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    Here is his picture of the author of the * Canterbury There Tales is tio ' : gracigift of which Chaucer does

    tion not possess , fancy , unless , humour it ous be , that pathos of lyrical , song dramatic -utterance skill . , Imagina exquisite - felicity of with expression , these the honourable are his gifts title , and « Father to him of is

    fully assig eren even English ned Wordsworth Wordsworth bj Poetry Dxyden . * justice and The with with others attempt his his delicate delicate to has modernis sense sense been made e of of Chaucer poetical poetical unsuccess ; sim sim and --

    -succeed plicity in his ancient and ed in co this ntempt dress dainty , , or for not tasfc adventitious at . all Ch and aucer there ornament must is be nothing , admired has - not in his rchaic language , that need daunt , a studious reader i

    when lake 1 X 15 ofCucUt a all once great - ? the lAUg poets easy UcISC , art he liUttl of had / reading uccil a fine uauuu Chaucer ear for ouuuiuuo is rhyth acquired m , , and the ^ n . music of his Terse will fall as gratefully on the ear as the lovely lUVCl j melody UlUXVUy IM of . Spense fcJJJCUOCX r UM or . of Ul Shelley % jAX % ^ fall i . i ^; j . . of There j _ u animal «< -. \ i ^ . never jli ^ - •>_« . was »> i » . ;

    a These more sometimes joyous poet led hi or m one astray rnore , to his deep after-regret spirits ; . refined but Chaucer immorality ' s grossne of later ss is poets less , and hurtful his tende tlan r the affection more for the simplest objects / in xu nature ukiuujlc marks iuc » A « a «* gentleand i \« in

    some morning M in in . KJL the the I / UC respects wo world aiU rest rld -l ^ jXCOli , upon , faith faith a guileless ujcv his in in song Gk God > spirit d . ; : and and He . had Tire while while faith dew . knowing knowing a and in himself -xxw freshness *^ well well , , >» , faith the the * of . ** .

    atmosphere secrets of sorro of , mirth w , lived . , as such a man well might , in an Milton Mr . Denni ~ w s ranks - - as * the most sublime ¦ ¦

    most of ^^ H . ^ . ^^^ our ^ W ^^ ^^^^ intense ™ ^^^^ poets " ^^^^ ^^ ^ . , . and . ^^^™— ^ ¦ . , . next His — " — poetry to Wo is rdsworth the ex , pres the - sion of his innermost life , and his individuality

    clear pervades Milton it . ' At of the the same charge time of , our egotism author , " cannot but he apologises for him on the ground that * his

    egoti ^ sm ^ 1 is of the noblest order . ' In dealing with Scott art at , Mr least . Dennis of the fam claims e which for his has poeti been c won genius "b p y •*

    his novels : No one but a . poet could have written the splendid novels appeal which to feelings Scott untouched pouTed forth by so the rapidly great . Later magician novelists , who ObA acknowled . uuw icugco ges tha uuoiv Austen t the out ucuonuv delicate "yi workmanship ksj . q the -uian reach ^ n i j- > of kjl of his his ujlo con w » j _ i - -

    much but temporary where variety , , Jane save of action in the and , Wayerley was life beyond , such series skilful , vn . ll management you find pen so ; out of plot -of-door , such fresh wealth ness , of such knowledge accurate and descri resources ptions oi , such nature an , such breadth of charitysuch humour UUUlV / tU combined 11 with

    purity DUVU fcJJJ , and . CXHJ . KAA pathos XJm . V so 1-1 C » free J . J . W JT y , from C = lt . V > sentimentality . U . , WJJ ? UI IVU V * XV *^ - We will add to the specimens we have given of the Tolame a few lines on Mrs . Barrett Browning ,

    of whom Mr . Dennis says that ' to describe her as little the greatest : poetess of this country is to say

    heights There . is If no her woman power who of execution stands near were her equal on the to poetic the scope be am and ong the buoyancy crowned of her kings imagination of poetry , . her Unfortunatel place would y her splendid JLJit & gifts Kii w \ ere recklessly / f or perhaps £ 4 i it would »» U be t

    more XJ is often Dj | SAV correct « marred -A « A to say by ?* some s wilfully * . V- * X VUAaUOOA defect , trifled J in , VTA with . the S * -sA . . execution U > Her |^ O A U finest , by IA- work LU per . ~ Mw - notes verBity JUIV this */! - flaw . ^ of VTA of rhythm 1 is taste J the VUIA , by which TT eccentricities J-lJ . remarkable l'AA irritate UAJLfOilA / the LU of since *^ language sensiti DVUOI from UAV ve , reader A or UVUUi by jarring . t And r" she '" 1

    had been familiar more with the sanity and symmetry early years of Greek ¦ poetry These extracts will be sufficient to give our readers

    a general idea of the " book . In every case Mr . Dennis tells us something of the authors , and gives us an account of their chief works ; and not

    only to joun £ readers , but to all who wish to be on speaking terms with the masters of English poetry , we cordially commend his painstaking and

    readable volume . From Messrs . Tinsley Brothers . — ' On Blue

    Water , ' by J . F . Keane , consists of narratives of sport and adventure in the modern merchant service . Among the headings of the chapters

