gone one thoug over htful one . ' s soul The ¦» , treatment is a subject V of it sa to is b make t almost jrj * ia , q 1 srf any ? ¦ 1 a
^ J ^^ ^^^| ^^ ** °# ^ h •*• ^ # ^ w *» V ^^ ^ r ^ w *^ ^ v ^^^^ ^¦^ w ^^ ^ " ^ - ^^^^ ^ »* MT paraphrase of the Apostle ' s words : 0 death vict , wher ? e is thy sting ? O grave , where is thy ory
As to the ' get up / every page , which is in fact a B sheet ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ or — —r leaf _ -- of — - ivory - - ^ _ paper ^ - ^ , has its double -
illustration , and between each is a page engraving , all protected by plate paper . The binding , of extra bevelled cloth , gilt edges , is symbolic of
Mr . Bryant ' s span of life , and of the fruits it bore . Besides the ordinary lettering are gilt slabs . at the corners which pictorially almost say :
in First the ea the r . —Mark blade , then iv . 28 the . ear , after that the full corn It will interest the reader to know that the
inspiration of William Blake ( pictar ignotus ) and of a celebrated author , also ignotm as a pictorare acknowledged by the designer of the
illustrations , , From the same . —* The Undiscovered Country / by
W . D . Howells . A novel in one volume , by one of the foremost American authors of the present day , whose account of Venice we may recall as
perhaps the most lifelike picture of what is found in its everyday life which has ever been written , tending to — correct romantic and preconceived
ideas . * Prom Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — ' Queen ' s
College Calendar , 1880-81 / An interesting volume for all who value the higher education of women , supplying not onlfull particulars as to Queen ' s
College , Harley Street y , and its curriculum , but the examination papers of the past year . We learn - — - — - ™—v from - —¦ n ^ h ^^^^ ^ a ^^ prefatory h ^ ^^ - ^^ ^^ ¦ * v ^» - ^ r ^^ m note h ^^^ - ^ w - — that — - — ¦ — — the — ~ College ^— — — - — »^»
—was established in 1848 , and incorporated by Hoyal Charter in 1853 . It owed its existence partl ^ m ¦ ^— ^ y m to ^ a ^ ^^^ the ^ t ^ 4 V 4 V ^ Bp Governesses ^^ f ^^^ r ^ ^^^ ^^ H ^ t ^^^ W ^ r W ^^ ^ t ^ V ^^ * Benevolent ^^ " ^^ ^^ F V . " ^> ^^^ V ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ¦¦ 1 - ^^ Institution ¦ ^ i ^^— r ^ v w ^— - ^ —^ r ^ m ~— w - ^^ - - , j
and partly to an independent movement originated by m the - ~ ¦ - by Kev the . Kev I ? . D i ^ . C . . Maurice G . Nicolay and ¦ ¦ , and other supported - ¦ - ¦ King ¦ — ' ' s
^ a ^ v ^ v - ^^ ^ 9 ^^ mm 9 V ^^^ " ^^* ^ " ^ ^^ . ^ ^ ^ rw - »™ ^ ™ " ^ ^^ ^ — ' ^ T ^ P College ^ Professors . Its objects were defined to be the General Education of Ladies , and the Granting - — _ _ - ^ _^^ of ^^ j ^ t Certificates ^^^ ^^ 0 ^ «¦ m *^~ ^^^—¦ ^ - ^ - — - of ^^ - - ^ - Knowled —¦ ¦— ' - ^ - ^ - - ¦—¦ ^ ^^^ ge ^ J . The ^
Committee of Education , as at first constituted , included the names of Maurice , Trench , McCaul , Kingsloy ; of Sterndale Bennett and Hullah ; of
An 8 ted and Edward Forbes ; of Mulready and Richmond . Professor Maurice was its first chairmanwith MrNicolay as «« K # deputy-chairman * % sm » + mmm mmm * w
rT" - » »~* + mmMp , » r AVU JWJfcA . *^ AWAUJ v * W ^** V 7 m . - m the A cours College e of in introductory the spring lectures of 1848 , -was the g opening iven ¦ at
lecture being on * Queen ' s College , London : its volume Objects and containing Method these / by P lectures rofessor , with Maurice an . address The
piven by Mr . JJaurice , ftt the end of the First ± College rerm , sets was forth founded the . aims with which Queen ' s Irt ¦ _
From — 'Temperance the National Text Temperance s , with Illumi Public nated Depdt Floral . Borders / will frankl
We y confess that until Bible we we opened had which no idea thi could s packet of the be of number quoted tastefull on of y the p a oloured ss side ages in texts t the he
temperance temperance reformer reformer . Such Stirh an an array o . rrfl . v of nf verses va MA a I ment as is here agai - ^^ ns supp - t drunken - -lied __ is in nes _ itself s _ , j and , va _ B- a formidable the « r »* ^ r distribution ^ a « ( «^ ^ A A ^ # argu M ^^ f / -
of the little cards will doubtless serve a good purpose . From the Keligious Tract Society . — The Boy ' s
will Own Annual cast a shade / Vol . II over . The tne death Christmas » m of Mr reading . Kingston M & of
autnorp authorp many — — of , the but Dut boy it it will will friends — be be a a of ~ ™ satistaction satisfaction - ^ the » ^ ^ « greatest ^ «^»^* i ^ pw to to Jk ^^ Wv of them thftm % B A boys . to * ^^ n 1
remember , that he lived long enough to see the realisation lication — — — - of — — of the - — one — Boy — - of ^ ' s his Own — — dearest - — Paper — TT wishes , ^ It fc «* may « in ii *» the f not uv pub w be % J ^ -
generally known that , several years before the 'Paper * appeared , Mr . Kingston had formed a touchinc committee to establish such a journal , and his
toucning evidence : of letter letter the , , strong pu published bJisnea interest in in a a recent recent which he nnumber umber took in , , is is the an an wishes scheme . are As of , little however avai , l well without -laid careful plans and execution good
— -- — — — — — - ^ — — —_ w -. ——~— _ w . ^_ ^ r ^^ ^^ ^^ v ^ r ^ v ^ ^^^ m **• ^ v ¦¦^¦^^ r ^^ r ^^ \ m ^^ F ^ A b second y hearty volume workers of , the it is Boy satisfactory ' s Own Paper to find , a , strong in this proof that Dr . ________ Macaulay __^ has ga ____ , thered -r ^_ M round him b 1
— __ - ^ „ . v -mm ^^ «^^ . __ -V * ¦ - ^ 1 ~ _ ^ a staif of writers well qualified for the task before them , and that they have been successful in — hitting - ^_ , the happy — _ ^ ^_ ^ medium _ _ , __ and -u—^^ - > w in _ k ^ - _ - providing y ~ ^ ¦*_» * ^*«^ ^~^ F %
that which is exciting and attractive without being sensational and vicious . Fiction forms the ' leading r m article' in each —¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ number ¦ with V 4 R k . M 4
Ballantyne — — , Ascott — — — R . Hope — - — - , and " —»^—^* r ~ ^* other ^ , w ^ v * practised _ - ^ F V ^ __^» . 9 hands , as its authors ; graphic sketches of adven-¦ % £% 1 1 / " V " _ l " 1 * « a
tures by flood and field and of adventures * . with animals compete with the tales ; and there is a capital series of pen and ink sketches - ¦! —¦ - of _¦ * Boys ~
— " -- — »— - - - j a _ i k _ i - ^ — - ^ ^ ^»^ ^» - ^ ^^ _ ^ m ^ _ ^ w ^^ We --- Have ^ v ^ v Known ^_ t ^_ b / in which 'the K boy __ who _ * ' is _ never wrong / ' the bully / ' the dandy / and other ¦ familiar ¦ portraits are drawn in black f and white
— - ~ ' ~ ~ — — ^ — ^^— — — - ^^ — ~~ ————¦ —¦^ ——> ^— - —» —_^ __—^_ ^^ i ^ r ^ - " ^^ vv ¦••• ™ ™ M ^ with a good measure of success . The illustra - tions are , for the most part , of the same high standard as the letterpressand the large coloured
plates form a decidedly , popular feature . Dr . Gordon Stables discourses on dogs ; the Rev . J . Gr — . Wood writes of birds' eggs and egg-collecting ;
- OC ? OO O » and then indoor games and outdoor pastimes receive a large share of attention . The answers to correspondents convey a vast amount of
information in a compressed form , calculated to be useful , not only to the actual inquirer , but to other readers . Taken altogether , the editor
deserves warm thanks , not only from the boys , but from their parents and guardians , for supplying young people with such attractive , and ,
at ht . the thfl same naiti p time time , , wholesome wholesome food food . . In In its its hand hand--some cover the annual is welL fitted for a prize or birthday present .
From the same . — ' The Girl ' s Own Annual . ' Vol . IThe problem of furnishing iit a for irls
A . » JL AM \ J L / A VWAVU * ^ - ' » «*«*»«»»_ ' « j |» jL _ % M paper ft / V * Lf \/<& AVA g ft * A 4 >' answering __ to the . . Boi *\ / s Own , _ -N _ Paper . an . was more difficult ^^ l jt v ¦* m ^^ ^^^** ^^ of ^»^ —^ solution - ^ ^^ " ^ , but , j _ g udging — ^^ r ^ a — t ^ B b ^^ y . ^ the ^ ¦¦ ' ¦» first - ^ - ' ^ - ^
annual volume , the want has been satisfactorily supplied ; and , if we except the tales , some of which 0 B are * mr ^ only suited to young bh ladies i in »¦ the
J * 4 I ^^ . < p »*™ ^^ " ^" ~^ r < " ~ ^^ m ¦ — — - — — - ¦ — — — ^ ' ' ^ v ^ - ¦— ' — — - ^ —^ - ^^ ^ " ¦^ p- — ' — uppe ^ r section of their teens , there is much in its pages to please girls of every age . Household managementincluding cookeryand the
intricacies of needlework , and fancy work , , receive due attention , and music , specially composed for the
paper , gives variety to its contents . TneAttrt ^ nei of notable women scattered throujflHVlt 1 ' the *
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1880, page 869, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101880/page/9/
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