    * - ^ 1- * A are—sharks ; shark-killing ; how Bailors tare ; at the helm ; a Bailor ' s grave ; in the Sunderbunde ; CkrietmaK ; in the roaring forties ; the

    eea-eerpent , & c The author thus explains hie ; title : —

    'j ! tbe By poet ' blue or water land Bnum , * I , do who not probably mean tbe newr ' doep saw blue the eea uitra * - TiltrauLarlne ot the blue sea . For , in order to see it , one 'm '

    o must ut of go soundings ( off some ; coasts one must at least have ) hundreds a hundred of miles fathomr to a * as water I have between heard it him called and there the bottom —out on — the * the nearest t h £ L ? * »

    four lonely will tell months ocea yo n u , that wher no e the is man the sailor ever blue spends saw water his his breath two grea , three The out e ' the * « ot Tm Sr £ -n F ^ ' He He will will tel tell l you von that that the thft kettle kettle never -nevAr sings sir > er « on / % « blue ki vcatS . '

    and . the wiseacre will laugh at his « superstitions . ' ' We will not spoil the reader ' s pleasure in J ^ . fro Kea m ne it ' s . * On It is Blue an unusuall Water' b y y sp any irited further narrative extract of

    adventure may ^^ fm « p ^ ^^ ^^^ add A * . «« ^ H * j ^ that , sport 'w ti ^ k ^ 4 so * , and ^^ muc ^ h « ^ v h hairbreadth mj * ^^ close ^ ^^^ 1 ^ ^^ *>* ^< m . observation ^ J A- _ escapes . of " the W

    mak habi e ts it of the a kind shark of is monograp contained h in on the that book terri as bl to

    e likel monster iiiveiy y , , be ue . preserved preserveu Thus * On long long Blue after al Water ter me the ' may term term , not usuall usuaJlv un .

    accorded to a work of travel . From Messrs . WardLock & Co . — 'Ivanh '

    , , ce a romance , by Sir Walter Scott , with illTistrati ons by vy jM * l . . Rion x » jiuu , , Adrien ^ vvajliojli Marie j . u . ci , jl ic , , F x . . Lix . ULX , , anu and H xx . . Scott ocott .

    An edition de luxe of Sir Walter Scotfs novels published at a price which will bring even this

    to handsome lack a wide book circle within of general purchasers reach . , The is not illustra likely

    tions effective are , and for include the most full — — -page r part f ^ ¦ " ¦ plates r— well ^ — - ^ - * ^ r wm drawn and * v *« . vv wood 11 \ J and \ J \ A -

    cuts scattered through the text . With wide margins , good type , and the pictures well sorted on toned paper , it forms a handsome table-book .

    MtrsicAX Publications . —Four numbers of a mv and remarkably cheap musical serial liave been b

    published under the editorshi y Messrs . of Simp Mr . kin Alfred , Marshall H . Miles , & wit Co . h , the general « title of p the A 'Popular i- Music Seri , es . " ¦ . _ _ _

    ballad Number ^^ type 1 , contains including fo suc rty h Eng well lish -worn songs favourites of the as Tom Bowling , the Anchor ' s WeighedTom

    and Tough the , Com Bailiff e Lasses ' s Daug and hter Lads ; Number , Hearts 2 g , ives Oak a , similar similar budget budget of oi beotch Scotch songs sonars . with - « n > h Vp Ye Banks TC-vnVs

    , hae and contains , Braes Auld a , Eobin the selection Camp Gray , bells of , and fifty are the comin Irish like ' ; , and Number Scots Welsh vha 3

    madri is songs prin gals ; ted and , in and Number good part clear songs 4 g music ives . fi Each fty typ standard e of foolsca these p g books lees size . ,

    declare desk ana , will or it in to lie a be portfolio open the well neatest , in either fact and we on cheapest are the , disposed pianoforte musical to ,

    day publ s i of cation free we trade have and yet open seen competition , even in among these the musicsellers . Mr . Alfred H . Miles supplies

    the pianoforte accompaniments to the EnglisJiand Scotch songs ; Mr . J . T . Field does a similar good office for the Irish and Welsh songs , and the

    part Editor songs is responsible . make A pretty s an for attractive cover the , arrangement with medallions and of the the of whole composers forty , -eight pages of music wrapper are pric , ed at

    eightpence ! Serials us that . —Messrs the publishing . Ward & year Lock is ' s drawing parcel , reminds or sets of oi

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    mongIsame History th ese ^ i firm are of T still France &< j Child have . ' s Other several Instructor publications months and to Jtonncchosc run from before — the s

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    Decline Part XIII and . contains Fall ; Phel the ps com * Sltakeirpcare plete text of , ; ' of Othello wh ich ¦ a -nri nonf ^ . 4 ? « rVvwn ^ . 1 . » .-.,, « - » T »/ , > , 7 TJ ~ . o *» smt *> i 7 Tlihle JOT

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1883, page 994, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101883/page/10/